This name would’ve made a LOAD more sense. After all, if you’re gonna celebrate Christmas, you gotta remember the best-rhyming classics.
Come on, Blizzard, you can rename Junkrat’s skin to Grinch. Do it!
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nah theyre saving the grinch name for when they do a winter wonderland PvE mode where you get the stolen presents back from the Grinch
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That would be so wholesome. Heck, make it a semi-canon OW2 mission where the “Grinch” is Junkrat. Overwatch, despite dealing with major threats from Null Sector and Talon, finds the time to go after Junkrat after he steals a load of presents from a big charity event.
No, they can’t. It’s copyrighted.
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Junk isn’t the “Grinchy” type.
Seems like that best fits Moira.
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yep it is, by universal pictures
They wouldn’t be able to do that, but still, we know its a Grinch reference. The Elf skin is so good, I started using it over his other Winter skins.
aw but come on, the “winter” skin D:
Copy Right
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The Grinch is not a public domain character.
The owners of the Dr Seuss “Universe” of characters were dismayed over adaptations of their work and have now refused further adaptations so forget about even licensing the copyright.
I feel like, if anything, the new Junkrat skin is a goblin.
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Pretty sure the term “Grinch” was created and trademarked by Dr. Suess. I know it’s become a common vernacular in popular culture as someone who hates Christmas, but it’s still affiliated with Dr. Seuss.
So it ain’t gonna happen.
OH, and what part of Junkrat is like The Grinch? JR doesn’t seem like he hates it at all, so why make him The Grinch?
The Seuss estate isn’t going to be okay with that.
It’s what he’s doing in the main menu, stealing the milk and cookies, that seems kinda Grinch-like IMO.
The Grinch name is still copyrighted and trademarked.
copyrights lmao I don’t think that’s possible unless they do a colab
Copyright with the Seuss estate kicks that idea in the caboose they say.
I mean they couldn’t even mention Men in Black inspired for Zarya’s Alien skin, as even that tip toes a fine line.
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Excuse you!
well I wouldn’t say no if it was the black santa outfit from her spray.
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They could do what they did in WoW and call him the Greench. It’s more of a parody anyway, which is perfectly acceptable afaik.
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well it’s a word in the dictionary now. I’m sure you could use that word instead of the Name.