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Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and brought them with him to surprise his mom on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: Mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and brought them with him to surprise his mom on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: Mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of (from the US version of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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* CutenessProximity: After the ''Muppet Babies'' segment, Doc admits that "even weirdos are cute when they're babies!"
-->'''Gonzo:''' I knew you'd learn to love us!
-->'''Doc:''' I didn't say ''that''.
-->'''Gonzo:''' I knew you'd learn to love us!
-->'''Doc:''' I didn't say ''that''.
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* CutenessProximity: CutenessProximity:
** After the ''Muppet Babies'' segment, Doc admits that "even weirdos are cute when they're babies!"
-->'''Gonzo:''' --->'''Gonzo:''' I knew you'd learn to love us!
-->'''Doc:''' --->'''Doc:''' I didn't say ''that''.
** After the ''Muppet Babies'' segment, Doc admits that "even weirdos are cute when they're babies!"
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** Doc, who's had his holiday plans upended.
** But what about Mrs. Bear?
--->'''Mrs. Bear:''' You think YOU'RE disappointed? I just took three months of surfing lessons for ZIP!
** But what about Mrs. Bear?
--->'''Mrs. Bear:''' You think YOU'RE disappointed? I just took three months of surfing lessons for ZIP!
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** Doc, who's Doc becomes one through most of the special, as he's had his holiday plans upended.
** But what aboutupended. (While Mrs. Bear?
--->'''Mrs. Bear:''' You think YOU'RE disappointed? I just took three months of surfing lessons for ZIP!Bear's in the same situation, she manages to take it mostly in stride.)
** But what about
--->'''Mrs. Bear:''' You think YOU'RE disappointed? I just took three months of surfing lessons for ZIP!
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* [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal Half Dressed Muppets]]: You can tell that the gathering at the end of the show is a special occasion, because even the Muppets who are normally not dressed (e.g. Kermit) have put on special duds.
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* [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal Half Dressed Muppets]]: HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: You can tell that the gathering at the end of the show is a special occasion, because even the Muppets who are normally not dressed (e.g. Kermit) have put on special duds.
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* OddFriendship: Fozzie's mom and [[spoiler:Statler and Waldorf]].
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* OddFriendship: Fozzie's mom and [[spoiler:Statler and Waldorf]].Waldorf]], and Big Bird and the Swedish Chef also form one. There are a few other minor friendly interactions between the casts, like Oscar and Rizzo or Animal and Cookie Monster.
* OriginalGeneration: The turkey and snowman characters were created specifically for the special.
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* {{Pun}}: Late arrival Rowlf explains to Fozzie, "I was chasin' the truck all the way, and boy, am I exhausted!"
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* {{Pun}}: Late arrival Rowlf explains to Fozzie, "I was chasin' the truck all the way, and boy, am I exhausted!"''exhaust''ed!" Fozzie lampshades and compliments his wordplay.
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* SpotlightStealingCrossover: Most of the focus is on the ''Muppet Show'' and ''Sesame Street'' casts plus Doc and Sprocket, with ''Fraggle Rock'' and ''Muppet Babies'' getting only one major scene each (though the Fraggles are later seen showing up for caroling). As a result, most ''Fraggle'' and ''Babies'' secondary characters (like the Doozers and Gorgs for the former and Skeeter and Nanny for the latter) don't appear at all. Worse, most of the ''Babies'' scene was cut from later releases due to rights issues.
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* VillainOverForDinner: Fozzie gets a shock when he finds Statler and Waldorf in the audience for his new act, with his mom explaining that they're friends of hers who regularly visit for Christmas.
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--> '''Statler:''' Hey, this page is comparing us to Cthulhu!
--> '''Waldorf:''' Well, you're an Old One, but you sure aren't Great!
--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh! (''of course, Statler starts to laugh, but then scrunches up his face in anger after a while'')
--> '''Statler:''' Hey, this page is comparing us to Cthulhu!
--> '''Waldorf:''' Well, you're an Old One, but you sure aren't Great!
--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh! (''of course, Statler starts to laugh, but then scrunches up his face in anger after a while'')
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: The turkey seems rather nonchalant about being, as Gonzo notes, "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: The turkey turkey, initially at least, seems rather nonchalant about being, as Gonzo notes, "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
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The best-remembered of several {{Christmas Special}}s featuring TheMuppets; it could probably be better called ''A [[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] Family Christmas''. It originally aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1987.
Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of ''TheMuppetShow'' and brought them with him to surprise his mom on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: Mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of ''TheMuppetShow'' and brought them with him to surprise his mom on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: Mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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The best-remembered of several {{Christmas Special}}s featuring TheMuppets; Franchise/TheMuppets; it could probably be better called ''A [[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] Family Christmas''. It originally aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1987.
Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of''TheMuppetShow'' ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and brought them with him to surprise his mom on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: Mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
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Fozzie Bear has packed up ''TheMuppetShow'' crew and brought them with him to surprise his mom for Christmas. There's just one problem: mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Throw in the Fraggles themselves, the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang, and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of ''TheMuppetShow'' crew and brought them with him to surprise his mom on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: mom's Mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Throw in the Fraggles themselves, Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang, gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Fozzie with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} Danish]], not [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]].
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* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with just enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Fozzie with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} Danish]], not [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]].
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* CreatorCameo: Jim Henson himself shows up at the very end, looking on from the kitchen doorway and commenting. "Well, Sprocket, it looks like they're all having a good time. I like it when they have a good time."
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* CreatorCameo: Jim Henson himself shows up at the very end, looking on from the kitchen doorway and commenting. "Well,
-->"Well, Sprocket, it looks like they're all having a good time. I like it when they have a good time."
-->"Well, Sprocket, it looks like they're all having a good time. I like it when they have a good time."
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* DramaticThunder: Count von Count IS in this, after all. Also, when the Turkey initially sics the Swedish Chef on Big Bird, we hear thunder booming for no apparent reason except to heighten the drama (except there ''isn't any lightning'' at that part!)
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* DramaticThunder: Count von Count IS in this, after all. Also, when the Turkey initially sics the Swedish Chef on Big Bird, we hear thunder booming for no apparent reason except to heighten the drama (except drama... except there ''isn't any lightning'' at that part!)part!
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---> '''Doc:''' (''amused'') Don't you hate it when you can't speak the language?
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---> '''Doc:''' (''amused'') Don't you just hate it when you can't speak the language?
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Lampshaded with Bert and Ernie, who play a couple for a presentation of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''. (Bert's humiliated that he's "Mama", Ernie responds that ''someone'' had to and he lost the coin toss.)
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Lampshaded with Bert and Ernie, who play a couple for a presentation of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''. (Bert's humiliated that he's "Mama", "Mama"; Ernie responds that ''someone'' had to be, and he lost the coin toss.)
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--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh! (of course, Statler starts to laugh, but then scrunches up his face in anger after a while)
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--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh! (of (''of course, Statler starts to laugh, but then scrunches up his face in anger after a while)while'')
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* IsNothingSacred: Sam the Eagle says this after seeing the Two-Headed Monster from ''Series/SesameStreet'' play SantaClaus in a skit.
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* IsNothingSacred: Sam the Eagle says is driven to ask this after seeing the Two-Headed Monster from ''Series/SesameStreet'' play SantaClaus in a skit.
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* PetTheDog: When trying to figure out sleeping arrangements, Rizzo considers bunking with Oscar - and the usually-antisocial Grouch admits he likes the idea of having a rat in his trash can.
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* PetTheDog: When trying to figure out sleeping arrangements, Rizzo considers bunking with Oscar - Oscar... and the usually-antisocial Grouch admits he likes the idea of having a rat in his trash can.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Miss Piggy at one point asks a rude man very quietly but firmly if he'd like to have children someday. (Yes, threat of castration, or at least a really good GroinAttack. Just one of the unique spins Piggy brings to the Season.) This is one of the scenes which were deleted from the video release.
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* IGotARock: In this case, it's apparently a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been a Fraggle gift thirty-seven times, then Wembley gives it to Robin, and it is later given to Grover.
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* IGotARock: In this case, it's apparently a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been a Fraggle gift thirty-seven times, then Wembley Boober gives it to Robin, and it is later given to Grover.
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* OddFriendship: Fozzie's mom and [[spoiler:Statler and Waldorf]].
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--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh!Do-ho-ho-hoh! (of course, Statler starts to laugh, but then scrunches up his face in anger after a while)
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* IGotARock: In this case, it's apparently a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been a Fraggle gift thirty-seven times, then is given to Robin, then is given to Grover.
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* IGotARock: In this case, it's apparently a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been a Fraggle gift thirty-seven times, then is given Wembley gives it to Robin, then and it is later given to Grover.
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* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Fozzie with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in Danish, not Swedish.
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* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Fozzie with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in Danish, [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} Danish]], not Swedish.[[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]].
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: With space at a premium, Fozzie's mom tells the gang that two of them will have to sleep hung on hangers on a hook on the wall. Gonzo and Animal are only too happy to comply.
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: With space at a premium, Fozzie's mom tells the gang that two of them will have to sleep hung on suspended from hangers on a hook on the wall. Gonzo and Animal are only too happy to comply.
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* IsNothingSacred: Sam the American Eagle says this after seeing the Two-Headed Monster from ''Series/SesameStreet'' play SantaClaus in a skit.
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: With space at a premium, Fozzie's mom tells the gang that two of them will have to sleep hung on hangers on a hook on the wall. Gonzo and Animal are only too happy to comply.
-->'''Floyd:''' That's the only way Animal ''ever'' sleeps, ma'am.
-->'''Floyd:''' That's the only way Animal ''ever'' sleeps, ma'am.
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* IsNothingSacred: Sam the American Eagle says this after seeing the Two-Headed Monster from ''Series/SesameStreet'' play SantaClaus in a skit.
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* DramaticThunder: Count von Count IS in this, after all. Also when the Turkey initially sics the Swedish Chef on Big Bird, we hear thunder booming for no apparent reason except to heighten the drama (except there ''isn't any lightning'' at that part!)
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Fozzie Bear has packed up the Muppets crew and brought them with him to surprise his mom for Christmas. There's just one problem: mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Throw in the Fraggles themselves, the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang, and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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Fozzie Bear has packed up the Muppets ''TheMuppetShow'' crew and brought them with him to surprise his mom for Christmas. There's just one problem: mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Throw in the Fraggles themselves, the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang, and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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-->'''Ernie:''' C'mon, Bert. Somebody has to play Mama, and you lost the toss!
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-->'''Ernie:''' C'mon, Bert. Somebody has to play Mama, and you [[HeadsOrTails lost the toss!toss]]!
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* VisualPun: Grover plays a mouse for ''Twas The Night Before Christmas'', and he's carrying a bowl...
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* ChristmasCarolers: The ''Sesame Street'' gang arrive as these, performing "Here We Come A-Caroling".
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* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Well, StatlerAndWaldorf are hardly ''Cthulhu'', but...
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* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Kermit with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in Danish, not Swedish.
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-->'''Oscar:''' ''(while caroling)'' I will NOT sing this song!
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-->'''Mrs. Bear:''' Oh, aren't they adorable.
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* CreatorCameo: Jim Henson himself shows up at the very end, looking on from the kitchen doorway and commenting. "Well, Sprocket, it looks like they're all having a good time. I like it when they have a good time." Fittingly, this would be the last major Muppet production made in his lifetime."
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[[caption-width-right:350:A portion of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the cast]] poses for the closing shot.]]
The best-remembered of several {{Christmas Special}}s featuring TheMuppets; it could probably be better called ''A [[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] Family Christmas''. It originally aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1987.
Fozzie Bear has packed up the Muppets crew and brought them with him to surprise his mom for Christmas. There's just one problem: mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Throw in the Fraggles themselves, the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang, and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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!!This special provides examples of:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Bert and Ernie's "small talk" with Doc.
* ArtShift: In a meta sense. The ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'' segment is puppeteered, matching the rest of the show but differing from the cartoon. The puppets (with the exception of Baby Animal) were re-used from ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'', officially going from Piggy's dream sequence to actual backstory status.
* BatFamilyCrossover: The only time you'll ever see the four cornerstones of early Muppetdom (''Series/TheMuppetShow'', ''Series/FraggleRock'', ''Series/SesameStreet'', and ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'') in the same place. Don't expect it to ever happen again, as the ''Sesame Street'' characters are now owned by a different company, ''Fraggle Rock'' is [[Creator/TheHub only known to those with cable]], and ''Muppet Babies'' will be [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes tied up in legal red tape]] until the end of time.
* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Kermit with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in Danish, not Swedish.
* TheCameo: During the final sequence, Uncle 'Traveling' Matt is singing alongside Doc and Sprocket.
* CarnivoreConfusion: One of the Swedish Chef's shticks; in this special the turkey tries to get out of being cooked by siccing the Chef on Big Bird instead. Before Big Bird arrives, he also attempts to persuade the Chef that Sprocket is a turkey, which leads to what may be the best line of the entire special:
--> '''Doc:''' I don't ''care'' if the turkey says the dog is the turkey! The dog is not the turkey! The ''turkey's'' the turkey, you turkey!
* ChristmasSongs: Lots of them. Sometimes they're justified, such as the ''Sesame Street'' caroling sequence.
* CoolOldGuy: Doc proves to be one of these, once he gets past his initial grumpiness.
* CoolOldLady: Emily Bear.
* CreatorCameo: Jim Henson himself shows up at the very end, looking on from the kitchen doorway and commenting. "Well, Sprocket, it looks like they're all having a good time. I like it when they have a good time." Fittingly, this would be the last major Muppet production made in his lifetime.
* CrossCastRole: Bert dons a woman's nightgown during "'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
-->'''Ernie:''' C'mon, Bert. Somebody has to play Mama, and you lost the toss!
* CutenessProximity: After the ''Muppet Babies'' segment, Doc admits that "even weirdos are cute when they're babies!"
-->'''Gonzo:''' I knew you'd learn to love us!
-->'''Doc:''' I didn't say ''that''.
** Oscar, though, doesn't share the opinion of the ''Sesame Street'' play:
-->'''Mrs. Bear:''' Oh, aren't they adorable.
-->'''Oscar:''' Don't encourage them!
* DeadlineNews: A gag carried over from the regular ''Muppet Show'', when the newscaster reports on the storm and states that barometers are falling sharply. And no, he's not hit by the storm, he's [[VisualPun hit by falling barometers]].
* DescriptionCut: As they drive to his mother's farm, Fozzie gives Kermit a nostalgic description of what she will be doing at that very moment; cut to the farm, revealing that he is incorrect in every detail.
* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Well, StatlerAndWaldorf are hardly ''Cthulhu'', but...
* DramaticThunder: Count von Count IS in this, after all. Also when the Turkey initially sics the Swedish Chef on Big Bird, we hear thunder booming for no apparent reason except to heighten the drama (except there ''isn't any lightning'' at that part!)
* DubInducedPlotHole: Or rather, ImportationExpansion Plot Hole. The first thought of many young Britons on seeing it was "Why is Sprocket owned by some guy called Doc? What happened to the lighthouse keeper (from the British version of ''Series/FraggleRock'')?"
* FurryConfusion: Several:
** Rowlf has a conversation with Doc's (Muppet but non-anthro) dog Sprocket.
---> '''Doc:''' (''amused'') Don't you hate it when you can't speak the language?
** An anthro turkey hits on non-anthro chicken Camilla.
** Kermit gives Piggy [[PrettyInMink a mink]] for Christmas - a live one that proclaims herself Piggy's biggest fan.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Miss Piggy at one point asks a rude man very quietly but firmly if he'd like to have children someday. (Yes, threat of castration, or at least a really good GroinAttack. Just one of the unique spins Piggy brings to the Season.) This is one of the scenes which were deleted from the video release.
* GrumpyBear:
** Doc, who's had his holiday plans upended.
** But what about Mrs. Bear?
--->'''Mrs. Bear:''' You think YOU'RE disappointed? I just took three months of surfing lessons for ZIP!
** And [[TheGrinch Oscar]], of course:
-->'''Oscar:''' ''(while caroling)'' I will NOT sing this song!
* [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal Half Dressed Muppets]]: You can tell that the gathering at the end of the show is a special occasion, because even the Muppets who are normally not dressed (e.g. Kermit) have put on special duds.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Lampshaded with Bert and Ernie, who play a couple for a presentation of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''. (Bert's humiliated that he's "Mama", Ernie responds that ''someone'' had to and he lost the coin toss.)
* IAmNotWeasel: Fozzie's mom mistakenly refers to Kermit as a lizard several times.
* IGotARock: In this case, it's apparently a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been a Fraggle gift thirty-seven times, then is given to Robin, then is given to Grover.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: The turkey seems rather nonchalant about being, as Gonzo notes, "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* MindYourStep: There's a running gag about an icy patch in front of the door. "Careful of the icy patch!" greets each new visitor - [[NowYouTellMe after they've already slipped]].
* OffscreenCrash: Can be heard while Piggy is calling Kermit from a PhoneBooth during the storm.
* PekingDuckChristmas: Subverted. The Swedish Chef first intends to cook a turkey for Christmas, until he sees Big Bird ("Gobbla gobbla humunga!") and tries to kill him instead. Big Bird, in his innocent oblivious way, completely charms the Chef, who decides that his feast is going to feature "shredded wheat and cranberry sauce."
* PetTheDog: When trying to figure out sleeping arrangements, Rizzo considers bunking with Oscar - and the usually-antisocial Grouch admits he likes the idea of having a rat in his trash can.
* PrettyInMink: Piggy's dress for the finale has fur trim; and then, of course, Maureen the Mink takes this trope UpToEleven in the literal sense.
* RunningGag:
** "Careful of the icy patch!"
** Emily Bear thinking Kermit is a lizard.
** Sesame Street small talk.
* SantaClaus: Santa appears at the end and starts handing out presents -- and sounding suspiciously like Doc, who is suddenly nowhere to be seen.
* ShoutOut: When it's pointed out that Gonzo's [[InterspeciesRomance not a chicken like his girlfriend]]:
-->'''Gonzo:''' Well, [[Film/SomeLikeItHot nobody's perfect]].
* SnowedIn: The gang must weather "the worst blizzard in fifty years," while Kermit worries about Miss Piggy, who is apparently lost in it.
* {{Snowlems}}: Fozzie builds a snowman who promptly comes alive and shares his sense of humor.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: "Well, everybody, it's Christmas Eve and the tree is trimmed, so it's time for our annual carol sing!"
* ThrowTheDogABone: Fozzie actually gets some laughs when he teams up with the snowman. One of the woodland creatures even calls them the funniest comedy team in the business.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: You know it's cold when the ''snowman'' wants to come in and warm up.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Robin the Frog defines it for the Fraggles as a time when "you gather together with the people you love, and you wish each other peace on Earth."
* UnderTheMistletoe: Kermit and Piggy at the very end.
* TheUnintelligible: Good thing they didn't have Beaker do a solo on the more obscure carols...
* VisualPun: Grover plays a mouse for ''Twas The Night Before Christmas'', and he's carrying a bowl...
** DontExplainTheJoke: ...which, as he spells out, he is not stirring. (As in "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.")
* WhatsAHenway: Fozzie and the snowman's act feature ''two'' jokes of this type.
* YouMeanXmas: The Fraggles have never heard of Christmas, but coincidentally happen to celebrate a very similar holiday, the "Festival of the Bells," at the same time.
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--> '''Statler:''' Hey, this page is comparing us to Cthulhu!
--> '''Waldorf:''' Well, you're an Old One, but you sure aren't Great!
--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh!
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[[caption-width-right:350:A portion of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the cast]] poses for the closing shot.]]
The best-remembered of several {{Christmas Special}}s featuring TheMuppets; it could probably be better called ''A [[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] Family Christmas''. It originally aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1987.
Fozzie Bear has packed up the Muppets crew and brought them with him to surprise his mom for Christmas. There's just one problem: mom's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (of ''Series/FraggleRock''), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Throw in the Fraggles themselves, the ''Series/SesameStreet'' gang, and even a bit of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', and HilarityEnsues.
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!!This special provides examples of:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Bert and Ernie's "small talk" with Doc.
* ArtShift: In a meta sense. The ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'' segment is puppeteered, matching the rest of the show but differing from the cartoon. The puppets (with the exception of Baby Animal) were re-used from ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'', officially going from Piggy's dream sequence to actual backstory status.
* BatFamilyCrossover: The only time you'll ever see the four cornerstones of early Muppetdom (''Series/TheMuppetShow'', ''Series/FraggleRock'', ''Series/SesameStreet'', and ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'') in the same place. Don't expect it to ever happen again, as the ''Sesame Street'' characters are now owned by a different company, ''Fraggle Rock'' is [[Creator/TheHub only known to those with cable]], and ''Muppet Babies'' will be [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes tied up in legal red tape]] until the end of time.
* BilingualBonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Kermit with a cheery "''Glaedelig Jul!''" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" -- in Danish, not Swedish.
* TheCameo: During the final sequence, Uncle 'Traveling' Matt is singing alongside Doc and Sprocket.
* CarnivoreConfusion: One of the Swedish Chef's shticks; in this special the turkey tries to get out of being cooked by siccing the Chef on Big Bird instead. Before Big Bird arrives, he also attempts to persuade the Chef that Sprocket is a turkey, which leads to what may be the best line of the entire special:
--> '''Doc:''' I don't ''care'' if the turkey says the dog is the turkey! The dog is not the turkey! The ''turkey's'' the turkey, you turkey!
* ChristmasSongs: Lots of them. Sometimes they're justified, such as the ''Sesame Street'' caroling sequence.
* CoolOldGuy: Doc proves to be one of these, once he gets past his initial grumpiness.
* CoolOldLady: Emily Bear.
* CreatorCameo: Jim Henson himself shows up at the very end, looking on from the kitchen doorway and commenting. "Well, Sprocket, it looks like they're all having a good time. I like it when they have a good time." Fittingly, this would be the last major Muppet production made in his lifetime.
* CrossCastRole: Bert dons a woman's nightgown during "'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
-->'''Ernie:''' C'mon, Bert. Somebody has to play Mama, and you lost the toss!
* CutenessProximity: After the ''Muppet Babies'' segment, Doc admits that "even weirdos are cute when they're babies!"
-->'''Gonzo:''' I knew you'd learn to love us!
-->'''Doc:''' I didn't say ''that''.
** Oscar, though, doesn't share the opinion of the ''Sesame Street'' play:
-->'''Mrs. Bear:''' Oh, aren't they adorable.
-->'''Oscar:''' Don't encourage them!
* DeadlineNews: A gag carried over from the regular ''Muppet Show'', when the newscaster reports on the storm and states that barometers are falling sharply. And no, he's not hit by the storm, he's [[VisualPun hit by falling barometers]].
* DescriptionCut: As they drive to his mother's farm, Fozzie gives Kermit a nostalgic description of what she will be doing at that very moment; cut to the farm, revealing that he is incorrect in every detail.
* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Well, StatlerAndWaldorf are hardly ''Cthulhu'', but...
* DramaticThunder: Count von Count IS in this, after all. Also when the Turkey initially sics the Swedish Chef on Big Bird, we hear thunder booming for no apparent reason except to heighten the drama (except there ''isn't any lightning'' at that part!)
* DubInducedPlotHole: Or rather, ImportationExpansion Plot Hole. The first thought of many young Britons on seeing it was "Why is Sprocket owned by some guy called Doc? What happened to the lighthouse keeper (from the British version of ''Series/FraggleRock'')?"
* FurryConfusion: Several:
** Rowlf has a conversation with Doc's (Muppet but non-anthro) dog Sprocket.
---> '''Doc:''' (''amused'') Don't you hate it when you can't speak the language?
** An anthro turkey hits on non-anthro chicken Camilla.
** Kermit gives Piggy [[PrettyInMink a mink]] for Christmas - a live one that proclaims herself Piggy's biggest fan.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Miss Piggy at one point asks a rude man very quietly but firmly if he'd like to have children someday. (Yes, threat of castration, or at least a really good GroinAttack. Just one of the unique spins Piggy brings to the Season.) This is one of the scenes which were deleted from the video release.
* GrumpyBear:
** Doc, who's had his holiday plans upended.
** But what about Mrs. Bear?
--->'''Mrs. Bear:''' You think YOU'RE disappointed? I just took three months of surfing lessons for ZIP!
** And [[TheGrinch Oscar]], of course:
-->'''Oscar:''' ''(while caroling)'' I will NOT sing this song!
* [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal Half Dressed Muppets]]: You can tell that the gathering at the end of the show is a special occasion, because even the Muppets who are normally not dressed (e.g. Kermit) have put on special duds.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Lampshaded with Bert and Ernie, who play a couple for a presentation of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''. (Bert's humiliated that he's "Mama", Ernie responds that ''someone'' had to and he lost the coin toss.)
* IAmNotWeasel: Fozzie's mom mistakenly refers to Kermit as a lizard several times.
* IGotARock: In this case, it's apparently a good thing. The "nice yellow pebble" has been a Fraggle gift thirty-seven times, then is given to Robin, then is given to Grover.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: The turkey seems rather nonchalant about being, as Gonzo notes, "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* MindYourStep: There's a running gag about an icy patch in front of the door. "Careful of the icy patch!" greets each new visitor - [[NowYouTellMe after they've already slipped]].
* OffscreenCrash: Can be heard while Piggy is calling Kermit from a PhoneBooth during the storm.
* PekingDuckChristmas: Subverted. The Swedish Chef first intends to cook a turkey for Christmas, until he sees Big Bird ("Gobbla gobbla humunga!") and tries to kill him instead. Big Bird, in his innocent oblivious way, completely charms the Chef, who decides that his feast is going to feature "shredded wheat and cranberry sauce."
* PetTheDog: When trying to figure out sleeping arrangements, Rizzo considers bunking with Oscar - and the usually-antisocial Grouch admits he likes the idea of having a rat in his trash can.
* PrettyInMink: Piggy's dress for the finale has fur trim; and then, of course, Maureen the Mink takes this trope UpToEleven in the literal sense.
* RunningGag:
** "Careful of the icy patch!"
** Emily Bear thinking Kermit is a lizard.
** Sesame Street small talk.
* SantaClaus: Santa appears at the end and starts handing out presents -- and sounding suspiciously like Doc, who is suddenly nowhere to be seen.
* ShoutOut: When it's pointed out that Gonzo's [[InterspeciesRomance not a chicken like his girlfriend]]:
-->'''Gonzo:''' Well, [[Film/SomeLikeItHot nobody's perfect]].
* SnowedIn: The gang must weather "the worst blizzard in fifty years," while Kermit worries about Miss Piggy, who is apparently lost in it.
* {{Snowlems}}: Fozzie builds a snowman who promptly comes alive and shares his sense of humor.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: "Well, everybody, it's Christmas Eve and the tree is trimmed, so it's time for our annual carol sing!"
* ThrowTheDogABone: Fozzie actually gets some laughs when he teams up with the snowman. One of the woodland creatures even calls them the funniest comedy team in the business.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: You know it's cold when the ''snowman'' wants to come in and warm up.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Robin the Frog defines it for the Fraggles as a time when "you gather together with the people you love, and you wish each other peace on Earth."
* UnderTheMistletoe: Kermit and Piggy at the very end.
* TheUnintelligible: Good thing they didn't have Beaker do a solo on the more obscure carols...
* VisualPun: Grover plays a mouse for ''Twas The Night Before Christmas'', and he's carrying a bowl...
** DontExplainTheJoke: ...which, as he spells out, he is not stirring. (As in "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.")
* WhatsAHenway: Fozzie and the snowman's act feature ''two'' jokes of this type.
* YouMeanXmas: The Fraggles have never heard of Christmas, but coincidentally happen to celebrate a very similar holiday, the "Festival of the Bells," at the same time.
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--> '''Statler:''' Hey, this page is comparing us to Cthulhu!
--> '''Waldorf:''' Well, you're an Old One, but you sure aren't Great!
--> '''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-hoh!
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