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Impersonations of Animals

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Instances when characters dress up as animals (including if they're animals to begin with).

Picture Impersonator and Animal Production Notes
Baby Bear as a monkey Sesame Street
episode 3853
Baby Bear helps Elmo bring the zoo to Maria.
Baby Bear as a Honker Sesame Street
episode 4028
Elmo and Baby Bear cavort as species indigenous to Sesame Street.
Baby Bear and Telly Monster as dogs Sesame Street
episode 4137
Baby Bear and Telly dress as dogs to try and lure the word "dog" back into their book.
A banana as a tiger Sesame Street A banana being asked to play the part of a tiger in a movie agency sketch.
Barkley as a cow Sesame Street
Episode 2367
As an experiment, Dr. Nobel Price places horns and a cowbell on Barkley, to see if he'll moo.
Bert as a caterpillar Sesame Street
Butterfly Pageant
Bert dresses up as a caterpillar for the pageant.
Big Bird as "Big Fish" Sesame Street
episode 3161
Wolfgang the Seal chases fish explorer Wanda Cousteau all over the Street. Big Bird pretends to be Wanda's huge friend, Big Fish, to scare Wolfgang into leaving Wanda alone.
Bob as a bee The Perfect Thing Placido Flamingo sings about the perfect thing for bees to do.
Bob as a chicken Episode 4063 Bob dances the "Clucky Clucky" to help Elmo fall asleep.
Bunsen, Beaker and penguins as bunnies Muppetisms Bunsen and Beaker test a theory about bunnies.
Buster the Horse as a zebra Learning About Letters Buster in stripes to demonstrate the letter Z.
a cat as a dog The Jim Henson Hour
episode 104
A stunt-cat dresses as a dog in a behind-the-scenes feature for Dog City, failing to prove that the "thing" between cats and dogs is just a myth.
The Cat in the Hat and Little Cats A, B, and C as birds The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
"The Cat in the Hat's First-First Day"
The Cat in the Hat and the Little Cats dress as birds to cheer Terrence McBird as he tries to fly.
a chicken as the Dormouse The Muppet Show
episode 506
An ordinary chicken with buckteeth, ears, and whisker playing the Alice in Wonderland Dormouse.
Cookie Monster as the Cookie Bunny Sesame Street Cookie Monster wearing long blue ears, small nose, whiskers, and buck teeth, until they fall out of his mouth as he "hides" his colorful cookies.
Croquette as a unicorn Fraggle Rock (French version) Doc straps a horn on Croquette, to pose for Madame Pontaven's crest.
a dancer as a lion The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show During the "Calendar Song," a chorus dancer appears as a lion, to demonstrate March. When he turns around, however, on his back is a Muppet-style lamb, who opens his mouth and bleats.
Dinosaur as Moola the Cash Cow Dinosaurs
"Variations on a Theme Park"
A dinosaur teen dresses up as a cheerful cartoon cow.
Doc as Sprocket Fraggle Rock
"I Want to Be You"
Doc goes as his own dog to the society costume ball.
Earl Sinclair as Georgie Dinosaurs
"George Must Die"
Earl dresses up as Georgie the hippo.
Doc Hopper as a frog The Muppet Movie Doc Hopper portrays a frog in a commercial for Doc Hopper's French Fried Frog Legs
Dr. Teeth as the Cheshire Cat The Muppet Show
episode 506
Another Alice in Wonderland portrayal, the regular Dr. Teeth head on a cat body and with ears.
Elmo as a lion Sesame Street
episode 3853
Elmo dresses as a lion to bring the zoo to Maria.
Elmo as a puppy Sesame Street
episode 3952
Elmo dresses as a puppy in a song.
Elmo as a Dinger Sesame Street
episode 4028
Elmo and Baby Bear cavort as species indigenous to Sesame Street.
Elmo as a "chicken-kitten-cow-bunny" Sesame Street
episode 4032
Elmo dresses as every animal he can think of, rolled into one, to get a vet appointment with Gina and declare his love for her.
Elmo as a cow Sesame Street Elmo plays a silly cow who quacks in the song "Baby, Say It Loud."
Elmo as a wolf Sesame Street
episode 4095
Elmo and Zoe dress up as wolves for their Big Bad Wolf auditions.
Eric the Parrot as a penguin The Muppet Show episode 507 When Eric the Parrot disguises himself as a penguin, he appears as any other Muppet penguin. However, he is actually wearing a penguin costume, under which he cannot wear his parrot suit for fear of wrinkling it.
Ernie as a sheep "Journey to Ernie"
Season 35
Ernie poses as Little Bo Peep's sheep to evade Big Bird.
Fat Blue Delivery Man as a sheep Sesame Street When the sheep go on strike, The Count has a delivery man dress as a sheep, so he can count him and go to sleep.
Fay Ray as a frog Sesame Street Fay dresses up as a frog or maybe Kermit the Dog.
Fay Ray as a polka-dotted black insect Sesame Street Fay dresses up as a polka-dotted black insect.
Fay Ray as a moose Sesame Street Fay dresses up as a moose, yak, or maybe a deer.
Floyd Pepper as the Caterpillar The Muppet Show
episode 506
Another Alice in Wonderland animal.
Fluffinella as a French poodle Fraggle Rock
"Red's Blue Dragon"
Though not shown onscreen, Fluffinella attends Ms. Ardath's masquerade party as a French poodle.
Fozzie Bear as a lion The Muppets Go To the Movies As the Cowardly Lion, from the Wizard of Oz sketch.
Frackles disguised as cute, furry animals The Muppet Show
episode 524
Three Frackle spies pose as animals to infiltrate Roger Moore's closing number, "Talk to the Animals".
Gonzo as a bat Muppets Tonight
episode 108
Gonzo is costumed appropriately for a role in his own musical, "Bats."
Gordon as a wolf Sesame Street
episode 4095
Gordon acts as a temporary replacement for the Big Bad Wolf.
Grover as an elephant Sesame Street In a lecture on noses, Grover demonstrates with an elephant's trunk.
Grover as a mouse A Muppet Family Christmas Grover plays the unstirring mouse in The Night Before Christmas pageant.
Grover as a peacock The Street We Live On Grover wears a peacock feather, possibly to match Ming.
Grover as a puffin Sesame Street episode 4109 Grover dresses as a puffin in a Global Grover segment about Iceland.
Grover as a crow Sesame Street In a Global Grover segment, Grover shows how well a Polish scarecrow works by dressing as a crow and being scared by it.
Harvey Korman as a chicken The Muppet Show
episode 110
Kermit puts Harvey in a white chicken suit.
Herry as a butterfly Sesame Street
Butterfly Pageant
Herry dresses up as a butterfly for the pageant, wearing orange Monarch butterfly wings.
Hudson as a pig The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence The astronaut poses as "Hudson," a pig butler.
Jason Alexander as a bat Muppets Tonight
episode 108
Jason is costumed appropriately for a role in his own musical, "Bats."
Jon Voight as a brown turkey The Muppet Show Live Voight performs with the chickens.
Kermit as a cow Sesame Street
Season 15
Kermit being switched to a cow after he and Gladys switch roles in a sketch in Season 15.
Kermit as Frogo the Dragon Muppets Tonight
episode 207
Kermit as the dragon in Dennis Quaid's screen test of Dragonheart.
Kermit as Frogzilla Muppets Tonight
episode 203
Kermit as the reptilian monster in a sketch The Hardy Pig Boys.
Kids as zoo animals Sesame Street
episode 3853
Devon dresses as a giraffe, Sara as an elephant and Devon's rabbit as a leopard.
"Margaret" as a chicken The Muppets Take Manhattan Gonzo's boat driver at the aquacade, in the same chicken suit from The Muppet Show.
Maria as a queen bee Fiesta! Maria plays the queen bee to officiate at the fiesta carnival
Monty as a penguin Sesame Street
episode 3091
Monty dresses as a penguin for his new penguin school.
Natalie Portman and Elmo as elephants Sesame Street Natalie and Elmo play "The Princess and the Elephants" with a real Elephant.
Oscar the Grouch as a bug Sesame Street Episode 4175 Oscar and Slimey dress as bugs to make Slimey's new pet bug feel welcome.
Rosita as a bear Sesame Street
episode 3853
Rosita helps Elmo bring the zoo to Maria.
Sally Hagen as a bee Aliens in the Family Sally wears a bee costume to teach Bobut about the letter B.
Scred as a bee Saturday Night Live Scred attired as Aunt Bee, for a Killer Bees sketch.
Shirley and Nat Muskrat as a horse Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas Shirley and Nat perform in a horse costume, which they can't seem to connect, at the talent contest.
Skreet as a goat The Simian Undercover Detective Squad Yeager go undercover as a goat.
Slimey the Worm as a bug Sesame Street Episode 4175 Oscar and Slimey dress as bugs to make Slimey's new pet bug feel welcome.
Mr. Snuffleupagus as a horse Elmo's World: Horses Snuffy appears at the end of Elmo's quiz, dressed as a horse in his cave.
Snuffy as a dinosaur Sesame Street Episode 4152 To assuage Elmo's grief at the dinosaurs' extinction, Snuffy dresses up so that Elmo may have a pet dinosaur.
The Swedish Chef as a pig Muppet Treasure Island When the Chef appears in a pig's nose as cook for the pig natives, a talking vegetable quips, "How else were we going to get him into this movie?"
The Swedish Chef as the Easter Bunny Donna's Day The chef in rabbit ears.
Telly Monster as a duck Sesame Street Telly plays a silly, mooing duck in the song "Baby, Say It Loud."
Telly Monster as an elephant Sesame Street In a sketch about the power of the imagination, Telly imagines he's an elephant.
Telly Monster as a goat Sesame Street In the same sketch, Telly imagines he's a goat.
Telly Monster as a lion Sesame Street In the same sketch, Telly imagines he's a lion.
Telly Monster as a lion Episode 3952 Telly Monster dresses up as a lion in a song.
Telly Monster as a chicken Sesame Street Episode 3129 Telly dresses a chicken to catch however stole Nora the Chicken.
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose as The Birthday Bird The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
"The Birthday Moose"
Thidwick impersonates the Birthday Bird since the Birthday Bird was captured in the ice.
Two-Headed Monster as a two-headed chicken Sesame Street In a Journey to Ernie segment.
Uncle Traveling Matt as a pig Fraggle Rock
"I Want to Be You"
Matt dresses as a pig to fit in on a hog farm.
Wembley as a fly Fraggle Rock
"Space Frog Follies"
Wembley dresses as a fly to attract a frog.
Zoe as a tiger Sesame Street
episode 3159
Zoe explains that her tiger suit is her plan to avoid being tickled by Aunt Chloe.
Zoe as a wolf Sesame Street
episode 4095
Elmo and Zoe dress up as wolves for their Big Bad Wolf auditions.

Illustrated Impersonations

Bert as a pigeon Sesame Street Halloween card Bert dresses up as a pigeon to go trick-or-treating.
Betty Lou as a Tiger Sesame Street storybook Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad Betty Lou dresses up as a Tiger for a pageant.
Big Bird as an alligator Sesame Street Halloween card Big Bird dresses up as an alligator to go trick-or-treating.
Cookie Monster as a cow, Ernie as a dog, Bert as a hen, Grover as a Sheep, Herry as a pig The Little Red Hen Dressed in character for a Sesame Street Pageant.
Ernie as a Twiddlebug Sesame Street Halloween card Ernie dresses up as a Twiddlebug to go trick-or-treating.
Elmo as an fish, Telly Monster as a cat Sesame Street storybook Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad Dressed in character for a Sesame Street Pageant.
Oscar the Grouch as a wolf Sesame Street storybook Ernie and His Merry Monsters Oscar is auditioning for the role of The Big Bad Wolf.
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