Line #13 Awesome/TheMuppetMovie


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7	* The opening scene where Kermit sings "The Rainbow Connection" is one for Jim Henson; they built a special diving bell under the water with oxygen tanks and a video monitor, meaning he performed ''completely submerged''. The scene took five days to film, and Henson would be in the tank as long as three hours at a time. He freely acknowledged no one with even a hint of claustrophobia should even attempt it.
8	* There has been much debate as to whether ''The Muppet Movie'' or ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'' is more of a Jim Henson victory lap. In any case, both are Crowning Moments for everyone involved and both feature a fantastic moment at the end that is somewhere in-between this and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}}:
9	-->''Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers, and you!''
10	** That final "Rainbow Connection" reprise? That featured pretty much every Muppet that had been created up to that point, with Muppets from ''Literature/EmmetOttersJugBandChristmas'', ''Series/SesameStreet'' and the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ''Land of Gorsch'' sketches included. Along with the regular Muppet performers, they had enlisted around 137 puppeteers from the Puppeteers of America to perform in that scene.
11	* Prof. Krassman gloating to Miss Piggy, only to press her BerserkButton:
12	-->'''[[Creator/MelBrooks Mad Scientist]]''': Say goodbye to the frog, pig!\
13	'''Piggy''': Why should I?\
14	'''Mad Scientist''': Cause in about ten seconds, he won't know you from [[BerserkButton kosher bacon]]!\
15	'''Piggy''': ''THAT DOES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!''\
16	([[BreakingTheBonds Bursts out of her bonds]] and proceeds to whoop ass.)
17	* From a production standpoint, Kermit riding the bicycle. Decades later and people are ''still'' impressed by the puppetry work.
18	* The duet between Kermit and Rowlf. It fulfilled something of a desire of Creator/JimHenson's that would've been impractical on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' (as he performed both characters and the average episode had a obviously tighter filming schedule).
19	* Giant Animal.
20	-->'''Animal:''' '''BAD MAN!!!!!!!!!!'''
21	* None other than Orson Welles providing the film's final cameo, fulfilling all of Kermit's dreams without even needing to see any of his act.
22	* The speech by Kermit, and in a strange way, Doc's rejection of it, breaking from the standard kid's movie formula.
23	-->'''Doc Hopper:''' Alright boys, kill him!
24	-->The whole Muppet crew shocked!
25	-->'''Max:''' No wait please!
26	-->Giant Animal pops out of the roof of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's laboratory and roars loudly at Doc Hopper and his troops and escapes! And Max shouts to wish Kermit good luck in Hollywood!
27	* Creator/OrsonWelles' cameo as Lew Lord, the man who single-handedly makes the Muppets into superstars. Welles appears for thirty seconds and has only one line, but he acts for every bit of it.

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