History Film / MuppetsHauntedMansion

''Muppets Haunted Mansion'' is a Creator/DisneyPlus original special, released on October 8, 2021. The special is notably Franchise/TheMuppets’ very first Halloween special and a crossover with ''Ride/TheHauntedManison'' franchise, marking the second live-action adaptation of the ride following the [[Film/TheHauntedMansion 2003 film]].

''Muppets Haunted Mansion'' is a Creator/DisneyPlus original special, released on October 8, 2021. The special is notably Franchise/TheMuppets’ very first Halloween special and a crossover with ''Franchise/TheHauntedManison'' franchise, marking the second live-action adaptation of the ride following the [[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 2003 film]].

''Muppets Haunted Mansion'' is a Creator/DisneyPlus original special, released on October 8, 2021. The special is notably Franchise/TheMuppets’ very first Halloween special.

On {{Halloween}} night, Gonzo and Pepe the King Prawn are challenged to spend the night in Franchise/TheHauntedMansion, encountering ghosts, monsters, and their Muppet friends taking on various roles from the attraction (such as Miss Piggy as Madame Pigota and Fozzie as Gauzey, the Hatbox Bear).

->'''Statler:''' ''(shudders)'' [[TheStinger That was so upsetting]]. [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes My whole life just passed before my eyes.]]\\

'''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoh!\\

** Danny Trejo appears as ghostly prisoner Huet, having previously appeared as a prisoner in ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' (and a deleted scene from ''Film/TheMuppets'').

* DarkerAndEdgier: Ranks with '' Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' and '' Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' as one of the darker works to feature the Muppet characters, being loaded with BlackComedy, a SerialKiller and her victims, and [[spoiler:dire consequences for Gonzo and Pepe, should they fail to escape the mansion before sunrise]].

'''Statler''': Go home! [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Wait, they ''are'' home.]]

'''Statler''': Go home! [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Wait, they are home.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:It's time to fright the frights!]]

* RaceLift: Taraji P. Henson plays Constance Hatchaway.

As usual with Muppet productions, the special features many celebrity cameos, including Creator/WillArnett, Creator/TarajiPHenson, Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown, Creator/DarrenCriss, Creator/JohnStamos, Kim Irvine, Creator/EdwardAsner, Pat Sajak, Geoff Keighley, Creator/CraigRobinson, Creator/SkaiJackson, Justina Machado, Jeannie Mai, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/ChrissyMetz, Creator/SasheerZamata, and Creator/AlfonsoRibeiro.

* IAteWhat: Pepe is given some grapes by Constance... with spiders on them. [[spoiler:After escaping the Mansion, Pepe starts to feel the spiders crawling about his stomach.]]

'''Statler''': Go home! [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Oh, wait, they are home.]]

** Upon their arrival, the Ghost Host warns that flash photography is prohibited, as "the spirits are sensitive to bright lights". This was the instruction given at the original ride to maintain the atmosphere and illusion of real ghosts.

* VanityLicensePlate: The car dropping Gonzo and Pepe off at the mansion has one that fittingly reads "DIE-4-U". [[spoiler: It changes to "D-END" when it picks them up the following morning.]]

** The scene with [[spoiler: old Gonzo in room 999]] may be a reference to the the Aging Man/[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gracey]] changing portrait in Magic Kingdom

** The scene with [[spoiler: old Gonzo in room 999]] may be a reference to the [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gracey]] changing portrait in Magic Kingdom

** The scene with [[spoiler: old Gonzo in room 999]] may be a reference to the [[Literature/ThePictureofDorianGray Dorian Gracey changing portrait in Magic Kingdom

** The scene with [[spoiler: old Gonzo in room 999]] may be a reference to the Dorian Gracey changing portrait in Magic Kingdom

* The scene with [[spoiler: old Gonzo in room 999]] may be a reference to the Dorian Gracey changing portrait in Magic Kingdom

* TooDumbToLive: Pepe ignores the red flags that a beautiful lady wants to spend time with him and feeds him grapes with spiders in them. [[spoiler:Gonzo has to tell him point-blank that Constance was trying to murder him after they got married]].

* RedHerring: The Great MacGuffin is accompanied by his Red Herring, Pee Wee, who is French for some reason.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The film is largely centered on Gonzo and Pepe, with the other Muppets largely taking a backseat for most of the film.

** In the party scenes, the dancers make jokes between themselves in a manner reminiscent of the ballroom sketches on early seasons of ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.

--> '''Narrator (Creator/CoreyBurton):''' All lucky souls will live to tell, and those who don't...will rot in--\\

* GratuitousSpanish: Appears as a running gag with how the human ghosts talk to Pepe. The Host speaks Spanish quite well and claims to have grown up in Málaga, but when asked "¿Hablas español?", he gives a firm, English-language "No." Constance Hatchaway, on the other hand, answers "Sí", but her Spanish is considerably weaker, mainly just using it to pique Pepe's interest in her. She also foreshadows her true nature to the lovesick prawn by calling him [[ImAHumanitarian "gumbo"(a stew from Louisiana that includes shellfish such as prawns) instead of "gamba", the real word.]]
* HalloweenEpisode: Billed as one for Franchise/TheMuppets, being set on Halloween as Gonzo and Pepe skip out on a costume party with their friends to take on the mansion's challenge.

* LateToTheRealization: Early on in the film, Pepe assumes that the challenge at the mansion is a celebrity party, despite Gonzo repeatedly telling him otherwise. He only truly realizes what he's gotten himself into after Creator/JohnStamos suddenly transforms into a purple Frackle and roars in his face, promptly resulting in him freaking out and wanting a way out.