![]() ![]() And then I watched other versions in my middle school drama class. I always believed The Muppet Christmas Carol to be a fun version, if not necessarily the most accurate or even the best version out there. It brings me joy and even sometimes embarrassment when I confidently answered in class there were five ghosts in the story, forgetting Marley and Marley are actually one ghost in every other adaptation. So yes, I will admit because of that, I may have some favoritism to the movie. Being born in May of 1993, we had this movie on VHS as soon as it was released. ![]() The Muppet Christmas Carol was released in December of 1992. Literally, I don’t believe I’ve ever had a Christmas Eve without this movie. ![]() ![]() I can’t remember a Christmas Eve I did not spend watching The Muppet Christmas Carol in my new PJs, a cup of hot cocoa, and excitement for the next day. But trust me, read this and maybe I can change your mind. And for those of you who think I am as crazy as the blue furry- whatever-who narrates the story, you might be right. But honestly, you would be very wrong! The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel in recent history. He later attends Scrooge McDuck's Christmas party back in the present where Beakley remembers her time dancing with him, causing him to blush.”A blue furry Charles Dickens who hangs out with a rat?” I must admit, hearing that spoken within the first minute of a movie doesn’t exactly fill one with confidence you will be viewing an accurate or quality version of A Christmas Carol. The group takes Scrooge to his first Christmas party held at McDuck Manor where Future ends up dancing with Bentina Beakley who seems to legitimately like him. He, along with the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Future visit Scrooge McDuck every year just to hang out after accidentally visiting him instead of Ebenezer Scrooge. He is mostly silent with just a few occasional grunts and resembles a carcass more than a skeleton. The specter scares Charles Dickens and Rizzo they exit the movie and don't appear again until after the Ghost is gone.Ī version of the Ghost of Christmas Future appears in the 2017 reboot of DuckTales in the episode " Last Christmas!". In this movie, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a large, faceless wraith. The Ghost is the final spirit and shows Scrooge a vision of his unmourned death in the near future, as well as the death of Tiny Tim. One chase sequence sees Scrooge shrunk to the size of a rat after the ghost cracks his whip, creating a shockwave in doing so.Īppearances in Disney media The Muppet Christmas Carol Occasionally, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come rides a Phantom Hearse and chases Scrooge throughout London on it. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is also the most phantom-like of the ghosts. Unlike the other two ghosts, this one doesn't speak. Scrooge states to the ghost that he "fears him more than any specter he has seen". The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is initially a dark shadow on a wall, but when he comes out of the walls, he looks like the Grim Reaper. The DuckTales version implies that his silence is due to the fact that he is shy, particularly around Bentina Beakley who clearly has a crush on him, which he reciprocates. It is possible that the spirit is sinister in his motives as he did threaten to take Scrooge away that very night if he did not mend his ways. He is the most direct of the spirits and does not waste time with showing Scrooge how his death will affect the people around him. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come does not speak, resulting in his actions being interpreted by whoever is being confronted by him. The 2009 version keeps his typical appearance, but is sometimes portrayed as a shadow against the wall or ground, The Muppet version's hands are more deathly blue looking hands, while the DuckTales version has a noticeable beak carcass-like mouth sticking out from his hood and, to reaffirm him as the image of Death, carries a scythe with him. Much like the Ghost of Christmas Present, every iteration of Yet to Come retains the basic appearance of a dark hooded figure with virtually little to no changes between the versions. But for this, it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night and separate it from the darkness by which it was surrounded.” ― A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible, save one outstretched hand. “ a solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, like a mist along the ground, towards. ![]()
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