History YMMV / TheMuppetMovie

* AwardSnub: "Rainbow Connection" lost the 1979 Best Song Oscar to the now-virtually-forgotten "It Goes Like It Goes" from ''Norma Rae''[[note]]which, it must be noted, deserved quite a few awards, but "Best Song" is not on that list[[/note]].

** ''"Prepare the standard 'Rich & Famous' contract for Kermit the Frog & Company."''
** "''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome I'm Going To Go Back There Someday]]''"

* AwesomeMusic: Paul Williams' score, particularly "Rainbow Connection".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Damn near every song.
** "Rainbow Connection" will hit you as either {{Narm}}tastic or one of the most inspiring songs you've ever heard. [[NarmCharm Or both.]]

** Plus Kermit in the swamp, which was created by the six foot one Jim Henson cramming himself into a diving bell for a whole day.

* AwardSnub: "The Rainbow Connection" lost the 1979 Best Song Oscar to the now-virtually-forgotten "It Goes Like It Goes" from ''Norma Rae''[[note]]which, it must be noted, deserved quite a few awards, but "Best Song" is not on that list[[/note]].

** Actually, according to Frank Oz, the effect was relatively easy to do,[[note]]Essentially, the Kermit riding the bike was a marionette, with the bike pulled along by an invisible wire[[/note]] compared to the monstrous effort required to get Gonzo to float along on his balloons. But since the bike was the effect everyone kept gawking over, they included an entire parade of Muppets on bikes in [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper the next movie.]] Just because.

** "Rainbow Connection" will hit you as either {{Narm}}tastic or one of the most inspiring songs you've ever heard.

** Actually, according to Frank Oz, the effect was relatively easy to do,[[hottip:*:Essentially, the Kermit riding the bike was a marionette, with the bike pulled along by an invisible wire]] compared to the monstrous effort required to get Gonzo to float along on his balloons. But since the bike was the effect everyone kept gawking over, they included an entire parade of Muppets on bikes in [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper the next movie.]] Just because.

* EarWorm: "Rainbow Connection", "Movin' Right Along"

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Alas, many of the jokes and wackiness have been copied by countless followers (both ''Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' and [[SpongeBobSquarePants The SpongeBob Movie]] have done meta gags about their films being watched in theaters, for example), that, to anyone watching the film for the first time, it might seem less remarkable.

** Actually, according to Frank Oz, the effect was relatively easy to do,[[hottip:*:Essentially, the Kermit riding the bike was a marionette, with the bike pulled along by an invisible wire]] compared to the monstrous effort required to get Gonzo to float along on his balloons. But since the bike was the effect everyone kept gawking over, they included an entire parade of Muppets on bikes in [[TheGreatMuppetCaper the next movie.]] Just because.

* AwardSnub: "The Rainbow Connection" lost the 1979 Best Song Oscar to the now-virtually-forgotten "It Goes Like It Goes" from ''Norma Rae''.

* CompleteMonster: It's hard to find someone in a Muppet movie who is really this evil to be this trope, but Doc Hopper easily comes close. Let's see what he does: he tries to sway Kermit into something he knows he isn't likely to want to take part in, stalks Kermit across the country, kidnapping his friends and bringing in a mad scientist to brainwash him and reaches MoralEventHorizon when he brings in a frog killer to shoot and kill Kermit in a last-ditch attempt to get the frog to agree to do his commercials. Even when Kermit tries to explain things to him, Hopper wants none of it.

** "Rainbow Connection" will hit you as either [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] or one of the most inspiring songs you've ever heard.

* CompleteMonster: It's hard to find someone in a Muppet movie who is really this evil to be this trope, but Doc Hopper easily comes close. Let's see what he does: he tries to sway Kermit into someone he knows he isn't likely to want to take part in, stalks Kermit across the country, kidnapping his friends and bringing in a mad scientist to brainwash him and reaches MoralEventHorizon when he brings in a frog killer to shoot and kill Kermit in a last-ditch attempt to get the frog to agree to do his commercials. Even when Kermit tries to explain things to him, Hopper wants none of it.

** Actually, according to Frank Oz, the effect was relatively easy to do, compared to the monstrous effort required to get Gonzo to float along on his balloons. But since the bike was the effect everyone kept gawking over, they included an entire parade of Muppets on bikes in [[TheGreatMuppetCaper the next movie.]] Just because.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Alas, many of the jokes and wackiness have been copied by countless followers (both [[{{Gremlins}} Gremlins 2]] and [[SpongeBobSquarePants The SpongeBob Movie]] have done meta gags about their films being watched in theaters, for example), that, to anyone watching the film for the first time, it might seem less remarkable.

** Actually, according to Frank Oz, the effect was relatively easy to do, compared to the monstrous effort required to get Gonzo to float along on his balloons. But since the bike was the effect everyone kept gawking over, they included an entire [[BeyondTheImpossible parade of Muppets on bikes in]] [[TheGreatMuppetCaper the next movie.]] [[SureWhyNot Just because.]]

** Miss Piggy's wide angry eyes when she karate-chops the kidnappers.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Doc Hopper's frog suit in his commercial is kind of creepy.
** Miss Piggy's wide angry eyes when she karate-chops the kidnappers.

--> ''"Prepare the standard 'Rich & Famous' contract for Kermit the Frog & Company."''
--> "''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome I'm Going To Go Back There Someday]]''"

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Kermit riding a bike near the beginning. Don't wonder how they did it, just accept it.

--> "''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday]]''"

--> [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome ''"I'm Going To Go Back There Someday"'']]