Duplicate characters

Characters appearing with additional instances of themselves.

Living reflections

A repeated gag used in various Muppet productions has a character performing an action, usually in front of a mirror, when suddenly, their reflection begins to act on its own.

Tom plays a clown preparing himself in a mirror. Bob, his reflection, can't find the same hat as Tom's. (First: Episode 0277)

An Anything Muppet discusses the concept of "same" with her reflection in the mirror. (First: Episode 0376)

Kermit the Frog faces off with The Mechanical Wind-up TV Show Host in a dressing room in The Muppet Show episode 104. The robotic copy finishes the dance with a slap to Kermit's face.

Maria, as Charlie Chaplin, faces off against a reflection of herself played by Linda in a Sesame Street sketch. (First: Episode 1032)

Gonzo's reflection interacts with him during "Act Naturally" in episode 405 of The Muppet Show.

During "Steppin' Out With a Star" in The Great Muppet Caper, Kermit performs a short soft-shoe routine, before his shadow begins dancing wildly on its own.

"My Furry Little Shadow" ends with Grover passing out. His furry little shadow, however, remains standing and wondering where his friend went. The shadow spots Grover on the ground and collapses as well.

Grover sings with his reflection in "Monster in the Mirror," which at one point morphs into an animated version of himself.

In Elmo's Dream, Elmo dreams that his reflection comes out of the mirror, then another Elmo appears, later on all three Elmos become good friends.

The Cat in the Hat's reflection interacts with him in the "A Bird’s Best Friend" episode of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

Statler is revealed to be a second Waldorf in disguise in episode 23 of From the Balcony.

Cookie Monster separates himself from his reflection (to his reflection's surprise) in the song "Me Want It (But Me Wait)."

In Muppets Most Wanted, Kermit hides from Constantine in the Tower of London by matching his movements in a mirror frame.

Gonzo in Muppets Haunted Mansion

Cloning

Instances where multiple versions of a character appear on screen at the same time - whether through scientific innovation, magic spell, or subconscious fantasy.

Two Rowlfs appear in a commercial featured in an IBM meeting film.

A pair of Rowlfs appear as the "Rowlf Brothers" in an industrial film for IBM.

Maria demonstrates here and there in Sesame Street Episode 0418.

Two Luises demonstrate near and far. (First: Episode 0583)

3 clones of Grover appear in frame with the original. (First: Episode 0718)

Kermit and his subconscious in the desert in The Muppet Movie

Beaker in The Muppet Show episode 514

Boober while singing "I'm Never Alone" in the Fraggle Rock episode "Boober Rock"

Gonzo and his duplicates tap-dance to "Tea For Two" on multiple screens in the Muppet*Vision 3D pre-show.

Maria as Charlie Chaplin and his look-a-like each have an umbrella. (First: Episode 1174)

Multiple Elmos singing "In Your Imagination"

A chorus of termites do "The Termite Chew" in Billy Bunny's Animal Songs.

Monty presents "something exactly the same, yet completely different" — two Lillians, one of whom has a different voice, in Sesame Street Episode 2939.

Cookie Monster sings with himself during all four seasons of the year in "Eating Cookie." (First: Episode 3467)

Zoe demonstrates "same" and "different." (First: Episode 3580)

Gonzo in TGIF bumpers

Elmo and Robert De Niro as Elmo in a Sesame Street insert (First: Episode 3978)

Kermit in Muppets Tonight episode 109 singing "Once in a Lifetime"

Gonzo in Muppets Tonight episode 207 singing "Dancing with Myself"

V-chip commercial, "there's no need debating"

Elmo in various episodes of Elmo's World

Benny Rabbit as the multiplying Space Bunnies in a Trash Gordon segment. (First: Episode 4095)

Trash Gordon comes face to face with his double. (First: Episode 4106)

Beaker in the "Ode to Joy" viral video

7 Elmos in Sesame Street Episode 4209

Abby Cadabby wonders if she could be a twin in Episode 4231.

Zoe wonders if she could be a twin in Episode 4231.

Bunsen uses Beaker's DNA in a Cloning Hat in the Muppet Labs level of LittleBigPlanet.

Animal in a 2014 Lipton commercial

Cookie Monster inadvertently wishes for 200 duplicates of himself in When You Wish Upon a Pickle.

Baby Kermit clones himself in "Counting Kermits."

Twenty-five copies of Beaker are produced by the Make-Another-You-Inator in "Counting Kermits."

An AM monster in the 2020 web video of "Hello Hello Song"

Rozzie gets twice copied by Bunsen and Beaker's Make-Another-You-Inator in "The Copy Cub."

Grover in the 2021 Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala

Wembley Fraggle in the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock episode "Four Wembleys and a Birthday"

Janice during a psychedelic marshmallow-induced trip in The Muppets Mayhem episode "Break On Through"

Notes

Scooter, inexplicably doubled on Muppet Babies.

• According to Muppet writer David Misch: "At one meeting [for Inner Tube] I suggested a sketch parodying soap operas, culminating in Miss Piggy confronting her evil 'identical twin triplets.' Jim's wife Jane, who sat in on all meetings, took umbrage at this, pointing out that whenever outsiders were given tours of 'Muppet Mansion,' the Henson headquarters in Manhattan, the workshop was off-limits. The reason? It was thought that seeing dozens of disembodied Muppet heads and body parts would be too upsetting or, at least, disillusioning to the viewer. The same principle, she felt, applied to many Piggys in a scene. I'm not sure her opinion was widely shared but the sketch was cut."

• After performing "Rocky Top" in split-screen, Roy Clark exits the stage with multiple copies of himself in The Muppet Show episode 303.

• The Muppet Babies episode "Raiders of the Lost Muppet" inexplicably shows Skeeter with two Scooters in one shot, during the song "Best Friends."

• On August 7, 2015 Kermit tweeted, "We needed a copy machine for #TheMuppets production office and Dr. Honeydew made a cloning machine. At least we'll never run out of pizza!" [1]

See also

• Carrying from both ends
• Multiple heads on characters
• Twins and impersonations of other characters for doppelgängers and other look-alikes