(Scenario Seed) Repurposing “Halloween is Grinch Night”
Oct 10, 2022 12:52:28 GMT
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Post by grinch on Oct 10, 2022 12:52:28 GMT
For those of you who aren’t aware, Halloween is Grinch Night was a somewhat forgotten television special from 1977 which served as the prequel to the earlier and much more well known “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” To be honest, it’s not great aside from having a few decent songs and some great surreal images. However, I do feel like it could make for a good adventure for a Who campaign.
Here’s the plot summary as provided for by the “good” people at Wikipedia:
“In Whoville each Halloween, a "Sour-Sweet Wind" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to arouse the Grinch into descending to Whoville in his paraphernalia wagon and wreaking havoc in the town in "Grinch Night." All of Whoville dreads the smell of the wind as an omen, and everyone retreats to their home as the whole village goes into lockdown.
Euchariah, a young Who with astigmatism, goes out to the "euphemism" and blows away. He runs into the Grinch as he is picking brickles out of his fur, the result of a failed attempt to hunt down the last Wuzzy Woozoo. After giving Euchariah a brief spook, the Grinch decides the young boy is too small to waste time on and resumes his trek to Whoville.
Euchariah decides that he must stall the Grinch in order to save Whoville. Catching up to the Grinch's wagon, the irritated Grinch decides to give Euchariah the "spook's tour," and Euchariah is drawn in to a surreal nightmare with spooks and monsters in all directions. Euchariah endures the spooks just long enough for the Sour-Sweet Wind to die down, forcing the Grinch to abandon the trek and return home. His dog Max, visibly depressed and nostalgic throughout the special, refuses to return with the Grinch and follows Euchariah home where he is greeted as a hero; the Grinch laments that he will "miss that Grinch Night Ball" but finds solace in "that wind will be coming back, someday; I'll be coming back, someday!" and then ends this promise with a sinister laugh.”
Simply repurpose the Grinch for a solitary member of an alien species and Whoville for an unnamed alien planet and you have the basis for a one off adventure. Not to mention, you can also explore and touch on ideas for inspiration:
* Just why does the Grinch terrorise the town when the Sour-Sweet Wind blows? It is simply out of sheer malevolence as the special suggests or because of some compulsion? Could it be whether he likes it or not, the Grinch is compelled to commit such wicked acts? Possibly due to the terrors contained within the Paraphernalia Wagon?
* And what of the members of the Unhuman Race contained within the Paraphernalia Wagon? Just where did they come from and how exactly did they come to be in the possession off the Grinch?
Here’s the plot summary as provided for by the “good” people at Wikipedia:
“In Whoville each Halloween, a "Sour-Sweet Wind" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to arouse the Grinch into descending to Whoville in his paraphernalia wagon and wreaking havoc in the town in "Grinch Night." All of Whoville dreads the smell of the wind as an omen, and everyone retreats to their home as the whole village goes into lockdown.
Euchariah, a young Who with astigmatism, goes out to the "euphemism" and blows away. He runs into the Grinch as he is picking brickles out of his fur, the result of a failed attempt to hunt down the last Wuzzy Woozoo. After giving Euchariah a brief spook, the Grinch decides the young boy is too small to waste time on and resumes his trek to Whoville.
Euchariah decides that he must stall the Grinch in order to save Whoville. Catching up to the Grinch's wagon, the irritated Grinch decides to give Euchariah the "spook's tour," and Euchariah is drawn in to a surreal nightmare with spooks and monsters in all directions. Euchariah endures the spooks just long enough for the Sour-Sweet Wind to die down, forcing the Grinch to abandon the trek and return home. His dog Max, visibly depressed and nostalgic throughout the special, refuses to return with the Grinch and follows Euchariah home where he is greeted as a hero; the Grinch laments that he will "miss that Grinch Night Ball" but finds solace in "that wind will be coming back, someday; I'll be coming back, someday!" and then ends this promise with a sinister laugh.”
Simply repurpose the Grinch for a solitary member of an alien species and Whoville for an unnamed alien planet and you have the basis for a one off adventure. Not to mention, you can also explore and touch on ideas for inspiration:
* Just why does the Grinch terrorise the town when the Sour-Sweet Wind blows? It is simply out of sheer malevolence as the special suggests or because of some compulsion? Could it be whether he likes it or not, the Grinch is compelled to commit such wicked acts? Possibly due to the terrors contained within the Paraphernalia Wagon?
* And what of the members of the Unhuman Race contained within the Paraphernalia Wagon? Just where did they come from and how exactly did they come to be in the possession off the Grinch?