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how old is the grinch ?

posted 11 years ago by rabbits888
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I don't know if they mention in the flashback how years have past, I don't recall. Is he like 30 ?

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[–] airbornedragon82 10 years ago

Based on his classmates, he would be in his forties,fifties.

[–] flo_rin108 10 years ago

He was around 53 in the original cartoon.

They'd sing! And they'd sing! And they'd SING!
SING! SING! SING!
And the more the Grinch thought of this Who ChristmasSing,
The more the Grinch thought, "I must stop this whole thing!"
"Why, for fifty-three years I've put up with it now!"
"I MUST stop this Christmas from coming! But HOW?"

[–] StrongRex 10 years ago

Yeah, but in this version he may not be that old. He says instead, "For year after year I've put up with it now."

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[–] flo_rin108 10 years ago

The mayor, was a classmate of the Grinch, and he looks like 50 to me.

[–] StrongRex 10 years ago

Touche.

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[–] NobodymournstheWicked 9 years ago

I know that in the cartoon version that the Grinch says to Max "for 53 years I have put up this this", so assuming he has to be at least 53 or 54. But here I don't know exactly how old he is supposed to be here, because he says "why for year and year I have put up for this now".

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14496) 4 years ago

From what I remember, he was 8 when he went berserk at school, decided he hated Christmas forever, and left to live on the mountain. Judging by the ages of his classmates at the time of the story, I think he was in his mid-30s, possibly early 40s, but there's no way to know how Who's (or mutant ones) age.