Muppets are almost always performed as traditional hand puppets. On some occasions, other techniques are used, including remote-controlled mechanisms. This is most commonly achieved by using a waldo, with increasing levels of complexity.

For characters performed almost exclusively in this manner (most often created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop), see the Creatures category.

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

• Wide Shots of Emmet and Alice Otter in rowboat.

The Great Muppet Caper

• Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo floating in crates on the water
• Wide shots of Kermit, Piggy and other Muppets in the bicycle scene ("Couldn't We Ride")

John Denver and the Muppets: A Rocky Mountain Holiday

• Robin sitting on John Denver's backpack
• Robin standing next to his clothesline

Fraggle Rock

• Various background Fraggles (first season)
• The Doozers
• The Gorgs (faces)
• Miniature versions of the main Fraggles for certain scenes with Gorgs

The Muppets Take Manhattan

• Rizzo (when picked up by Pete, and in a few other scenes)
• The rats cooking scene
• Kermit, sitting on a bar stool talking to Jenny, and on a park bench talking to Jenny

The Jim Henson Hour

• Waldo C. Graphic

Muppet*Vision 3D

• Waldo C. Graphic
• Kermit sitting on a firetruck

The Muppet Christmas Carol

• Rizzo and other rats in various scenes
• The Ghost of Christmas Present (face)

Muppet Treasure Island

• Wide shots of Kermit and Miss Piggy hanging upside down ("Love Led Us Here")
• Rizzo dangling on a wheel

Muppets from Space

• Kermit painting on a ladder
• Gonzo riding the lawnmower
• Rizzo being picked up by Hogan

Kermit's Swamp Years

• Young Kermit and Croaker sitting on the road
• Kermit riding his scooter

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

• Wide shots of Kermit sitting on park benches and standing in Bitterman Plaza.
• Wide shots of Gonzo playing the guitar on the park bench.
• Cage-dancing Scooter.

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

• Pepe being picked up by Dorothy
• Pepe in the corn field

Sesame Street

• Elmo wide shots in Riding My Tricycle
• Elmo and Zoe on the tire swing in Episode 4077

The Muppets

• Walter sitting on a bench outside of Mary's classroom.
• Kermit, Fozzie and Walter sitting on toilets in Gonzo's plumbing stock room.
• Walter during "Man or Muppet" (in an overhead shot) and "Life's a Happy Song" (standing on a stool), (on a bike).

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