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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} [[File:great_muppet_caper_2104.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| '''Miss Piggy:''' Um, why are you telling me all this?~~<br />~~ '''Lady Holiday:''' It's [[Mr. Exposition\|plot exposition.]] It has to go ''somewhere''. }} Line 12: ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' includes examples of the following: ===~~ * [[Actor Allusion]]: Kermit's reporter role and outfit hearken back to his on-the-spot interviews of fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Peter Falk's cameo features him sitting down next to Kermit and attempting to tell him his entire life story. Unlike Columbo, though, he is "100% wrong." Line 23: He is, in fact, ''still'' wearing them during the heist at the Mallory Gallery, even though he's otherwise dressed head-to-foot in standard cat-burglar black. * [[The Cameo]]: ''lots'' of them, sometimes [[Lampshaded]]. Including one from [[Creator Cameo\|Jim Henson himself]]. {{quote\| '''Peter Ustinov''': What are you doing here?~~<br />~~ '''[[Sesame Street\|Oscar the Grouch]]''': A very brief cameo.~~<br~~ /> '''Ustinov [sadly]''': Me too. }} * [[Cardboard Prison]] Line 30: * [[Coat Full of Contraband]] * [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Also lampshaded. {{quote\| '''Miss Piggy (when motorcycle appears):''' What an unbelievable coincidence!}} * [[Creator Cameo]]: Jim Henson gets his picture taken by Gonzo in the restaurant. Puppeteer Jerry Nelson is walking through the park with real-life daughter Christine (who mistakes Kermit for a bear). * [[Delivery Guy Infiltration]] Line 39: * [[Disney Acid Sequence]] * [[Double Entendre]]: Though not a sexual one. {{quote\| '''Fozzie:''' ''[going over a checklist]'' Wax lips?~~<br />~~ '''Zoot:''' Aw man, I just had 'em.~~<br />~~ '''Dr. Teeth:''' Did you leave 'em in your other pants?~~<br />~~ '''Zoot:''' I ain't ''got'' no other pants!~~<br />~~ '''Fozzie:''' ''[going back to the checklist]'' Yo-yo?~~<br />~~ '''Janice:''' ''[glancing at Zoot]'' Fer sure. }} * [[Dream Ballet]] * [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Beauregard the cab driver. {{quote\| '''Beauregard:''' What's your room number?~~<br />~~ '''Fozzie:''' Oh, I don't know... we're on the second floor.~~<br />~~ '''Beauregard:''' Oh, I'm sorry! I can only take you as far as the lobby! }} * [[Fashion Show]] * [[For the Evulz]]/[[Card-Carrying Villain]]: {{quote\| '''Kermit:''' "Why are you doing this?"~~<br />~~ '''Nicky:''' "[[Captain Obvious\|Because I'm the villain! It's pretty plain and simple.]]" }} * [[Gentleman Thief]] * [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: At one point everyone is talking at once, and Kermit screams for them to be quiet, causing them all to immediately shut up...[[Seven Minute Lull\|except for Janice]]: {{quote\| '''Janice:''' ...and I said, Look, Mother, it's my life, okeeey? So if I want to live on a beach and walk around nak-- oh.}} * [[Granola Girl]]: Janice, as usual. * [[Hulk Speak]]: Animal, including the spoof about complicated issues (when Floyd claims Animal is crazed due to missing a Rembrandt exhibit, Animal corrects him: "Renoir!"). Line 70: * [[Love At First Sight]]: Kermit and Miss Piggy, of course. * [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: The disturbingly hilarious crush Charles Grodin's character Nick Holiday has for Miss Piggy throughout the film. {{quote\| '''Nick:''' Miss Piggy... You're a very different looking woman. I'm so tired of the same type, [[Purple Prose\|those tall thin creatures with the long legs, the aquiline noses, the teeth like pearls, soft skin]]... ~~<br~~ /> '''Miss Piggy:''' Yeah, well I can see where that might make you sick to your stomach. }} * [[Medium Awareness]]: "It's a movie!" Line 77: * [[No Fourth Wall]] Possibly the best moment is as Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo in their hot air balloon discussing the credits: {{quote\| '''Fozzie:''' "Nobody reads those names anyway, do they?"~~<br />~~ '''Kermit:''' "Sure. They all have families." }} It's worth noting that this exchange comes in the first scene, and it keeps up from there. And then there's this gem: {{quote\| '''Miss Piggy:''' And you know something else?! You can't even ''sing!'' Your voice was ''dubbed!''}} At one point, Kermit and Miss Piggy break out of character to attack each other's acting, and which one is carrying the film. ** And, of course, "Hey! A Movie!", the song in the opening scene, about how they're "going to be in a movie starring everybody... and me". * [[Non-Identical Twins]]: Kermit and Fozzie. A running gag has people somehow confusing the two, such as identifying Kermit as a bear. {{quote\| '''Father:''' "No, Christine, that's a frog. Bears wear hats."~~<br />~~ '''Editor:''' "Oh, yeah. I see [the similarity] now..." }} At one point we're shown a picture of their "father", who's an extremely odd-looking frog/bear hybrid. Well, even though the ''actors'' Kermit and Fozzie don't look anything alike, their ''characters'' are identical twins. (It's that kind of movie.) * [[Not Even Bothering ~~With~~with the Accent]]: Played with by London cabbie Beauregard on why he doesn't have an English accent, despite having lived in London "all my life". "English Accent, I'm lucky I have a driver's license!" * [[Obviously Evil]]: Nicky. The first moment we meet him, he's staring rapturously at his sister's jewels. * [[Opt Out]]: Subverting the usual trope, ''everybody'' starts opting out when Kermit proposes his plan to stop Nicky's gang from stealing the Baseball Diamond. All except Gonzo and Fozzie, that is, the latter of whom uses a heck of a guilt trip to get everyone back in. * [[Rousing Speech]]: {{quote\| '''Fozzie:''' HOLD IT!!! [[What the Hell, Hero?\|Shaaaaaaame on you!]] [[We ARE Struggling Together!\|I thought we were in this thing together!]] I'm just as scared as you are, but this has to be done! We don't want the ''bad guys'' to win! We ''gotta'' do this! [[Meaningless Meaningful Words\|For... for... for... justice! For... freedom. For... honesty.]]~~<br~~ /> '''Kermit:''' Fozzie, you okay?~~<br~~ /> '''Fozzie:''' That took a lot out of me! }} * [[Seven Minute Lull]]: 15 Seconds Kermit Yells "Quiiiieeettttt!!!" Line 102: * [[Super Window Jump]] * [[Take a Third Option]]: During the "Happiness Hotel" number: {{quote\| '''Pops:''' Hey, how are you guys fixing to pay?~~<br />~~ '''Kermit:''' What are our choices?~~<br />~~ '''Pops:''' A) Credit Card, B) Cash, C) Sneak out in the middle of the night?~~<br />~~ '''Fozzie:''' We'll take "C".~~<br />~~ '''Pops:''' ''Veeeeeeery'' popular choice (swats fly). }} * [[Theme Naming]] * [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Kermit during the bike riding scene, from Statler and Waldorf's point of view. Doubles as a possibly [[Accidental Aesop]] about bike safety. {{quote\| "Heh. Look ma, no brains!"}} * [[Trrrilling Rrrs]]: Lady Holiday, noticeably when talking on the phone about her "horrrrrendous" fashion designs. * [[Very False Advertising]]: The Happiness Hotel. Granted, the people who live there ''are'' a very happy bunch, but it's more ''despite'' the living conditions than ''because'' of them. Line 116: {{reflist}} [[Category:The Muppets (Franchise)]]▼ [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:Mystery and Detective Films]] [[Category:Puppet Shows]] [[Category:The Great Muppet Caper]] ▲[[Category:The Muppets ~~(Franchise)~~]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:Puppet Shows of the 1980s]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Muppet Caper, The}} [[Category:Film]]