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[[File:300px-German-Its-a-Very-Merry-Muppet-Christmas-Movie-DVD1_8000.jpg|frame|A regular staple of any Muppet Fan's holiday.]]
Take the basic story of ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]].'' Add Muppets.
This 2002 movie is what you get. And it's every bit as good as you'd think.
An angel named Daniel (David Arquette) watches Earth on Christmas Eve in horror. Kermit the Frog and his friends, through a series of mishaps, misplace their theater's December rent payment to the wicked Rachel Bitterman (Joan Cusack), who wants to tear down the theater to build a nightclub. Determined not to let the despondent Kermit give up on his dreams, Daniel appeals to his [[God|Boss]] (Whoopi Goldberg) to review the situation and intervene.
Daniel himself is sent to aid Kermit, who is so distraught by the events that he wishes he had never been born. As in the original film, the angel grants the wish, taking Kermit on a crazy trip through an alternate existence in which Miss Piggy is a theatrical has-been who does telephone acting, Fozzie is a pickpocket, and Gonzo is homeless, among others. Then when Kermit tries to un-wish the situation, Daniel's not entirely sure how to put the world back to normal...
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** [[Star Wars|Yoda]] has a brief cameo while Daniel is attempting to send Kermit back to his own reality.
** And the cast of ''[[Scrubs]]'' appeared during the scene showing Miss Piggy's brief "professional acting career" on that show (she plays a dying patient who is lying motionless under a sheet the whole scene).
* [[Coincidental Accidental Disguise]]: While carrying a big sack of money, Fozzie gets covered in green paint and is mistaken for [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|The Grinch]] by a Who girl who randomly appears for this gag.
* [[Conspicuous CGI]]: The giant dragonfly concocted by Whoopi Goldberg just because she can.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Rachel Bitterman
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* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: Well, okay, it's still the Muppets, so for the most part it's kid-friendly... but man, did they manage to cram in a lot of innuendoes in this movie. For one thing, they put on a show based on ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' with Miss Piggy singing "Santa Baby."
* [[Ice Queen]]: Rachel Bitterman, who is so cold that even the ''Muppets'' can't melt her heart.
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* [[Impossible Thief]]: In the alternate reality, Fozzie picks Kermit's pocket and steals his wallet. Daniel [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the impossible part when he points out that Kermit doesn't ''have'' pockets.
* [[In Mysterious Ways]]: The Boss invokes the trope toward the end of movie.
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