History Film / TheMuppetsTakeManhattan

* SevenMinuteLull: When Miss Piggy gets everyone's attention after getting everyone back, reprising a joke from ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', Janice uses the lull to once again talk about her stance on nudity.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Kermit's nurse points out it was unusual that Kermit was found wearing no clothing, seemingly unable to notice that Kermit is a frog. And while she seems to find it odd that he wasn't wearing any clothing, she doesn't seems to see it as a serious problem.

* TemptingFate: Pete does this in the scene where Kermit and the rats are applying for jobs.
-->'''Pete:''' Rats want job. Frog want job. What next, penguins?\\
''(A group of penguins enters the room.)''\\
'''Penguin:''' Do you have any jobs available?\\
'''Pete, Kermit and the rats:''' NO!

* BigApplesauce: The Muppets go to New York City to try and get their show on UsefulNotes/{{Broadway}}.

* RageBreakingPoint: [[TravellingSalesmanMontage After one too many failed attempts to sell their show]], the gang as one start asking Kermit how they should improve their act, causing the frog to snap:

* {{Dissimile}}: "Ocean Breeze Soap: It's just like taking an ocean cruise, only there's no boat and you don't actually go anywhere."
** Kermit suggests ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, "Ocean Breeze Soap will get you clean." Brilliant!

* ChekhovsGunman: In a "Blink And You'll Miss It" moment, Ronny Crawford can be seen during the TravellingSalesmanMontage. One of the cops who comes to arrest the con artists also reappears, when Piggy borrows his skates.

* RageBreakingPoint: [[TravellingSalesmanMontage After one too many attempts to sell their show]], the gang as one start asking Kermit how they should improve their act, causing the frog to snap:

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-->'''Pete:''' Rats want job. Frog want job. What next, penguins?
-->''(A group of penguins enters the room.)''
-->'''Penguin:''' Do you have any jobs available?
-->'''Pete, Kermit and the rats:''' NO!

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Kermit's nurse points out it was unusual that Kermit was found wearing no clothing, seemingly unable to notice that Kermit is a frog. And while she seems to find it odd that he wasn't wearing any clothing, she doesn't seem to see it as a serious problem.

* TheAce: Baby Piggy's song has her planning to be a movie star/veterinarian/brain surgeon/pilot/mountain climber/model/lawyer/scuba diver/singer.

* LapPillow: At the end of the Muppet Babies fantasy sequence, Baby Piggy lies with her head in Baby Kermit's lap, sucking her thumb. CuttingBackToReality, the adult Piggy is revealed to be ActingOutADaydream with her head in Kermit's lap during their carriage ride, [[FunnyMoments also sucking her thumb.]]

* EasyAmnesia: Happens to Kermit. After getting hit by a car, he remembers nothing. His reaction to news of his relationship with Miss Piggy is priceless. [[spoiler:Ironically this is what gets his memory back.]]

* EasyAmnesia: Happens to Kermit, he remembers nothing. His reaction to news of his relationship with Miss Piggy is priceless. [[spoiler:Ironically this is what got his memory back.]]

** [[Film/MidnightCowboy Rizzo]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the Muppet Babies in Piggy's fantasy sequence compared to their portrayal in ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984.'' Apart from singing an elaborate doo-wop song, they're more baby-like here: they crawl instead of walking, the song's backup scatting includes the words [[BabyTalk "Mama, gaga.."]], Rowlf has ElmuhFuddSyndwome, Piggy sucks her thumb, and the nursery includes a diaper changing table. In the cartoon series, except for Animal, they're all fully verbal and ambulant, seeming more like preschoolers than babies despite the title. Nor do Animal or [[CanonForeigner Skeeter]] appear in Piggy's fantasy.

* WeddingFinale: The film ends with Kermit and Miss Piggy walking down the aisle together. Kermit had assumed it was just a fake [[NoFourthWall staged for the film]], but Piggy swapped Gonzo for a real minister behind his back. WordOfGod has it that the subsequent argument over whether or not the ceremony counted was why frog and pig are estranged at the start of ''Film/TheMuppets''.

* AnAesop: Achieving your dreams may be a long and difficult process, but it doesn’t hurt to keep trying.

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* UpToEleven: Invoked by Kermit. Throughout the film, Kermit thinks something is missing from his musical. At the climax, he realizes he needs ''more'' animals singing and dancing.

* DarkerAndEdgier: It's still basically a comedy, but compared to the two previous Muppet movies, ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' and ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper,'' this is a darker, more solemn movie with much less over-the-top silliness. This was, apparently, because ''The Great Muppet Caper,'' by far the craziest and least serious Muppet movie, hadn't done particularly well in the box office, so they toned the wackiness down for this one.

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