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

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



** Jim Henson is the hansome cab driver who takes Kermit and Piggy on a ride through Central Park.

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** Jim Henson is the hansome hansom cab driver who takes Kermit and Piggy on a ride through Central Park.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: A 68-page comic adaptation of this movie was featured in the 32nd issue of ''Marvel Super Special'', which was subsequently reprinted as a three-issue miniseries by Creator/MarvelComics' now defunct subsidiary Star Comics.
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* DemotedToExtra: Sam Eagle, Crazy Harry, The Newsman, Pops, Bert, Ernie, and Cookie Monster who appear nowhere else in the movie until the wedding of Miss Piggy and Kermit. Unlike the other Muppets present however, they are the only few out of many to have lines of dialogue.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Swedish Chef, Lew Zealand, Bunsen, Beaker, Beauregard, various bears, and Beth Bear who accompany Scooter, Dr. Teeth, and Fozzie respectively to New York.
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-->'''Kermit''': With you? In love with a pig? Oh, wait 'til I tell the guys in marketing! Ha ha! Maybe you expected me to go HOG-wild? Maybe, perhaps you could bring home the BACON! Ahhh... the sounds of love, ''SU-EEEEE!'' Oink, oink!

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

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-->'''Kermit''': Me? With you? In love with a pig? Wait Oh, wait 'til I tell the guys in marketing! Ha ha! Maybe you expected me to go HOG-wild? Perhaps Maybe, perhaps you could bring home the BACON! Ahhh... the sounds of love, ''SU-EEEEE!'' Oink, oink!
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* {{Dissimile}}: "Ocean Breeze Soap: It's just like taking an ocean cruise, only there's no boat and you don't actually go anywhere"

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* {{Dissimile}}: "Ocean Breeze Soap: It's just like taking an ocean cruise, only there's no boat and you don't actually go anywhere"anywhere."



--->'''[[Creator/ArtCarney Bernard]]:''' If you two are in love, I don't want to hear about it!
* GreasySpoon: Pete's Luncheonette

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--->'''[[Creator/ArtCarney Bernard]]:''' If you two are in love, I don't want to hear about it!
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* GreasySpoon: Pete's LuncheonetteLuncheonette.



-->'''Pete:''' Hey, I tell you what is. Big city, hmm? Live, work, huh? But not city open. Only peoples. Peoples is peoples. No is buildings. Is tomatoes, huh? Is peoples, is dancing, is music, is potatoes. So, peoples is peoples. Okay?

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-->'''Pete:''' Hey, I tell you what is. Big city, hmm? Live, work, huh? But But, not city open. Only peoples. Peoples is peoples. No is buildings. Is tomatoes, huh? Is peoples, is dancing, is music, is potatoes. So, peoples is peoples. Okay?
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-->'''Janice:''' ...So I told him, "Look, buddy, I don't take my clothes off for anybody, even if it is [[ItsNotPornItsArt 'artistic']], and..." Oh.

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-->'''Janice:''' ...So I told him, said, "Look, buddy, I don't take my clothes off for anybody, anyone, even if it is [[ItsNotPornItsArt 'artistic']], and..." Oh.
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-->'''Doctor:''' No doubt about it -- you've got amnesia.

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-->'''Doctor:''' No doubt about it -- you've got you have amnesia.
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--->'''[[Creator/ArtCarney Bernard]]:''' If you two are getting married, I don't want to know about it!

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--->'''[[Creator/ArtCarney Bernard]]:''' If you two are getting married, in love, I don't want to know hear about it!
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'''Brooke Shields''': Well, I've dated some rats before if that's what you mean. ''[Masterson faints]''

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'''Brooke Shields''': Well, I've dated gone out with some rats before if that's what you mean. ''[Masterson faints]''
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-->''(from atop the Empire State Building)'' I'm gonna sell that show, and we're all gonna be on Broadway! You hear Me, New York?! We're gonna be on Broadway! Well... because...I'm not giving up! I'm still here and I'm staying! '''YOU HEAR ME, NEW YORK?! I'M STAYING HERE! THE FROG IS STAYING!'''

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-->''(from atop the Empire State Building)'' I'm gonna sell that show, and we're all gonna be on Broadway! You hear Me, me, New York?! We're gonna be on Broadway! Well...Because... because...I'm not giving up! I'm still here and I'm staying! '''YOU HEAR ME, THAT, NEW YORK?! I'M STAYING HERE! THE FROG IS STAYING!'''
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-->'''Pete:''' Hey, I tell you what is. Big city, hmm? Live, work, huh? But not city only. Only peoples. Peoples is peoples. No is buildings. Is tomatoes, huh? Is peoples, is dancing, is music, is potatoes. So, peoples is peoples. Okay?

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-->'''Pete:''' Hey, I tell you what is. Big city, hmm? Live, work, huh? But not city only.open. Only peoples. Peoples is peoples. No is buildings. Is tomatoes, huh? Is peoples, is dancing, is music, is potatoes. So, peoples is peoples. Okay?
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** Creator/LilyTomlin as an odd doctor.

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* BigApplesauce

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* BackAlleyDoctor: Creator/LilyTomlin's character, who abuses Kermit by twisting his arm, feeling his legs and forcing his mouth open.
-->'''Doctor:''' No doubt about it -- you've got amnesia.
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--->'''Ronnie, Sr.:''' If you two are getting married, I don't want to know about it!

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--->'''Ronnie, Sr.:''' --->'''[[Creator/ArtCarney Bernard]]:''' If you two are getting married, I don't want to know about it!

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* 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]]:

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
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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]]:



** RunningGag: Janice's SevenMinuteLull with Gonzo listening to her has been in two of the three original films.

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** RunningGag: Janice's SevenMinuteLull with Gonzo listening to her When Ronnie has been in something important to say to his father about him and Kermit:
--->'''Ronnie, Sr.:''' If you
two of the three original films.are getting married, I don't want to know about it!
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* {{Determinator}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eozzCVBzMWY Kermit.]]
-->''(from atop the Empire State Building)'' I'm gonna sell that show, and we're all gonna be on Broadway! You hear Me, New York?! We're gonna be on Broadway! Well... because...I'm not giving up! I'm still here and I'm staying! '''YOU HEAR ME, NEW YORK?! I'M STAYING HERE! THE FROG IS STAYING!'''
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* BottleEpisode: Because Jim Henson was juggling a bunch of other projects at the same, he didn't want to go on location for a film shoot, so he came up with the idea of setting a film in New York so he could stay close by the Muppet offices.

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* BottleEpisode: Because Jim Henson was juggling a bunch of other projects at the same, same time, he didn't want to go on location for a film shoot, so he came up with the idea of setting a film in New York so he could York, allowing him to stay close by the Muppet offices.
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* NoAntagonist: This is the only Muppet movie not to have any sort of central antagonist (the closest that comes along is the con artist Dabney Coleman plays early on in the film, and even then he's mainly for a throwaway gag more than anything else), with the problem instead being all the trouble Kermit has to go through trying to sell his show. Disregarding Dabney, you've got the producers who all immediately reject the musical pitch, though they're under the belief that "Manhattan Melodies" [[ItWillNeverCatchOn just won't work out]] rather than deliberately trying to cause trouble for the gang.

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* NoAntagonist: This is the only Muppet movie not to have any sort of central antagonist (the closest that comes along to any sort of villain is the con artist Dabney Coleman plays early on in the film, and even then he's mainly for a throwaway gag more than anything else), with the problem instead being all the trouble Kermit has to go through trying to sell his show. Disregarding Dabney, you've got the producers who all immediately reject the musical pitch, though they're under the belief that "Manhattan Melodies" [[ItWillNeverCatchOn just won't work out]] rather than deliberately trying to cause trouble for the gang.
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* {{Yandere}}: Miss Piggy more than ever. She reacts violently to Jenny hugging Kermit while she spies on him, not knowing Jenny is JustAFriend.

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* {{Yandere}}: Miss Piggy more than ever. She reacts violently to Jenny hugging Kermit while she spies on him, not knowing Jenny is JustAFriend.JustFriends.
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One of the musical numbers, featuring baby versions of some of the characters, turned out to be the debut of the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies''; their subsequent SaturdayMorningCartoon kicked off the SpinoffBabies craze.

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One of the musical numbers, featuring baby versions of some of the characters, turned out to be the debut of the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies''; ''[[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Muppet Babies]]''; their subsequent SaturdayMorningCartoon kicked off the SpinoffBabies craze.



** Cue PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies''.

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** Cue PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies''.''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984''.

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* ShoutOut: WordOfGod states that the entire movie is an {{Homage}} to the old Creator/JudyGarland[=/=]Mickey Rooney HeyLetsPutOnAShow films.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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WordOfGod states that the entire movie is an {{Homage}} to the old Creator/JudyGarland[=/=]Mickey Rooney HeyLetsPutOnAShow films.
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* TheCameo: Not as many as the first two movies, but still.
** Creator/ArtCarney plays Ronnie Crawford's father, Bernard Crawford.
** Creator/JamesCoco leaves his dog "Snookie-ookums" with Rowlf at his doggie day care.
** Miss Piggy borrows Creator/GregoryHines' roller-skates to chase the purse snatcher.
** Creator/LindaLavin gives Mr. X (Kermit after amnesia) his checkup.
** Creator/JoanRivers works alongside Miss Piggy as a perfume saleswoman.
** Creator/ElliotGould, who had previously appeared in the first movie, portrays a cop.
** Creator/LizaMinnelli is confused why her caricature at Sardi's was replaced by that of a disguised Kermit, and questions Vincent Sardi (also playing himself) about it.
** Creator/BrookeShields gets questioned by Masterson about InterspeciesRomance.
** Mayor Ed Koch is asked by Gonzo if he's seen a frog who can sing and dance, and jokingly replies, "If he can also balance the budget, I'll hire him."
** Creator/JohnLandis plays the producer who is approached by a disguised Kermit trying desperately to be hip, even wearing an afro.
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* QuirkyGirlQuirkyTux: Janice wears a tux to Kermit and Piggy's wedding. While Janice has some feminine habits (the color pink, make-up, hats with flowers and peacock feathers) she's not as "froofy" as Piggy and expresses her offbeat nature by wearing a tux.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Rizzo the Rat, here in his first major film role and seriously starting his career as the resident cynical wiseguy.

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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
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Rizzo the Rat, here in his first major film role and seriously starting his career as the resident cynical wiseguy.wiseguy.
** Also, Floyd Pepper, as usual. Upon learning his waiter is a rat:
-->'''Rizzo''': Okay, what'll you have?
-->'''Floyd''': The number for the board of health.
* DeconReconSwitch: For ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''. In both films, the Muppets come to the big city expecting to become stars. Only this time, they find out it's not so simple as just showing up and asking, especially for a bunch of nobodies fresh out of college. Instead of giving them a contract, producer after producer rejects them, thinking ItWillNeverCatchOn, until the Muppets run out of money and end up taking less-than-stellar jobs. Afterwards, the movie shows that even though it's not easy, you can still make your dreams come true if you keep trying and find the right opening. The Empire State Building scene is basically Kermit's resolve to find the second half of this trope.


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* TemptingFate: Pete does this in the scene where Kermit and the rats are applying for jobs.
-->'''Pete''': Rats want job. Frog want job. What next, penguins?
-->''(A group of penguins enters the room.)''
-->'''Penguin''': Do you have any jobs available?
-->'''Pete, Kermit and the rats''': NO!
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Kermit's nurse points out it was unusual that Kermit was found wearing no clothing, seemingly unable to notice that Kermit is a frog. And while she seems to find it odd that he wasn't wearing any clothing, she doesn't seem to see it as a serious problem.
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* BottleEpisode: Because Jim Henson was juggling a bunch of other projects at the same, he didn't want to go on location for a film shoot, so he came up with the idea of setting a film in New York so he could stay close by the Muppet offices.
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* BlandNameProduct: During his Phil amnesia phase, Kermit is briefly shown reading ''The New York Financial Journal'', which looks exactly like ''The Wall Street Journal''.
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* AuthorAvatar: As with ''TheMuppetMovie'', this can be read as an allegory of Jim Henson's career. Like his creator, Kermit gains local popularity performing during his college years, decides to try his luck in New York, struggles, takes an unlikely detour into the world of advertising, then gets his big break.

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* AuthorAvatar: As with ''TheMuppetMovie'', ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', this can be read as an allegory of Jim Henson's career. Like his creator, Kermit gains local popularity performing during his college years, decides to try his luck in New York, struggles, takes an unlikely detour into the world of advertising, then gets his big break.

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