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* CelebrityPower: Cindy Crawford was shown to have heat vision, because she's a ''super''model.
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* CelebrityPower: Cindy Crawford was shown to have heat vision, vision because she's a ''super''model.
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** Andy and Randy frequently exclaim "This job's too hard!!" Usually when anybody reaches step 2 of the very simple task they're putting before them.
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** Andy and Randy frequently exclaim "This job's too hard!!" Usually Usually, when anybody reaches step 2 of the very simple task they're putting it before them.
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** Bobo (as an inappropriately casual goodbye given whatever had just happened beforehand): "Have a good day sir."
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** Bobo (as an inappropriately casual goodbye given whatever had just happened beforehand): "Have a good day sir."
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* ClarkKenting: Parodied, with a skit that featured Bobo the Bear & Clifford in a BuddyCopShow parody - Upon Clifford asking him about his sunglasses, Bobo stated he was working undercover, prompting Clifford to point that it was a PaperThinDisguise & it wouldn't work... Only for several people who knew Bobo to fail to recognize him.
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* ClarkKenting: Parodied, with a skit that featured Bobo the Bear & Clifford in a BuddyCopShow parody - Upon Clifford asking him about his sunglasses, Bobo stated he was working undercover, prompting Clifford to point that it was a PaperThinDisguise & it wouldn't work... Only for several people who knew Bobo to fail to recognize him.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Or more like "could have avoid this scene". When Bobo becomes security guard, he doesn't let anybody in unless their name is on the list. Johnny Fiama and Sal arrive, Johny's name is not on the list and therefore Bobo does not let him in, leading to Sal angrily calling Bobo names before Bobo throws him out the door (stopping a taxi in the process). It's near the end of this fight that Johnny sees that he looked at the wrong date in his appointment book. If he'd gotten it right, this fight would not have happened.
* CupidsArrow: When the guard, a grizzly-puppet named Bobo, sees a guest star Creator/CindyCrawford, cupid appears to shoot an arrow at him...however, upon realizing that it was a ''bear'' he was supposed to shoot, he immediately exchanges his bow for a heavy crossbow, knowing that it'd take that much firepower to affect a bear. The kick from said crossbow [[LawOfInverseRecoil launches him off the screen]] while he's in the middle of explaining it to the audience. Later on in the same episode, he accidentally shoots Sal, causing him to [[HoYay fall in love with Johnny Fiama]].
* CupidsArrow: When the guard, a grizzly-puppet named Bobo, sees a guest star Creator/CindyCrawford, cupid appears to shoot an arrow at him...however, upon realizing that it was a ''bear'' he was supposed to shoot, he immediately exchanges his bow for a heavy crossbow, knowing that it'd take that much firepower to affect a bear. The kick from said crossbow [[LawOfInverseRecoil launches him off the screen]] while he's in the middle of explaining it to the audience. Later on in the same episode, he accidentally shoots Sal, causing him to [[HoYay fall in love with Johnny Fiama]].
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Or more like "could have avoid avoided this scene". When Bobo becomes a security guard, he doesn't let anybody in unless their name is on the list. Johnny Fiama and Sal arrive, Johny's name is not on the list and therefore Bobo does not let him in, leading to Sal angrily calling Bobo names before Bobo throws him out the door (stopping a taxi in the process). It's near the end of this fight that Johnny sees that he looked at the wrong date in his appointment book. If he'd gotten it right, this fight would not have happened.
* CupidsArrow: When the guard, agrizzly-puppet grizzly puppet named Bobo, sees a guest star Creator/CindyCrawford, cupid appears to shoot an arrow at him...however, upon realizing that it was a ''bear'' he was supposed to shoot, he immediately exchanges his bow for a heavy crossbow, knowing that it'd take that much firepower to affect a bear. The kick from said crossbow [[LawOfInverseRecoil launches him off the screen]] while he's in the middle of explaining it to the audience. Later on in the same episode, he accidentally shoots Sal, causing Sal which causes him to [[HoYay fall in love with Johnny Fiama]].
* CupidsArrow: When the guard, a
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* DumbassHasAPoint: There instances of the slightly dim Bobo having rather perceptive knowledge of certain things. For example:
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* DumbassHasAPoint: There are instances of the slightly dim Bobo having rather perceptive knowledge of certain things. For example:
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* FailedASpotCheck: When Billy Crystal was the guest star, after the show begins, Billy decides he wants the closing number to be a big jazz number and knows a good jazz band. Unfortunatley, the band fails to show up. At the end, it's revealed why. [[spoiler:In this same episode, Bobo the Bear was hired as security guard and he follows orders to only allow people in if their name is on the list, and clearly nobody thought to update the list so the band can get in.]]
* FaintInShock: Clifford faints early in the first episode when he's told he's going to get the job of hosting a show and he has to be ready in 30 seconds.
* FaintInShock: Clifford faints early in the first episode when he's told he's going to get the job of hosting a show and he has to be ready in 30 seconds.
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* FailedASpotCheck: When Billy Crystal was the guest star, star after the show begins, began, Billy decides decided he wants wanted the closing number to be a big jazz number and knows a good jazz band. Unfortunatley, Unfortunately, the band fails to show up. At In the end, it's revealed why. [[spoiler:In this same episode, Bobo the Bear was hired as security guard and he follows orders to only allow people in if their name is on the list, and clearly nobody thought to update the list so the band can get in.]]
* FaintInShock: Clifford faints early in the first episode when he's told he's going to get the job of hosting a show andhe has to be ready in 30 seconds.
* FaintInShock: Clifford faints early in the first episode when he's told he's going to get the job of hosting a show and
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Seymour and Pepe pretending to be Jason Alexander's good and bad conscience in order to convince him to do an act with Gonzo.
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* HeyThatsMyLine: Said by Fozzie in "The Cameo Show" after the cow says, "Wakka wakka".
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* HeyThatsMyLine: Said by Fozzie in "The Cameo Show" after the cow says, "Wakka wakka".Wakka".
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* HypocriticalHumor: The shows has tons of it, particularly mixed with TemptingFate.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The shows show has tons of it, particularly mixed with TemptingFate.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of Creator/{{ABC|US}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of Creator/JimHenson's ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of Creator/{{ABC|US}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of the late Creator/JimHenson's ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', ''[[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]]'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of Creator/{{ABC|US}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of Creator/{{ABC|US}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of Creator/JimHenson's ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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* ExternallyValidatedProphecy: In the Cindy Crawford episode, Clifford shows footage supposedly of Crawford as a child talking about what she'd like to do when she grows up. Every one of the implausible ambitions young Cindy mentions is something she actually did do as an adult.
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* GirlishPigtails: When Cindy Crawford plays herself as a teenager in a skit, she has her hair in twin pigtails to signify her youth.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of Creator/{{ABC}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of Creator/{{ABC}}'s Creator/{{ABC|US}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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** One episode has Creator/JasonAlexander attempting to play Literature/HerculePoirot in a reenactment of Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress, only for everyone to keep thinking he's Hercules. While he attempts to stay in character, what truly causes him to break is when Bunsen asks if he's going to [[Film/SupermanTheMovie fly backwards to turn back time]].
--->'''Jason Alexander''': ... Alright, first of all I am not Hercules. Second of all, YOU are thinking of SUPERMAN and not HERCULES! And third of all, you cannot reverse time by flying backwards around the Earth! I myself had a little problem with the logic in that part of the film!
--->'''Jason Alexander''': ... Alright, first of all I am not Hercules. Second of all, YOU are thinking of SUPERMAN and not HERCULES! And third of all, you cannot reverse time by flying backwards around the Earth! I myself had a little problem with the logic in that part of the film!
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* {{Catchphrase}}:CelebrityPower: Cindy Crawford was shown to have heat vision, because she's a ''super''model.
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** Johnny Fiama, Sal Minella and Dr. Phil van Neuter became core characters in post-Muppets Tonight Muppet productions for a few years, but fell victim to this trope after the mid-2000s, though Johnny and Sal made one final appearance in the "Music/BohemianRhapsody" viral video in 2009. This is largely because Sal and van Neuter were performed by Brian Henson, who stopped performing on a regular basis when the Muppets were sold to Disney. [[note]] Johnny, Sal and Van Neuter would return in the 2021 special ''Film/MuppetsHauntedMansion'', with Brian returning to perform Sal. [[/note]]
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** Johnny Fiama, Sal Minella and Dr. Phil van Neuter became core characters in post-Muppets Tonight post-''Muppets Tonight'' Muppet productions for a few years, but fell victim to this trope after the mid-2000s, though Johnny and Sal made one final appearance in the "Music/BohemianRhapsody" viral video in 2009. This is largely because Sal and van Neuter were performed by Brian Henson, who stopped performing on a regular basis when the Muppets were sold to Disney. [[note]] Johnny, Sal and Van Neuter would return in the 2021 special ''Film/MuppetsHauntedMansion'', with Brian returning to perform Sal. [[/note]]
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** To be fair, when you're the host of a series filled with crazy characters and situations that would drive anyone up a wall, how else would you feel doing your job?
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* JerkAss: Big Mean Carl. "Mean" is part of this guy's name. Many of his alter-egos (Carl the Big Mean Bunny, Carl the Big Mean Bagpipe-Eater, etc.) also serve as this.
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* JerkAss: {{Jerkass}}: Big Mean Carl. "Mean" is part of this guy's name. Many of his alter-egos (Carl the Big Mean Bunny, Carl the Big Mean Bagpipe-Eater, etc.) also serve as this.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the Tony Bennett episode, Sal has his own SadTimesMontage set to Bennett singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." He returns to the studio and finds Tony has been singing the song the entire time from his dressing room.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn:
** In the Tony Bennett episode, Sal has his own SadTimesMontage set to Bennett singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." He returns to the studio and finds Tony has been singing the song the entire time from his dressing room.
** In the Tony Bennett episode, Sal has his own SadTimesMontage set to Bennett singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." He returns to the studio and finds Tony has been singing the song the entire time from his dressing room.
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* {{Notzilla}}: An episode featured Kermit as "Frogzilla".
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** An episode featured Kermit as "Frogzilla".
** An episode featured Kermit as "Frogzilla".
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* OnOneCondition: Parodied in an episode in which Ed Grimly will inherit a "fortune" of "eighty-five dollars" (Canadian) provided that he is married to a beautiful woman. Miss Piggy happens to walk in the door at that point... (And it turns out that she has more money than that already on her.)
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* OnOneCondition: OnOneCondition:
** Parodied in an episode in which Ed Grimly will inherit a "fortune" of "eighty-five dollars" (Canadian) provided that he is married to a beautiful woman. Miss Piggy happens to walk in the door at that point... (And it turns out that she has more money than that already on her.)
** Parodied in an episode in which Ed Grimly will inherit a "fortune" of "eighty-five dollars" (Canadian) provided that he is married to a beautiful woman. Miss Piggy happens to walk in the door at that point... (And it turns out that she has more money than that already on her.)
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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: At the start of the Creator/WhoopiGoldberg episode, Clifford is really optimistic about the show that night, and is cheerfully telling Kermit about the plans, until Bill the Bubble Guy walks past and adds, "What could possibly go wrong?" Cue [[GenreSavvy Clifford's]] immediate paranoia and a phone call from Miss Piggy saying that she's flying back from a mall opening in Antarctica and might not make the closing number.
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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong:
** At the start of the Creator/WhoopiGoldberg episode, Clifford is really optimistic about the show that night, and is cheerfully telling Kermit about the plans, until Bill the Bubble Guy walks past and adds, "What could possibly go wrong?" Cue [[GenreSavvy Clifford's]] immediate paranoia and a phone call from Miss Piggy saying that she's flying back from a mall opening in Antarctica and might not make the closing number.
** At the start of the Creator/WhoopiGoldberg episode, Clifford is really optimistic about the show that night, and is cheerfully telling Kermit about the plans, until Bill the Bubble Guy walks past and adds, "What could possibly go wrong?" Cue [[GenreSavvy Clifford's]] immediate paranoia and a phone call from Miss Piggy saying that she's flying back from a mall opening in Antarctica and might not make the closing number.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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''We've got a lot to do, and we do it for you''\\
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* NightmareFuel: An InUniverse example starts off the Creator/HeatherLocklear episode. Locklear enters the studio to find no one greeting her. Turns out, everyone (Clifford, Rizzo, Gonzo, etc.) is hiding in a closet, terrified of Locklear because of the actions of her character on ''Series/MelrosePlace''. The Muppets begin panicking that she will blackmail them, start love triangles, and worse, frame them for murder and have them sent to the electric chair. Locklear has to assure them that she is nothing like her ''Melrose Place'' character.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of ABC's TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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''Muppets Tonight'' is a TV series featuring Franchise/TheMuppets that originally ran from 1996 to 1998, initially as part of ABC's Creator/{{ABC}}'s TGIF block. (A ChannelHop to Creator/DisneyChannel followed.) An update of the premise of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', it features the Muppets producing a television variety show with the help (or otherwise) of the episode's guest star. Kermit the Frog was replaced as host by Clifford, a catfish-esque "humanoid" first seen on ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', but retains his role as producer. ''[[Series/LostInSpace Pigs In Space]]'', a recurring sketch from ''The Muppet Show'', returned as ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Dish Nine]]''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:♫ ''We got a show for you\\
Guaranteed brand new\\
Here come the Muppets Tonight!'' ♫]]
Guaranteed brand new\\
Here come the Muppets Tonight!'' ♫]]
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