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* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Attack of the Fifty-Foot Animal]]: After he eats Bunsen's growth pills.
* [[Author Avatar]]: Kermit's journey from Mississippi to show biz is an allegory for Henson's career. Doesn't hurt that Henson voices Kermit, too.
* [[Awesome but Temporary]]: Professor Honeydew's growth pills are "sadly temporary", although it's probably a good thing that they wore off after Animal took them.
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: "El Sleezo Cafe"
* [[Balloonacy]]: Happens to Gonzo at one point.
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* [[Captivity Harmonica]]: Rowlf in the campfire scene.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Who knew The Electric Mayhem would have ''kept'' that copy of the screenplay?
* [[Chosen Family]]: Kermit sets off to Hollywood to become rich and famous. Along the way he acquires friends in Fozzie, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, and all the main Muppet cast. As he tells Doc Hopper, he found a family because they share the same dream.
* [[Coincidental Accidental Disguise]]: Fozzie's newly painted car in front of the billboard.
* [[Co-Dragons]]: [[The Dark Chick|Max]] and [[The Brute|Krassman]] to Doc Hopper.
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* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: "It is indeed a problem for us to ''probosculate'' upon!"
* [[The Piano Player]]: Paul Williams, his own self.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: In most movies intended for younger audiences, a hero giving the villain [[The Reason You Suck Speech]] followed by a [[Patrick Stewart Speech]] is bound to get the villain to listen to reason. In this case, however, Kermit's attempt to do so fails, only showing that their ''are'' horrible people in this world who care for nobody but themselves. While this is clearly a [[Family Unfriendly Moral]], it's a far more realistic one.
* [[Retcon]]: Scooter and the band had different and unconnected origin stories in the first seasons of the series, but are now shown as being a single unit before the show got together. (Handwaved by Kermit to Robin in the opening. "Well, it's sort of ''approximately'' how it happened.")
* [[Redemption Rejection]]: When Kermit finally confronts and tries to reason with Hopper, it seems for a few seconds Hopper might be swayed. But he refuses, and orders his men to kill them all. Interestingly, Jim Henson has wanted Hopper to repent, but Frank Oz talked him out of it.
* [[Road Movie]]
* [[Running Gag]]: "Have you tried Hare Krishna?" Also, the "Myth! Myth!" thing.
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* [[Shout-Out]]:
** Kermit to Piggy: "[[Gone with the Wind|Frankly, my dear, I don't give a hoot.]]" Doubles as a reference to Woodsey Owl.
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* [[There Is Another]]: In this case, many others. For the finale, ''two hundred and fifty Muppets'', all preexisting, appear. As mentioned above, a whole bunch of extra people (including Tim Burton and John Landis) had to be called in to operate all of them.
* [[This Billboard Needs Some Salt]]: Aunt Amy's Custard Pies.
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