This is a list of instances in which eyelids can be seen on the eyes of Muppets who don't normally have them, or they've been extended for those that do. This is usually done to create the appearance of sleep, when the simpler method of turning the character's eyes from the camera won't work for the scene. Some Muppets, like the early Big Bird, have closeable eyelids built in.
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Abby Cadabby | Abby closes her eyes as she drifts off into dreamland in Abby in Wonderland; in Episode 4177, when she goes to sleep; and in a promotional photo in her pajamas. | ||
Anything Muppet | A Green Anything Muppet man is given eyes in "It's Funny," visually demonstrating how some folks close their eyes when laughing. | |||
Anything Muppet | A Pumpkin Anything Muppet customer sleeps at a nightclub table in "Body Rhythms." | |||
Baabra Sheep and her two kids | With ear muffs covering their ears, they all can sleep without being disturb by the sing-along at the Panwapa community in, "Baa to the Sun, Sing to the Moon." | |||
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Baby Bear | Episode 3534, when Ruthie takes a photo of Baby Bear and his family just as he's blinking; In Do the Alphabet Baby Bear falls asleep and dreams about the segment: Alphabet Jungle; Episode 3807, after Elmo tries to wake him up with drums and when Alan sings him to sleep; Episode 3836, exhausted from cooking the huevos rancheros for Maria; Episode 3925, exhausted from learning to whistle; Episode 3977, after singing a lullaby to Big Bird; Episode 3998, feeling tired and having no energy from skipping breakfast; Episode 4015, while sick with the 12 Hour Bear Flu; Episode 4056, after a night of no sleep; Episode 4191, hibernating. | ||
Baby Emma | Sleeping in the beginning and ending of the episode. | |||
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Beaker | The "Flowers on the Wall" music video, falling asleep among debris after an explosion in his apartment; The Muppets episode "Pig Out," hung over. | ||
Beaker, Dr. Teeth, Lew Zealand | Several Muppets are seen sleeping in the Muppet Theatre in The Muppets. | |||
Benny Rabbit | In Episode 3466, after carrying up the Count's heavy suitcases into The Furry Arms Hotel, becoming exhausted. | |||
Bert | A sketch with Ernie; Episode 4276, when he and Ernie fall asleep. | |||
Biff | In Episode 1200, as he imagines playing the piano. | |||
Bill the Bubble Guy | In episode 107, Bill is in a coma in the Muppets Tonight sketch, While You Were Slapping. | |||
Buster the Horse | Bedtime Stories & Songs | |||
Camilla the Chicken | After Martin Price tries to evade the cops in The Muppets Take Manhattan with Camilla and Gonzo as hostage, Gonzo performs mouth-to-beak resuscitation on Camilla. | |||
The Cat in the Hat | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss Theme, opening the door for Yertle the Turtle to fall into a puddle and avoiding two Wickershams swinging into each other. | |||
Chicago the Lion | In Episode 2969, Oscar and Grundgetta attempt to wake up Chicago, who is sleeping on top of Oscar's trash can. He briefly awakens before falling asleep again. In Episode 3059, Chicago tries to roar Baby Natasha to sleep, but ends up putting himself to sleep. | |||
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Chickens | The Muppets; The Furchester Hotel episode "A Furchester Christmas" | ||
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Cookie Monster | Purple eyelids in Big Bird's Mother Goose and as Monster Gaga in Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live. Blue eyelids on Sesamstrasse (Folge 2789). | ||
Cookie Monster's niece | After being read a bedtime story by Rosita in "The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo" episode 106. | |||
Constantine | When he falls out of the 'O' during a Muppet Show performance in Muppets Most Wanted. | |||
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Count von Count | Episode 0552; Episode 0759; The Furchester Hotel episode "A Furchester Christmas" | ||
The Countess | The Count's Storybook Theatre, The Count counts Countesses' snores. | |||
Cow | The Furchester Hotel episode "A Furchester Christmas" | |||
Elizabeth | At a sleepover in Episode 3857 with Zoe and Rosita. | |||
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Elmo | Elmo has static purple eyelids with brown eyelashes; as seen in Episodes 2619, 2694, 2824, 2855, 3090, 3663, 3731, 3776, 3820, 3853, 3923, 3977, 4022, 4063, 4117 (as Jelmo), 4308, 4713, 4907, Elmo Saves Christmas, Telling the Truth, Kids' Favorite Songs, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Time to Say Goodnight, Happy Healthy Monsters, Bedtime with Elmo, assorted Elmo Variants, Sesame Beginnings as a baby, The Furchester Hotel episodes "The Furchester Hoot-El" and "A Furchester Christmas", and an Elmo and Abby Cadabby insert. | ||
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Elmo | An Elmo puppet with moving eyelids has been utilized beginning with Season 49; as seen in When You Wish Upon a Pickle, Episode 4907, and The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo. | ||
Emily Bear | At the end of The Muppet Show episode 216. | |||
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Ernie | The second part of a two-part sketch where The Count sleeps over and keeps Ernie up all night (in addition to heavy bags under his eyes); Episode 3913 and Episode 4276, when he falls asleep at the end of both episodes; in a promotional photo used on an ad for "Nap Time" videos at Sesamestreet.org. | ||
Ernestine | Ernestine falls asleep as Gina and Big Bird go through Ernie and Bert's photo album in The Best of Ernie and Bert. | |||
Espinete | Barrio Sรฉsamo | |||
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Fozzie Bear | As the Cowardly Lion in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, when he's affected by the poppies (and with lids extended beyond his normal eyes); The Muppets episode "Bear Left Then Bear Write", while recovering from a tranquilizer dart; The Muppets episode "Swine Song." | ||
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Funella Furchester | Funella attempts to stay awake to greet Mr. Screech in The Furchester Hotel episode "The Furchester Hoot-El," however sleep gets the better of her; in the Furchester episode "A Furchester Christmas" | ||
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Furgus Fuzz | Furgus attempts to stay awake to greet Mr. Screech in The Furchester Hotel episode "The Furchester Hoot-El," however he succumbs to sleep; in the Furchester episode "A Furchester Christmas" | ||
Gabriel | "Honest Lullaby" in episode 503 of The Muppet Show. | |||
Gladys the Cow, a pig and a sheep | In Episode 4063, falling asleep after listening to Maria's lullaby to Elmo. | |||
Gobo Fraggle | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock episodes "Craggle Lagoon," "All of Us," and "Hope and Socks." | |||
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Gonzo | Muppets from Space, where his standard moving eyelids are extended in a scene to cover his entire eyeballs, and a lower eyelid is added (and for a brief scene, his upper eyelids cover his eyes, but open halfway twice); The Muppets, while sleeping in the rafters of The Muppet Theatre directly above the stage. | ||
Grandpa Jacob | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "Talkin' with the Cat," while sleeping. | |||
The Grinch | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "The Cat in the Hat Takes a Nap," when sleeping. | |||
Grouches | A group of grouches receive some extra eyelids in a scene from "The Adventures of Trash Gordon." | |||
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Grover | Happy Healthy Monsters while relaxing, a promotional photo in his jammies and "The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo" episode 105. | ||
Grundgetta | Grungetta plays the role of Sleeping Grouchy in Episode 4143. | |||
Harvey P. Dull | Harvey attempts to stay awake to meet Mr. Screech in The Furchester Hotel episode "the Furchester Hoot-el," however he drifts off to dreamland. | |||
Henrietta Honker | Big Bird helps the baby Honker get to sleep in Bedtime Stories & Songs. | |||
Hero | Hero, Bollywood movie star from India's Galli Galli Sim Sim in one of his movie roles. | |||
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Herry Monster | A 1971 sketch where he sleeps in bed snoring with Zs; "Monster Lullaby"; "Moonshine" | ||
Kermit the Frog | When he turns into a "Mr. Hyde" variant in episode 420 of The Muppet Show. | |||
Khadoosa | Galli Galli Sim Sim. | |||
Louie | When playing the saxophone in Episode 4809 of Sesame Street. | |||
Mr. Knox | Mr. Knox and Fox in Socks wait in line at the Travel Center. Mr. Knox becomes very bored (while Fox in Socks paints him). | |||
Mama Bear | At the end of Episode 3807. | |||
Mama Fiama | When Johnny Fiama sings "You and Me Against the World," he remembers how his mom was always sleeping when he and Sal Minella watch TV and after Johnny finish the song, his mom is sound asleep. | |||
Miss Piggy | While playing Madame Pigota in Muppets Haunted Mansion, Piggy's eyes move from an open to completely closed state. | |||
Mean Mama | For the number "Hey There, Good Times" in episode 318 of The Muppet Show; in "Hooray for Hollywood" from The Muppets Go Hollywood. | |||
Mojabo | Sleeping over at a child's house on Sesame Street (Japan) | |||
Mokey Fraggle | Mokey's usual moving eyelids are extended to provide static lids covering her entire eyes while she meditates in "A Cave of One's Own." | |||
Monster Clubhouse Monsters | Googel, Narf and Phoebe have eyelids during brief naptimes. | |||
Morton the Elephant Bird | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "Horton Has a Hit," when sleeping in two scenes. | |||
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Natasha | Episode 2707; Episode 3474; "Natasha's Lullabye"; "Kids' Favorite Songs 2". | ||
Dr. Nobel Price | In Episode 2282, Dr. Nobel Price is testing a machine he just invented: a "wake-up" machine. | |||
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Pepe the King Prawn | As Toto in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, when he's affected by the poppies; The Muppets; The Muppets episode "Pig Out," singing with Rizzo at Rowlf's Tavern, and the following day at the crew meeting, being hungover; Muppets Haunted Mansion, when he's brainwashed by Constance Hatchaway. | ||
Pferd | In Folge 2796, Pferd can be seen sleeping on the couch in Elmo's tree house. | |||
Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz | The Furchester Hotel episode "A Furchester Christmas" | |||
Prairie Dawn | The Letter of the Day Games for the letters D, P, and Y. | |||
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Red Fraggle | "A Cave of One's Own" and various episodes from season 3 onwards: "The Day the Music Died", "Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief", "The Secret Society of Poobahs", "Playing Till It Hurts", "Gone, But Not Forgotten", and "The River of Life". In Back to the Rock episodes "The Merggle Moon Migration," "Four Wembleys and a Birthday," "When Mokey Met Landford," and "Fraggle Up." Usually, this would be if Red is either sleeping, waking up, crying, or not well. Also in "Deep Dive", meditating unsuccessfully at first and then successfully. | ||
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Rizzo | Muppet Treasure Island, sleeping at the end of the movie on the deck of The Hispaniola; Muppets from Space, sleeping and, later, praying. | ||
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Rosita | Episode 3836, exhausted from cooking the huevos rancheros for Maria that she falls asleep with Big Bird and Baby Bear; Episode 3857, sleeping with Zoe and Elizabeth on the floor; Talk, Listen, Connect; a Healthy Habits for Life skit when she goes to sleep; Episode 3277; Episode 4907 | ||
Rowlf the Dog | The Jimmy Dean Show, January 14, 1963; Rowlf gains eyelids and bags when he gets the flu. | |||
Samson | Sleepwalking in Sesamstrasse Folge 2468. | |||
Sam the Robot | Sesame Street Episode 0763 | |||
Sarah Hall-Small | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "The Cat in the Hat Takes a Nap," when sleeping. | |||
Sleeping Beauty | This News Flash sketch shows the contrast between building eyelids for a puppet (Sleeping Beauty) and turning the eyes of another puppet (Prince Charming) away from the camera. | |||
Sleeping Beauty | Although she's only so far been used as a one-shot character in this form, Sleeping Beauty's eyelids are replaced with lids that cover her entire eyes at the end of her "Healthy Storybook Moments" sketch. | |||
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Slimey the Worm | Episode 2185; Episode 2647, during "Picture a Park"; Episode 3474; Episode 3807; various Trash Gordon sketches. | ||
Sue Snue | In The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss episode, "Who Are You, Sue Snue?", Sue is shown to have fallen asleep as one of her uncles tries to wake her up, following a nightmare sequence about her being chased by various tools come to life and having to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. | |||
Statler | In a Muppetism. | |||
Statler and Waldorf | The Muppets blooper reel. | |||
Statler | After an accident on The Muppets episode "Pig Out," Statler is left hospitalized with added, reddened lower lids. | |||
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Telly | Episode 2871, when he dreams about triangles; Episode 2950, when he couldn't sleep after analyzing the lyrics to "Rockabye Baby"; Episode 2957, while staying up at night waiting for Radish Dude; Episode 3375, while preparing for "The 99,000 Triangles Game"; Episode 3554, after counting kids dressed as sheep; Episode 4118, after becoming exasperated with Oscar; in a brief scene from Talk, Listen, Connect, in which Telly's moving eyelids are replaced with lids that cover his entire eyes; Episode 4907, with under and over eyelids. | ||
Terrence McBird | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "The Cat in the Hat Takes a Nap," when sleeping. | |||
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Thidwick the Moose | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "The Mystery of Winna-Bango Falls", he temporarily feels sad that the Sneels would end if the Fruzzle Floom Fruit no longer exists. In "Halfway Home to Malamaroo," making fuel for Alvin's spaceship; depressed when he couldn't make everyone's birthday come true in "The Birthday Moose." | ||
T.R. | In one scene, T.R. has one sleepy eye and one excited eye. This enables him to change emotions without the use of an eyelid mechanism, simply by turning his head. | |||
Tutter | "Morning Glory", "Go to Sleep" and "A Berry Bear Christmas" | |||
Updub | In the Mopatop's Shop episode "Fuzzle Gump", the updub falls asleep after nibbling on the frozen donut. | |||
Waldorf | Mostly asleep in "Des O'Connor Entertains" | |||
Walter | Two variations are seen on Walter in The Muppets. One with sleepy eyes as he's falling asleep watching The Muppet Show, and another with completely closed eyelids after he's fallen asleep and he drifts off into a dream. | |||
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Wembley Fraggle | "The Day the Music Died" and various episodes from season 3 onwards: "Pebble Pox Blues", "Gobo's School for Explorers", "The River of Life" and "Gone, But Not Forgotten." In Back to the Rock episodes "The Merggle Moon Migration," "Four Wembleys and a Birthday," "Craggle Lagoon," "Fraggle Up," and "Hope and Socks." Usually, this would be if Wembley is either sleeping, waking up, crying, or not well. | ||
The World's Oldest Fraggle | In "The Day the Music Died," The World's Oldest Fraggle was seen sleeping in his cave. | |||
The Wickershams | Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss "Horton Has a Hit," affected by Horton's lullaby | |||
Yertle the Turtle | Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, "Horton Has a Hit," sent to sleep by Horton's lullaby. | |||
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Zoe | At the end of Episode 3650; Episode 3857, sleeping with Rosita and Elizabeth; Happy Healthy Monsters, while relaxing; at the end of the "Moonshine" song when she goes to sleep; near the end of a Play with Me Sesame sketch where she takes a nap after listening to a lullaby. | ||
Zoe as the Dormouse | In a fit of laughter, Zoe's eyelids are brought up from the bottom of her eye to meet her top eyelid in Abby in Wonderland.
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