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 |
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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. | ||
Carrot the Pony as a lettuce | The Furchester Hotel "Pony in Disguise" |
Elmo and Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz attempt to disguise Mr. Carrot as a lettuce to prevent guests from asking for a pony ride, however a kid asks for a lettuce ride anyway. | |
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. | |
Ernie as a pumpkin | Sesame Street Episode 4635 | Ernie dresses as a pumpkin for Halloween. | |
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. | |
Maria as broccoli | Sesame Street Episode 3051 | Maria participates in "Hunt the Broccoli" with Chicago the Lion. | |
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, to which she does become a pumpkin. | |
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 | Zoe plays the potato in Prairie Dawn's Healthy Food Pageant. |