Scrooge
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Scrooge is a common English term for a miserly person
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Miser
A miser, cheapskate, snipe-snout, penny pincher, piker, scrooge, skinflint or tightwad is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities...
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It may refer to:
- Ebenezer ScroogeEbenezer ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge is the principal character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which give people happiness...
, the name of the selfish and miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas CarolA Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
(this is the origin of the English term). - Scrooge, or, Marley's GhostScrooge, or, Marley's GhostScrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given by visions of Christmas Past, Present and Future, which is the oldest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843...
, a 1901 silent film - Scrooge (1913 film)Scrooge (1913 film)Scrooge is a 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge. In the United States it was released in 1926 as Old Scrooge....
, a film featuring Seymour Hicks - Scrooge (1922 film),
- Scrooge (1935 film)Scrooge (1935 film)Scrooge is a 1935 British film directed by Henry Edwards featuring Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost.- Film :Hicks had...
, a film featuring Seymour Hicks - Scrooge (1951 film)Scrooge (1951 film)Scrooge, released as A Christmas Carol in the United States, is a 1951 film adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. It starred Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley.The film also features Kathleen Harrison in an...
, a film featuring Alastair Sim - Scrooge (1970 film), a musical film starring Albert Finney
- ScroogedScroogedScrooged is a 1988 American comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman. The screenplay was written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue...
, a 1988 film starring Bill Murray - Scrooge (musical), a 1992 stage musical adapted from the 1970 film starring Albert Finney
Scrooge can also refer to:
- Scrooge McDuckScrooge McDuckScrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created in 1947 by Carl Barks and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats...
, a Disney cartoon and comics character who also bears a miserly personality- Scrooge McDuck and MoneyScrooge McDuck and MoneyScrooge McDuck and Money is a short animated cartoon made by Walt Disney Studios in 1967.-Synopsis:In this cartoon, Scrooge McDuck tries to teach his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie how to save money...
- Scrooge McDuck universeScrooge McDuck universeThe Duck universe is a fictional universe where Disney cartoon characters Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck live. It is a spin off of the older Mickey Mouse universe, yet has become much more extensive...
- Scrooge McDuck and Money
- Scrooge McRockScrooge McRockScrooge McRock is Grand Buffet's first album, released in 1997 by BrickBrain Productions. The title is a pun on the name of the Disney character, Scrooge McDuck. G-Rude was still a member of the group at the time and his name is listed on the inner artwork. The third track titled "John Candy", is...
, Grand Buffet album, 1997 - RT-20 (missile)RT-20 (missile)The RT-20 was an intercontinental ballistic missile developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Control system for it was designed at NPO "Electropribor"...
(NATO reporting name: SS-15 Scrooge), an intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union - Scrooge (incompetence), when the male ejaculates early during intercourse.