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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture", Sandy is the boom operator of SpongeBob's movie. She says "Did somebody say boom?!" and pulls down on the plunger to cue an explosion, much like Crazy Harry's trademark gag.
** In "ChefBob", recycled footage from ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' appears when [=ChefBob=] gets a TV show.
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* In ''Fanfic/PreCureInANutshell'', [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Godatz]] gets the parody name of Gonzo.
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* In the ''[[Series/DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, one of the incorrect answers to the "In 1987, which TV star gave birth to twins whom she named Ariel and Zachariah?" question is "Miss Piggy".
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* ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'': Before peeking through Emile's bedroom door's keyhole, Richmond asks what he's going to see, to which Lyons replies that it certainly won't be ''The Muppet Show''.
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** The Season 5 finale ended with a parody of the ending to “The Muppet Movie”.
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** In "The D'oh-cial Network", Rev. Lovejoy plays a "Which Muppet Are You?" quiz on ''SpringFace''. He ends up getting Beaker.

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** In "The D'oh-cial Network", Rev. Lovejoy plays a "Which Muppet Are You?" quiz on ''SpringFace''.''[=SpringFace=]''. He ends up getting Beaker.
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** In "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS3E06 Flat Tired]]", the director needs someone to fill in for Garfield, who is too tired to star in the episode. When Odie tries to meet the director's requirements, the director jokingly says "I know who we cna get! Get me Kermit the Frog on the phone!"

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** In "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS3E06 Flat Tired]]", the director needs someone to fill in for Garfield, who is too tired to star in the episode. When Odie tries to meet the director's requirements, the director jokingly says "I know who we cna can get! Get me Kermit the Frog on the phone!"

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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "Gernot and Strudel", Klaus uses CIA tech turns the Smiths into the puppet characters from his favorite childhood TV show. When Jeff asks if the CIA really has puppet technology, Stan mentions that Fozzie Bear was the Shah of Iran for seven years.

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** In "Haylias", Stan and Hayley dance with each other at the latter's wedding; Stan, knowing that Hayley's become a super-solder bent on killing him, awkwardly tries to lighten the situation by comparing the scenario to the "At the Dance" sketches from ''The Muppet Show''.
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In "Gernot and Strudel", Klaus uses CIA tech turns the Smiths into the puppet characters from his favorite childhood TV show. When Jeff asks if the CIA really has puppet technology, Stan mentions that Fozzie Bear was the Shah of Iran for seven years.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "Gernot and Strudel", Klaus uses CIA tech turns the Smiths into the puppet characters from his favorite childhood TV show. When Jeff asks if the CIA really has puppet technology, Stan mentions that Fozzie Bear was the Shah of Iran for seven years.
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** In "The Food Wife", Marge's dream sequence features multiple famous chefs following Homer on inflatable bouncy balls. One of them is the Swedish Chef.
** In "The D'oh-cial Network", Rev. Lovejoy plays a "Which Muppet Are You?" quiz on ''SpringFace''. He ends up getting Beaker.
** In "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson", Kermit makes a brief cameo during the "liberal straw man's" song.
** In "Pulpit Fiction, several of the frogs going into Springfield pass by Kermit on a rock. In the midst of the chaos, Creator/JimHenson and Creator/FrankOz break character and run off with Kermit still on Jim's hand.
** In "Let's Go Fly a Coot", Milhouse complains to Kirk that he wanted the cheese at his party to be shaped like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' characters. Kirk rebuttals thinking he wanted "Disney's Muppets".
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* ''Meantime'': Mark calls Colin "Kermit", and at one point he sings "Mana Mana" to him.
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*''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'': In chapter 0, a video message shows James Halliday wearing a muppet tshirt. In chapter 1, Wade Watts says he sang songs with Muppet characters during his childhood in the virtual reality OASIS. And in chapter 6, Wade Watts mentions he watched every episode of the ''Muppet Show''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'':
** In "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS3E06 Flat Tired]]", the director needs someone to fill in for Garfield, who is too tired to star in the episode. When Odie tries to meet the director's requirements, the director jokingly says "I know who we cna get! Get me Kermit the Frog on the phone!"
** In "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS3E17 Mistakes Will Happen]]", Jon refers to Garfield as "Kermit" as one of many mistakes made deliberately.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} (1993)'': In "[[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode47 Video Revue]]", Kermit and Miss Piggy appear on the cover of ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'' as the Warners sing about the various movies in the video store. When Yakko sings "''The Muppet Family Christmas is about a pig and frog!''", Kermit is seen working as a MallSanta until Miss Piggy jumps into his lap.
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* ''Series/MadTV1995'': Statler and Waldorf appear at the end of a sketch parodying ''Series/SesameStreet'' where Big Bird catches the Avian Flu and spreads it to everyone on the street, where they give this exchange:
-->'''Waldorf:''' We're gonna get letters on that one!\\
'''Statler:''' As if anyone who watches this show can write!\\
''(Statler and Waldorf laugh)''
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* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': Bjornson the Cheese Seller Muppet is an obvious {{Expy}} of The Swedish Chef.
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** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/music/2013-01-03 This Strip]] features the Franchise/IncredibleHulk listening to "It's Not Easy Bein' Green".

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* An episode of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' discussing the subprime mortgage scandal referenced reports that Goldman-Sachs stockbrokers called their investors "muppets" by taking offence [[AnInsultToRocks on behalf of the Muppets]], and included a [[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T-iFaTeaICIJ:https://audioboom.com/posts/715973-goldman-sachs-muppet-song+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d pastiche of the theme song]].

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* An episode of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' discussing the subprime mortgage scandal referenced reports that Goldman-Sachs stockbrokers called their investors "muppets" by taking offence [[AnInsultToRocks [[InsultToRocks on behalf of the Muppets]], and included a [[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T-iFaTeaICIJ:https://audioboom.com/posts/715973-goldman-sachs-muppet-song+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d pastiche of the theme song]].



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* An episode of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' discussing the subprime mortgage scandal referenced reports that Goldman-Sachs stockbrokers called their investors "muppets" by taking offence [[AnInsultToRocks on behalf of the Muppets]], and included a pastiche of the theme song.

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* An episode of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' discussing the subprime mortgage scandal referenced reports that Goldman-Sachs stockbrokers called their investors "muppets" by taking offence [[AnInsultToRocks on behalf of the Muppets]], and included a [[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T-iFaTeaICIJ:https://audioboom.com/posts/715973-goldman-sachs-muppet-song+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d pastiche of the theme song.
song]].
-->It's time to push up profits,\\
It's time to keep back tax,\\
It's time to fleece the muppets,\\
Who invest with Goldman-Sachs!\\
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It's time to lobby Congress,\\
To keep regulation lax,\\
Must not put off the muppets\\
Who invest with Goldman-Sachs!\\
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We laugh at them discreetly,\\
We sneer at every sale.\\
We sell them toxic assets,\\
Then bet on them to fail!\\
Doh-ho-ho-ho!\\
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It's time to turn the thumbscrews,\\
It's time to oil the racks,\\
It's time to squeeze some pennies,\\
(Why don't you squeeze some pennies?)\\
Let's go and squeeze some pennies,\\
From the asperational,\\
Ostentational,\\
Desperational,\\
Destitutional,\\
Muppets who invest with Goldman-Saaaachs!


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* An episode of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' discussing the subprime mortgage scandal referenced reports that Goldman-Sachs stockbrokers called their investors "muppets" by taking offence [[AnInsultToRocks on behalf of the Muppets]], and included a pastiche of the theme song.
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* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', Unity refers to Muffin, the uplifted Spitz medic, as "[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/they-got/ Dr Bob]]".
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** In the short story "Incongrous Details" by Simon Guerrier in ''Short Trips: The Centenarian'', the Sixth Doctor plays "Memory Lane" on the piano, specifically referencing Gonzo and Rowlf performing it in the Peter Sellers episode, and saying Gonzo is his favourite character.

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** In the short story "Incongrous Details" by Simon Guerrier in ''Short Trips: The Centenarian'', the Sixth Doctor plays "Memory Lane" on the piano, specifically referencing Gonzo and Rowlf performing it in the Peter Sellers episode, and saying says Gonzo is his favourite character.
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* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'':
** One of the signs of reality breaking down in the ''Literature/FactionParadox'' novel ''This Town Will Never Let Us Go'' by Lawrence Miles is the existence of a ''Muppet Show'' episode with guest star Creator/GeorgeOrwell. Rizzo the Rat "stars" in a ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' Room 101 sketch, and Miss Piggy in one based on ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
** In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''Night of the Living Dad'' by Kate Orman, the Doctor comments that the villain's outlook means "You must have hated ''The Muppet Movie''."
** In the short story "Incongrous Details" by Simon Guerrier in ''Short Trips: The Centenarian'', the Sixth Doctor plays "Memory Lane" on the piano, specifically referencing Gonzo and Rowlf performing it in the Peter Sellers episode, and saying Gonzo is his favourite character.


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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Tooth and Claw", one of the things the Doctor likes about 1979 is that ''The Muppet Movie'' came out.
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* ''Series/FullHouse'':[[note]](it's worth noting that Creator/DaveCoulier voiced various characters including Animal on ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|1984}}''))[[/note]]

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* ''Series/FullHouse'':[[note]](it's worth noting that Creator/DaveCoulier voiced various characters including Animal on ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|1984}}''))[[/note]]Babies|1984}}'')[[/note]]
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbzBw3Uiu48 Rory Bremner sings "Imagine" to the tune of the Muppet Show theme]] (which was so popular he reprised it for the live stage show)

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbzBw3Uiu48 Rory Bremner sings "Imagine" to the tune of the Muppet Show theme]] (which was so popular he reprised it for the live stage show)
show). Bremner later went one better by doing the same thing, but with the words to "Sexual Healing" instead.
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** In "The Marrying Kind", after watching ''The Muppet Show'' with Stewie, Peter finds himself leading a large part of ''the Family Guy'' cast in singing ''The Muppet Show'' theme song. The song is also involved in an ''Film/{{Inception}}'' scene of Peter's.
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* ''Film/TheCommitments'': When Jimmy asks Billy, a drummer, who his influences are, Billy responds, "Animal from The Muppets".
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** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/medical-health/aging/2021-01-06 Karma the Frog]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': In "Bunny Raven, or How to Make a Titananimal Disappear", Mumbo versions of Statler and Waldorf make snarky comments from the balcony.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': In "Bunny Raven, or How to Make a Titananimal Disappear", Mumbo versions of Statler and Waldorf make snarky comments from the balcony.balcony.
* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': In "Cloak and Swaggert", an employee of the local TV Station resembles the Muppet Theatre Gopher, Scooter.
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* In ''Comicbook/{{Grandville}} Mon Amour'', one of Madame Riverhorse's employees is drawn to resemble Miss Piggy.

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