![]() ![]() ![]() Matthew Lillard as Luc Fromage, a foppish French choreographer.Joan Cusack as Rachel Bitterman, a spoiled, rich young banker/real estate developer.David Arquette as Daniel, an angel who appears to Kermit at Christmas.Outside, the Muppets sing " We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Defeated, Bitterman storms out of the Muppet Theater. Pepe arrives and announces he has made the Muppet Theater into a historical landmark, foiling Bitterman's plans. However, Bitterman arrives to shut the theater down and fights with Miss Piggy. Kermit has Daniel restore him back to his reality and returns to the Muppet Theater. In the world without Kermit, Bitterman has turned the park near the Muppet Theater into a shopping mall called Bitterman Plaza, the Muppet Theater itself has become a nightclub called Club Dot owned by Bitterman, Doc Hopper's French-Fried Frog Legs (first seen in The Muppet Movie) has become a famous fast-food restaurant, and all of Kermit's friends have fallen into various detrimental situations. When Daniel arrives, and after Kermit wishes he has never been born, he ends up showing Kermit what would have happened if he had not existed. When Fozzie eventually makes it to the bank and Bitterman's office, he goes through a gigantic web of burning lasers leading to Bitterman's office several times before finally discovering that he is too late and that he has grabbed the wrong bag containing clothes for the Salvation Army following his incident at the Christmas tree lot.Īfter witnessing these events, the Boss allows Daniel to help Kermit. Fozzie goes through the steam baths and ends up back to normal where he throws off the Whos. Fozzie confronts a crazed nature-show host (spoofing Steve Irwin), and a gang of Whos after being dyed green at a Christmas tree lot and mistaken for the Grinch by some angry Whos. Kermit sends Fozzie to deliver the money to Bitterman. After the show, Pepe finally explains to Kermit that the deadline has changed and shows him the contract. The musical is a success, concluding with a standing ovation. The Muppets perform their Christmas musical Moulin Scrooge (a parody of the film Moulin Rouge! ) and Pepe continues trying to talk to Kermit. Pepe overhears this and sets about informing Kermit about the deadline change, but Pepe keeps being interrupted. Meanwhile, after learning from Pepe that the deadline is midnight, Bitterman changes it to 6:00 p.m. Kermit travels out to California and retrieves Miss Piggy, who gets fired working as an extra on the TV series Scrubs. While trying to raise money to pay Bitterman, Kermit tries to find a celebrity to participate in his Christmas play to no avail. Miss Piggy leaves the Muppets to go and work in Hollywood. Pepe the King Prawn leaves the Muppets because he has fallen in love with Bitterman. Kermit is approached by Rachel Bitterman ( Joan Cusack), a banker/real estate agent who says she will foreclose the Muppet Theater if Kermit does not pay her. Hours earlier, Kermit prepares a Christmas show with his fellow Muppets with Bobo the Bear playing Santa Claus. Kermit eventually feels he is not useful to anyone and an angel named Daniel ( David Arquette) brings this up with his Boss ( Whoopi Goldberg) as they review what has gone on with Kermit in the past hours. This is also the final Muppets material from The Jim Henson Company, as The Muppets were in their final years of ownership by Henson before being sold to Disney in 2004.ĭuring the holiday season, the Muppet Theater is going through financial hardship, and the Muppets are seeking Kermit the Frog for guidance. The film is also one of the few Muppets-related productions that are currently not owned by The Walt Disney Company, and along with Sam and Friends are owned by NBCUniversal. Instead, Eric Jacobson performed Oz's characters Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Animal, marking his feature film debut as those characters. This was the first Muppets production without the involvement of veteran Muppet performer Frank Oz. ![]() The film is a homage to Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, which has a similar plot. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he was never born. ![]() It stars Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson, Dave Arquette, Joan Cusack, Matthew Lillard, William H. The film premiered Novemon NBC and the first film to be made for television for The Muppets franchise. Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 American musical fantasy comedy television film directed by Kirk R. ![]()
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