History SesameStreet / TropesGToJ

** The 1975 song "Telephone Rock" is about a puppet and his rock band who harass a telephone operator by trying to get people to listen to a story about rock music by calling them on the phone. The song ends with the group all sent to jail for the harassing calls.

* HomesicknessHymn: Invoked in the song "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon", where Ernie sings about all the cool places he'd like to visit...but only if it means he'll return home to his friends.
-->''Though I'd like to look down at the Earth up above''
-->''I would miss all the places and people I love''
-->''So although I may go, I'll be coming home soon''
-->'''Cause I don't want to live on the moon.''

** A "News Flash" segment also from 1975 has Kermit recieve a phone call that someone is trapped out in a blizzard, and he goes outside to try and get a scoop on the individual. Nobody he asks knows anything about a person trapped outside and soon Kermit winds up nearly frozen in the blizzard himself. The segment ends with Harvey Kneeslapper calling to say the call was a prank call and that Kermit is now the blizzard trapped individual!

** In the direct-to-video release, "A New Baby in My House", when Snuffy gets mad at Alice for breaking his toy tiger, Mrs. Snuffleupagus tells them a story called "Prince Firstly's Little Surprise", which is also about a boy who gets mad at his younger sister. When Princess Azealia is born, Firstly becomes frustrated because of all the attention she recieves. He first tries acting like a baby himself to get his parents to pay attention to him, then he tries acting naughty, but is caught and told off by Lord Elmo. He eventually decides to run away, but is soon found by Queen Quinella, who explains to him that she'll always love both him and Azealia equally. Firstly then changes his attitude and helps her and King Goodheart take care of Azealia.

* ItWasHereISwear: Crossed with YouHaveToBelieveMe, this was Big Bird's reaction from Seasons 3-16 whenever he brings the adults to meet Snuffy only to find he's not there (because he left the place earlier for whatever reason), leaving them to dismiss Snuffy as imaginary to which he protests, at least until the Season 16 premiere whee they see Snuffy the first time and apologized to Big Bird.

* GenreSavvy: Occasionally, Big Bird decides not to introduce Snuffy to the adults, knowing that Snuffy will probably wander off before they can meet. One example comes in episode 1956, in which Big Bird makes a plan for them to meet, but then imagines what would happen, imagining the usual formula for when he tries to get them to meet. In another episode, Snuffy shows up at a clothing store when Gordon is trying on clothes, as Snuffy goes to try on Snuffleupagus-sized pants and later when he leaves to pay, Big Bird says that maybe Snuffy and Gordon will run into each other and meet but then adds "probably not".

* ItWasHereISwear: Crossed with YouHaveToBelieveMe, this was Big Bird's reaction from Seasons 3-16 whenever he brings the adults to meet Snuffy only to find he's not there (because he left the place earlier for whatever reason), leaving them to dismiss Snuffy as imaginary to which he protests.

* GlitchEpisode: In Sam the robot's debut episode, he had a glitch which caused him to repeat himself, prompting someone to [[PercussiveMaintenance hit him]] and him to say, "[[EpisodeTagline Thank you]]".
* GoodBehaviorPoints: In "Don't Get Pushy", Telly starts an impromptu school, with Elmo and Rosita as his students. Gold stars are awarded to students who answer questions correctly, but taken away as punishment for infractions.* GlitchEpisode: In Sam the robot's debut episode, he had a glitch which caused him to repeat himself, prompting someone to [[PercussiveMaintenance hit him]] and him to say, "[[EpisodeTagline Thank you]]".

* HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: Subverted. In ''Christmas Eve on Sesame Street'', Oscar's question is, more accurately, "How can Santa fit down the chimney?" [[spoiler: Big Bird nearly freezes waiting up for the answer, and doesn't get one. Elmo Saves Christmas reveals that he has a time-traveling reindeer.]]

* HulkSpeak: Ironically, one of the most beloved characters of an EdutainmentShow, Cookie Monster, embodies this trope perfectly, with the "me"[=/=]"I" substitution and a disdain for prepositions, among other things. But as the ''Monsterpiece Theatre'' segments show, he's very well-read.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] for the breakfast song [[CloudCuckoolander Ernie]] sings. He says that breakfast "wakes [him] up", but it's [[AmbiguousSituation unclear]] whether he needed waking up because he was hungry or because he's NotAMorningPerson.

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: After Elmo wishes for it to be Christmas every day in "Elmo Saves Christmas", Santa gives him a special time-traveling reindeer to take him forward in time and find out what will happen. After a year has passed, Elmo sees that his wish was not the most optimal one to make.

%%* GreatGazoo: Abby, Mumford the Magician, and dozens of magical one-offs.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Lily the tiger, from the Chinese coproduction ''Sesame Street: Big Bird Looks at the World''. [[note]]芝麻街: 大鸟看世界, Zhima Jie: Da Niao Kan Shijie[[/note]] While she likes wearing bows and the color pink, she's also an avid martial arts enthusiast.
* GlassShatteringSound: A variation on this with Diva La Diva, a one-off character who visited the street in a 90's episode. Professed to be "the world's loudest singer," La Diva's pipes are definitely loud enough to cause damage and while there's one instance of her voice shattering some glasses on the counter at Hooper's Store, her voice mostly causes trembling and making shelves, with items on them, fall in the Fix-It Shop and Hooper's. At the end of the episode, a cassette tape of her voice makes everything in Big Bird's nest fall off the walls - not even the Mr. Hooper picture was safe!
* GlitchEpisode: In Sam the robot's debut episode, he had a glitch which caused him to repeat himself, prompting someone to [[PercussiveMaintenance hit him]] and him to say, "[[EpisodeTagline Thank you]]".
* GoodBehaviorPoints: In "Don't Get Pushy", Telly starts an impromptu school, with Elmo and Rosita as his students. Gold stars are awarded to students who answer questions correctly, but taken away as punishment for infractions.