Ebenezer Scrooge

 is the main protagonist in the film, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. He is voiced by Luke Evans.

Ebenezer Scrooge is based on the character of the same name in Charles Dickens' story, A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer has appeared in other adaptations, such as in Disney as a duck named Scrooge McDuck, in The Muppets and in Ghostbusters.

Biography
Ebenezer Scrooge is an unsympathetic, cold-hearted old man. He is a moneylender who insists on collecting his debts on time, regardless of the circumstances.

Scrooge despises Christmas. His sister, Jen, died giving birth to Harry Huffam on Christmas. He resents Harry and refuses his invitation to join him on Christmas every year.

As a young child, Scrooge had to work at Rackham's Blacking Factory to provide his mother and sister so they wouldn’t have starved after his father ended up in debtors' prison.

When Scrooge was a young adult, he worked as an apprentice at Mr. Fezziwig's warehouse. Ebenezer ended up working as a private banker with Jacob Marley because it offered more job security.

When he is visited by a host of spirits, Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past and the Ghost of Christmas Present, on Christmas Eve, he revisits his traumatic past and sees how his actions hurt others. He is warned of the bleak future that lies ahead if he doesn't alter his mean-spirited ways. Scrooge must decide whether he wants to continue down his path of greed or change his selfish ways.

Throughout Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
On Christmas Eve in 1843, a happy man, Harry Huffam, encounters his elderly uncle Ebenezer Scrooge and his dog Prudence. However, Scrooge dislikes the holiday season. He refuses to give to charity and penalizes a toy store owner for being late on a debt payment. He also turns down Harry's invitation to Christmas dinner. His assistant, Bob Cratchit, wishes to be given Christmas Day off work. However, Scrooge does not approve and withholds his pay. Bob is underpaid by Scrooge and their family live in poverty. His son, Tiny Tim, is seriously ill, and they cannot afford his medical treatment.

That night, he has a terrifying visitation from Jacob Marley, the ghost of his former mentor, who taught him to be merciless. He is the first spirit to pay him a visit to warn him about what lies ahead. He forewarns Scrooge of the punishment he will endure in the afterlife if he doesn't alter his mean-spirited ways and implores Scrooge to turn away from his heartless pursuit of wealth.

Additionally, Marley's ghost warns Scrooge to prepare for three more appearances from three ferocious ghosts: the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.

The first visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge on a tour of his past. She shows Scrooge several episodes from Christmases in his younger days. In these scenes, Scrooge's former fiancée, Isabel Fezziwig, is shown. She finds it hard to accept that Scrooge collects debts, and hopes he can change and focus on building their life together. Past reminds Scrooge of the painful members that shaped him into the man he is today, and implores him to learn from his mistakes.

The second visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge how his actions hurt other people. He takes Scrooge on a tour of various Christmases from the present, showing him the celebrations of his family and acquaintances.

The third visit from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come to Come shows Scrooge shows a glimpse of the bleak future that lies ahead. Scrooge sees a future where Tom Jenkins, a man who Scrooge made pay large debts, celebrates his death. He also learns that Bob's son, Tiny Tim, has died, and their family is devastated. Barely anyone attends his funeral and Scrooge is given an example of what Hell is like, which is where he will go after death for eternity if he does not change his ways. Scrooge vows to change for the better if it means that Tim will live on.

Personality
Scrooge is greedy, unsympathetic, selfish and insensitive to other people but when he was young he was kind and loved his fiancée Isabel until greed led him to care only about the money he earned.

During the film, it is shown that Scrooge still has feelings for others, as when he deducts his employee Bob's wages but then sees him with his children and one of them starts coughing making feel empathy for him.

After the visit of the three ghosts of Christmas, he changes completely, becoming the Scrooge of before, being sensitive and benevolent with the rest of the people.

Physical appearance
Scrooge is a tall, slender 57-year-old elderly man. He has fair skin, blue eyes, short gray hair (originally brown when he was younger) and sideburns, thick eyebrows, and an aquiline nose, including a slightly flushed face.

At the beginning of the film, he wears a black capelet alongside a black top hat with a matching band and a black cane with a brown handle and two gold details, underneath he has a black tailcoat with gold buttons alongside a white long-sleeved stand-up collared shirt, a white cravat and a maroon waistcoat with gold buttons, to finish he also wears black pants and shoes.

His nightwear just consists of a long teal dressing gown with golden details, a white shirt with a stand-up collar and matching buttons, white pants, teal loafers with golden details, and a teal nightcap with a golden ornament.

At the last minutes of the film, Scrooge wears a blue top hat with a matching band, a blue tailcoat with marching buttons, a white long-sleeved shirt with a stand-up collar, a blue cravat and a teal-printed waistcoat with matching buttons, for finally dark green pants and brown shoes.

As a young boy, he wears a green coat with gold buttons, a white long-sleeved shirt with buttons and a green dual-flap tie, green pants, a green Breton cap with two silver buttons, long light green knitted socks, and brown boots with buttons.

As a young adult, he is handsome with less pronounced sideburns and his primary clothing is similar to the main suit but his cravat is colored green and his waistcoat is colored dark cyan respectively instead. For Mr. Fezziwig's Christmas lunch, he wears a white long-sleeved stand-up collared shirt, a teal cravat with a gold rectangular brooch, a grayish teal and black waistcoat with gold buttons and a red and green boutonnière, black pants and shoes.

Appearances

 * Scrooge: A Christmas Carol