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* [[The Muppet Show Comic Book/YMMV|The Muppet Show Comic Book]]

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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: During the [[Putting the Band Back Together]] montage, Sam the Eagle is an anchor for his own news segment "Everything Stinks", and on the bottom scrolling bar is a list of everything in the world that stinks, such as the French, and the ''[[Mind Screw|non-French]]''.

** The Muppets also figure it's okay to kidnap Jack Black to host the show, because "a celebrity is not a people". Although, [[Cloudcuckoolander|Lew Zealand]] says this, so the thought may not have been shared by all. Kermit was openly against it.

* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: The song "Me Party" could be taken to be about [[A Date with Rosie Palms]].

Stays at the "me party" }}

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Jason Segal has been dating a [[Heroes Want Redheads|redheaded]] [[Hot for Teacher|elementary school teacher]] for a decade. [[How I Met Your Mother|Sound familiar?]]

** Also the fart shoes.

** "Me Party" doesn't advance the plot, and Mary might have taken too much of it for herself, but it's dang catchy.

** Amy Adams singing and dancing alone in a diner, surrounded by a border of LEDs? The part where she made bread can-can looked pretty crazy as well.

*** So Amy Adams does her ''[[Fridge Brilliance|own puppetting!]]''

* [[Critical Dissonance]]: One of the most frustrating examples. ''The Muppets'' was one of the best-reviewed movies of 2011 and most who saw it did in fact praise the film. Unfortunately, most general audiences seemed to think ''[[Breaking Dawn]]'' and ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks|Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked]]'' looked like the superior movies and saved their money for those, leading to a solid but not certainly great box office total.

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: [[Flight of the Conchords|Bret McKenzie]] wrote the new musical numbers for the film. They're a ton of fun and even include some very ''Conchords''-esque lyrics.

''Then I'm a very manly muppet.'' }}

** {{spoiler|[[Nirvana|"Smells Like Teen Spirit"]] as a '''barbershop quartet.'''}}

** "Man or Muppet". ''It won an Oscar''.

** Both versions of "Life's A Happy Song", especially the {{spoiler|[[Triumphant Reprise]] led by the Muppets themselves}}. {{spoiler|The [[Crowd Song|entire crowd joins in too]], which is [[Fridge Brilliance|definitely what would happen in real life if the Muppets suddenly broke into song after being cheered on by their fans]]!}}

* [[Ear Worm]]: ''Life's a happy song, when there's someone by your side to sing along''.

** The {{spoiler|ending reprise}} especially!

* [[Like You Would Really Do It]]: {{spoiler|[[Double Subverted]]. The Hail Mary telethon fails, the magic fix at the end falls through, and Kermit's ready to start the group again from the ground up, with whatever fans they have left, no studio and no Muppet name. If it wasn't for the fact that the fandom came in droves, and Gonzo's bowling ball makes a rather persuasive argument towards Tex Richman giving up his claim on The Muppet Show studio, this would have easily been a very subverted trope.}}

* [[Narm Charm]]: The Swedish Chef's gibberish during the movie's more sentimental moments, like "Pictures In My Head" and {{spoiler|after the telethon ends and the Muppets failed to raise the $10,000,000.}}

** "Gary, I like you, but you have to decide: Are you a man, or a Muppet?"

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Bunsen and Beaker were working on the [[wikipedia:Large Hadron Collider|Large Hadron Collider]].

* [[Spoiled by the Format]]: Lampshaded about half an hour in.

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Walter gets more focus than any other character, even Kermit (it's debatable whether Gary and Mary get more focus than the main Muppets as well). Thankfully, the guy turned out to be [[Ensemble Darkhorse|an immensely popular and likeable character]], preventing him from becoming the [[Creator's Pet]] he could have easily become.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: [[The Muppets/Tear Jerker|There are a few moments]].

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]]: Many people on [[Fox News|more conservative news shows]] were upset that the villain was a CEO who wanted to drill for oil, saying that the Muppets were promoting class warfare for children. They [[Did Not Do the Research]], since it later becomes clear that Tex Richman is evil not because he is a CEO, rich, or wants oil, but ''because he is unable to laugh'' and laughter, aka the third greatest gift ever, is necessary for happiness. ...though, anything concerning his back story was cut, which does not help any!

** As well as the fact that any five-year-old would know he's a caricature just by the name and [[Large Ham]] tendencies.

* [[Win Back the Crowd]]: Both in-universe ''and'' in real life. It helps that the [[Muppets from Space|last film before this one]] came out over a decade before this one.

* [[The Woobie]]: Walter and Kermit, big time.

* [[You Bastard]]: It's pretty hard not to feel guilty while watching this movie if your interest in the Muppets has waned since your childhood.