#GrittySeuss will ruin your childhood love of Dr. Seuss

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MJ Franklin
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Aaaaannnndd now our childhood is ruined.

In honor of Dr. Seuss's 112 birthday, @midnight hosted a children's-book-inspired hashtag war: #GrittySeuss.

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The game is exactly what it sounds like: Take a child-friendly Dr. Seuss book, and give it a rough, scary twist. Dr. Seuss books are dark enough on their own -- who can forget The Lorax? -- but these remakes are downright terrifying.

Check out some of the new titles below. And don't say we didn't warn you.

Sneetches Get Steeches #GrittySeuss @midnight pic.twitter.com/tP1zmi1RpO— @midnight (@midnight) March 2, 2016

Chop up Pop #GrittySeuss @midnight— The Levine Machine (@Eitanthegoalie) March 2, 2016

2 Things 1 Cup #GrittySeuss @midnight— Aaron Wiener (@Wieneraaron) March 2, 2016

Straight Outta Whoville #GrittySeuss @midnight pic.twitter.com/Uwh3nJYu4w— Joe (@joemessin) March 2, 2016

The Foot Fetish Book#grittyseuss @midnight pic.twitter.com/UKoPLB9Lgq— Samantha Grobbel (@greeneggssalmon) March 2, 2016

The Cat In The Hat Came Back And He's Not Happy You Killed His Two Things #GrittySeuss— Tad Karpis (@tkarpis) March 2, 2016

@midnight Sneetches get stitches #GrittySeuss— Dan Jordan (@dljordan2) March 2, 2016

How The Grinch Capped Christmas#GrittySeuss— Tad Karpis (@tkarpis) March 2, 2016

@0ryuge The Clip in Your Hip #GrittySeuss— Ron Fisher (@KngFish) March 2, 2016

Nightmare on mulberry street. #GrittySeuss— Demetion C-673 Juan (@MenoMoran) March 2, 2016

@midnight Hop on Pop, and other ways to commit patricide #grittyseuss— Andy S (@DarthChemist) March 2, 2016

Green eggs ham and government cheese #GrittySeuss @midnight— Joshua Rose (@Jarose215) March 2, 2016

How the Grinch Stole my Kidneys #GrittySeuss @midnight— Dennis Rakin (@D00101010) March 2, 2016

Green Eggs and Spam #GrittySeuss @midnight— Jillian⚡️ (@Pheramuse) March 2, 2016

The LoraXXX #GrittySeuss @midnight— Duke (@dukestangry) March 2, 2016

Silence of the Green Eggs and Lamb #GrittySeuss @midnight— Ryon_D (@Ryon_D) March 2, 2016

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