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Characters from the Muppets franchise

This article is about characters from The Muppet Show and related works. For Sesame Street characters, see List of Sesame Street Muppets.

The Muppets are an ensemble group of comedic puppet characters originally created by Jim Henson.

The Muppets have appeared in multiple television series, films, and other media appearances since the 1950s. The majority of the characters listed here originated on The Muppet Show, a television series that aired from 1976 to 1981.

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Since then, several more characters have been introduced in other television series, as well as theatrical films.

The first Muppet characters appeared in Sam and Friends, a Washington, D.C.–based show which was broadcast from 1955 to 1961.

Kermit the Frog was one of the show's regulars, and thus was one of Henson's first Muppet creations.^[1] The characters became a household name after their appearance in the children's television program Sesame Street.^[1] Henson was initially reluctant to become involved with Sesame Street be

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