Body part removal

Instances in which Muppets have had their body parts removed. See also Head-impaired characters and Building faces.

Picture	Character / Production	Notes
	Beaker The Muppet Show Episode 212	Beaker removes his hair briefly to demonstrate the side effects of using Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's new element, "Bunsonium," as a shampoo.
	Beaker The Muppet Show Episode 217	Dr. Honeydew tests out his new hair-growing tonic on Beaker, which blasts his hair into the sky.
	Beaker The Muppet Show Episode 305	Dr. Honeydew's edible paper clips are harmless, except for causing Beaker's nose to fall off.
	Bert Sesame Street Test Show 1	Ernie counts two eyes, two ears and two noses. Bert is quick to point out the latter is incorrect, so Ernie rips off Bert's nose and plops it on his face, giving him two.
	Bert Sesame Street Episode 0026	Bert sneezes so strongly, his nose comes off and Ernie tries putting it back.
	Bert Sesame Street Episode 0463	Ernie's sculpture of Bert is missing a nose, but Ernie has run out of clay to make one, so he replaces Bert's nose onto the sculpture.
	Bert The Muppet Show Episode 102	Ernie removes Bert's nose as he describes his physique.
	Bert The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	During their speech about Sesame Street, Ernie removes Bert's nose.
	Bert Finish the Picture	Ernie removes Bert's nose on the book's cover.
	Bert "Don't Forget to Watch the Movie"	In a demonstration of improper movie theater etiquette, Ernie takes Bert's nose and places it on a fellow moviegoer's face.
	Cookie Monster Sesame Street outtake	In an outtake for Episode 4804, which was included in the blooper reel screened at the Sesame Street Puppets Live event, Cookie Monster ends up eating his left eye pupil when eating a book.
	Ernie Sesame Street Episode 0005	Bert warns Ernie that the "Mysterious Nose-Snatcher" is watching them. Ernie goes closer and closer to the screen, doubtful of Bert's warning and ends up with his nose removed.
	Gonzo Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration	Gonzo's nose explodes (much to his own enjoyment).
	Gonzo as the Tin Thing The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	The Tin Thing's nose doubles as a cellphone.
	Kermit the Frog The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	The Flying Monkeys rip Scarecrow Kermit's arms off, take out all his stuffing, and remove his head.
	Mary Louise The Muppet Show Episode 103	The Green Frackle pulls her nose off after it's stuck on him.
	Murray Monster Sesame Street Episode 4267	For a game of "What's Missing?," Murray has his nose removed for the viewer to notice it. He reapplies it once the game is through.
	Sweetums The Muppet Show Episode 119	Sweetums offers Vincent Price a hand in carrying wardrobe...literally. "That's my kind of joke," Vincent remarks.
	Vicente Plaza Sésamo Episode 737	A monster tries buying a pair of ears from Vicente, but none suit him. He removes Vicente's ears and places them on his own head, finding them to be the most suitable.
Other Characters
Picture	Production	Description
	The Ed Sullivan Show "Come Together"	Near the end of the song, a large cowboy named Flattop loses his arms and legs.
	Sesame Street "I Want to Hold Your Ear"	Maurice sings a love song while removing the facial features from his indifferent sweetheart.
	"I Feel Pretty"	In this musical number performed in Julie on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show episode 109, the lead singer gradually removes her facial parts and replaces them with monstrous features.
	The Muppet Show Episode 108	A monster takes off all his body parts in "All of Me."
	The Muppet Show Episode 117	A Whatnot dancer's eye sticks onto his partner's face when he pulls away, to show that he's really got his eye on her.
	The Muppet Show Episode 123	Vendaface removes facial parts from two Whatnots.
	The Muppet Show Episode 220	When Droop comments that Phyllis is blowing the size of her nose out of proportion, her nose expands like a balloon and pops.
	Sesame Street "Big Round Nose"	The Anything Muppet lead singer removes his nose and tries on the noses of three AM bystanders before putting his back on.
	Muppets Tonight Theme Song	Quongo removes a Whatnot's nose.
	Sesame Street "B.B. King"	Two bearded Anything Muppets rip each other's beards off.
Honorable Mention
Picture	Character	Description
	The Anything Muppets	During the first decade of Sesame Street, the conceit of the "Anything People" was that they could be turned into whoever or whatever, often by members of the human cast. This "shapeshifter" trait was dropped within the first few years of the show. see: Building faces#Sesame Street