Superheroes

Depictions of superheroes in Muppet productions. For specific depictions and references, see Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, DC Comics, Marvel Comics and other related articles in the Superheroes Category.

The Muppet Show

Picture	Production	Description
	Episode 419	In honor of Lynda Carter's appearance on the show, Scooter has ordered a correspondence course: "How To Be a Superhero." This version of Scooter was released as an action figure in 2003.
File:How to be a superhero.jpg	Episode 419	Fozzie's antics include swinging across the backstage.
	Episode 419	Lew Zealand attempts to use his x-ray vision on the guest star's dressing room door.
	Episode 419	Gonzo's costume sports a chicken ornament on his helmet.
	Episode 419 Episode 418	Super Rat is named in the Christopher Reeve episode and appears with the rest of the super Muppets in the Lynda Carter episode.
	Episode 419	Link Hogthrob
	Episode 419	Highlighted in a sketch of her own, Miss Piggy becomes Wonder Pig.
	Episode 419	Super Sheep becomes the hero of his own story.
	Episode 419	Statler becomes Money Man in the episode's epilogue.

Sesame Street

Picture	Production	Description
		Super Grover is Sesame Street’s long-standing superhero.
		Big Bird is strong enough to lift a palette of bricks.
	Elmo's World: Sky	Natasha appears as SuperBaby in an "Elmo's World" segment, a sketch with Super Grover and featured in her own titled sketch with her parents where she presented the letter S.
	Episode 4037	Oscar the Grouch acquires Super Grover's old, tattered cape.
	Sesamstrasse Merchandise	Ernie has appeared on Sesamstrasse shot glasses and a postcard as a superhero, and a secret identity with Clark Kent-like glasses.
File:SuperZoeRosita.jpg	Episode 4071	Zoe and Rosita don superhero costumes to attend Professor Super Grover's School for Super-Heroes.
	Elmo's World: Families	Grover's Mommy crashes just like her son.
		Dressed as superheroes, Telly, Elmo, Zoe, Rosita, Herry, and Merry take Super Grover's flying class.
	A Magical Halloween Adventure	Telly dresses as a super cheese for Halloween.
File:Captainvegetable.jpg		Captain Vegetable promotes eating vegetables.
		Captain Breakfast is a strong advocate for a healthy breakfast.
	Episode 4105	Super Chicken has been known to incite jealousy in Super Grover.
		Alphaboy loves letters.
		Thelma Thumb is the superhero persona of Marcia Middlewell, who can shrink to the size of a salt shaker.
	Sesamstrasse	Super-Grautsch is the super grouch in Germany.
	Super Grover! Ready for Action	Telly, Zoe, Elmo and Rosita join Super Grover in superhero costumes.
	Episode 4121	Telly's doll Freddy appears as "Fantastic Freddy"
	Episode 3123	SuperWorm is strong enough to lift a Snuffleupagus, but he's afraid of birds.
	Episode 4124	Slimey the Hero helps in areas where big people can't go.
	Elmo's World: The Beach	Mr. Noodle pretends to be Super Noodle.
		Elmo appears as "Asking Elmo" who asks questions to find things out.
		Super Grover teaches Elmo how to be a superhero.
	Episode 4176	Horatio takes a job as Super Grover's sidekick, but he keeps getting stuck in doorways.
	Episode 4176	Robin is Super Chicken's sidekick.
	Episode 4176	Super Wendy is a girl who flies around saving bird eggs that fall from a tree shaken loose by an elephant scratching his back against the bark, and removing a baseball that gets stuck in a chain-link fence. After a full day of superheroing, she grows hungry and eats her leftovers she saved from the restaurant earlier.
	Episode 3122	Penny Pipkins, alias Super Nanny, is a super-powered caregiver.
		Super Adventure Boy is one of Ernie's imaginary friends who attended Ernie's tea party, along with Cinderella, the Friendly Giant, and Telly. After the party, Super Adventure Boy and Ernie left the party to go on an adventure.

Muppet Magazine

Picture	Production	Description
	Summer 1983	During a lightsabre battle, Gonzo goes from Barff McVader to SuperSchnozz.
	Summer 1984	Miss Piggy appears as SuperMoi with Supergirl star Helen Slater.
	Summer 1987	Beaker appears as Super Beaker in an issue featuring Superman star Christopher Reeve. Among his superfeats, he is strong enough to lift a chair with Reeve sitting in it.

Muppet Babies

Picture	Production	Description
	"Noisy Neighbors"	Baby Gonzo as Super Gonzo.
File:Mbspiderman.jpg	"Comic Capers"	Baby Animal as Spider-Animal.
	"Sing a Song of Superheroes"	Baby Kermit, Baby Fozzie, Baby Rowlf, and Baby Bean Bunny portray Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Baby Piggy appears as a Wonder Woman-style valkyrie, Baby Scooter and Baby Skeeter play the Wonder Twins, and Baby Gonzo portrays Batman.

Comics and Other Print Media

Picture	Production	Description
	"Disco Frog" comic from the 1979 UK Muppet Show Annual	Beaker is seen as SuperBeaker in a version different from the Muppet Magazine SuperBeaker, transformed by one of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's chemical mixtures.
	1981 Hallmark stickers	Kermit appears as a superhero on a sticker.
	Kermit's Garden of Verses	Super Rat makes his first appearance since The Muppet Show.
	Muppet Babies #11
	We're All Superheroes!	Abby Cadabby images herself as Super Storyteller because she knows all the best fairy tales.
	We're All Superheroes!	The perfect superhero persona for Bert is Super Cleaner-Upper because he vacuums and cleans up Ernie's messes.
	We're All Superheroes!	Big Bird imagines that he's Super Good Sport who can be super speedy, super smooth and super patient when he teaches his friends how to skate. He's also super safe with his super helmet.
	We're All Superheroes!	Cookie Monster imagines that he's Super Cookie Eater who can gooble cookies in one bite and leap to the tallest trees to pick apples.
	We're All Superheroes!	Elmo imagines himself as Racecar Man because racecars are really fun, even though he doesn't know how to drive yet.
	We're All Superheroes!	Ernie is imagined as Bubble Man who rub-a-dub-dubs in the bathtub until he's squeaky clean.
	We're All Superheroes!	Oscar imagines that he's Super Grouch, which he thinks is a rotten idea.
	We're All Superheroes!	Zoe imagines that she could be "Super Dancer" with the ability to leap and spin.

Others

Picture	Production	Description
	Dog City episode "Who Watches the Watch Dog?"	The Watch Dog is Dog City's superhero canine.
	Mopatop's Shop episode "Gluey Gloop"	Mighty Mongoose's powers are affected by her tattered cape.
	Palisades Toys action figures	The Super Beaker Action Figure is different from either of Beaker's previous superhero personae from the Muppet Show annual or Muppet Magazine (see above).
	Dinosaurs episode "Earl, Don't Be a Hero"	Captain Impressive is the superhero persona of Earl Sinclair.
	Dinosaurs episodes "Leader of the Pack" "Earl, Don't Be a Hero" "Scent of a Reptile"	Captain Action Figure made several appearances on one of Baby Sinclair's favorite TV shows.
	From the Balcony	Several heroes audition for X-Men: III including The Blimp, The Procrastinator, The Defroster, Beaverine, The Invisible Twins, and Scorn. Additionally, Waldorf displays his ability to shoot laser beams out of his eyes to blow up Statler's head.