A list of times when Full-Bodied Muppets became normal-sized hand puppets, and vice versa.

This list does not include walk-arounds built for theme parks, live stage shows or other personal appearances.

Characters who regularly switched between puppet and walk-around

• Delbert the La Choy Dragon
• The Elephant
• Skenfrith

Characters who switch from walk-around to hand puppets

• Sundance

Characters who have occasionally switched types

• Gorgon Heap
• Splurge
• Mean Mama

Full-Body characters who switched to puppets for close-up shots

• Mordecai Sledge
• Lardpork
• Caleb Siles
• Mean Floyd
• Betsy Bird
• Junior Gorg

Hand-puppets who switched to full-body costumes for certain scenes

• Oscar the Grouch (walking in his can)
• Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, the Count and Oscar (ice-skating in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street)
• Bert and Betty Lou (ice-skating in Episode 2847)
• Miss Piggy (stunt scenes in The Great Muppet Caper; rollerskating in The Muppets Take Manhattan)
• Ernie and Bert (flying an airplane in Follow That Bird)
• Pops (driving the Happiness Hotel bus in The Great Muppet Caper)
• Taminella Grinderfall in The Frog Prince
• Jen in The Dark Crystal

Full-body costumes who switched to hand-puppets for certain scenes

• Junior Gorg (when shrunk to Fraggle size in "The Gorg Who Would Be King")

See alsoEdit

• Full-Bodied Muppet