The Muppets have borrowed many motifs from vaudeville or burlesque, especially in their earliest variety show appearances. Drag, or female impersonation, was one of these recurring motifs, sometimes deliberately intended as such, or simply recycling a male puppet in a wig or dress for a specific sketch. The practice has its roots in many vaudeville comics who had female characters, as well as the concept of the pantomime dame (where matrons or ugly stepsisters in stage fairy tales were always men in drag and young boys were usually women in drag and all the women in Shakespearean plays were portrayed by young men in drag).
Kermit the Frog in particular, in his earliest years, often donned a wig to lip sync to female vocalists such as Keely Smith or Rosemary Clooney. In an early appearance on The Today Show, the host complimented Jane Henson, performing the character opposite Jim Henson's Sam, on the "feminine" quality she brought to the character (though Jane tried to stress that the puppet was named Kermit, and normally male).
The Whatnots, Anything Muppets, Grouches, Unisaurs, and many Muppet Monsters have appeared incongruously as both genders.
On still other occasions, instead of a drag performance, a puppet is refurbished or recycled as a differently gendered character, a practice done with both male and female Muppets, for example, Miss Kitty was recycled for the Whatnot Monster's love in the "All of Me" number in The Muppet Show episode 108.
In "The Limerick Song (Come On and Sing Along With Me)", when Ernie sings a limerick about Bert, Bert complains about the fact that he's "always the one in the skirt".
Males in Drag
Picture | Character / Production | Notes |
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Ace Hart Dog City Episode 104: Disobedience School |
With Eliot Shag's help, Ace Hart accidentally changes into disguise #312 -- a tutu. | |
Ace Hart Dog City Episode 104: Disobedience School |
With Eliot Shag's help, Ace Hart accidentally changes into disguise #213 -- a Valkyrie costume. | |
Akshar Kumar Galli Galli Sim Sim |
Akshar Kumar, Bollywood movie star from India, in one of his many movie roles. | |
Alan Sesame Street Elmo's Super Numbers |
Alan fills in for Disappearing Girl at Numeric Con. | |
Angelo The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora |
Angelo stands in as Cat Cora for her birthday preparations, donning a blonde wig and dress while helping Gonzo and Fozzie make birthday treats. | |
Andy and Randy Pig Backstage with Miss Piggy |
Andy and Randy are seen on the cover messing with Miss Piggy's makeup and accessories. | |
Angel Marie Muppet Treasure Island |
Angel Marie (who, despite his name, is an ugly male monster) dresses up as a Hawaiian dancer. | |
Animal Muppets Tonight Episode 109 |
Auditioning as a Miss Piggy replacement. | |
Animal Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. |
Among the "Volunteer Clean-Up" choices on Disneyparksgive.com, Animal dressed in a "French Maid" costume. | |
Animal Lipton Be More Tea commercial |
Among the hundreds of thousands of Animals roaming Manhattan are multiple female versions. | |
Anything Muppet man Sesame Street |
As part of the game show "To Tell a Face," a man poses as Baby Bobby's grandmother. | |
B.P. Richfield Dinosaurs "Working Girl" |
Now that his workers have abandoned the idea, B.P. Richfield is forced to wear a woman's outfit to meet the quota. | |
Baby Bear Sesame Street Episode 3725 |
Baby Bear impersonates Prairie Dawn for a show, trying to play "her piano" (Rosita). | |
Baby Gonzo and Baby Scooter Muppet Babies "The Muppet Broadcasting Company" |
Baby Gonzo and Baby Scooter appear as an Andrews Sisters take-off, singing "Let's Hear It for Your Ears." | |
Baby Gonzo Muppet Babies "The Great Muppet Cartoon Show" |
Baby Gonzo portrays the Blue Fairy. | |
Baby Gonzo Muppet Babies "Episode 303: The Weirdo Zone" |
Baby Gonzo dresses up as Carmen Miranda. | |
Baby Gonzo Muppet Babies "Pigerella" |
Baby Gonzo portrays Cinderella's fairy godmother. | |
Baby Gonzo Muppet Babies (UK comic) issue #52 |
Baby Gonzo portrays Cinderella's fairy godmother again. | |
Baby Gonzo and Baby Fozzie Muppet Babies "Pigerella" |
Baby Gonzo and Baby Fozzie portray Cinderella's backup singers. | |
Baby Gonzo, Baby Rowlf, Baby Fozzie and Baby Animal Muppet Babies "Twinkle Toe Muppets" |
Baby Gonzo, Baby Rowlf, Baby Fozzie and Baby Animal wear tutus. | |
Baby Gonzo, Baby Rowlf and Baby Fozzie Muppet Babies "Slipping Beauty" |
Baby Gonzo, Baby Rowlf and Baby Fozzie portray the three good fairies. | |
Baby Gonzo, Baby Rowlf, Baby Fozzie, Baby Animal and Baby Scooter Muppet Babies "Around the Nursery in 80 Days" |
Baby Piggy imagines that a giant Piggy will make the other Muppet Babies wear pink dresses like her. | |
Baby Rowlf and Baby Scooter Muppet Babies "Beauty and the Schnoz" |
Baby Rowlf and Baby Scooter play the Woodsman's daughters in Kermit's version of Beauty and the Beast. | |
Baby Scooter Muppet Babies "Comic Capers" |
Using a computer drawing program, Baby Fozzie manipulates Baby Scooter, at one point turning him into Little Orphan Annie. | |
Baby Scooter Muppet Babies "Pigerella" |
Baby Scooter portrays one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters. | |
Baby Scooter Muppet Babies "Happy Birthday, Uncle Piggy" |
Baby Scooter dons a pink dress like that of Baby Piggy. | |
Beaker Muppets Tonight "The Cameo Show" |
Beaker and Bunsen sun-bathe in bikinis. | |
Beaker America's Got Talent |
After a performance by Terry Fator and Kermit, Animal, Beaker and the Swedish Chef replace judges David Hasselhoff, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan (respectively). | |
Beaker Muppet Treasure Island |
Beaker dresses up as Carmen Miranda. | |
Beaker Muppets Tonight episode 203 |
Beaker dresses up as Carmen Miranda again. | |
Bear "A Plant Grows in Bear's House" |
Ojo and Treelo give Bear a pretend haircut and put a bow in his hair. | |
Bear "Halloween Bear" |
Bear dresses as Goldilocks for Halloween. | |
Beautiful Day Monster Sesame Street |
Beautiful Day Monster disguises himself as a baker and a little girl to trick Ernie out of four of the five cookies. | |
Bert Sesame Street |
Bert reluctantly plays the role of Princess Gwendolynda in the story "The Magic Apple." | |
Bert Epi, Blas y los demás |
Bert reluctantly plays The Brothers Grimm's "Little Red Riding Hood." | |
Bert Epi, Blas y los demás |
Bert dresses as an oriental storyteller from the story collection "Arabian Nights." | |
Bert Sesamstrasse magazine |
Ernie dresses Bert as a veiled queen. | |
Bert A Muppet Family Christmas |
Bert plays the role of "Mama" in the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas pageant. | |
Bert The Perils of Penelope |
Why does Bert have to be the one to play Penelope? | |
Bert We're Counting on You, Grover! |
Bert plays the role of "Jack's Mother" in a Jack and the Beanstalk pageant. | |
Bert Elmo's Art Workshop |
Bert wears a tutu in one of the game's many stickers. | |
Bert The Sesame Street Dictionary |
Bert dresses up as Little Bo Peep. | |
Bert Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Bert plays the part of the princess in "The Frog Prince." | |
Bert Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Bert plays the part of the evil queen in "Snow White." | |
Bert Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Bert plays the part of the curious queen in "Rumpelstiltskin." | |
Bert Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Bert plays the part of the pretty, hard-working sister in "Frau Holle." | |
Bert The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar |
Bert appears dressed as The Statue of Liberty. | |
Bert The Little Red Hen |
Bert portrays the Little Red Hen. | |
Bert The Sesame Street Library Volume 11 |
Bert portrays Jill in a reenactment of "Jack and Jill". | |
Big Head Muppet Meeting Films |
In "How to End a Meeting," Big Head disguised himself as a fat lady opera star as an attempt to find a way to get an unstoppable speaker off the stage. Outside of the Muppet Meetings Films, the redressed puppet was later recycled in the role of an actual female character on Sesame Street. | |
The Big Bad Wolf Sesame Street Episode 3914 |
The Big Bad Wolf wears a blonde wig and plays the role of Goldilocks in the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" for the day since the real one is on vacation. | |
The Big Bad Wolf Sesame Street |
The Big Bad Wolf disguises himself as Little Red Riding Hood's grandma, as the story goes. | |
The Big Bad Wolf Sesame Street Episode 3973 |
Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf switch roles for Big Bird and Snuffy's play. | |
Big Bird Fairly Furry Fairy Tales |
Big Bird portrays Big Red Riding Hood. | |
Big Bird Goldilocks and the Three Grouches |
Big Bird portrays Goldilocks. | |
Big Bird The Sesame Street 1981 Mother Goose Calendar |
Big Bird portrays Mother Goose. | |
Big Bird Applause plush |
One of many Sesame Street plush toys by Applause, this Big Bird plush dons a grass skirt and lei. | |
Big Bird and Chris Sesame Street Episode 4140 |
Big Bird and Chris wear tutus when Zoe wishes everyone would wear tutus. | |
Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 3006 |
Big Bird and Snuffy dress up as Little Red Riding Hood to visit their grandmas. | |
Big Bird Sesame Street Episode 1089 |
Big Bird dons a grass skirt to remind Snuffy about the trip to Hawaii. | |
Big Bird Sesame Street Storybook Fun |
Big Bird portrays Little Red Riding Hood. | |
Bill the Bubble Guy Muppets Tonight Episode 109 |
Bill dresses in a wig and snout to audition as Miss Piggy. | |
Blögg Abby's Flying Fairy School |
To earn their Fairy Godmother wings, the students must poof a gown on Blögg for the "Cinderella Challenge". (First: Episode 4191) | |
Blögg Abby's Flying Fairy School |
Abby accidentally poofs a grass skirt and lei on Blögg. | |
Bob Sesame Street Episode 3595 |
Bob fills in for Prairie Dawn at a pageant. (YouTube) | |
Bobo the Bear Muppets Tonight Episode 104 |
Bobo dresses as Little Miss Muffet in a Fairyland PD sketch to catch a spider accused of harassment. | |
Bobut Aliens in the Family Episode 105 |
Bobut dresses in a wig to amuse Audrey and Wilt. | |
Boober Fraggle Fraggle Rock "Boober's Quiet Day" |
Caught in a web of lies, Boober dresses as The Old Gypsy Lady. | |
Bunsen Muppets Tonight "The Cameo Show" |
Beaker and Bunsen sun-bathe in bikinis. | |
Chewie the Cookie Cookie's Crumby Pictures |
To help restrain his hunger, Cookie dresses up his sidekick Chewie in a silver wig and pearls pretending he's his granny. | |
Chris Sesame Street Episode 4417 |
Chris pretends to be Elmo's grandma. | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street |
In various sketches, including a Sesame Street News Flash and Monsterpiece Theater segment, Cookie Monster assumes the role of "Little Red Cookie Hood." | |
Cookie Monster various |
In various published materials, Cookie Monster has appeared as Mona Lisa. | |
Cookie Monster When Is Saturday? |
Cookie Monster and Grover play dress-up in the attic. | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street |
Cookie Monster plays the role of The King's daughter in the story "The King's Nose." | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street |
Cookie Monster stars in the Sesame Street pageant performance of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain." (First: Episode 0907) | |
Cookie Monster The Sesame Street Dictionary |
Cookie Monster plays the queen who is eating bread and honey in the famed nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street News Flash |
Cookie Monster plays the princess in "The Princess and the Cookie," a take on The Princess and the Pea, where Cookie Monster eats the mattress when he feels a cookie under them. | |
Cookie Monster Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live |
Cookie Monster as Macarooner's assistant. | |
Cookie Monster Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live |
Cookie Monster dresses up as Monster Gaga. | |
Cookie Monster | Spoofing The Hunger Games for Entertainment Weekly, Cookie Monster plays Katniss Everdeen. | |
Cookie Monster Cookie's Crumby Pictures |
Cookie Monster spoofs The Hunger Games again, playing the role of "Cookie-ness Evereat". | |
Cookie Monster Michael Bublé's 3rd Annual Christmas Special |
Cookie Monster impersonates Mariah Carey in order to get to the cookies that Michael Bublé had baked for her. | |
Cookie Monster The Sesame Street Storybook Alphabet |
Cookie Monster portrays Goldilocks. | |
Cookie Monster The Sesame Street Mix or Match Storybook |
Cookie Monster wears a tutu as the Amazing Mumford's assistant. | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street Episode 4086 |
Cookie Monster pretends to be Granny Bird in order to get some birdseed cookies. | |
Cookie Monster Fairly Furry Fairy Tales |
In the story of "Big Red Riding Hood", Cookie Monster portrays Grandma. | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street Episode 4305 |
Cookie Monster pretends to be a monster named Rose-Marie. | |
Cookie Monster Cookie's Crumby Pictures |
Cookie Monster portrays Dorothy in a spoof of "The Wizard of Oz." | |
Cookie Monster Sesame Street Episode 4629 |
Cookie Monster dons a tutu at a meeting of the Sesame Street Dress Up Club. | |
Cookie Monster The Furchester Hotel "The Knights of the Furchester" |
Cookie Monster portrays a damsel in distress. | |
Cookie Monster and Grover Sesame Street Little Theater |
Cookie Monster is shown on the cover portraying a fairy princess and Grover as Little Red Riding Hood. | |
Count von Count Sesame Street |
In an edition of "The Count's Storybook Theatre," The Count plays the part of Countilocks in the story "Countilocks and the Three Bears." | |
Doglion Muppets Tonight Episode 208 |
Doglion wears a bow on his head and chases after Little Richard after the song, "I Hear You Knocking." | |
Doglion Muppets Tonight episode 107 |
When Sandra Bullock says "Shave and a Haircut", Doglion appears in a pink dress and responds by singing "Two bits". | |
Earl Sinclair and Roy Hess Dinosaurs Nuts to War |
Earl, Charlene and Roy form a female singing group to sneak into the army. | |
Earl Sinclair Dinosaurs "Working Girl" |
B.P. Richfield makes his workers dress as women in order to pass an inspection. | |
The Elephant Sesame Street |
Horatio the Elephant sometimes dons a tutu. | |
The Elephant Sesame Street Episode 4041 |
The Elephant portrays the princess in the story of "The Princess and the Two Elephants". | |
Eliot Shag Dog City "Springer Fever" |
Eliot tries to channel his mother, dressing up as her. | |
Elmo Sesame Street episode 4171 |
While Elmo and Abby Cadabby explain how they're same and different, Elmo imagines himself as a pink fairy monster. | |
Elmo Elmo's World: Hair |
Dorothy imagines Elmo wearing the same wig as Rapunzel. | |
Elmo Elmo's World: Dogs |
Dorothy imagines Elmo as a circus dog in a tutu. | |
Elmo, Mr. Snuffleupagus and Alan Sesame Street Episode 4321 |
Elmo, Snuffy and Alan wear tutus to perform Zoe's new ballet, "the Dance of the Six Swans". | |
Elmo and Grover Abby in Wonderland |
Elmo and Grover dress up as Carmen Miranda. | |
Elmo Elmo's Mother Goose |
Elmo appears on the cover wearing Little Bo Peep's bonnet. | |
Elmo Sesamstrasse |
Elmo appears in drag with Annette on the 41st season of Sesamstrasse. | |
Elmo Elmo's World: Hair |
Elmo comes into the room in a girly wig. | |
Elmo Sesame Street Live: 1-2-3 Imagine! |
Elmo dons a grass skirt. | |
Elmo Elmo's World: Dancing |
Elmo appears on the cover in a grass skirt. | |
Elmo Universal Studios Japan plush |
Among the Sesame Street/Hello Kitty merchandise sold at Universal Studios Japan is this Elmo plush dressed as Hello Kitty. | |
Elmo Sesame Street Episode 4274 |
Elmo tries to be taller by donning a beehive wig and his mommy's high heels. | |
Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster Sesame Street |
Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster don Sia-inspired wigs. | |
Elmo Sesame Street Episode 3686 |
Elmo and Telly rewrite the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as "Baby Bear and the Three Goldilocks". | |
Elmo Bavian bumper |
Elmo dons a purple tutu to introduce Angelina Ballerina. | |
Elmo Sesamgade Afsnit 212: Tandfeen |
Elmo dresses up as the tooth fairy and has a tea party with Signe. | |
Ernie Epi, Blas y los demás |
Ernie plays Gretel from The Brothers Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel." | |
Ernie The Sesame Street 1977 Calendar |
Ernie plays the queen from "The Princess and the Pea." | |
Ernie Sesame Street |
With his new disguise kit, Ernie plans to fool Bert by dressing as Little Red Riding Hood. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character, making him "Little Red Riding Hood" in one segment. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character, making him "Rapunzel" in one segment. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character, making him "Cinderella" in one segment. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character, making him "Sleeping Beauty" in one segment. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character in the segment "The Princess and the Duck." | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character, making him "Snow White" in one segment. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the titular character, making him the "Beauty" in "Beauty and the Beast." | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays Gretel, opposite to Bert's Hansel. | |
Ernie Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Ernie plays the part of the ugly, lazy sister in "Frau Holle." | |
Ernie Paper Doll Players |
Ernie is seen on the cover portraying Goldilocks. | |
Ernie and Bert Coconut Coast's Moonlight Macaroons ad |
Ernie and Bert dance the hula in grass skirts and leis with flowers on their heads. | |
Fozzie Bear The Muppet Show Episode 216 |
Fozzie weasels his way into more of the show by dressing as First Mate Piggy in "Pigs in Space." | |
Fozzie Bear The Muppets Look at TV |
Fozzie appears on the game show " To Tell a Spoof" to prove who's the real Miss Piggy. | |
Fozzie Bear Muppet Treasure Island |
Fozzie dresses up as Carmen Miranda. | |
Gonzo The Muppet Show Episode 109 |
Gonzo tries out a female impersonation act. | |
Gonzo The Muppets Look at TV |
Gonzo appears on the game show " To Tell a Spoof" to prove who's the real Miss Piggy. | |
Gonzo Wheel of Fortune |
Gonzo asks Kermit, "do you think Vanna will let me keep the dress?" | |
Gonzo Kermitage Collection |
As a spoof of "Whistler's Mother". | |
Gonzo Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration |
Gonzo portrays Cinderella's "fairy god-thing". | |
Gonzo Miss Piggy's Guide to Life |
As the result of a makeover from Miss Piggy. | |
Grover Sesame Street |
Grover becomes a fairy godmonster for narrating the story of "The Cursed Prince". | |
Grover Global Grover |
Grover appears in a lei, grass skirt, and floral headdress. | |
Grover Sesamstrasse postcard |
Grover appears on a postcard dressed as the Statue of Liberty. | |
Grover Big Bird's Mother Goose |
Grover portrays Little Miss Muffet. | |
Grover Sesame Street Episode 4525 |
Grover wears a tutu and attempts to dance while doing other things at the same time. | |
Grover and Mr. Johnson Sesame Street Episode 4140 |
Grover and Mr. Johnson wear tutus when Zoe wishes everyone would wear tutus. | |
Hannes Sesamstrasse Folge 2336 |
When Nils thinks Ella's weather house is broken, Finchen decides to solve the problem by having Hannes and Froni switch clothes. | |
Harry the Hipster Sam and Friends "Powder-Burn" |
Harry plays Marshall Dilly's girlfriend Doggy.
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Herry Monster The Sesame Street Storytime Calendar 1982 |
Herry Monster portrays the Queen of Hearts. | |
Icky Gunk Sam and Friends "I've Got You Under My Skin" |
Icky Gunk wears a blonde wig to lip-sync to "I've Got You Under My Skin" as one of Kermit's backup singers. | |
Jimmy Kimmel Sesame Street The Word of the Day |
Jimmy Kimmel plays his sister Kimmy for the "Sibling" Word of the Day. | |
Johnny Fiama Muppets Tonight Episode 109 |
Johnny auditions for Miss Piggy's replacement. | |
Johnny Fiama Muppets Tonight Episode 210 |
Johnny tries to dress up as an old lady to avoid getting hurt by Evander Holyfield. | |
John Ritter The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show |
John Ritter serves as Miss Piggy's understudy when Miss Piggy refuses to participate in the final number. | |
Kermit the Frog Various |
Kermit appears in drag to lip-sync to "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," a sketch used on many variety shows. | |
Kermit the Frog Sam and Friends Old Black Magic |
Kermit appears as a female singer. | |
Kermit the Frog What's My Line? |
To disguise himself from the panel, Jim Henson puts a wig on Kermit and speaks in a female voice. | |
Kermit the Frog The Muppet Show Episode 202 |
Kermit dons a wig and goes under the name "Ms. Mask" for a lady wrestling match. | |
Kermit the Frog "Sesame Street News Flash" |
Cinderella's Fairy Godmother tries to make a beautiful ball dress appear on Cinderella without success: the gown ends up on Kermit instead. | |
Kermit the Frog Dolly |
In a brief bumper returning from commercials, Kermit remarks: "Is it just me, or is this Dolly craze really catching on?" | |
Kermit the Frog The Muppets Go Hawaiian |
Kermit wears a grass skirt to dance the hula with Miss Piggy. | |
Kermit the Frog Muppet Treasure Island (Muppet Sing Alongs) |
Kermit dresses up as Carmen Miranda. | |
Kermit the Frog United States Mint ad |
Kermit dresses up as Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Statue. | |
Kermit the Frog Muppets Most Wanted |
Kermit attempts escape The Gulag disguised as one of the laundry ladies, but he quickly learns it's the second most attempted method of prison escape. | |
Kermit the Frog Muppet Moments: Halloween |
Kermit impersonates Miss Piggy after a girl puts a pig-eared wig on him. | |
Lenny the Lizard Muppets Tonight episode 203 |
Lenny dresses up as Carmen Miranda. | |
Luis Sesame Street Episode 4140 |
Luis appears in a tutu when Zoe wishes everyone would wear tutus. | |
Max Muppet*Vision 3D |
Donning a tutu, Max takes over for Debbie when she can't make it. | |
Mr. Callahan Muppets Tonight |
Mr. Callahan is seen wearing nail polish and jewelry. Polly Lobster and Clueless Morgan make references to him also wearing silver lip gloss and other cosmetics. | |
Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle Elmo's World: Nursery Rhymes |
Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle, dresses up as Little Bo Peep. | |
Murray Monster Sesame Street Episode 4326 |
Murray wears a "fat lady" opera star costume to perform with Isabel Leonard. | |
Oscar the Grouch Oscar's Book |
Oscar puts on a blonde curly wig, and pretends to be "Melody", a new little girl who lives on Sesame Street. But when Big Bird sees "Melody", he invites everyone to meet their new neighbor, and Oscar gives up the charade. | |
Oscar the Grouch Mother Grouch Nursery Rhymes |
Oscar portrays Mother Grouch. | |
Oscar the Grouch Big Bird's Mother Goose |
Oscar portrays Little Bo Peep. | |
Oscar the Grouch Sesame Street publicity photo |
Oscar is seen again as Little Bo Peep in a promotional image. | |
Oscar the Grouch and Slimey Sesame Street Episode 4140 |
Oscar and Slimey wear tutus when Zoe wishes everyone would wear tutus. | |
Oscar the Grouch Sesame Street episode 1220 |
Oscar dons a female wig to pretend he's Cody's mother. | |
Oscar the Grouch Sesame Street episode 4828 |
Oscar wears a tutu to dance with Zoe. | |
Otto the Automatic Entertainer The Muppet Show Episode 320 |
A blonde wig is slapped on Otto to play the part of a woman in Fozzie's magic comedy act. | |
Pancho Contreras Plaza Sésamo Episodio 878 |
While babysitting a Multimuppet boy, Pancho dresses like his Multimonstruo mother to make him stop crying. | |
Peter Piper Sesame Street Episode 4511 |
Peter Piper dons a tutu to dance with Horatio the Elephant. | |
Pepe the King Prawn V-Chip commercial |
To show things that the V-chip will block, Pepe appears in a "see-through nighty." | |
Pepe the King Prawn Muppets Tonight Episode 109 |
Pepe auditions for a Miss Piggy replacement. | |
Pepe the King Prawn Muppets Tonight Episode 202 |
Pepe wears a dress as the assistant for a new act: Seymour tries to whip a cigar out of Pepe's mouth. | |
Pepe the King Prawn Muppets from Space |
While invisible, Pepe dances ballet in a tutu, until he becomes visible again. | |
Pepe the King Prawn Disney Xtreme Digital |
Pepe wears a tutu for his ballet "Prawn Lake." | |
Pepe the King Prawn Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
Pepe wears his tutu again, though this time in combination with a top hat, for his line "Nine ladies dancing" in "The Twelve Days of Christmas." | |
Pepe the King Prawn Muppets.com |
On a promotional image for his character gallery, Pepe can yet again be seen wearing his tutu. | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2280 |
Pferd plays the role of Queen Nopfertete when the gang imagines building a pyramid in Egypt. | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2285 |
Pferd portrays Rapunzel so Prince Wolle can bring him a carrot. | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2408 |
Pferd plays the role of Goldmarie in Wolle's test about snow, reenacting the the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Frau Holle." | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2480 |
Pferd pretends to be Wolle's aunt in order to get a piece of cake. | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2486 |
Pferd attempts to dress like Gundel Gackerburg to get Wolle to play hide-and-seek. | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2486 |
Pferd dresses up as a ballerina in a Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow segment. | |
Pferd Sesamstrasse Folge 2486 |
Pferd dresses up as a flamenco dancer in a Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow segment. | |
Pferd Eine Möhre für Zwei: Das Geheimnis der Blumenfabrik |
Pferd dresses up as a cleaning lady in order to steal an evil business man's secret plans to destroy a park in order to build a plastic flower factory. | |
Pferd Eine Möhre für Zwei: Bitte Lächeln |
Pferd dresses in a Valkyrie hat for a photographer (Wigald Boning). | |
Pferd Eine Möhre für Zwei: Der Kostümwettbewerb |
For a costume competition, Pferd dresses up as the beautiful protagonist to Wolle's beast from Beauty and the Beast. | |
Pferd & Rumpel Sesamstrasse Folge 2321 |
Pferd and Rumpel dress as Wolle's grandma. | |
pig Sesame Street episode 4227 |
A male pig helps demonstrate the word incognito by wearing a wig and tutu. | |
Pip and Pop Bear in the Big Blue House Episode 221: Dance Fever! |
Pip and Pop dress up as Carmen Miranda to dance "the Grandma Mambo". | |
Rizzo the Rat Disney pin |
Rizzo the Rat impersonates Tinkerbell on a Disney pin. | |
Rizzo the Rat Toyota commercial |
Rizzo dresses up as a showgirl. | |
Rizzo the Rat The Muppets episode 101 |
Rizzo dresses up as Catherine the Great in a pitch for a sketch on Up Late with Miss Piggy. | |
Rizzo Muppet Babies "Tooth and Consequences" |
Rizzo plays the Tooth Fairy after Animal loses a tooth, but insists that while he's wearing a tutu, he's still a boy. | |
Rizzo Muppet Babies "My Brother Vinny" |
Rizzo imagines himself as several famous musicians, including Sia and Lady Gaga. | |
Rocco Sesame Street |
Zoe often puts a tutu on Rocco. | |
Rocco Sesame Street Episode 4097 |
Rocco portrays Goldirock in the story of "Goldirock and Baby Bear". | |
Rowlf the Dog The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 319 |
Rowlf dresses up as a maid, since he fulfills all the roles in his household. | |
Roy Hess Dinosaurs "Working Girl" |
Roy and his other co-workers as forced to pose as women to appease the government's new policy of hiring women. | |
Rumpel Sesamstrasse Folge 2358 |
Rumpel portrays Rumpel White, a grouchy parody of Snow White. | |
Sam Eagle YouTube "Jungle Boogie" |
An intoxicated Sam Eagle dreams about singing "Jungle Boogie" in hula girl get-up, complete with hula skirt, coconut bra and flowers in his hair/feathers. | |
Samson Sesamstrasse live concert NDR Radiophilharmonie mit Ernie, Bert und Samson |
Samson appeared during one of the live concerts, dressed in a tutu. | |
Sal Minella Muppets Tonight Episode 212 |
Sal dons a wig and dress to act like Johnny Fiama's mother. | |
Sal Minella It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie |
A lipsticked Sal dons a wig and dress behind-the-scenes for unused scenes from The World in which Kermit was Never Born at Club Dot, shown during Inside Pepe's Studio on the MGM DVD release of the film. | |
Scudge Sesame Street |
Scudge appeared as Beautiful Day Monster's wife in the first season game show, "The Mr. and Mrs. Game", donned up in a wig and necklace. | |
Seymour the Elephant Muppets Tonight Episode 109 |
Seymour auditions for a Miss Piggy replacement. | |
Sid Turtlepuss Dinosaurs "Working Girl" |
Sid is forced to be in drag to impress the government's new policy of hiring women. | |
Skenfrith Fraggle Rock episode 308 |
Skenfrith impersonates Red. | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 2226 |
Snuffy portrays Susan in a play about Miles' Adoption. | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street |
Snuffy wears a tutu as part of his cloud costume. | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 3295 |
Snuffy dons a grass skirt for Snuffleupagus-American Day. | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 3320 |
Snuffy dons a tutu in a series of ballet-themed number segments. | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 3973 |
Big Bird and Snuffy reenact the story of "Little Red Riding Hood". | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 3973 |
Snuffy portrays Granny in the final performance. | |
Mr. Snuffleupagus Sesame Street Episode 1079 |
Snufy dresses up as Shirley Temple in hopes to win a trip to Hawaii. | |
The Snuffleupagus Fairy The Sesame Street ABC Storybook |
The Snuffleupagus fairy, despite being a male, wears a fairy-princess cap. | |
Sprocket Fraggle Rock "Red's Blue Dragon" |
Sprocket impersonates a female poodle. | |
Stinky the Stinkweed Sesame Street Episode 4194 |
Stinky wears a tutu, the birthday present he received from Zoe. | |
Sweetums The Muppet Show Comic Book: Muppet Mash issue #11 |
Sweetums serves as Miss Piggy's understudy's understudy's understudy. | |
Sweetums Muppets Most Wanted |
Sweetums dons a dress, a tiara, nail polish and lipstick. | |
Sweetums The Muppets Facebook page |
Sweetums wears a hat modeled after the one worn by Princess Beatrice of York at the Royal Wedding. | |
Telly Monster Sesame Street Episode 3926 |
In their play, Telly is given the role of the mother. | |
Telly Monster Sesamestreet.org |
Telly wears a pinafore, a decorative garment apron, while he dusts. | |
Telly Monster Sesame Street Episode 4162 |
The Fairy Shoeperson gives Telly some ballet slippers that make him dance out of control. | |
Telly Monster Sesame Street Episode 3989 |
Telly, as the Big Bad Wolf, disguises himself as Little Red Riding Hood's grandma. | |
Telly Monster Sesame Street Episode 3686 |
Telly and Elmo rewrite the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as "Baby Bear and the Three Goldilocks". | |
Telly Monster and Baby Bear Sesame Street Episode 4040 |
Telly and Baby Bear imagine themselves dressing in drag and having a tea party. | |
Telly Monster and Baby Bear Sesame Street Episode 4040 |
Telly and Baby Bear imagine themselves wearing tutus and dancing ballet. | |
Telly Monster and Bert Clap Your Hands! |
Telly and Bert don grass skirts and leis. | |
Traveling Matt Fraggle Rock "The Incredible Shrinking Mokey" |
Traveling Matt gets an involuntary makeover by two young Silly Creatures. | |
Treelo Bear in the Big Blue House "The Great Pretender" |
Treelo portrays Grandma in a reenactment of "Little Red Riding Hood". | |
Uncle Deadly The Muppets "Got Silk?" |
Uncle Deadly plays Cher Horowitz in his gender swapped stage adaptation of the film Clueless; a role originated by Alicia Silverstone. | |
Waldo C. Graphic The Jim Henson Hour |
Two of Waldo's many transformations. | |
Wilkins Wilkins Coffee commercials |
In various commercials, Wilkins plays a female role. | |
Wontkins Wilkins Coffee commercials |
In various commercials, Wontkins plays a female role. | |
Wolf Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Wolf plays the evil witch to Bert's Hansel and Ernie's Gretel. | |
Wolf Eine Möhre für Zwei: Der Kostümwettbewerb |
For a costume competition, Wolf ironically dresses up as Little Red Riding Hood. | |
Wolle Sesamstrasse Folge 2321 |
Wolle plays the role of Little Red Riding Hood, as he imagines the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale, read to him by Nils. | |
Wolle Sesamstrasse Folge 2408 |
Wolle plays the role of Frau Holle for his test about snow, reenacting the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale of the same name. | |
Wolle Ernie & Bert Märchensongs |
In a series of fairy tale re-enactments, Wolle plays the part of a princess in "The Princess and the Duck" (The Princess and the Pea). | |
Wolle Eine Möhre für Zwei: Das Geheimnis der Blumenfabrik |
Wolle dresses up as a cleaning lady in order to steal an evil business man's secret plans to destroy a park in order to build a plastic flower factory. | |
Wolle Sesamstrasse Folge 2331 |
Wolle portrays the wicked queen from Snow White. | |
Zoot Kermitage Collection |
As a spoof of "The Sleeping Gypsy". |
Females in Drag
Picture | Character / Production | Notes |
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Abby Cadabby Elmo's Alphabet Challenge |
Abby portrays a mustachioed character similar to Mario. | |
Abby Cadabby Abby Mix & Match Nursery Rhymes |
Abby dresses up as Little Boy Blue. | |
Baby Skeeter Muppet Babies "Pigerella" |
Baby Skeeter dons Groucho glasses. | |
Baby Skeeter Muppet Babies "Skeeter and the Wolf" |
Baby Skeeter portrays Peter in the story of Peter and the Wolf. | |
Baby Skeeter A Trip Through Time |
Baby Skeeter portrays one of the Wright Brothers. | |
Bel Vila Sésamo |
Garibaldo puts Groucho glasses on Bel. | |
Finchen Eine Möhre für Zwei: Das Geheimnis der Blumenfabrik |
Finchen dresses up as a male, mustachioed postal worker in order to steal an evil business man's secret plans to destroy a park in order to build a plastic flower factory. | |
Gabi Sesame Street Episode 3408 |
Gabi is given the role of the Alligator King in the pageant. | |
Gabi Sesame Street Episode 3408 |
Gabi and Big Bird switch roles so that Gabi plays Alligator Kid #7. | |
Gabi Sesame Street Episode 3469 |
While playing school, Gabi dons a fake mustache and pretends to be the teacher's assistant. | |
Gina Sesame Street Episode 4022 |
On her day off, Gina dons a fake beard so that her patients will leave her alone. | |
Grandma Flutter Bear in the Big Blue House Episode 416: Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday |
Grandma Flutter dons a fake beard to play for the all-men's River City Rodents baseball team. | |
Linda Sesame Street (First: Episode 1032) |
Linda, alongside Maria, appeared as Charlie Chaplin's reflection in a skit. | |
Maria Sesame Street |
Maria appeared regularly in pantomime skits as Charlie Chaplin. | |
Maria Sing Yourself Silly! |
After Ernie sings "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree", Maria wears Groucho glasses as she and Luis pop up exclaiming, "Now that's silly!" | |
Miss Piggy I Love Liberty |
Miss Piggy tries to get into the Muppets' re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by pretending to be George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. | |
Miss Piggy Walt Disney Studios Facebook page |
Piggy dresses up as Abraham Lincoln in a Presidents' Day video. | |
Natasha Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! |
Natasha portrays baby Jesus in a Nativity pageant. | |
Prairie Dawn The Sesame Street Storytime Calendar 1982 |
Prairie Dawn portrays Peter Pan. | |
Red Fraggle Fraggle Rock Episode 310: The Secret Society of Poohbahs |
Red dons Groucho glasses. | |
Sylvia Sesame Street Episode 3856 |
Sylvia dresses as Oscar for Wormy Gras. | |
Taminella Grinderfall Tales of the Tinkerdee |
Taminella disguises herself as Santa Claus and Pierre the French sculptor.
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Zoe Sesame Street Episode 4914 |
Zoe disguises herself as "Mr. Fuzzlebuzz". |