In "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1966), the Grinch's eyes not only change color when he understands the meaning of Christmas. Explaining that it seemed either the make-up or editing team had made an error, the TikToker revealed that the Grinch's eyes actually change colour in one scene. A eagle-eyed TikTokker spotted a mistake in the iconic Christmas film "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," having to do with the color of Jim Carrey's eyes.
TikTok user @redcobweb noticed the color of the Grinch's eyes change from a yellowish green-the shade they are for the majority of the film-to Carrey's actual eye color brown and then back again. In the clip, the Grinch opens a hatch. When the camera pans to his face, it's Carrey's eyes.
The camera cuts away, and when it returns to the actor, it's the Grinch's eye color again. In a video posted to TikTok on December 13, @redcobweb shared a clip from the 2000 film, in which Jim Carrey's eyes change color during a scene. And so that's how I got through The Grinch." Perhaps his eyes were really hurting that day so they decided not to put the yellow contact lenses in.
A TikTok video went viral after the user pointed out the difference in Jim Carrey's eyes in back-to-back scenes in 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Shocking people online with the continuity mistake in make-up, the eagle-eyed fan revealed how the Grinch's eyes change colour in one of the most iconic scenes. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV Movie 1966) - Through most of the short, the Grinch's eye color is red, indicting his bitter, misanthropic and sneaky personality.
But when he discovers the true meaning of Christmas by the sight of the still happy rejoicing Whos in the deprived town of Whoville towards the ending, his eyes turn blue, meaning that he has a change of heart.