Impersonations of Plants
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When characters in Muppet/Henson productions dress up as flowers, trees, fruit, vegetables, and all other forms of flora. This was a particularly common occurrence in various Sesame Street Pageants.
| Picture | Impersonator and Plant | Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bert as a flower | Sesame Street pageant | Bert stars as a flower in Prairie Dawn's pageant about how a flower grows. | |
| Big Bird as an ear of corn | Big Bird plays the corn in a pageant during a street storyline focusing on gardening, though he prefers popcorn himself. | ||
| Celina as broccoli | Sesame Street | Celina dances in a broccoli costume, in front of the Furry Arms Hotel. | |
| Cookie Monster as an apple tree | Sesame Street pageant | Cookie Monster wears a tree costume to represent "Fall" in the seasons pageant. | |
| DJ 3 as a bouquet of flowers. | Animal Jam "Everything's Springin' Up!" | DJ 3 got tired of being a plant growing and picked himself as a flower and wrapped as a "Bouquet of Leopard." | |
| Earl Sinclair as a tree | Dinosaurs episode 319 | In a story read by Grandma Ethyl to Baby Sinclair, Earl is imagined as a dinosaur who exchanges souls with a tree. | |
| Elmo as an asparagus | Sesame Street pageant | Elmo plays a bumpy asparagus in a pageant about the food items which make up a meal. He also likes saying the word "asparagus." | |
| Elmo as a radish | Elmo plays the red veggie in a pageant during a street storyline focusing on gardening. | ||
| Elmo as a "furry red monster plant," | Episode 3905 | Elmo decides he wants to be a plant like Stinky, so he places himself inside a pot with his name on it. | |
| Elmo as a piece of broccoli | Sesame Street Episode 4122 & The Get Healthy Now Show | Elmo plays the broccoli in Prairie Dawn's Healthy Food Pageant. He reprises the role when the Big Tomato fails to show up in The Get Healthy Now Show. | |
| Fozzie Bear as a banana | Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez | Fozzie, Jason Earles, and Jason Dolley prepare for the ultimately canceled sketch, "Banana Montana." | |
| Gladys the Cow as a flower | Sesame Street pageant | In a second flower pageant, Gladys grows from a seed to a beautiful flower. | |
| Grover as broccoli | Once Upon a Monster | Grover plays a stalk of broccoli in Seamus' play in the level "Seamus the Brave." | |
| Guy Smiley as a tree | Sesame Street Here is Your Life | Guy Smiley disguises himself as a tree to surprise Oak Tree and salute its life. | |
| Herry Monster as grass | Sesame Street "Milk" pageant | In a pageant about where milk comes from, Herry plays the grass that Gladys the Cow eats to gain energy. | |
| Kermit and Fozzie as bananas | Little Muppet Monsters "Kermit the Frog, Private Eye." | Kermit and Fozzie disguise themselves as bananas to attract a gorilla. Though the full episode went unaired, footage later appeared in the final episode of Muppet Babies. | |
| Link Hogthrob as a tree | Muppet King Arthur issue #4 | Morgana le Fey turned Link into a tree for inadvertently flirting with her. | |
| Leo the Party Monster as a potato | Sesame Street pageant | Leo plays a potato, and notes that potato chips tend to signify a party. | |
| Natasha as a pumpkin | Sesame Street | After Humphrey imagines the possible jobs Natasha will have when she grows older, he says it doesn't matter because she will be his pumpkin, in which she does become a pumpkin.
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| Pip and Pop as bushes | Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Halloween Bear" | Pip and Pop dress up as bushes for Halloween. Pop has a ball stuck in his branches, representing the many times the otters' ball has lodged itself in the local shrubbery. | |
| Mr. Snuffleupagus as a cabbage | Snuffy portrays his favorite vegetable in a pageant during a street storyline focusing on gardening. | ||
| Telly as an asparagus | Sesame Street Episode 4122 & The Get Healthy Now Show | Telly plays the asparagus in Prairie Dawn's Healthy Food Pageant. He reprises the role when the Big Tomato fails to show up in The Get Healthy Now Show, with a rather unsuccessful stand-up act. | |
| Tutter as a pumpkin | Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Halloween Bear" | Tutter decides to express his love for pumpkins by dressing as one for Halloween. | |
| The Two-Headed Monster as a banana | Sesame Street Journey to Ernie | In a painting in a B museum, the Two Headed Monster appear as a two-headed banana that gives Big Bird very unhelpful advice. | |
| Waffle as a flower. | Animal Jam "Everything's Springin' Up!" | Waffle dressed up as Bloomy, the blooming flower, to help Edi's plant grow. | |
| Wanda Cousteau as a piece of broccoli | Sesame Street Episode 3161 | Big Bird helps Wanda disguise herself as a piece of broccoli to evade Wolfgang (but attracting the attention of Chicago instead). | |
| Zoe as a potato | Sesame Street Episode 4122 & The Get Healthy Now Show | Zoe plays the potato in Prairie Dawn's Healthy Food Pageant. |