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Characters and actors who have impersonated [[Kermit the Frog]] in Muppet productions.
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Characters and actors who have served as doppelgänger to [[Kermit the Frog]] in Muppet productions.
 
   
 
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| [[Image:TheCursedPrince.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:TheCursedPrince.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[David]]<hr/>''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch "[[Kermit Sketches: Miscellaneous#cursedprince|The Cursed Prince]]"
| [[David]]
 
| ''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch "[[Kermit Sketches: Miscellaneous#cursedprince|The Cursed Prince]]"
 
 
| [[Grover]] narrates a fairy tale starring [[Maria]] as a princess and David as a prince with a curse that can only be broken by Maria's kiss, which turns him into Kermit the Frog.
 
| [[Grover]] narrates a fairy tale starring [[Maria]] as a princess and David as a prince with a curse that can only be broken by Maria's kiss, which turns him into Kermit the Frog.
   
 
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| [[image:Robotkermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[image:Robotkermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Robot Kermit]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi|episode 104]]
| [[Robot Kermit]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi|Episode 104]]
 
 
| A robot built to look and act like Kermit, to take the place of Kermit the Frog. The robot version had a key on his back, and openly showed affection for [[Miss Piggy]].
 
| A robot built to look and act like Kermit, to take the place of Kermit the Frog. The robot version had a key on his back, and openly showed affection for [[Miss Piggy]].
   
 
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| [[Image:Peter Ustinov.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Peter Ustinov.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Peter Ustinov]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 112: Peter Ustinov|episode 112]]
| [[Peter Ustinov]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 112: Peter Ustinov|Episode 112]]
 
 
| During the closing curtain call, Peter confesses to Kermit that he's always wanted to be a frog, and imitates Kermit saying good night to the audience.
 
| During the closing curtain call, Peter confesses to Kermit that he's always wanted to be a frog, and imitates Kermit saying good night to the audience.
   
 
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| [[Image:Rich.kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Rich.kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Rich Little]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 204: Rich Little|episode 204]]
| [[Rich Little]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 204: Rich Little|Episode 204]]
 
 
| In his opening act, Rich impersonates Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy and Statler. Kermit is astonished by Rich's impression: "I was in the dressing room and I heard you on stage, and for a second I thought I had grown a new me."
 
| In his opening act, Rich impersonates Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy and Statler. Kermit is astonished by Rich's impression: "I was in the dressing room and I heard you on stage, and for a second I thought I had grown a new me."
   
 
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| [[Image:Evolving Phoob 3.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Evolving Phoob 3.JPG|250px|center]]
| [[Koozebanian Phoob]]
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| align=center | [[Koozebanian Phoob]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 205: Judy Collins|episode 205]]
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 205: Judy Collins|Episode 205]]
 
 
| The Phoob is the tastiest creature on the planet [[Koozebane]], but Phoobs survive by "evolving" very quickly to blend in with other creatures. Before Kermit's astonished eyes, the Phoob transforms into a Kermit duplicate. "It's called the survival of the trenchcoated," the Phoob explains.
 
| The Phoob is the tastiest creature on the planet [[Koozebane]], but Phoobs survive by "evolving" very quickly to blend in with other creatures. Before Kermit's astonished eyes, the Phoob transforms into a Kermit duplicate. "It's called the survival of the trenchcoated," the Phoob explains.
   
 
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| [[Image:Lenny the Lizard.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Lenny the Lizard.JPG|250px|center]]
| [[Lenny the Lizard]]
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| align=center | [[Lenny the Lizard]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 208: Steve Martin|episode 208]]
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 208: Steve Martin|episode 208]]
 
 
| Lenny auditions for the job of an emcee, imitating the show's standing host just a little too closely for Kermit's comfort.
 
| Lenny auditions for the job of an emcee, imitating the show's standing host just a little too closely for Kermit's comfort.
   
 
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| [[Image:Character.kermitthepig.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Character.kermitthepig.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Kermit the Pig]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 224: Cloris Leachman|episode 224]]
| [[Kermit the Pig]]
 
 
| When the theater is taken over by pigs, this green pig with bulgy eyes and a spiky [[Kermit the Frog's collar|collar]] impersonates Kermit while the real Kermit is held prisoner.
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 224: Cloris Leachman|Episode 224]]
 
| When the theater is taken over by pigs, this green pig with bulgy eyes and a spikey collar impersonates Kermit while the real Kermit is held prisoner.
 
   
 
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| [[Image:noimage.png|250px|center]]
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| [[File:Swedish-Kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
| [[The Swedish Chef]]
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| align=center | [[The Swedish Chef]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 314: Harry Belafonte|episode 314]]
 
| When Dr. Strangepork's [[dissolvatron]] malfunctions, Kermit the Frog ends up trading bodies and voices with the Swedish Chef.
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 314: Harry Belafonte|Episode 314]]
 
| When Dr. Strangepork's dissolvatron malfunctions, Kermit the Frog ends up trading bodies and voices with the Swedish Chef.
 
   
 
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| [[Image:Kermit.kaye.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Kermit.kaye.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Danny Kaye]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 316: Danny Kaye|episode 316]]
| [[Danny Kaye]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 316: Danny Kaye|episode 316]]
 
 
| In a quiet moment between guest and host, Danny confesses that he's begun to talk like Kermit, who acknowledges that he approves of his impression.
 
| In a quiet moment between guest and host, Danny confesses that he's begun to talk like Kermit, who acknowledges that he approves of his impression.
   
 
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| [[Image:Kermit-pigs.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Kermit-pigs.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Pigs]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
| [[Pigs]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
 
 
| In a tribute to Kermit's birthday, the cast sings "[[Be a Frog]]".
 
| In a tribute to Kermit's birthday, the cast sings "[[Be a Frog]]".
   
 
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| [[Image:Kermit-cow.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Kermit-cow.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[cows|Cow]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
| [[cows|Cow]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
 
 
| A cow sings a line of "Be a Frog".
 
| A cow sings a line of "Be a Frog".
   
 
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| [[Image:Kermit-horse.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Kermit-horse.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[horses|Horse]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
| [[horses|Horse]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
 
 
| A horse also chimes in on "Be a Frog".
 
| A horse also chimes in on "Be a Frog".
   
 
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| [[Image:Kermit-piggyoutfit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Kermit-piggyoutfit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Miss Piggy]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
| [[Miss Piggy]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]]
 
 
| Piggy rounds out the finale of "Be a Frog" and appears backstage in her Kermit getup.
 
| Piggy rounds out the finale of "Be a Frog" and appears backstage in her Kermit getup.
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| [[Image:Protozoa.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | [[Kermit the Protozoa]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 409: Beverly Sills|episode 409]]
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| A a single-celled organism stands in for Kermit's role when [[Sam the Eagle]] peers through a microscope.
   
 
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| [[Image:Robin-yaaaaay.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Robin-yaaaaay.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Robin the Frog]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers|episode 410]]
| [[Robin the Frog]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers|episode 410]]
 
 
| With his [[Kermit the Frog|Uncle Kermit]] "falling down on the job", Robin introduces [[Kenny Rogers|Kenny's]] number [[The Gambler (song)|"The Gambler"]] by waving his arms and shouting "yay!"
 
| With his [[Kermit the Frog|Uncle Kermit]] "falling down on the job", Robin introduces [[Kenny Rogers|Kenny's]] number [[The Gambler (song)|"The Gambler"]] by waving his arms and shouting "yay!"
   
 
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| [[Image:Piggy-yaaaay.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Piggy-yaaaay.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Miss Piggy]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers|episode 410]]
| [[Miss Piggy]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers|episode 410]]
 
 
| Kermit is temporarily on crutches, so Miss Piggy assists with his introduction by waving her arms and yelling, "Yaaaaaay!"
 
| Kermit is temporarily on crutches, so Miss Piggy assists with his introduction by waving her arms and yelling, "Yaaaaaay!"
   
 
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| [[image:Hamillfrog.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| [[image:Hamillfrog.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Mark Hamill]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 417: Star Wars|episode 417]]
| [[Mark Hamill]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 417: Star Wars|Episode 417]]
 
 
| When Kermit is looking for a guest star he asks Mark what he can do. Mark, doing a Kermit impression, says he can do impressions. Kermit, oblivious to the fact he was being mimicked, asks who he does. Mark goes on to impersonate [[Fozzie Bear]] with a similar response.
 
| When Kermit is looking for a guest star he asks Mark what he can do. Mark, doing a Kermit impression, says he can do impressions. Kermit, oblivious to the fact he was being mimicked, asks who he does. Mark goes on to impersonate [[Fozzie Bear]] with a similar response.
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| [[image:Kermit Rabbit TMS421.gif|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Rabbits|a rabbit]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 421: Doug Henning|episode 421]]
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| Kermit introduces [[Doug Henning]]'s final act and a rabbit mimics him as they exit the stage.
   
 
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| [[Image:Rizzokermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Rizzokermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Rizzo the Rat]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 503: Joan Baez|episode 503]]
| [[Rizzo the Rat]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 503: Joan Baez|episode 503]]
 
 
| After Kermit lets the rats in as members of ''The Muppet Show'' cast, Joan Baez warns that they might try to take over. Indeed, they carry Kermit offstage and Rizzo steps into Kermit's role to say good night.
 
| After Kermit lets the rats in as members of ''The Muppet Show'' cast, Joan Baez warns that they might try to take over. Indeed, they carry Kermit offstage and Rizzo steps into Kermit's role to say good night.
   
 
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| [[Image:Flippers.macdavis.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Flippers.macdavis.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Mac Davis]]<hr/>''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 514: Mac Davis|episode 514]]
| [[Mac Davis]]
 
| ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 514: Mac Davis|episode 514]]
 
 
| Mac Davis passes for a close enough Kermit look-alike, with his green attire and flippers, to attract [[Miss Piggy]] as the two sing "[[Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me]]." Piggy comments that if he'd just paint himself green, he'd be her kind of guy.
 
| Mac Davis passes for a close enough Kermit look-alike, with his green attire and flippers, to attract [[Miss Piggy]] as the two sing "[[Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me]]." Piggy comments that if he'd just paint himself green, he'd be her kind of guy.
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| [[File:I'm the one on the right.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | [[Fozzie Bear]]<hr/>''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''
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| As Kermit's [[twins|identical twin brother]], Fozzie is often mistaken (even by himself) for Kermit. This often happens when he is not wearing his hat.
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| [[File:Green and Pink in the park.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | Central Park lovers<hr/>''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''
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| After Kermit goes missing, Piggy looks for him in [[Central Park]]. Recalling a previous scene in which she'd shared a romantic moment with him in a horse-drawn carriage, Piggy approaches a couple dressed in familiar attire.
   
 
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| [[Image:Ssrobofrog.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Ssrobofrog.jpg|250px|center]]
| Herman the Hoppity-Hop
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| align=center | Herman the Hoppity-Hop<hr/>[[Sesame Street News Flash#herman|''Sesame Street'' News Flash]]
| [[Sesame Street News Flash#herman|''Sesame Street'' News Flash]]
 
 
| [[Dr. Nobel Price]] creates a mechanical automaton fashioned after Kermit.
 
| [[Dr. Nobel Price]] creates a mechanical automaton fashioned after Kermit.
   
 
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| [[Image:Placidokermit.JPG|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Placidokermit.JPG|250px|center]]
| [[Plácido Domingo]]
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| align=center | [[Plácido Domingo]]<hr/>''[[Night of 100 Stars]]''
| ''[[Night of 100 Stars]]''
 
 
| Plácido Domingo tries out his Kermit the Frog impression to cheer up a depressed [[Miss Piggy]].
 
| Plácido Domingo tries out his Kermit the Frog impression to cheer up a depressed [[Miss Piggy]].
   
 
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| [[Image:Frog-kermitcollar.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Image:Frog-kermit-collar.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | Frog<hr/>"[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]"<br> music video
| Frog
 
| "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]"<br> music video
 
 
| A live frog, evading the prowl of a live pig, wears a Kermit collar in the music video for "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]."
 
| A live frog, evading the prowl of a live pig, wears a Kermit collar in the music video for "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]."
   
 
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|- <div id="jimhenson" />
| [[Image:Jimkermitfeet.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Image:Jim-kermit-feet.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Jim Henson]]<hr/>"[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]"<br> music video
| [[Jim Henson]]
 
| "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]"<br> music video
 
 
| Jim Henson wears large Kermit feet in a music video for "I'm Gonna Always Love You." He also sports slim shades and a slicked-back hairdo.
 
| Jim Henson wears large Kermit feet in a music video for "I'm Gonna Always Love You." He also sports slim shades and a slicked-back hairdo.
   
 
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| [[Image:Sillycreature-kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[File:FR209 Kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | Child<hr/>''Fraggle Rock'' "[[Episode 209: Sir Hubris and the Gorgs|Sir Hubris and the Gorgs]]"
| Child
 
| ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' [[Episode 209: Sir Hubris and the Gorgs]]
 
 
| In [[Uncle Travelling Matt|Uncle Travelling Matt's]] postcard, two children go trick-or-treating as Kermit and [[Miss_Piggy_Impersonators|Miss Piggy]].
 
| In [[Uncle Travelling Matt|Uncle Travelling Matt's]] postcard, two children go trick-or-treating as Kermit and [[Miss_Piggy_Impersonators|Miss Piggy]].
   
 
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| [[Image:Johncandy-froghat.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Johncandy-froghat.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | [[John Candy]]<hr/>[[Muppet Magazine issue 14|''Muppet Magazine'' Spring 1986]]
| [[John Candy]]
 
| ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' [[Muppet Magazine issue 14|issue 14]]
 
 
| Miss Piggy isn't amused with John Candy's deception in the Easter Parade.
 
| Miss Piggy isn't amused with John Candy's deception in the Easter Parade.
   
 
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| [[Image:Fay4.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Fay4.jpg|250px|center]]
| [[Fay Ray]]
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| align=center | [[Fay Ray]]<hr/>''[[Sesame Street]]''
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
 
 
| In a 1988 episode, Fay Ray is disguised as a frog. Two girls, in voice-over, refer to Fay as "Kermit the Dog."
 
| In a 1988 episode, Fay Ray is disguised as a frog. Two girls, in voice-over, refer to Fay as "Kermit the Dog."
   
 
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| [[Image:Gladys-kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Gladys-kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
| [[Gladys the Cow]]
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| align=center | [[Gladys the Cow]]<hr/>''[[Sesame Street]]''
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
 
 
| Inspired by Kermit, Gladys dresses up as a frog to see what it's like to be someone else.
 
| Inspired by Kermit, Gladys dresses up as a frog to see what it's like to be someone else.
   
 
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| [[Image:Rickles.kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Rickles.kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Don Rickles]]<hr/>''Muppets Tonight'' [[Episode 205: Don Rickles & Coolio|episode 205]]
| [[Don Rickles]]
 
| ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' [[Episode 205: Don Rickles & Coolio|Episode 205]]
 
 
| Don Rickles fills in for Kermit on ''Muppets Tonight'' by wearing a frog suit, playing the banjo and singing "[[Bein' Green]]".
 
| Don Rickles fills in for Kermit on ''Muppets Tonight'' by wearing a frog suit, playing the banjo and singing "[[Bein' Green]]".
   
 
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| [[Image:Whatnot-kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Whatnot-kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
| [[Whatnot]]
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| align=center | [[Whatnot]]<hr/>[[Odyssey Channel]] promo
| [[Odyssey Channel]] promo
 
 
| A Whatnot addresses an audience reading a script as if he's Kermit. He has Kermit pupils and wears a green, pointed collar.
 
| A Whatnot addresses an audience reading a script as if he's Kermit. He has Kermit pupils and wears a green, pointed collar.
   
 
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| [[Image:Muppets-com67.png|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Muppets-com67.png|250px|center]]
| [[Topo Sticky]]
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| align=center | [[Topo Sticky]]<hr/>[[Disney Xtreme Digital]]
| [[Disney Xtreme Digital]]
 
 
| Topo Sticky performs his imitations of Kermit, Gonzo, and Miss Piggy.
 
| Topo Sticky performs his imitations of Kermit, Gonzo, and Miss Piggy.
   
 
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| [[Image:KismetToad.png|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:KismetToad.png|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | Kismet the Toad<hr/>''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson|The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]]''
| Kismet the Toad
 
| [[The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]]
 
 
| Kismet the Toad works for a celebrity impersonators service. He was hired as a Kermit the Frog lookalike -- the only actor of his kind.
 
| Kismet the Toad works for a celebrity impersonators service. He was hired as a Kermit the Frog lookalike -- the only actor of his kind.
   
 
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| [[Image:E&BFrogPrince.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Image:Sesamstrasse-TheFrogprince-Ernie&Bert-Kiss03-(2011).jpg|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Ernie]] & [[Bert]]<hr/>''[[Ernie & Bert Märchensongs]]''
| [[Ernie]]
 
 
| Ernie and Bert turned into frogs, closely resembling Kermit, in the narrative of "The Frog Prince."
| ''[[Ernie & Bert Märchensongs]]''
 
| Ernie dressed up as a frog, closely resembling Kermit, for the story of "The Frog Prince."
 
   
 
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| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| [[Image:Unscripted-piggy-does-kermit.jpg|250px|center]]
| [[Miss Piggy]]
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| align=center | [[Miss Piggy]]<hr/>Moviefone's [[Unscripted]]
| Moviefone's [[Unscripted]]
 
 
| After doing dead-on impressions of [[Fozzie Bear]] and [[Animal]], Miss Piggy does a less than accurate impression of Kermit.
 
| After doing dead-on impressions of [[Fozzie Bear]] and [[Animal]], Miss Piggy does a less than accurate impression of Kermit.
   
 
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| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
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| [[Image:Walter-Halloween.png|250px|center]]
 
| align=center | [[Walter]]<hr/>''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]''
| [[Walter]]
 
| ''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]''
 
 
| Walter dresses up as Kermit the Frog for Halloween.
 
| Walter dresses up as Kermit the Frog for Halloween.
   
 
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| [[Image:Kermoot.png|250px|center]]
 
| [[Image:Kermoot.png|250px|center]]
| [[The Moopets|Kermit Moopet]]
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| align=center | [[The Moopets|Kermoot]]<hr/>''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]''
| ''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]''
 
 
| The Moopets, a Muppet tribute band, employ a Kermit look-alike.
 
| The Moopets, a Muppet tribute band, employ a Kermit look-alike.
   
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| [[Image:Muppets 1 kermit 1 658912.jpg|150px|center]]
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| align=center | Sackboy/Sackgirl<hr/>''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
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| Players can don a Kermit costume to play through any of the level of the game.
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| [[Image:Constantine poster.jpg|250px|center]]
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| align=center | [[Constantine]]<hr/>''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]''
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| The world's number one criminal bears a striking resemblance to Kermit, and impersonates him for a majority of ''Muppets Most Wanted''.
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| [[Image:Kirmit1.png|150px|center]]
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| align=center | Club Penguin characters/avatars<hr/>[[Club Penguin]]
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| In promotion of 2014's ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]'', costumed avatars will be able to assume the roles of Kermit, [[Miss Piggy]], [[Animal]] and possibly more.
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| [[Image:Halloween2015-Rizzo&KermitCostume-(Puppet).png|250px|center]]
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| align=center | [[Rizzo the Rat]]<hr/>[[Facebook]]/[[Instagram]] video
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| In promotion of 2015's ''[[The Muppets (2015)|The Muppets]]'', Rizzo the Rat used a commercially available [[Kermit the Frog]] hand-puppet for his Halloween costume in a social media video. This angers the real Kermit when Rizzo uses the disguse to take Kermit's parking space.
 
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==See also==
 
* [[Miss Piggy Impersonators]]
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* [[Fozzie Bear Impersonators]]
   
 
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Characters and actors who have served as doppelgänger to Kermit the Frog in Muppet productions.

Picture Impersonator / Production Notes
TheCursedPrince
David
Sesame Street sketch "The Cursed Prince"
Grover narrates a fairy tale starring Maria as a princess and David as a prince with a curse that can only be broken by Maria's kiss, which turns him into Kermit the Frog.
Robotkermit
Robot Kermit
The Muppet Show episode 104
A robot built to look and act like Kermit, to take the place of Kermit the Frog. The robot version had a key on his back, and openly showed affection for Miss Piggy.
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Peter Ustinov
The Muppet Show episode 112
During the closing curtain call, Peter confesses to Kermit that he's always wanted to be a frog, and imitates Kermit saying good night to the audience.
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Rich Little
The Muppet Show episode 204
In his opening act, Rich impersonates Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy and Statler. Kermit is astonished by Rich's impression: "I was in the dressing room and I heard you on stage, and for a second I thought I had grown a new me."
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Koozebanian Phoob
The Muppet Show episode 205
The Phoob is the tastiest creature on the planet Koozebane, but Phoobs survive by "evolving" very quickly to blend in with other creatures. Before Kermit's astonished eyes, the Phoob transforms into a Kermit duplicate. "It's called the survival of the trenchcoated," the Phoob explains.
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Lenny the Lizard
The Muppet Show episode 208
Lenny auditions for the job of an emcee, imitating the show's standing host just a little too closely for Kermit's comfort.
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Kermit the Pig
The Muppet Show episode 224
When the theater is taken over by pigs, this green pig with bulgy eyes and a spiky collar impersonates Kermit while the real Kermit is held prisoner.
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The Swedish Chef
The Muppet Show episode 314
When Dr. Strangepork's dissolvatron malfunctions, Kermit the Frog ends up trading bodies and voices with the Swedish Chef.
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Danny Kaye
The Muppet Show episode 316
In a quiet moment between guest and host, Danny confesses that he's begun to talk like Kermit, who acknowledges that he approves of his impression.
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Pigs
The Muppet Show episode 406
In a tribute to Kermit's birthday, the cast sings "Be a Frog".
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Cow
The Muppet Show episode 406
A cow sings a line of "Be a Frog".
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Horse
The Muppet Show episode 406
A horse also chimes in on "Be a Frog".
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Miss Piggy
The Muppet Show episode 406
Piggy rounds out the finale of "Be a Frog" and appears backstage in her Kermit getup.
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Kermit the Protozoa
The Muppet Show episode 409
A a single-celled organism stands in for Kermit's role when Sam the Eagle peers through a microscope.
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Robin the Frog
The Muppet Show episode 410
With his Uncle Kermit "falling down on the job", Robin introduces Kenny's number "The Gambler" by waving his arms and shouting "yay!"
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Miss Piggy
The Muppet Show episode 410
Kermit is temporarily on crutches, so Miss Piggy assists with his introduction by waving her arms and yelling, "Yaaaaaay!"
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Mark Hamill
The Muppet Show episode 417
When Kermit is looking for a guest star he asks Mark what he can do. Mark, doing a Kermit impression, says he can do impressions. Kermit, oblivious to the fact he was being mimicked, asks who he does. Mark goes on to impersonate Fozzie Bear with a similar response.
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a rabbit
The Muppet Show episode 421
Kermit introduces Doug Henning's final act and a rabbit mimics him as they exit the stage.
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Rizzo the Rat
The Muppet Show episode 503
After Kermit lets the rats in as members of The Muppet Show cast, Joan Baez warns that they might try to take over. Indeed, they carry Kermit offstage and Rizzo steps into Kermit's role to say good night.
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Mac Davis
The Muppet Show episode 514
Mac Davis passes for a close enough Kermit look-alike, with his green attire and flippers, to attract Miss Piggy as the two sing "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me." Piggy comments that if he'd just paint himself green, he'd be her kind of guy.
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Fozzie Bear
The Great Muppet Caper
As Kermit's identical twin brother, Fozzie is often mistaken (even by himself) for Kermit. This often happens when he is not wearing his hat.
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Central Park lovers
The Muppets Take Manhattan
After Kermit goes missing, Piggy looks for him in Central Park. Recalling a previous scene in which she'd shared a romantic moment with him in a horse-drawn carriage, Piggy approaches a couple dressed in familiar attire.
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Herman the Hoppity-Hop
Sesame Street News Flash
Dr. Nobel Price creates a mechanical automaton fashioned after Kermit.
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Plácido Domingo
Night of 100 Stars
Plácido Domingo tries out his Kermit the Frog impression to cheer up a depressed Miss Piggy.
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Frog
"I'm Gonna Always Love You"
music video
A live frog, evading the prowl of a live pig, wears a Kermit collar in the music video for "I'm Gonna Always Love You."
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Jim Henson
"I'm Gonna Always Love You"
music video
Jim Henson wears large Kermit feet in a music video for "I'm Gonna Always Love You." He also sports slim shades and a slicked-back hairdo.
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Child
Fraggle Rock "Sir Hubris and the Gorgs"
In Uncle Travelling Matt's postcard, two children go trick-or-treating as Kermit and Miss Piggy.
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John Candy
Muppet Magazine Spring 1986
Miss Piggy isn't amused with John Candy's deception in the Easter Parade.
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Fay Ray
Sesame Street
In a 1988 episode, Fay Ray is disguised as a frog. Two girls, in voice-over, refer to Fay as "Kermit the Dog."
Gladys the Cow
Sesame Street
Inspired by Kermit, Gladys dresses up as a frog to see what it's like to be someone else.
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Don Rickles
Muppets Tonight episode 205
Don Rickles fills in for Kermit on Muppets Tonight by wearing a frog suit, playing the banjo and singing "Bein' Green".
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Whatnot
Odyssey Channel promo
A Whatnot addresses an audience reading a script as if he's Kermit. He has Kermit pupils and wears a green, pointed collar.
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Topo Sticky
Disney Xtreme Digital
Topo Sticky performs his imitations of Kermit, Gonzo, and Miss Piggy.
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Kismet the Toad
The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson
Kismet the Toad works for a celebrity impersonators service. He was hired as a Kermit the Frog lookalike -- the only actor of his kind.
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Ernie & Bert
Ernie & Bert Märchensongs
Ernie and Bert turned into frogs, closely resembling Kermit, in the narrative of "The Frog Prince."
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Miss Piggy
Moviefone's Unscripted
After doing dead-on impressions of Fozzie Bear and Animal, Miss Piggy does a less than accurate impression of Kermit.
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Walter
The Muppets
Walter dresses up as Kermit the Frog for Halloween.
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Kermoot
The Muppets
The Moopets, a Muppet tribute band, employ a Kermit look-alike.
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Sackboy/Sackgirl
LittleBigPlanet
Players can don a Kermit costume to play through any of the level of the game.
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Constantine
Muppets Most Wanted
The world's number one criminal bears a striking resemblance to Kermit, and impersonates him for a majority of Muppets Most Wanted.
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Club Penguin characters/avatars
Club Penguin
In promotion of 2014's Muppets Most Wanted, costumed avatars will be able to assume the roles of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal and possibly more.
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Rizzo the Rat
Facebook/Instagram video
In promotion of 2015's The Muppets, Rizzo the Rat used a commercially available Kermit the Frog hand-puppet for his Halloween costume in a social media video. This angers the real Kermit when Rizzo uses the disguse to take Kermit's parking space.

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