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* DeadpanSnarker: The Ghost of Christmas Future has this reaction when Slade sees auctioneers burning a person's possessions and wonders about it.
-->'''Slade:''' Who do you think this person is?\\
'''Ghost:''' You can't guess?
-->'''Slade:''' Who do you think this person is?\\
'''Ghost:''' You can't guess?
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Slade forecloses on the first customers by confiscating, among other things, the family's pot-bellied stove ''still smoking,'' on Christmas eve.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanCarol'', which is a satiric, conservative take on the story.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanCarol'', a wacky comedy released in 2008 which is a satiric, conservative take on the story.
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* KickTheDog: To really drive home how much of a jerk Slade is, he rips up books because the leather binding them is worth more than the paper.
** Repossessing a wood-burning stove from a family in the dead of a New Hampshire winter also qualifies.
** Repossessing a wood-burning stove from a family in the dead of a New Hampshire winter also qualifies.
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* KickTheDog: To really drive home how much of a jerk Slade is, he rips up books because the leather binding them is worth more than the paper.
**paper. Repossessing a wood-burning stove from a family in the dead of a New Hampshire winter also qualifies.
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* AdaptationNameChange: All of the characters were given new names. Ebenezer Scrooge becomes Benedict Slade, and Jacob Marley becomes Jack Latham.
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* AdaptationNameChange: All of the characters were given new names. Ebenezer Scrooge becomes Benedict Slade, and Jacob Marley becomes Jack Latham. Of course, taking the RecursiveFiction involved, it would have been odd with the book store owner owning a first edition of the original story and the characters keeping their original names.
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* AngelUnaware: The "Ghost of Christmas Past" tells Slade, "I played a trumpet in a war, a long time ago. You should've seen those walls come down." The implication being that the Ghost was one of the priests at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jericho Battle of Jericho]].
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** Repossessing a wood-burning stove from a family in the dead of a New Hampshire winter also qualifies.
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* JacobMarleyWarning: With Latham as the American counterpart.
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* InSeriesNickname: Thatcher's son is nicknamed "Mr. T."
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* InSeriesNickname: Thatcher's son Jonathan is nicknamed "Mr. T."
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* RecursiveFiction: The bookstore owner has a copy of ''A Christmas Carol'', and Slade brings up the book during Latham's visit.
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* RecursiveFiction: The bookstore owner has a first edition copy of ''A Christmas Carol'', and which Slade repossesses, reads, and later destroys. Slade also brings up the book during Latham's visit.
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* InSeriesNickname: Thatcher's son is nicknamed "Mr. T."
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Several reviews of the film had to clarify that they weren't making up things like Thatcher's son being called "Mr. T" or the radio playing disco music as a precursor to the future scenes.
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* NeverMyFault: Slade denies responsibility for Brewster's death and claims choosing not to invest was Latham's idea, when it was his own.
* NotBloodSiblings: Slade was essentially adopted by Brewster as a child, but fell in love with and romanced his daughter anyway.
* NotBloodSiblings: Slade was essentially adopted by Brewster as a child, but fell in love with and romanced his daughter anyway.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to [[TheGreatDepression Depression-era]] America. Benedict Slade, played by Creator/HenryWinkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to [[TheGreatDepression Depression-era]] America. Benedict Slade, played by Creator/HenryWinkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark businessman who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to Depression-era America. Benedict Slade, played by Creator/HenryWinkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to Depression-era [[TheGreatDepression Depression-era]] America. Benedict Slade, played by Creator/HenryWinkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to Depression-era America. Benedict Slade, played by Henry Winkler, Creator/HenryWinkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
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* RecursiveFiction: The bookstore owner has a copy of ''A Christmas Carol'', and Slade brings up the book during Latham's visit.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Latham convinces Slade he's the real deal by telling him information only he'd know.
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this movie is crazy! XD
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips up books, steals his clients' goods, and it's shown how his business practices drove the Fezziwig analogue, Mr. Brewster, to an early death.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips up books, steals his clients' goods, threatens his partner's ghost with a shotgun, and it's shown how his business practices drove the Fezziwig analogue, Mr. Brewster, to an early death.death.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Slade assumes Latham's ghost is someone in makeup pretending to be him.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Slade assumes Latham's ghost is someone in makeup pretending to be him.
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Slade is visited by the ghost of his long-dead business partner, Jack Latham. The three Spirits of Christmas resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans, and they attempt to make him change his ways.
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Slade is visited by the ghost of his long-dead business partner, Jack Latham.Latham, who warns him he will be haunted by three more ghosts. The three Spirits of Christmas resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans, and they attempt to make him change his ways.
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He's visited by the ghost of his long-dead business partner, as well as the other Spirits of Christmas, who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips up books, steals his cilents' clients' goods, and it's shown how his business practices drove the Fezziwig analogue, Mr. Brewster, to an early death.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to depression-era Depression-era America. Benedict Slade, played by Henry Winkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanCarol', which is a satiric, conservative take on the story.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanCarol', ''Film/AnAmericanCarol'', which is a satiric, conservative take on the story.
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* AdaptationNameChange: All of the characters were given new names. Ebenezer Scrooge becomes Benedict Slade, and Jacob Marley becomes Jack Latham.
* AndYouWereThere: The three ghosts first appear as people Slade seizes goods from.
* BerserkButton: Thatcher trying to give Slade a well-thought-out idea on opening the quarry to get more jobs results in Slade firing him for trying to teach him business.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips upbooks books, steals his cilents' goods, and it's shown how his business practices drove the Fezziwig analogue, Mr. Brewster, to an early death.death.
* EvilMentor: Jack Latham taught Slade all he knows, even giving him last-minute advice on his deathbed.
* AndYouWereThere: The three ghosts first appear as people Slade seizes goods from.
* BerserkButton: Thatcher trying to give Slade a well-thought-out idea on opening the quarry to get more jobs results in Slade firing him for trying to teach him business.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips up
* EvilMentor: Jack Latham taught Slade all he knows, even giving him last-minute advice on his deathbed.
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''An American Christmas Carol'' is a 1979 made-for-TV movie that transplants Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' to depression-era America. Benedict Slade, played by Henry Winkler, is a ruthless, miserly loan shark who fires his clerk on Christmas Eve, repossesses his clients' goods as payment for overdue loans, and absolutely hates Christmas.
He's visited by the ghost of his long-dead business partner, as well as the other Spirits of Christmas, who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans.
Not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanCarol', which is a satiric, conservative take on the story.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips up books and it's shown how his business practices drove the Fezziwig analogue, Mr. Brewster, to an early death.
* IronicHell: An exchange between Ben Slade and Jack Latham's ghost mentions this.
-->'''Latham:''' Hell's not what you think it is, Ben. Fire, sulfur, devils with pitchforks, none of that.\\
'''Slade:''' Thank God.\\
'''Latham:''' It's worse. It's living in all your past, all the time, forever. There's a politician who sits in a room with all his speeches blaring at the same time—no earplugs, either. And a king who has to keep staring at the faces of men he sent to war.
* KickTheDog: To really drive home how much of a jerk Slade is, he rips up books because the leather binding them is worth more than the paper.
* SettingUpdate: To Depression-era America instead of 1843 London.
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He's visited by the ghost of his long-dead business partner, as well as the other Spirits of Christmas, who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans.
Not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanCarol', which is a satiric, conservative take on the story.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only does Slade fire Thatcher and send him to the soup line, he rips up books and it's shown how his business practices drove the Fezziwig analogue, Mr. Brewster, to an early death.
* IronicHell: An exchange between Ben Slade and Jack Latham's ghost mentions this.
-->'''Latham:''' Hell's not what you think it is, Ben. Fire, sulfur, devils with pitchforks, none of that.\\
'''Slade:''' Thank God.\\
'''Latham:''' It's worse. It's living in all your past, all the time, forever. There's a politician who sits in a room with all his speeches blaring at the same time—no earplugs, either. And a king who has to keep staring at the faces of men he sent to war.
* KickTheDog: To really drive home how much of a jerk Slade is, he rips up books because the leather binding them is worth more than the paper.
* SettingUpdate: To Depression-era America instead of 1843 London.
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