Zoe Through the Years

The evolution of Zoe.

Image	As seen in / Year	Notes
	Sesame Street (1993-1998)	With her debut in Season 25, Zoe is unclothed, with the exception of necklaces, bracelets and purple and red hairclips. She has big eyes and a flat head.
	Sesame Street (1998-2002)	Zoe’s eyelids are less slanted than before, and have smoother, thinner eyelashes.
	Sesame Street (2002 -2005)	Beginning in Season 33, Zoe's hair is a little bit longer with glittery highlights throughout. She is dressed in a tutu most of the time with tights and ballet slippers.
	Sesame Street (2005-2017)	Zoe has smaller eyes and fuller, longer hair, developing pigtails. More color is added to her hair, such as pink and gold.
	Sesame Street (2009)	For Season 40, Zoe is smaller -- using the puppet that was used in the 2008 video special Abby in Wonderland, in which Zoe played the Dormouse. This version of Zoe has smaller eyes and a thinner head. Her hair is short and spiked up. Her arms are very thin. This puppet was only utilized for one season; afterwards, the previous puppet was reinstated.
	Sesame Street (2017-present)	Starting with season 49, Zoe returns to being unclothed, now wearing her tutu on occasion. She has more hair, which is less orange in color.
Planning
	Design sketches for Sesame Street (1993)	Early development sketches of Zoe. Fran Brill has said that when she was shown several possible designs for the character, she picked the one that had a face like Carol Channing.