The Muppets

Jim Henson's (now Disney's) long-running franchise, starring his special type of marionette/puppet hybrids. For the puppets themselves, see Muppet.

Shows:


 * Sam and Friends (1955-1961)
 * Sesame Street (1969-present)
 * The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
 * Fraggle Rock (1983-1987)
 * Muppet Babies (Animated) (1984-1991)
 * Little Muppet Monsters (live action Muppets with animated shorts) (1985)
 * Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)
 * The Ghost Of Faffner Hall (1989)
 * The Jim Henson Hour (MuppeTelevision section) (1989)
 * Dog City (1992-1995)
 * Muppets Tonight (1996-1998)
 * Mopatops Shop (1999-2004)
 * Play with Me Sesame (2002-present)
 * Muppet Viral Videos

Films and Specials:
 * The Muppet Movie (1979)
 * John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
 * The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
 * Big Bird In China (1983)
 * Dont Eat The Pictures (1983)
 * Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983)
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
 * Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)
 * A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
 * Big Bird In Japan (1989)
 * The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
 * The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
 * The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
 * Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
 * Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
 * Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
 * Elmopalooza (1998)
 * Muppets From Space (1999)
 * The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999)
 * Its a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
 * The Muppets Wizard of Oz (2005)
 * Abby in Wonderland (2008)
 * Studio DC: Almost Live (2008)
 * A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
 * Muppet Vision 3D (a Disney Theme Parks attraction) (1991-present)
 * Muppet Mobile Lab (an attraction in Hong Kong Disneyland) (2007-present)
 * The Muppets (2011) (formerly known as The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!)
 * The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made! (in Development Hell since 1985 and finally announced in 2009, but currently set aside yet again to make way for The Muppets)
 * Untitled The Muppets sequel, possibly The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made!

Specials not starring the standard Muppet cast (although Kermit introduces, narrates, or appears in several of them):


 * Hey Cinderella (1969)
 * The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
 * The Frog Prince (1972)
 * The Muppet Musicians Of Bremen (1972)
 * Emmet Otters Jug Band Christmas (1977)
 * The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic (1986)
 * The Christmas Toy (1986)
 * Mr Willowbys Christmas Tree (1995)
 * Kermits Swamp Years (2002)

In other shows: Muppet Cameo

The main members of The Muppet Show cast include:
 * Kermit the Frog||||Perpetual Straight Man / Only Sane Amphibian and leader of the motley crew
 * Miss Piggy||||Kermit's Love Interest with Tsundere-like tendecies
 * Fozzie Bear||||Resident jokester and Kermit's second-in-command
 * The Great Gonzo||||Stuntman extraordinaire and eternal Butt Monkey
 * Scooter||||The Everyman and "gofer" of the group
 * Rizzo The Rat||||Deadpan Snarker and Gonzo's best friend
 * Sam the Eagle||||Uber-patriot and the Stop Having Fun Guy of the group
 * Dr. Bunsen Honeydew||||Gadgeteer Genius Ditz who runs Muppet Labs
 * Beaker||||Honeydew's Unintelligible assistant and Chew Toy
 * Statler and Waldorf||||Two old men who exist solely to heckle the other cast members
 * Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem||||The Muppets' '70s Rock and Roll band, featuring Animal on drums
 * Rowlf the Dog||||Expert pianist and all-around nice guy
 * The Swedish Chef||||A chef who speaks solely in Swedish-like gibberish

For more detailed descriptions, see the Character Sheet.

Minor Muppet characters include:
 * Camilla the Chicken||||Gonzo's on-and-off girlfriend
 * Clifford||||Resident cool guy
 * Pepe the King Prawn||||Jerk With a Heart of Gold and suave Charmer
 * Robin||||Kermit's nephew
 * Sweetums||||The 9-foot-tall Gentle Giant
 * Crazy Harry||||Laughing Mad Bomber
 * The Penguins||||An entire flock of Plucky Comic Relief characters
 * Marvin Suggs||||An egotistical French Jerk who uses a "Muppaphone".
 * Lew Zealand||||Enigmatic Cloudcuckoolander, whose act involves boomerang fish.
 * And a motley crew of pigs,||||monsters, creatures, talking food, and various human Muppets