Scrooge
Scrooge may refer to * Ebenezer Scrooge, a character in Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' *''Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost'', a 1901 silent film * ''Scrooge'' (1913 film) * ''Scrooge'' (1935 film) * ''Scrooge'' (1951 film) * ''Scrooge'' (1970 film), a musical * ''Scrooge'' (musical), a 1992 stage musical * Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge, a Disney comic and cartoon character **''Uncle Scrooge'', a comic book started in 1952 starring Scrooge McDuck *RT-20P (NATO reporting name: SS-15 Scrooge), an intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union See also * Miser *'' Scrooge McRock'', a 1997 album by Grand Buffet * ''Scrooged ''Scrooged'' is a 1988 American Christmas film, Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens, ''Scrooged'' is a mo ...

Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol''. At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. The tale of his redemption by three spirits (the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English-speaking world. Dickens describes Scrooge thus early in the story: "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice." Towards the end of the novella, the three spirits show Scrooge the errors of his ways, and he becomes a better, more generous man. Scrooge's last name has entered the English language as a byword for greed and misanthropy, while his catchphrase, " Bah! Humbug!" is often used to express disgust with many modern Christmas tradi ...
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