History Film / TheMuppetMovie

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[[caption-width-right:330:''[[{{Tagline}} More Entertaining Than Humanly Possible!]]'']]

* MightyRoar: Having grown to [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant size]], Animal lets out one of these that frightens off Hopper and his goons fleeing for good.

--> '''Gonzo:''' I'm back!
--> '''Miss Piggy:''' I don't understand any of this.

'''Kermit''': Oh, hi Jack!\\

-->'''Doc Hopper:''' [takes off hat, ponders in silence, sighs reluctantly] All right, boys... Kill 'im.

* ComicallyWordyContract: The standard "Rich and Famous" contract Kermit signed at the end was long enough to cover a table when only half unrolled.

* LaughWithMe: Inverted. Prof. Krassman laughs maniacally about what his machine will do to Kermit, but when Doc joins in too long, he cuts him short. "I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter."

* LaughWithMe: Inverted. Prof. Krassman laughs maniacally about what his machine will do to Kermit, but when Doc joins in, he yells, "Silence! I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter."

-->[Max drives off]
-->'''Doc Hopper:''' MAX!!!!!
-->[Max backs up]

-->'''Dr. Teeth''' [''reading the script'']: This is a narrative of very heavy duty proportions.\\
'''Floyd''': Yeah, cosmic, man! We gotta keep his little froggy self away from this Hopper dude.\\
'''Dr. Teeth''' [''seeing Kermit and Fozzie asleep'']: Too true. Too true. It is indeed a problem for us to probosculate upon. But it seems to me the frog and the bear are temporarily out of service.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Doc Hopper adamantly refuses to acknowledge the fact that he's essentially trying to force Kermit to endorse the slaughter of his own kind for his fast food brand, calling it "millions of frogs on tiny crutches". While Max begins to sour on the scheme after hearing this, Hopper remains obsessive in his efforts to strongarm Kermit into being his unwilling mascot.

* BaitAndSwitch: Kermit runs into a patron who's just been tossed from the El Sleazo Cafe, played by famed tough guy James Coburn. When Coburn complains about the El Sleazo being the "meanest, filthiest pest hole on the face of the Earth," the frog suggests he complain to the owner...and Coburn remarks "I ''am'' the owner."

* DisneyDeath: An enlarged Animal breaks through the roof of the lab, scaring off Doc and his men. Doc has never appeared again and has only been mentioned again in ''It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie'', in which it is implied that with him gone, his restaurants eventually shut down and could only expand in a world where Kermit was never born.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* HilariousOuttakes: While technically not outtakes as such (as they were never intended to be part of the finished film), the footage shot by director James Frawley to test the cameras while setting up at exterior locations includes some wonderful ad-lib work by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLGkux56Ar0 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMP90xT0sQ here]].

%% zero-context example * IWantSong: "The Rainbow Connection", also something of an ear worm.
%%** Also "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday."

* TriumphantReprise: The reprise at the end of the film after the Muppets have achieved their dreams and are making their movie.
--> "The lovers, the dreamers, and '''''you'''''."

** Then, later, "Who said that [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} every wish would be heard and answered when wished on a morning star?]]" (which makes Disney's purchase of the Muppets in 2004 all the more [[HilariousInHindsight hilarious]])

* TheAllegedCar: While it looks like the car that Kermit and the others traded the Studebaker for at Mad Man Mooney's dealership works fine, it shows its true colors as a lemon when it conks out in the middle desert, leading Fozzie to wish [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp he still had the Studebaker]].

* TheAllegedCar: While it looks like the car that Kermit and the others traded the Studebaker for at Mad Man Mooney's dealership works find, it shows its true colors as a lemon when it conks out in the middle desert, leading Fozzie to wish [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp he still had the Studebaker]].

** Then, later, "Who said that [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} every wish would be heard and answered when wished on a morning star?]]" (which makes Disney's purchase of the Muppets in 2004 all the more [[HilariousInHindsight hilarious)

** Then, later, "Who said that [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} every wish would be heard and answered when wished on a morning star?]]"

** Then, later, "Who said that [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} every wish would be heard and answered when wished on a morning star?]]