Jim Henson's Muppets Movie



Jim Henson's Muppets Movie is a American musical comedy film and the ninth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. Directed by Steve Whitmire.

Plot: The opening number, Together Again: Begin Scooter has dreams of the Muppets as babies, he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world. The next mornings, at the Muppet Theater, the Muppets are preparing for going on vacation in Hawaii. Scooter tells Kermit the Frog about how he misses his sister Skeeter and what to reunite with her. The Muppets soon realize that the friendship is more important than their vacation. The Muppets decide to search for Skeeter, soon encounter Wormwood Soames (played by Ty Burrell), the detective a visit at his office from the Muppets. After convinced, Wormwood they set out there adventure through a montage and sing You Can't Take No for an Answer. Also, the Muppet's old nemesis, Rachel Bitterman, from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, now working as sign holders at Mad Man Mooney and Sons after Sweetums joining his friends in Hollywood. When she sees Kermit and his family past her, she immediately decides to seek revenge on them. She enlists a minion to help her in her plans; Miss Poogy. But then Kermit points to the arrival of the Sesame Street regulars, including Abby Cadabby, Murray Monster, Ovejita, Segi, Julia, Rudy (Sesame Street) and others, join the festivities. Later the Muppets meet Uncle Matt and Robin has found a hole leading to Fraggle Rock. In the cave, the Muppets soon stumble upon the Fraggles and join them there journey. Kermit encourages to Scooter when faced with defeat, Scooter retreats convinced that he's let everyone down and sings Just One Person" to prove it. The others gradually join in (as well as various Fraggles and Sesame Street Muppets). The next morning, the Muppets come across Danhurst College which they links to a postcard Scooter has from his sister. The Muppets conclude that they have successfully located his sister explain that she was at college the whole time. When the Muppets celebrate their victory Rachel Bitterman who is holding Kermit hostage, Miss Piggy stops them by knocks out Rachel Bitterman and Miss Poogy and then arrested by Wormwood. Kermit real lie that he love Piggy more and end up back together again and share a kiss in a moment. The Muppets perform Rainbow Connection including Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas characters, Skeeter and Alex in the finale.

Cast Zach Galifianakis as Hobo Joe Ty Burrell as Wormwood Soames Joan Cusack as Rachel Bitterman Robert Leaman Sanders as Mad Man Mooney

Muppet Performers Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker

Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Grover

Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Zoot, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard, Waldorf, Chip, Boober Fraggle (voice), Uncle Traveling Matt (voice)

Bill Barretta as Dr. Teeth, Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Bobo the Bear, Big Mean Carl

David Rudman as Scooter, Janice, Miss Poogy, Cookie Monster

Matt Vogel as Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Sweetums, Big Bird, Count von Count

Peter Linz as Foo-Foo, Robin the Frog, Statler, Walter, Ernie, Herry Monster

Ryan Dillon as Elmo

Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster and Mr. Snuffleupagus

Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby

John Tartaglia as Gobo Fraggle

Karen Prell as Red Fraggle

Donna Kimball as Mokey Fraggle

Jordan Lockhart as Wembley Fraggle

Frank Meschkuleit as Boober Fraggle (puppetry) and Uncle Traveling Matt (puppetry)

Louise Gold as Skeeter

Alex Kyle Randall as Alex Muppet

Muppet Characters (speaking)

Alex Muppet, Animal, Beaker, Beauregard, Big Mean Carl, Bobo the Bear, Chip, Crazy Harry, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Foo-Foo, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Janice, Kermit the Frog, Lew Zealand, Miss Piggy, Miss Poogy, Pepe the King Prawn, Robin the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Rizzo the Rat, Sam the Eagle, Scooter, Skeeter, Statler and Waldorf, The Swedish Chef, Sweetums, Walter, Zoot

Background Muppets (non-speaking)

80s Robot, Alphonso D'Abruzzo, Andy and Randy Pig, Angel Marie, Annie Sue, Armadillo, The Babies, Black Dog, The Barbershop Cactus Quartet, Beautiful Day Monster, Behemoth, Bertha (monster), Beverly Plume, Blind Pew, Blustering Bellowpane, Bobby Benson, Brie, Bubba the Rat, Bull, Bunny, Calico, Camilla the Chicken, Captain Pighead, Chickens, Cockatoo, Cow, Croaker, Crocodile, Cue Card Monster, Cynthia Rose, Dead Tom, Debbie, Denise, Dog (Bunny Picnic), Dogs, Doglion, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Dr. Phil van Neuter, Droop, The Early Bird, Esther, Flaubert, Flowers, The Flying Zucchini Brothers, Frackles, Frogs, Geri and the Atrics drummer, Ghosts, Gil, Gloria Estefan (penguin), Goldfish, Happy Yellow Creature, Hobos, Howard Tubman, Iguana, J.G., James Bobin Muppet, Joe the Legal Weasel, Johnny Fiama, Kangaroo, La Cabra, Leprechauns, Link Hogthrob, Lips, Luncheon Counter Monster, Lyle (dog), Ma Bear, Mahna Mahna, Manolo and Carlo Flamingo, Marvin Suggs, Maxine, Mean Mama, Mildred Huxtetter, Miss Cartier, Mo Frackle, a mole, Monster Plant, Mulch, The Muppaphones, Muppets Tonight Band drummer, Muppets Tonight Writers, The Mutations, The Newsman, Nigel (Muppet Show), Nigel (Muppets Tonight), Norman (ram), Old Tom, One-Eyed Jack, Ozzie, Party Tomatoes, Penguins, Phoenicia the Hippopotamus, Pigeon, Pigs, Pops, Pumpkin, Quongo, Rabbits, Randall Einhorn Muppet, Rats, Real Old Tom, Roy, Sal Minella, Shark, Sheep, Skulls, Singing Food, Smiling Jim Sepulveda and His Tapdancing Toupées, Snail, Snake, Snowths, Spamela Hamderson, Spotted Dick, Thog, Trumpet Girl, Uncle Deadly, Walleye Pike, Wayne and Wanda, Whatnots, Yolanda Rat, Zippity Zap

Sesame Street Characters (speaking)

Abby Cadabby, Bert, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Elmo, Ernie, Grover, Herry Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, Zoe

Background Sesame Street Characters (non-speaking)

Accordion, Alfred Duck, AM Monsters, The Amazing Mumford, Anything Muppets, Baby Bear, Bart, Bathtub, Bats, a bee, Betty Lou, Big Bad Wolf, a beaver, Birdnardo Birdolucci, Birthday Cake, Blue Jay, books, Bruno the Trashman, Bug, Bulldozer, Buster the Horse, Butch, a camel, Captain Vegetable, Caterpillar, Chicago the Lion, Chick, Chickens, Chip and Dip, Clam, Clarinet, a collie, Cookie Monster's Mommy, Cookie Monster's niece, The Countess, a cow, Curly Bear, Crystal the Ball, the Daleks, a dalmatian, a dancing pair of pants, Dingers, Dogs, Don Music, a dove, Ducks, Firetruck, Felix, Football, Forgetful Jones, Freddy, a frog, Gabrielle, Gladys the Cow, a goat, Goat, Goldilocks, Gonger, Goose, Granny Bird, Grouches, Grover's Mommy, Grundgetta, a gull, Gus Hopper, Guy Smiley, Hansel and Gretel, Harvey Kneeslapper, Herb the Dinosaur, Honkers, Hoots the Owl, Horatio the Elephant, a horse, Humphrey, Irvine, Jacket, Jamie Fox, Ji-Young, Julia, Kermit the Forg, a kitten, Lefty the Salesman, Leo Birdelli, the letters X and Y, Little Bird, Little Murray Sparkles, Louie, a macaw, Madame Chairbird, Mae, Maggie Cadabby, Mama Bear, Martians, Marty, Mel, Mice, Milk, Minnie Mynah, a monkey, Mr. Johnson, Norbert the Robot, Ovejita, Papa Bear, Penguins, Phoebe, Pigs, Pigeons, Poco Loco, a poodle, Popsicle, a porcupine, Prairie Dawn, Preposterous, Raccoon, Ralphie, Roosevelt Franklin, Rosa, Rosita, Rosita's Abuela, Ricardo, Rudy, Saul the Ball, Sherlock Hemlock, Sheep, Sherry Netherland, Shoes, Simon Soundman, Singing Food, Skunk, Slimey, Snail, Spider, squirrels, Stinky the Stinkweed, Stuckweed, Tamir, Tango, Telly's mom, Toast, Toucan, Turkey, Twiddlebugs, Two-Headed Monster, The Two-Headed Monster's Mother, a warthog, Wolfgang the Seal, a woodpecker, Yo-Yo

Fraggle Rock Characters (speaking)

Boober Fraggle, Gobo Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Red Fraggle, Uncle Traveling Matt, Wembley Fraggle

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Characters (non-speaking)

Doc Bullfrog, George and Melissa Rabbit, Old Lady Possum, Yancy Woodchuck, and two squirrels

This puppet will be on the film: http://orig14.deviantart.net/1450/f/2014/340/2/2/skeeter_puppet__version_2_0_by_negaduck9-d88y9w5.jpg

Songs "TBA" - Scooter "On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson "TBA" - Ty Burrell "Sesame Street Theme" - Sesame Street Muppets "TBA" - Joan Cusack and Miss Poogy "Just One Person" - The Muppets "TBA" - Scooter and Skeeter "Finale: Rainbow Connection" - The Muppets

Trivia

◾ This film marks the first time that Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas characters have ever officially appeared on-screen together.

◾ This is the fourth of Sesame Street feature films.

◾ This is the first of Fraggle Rock feature films.

◾ This is the first time that new Muppets characters meet Sesame Street characters.

◾ This is the first time that Muppets Chickens, Penguins, Sheep and Singing Food meet Sesame Street Chickens, Penguins, Sheep and Singing Food.

◾ The Oscar the Grouch puppet from 2012 is used in this film.

◾ The trash can from Season 6 to Season 45 is reuse in this film.

◾ This film marks the first time since 1998 where Oscar is seen walking with his trash can.

◾ Frackles debuted: Blue Frackle, Green Frackle, Pink Frackle and Purple Frackle.

◾ Singing Food debuted: a tomato, a cauliflower, an asparagus, a watermelon, an ear of corn and a head of lettuce.

◾ Honkers debuted: Green Honker, Pink Honker, Purple Honker, Orange Honker, Turquoise Honker and Light Blue Honker.

◾ Sesame Street Singing Food debuted: an apple, a banana, a beet, a broccoli, a cabbage, a carrot, a cheese, a cookie, a cucumber, an eggplant, a fig, an orange, a peach, a pear, a pineapple, a pizza, a sweet potato and a watermelon.

◾ Ducks debuted: a white duck, with orange hair and some orange features, a feminine looking duck, with pink hair and purple feathers, and a yellow duckling.

◾ The Martians debuted: a pink, blue and orange Martian.

◾ The original Mokey Fraggle puppet is used in this film.

◾ adult Skeeter (puppets) make debut in film for the first time.

◾ Louise Gold return to performing in this film.

◾ Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy get back together again.

◾ Alex Randall's puppet make a cameo appearance in the ending.

◾ The film is also the celebration of the Muppets' anniversary.

◾ Steve Whitmire continuing his role with the Muppets.