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[[Jim Henson]]'s (now [[Disney]]'s) long-running franchise, starring his special type of marionette/puppet hybrids. For the puppets themselves, see [[Muppet]].<ref>Legally speaking, "The Muppets" now only refers to ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' characters owned by Disney, although Sesame Workshop has permission to use the term to refer to ''[[
Shows:
* ''[[Sam and Friends]]'' (1955-1961)
* ''[[
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' (1976-1981)
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Little Muppet Monsters'' (live action Muppets with animated shorts) (1985)
* ''Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series'' (1987)
* ''[[The Ghost Of Faffner Hall]]'' (1989) <ref>(This brief-lived HBO series holds the distinction of being one where the main characters were built by the Creature Workshop instead of the Muppet Workshop, giving them a look rather shockingly different from the paradigm seen on most other Muppet productions.)</ref>
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' (1996-1998)
* ''[[Mopatops Shop]]'' (1999-2004)
* ''Play with Me Sesame'' (2002-present)
* [[Muppet Viral Videos]]
* [[The Hoobs]]
* [[Bear in the Big Blue House]]
* [[The Wubbolous World of Dr. Seuss]]
* [[Dinosaurs]]
* [[Farscape]]
Films and Specials:
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* ''[[Dont Eat The Pictures]]'' (1983)
* ''Rocky Mountain Holiday'' (1983)
* ''[[
* ''Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird'' (1985)
* ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas]]'' (1996)
* ''Elmopalooza'' (1998)
* ''[[Muppets
* ''[[The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland]]'' (1999)
* ''[[
* ''[[The Muppets Wizard of Oz]]'' (2005)
* ''Abby in Wonderland'' (2008)
* ''The Dark Crystal''
* ''Labyrinth''
* ''Studio DC: Almost Live'' (2008)
* ''[[
* ''[[Muppet
* ''Muppet Mobile Lab'' (an attraction in Hong Kong Disneyland) (2007-present)
* ''[[The Muppets (
* ''The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made!'' (in Development Hell since 1985 and finally announced in 2009, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Cheapest_Muppet_Movie_Ever_Made! but currently set aside yet again to make way for] ''[[The Muppets (
* Untitled ''[[The Muppets (
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* ''The Frog Prince'' (1972)
* ''[[The Muppet Musicians Of Bremen]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Emmet
* ''[[The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic]]'' (1986)
* ''[[The Christmas Toy]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Mr Willowbys Christmas Tree]]'' (1995)
* ''[[
In other shows: [[Muppet Cameo]]
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!colspan=3|The main members of ''The Muppet Show'' cast include:
||Kermit the Frog||||Perpetual [[Straight Man]] / [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Amphibian]] and leader of the motley crew▼
||Miss Piggy||||Kermit's [[Love Interest]] with [[Tsundere]]-like tendecies▼
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||Fozzie Bear||||Resident [[Pungeon Master|jokester]] and Kermit's second-in-command▼
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||The Great Gonzo||||Stuntman extraordinaire and eternal [[Butt Monkey]]▼
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||Scooter||||[[The Everyman]] and "gofer" of the group▼
||Rizzo The Rat||||[[Deadpan Snarker]] and Gonzo's best friend▼
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||Sam the Eagle||||[[Eagle Land|Uber-patriot]] and the [[Stop Having Fun Guy]] of the group▼
||Dr. Bunsen Honeydew||||[[Gadgeteer Genius]] [[Ditzy Genius|Ditz]] who runs Muppet Labs▼
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||Beaker||||Honeydew's [[The Unintelligible|Unintelligible]] assistant and [[Chew Toy]]▼
||[[Statler and Waldorf]]||||Two old men who exist solely to heckle the other cast members▼
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||Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem||||The Muppets' [[The Seventies|'70s]] [[Rock and Roll]] band, featuring [[All Drummers Are Animals|Animal on drums]]▼
||Rowlf the Dog||||Expert pianist and all-around nice guy▼
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||The Swedish Chef||||[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|A chef who speaks solely in Swedish-like gibberish]]▼
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!colspan=3|Minor Muppet characters include:▼
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|colspan=3|And a motley crew of pigs,
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▲For more detailed descriptions, see the [[The Muppet Show (TV)/Characters|Character Sheet]].
* [[Amazon Admirer]]: Kermit may claim that he doesn't have time for a serious relationship with Miss Piggy, but he can be entranced when she shows off her martial arts... provided ''he'' is not the target. Gonzo has also shown interest in Miss Piggy being tough as nails, but then this is Gonzo.
* [[Chosen Family]]: The franchise is ''all'' about this:
** ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' is about Kermit setting 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.
** ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' has Gonzo and Rizzo tell Jim that they are his family. Even if they don't look like each other and are different species, they are brothers.
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▲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 [[The Charmer|Charmer]]
▲||Robin||||Kermit's nephew
▲||Sweetums||||The 9-foot-tall [[Gentle Giant]]
▲||Crazy Harry||||[[Laughing Mad|Laughing]] [[Mad Bomber]]
▲||The Penguins||||An entire flock of [[Plucky Comic Relief]] characters
▲||Marvin Suggs||||An egotistical [[French Jerk]] who uses a "[[Everything Is an Instrument|Muppaphone]]".
▲||Lew Zealand||||Enigmatic [[Cloudcuckoolander]], whose act involves boomerang fish.
▲||And a motley crew of pigs,||||monsters, creatures, talking food, and various human Muppets
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