Martha May Whovier is the love interest of The Grinch and Mayor Augustus Maywho. She was played by Christine Baransk as an adult while Landry Allbright played as an 8 year old Martha May.
Her Story[]
The Past[]
In her childhood, Martha was the only one who was ever nice to the Grinch as he had a beard despite being only 8-years-old. She flirted with him by saying that she loved the colors red and green, then caressed his face with her hand.
This surprised The Grinch who decided to make a gift for her in reciprocation for her feelings to which he shared.
The next day, when the Grinch presented his gift to Martha, the other classmates laughed and bullied him for shaving in an attempt to impress Martha.
Before Martha could defend him from the ridicule, he left in a rage and has lived on a mountain ever since and she had not seen him since, despite carrying the same feelings for him for many years.
The Present[]
As the years passed by, Martha grew up to become a beautiful and mature woman. She also became Cindy's mom Betty Lou Who's rival. Both who wanted to win the light decorating contest each year to which Martha wins each year (mostly due to the Mayor's crush on her).
Later she's seen telling Cindy what she knew about The Grinch whom she's known since childhood, but also inadvertently confesses to having had a "crush" on him.
At the celebration, Martha is seen unimpressed by The Mayor's behavior. As the Grinch arrives, she's seen watching him from a distance and cheering him, but hiding her feelings.
At the moment of Gift Pass On, Augustus takes the oportunity to propose to Martha, she was speechless that Augustus asked her to marry him which makes her feel uncomfortable since she's in love with The Grinch. Before she answers the proposal, she's interrupted by The Grinch who starts ranting about the commercial and frivolous side of Christmas.
She decides to think about Augustus's proposal until the next day. By Christmas morning, Martha watches how Augustus publicly blames Cindy Lou for what happened, even if the fault was his.
When Lou defends Cindy, she listens Lou's speech about the true meaning of Christmas and is touched by it and realizes that Christmas is really about spending time with your loved ones.
By the end, Martha decide to reject the engagement and gives Augustus back the engagement ring when the Grinch reforms after revealing her true feelings for The Grinch which makes The Grinch happy.
Later, she was last seen during the song "Welcome Christmas" and at The Grinch's home where he's cutting the Roast Beast and they both flirting for a while. It reveals that they're in relationship after they smile at each other before the movie was over.
Appearance[]
Martha has long brown hair, which was previously straight hair with two pigtails but became curly in adult and similar facial features a other whos and has blue eyes. She's shown to wear a black and white dress with white gloves, red tights, white socks and black shoes in her childhood.
Later on, she's shown to have matured into a buxom woman.
She wears a Santa Claus designed suit, with her front ends revealing her cleavage and a very short skirt line which barely covers her waist line. She's later seen in a tight red dress, exposing her built figure and wears a mistletoe pin in her hair.
She's later seen in her nightgown and bathrobe that's white and light blue.
Trivia[]
- Even though she denies that she have feelings for The Grinch, she still does since childhood. Making her not afraid of The Grinch like Cindy Lou Who, due to caring about him too.
- Martha May have love rival, but she love The Grinch and doesn't return her feelings to Mayor Augustus after seeing that Augustus was being mean and selfish to The Grinch since childhood.
- Martha May returns The Grinch's feeling after saying that Red and Green is her favorite color on Christmas which it surprised The Grinch and decide to give her a gift until the next day he was making fun of when he shave himself, lost his temper and run away which it hurt Martha May when she feel bad for him since childhood.
- In delete scene, Martha May won the light concert every year because of The Mayor have feelings for her and don't want her to lose by Betty Lou Who. The other deleted scene is when the mayor asks her out on a date which she kindly refuse.
- When the Mayor proposed to her, she was stunned and was afraid, because she still love The Grinch and she knows that The Grinch still love her too. At the end, she call off the engagement and tell everybody include The Mayor that she's in love and love The Grinch which that makes The Grinch very happy.
- Martha was the first girlfriend of The Grinch and the love interest in this movie.
- Helen Hunt, Nicole Kidman, Cameron Diaz, Famke Janseen, Joely Fisher, Rene Russo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Drew Barrymore, Sandra Bullock and Catherine O'Hara were briefly considered for the role of Martha May Whovier before Christine Baranski was cast.
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