History Film / TheMuppetsTakeManhattan

** Creator/LilyTomlin as an odd doctor.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Linda Lavin's character, who abuses Kermit by twisting his arm, feeling his legs and forcing his mouth open.

* StuntDouble: Miss Piggy on roller skates is obviously someone in a pig suit on skates.

Another take on the origins of the Muppets, this has them having all known each other during college and making a musical together (''Manhattan Melodies''); upon graduation, they decide to go to New York City and try to put the show on Broadway rather then just split apart. But after countless failures in trying to sell the show, they do split up, going to different parts of the country to make ends meet. Kermit gets a job at a diner and continues pursuing the dream of getting the show produced. Just as he succeeds and calls all the others back, he is hit by a car; now amnesiac, he winds up getting a job in the advertising industry. With the show one week away, the Muppets have to try and find him or, failing that, press on without him.

-->'''Rizzo''': Okay, what'll you have?
-->'''Floyd''': The number for the board of health.

-->'''Kermit''': With you? In love with a pig? Oh, wait 'til I tell the guys in marketing! Ha ha! Maybe you expect me to go HOG-wild? Maybe, perhaps you could bring home the BACON! Ahhh... the sounds of love, ''SU-EEEEE!'' Oink, oink!
-->'''Miss Piggy''': Cancel the show! ''Hi-yah!''

-->'''Masterson Rat''': Do you believe in interspecies dating?\\
'''Brooke Shields''': Well, I've gone out with some rats before if that's what you mean. ''[Masterson faints]''

* RealFakeWedding: At the end of the movie, Piggy and Kermit are supposed to get 'married' at the climax of the big musical. Gonzo was supposed to play the minister by Piggy replaces him with a real minister.

-->'''Pete''': Rats want job. Frog want job. What next, penguins?

-->'''Penguin''': Do you have any jobs available?
-->'''Pete, Kermit and the rats''': NO!
* TrainStationGoodbye

--> '''Rowlf''': [Getting the show on Broadway] is turning out to be tougher than we thought.

* {{Yandere}}: Miss Piggy more than ever. She reacts violently to Jenny hugging Kermit while she spies on him, not knowing Jenny is JustFriends.

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** Said after a whole ''montage'' of the Muppets' Broadway musical being rejected or thrown out door after door after door by producer after producer after producer!

** One of the rats Rizzo brings is named "Masterson".[[note]]a pun on Western series Bat Masterson[[/note]] Another one is named "Tattooey".[[note]] ratatouille[[/note]]

** One of the rats Rizzo brings is named "Masterson".[[note]]a pun on Western series Bat Masterson[[/note]]

Another take on the origins of the Muppets, this has them having all known each other during college and making a musical together (''Manhattan Melodies''); upon graduation, they decide to go to New York City and try to put the show on Broadway rather then just split apart. But after countless failures in trying to sell the show, they do split up, going to different parts of the country to make ends meet. Kermit gets a job at a diner and continues pursuing the dream of getting the show produced. Just as he succeeds and calls all the others back, he is hit by a car; now amnesiac, he winds up getting a job in the advertising industry. With the show two weeks away, the Muppets have to try and find him or, failing that, press on without him.

The last of the original trilogy of [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] feature films made by Creator/JimHenson, released in 1984 and directed by Creator/FrankOz.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe: Miss Piggy wonders what it would be like if they've known each other since they were babies.
** Cue PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984''.

* AllPartOfTheShow: It is made intentionally vague whether or not Kermit and Piggy's wedding was this or something that happened for real and took place after the show they were putting on.
** "Interviews" of Kermit and Piggy after the movie was released had Kermit stating it was all part of the show, while Piggy insisted it was ''real''.
*** Joan Lunden of ''Good Morning America'' even gave them a toaster.

* MetaphoricalTruth: When Ronnie Crawford sees Kermit at the door to Bernard Crawford's office and Kermit asks for Mr. Crawford, Ronnie, not yet ready to reveal that he wrote the letter and signed his father's name, responds by saying that he is Mr. Crawford. Of course, he admits the truth a few seconds later.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** At one point everyone is loudly talking at the same time, and Miss Piggy calls for them to be quiet, which they do...[[SevenMinuteLull except for Janice]]:
-->'''Janice:''' ...So I said, "Look, buddy, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is [[ItsNotPornItsArt 'artistic']], and..." Oh.
** When Ronnie has something important to say to his father about him and Kermit:
--->'''[[Creator/ArtCarney Bernard]]:''' If you two are in love, I don't want to hear about it.

* NoodleImplements: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Some of the contents of Piggy's purse are... interesting.]]

* LineOfSightName: Kermit does this, going by the name of "Phillip Phil", because he doesn't know his real name when asked by the frogs in marketing.

* UpToEleven: Invoked by Kermit. Throughout the film, Kermit thinks something is missing. At the climax, he realizes he needs ''more'' animals singing and dancing.

** Creator/ElliotGould, who had previously appeared in the first movie, portrays a cop.