Awesome / The Muppets (2015)

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• Kermit's Batman Gambit to get Piggy to break up with Josh Groban (before his suggested changes ruined the show): Telling Piggy that the show's name is being changed to Josh Groban Presents Up Late with Miss Piggy.
• In "Pig Out" Kermit pulls off another manipulation to get Piggy to stop going out with the crew (and keeping them out all night): remind her that she's a class or two above the common crew members. Kermit points out he learned from the best.
• In "Walk The Swine", say what you will about Piggy, but there's no denying that she can do an apology like no one can! It manages to be all three moments at once.
• Piggy wins a sawing contest by karate chopping the end off.
• In "The Ex Factor", Piggy using what Kermit told her about Denise to help him get the perfect birthday present for her, while at the same time slipping in a subtle Take That! to him about making such an awkward request of her by having the jewelry box actually be a music box that plays Kermit and Piggy's favorite couple song.
• "Pigs in a Blackout"
  • To get around having no electricity for the band, Scooter brought in an a cappella band! What a great workaround!
    • They even managed to get Statler and Waldorf to sing along!
  • Gonzo's You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech to Scooter.
  • Kermit reprising "The Rainbow Connection" at the end.
• Near the end of "Going, Going, Gonzo", Gonzo (having originally planned to do the Piggy Water-sponsored cannon shoot, but backed out), to the strains of Dave Grohl & the Electric Mayhem playing "Learn to Fly", goes ahead and does the stunt anyway... and pulls it off.
  Gonzo: I'm Gonzo the Great!
  Kermit: No! You're Gonzo the GREATEST!
  • The episode's Stinger: Dave Grohl having a drum duel... WITH ANIMAL!!
    Dave Grohl: You win.
    Animal: (at the same time) You win.
• During the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" number at the end of "Single All The Way", Crazy Harry is clearly noticeable, doing something noteworthy for the first time on the show.
  • Kermit and Piggy seem to be one step closer to getting back together!
• The Muppets work their way around Piggy not being able to show her tail on TV... by wearing fake pig tails and showing them off on TV.
  Kermit: "We have been told you absolutely cannot show that tail on TV...But they didn't say anything about me!"
• Pepe doing an impression of Barack Obama. The impression is spot-on, but still sounds like Pepe. Such a thing is a feat of voice acting that few people short of Mel Blanc could pull off, but Bill Barretta does it without a hitch.
• The Muppets doing Up Late from Piggy's hospital room after she breaks her leg really shows that they can work their way around any problems and the result can be awesome (see the Loretta Lynn episode of the original Muppet Show).
• The show won the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Family TV Show, against shows that have been just as successful but were on the air longer, such as The Big Bang Theory, Once Upon a Time, and the previous year's winner Modern Family. Even better, this was despite the initial outcry from Moral Guardians over it not being really all that family friendly.

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