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* ActorAllusion: Whoopi Goldberg plays God in this movie. She also played a divine being in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers.'' Yoda also briefly appears after Kermit makes his wish it's almost like Frank Oz was already on set...like he voices some of the Muppets or something!

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* ActorAllusion: Whoopi Goldberg plays God in this movie. She also played a divine being in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers.'' Yoda also briefly appears after Kermit makes his wish wish; it's almost like Frank Oz was already on set...like he voices performs some of the Muppets or something!something! (Yoda in this film, however, is performed by Eric Jacobson, who also takes over Oz's former roles as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal.)
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After Joe Snow's efforts to narrator the special are thwarted twice, he takes part in singing "Everyone Matters" alongside the Muppets and a bunch of carolers during the ending credits.
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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The security guard at Bitterman Banking and Development.

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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The security guard at Bitterman Banking and Development.Development has a difficult time interpreting basic English words.
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* BerserkButton: Bitterman's office is on the thirteenth

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Bitterman's office is on the thirteenth floor of her building.



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* BerserkButton:AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The security guard at Bitterman Banking and Development.
* BerserkButton: Bitterman's office is on the thirteenth
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* CompanyCameo: When Daniel asks how [[BigBad Karen Bitterman]] could own so much property in the Kermit-less universe, Kermit remarks "Corporate synergy, it's out of control", as he lifts his flipper to reveal the logo of producer and broadcaster Creator/{{NBC}} on his sole.

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* CompanyCameo: When Daniel asks how [[BigBad Karen Bitterman]] could own so much property in the Kermit-less universe, Kermit remarks "Corporate synergy, it's out of control", as he lifts his flipper to reveal the logo of producer and broadcaster Creator/{{NBC}} on his sole. (It's this bit that is most likely preventing the film from appearing on Creator/DisneyPlus.)
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* ActorAllusion: Whoopi Goldberg plays God in this movie. She also played a divine being in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers.''

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* ActorAllusion: Whoopi Goldberg plays God in this movie. She also played a divine being in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers.'''' Yoda also briefly appears after Kermit makes his wish it’s almost like Frank Oz was already on set…like he voices some of the Muppets or something!
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* LandmarkDeclarationGambit: How Pepe the Prawn saves the Muppets' theater from destruction.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
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* MorallyBankruptBanker: Ms. Bitterman again.

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* CelestialBureaucracy: Heaven, or at least the part where Daniel works, is a giant cubicle farm.



* {{Expy}}: Bitterman fills the role of [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife Mr. Potter]].



* GenderFlip: Bitterman fills the role of [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife Mr. Potter]].



* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Heaven, or at least the part where Daniel works, is a giant cubicle farm.



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* WildlifeCommentarySpoof: A NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/SteveIrwin (credited as Safari Animal Tracker) shows up to tranquilise Fozzie.
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* SympatheticWince: When Fozzie Bear is trying to deliver a bag of money to Rachel Bitterman, the path to her office is blocked by a LaserHallway -- not one that triggers an alarm, but one with military-esque grade lasers that actually burn anyone or anything passing through them. Desperate to deliver the money on time, Fozzie [[BlackComedy just runs through, realizes he left the bag at the other end of the hall, runs through again to retrieve it, and then runs back one last time, getting scorched the whole time]]. Bitterman winces constantly as she observes this whole sequence.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rachel Bitterman plays Pepe the King Prawn like a fiddle to get what she wants, manipulating him into betraying the muppets knowing he is * DistractedByTheSexy but when she is talking to an associate, she reveals to him that she thinks of Pepe with nothing but contempt.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rachel Bitterman plays Pepe the King Prawn like a fiddle to get what she wants, manipulating him into betraying the muppets knowing he is * DistractedByTheSexy DistractedByTheSexy, but when she is talking to an associate, she reveals to him that she thinks of Pepe with nothing but contempt.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rachel Bitterman plays Pepe the King Prawn like a fiddle to get what she wants, manipulating him into betraying the muppets knowing he is * DistractedByTheSexy but when she is talking to an associate, she reveals to him that she thinks of Pepe with nothing but contempt.


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* FauxAffablyEvil: Rachel Bitterman has moments, where she speaks to the muppets in the manner of a kind and sweet lady as if talking to her dog, but it does nothing to mask her contempt and her plans which spell trouble for the muppets.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Played with and subverted with Pepe the King Prawn. He’s a Jerk With A Heart Of Gold and he ditches the muppets after being distracted by the sexy, but when he realises the true extent to Bitterman’s plans, he wastes no time rushing back to warn Kermit and is welcomed back with open arms.

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* ShoutOut: The Muppets' stage show is a very drawn-out ShoutOut to ''Film/MoulinRouge'', complete with color-change, [[GRatedDrug "funny green root beer"]], and "Saltine" the performer. Heck, just look at its name: ''Moulin '''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooge]]'''.''

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The Muppets' stage show is a very drawn-out ShoutOut to ''Film/MoulinRouge'', complete with color-change, [[GRatedDrug "funny green root beer"]], and "Saltine" the performer. Heck, just look at its name: ''Moulin '''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooge]]'''.''''
** In the beginning, a [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer snowman narrator]] tries to introduce the special, before being chased away by a film crewman, who derides him as a "Burl Ives-wannabe".
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Take the basic story of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife.'' Add Franchise/TheMuppets. This 2002 movie is what you get.

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Take [[ItsAWonderfulPlot the basic story story]] of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife.'' Add Franchise/TheMuppets. This 2002 movie is what you get.
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The last major Muppet production before Disney bought the franchise in 2004, this film is one of the select Muppet movies ''not'' on Disney+, due to it being produced by broadcaster Creator/{{NBC}}. Loosely followed by ''Film/AMuppetsChristmasLettersToSanta'' in 2008, which shared the same principal Muppet performers and director, and also aired on NBC, despite the Disney sale.

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The last major Muppet production before Disney bought the franchise in 2004, this film is one of the select Muppet movies ''not'' on Disney+, due to it being produced by broadcaster Creator/{{NBC}}. Loosely followed Followed by ''Film/AMuppetsChristmasLettersToSanta'' in 2008, 2005's ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz'' and seasonally by 2008's ''Film/AMuppetsChristmasLettersToSanta'', all of which shared the same principal Muppet performers and director, and director. Despite the Disney sale, the latter also aired on NBC, despite the Disney sale.
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