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** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCorporation ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
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** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCorporation [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
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** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCorporation ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
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** Six performers auditioned for Walter, including Kevin Clash, Joey Mazzarino, Bill Barretta, Matt Vogel, and eventual performer Peter Linz.
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** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
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** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
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* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheMuppets We have our own page here Yaaaaaaaaa]].
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheMuppets We Much like the deleted scenes, there's enough here for an entire movie on its own.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to haveour own page here Yaaaaaaaaa]].
him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Much like the deleted scenes, there's enough here for an entire movie on its own.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Much like the deleted scenes, there's enough [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheMuppets We have our own page here for an entire movie on its own.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.Yaaaaaaaaa]].
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: A restroom area near ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney Hollywood Studios]] became rechristened after Gonzo's Royal Flush in Fall 2016.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: A restroom area near ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Disney's Hollywood Studios]] became rechristened after Gonzo's Royal Flush in Fall 2016.
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** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try".
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** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try". That said, a [[Series/TheMuppets2015 Muppet show]] would go on to air on ABC a few years later.
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** A scene cut from the film but included in the b-roll footage released online had Kermit explaining to Gary, Mary and Walter that he doesn't actually live at the penthouse but instead just simply stops by once a week to check the mail and clean the pool filters. This also explains why Kermit is seen with a tool chest the first time we see him in the final film.
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** A scene cut from the film but included in the b-roll BRoll footage released online had has Kermit explaining to Gary, Mary and Walter that he doesn't actually live at the penthouse but instead just penthouse. Instead, he simply stops by once a week to check the mail and clean the pool filters. This also explains why Kermit is seen with a tool chest the first time we see him in the final film.
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* AccentDepundent: The [[spoiler:"Mary marry"]] pun at the end of the film is entirely dependent on the [[spoiler:"Mary/marry/merry" merger]] common to many but not all UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents.
* ActingForTwo: In Muppet tradition. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L85-wsJ_Pms&feature=related interview]] where Piggy does pitch-perfect "impersonations" of Fozzie and Animal[[note]]all now performed by Eric Jacobson[[/note]], but does an an absolutely pathetic Kermit impression[[note]]he's performed by Steve Whitmire[[/note]].
* AwesomeDearBoy:
** When Creator/ChrisCooper was asked why he agreed to perform a rap song, his response was "Are you kidding? This is a Muppet movie! I'm in a movie with the Muppets! I'd have tapdanced in my underwear if they'd asked me to."
** This is why Creator/JasonSegel, with a lot of Hollywood capital coming off ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' and the success of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', decided to spend it on creating a ''Muppets'' movie. Segel amusingly noted that the Disney executives were rather confused by the pitch, thinking he wanted to put a R-rated spin on it given his resume, but Segel was adamant that he simply wanted to make a traditional ''Muppets'' movie just because he was a big fan of the property and wanted to bring it back to prominence.
* CaliforniaDoubling: It looks like the car is coming out of the water in actual Cannes, France, but according to the DVDCommentary that was filmed at "a lake in Northern California" on the final day of shooting. The casting call was for "men with body hair", whom they put in speedos, then obviously CGI'd the background.
* TheCastShowoff: Before becoming a film actress, Creator/AmyAdams worked in theatre (more specifically, dinner theatre), making her an easy fit for the singing and dancing required. The filmmakers gave her a golden opportunity to shine in a GratuitousDiscoSequence.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Dutch dub of this and ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', Scooter is voiced by Music/ArminVanBuuren.
* CreatorBacklash
** While he eventually warmed up to it, Creator/FrankOz – the original performer for Miss Piggy and Fozzie, and probably the best-known Muppet performer who isn't Creator/JimHenson – was quite vocal about his hatred for the original script (in which Kermit was revealed to be Tex all along in an elaborate scheme to get the gang back together) and having his personal treatment passed over in favor of Segel's, which he claimed failed to "respect the characters." This is why he declined to participate. In the end, Oz [[http://collider.com/frank-oz-the-muppets-interview/184263/ liked the final film]], but felt it was a little safe, citing his personal preference for the Muppets' edgier material. He was also glad the movie brought the Muppets back in the spotlight and made their fans happy.
** Some other, unnamed Muppet veterans [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-muppets-jason-segel-amy-adams-jim-henson-250805 have also expressed misgivings]] over Fozzie's [[ToiletHumor fart shoes]].
* CrossDressingVoices: While this is pretty obvious for Miss Piggy in the original English version and the Japanese dub, this is the first film when Piggy is voiced by males in ''all'' foreign dubs, by Disney's mandate.
* CutSong: My Morning Jacket's Jim James wrote at least three songs for the film, intended to be performed by the Electric Mayhem. The songs were scrapped (and a [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Electric_Mayhem_Tour companion tour]] featuring the Mayhem performing with MMJ backing them fell apart), but didn't go to waste - the band recorded all of the songs from the project themselves. Two of those songs ("Wonderful" and "Outta My System") were released on their album ''Circuital''[[note]]the album notes include the words "For E.M. Band idea. R.I.P." in reference to the fizzled tour[[/note]], while the remaining song ("Friends Again") was released as the B-side to "Wonderful" and worked into their own concerts.
* {{Defictionalization}}: A restroom area near ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney Hollywood Studios]] became rechristened after Gonzo's Royal Flush in Fall 2016.
* DeletedScene: The film was originally over two hours long, so many scenes hit the cutting room floor.
** Several parts of the clips and previews shown before release were not in the final cut, such as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6s0ryW-Xc Muppet farmer who performs at the start and end of Camilla's number]], Gonzo knocking the bowling pin off Gary’s head, and various celebrities singing "Manha Manha" in various takes. Kermit doesn't introduce Camilla with the random, "... and now, dancing chickens!"
** A scene which had the Muppets thrown in jail and featured Creator/WandaSykes and Creator/DannyTrejo was cut from the film. Creator/JuddHirsch is only seen in the audience for a second and doesn't even say a thing!
** Mary doesn't suggest going to lunch during Walter's drawn-out scream.
** Cameos by Creator/MilaKunis, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/KathyGriffin and Creator/RickyGervais were also cut. Crystal appeared confronting the Muppets hosting an illegal Awards-type show to promote their telethon and had them arrested.
** Both Gervais and Trejo later appeared in the Muppets' [[Film/MuppetsMostWanted next feature film]].
** Walter's DreamSequence was originally longer.
** Walter, Gary and Mary encountering a guy (Creator/RobCorddry) in a very cheap Franchise/{{Superman}} costume when they first arrive in [=LA=]. The costume was so cheap, it didn't even have an S-shield, and "Superman's" gut hung over his belt. Even so, Mary was the only one who was aware that he wasn't really Superman. It becomes HilariousInHindsight seeing that few years later, Mary's actress, Amy Adams, would go on to play [[Film/ManOfSteel Lois Lane]].
** A scene cut from the film but included in the b-roll footage released online had Kermit explaining to Gary, Mary and Walter that he doesn't actually live at the penthouse but instead just simply stops by once a week to check the mail and clean the pool filters. This also explains why Kermit is seen with a tool chest the first time we see him in the final film.
* DVDCommentary: Features James Bobin (director), Creator/JasonSegel (Gary, and co writer) and Nick Stoller (co-writer). Some nifty tidbits:
** Segel was surprised that one of the choreographers was referring to Creator/MickeyRooney as "Dad" as he told him where to move. Segel thought this disrespectful of the older actor until he learned the choreographer, Michael Rooney, was in fact Mickey Rooney's son.
** Segel found it very hard to keep his eyes open when he looks up into the rain during "Man or Muppet".
** On the set at Kermit's house where Gary and Walter sit on the same couch, Segel sat down on the side of the couch where Walter's puppeteer would usually stand underneath, i.e.- a ''hole'' (where Walter is "sitting" in the scene proper). Segel fell into it. He was unhurt, and it took Amy Adams a long time to stop laughing.
** The actress who played Walter’s prom date in the photo at the beginning of the film also appears as an extra during the Muppet Telethon and outside the Muppet Theater. Bobin joked that he likes to think that she’s still obsessed with Walter and followed him to Hollywood.
** Sweetums’ scene at Mad Man Mooney and Sons was filmed at the same location as in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''.
** Bobin made a cameo (only seen from behind) as the director in the booth cuing the beginning of the telethon.
* LoopingLines: Along with the musical numbers, there's Fozzie's voice. He often changes mid-sentence from a softer tone to a more traditional "Fozzie-ish" tone, making it obvious that there was some ADR work involved.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** This is the third Muppet film not to feature Frank Oz in any role[[note]](any '''new''' role, anyway; the original version of "Mahna Mahna" plays over the credits, with Frank's vocals as the Snowths intact)[[/note]], after ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' and ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz'', and the first in theaters. His characters are voiced and performed mostly by Eric Jacobson instead.
** While a full list of replacements for each character would be too involved, a general guide to the Other Darrins is: Eric Jacobson for Frank Oz, Matt Vogel for Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson's characters are mostly divided between Steve Whitmire and Bill Barretta, and Richard Hunt's characters are divided between Steve Whitmire and David Rudman.
* PromotedFanboy:
** Jason Segel; writer, executive producer and human lead character. He also puppeteered Dr. Teeth and Beaker for the crowded car scenes and Fozzie for another scene.
** Nicholas Stoller; co-writer and executive producer.
** The portrait of Miss Piggy in Kermit's mansion was painted by Peter Savieri, whose [[http://www.toughpigs.com/toughpigs-art-introducing-peter-savieri/ art was highlighted]] on the Muppet fansite Tough Pigs.
* PropRecycling: That set for the theater? It was built in 1925 for [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 the Lon Chaney film adaptation]] of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''!
* RecycledScript: This is the second Muppet film involving the Muppets putting on a show to raise the money needed to save the theater from a businessman trying to tear it down (the first being ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie''). However, despite the reused basic premise, they are totally different movies.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Much like the deleted scenes, there's enough here for an entire movie on its own.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try".
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
* WrittenByCastMember: Jason Segel, who also served as one of the executive producers.
* ActingForTwo: In Muppet tradition. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L85-wsJ_Pms&feature=related interview]] where Piggy does pitch-perfect "impersonations" of Fozzie and Animal[[note]]all now performed by Eric Jacobson[[/note]], but does an an absolutely pathetic Kermit impression[[note]]he's performed by Steve Whitmire[[/note]].
* AwesomeDearBoy:
** When Creator/ChrisCooper was asked why he agreed to perform a rap song, his response was "Are you kidding? This is a Muppet movie! I'm in a movie with the Muppets! I'd have tapdanced in my underwear if they'd asked me to."
** This is why Creator/JasonSegel, with a lot of Hollywood capital coming off ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' and the success of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', decided to spend it on creating a ''Muppets'' movie. Segel amusingly noted that the Disney executives were rather confused by the pitch, thinking he wanted to put a R-rated spin on it given his resume, but Segel was adamant that he simply wanted to make a traditional ''Muppets'' movie just because he was a big fan of the property and wanted to bring it back to prominence.
* CaliforniaDoubling: It looks like the car is coming out of the water in actual Cannes, France, but according to the DVDCommentary that was filmed at "a lake in Northern California" on the final day of shooting. The casting call was for "men with body hair", whom they put in speedos, then obviously CGI'd the background.
* TheCastShowoff: Before becoming a film actress, Creator/AmyAdams worked in theatre (more specifically, dinner theatre), making her an easy fit for the singing and dancing required. The filmmakers gave her a golden opportunity to shine in a GratuitousDiscoSequence.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Dutch dub of this and ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', Scooter is voiced by Music/ArminVanBuuren.
* CreatorBacklash
** While he eventually warmed up to it, Creator/FrankOz – the original performer for Miss Piggy and Fozzie, and probably the best-known Muppet performer who isn't Creator/JimHenson – was quite vocal about his hatred for the original script (in which Kermit was revealed to be Tex all along in an elaborate scheme to get the gang back together) and having his personal treatment passed over in favor of Segel's, which he claimed failed to "respect the characters." This is why he declined to participate. In the end, Oz [[http://collider.com/frank-oz-the-muppets-interview/184263/ liked the final film]], but felt it was a little safe, citing his personal preference for the Muppets' edgier material. He was also glad the movie brought the Muppets back in the spotlight and made their fans happy.
** Some other, unnamed Muppet veterans [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-muppets-jason-segel-amy-adams-jim-henson-250805 have also expressed misgivings]] over Fozzie's [[ToiletHumor fart shoes]].
* CrossDressingVoices: While this is pretty obvious for Miss Piggy in the original English version and the Japanese dub, this is the first film when Piggy is voiced by males in ''all'' foreign dubs, by Disney's mandate.
* CutSong: My Morning Jacket's Jim James wrote at least three songs for the film, intended to be performed by the Electric Mayhem. The songs were scrapped (and a [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Electric_Mayhem_Tour companion tour]] featuring the Mayhem performing with MMJ backing them fell apart), but didn't go to waste - the band recorded all of the songs from the project themselves. Two of those songs ("Wonderful" and "Outta My System") were released on their album ''Circuital''[[note]]the album notes include the words "For E.M. Band idea. R.I.P." in reference to the fizzled tour[[/note]], while the remaining song ("Friends Again") was released as the B-side to "Wonderful" and worked into their own concerts.
* {{Defictionalization}}: A restroom area near ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney Hollywood Studios]] became rechristened after Gonzo's Royal Flush in Fall 2016.
* DeletedScene: The film was originally over two hours long, so many scenes hit the cutting room floor.
** Several parts of the clips and previews shown before release were not in the final cut, such as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6s0ryW-Xc Muppet farmer who performs at the start and end of Camilla's number]], Gonzo knocking the bowling pin off Gary’s head, and various celebrities singing "Manha Manha" in various takes. Kermit doesn't introduce Camilla with the random, "... and now, dancing chickens!"
** A scene which had the Muppets thrown in jail and featured Creator/WandaSykes and Creator/DannyTrejo was cut from the film. Creator/JuddHirsch is only seen in the audience for a second and doesn't even say a thing!
** Mary doesn't suggest going to lunch during Walter's drawn-out scream.
** Cameos by Creator/MilaKunis, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/KathyGriffin and Creator/RickyGervais were also cut. Crystal appeared confronting the Muppets hosting an illegal Awards-type show to promote their telethon and had them arrested.
** Both Gervais and Trejo later appeared in the Muppets' [[Film/MuppetsMostWanted next feature film]].
** Walter's DreamSequence was originally longer.
** Walter, Gary and Mary encountering a guy (Creator/RobCorddry) in a very cheap Franchise/{{Superman}} costume when they first arrive in [=LA=]. The costume was so cheap, it didn't even have an S-shield, and "Superman's" gut hung over his belt. Even so, Mary was the only one who was aware that he wasn't really Superman. It becomes HilariousInHindsight seeing that few years later, Mary's actress, Amy Adams, would go on to play [[Film/ManOfSteel Lois Lane]].
** A scene cut from the film but included in the b-roll footage released online had Kermit explaining to Gary, Mary and Walter that he doesn't actually live at the penthouse but instead just simply stops by once a week to check the mail and clean the pool filters. This also explains why Kermit is seen with a tool chest the first time we see him in the final film.
* DVDCommentary: Features James Bobin (director), Creator/JasonSegel (Gary, and co writer) and Nick Stoller (co-writer). Some nifty tidbits:
** Segel was surprised that one of the choreographers was referring to Creator/MickeyRooney as "Dad" as he told him where to move. Segel thought this disrespectful of the older actor until he learned the choreographer, Michael Rooney, was in fact Mickey Rooney's son.
** Segel found it very hard to keep his eyes open when he looks up into the rain during "Man or Muppet".
** On the set at Kermit's house where Gary and Walter sit on the same couch, Segel sat down on the side of the couch where Walter's puppeteer would usually stand underneath, i.e.- a ''hole'' (where Walter is "sitting" in the scene proper). Segel fell into it. He was unhurt, and it took Amy Adams a long time to stop laughing.
** The actress who played Walter’s prom date in the photo at the beginning of the film also appears as an extra during the Muppet Telethon and outside the Muppet Theater. Bobin joked that he likes to think that she’s still obsessed with Walter and followed him to Hollywood.
** Sweetums’ scene at Mad Man Mooney and Sons was filmed at the same location as in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''.
** Bobin made a cameo (only seen from behind) as the director in the booth cuing the beginning of the telethon.
* LoopingLines: Along with the musical numbers, there's Fozzie's voice. He often changes mid-sentence from a softer tone to a more traditional "Fozzie-ish" tone, making it obvious that there was some ADR work involved.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** This is the third Muppet film not to feature Frank Oz in any role[[note]](any '''new''' role, anyway; the original version of "Mahna Mahna" plays over the credits, with Frank's vocals as the Snowths intact)[[/note]], after ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' and ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz'', and the first in theaters. His characters are voiced and performed mostly by Eric Jacobson instead.
** While a full list of replacements for each character would be too involved, a general guide to the Other Darrins is: Eric Jacobson for Frank Oz, Matt Vogel for Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson's characters are mostly divided between Steve Whitmire and Bill Barretta, and Richard Hunt's characters are divided between Steve Whitmire and David Rudman.
* PromotedFanboy:
** Jason Segel; writer, executive producer and human lead character. He also puppeteered Dr. Teeth and Beaker for the crowded car scenes and Fozzie for another scene.
** Nicholas Stoller; co-writer and executive producer.
** The portrait of Miss Piggy in Kermit's mansion was painted by Peter Savieri, whose [[http://www.toughpigs.com/toughpigs-art-introducing-peter-savieri/ art was highlighted]] on the Muppet fansite Tough Pigs.
* PropRecycling: That set for the theater? It was built in 1925 for [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 the Lon Chaney film adaptation]] of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''!
* RecycledScript: This is the second Muppet film involving the Muppets putting on a show to raise the money needed to save the theater from a businessman trying to tear it down (the first being ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie''). However, despite the reused basic premise, they are totally different movies.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Much like the deleted scenes, there's enough here for an entire movie on its own.
** Segel mentioned in an interview that during the montage involving Kermit finding a celebrity guest, one of the people they wanted to do was [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]], who would be shot down by lawyers saying he couldn't join.
** Gary was originally written as a ventriloquist with Walter as his animate puppet, but the Muppet performers and Disney didn't want the Muppets to be portrayed as puppets rather than living creatures.
** Speaking of Walter, an early idea was to have him as a baby being delivered via stork while still retaining his same size and appearance.
** They forbade the fact that Kermit was a millionaire in the early script and the mansion was way bigger. It was rewritten to have the place built by Piggy when they were still together, but they broke up, and Kermit's been taking care of it ever since, so it's shabby and a bit ill-kempt in some places.
** In early versions of the script, Piggy was to become a Music/LadyGaga-type diva after the Muppets disbanded instead of a ''[[FashionMagazine Vogue]]'' editor.
** Originally everything would be orchestrated by Kermit himself for getting the gang back together again by revealing that Tex Richman would be ''Kermit in a human suit as part of a massive long-term scheme!'' Not only did Disney find it too complicated, but Kermit's former puppeteer Steve Whitmire thought that it was completely out of character and hated it so much that he threatened to have his name removed from the credits if this ending had been left in.
** Another way it would've ended was with Kermit saying "And because this all went so well, we're going to bring back ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' this fall on [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]!" This ending got a note back from Disney saying "Nice try".
** Creator/MollyRingwald was written to appear, but ultimately couldn't. Her name does appear in Kermit's Rolodex as one of the [=80s=] celebrities who turns him down as a telethon guest.
** During a sequence set in a prison that ultimately ended up getting cut, Creator/CharlesGrodin would've made a cameo reprising his role as [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Nicky Holiday]], but turned it down.
** Other planned cameos that never came to be included Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/BenStiller, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelBrooks, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/RachelRay, Creator/BobSaget, Creator/LisaLampenelli and Creator/JeffRoss.
** There was a scene in an early revision of the script in which one of the villains shot a gun, and everyone pretended to move in slow motion as a guy carried a Muppet bullet on a stick while making whooshing noises. Eventually, Fozzie would burst in wondering what was going on, and would then start to move in slow motion too.
** Walter's "human self" was initially envisioned as Creator/MichaelCera.
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally gonna be called ''The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!'' And boy, did it deliver.
* WrittenByCastMember: Jason Segel, who also served as one of the executive producers.
