Changes: The Statue of Liberty

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The Statue of Liberty stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor. The statue is a gift from France, dedicated in 1886 to celebrate the centennial of the United States of America.

Miss Piggy has been pictured as the Statue of Liberty in many forms, including a Sigma Ceramics candlestick in the early 80's. Since that time, other such similar merchandise has been produced and she has gone on to appear as Lady Liberty in several on-screen and illustrated appearances.

A short comic in the Summer 1986 issue of Muppet Magazine tells the story of Lady Liberty's inspiration, Jeanne-Emilie Bartholdi as played by Miss Piggy. After cacthing a vase filled with flowers and a book titled "Theory of Flight," Bartholdi is instructed to stand in an awkward pose while a prototype is sculpted. The accompanying poster pull-out for the magazine is a photo of the result signed by Miss Piggy as "Miss Liberté."

Piggy appeared on screen as the Statue at the climax of Muppet*Vision 3D's closing number. She forms the centerpiece of the fountain outside the Muppet*Vision theater in Walt Disney World, and a number of Piggy items sold at the theme park have featured her in the Statue of Liberty costume.

The real Statue of Liberty appears in a MasterCard commercial with the Muppets, shot on location in New York, and had previously been seen with Kermit and Piggy in promotional material for The Muppets Take Manhattan.

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Minor references

In Camping in Canada, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird fly over the Statue of Liberty on their way to Canada.
In the book Before You Leap, Kermit says one of the reasons he loves New York City is because even the Statue of Liberty is green.

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The Statue of Liberty

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 '''The Statue of Liberty''' stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in [[New York City|New York Harbor]]. The statue is a gift from [[France]], dedicated in 1886 to celebrate the centennial of [[the United States of America]].
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 The real Statue of Liberty appears in a [[MasterCard]] commercial with the Muppets, shot on location in New York, and had previously been seen with [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and Piggy in promotional material for ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''.
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 ==Miss Piggy==
+<gallery orientation="square" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="205">
-<gallery>
-Image:Sigmapiggycandlestick.jpg|[[Muppet candlesticks (Sigma)|Sigma Ceramics candlestick]]
+Image:Sigmapiggycandlestick.jpg|[[Muppet candlesticks|Sigma Ceramics candlestick]]<br>c. late 70s/early 80s
-Image:224liberty.jpg|Set piece in "[[That's Entertainment]]" from [[Episode 224: Cloris Leachman|episode 224]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''<br>1978
+Image:224liberty.jpg|"[[That's Entertainment]]" set piece from [[Episode 224: Cloris Leachman|episode 224]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''<br>1978
 Image:Calender 1980 07.jpg|[[The Miss Piggy Calendar 1980]], July entry<br>1980
 Image:517liberty.jpg|''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 517: Hal Linden|episode 517]]<br>1981
-Image:Piggy-liberty-pollysmith.jpg|The same costume seen in the 1980 calendar and a fifth season episode of ''The Muppet Show'' was used for ''[[I Love Liberty]]''<br>1982
+Image:Piggy-liberty-pollysmith.jpg|''[[I Love Liberty]]''<br>1982
 Image:Ladylibertypiggy.jpg|[[The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition]]<br>1985
-Image:Comic-piggyliberty.jpg|Piggy as Jeanne-Emilie Bartholdi posing for the original sculpture in [[Muppet Magazine issue 15]]<br>1986
+Image:Comic-piggyliberty.jpg|Piggy as Jeanne-Emilie Bartholdi posing for the original sculpture in the [[Muppet Magazine issue 15|Summer 1986 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'']]<br>1986
-Image:Miss_Liberte.JPG|"Miss Liberté" from ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' [[Muppet Magazine issue 15|issue 15]]<br>1986
+Image:Miss_Liberte.JPG|"Miss Liberté" from the [[Muppet Magazine issue 15|Summer 1986 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'']]<br>1986
 Image:Piggystatueofliberty.jpg|German postcard, variation on "Miss Liberté"
-Image:Piggyliberty-mupmag.jpg|Dressed for [[Halloween]] in a comic from [[Muppet Magazine issue 16]]<br>1986
+Image:Piggyliberty-mupmag.jpg|Dressed for [[Halloween]] in a comic from the [[Muppet Magazine issue 16|Fall 1986 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'']]<br>1986
-Image:Piggyliberty.mupmag-fanart.jpg|fan art published in [[Muppet Magazine issue 18]]<br>1987
+Image:Piggyliberty.mupmag-fanart.jpg|fan art published in the [[Muppet Magazine issue 18|Spring 1987 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'']]<br>1987
+Image:LibertyBabyMP.jpg|''[[Muppet Babies]]'' episode "[[Episode 714: Happy Birthday, Uncle Piggy|Happy Birthday, Uncle Piggy]]"<br>1990
+Presents hamilton gifts 1990 miss piggy star spangled banner statue of liberty music box.jpg|[[Muppet music boxes (Presents)|Music box]]<br>1990
+Image:Miss_piggy_muppet_vision.jpg|''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]]''<br>1991
 Image:Wdwfountain.jpg|Fountain outside ''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]]''<br>1991
+Image:Hockey pin new york rangers.jpg|[[National Hockey League pins|National Hockey League pin]] for the New York Rangers<br>early 1990s
-Image:LibertyBabyMP.jpg|''[[Muppet Babies]]'' "[[Episode 714: Happy Birthday, Uncle Piggy|Happy Birthday, Uncle Piggy]]"<br>1990
-Image:Wdwpiggypvc.jpg|[[Walt Disney World Muppet PVC figures]]<br>mid-1990s
+Image:Wdwpiggypvc.jpg|[[Muppet PVC figures (Walt Disney World)|Walt Disney World Muppet PVC figures]]<br>mid-1990s
 Image:Liberty.songbook.jpg|''[[A Very Silly Songbook]]''<br>1995
-Image:Greatmuppetsliberty.gif|''[[Great Muppets in American History]]''<br>1997
+Image:Greatmuppetsliberty.gif|"The Statue of Piggery"<br>''[[Great Muppets in American History]]''<br>1997
 Image:Libertyantenna.jpg|Walt Disney World [[antenna topper]]<br>2003
-Image:Disneypinpiggystatue.jpg|[[Disney pins (Muppet)|Disney World pin]]<br>2005
+Image:Disneypinpiggystatue.jpg|[[Disney pins|Disney World pin]]<br>2005
-Image:Disneypinstitchmuppets.jpg|[[Disney pins (Muppet)|Disney World pin]]<br>2005
+Image:Disneypinstitchmuppets.jpg|[[Disney pins|Disney World pin]]<br>2005
 Image:Wdw2ndpiggypvc.jpg|[[Walt Disney World Muppet Poseable Figures set]]<br>2004
 Image:Iheartnewyork.jpg|[[Kermit's World Tour magnets]]<br>2006
-Image:Hiddendisneypin.jpg|[[Disney pins (Muppet)|Hidden Mickey pin]]<br>2006
+Image:Hiddendisneypin.jpg|[[Disney pins|Hidden Mickey pin]]<br>2006
+Image:Piggy.liberty.png|"The Muppets: The Great Search!" game on [[Muppets.com (2011)|muppets.com]]<br>2011
-Image:NYrangerspiggyliberty.jpeg|[[National Hockey League pins|National Hockey League pin]] for the New York Rangers
+Piggy liberty vinylmation.jpg|[[Vinylmation]]<br>2013
+Mymuppetsshow-icepiggyliberty.jpg|[[My Muppets Show]], Rooftop<br>2013
 </gallery>
 ==Muppets==
+<gallery orientation="square" captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="205">
-<gallery>
 Image:Statueofliberty-supermanspoof.jpg|A model created for a ''[[Superman]]'' spoof in the 1982 Miss Piggy Calendar, "[[The Miss Piggy Calendar 1982|Great Lovers of the Silver Screen]]" -- a Muppet [[Rats|rat]] plays the part of the Statue<br>1982
 Image:Promo-mtm01.jpg|Promotional lobby card for ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''<br>1984
+File:MuppetsTakeManhattan1984BRset.jpg|[[The Muppets Take Manhattan (book and audio)]]<br>1984
 Image:Gilchrist-liberty.gif|From a [[The Muppets (comic strip)|Muppet comic strip]] by [[Guy Gilchrist|Guy]] and [[Brad Gilchrist]].
 Image:Liberty-splashcomic.jpg|[[Muppet Magazine issue 8]]<br>1984
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 Image:Stripes-liberty.jpg|[[Stars & Stripes FOREVER!]]<br>2008
 Image:Liberty-whatnot.png|[[The Muppet Whatnot Workshop]] offers a Lady Liberty outfit<br>2008
+Image:Liberty-wayne-wanda.jpg|''[[The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]]'' #1<br>2009
+Image:Liberty-americanwoman.jpg|"[[American Woman]]"<br>2010
+Image:Muppets2011Trailer02-34.jpg|''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]''<br>2011
+Image:NYC-MayorBloomberg&TheMuppets-TimesSquare-(StatueOfLiberty).jpg|[[New York City Family Ambassadors]]<br>2012
+Statue of liberty - my muppets show.png|[[My Muppets Show]], The Ship<br>2013
+Toyota road trip day 3.jpg|[[Toyota|Toyota Highlander]] ad<br>2014
+Animal liberty hat lipton.jpg|[[Lipton]] commercial<br>2014
 </gallery>
 ==Sesame Street==
+<gallery orientation=square captionalign=center position=center spacing=small widths=205>
-<gallery>
 Image:Lberty.bert.jpg|Bert, in [[The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar]]
 Image:Liberty.pinball.jpg|[[Pinball Number Count]]<br>1977
 Image:Shalom-liberty.jpg|''[[Shalom Sesame]]'' opening<br>1986
-Image:Shalom.SailorSong.Liberty.jpg|[[Moishe Oofnik|Moishe Oofnik's]] Sailor Song
+Image:Shalom.SailorSong.Liberty.jpg|[[Moishe Oofnik|Moishe Oofnik's]] Sailor Song<br>"[[Show 8: Journey to Secret Places|Journey to Secret Places]]"
 Image:Ssmag.19860708.jpg|''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]''<br>July/August 1986
 Image:Bettylouliberty.jpg|[[Betty Lou]] in the same issue
+File:GGLiberty.jpg|"[[I Am the World]]"<br>{{eka|2987}}
 Image:Bbliberty.jpg|Spot illustration for ''Sesame Street Magazine''<br>July 1995
 Image:Liberty.sesamecredits.jpg|''[[Sesame Street]]'' end credits
 Image:Grover-Statue-Of-Liberty-German.jpg|[[Grover]] in a German ''[[Sesamstrasse]]'' postcard
 Image:SesameEnglish.Liberty.jpg|''[[Sesame English]]'' opening<br>1999
+Image:Dawnstatue.JPG|''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Let's Take a Trip!]]''<br>2000
+Image:BandeNyc.JPG|''Let's Take a Trip!''<br>2000
 Image:Zoe-statue-of-liberty.jpg|[[Zoe]] in the [[Universal Studios Japan]] Halloween parade<br>2008
+File:Sesamstrasse-statueofliberty.jpg|In the German [[Sesamstrasse (magazine)|''Sesamstrasse'' magazine]], pages that are designed to teach English words are marked with a picture of [[Rosita]] as the Statue of Liberty.<br>2010
+Gund abby statue of liberty.jpg|[[Abby Cadabby]] doll by [[Sesame Street plush (Gund)|Gund]]
 </gallery>
 ==Other==
+<gallery orientation=square captionalign=center position=center spacing=small widths=205>
-<gallery>
-Image:Liberty.timepiece.jpg|''[[Time Piece]]''<br>1965
+Image:Liberty.timepiece.jpg|''[[Time Piece]]''<br>(1965)
+File:Unclesam-babyrowlf.jpg|''[[Muppet Babies]]'' episode "[[Episode 108: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?|What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?]]"
-Image:Liberty-trash.jpg|The [[Muppet Magazine issue 19|Summer 1987]] issue of ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' features Emma Lazarus' poem "[[wikipedia:The New Colossus|The New Colossus]]" which is engraved in bronze on the Statue of Liberty, also pictured juxtaposed with a garbage dump fitting the article's theme.
+Image:The Muppets Face One Big Problem Promo (17).png|Featured in a [[The Muppets TV spots|TV spot]] for ''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]''<br>(2011)
-Image:Liberty-babies316.jpg|''[[Muppet Babies]]'' episode "[[Episode 316: Back to the Nursery|Back to the Nursery]]"
+Image:Liberty-babies316.jpg|''Muppet Babies'' episode "[[Episode 316: Back to the Nursery|Back to the Nursery]]"
 Image:Whatnot_liberty.JPG|In a display at the [[The Muppet Whatnot Workshop|Muppet Whatnot Workshop]].
+Image:Mattempirestate.JPG|[[Uncle Traveling Matt]] holding a postcard of the Statue of Liberty in the book ''[[What's a Fraggle?]]''
+Image:Liberty-trash.jpg|The [[Muppet Magazine issue 19|Summer 1987 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'']] features Emma Lazarus' poem "[[wikipedia:The New Colossus|The New Colossus]]" which is engraved in bronze on the Statue of Liberty, also pictured juxtaposed with a garbage dump fitting the article's theme.
 </gallery>
 ==Minor references==
 * In ''[[Camping in Canada]]'', [[Oscar the Grouch]] and [[Big Bird]] fly over the Statue of Liberty on their way to Canada.
+* In the book ''[[Before You Leap]]'', Kermit says one of the reasons he loves New York City is because even the Statue of Liberty is green.
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 [[Category:Historical References|Statue of Liberty]]
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+[[Category:America|Statue of Liberty]]

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