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* ShoutOut: Valerie auditions for the show by singing "Broadway Baby," dressing as Creator/MaeWest, and then as Creator/MarilynMonroe.

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* ShoutOut: Valerie auditions for the show by singing "Broadway Baby," dressing as Creator/EthelMerman, then as Creator/MaeWest, and then as Creator/MarilynMonroe.
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* BatterUp: Swedish Chef gets into an argument with the talking cake he's made, and eventually gets fed up and brings down a baseball bat (or "cakensmoosher", if you will) on it.
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'''Waldorf:''' ''chuckles]'' I was practicing my flip. HELP!!!

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'''Waldorf:''' ''chuckles]'' ''[chuckles]'' I was practicing my flip. HELP!!!
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Rowlf plays and sings a song from ''Theatre/TheMikado'' and convinces Sam to play the part of the bird... after all, Rowlf claims, since it's light opera, it's cultural. The song called "'''Tit''' Willow", is about a "'''dick'''y-bird" that sorrowfully sings before drowning himself in a river.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: Rowlf plays and sings a song from ''Theatre/TheMikado'' and convinces Sam to play the part of the bird... after all, Rowlf claims, since it's light opera, it's cultural. The song song, called "'''Tit''' Willow", is about a "'''dick'''y-bird" that sorrowfully sings before drowning himself in a river.
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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The African berry bush. As Statler puts it when George waters it the first time, "It will grow and grow and eat everything in sight!" The backstage area winds up becoming a jungle.

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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The African berry bush. As Statler puts it when George waters it the first time, "It will grow and grow and eat everything in sight!" The backstage area winds up becoming a jungle.jungle, with the plant grabbing people in its tendrils.

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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The African berry bush. As Statler puts it when George waters it the first time, "It will grow and grow and eat everything in sight!" The backstage area winds up becoming a jungle.
-->''[Kermit, wearing a pith helmet, fights his way over to the intercom.]''\\
'''Kermit:''' Onstage for the next sketch, please.\\
'''Fozzie:''' ''[entering]'' Uh, Kermit?\\
'''Kermit:''' What?\\
'''Fozzie:''' Kermit, I cannot do my monologue.\\
'''Kermit:''' How come?\\
''[Fozzie shows him a large, chewed-up card.]''\\
'''Fozzie:''' Because the tree ate my cue cards.



* ExtremeOmnivore: The African berry bush. As Statler puts it when George waters it the first time, "It will grow and grow and eat everything in sight!" The backstage area winds up becoming a jungle.
-->''[Kermit, wearing a pith helmet, fights his way over to the intercom.]''\\
'''Kermit:''' Onstage for the next sketch, please.\\
'''Fozzie:''' ''[entering]'' Uh, Kermit?\\
'''Kermit:''' What?\\
'''Fozzie:''' Kermit, I cannot do my monologue.\\
'''Kermit:''' How come?\\
''[Fozzie shows him a large, chewed-up card.]''\\
'''Fozzie:''' Because the tree ate my cue cards.

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When Creator/ValerieHarper shows up unexpectedly, she begs Kermit to let her be on the show. Kermit agrees, but Statler, smitten with her beauty, decides to go backstage and meet her. Since Kermit won't let him go up to her dressing room, he sits backstage to wait for her—but the exotic plant he's brought for her overwhelms the backstage when George waters it.

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When Creator/ValerieHarper shows up unexpectedly, she begs Kermit to let her be on the show. Kermit agrees, but Statler, smitten with her beauty, decides to go backstage and meet her. Since Kermit won't let him go up to her dressing room, he sits backstage to wait for her—but the exotic plant African berry bush he's brought for her overwhelms threatens to overwhelm the backstage when George waters it.



* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: {{Lampshaded}} by Statler when his plant has taken over the entire backstage area.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: {{Lampshaded}} by Statler when his plant the African berry bush has taken over turned the entire backstage area.area into a jungle.



* ExtremeOmnivore: The African berry bush. As Statler puts it when George waters it the first time, "It will grow and grow and eat everything in sight!" The backstage area winds up becoming a jungle.
-->''[Kermit, wearing a pith helmet, fights his way over to the intercom.]''\\
'''Kermit:''' Onstage for the next sketch, please.\\
'''Fozzie:''' ''[entering]'' Uh, Kermit?\\
'''Kermit:''' What?\\
'''Fozzie:''' Kermit, I cannot do my monologue.\\
'''Kermit:''' How come?\\
''[Fozzie shows him a large, chewed-up card.]''\\
'''Fozzie:''' Because the tree ate my cue cards.



-->''[Statler's plant has taken over the entire backstage area.]''\\

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-->''[Statler's plant African berry bush has taken over the entire backstage area.]''\\



* MassOhCrap: The other Muppets, when George dumps a bucket on Statler's plant.

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* MassOhCrap: The other Muppets, when George dumps a bucket on Statler's plant.the African berry bush.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: Statler and Waldorf both want to meet Valerie, so they agree to flip for it. Waldorf flips a coin, while Statler does a backflip and falls on the floor. Waldorf agrees that Statler wins.
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'''Kermit:''' Uh... wow, you are some determined lady.

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'''Kermit:''' Uh... wow, [[LampshadeHanging you are some determined lady.lady]].
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* TheDeterminator: When Valerie asks to do the opening number...
-->'''Kermit:''' Oh, well, we had planned to open the show with Bertha Beasley and her Galloping Geese.\\
'''Valerie:''' Yes.\\
'''Kermit:''' But actually, uh, Bertha isn't here yet, and the show's about to start.\\
'''Valerie:''' She won't be here, Kermit.\\
'''Kermit:''' Uh... what?\\
'''Valerie:''' I scotch-taped a bushel of birdseed to her body. Even as we speak, geese are pecking her into oblivion.\\
'''Kermit:''' Uh... wow, you are some determined lady.
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* HeadsOrTails: Parodied. As Statler and Waldorf argue over which of them gets to go backstage to meet Valerie, Statler decides to flip for it. [[LiteralMinded So he flips himself]]. Off the balcony.

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* HeadsOrTails: Parodied. As Statler and Waldorf argue over which of them gets to go backstage to meet Valerie, Statler decides to they'll flip for it.her. [[LiteralMinded So he flips himself]]. Off the balcony.
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* IronicName: For the closing number, Valerie performs "Nobody Does It Like Me", a song-and-dance routine with a chorus line of fuzzy blue creatures called the Clodhoppers. Despite the fact that these Muppets are called "Clodhoppers", it's Valerie who steps on toes and keeps dancing in the wrong direction.

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