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* The Creator/LyndaCarter episode's opening gag features Gonzo ''graphically ripping out his'' '''''dental plate.''''' complete with ''[[NauseaFuel gross]] slurping sounds as it comes out!

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* The Creator/LyndaCarter episode's opening gag features Gonzo ''graphically ripping out his'' '''''dental plate.''''' complete with ''[[NauseaFuel [[NauseaFuel gross]] slurping ''slurping'' sounds as it comes out!
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* The Creator/LyndaCarter episode's opening gag features Gonzo ''graphically ripping out his'' '''''dental plate.''''' complete with ''[[NauseaFuel gross]] slurping sounds as it comes out!
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjiuCfjXUTM The "traditional Japanese ghost story"]] that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a young woman apparently becomes possessed.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjiuCfjXUTM The "traditional Japanese ghost story"]] that Bruce Schwartz performs with ''bunraku'' puppets on the Señor Wences episode, in which a young woman apparently becomes possessed.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjiuCfjXUTM The "traditional Japanese ghost story"]] that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a young woman seemingly falls victim to DemonicPossession.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjiuCfjXUTM The "traditional Japanese ghost story"]] that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a young woman seemingly falls victim to DemonicPossession.apparently becomes possessed.
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* The "traditional Japanese ghost story" that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a young woman seemingly falls victim to DemonicPossession.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjiuCfjXUTM The "traditional Japanese ghost story" story"]] that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a young woman seemingly falls victim to DemonicPossession.
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* The "traditional Japanese ghost story" that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a mask possesses a young woman.

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* The "traditional Japanese ghost story" that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a mask possesses a young woman.woman seemingly falls victim to DemonicPossession.
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* The Creator/ZeroMostel episode has a sketch where Mostel recites a creepy poem about literally banishing his fears (as in making various creepy-looking Muppets gathering around him vanish into thin air). It ends with him coming to the unsettling realization that he might be the embodiment of ''someone else's'' fears, and that they will make ''him'' disappear... which is exactly what happens. It gets worse when you realize that Mostel died before his episode aired.

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* The Creator/ZeroMostel episode has a sketch where Mostel recites a creepy poem about literally banishing his fears (as in making various creepy-looking Muppets gathering around him vanish into thin air).air after saying, "Once they are counted and compelled, they can quickly be dispelled"). It ends with him coming to the unsettling realization that he might be the embodiment of ''someone else's'' fears, and that they will make ''him'' disappear... which is exactly what happens. It gets worse when you realize that Mostel died before his episode aired.
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* Gonzo telling the guy on the phone, “He’s not home.” You should never do this in real life if you want to avoid being kidnapped or hurt. The fifth season version has a typical cartoony sped up voice emanating from the phone.

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* Gonzo telling the guy on the phone, “He’s not home.” You should never do this in real life if you want to avoid being kidnapped or hurt. The fifth season version has a typical cartoony sped up voice emanating from the phone.phone as Gonzo answers and says "He's not home".
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* Gonzo telling the guy on the phone, “He’s not home.” You should never do this in real life if you want to avoid being kidnapped or hurt.

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* Gonzo telling the guy on the phone, “He’s not home.” You should never do this in real life if you want to avoid being kidnapped or hurt. The fifth season version has a typical cartoony sped up voice emanating from the phone.
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The Muppet show, while being primarily family friendly, had an affinity for the strange and bizarre which could lead to some rather frightening sketches for younger viewers.

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The Muppet show, while being primarily family friendly, had an affinity for the strange and bizarre which could often lead to some rather frightening sketches for younger viewers.
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* From the Brooke Shields episode we have the [[https://youtu.be/LbGbU65_Rbg Jabberwocky segment]], quite possibly one of the scariest skits on this show. The poem itself is rather creepy in and of itself, but the execution of it here makes it all the more scary. The segment starts with some rather ominous Harpsichord music as the various residents of the forest recite the poem. After Scooter receives his task and goes off to slay the Jabberwock, we see the titular creature in all its frightening glory. The way it drifts out of the woods is also unbelievably uncanny. If that weren’t bad enough Scooter then decapitates the Jabberwock, and its head is still alive!

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Turns out a lot of these are from the same episode... consolidated them into one section for Vincent Price specifically.


* Creator/VincentPrice's rendition of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVSPFp66UK0 You've Got a Friend]]", starring the creepy Uncle Deadly.

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* Creator/VincentPrice's rendition of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVSPFp66UK0 You've The Creator/VincentPrice episode has several standouts.
** "I've
Got You Under My Skin" is a Friend]]", starring musical skit featuring a rather unsettling looking creature called Behemoth (more recently called Gene) cheerfully seasoning and then devouring Shakey Sanchez.
*** Made all
the more creepy Uncle Deadly.by the lines Behemoth sings to Shakey as he tries to escape: "Don't you know, little fool, you never can win? Use your mentality. Wake up to reality!"
*** It's somewhat mitigated by the episode showing Shakey backstage with Kermit after the number, in perfect physical health. On the other hand, he's terrified out of his mind and unable to speak clearly.



** “I’m Looking Through You”. We get that they’re ghosts, but puppets should never be transparent. The effect is unsettling.
** The Muppet News Flash skit involves the News Reporter talking about how furniture all over the city is turning into Muppet Eating Monsters, with one mention of a table set for a dinner of eight people eating them all. Worst, most of the skit takes place in the house of a humanoid Muppet who is then chased out of his living room by a footstool, a cabinet and a lamp, only to evade them and barricade them out in his living room... where he is then eaten by his television. The skit ends with the News Reporter complaining about how silly that story was before he is eaten by his own table.
*** That's the thing about the franchise's thing for eating people alive: with puppets, it feels so frighteningly ''real!''
** The finale: Creator/VincentPrice's rendition of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVSPFp66UK0 You've Got a Friend]]", starring the creepy Uncle Deadly.



* "I've Got You Under My Skin" is a musical skit featuring a rather unsettling looking creature called Behemoth (more recently called Gene) cheerfully seasoning and then devouring Shakey Sanchez.
** Made all the more creepy by the lines Behemoth sings to Shakey as he tries to escape: "Don't you know, little fool, you never can win? Use your mentality. Wake up to reality!"
** It's somewhat mitigated by the episode showing Shakey backstage with Kermit after the number, in perfect physical health. On the other hand, he's terrified out of his mind and unable to speak clearly.



* One Muppet News Flash skit involves the News Reporter talking about how furniture all over the city is turning into Muppet Eating Monsters, with one mention of a table set for a dinner of eight people eating them all. Worst, most of the skit takes place in the house of a humanoid Muppet who is then chased out of his living room by a footstool, a cabinet and a lamp, only to evade them and barricade them out in his living room... where he is then eaten by his television. The skit ends with the News Reporter complaining about how silly that story was before he is eaten by his own table.
** That's the thing about the franchise's thing for eating people alive: with puppets, it feels so frighteningly ''real!''
* “I’m Looking Through You”. We get that they’re ghosts, but puppets should never be transparent. The effect is unsettling.
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* The "traditional Japanese ghost story" that Bruce Schwartz performs on the Señor Wences episode, in which a mask possesses a young woman.
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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Lifeless Beady Little Eyes and ThousandYardStare.

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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg Orginal Design]] orginal design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due quite off-putting. mainly due to his Lifeless Beady Little Eyes beady lifeless little eyes and ThousandYardStare.
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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171109084349 Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Lifeless Beady Little Eyes and ThousandYardStare.

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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171109084349 jpg Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Lifeless Beady Little Eyes and ThousandYardStare.
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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171109084349 Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Lifeless Beady Little Eyes and ThousandYardStare.

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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171109084349 Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Lifeless Beady Little Eyes and ThousandYardStare.ThousandYardStare.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_xO2aN_IA I Know an Old Lady]]" from the Judy Collins show. Something about the silhouetted woman cackling joyously about her future death while devouring animals in one gulp is just creepy.
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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171109084349 Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Big Lifeless Eyes and ThousandYardStare.

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* Timmy Monster's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/d/df/Ethel_Merman01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171109084349 Orginal Design]] from Season 1 is... Quite Off-putting. Mainly Due to his Big Lifeless Beady Little Eyes and ThousandYardStare.

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** Made all the more creepy by the lines Behemoth sings to Shakey as he tries to escape: "Don't you know, little fool, you never can win? Use your mentality. Wake up to reality!"



* Gonzo telling the guy on the phone “he’s not home”. You should never do this in real life if you want to avoid being kidnapped or hurt.

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* Gonzo telling the guy on the phone “he’s phone, “He’s not home”. home.” You should never do this in real life if you want to avoid being kidnapped or hurt.

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