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A Grouch's mission in life is to be as miserable and grouchy as possible, and pass that feeling on to everyone else. Only then will a Grouch feel in touch with his or her world and be happy. Yet, even though a Grouch may show happiness at anyone's misfortune (including his or her own), a Grouch would ''never'' admit to being happy. Such is the stability of a Grouch's life: so balanced, and yet so unbalanced. Oscar is especially aware of this.
  
A Grouch's mission in life is to be as miserable and grouchy as possible, and pass that feeling on to everyone else. Only then will a Grouch feel in touch with his or her world and be happy. Yet, even though a Grouch may show happiness at anyone's misfortune (including his or her own), a Grouch would ''never'' admit to being happy. Such is the stability of a Grouch's life: so balanced, and yet so unbalanced. Oscar is especially aware of this.
   
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Anything a Grouch likes is best described (to you and me) as ''rotten, smelly, yucky, awful, dirty'' and ''trashy'' to name a few. A Grouch will only buy appliances that don't work, keep pets that no person would keep in a house (such as elephants and worms), eat foods that are undesirable for any reason (they have a particular affinity for sardines in anything), sing out-of-tune, play the radio at high volume, and bathe in mud. As with the monster species, Grouches generally go unclothed - any Grouch that chooses to wear clothing will generally make sure it's the rattiest, dirtiest and most threadbare it can find. More about Grouches can be learned in the book ''[[How to Be a Grouch]]''.
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Anything a Grouch likes is best described (to a non-Grouch) as ''rotten, smelly, yucky, awful, dirty'' and ''trashy'' to name a few. A Grouch will only buy appliances that don't work, keep pets that no person would keep in a house (such as elephants and worms), eat foods that are undesirable for any reason (they have a particular affinity for sardines in anything), sing out-of-tune, play the radio at high volume, and bathe in mud. As with the monster species, Grouches generally go unclothed - any Grouch that chooses to wear clothing will generally make sure it's the rattiest, dirtiest and most threadbare it can find. More about Grouches can be learned in the book ''[[How to Be a Grouch]]''.
   
 
Whoever your favorite celebrity is, or whatever your favorite TV show or attraction is, the Grouches are sure to have their own grouchy analogue. Examples include TV show host [[Sally Messy Yuckyael]], reporter [[Dan Rather-not]], and the Grouch theme park Six Crabs Yucky World. With their many parallels of real aspects of American culture and of the human condition, the Grouches are an important element of [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]'s diverse environment.
  
Whoever your favorite celebrity is, or whatever your favorite TV show or attraction is, the Grouches are sure to have their own grouchy analogue. Examples include TV show host [[Sally Messy Yuckyael]], reporter [[Dan Rather-not]], and the Grouch theme park Six Crabs Yucky World. With their many parallels of real aspects of American culture and of the human condition, the Grouches are an important element of [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]'s diverse environment.
   
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While [[Oscar the Grouch]] is the best-known Grouch to viewers of ''Sesame Street,'' many other Grouches have surfaced over the years. Originally, they were made from a spare Oscar puppet, and thus shared the same color. In 1978, a new set of Grouch puppets of various colors and sizes were created that could be repurposed into different characters (similar to an [[Anything Muppet]]). Grouches figured prominently in ''[[Follow That Bird]]'' and especially ''[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]''. The latter explained that most Grouches come from [[Grouchland USA]], presented as Oscar's hometown, though many Grouches are also found internationally. According to the production notes for ''Elmo in Grouchland'', 25 new Grouch puppets were made for the film (and reused in variations to create a large Grouch population). Many of these are still used on the show today.
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While [[Oscar the Grouch]] is the best-known Grouch to viewers of ''[[Sesame Street]],'' many other Grouches have surfaced over the years. Originally, they were made from a spare Oscar puppet, and thus shared the same color. In 1978, a new set of Grouch puppets of various colors and sizes were created that could be repurposed into different characters (similar to an [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]]). Grouches figured prominently in ''[[Follow That Bird]]'' and especially ''[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]''. The latter explained that most Grouches come from [[Grouchland USA]], though many Grouches are also found internationally and in other locations such as [[Grouchytown]] and Grouchville (home of Oscar's cousin Leon in "[[Sesame Street Skills for Growing|New Grouch in Town]]"). According to the production notes for ''Elmo in Grouchland'', 25 new Grouch puppets were made for the film (and reused in variations to create a large Grouch population). Many of these are still used on the show today.
   
 
==Grouch index==
  
==Grouch index==
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===Recurring grouches===
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===Oscar the Grouch and family===
  
 
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
  
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
 
Ss3.jpg|{{GNH|[[Oscar the Grouch]]}}
  
Ss3.jpg|{{GNH|[[Oscar the Grouch]]}}
 
Grungetta white.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grundgetta]]|Oscar's girlfriend}}
  
Grungetta white.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grundgetta]]|Oscar's girlfriend}}
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Image:Ernest.jpg|{{GNH|[[Ernest the Grouch]]|Oscar's brother}}
  
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Bunny grouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Bunny the Grouch]]|Oscar's sister}}
  
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Image:Youngfilthomena.jpg|{{GNH|[[Filthomena]]|Oscar's niece}}
  
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Image:GrandpaGrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grandpa Grouch]]|Oscar's grandfather}}
  
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Image:Grannygrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Granny Grouch]]|Oscar's grandmother}}
  
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Image:Character.irvine.jpg|{{GNH|[[Irvine]]|Oscar's niece}}
  
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Mrs Grouch - thumb.jpg|{{GNH|[[Mrs. Grouch]]|Oscar's mother}}
  
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How to Be a Grouch - Pop.png|{{GNH|[[How to Be a Grouch|Pop]]|Oscar's father}}
  
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How to Be a Grouch - Otto.png|{{GNH|[[How to Be a Grouch|Otto the Grouch]]|Oscar's brother}}
  
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How to Be a Grouch - Smiling George.png|{{GNH|[[How to Be a Grouch|Smiling George]]|Oscar's cousin}}
  
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Image:Roscoe.jpg|{{GNH|[[Roscoe]]|Oscar's cousin}}
  
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Image:Unclehank.jpg|{{GNH|[[Uncle Hank]]|Oscar's uncle}}
  
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How to Be a Grouch - Uncle Billy.png|{{GNH|[[How to Be a Grouch|Uncle Billy]]|Oscar's uncle}}
  
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
   
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===Oscar the Grouch and family===
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*Mentioned but unseen: [[Uncle Louie (grouch)|Uncle Louie]], [[Uncle Smarmy]], Uncle Philip (mentioned in a ''[[Wired]]'' video), and Oscar's nephew, [[Timothy Grouch]].
  
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* ''see [[Oscar's family]]''
   
 
===Celebrity Grouches===
  
===Celebrity Grouches===
 
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
  
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
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Image:Rathernot.and.Cranky.jpg‎|{{GNH|[[Dan Rather-not]]}}
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Image:DanRatherNot.png|{{GNH|[[Dan Rather-not]]}}
 
Dearcrabby.jpg|{{GNH|[[Dear Crabby]]}}
  
Dearcrabby.jpg|{{GNH|[[Dear Crabby]]}}
 
DivaGarbagedump.png|{{GNH|[[Diva Garbagedump]]}}
  
DivaGarbagedump.png|{{GNH|[[Diva Garbagedump]]}}
 
Image:Character.donaldgrump-elmo.jpg|{{GNH|[[Donald Grump]]}}
  
Image:Character.donaldgrump-elmo.jpg|{{GNH|[[Donald Grump]]}}
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3695-Arden.jpg|{{GNH|[[Elizablecccch Arden]]}}
  
 
Image:Groucheye.jpg|{{GNH|[[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy|The Drab Five]]}}
  
Image:Groucheye.jpg|{{GNH|[[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy|The Drab Five]]}}
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3695-Arden.jpg|{{GNH|[[Elizablecccch Arden]]}}
 
GoozieOrman.png|{{GNH|[[Gooze Orman]]}}
  
GoozieOrman.png|{{GNH|[[Gooze Orman]]}}
 
Grouch-Valenti.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grouch Valenti]]}}
  
Grouch-Valenti.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grouch Valenti]]}}
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Bellagrouchy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Harry Bellagrouchy]]}}
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Itzyuck.jpg|{{GNH|[[Itzyuck Perlmud]]}}
 
Martha-Sewer.jpg|{{GNH|[[Martha Sewer]]}}
  
Martha-Sewer.jpg|{{GNH|[[Martha Sewer]]}}
 
Image:Character.omagrossagrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Omagrossa]]}}
  
Image:Character.omagrossagrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Omagrossa]]}}
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File:RonaldGrump-Grouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Ronald Grump (grouch)|Ronald Grump]]}}
 
Image:Sallymessyyuckayel.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sally Messy Yuckyael]]}}
  
Image:Sallymessyyuckayel.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sally Messy Yuckyael]]}}
 
Image:Sharongroan.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sharon Groan]]}}
  
Image:Sharongroan.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sharon Groan]]}}
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===Grouchland residents===
  
===Grouchland residents===
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These are characters who live in [[Grouchland USA]], as seen in the 1999 film ''[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]''.
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Characters who live in [[Grouchland USA]], as seen in the 1999 film ''[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]''.
 
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
  
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
 
Image:Grizzy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grizzy]]}}
  
Image:Grizzy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grizzy]]}}
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Image:Grouchcustomer.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grouch Ice Cream Customer|Ice cream customer]]}}
  
Image:Grouchcustomer.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grouch Ice Cream Customer|Ice cream customer]]}}
 
Image:Grouchjailer.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grouch Jailer|Jailer]]}}
  
Image:Grouchjailer.jpg|{{GNH|[[Grouch Jailer|Jailer]]}}
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</gallery>
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===Grouchytown residents===
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Characters who live in [[Grouchytown]] as seen in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2648]].
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<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
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Grouchytown-Otto.jpg|{{GNH|[[Otto (Grouch)|Otto]]}}
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Grouchytown-Velma.jpg|{{GNH|[[Velma]]}}
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Grouchytown-Worby.jpg|{{GNH|[[Worby]]}}
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2648 kid grouch.jpg|{{GNH|grouch kid}}
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2648 hair curlers.jpg|{{GNH|grouch in hair curlers}}
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
   
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3838g.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 3838|Benny from Bensenhurst]]}}
  
3838g.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 3838|Benny from Bensenhurst]]}}
 
Blechman.jpg|{{GNH|[[Miss Blechman]]}}
  
Blechman.jpg|{{GNH|[[Miss Blechman]]}}
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MrBlechstein.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 4127|Warren Blechstein]]}}
 
Blecka.jpg|{{GNH|[[Blecka]]}}
  
Blecka.jpg|{{GNH|[[Blecka]]}}
 
Character.dirtothy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Dirtothy]]}}
  
Character.dirtothy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Dirtothy]]}}
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Kvetch-gallery.jpg|{{GNH|[[Dr. Kvetch]]}}
  
Kvetch-gallery.jpg|{{GNH|[[Dr. Kvetch]]}}
 
LeontheGrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Leon the Grouch]]}}
  
LeontheGrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Leon the Grouch]]}}
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2971-Liddy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Liddy]]}}
 
LotharGrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Lothar the Grouch]]}}
  
LotharGrouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Lothar the Grouch]]}}
 
Luba Merquick.jpg|{{GNH|[[Luba Merquick]]}}
  
Luba Merquick.jpg|{{GNH|[[Luba Merquick]]}}
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Matilda grouch 0372.jpg|{{GNH|[[Matilda]]}}
 
2789f.jpg|{{GNH|[[Leonardo da Vinci|Moaning Lisa]]}}
  
2789f.jpg|{{GNH|[[Leonardo da Vinci|Moaning Lisa]]}}
 
3838c.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 3838|Max in Milwaukee]]}}
  
3838c.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 3838|Max in Milwaukee]]}}
 
3959zb.jpg|{{GNH|[[Moe, Moe and Moe]]}}
  
3959zb.jpg|{{GNH|[[Moe, Moe and Moe]]}}
 
3838e.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 3838|Mona from Montag]]}}
  
3838e.jpg|{{GNH|[[Episode 3838|Mona from Montag]]}}
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OldYukDonald.jpg|{{GNH|[[Old YukDonald]]}}
 
Osvaldo, el Gruñón.jpg|{{GNH|[[Osvaldo, el Gruñón]]}}
  
Osvaldo, el Gruñón.jpg|{{GNH|[[Osvaldo, el Gruñón]]}}
 
Othmar.jpg|{{GNH|[[Othmar the Grouch]]}}
  
Othmar.jpg|{{GNH|[[Othmar the Grouch]]}}
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Grouchytown-Otto.jpg|{{GNH|[[Otto (Grouch)|Otto]]}}
  
 
PhooeyLouie.jpg|{{GNH|[[Phooey Louie]]}}
  
PhooeyLouie.jpg|{{GNH|[[Phooey Louie]]}}
 
Prunella.jpg|{{GNH|[[Prunella]]}}
  
Prunella.jpg|{{GNH|[[Prunella]]}}
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Travis.jpg|{{GNH|[[Travis|Travis the Grouch]]}}
  
Travis.jpg|{{GNH|[[Travis|Travis the Grouch]]}}
 
MsTurpentine.jpg|{{GNH|[[Ms. Turpentine]]}}
  
MsTurpentine.jpg|{{GNH|[[Ms. Turpentine]]}}
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Grouchytown-Velma.jpg|{{GNH|[[Velma]]}}
  
 
VidelSpittoon.jpg|{{GNH|[[Vidal Spittoon]]}}
  
VidelSpittoon.jpg|{{GNH|[[Vidal Spittoon]]}}
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Grouchytown-Worby.jpg|{{GNH|[[Worby]]}}
  
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
   
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Mr Disgracey.jpg|{{GNH|Mr Disgracey}}[[Episode 4324]]
  
Mr Disgracey.jpg|{{GNH|Mr Disgracey}}[[Episode 4324]]
 
Gordon Trashgiving.jpg|{{GNH|[[Gordon]]}}[[Episode 4324]]
  
Gordon Trashgiving.jpg|{{GNH|[[Gordon]]}}[[Episode 4324]]
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File:FairyGrouchMother.png|{{GNH|Oscar's Fairy Grouch Mother}}[[Episode 3612]]
 
Image:Sandrabernhard.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sandra Bernhard|Grouch waitress]]}}
  
Image:Sandrabernhard.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sandra Bernhard|Grouch waitress]]}}
 
Image:Paulbartel.jpg|{{GNH|[[Paul Bartel|Grouch cook]]}}
  
Image:Paulbartel.jpg|{{GNH|[[Paul Bartel|Grouch cook]]}}
 
Image:Grouchketeers.jpg|{{GNH|[[The Grouchketeers|Grouchketeers]]}}
  
Image:Grouchketeers.jpg|{{GNH|[[The Grouchketeers|Grouchketeers]]}}
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Image:Grouchoftheyear.png|{{GNH|[[How to Be a Grouch|Grouchy girl]]|Winner of the Grouch of the Year Award}}
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Image:Grouchoftheyear.png|{{GNH|[[How to Be a Grouch|Cathy Crotchet]]|Winner of the Grouch of the Year Award}}
 
Image:Macklemore can.jpg|{{GNH|Mucklemore|[[Episode 4514]]}}
  
Image:Macklemore can.jpg|{{GNH|Mucklemore|[[Episode 4514]]}}
 
Image:Pepe-grouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Pepe (Sesamstrasse)|Pepe]]|''[[Sesamstrasse]]''}}
  
Image:Pepe-grouch.jpg|{{GNH|[[Pepe (Sesamstrasse)|Pepe]]|''[[Sesamstrasse]]''}}
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===Grouch Pets===
  
===Grouch Pets===
 
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
  
<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
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Image:Esme-Cow.jpg|{{GNH|[[Esme]]}}
 
Image:Ewcats-oscar.jpg|{{GNH|[[Fido (cat)|Fido]]}}
  
Image:Ewcats-oscar.jpg|{{GNH|[[Fido (cat)|Fido]]}}
 
Image:Preposterous.jpg|{{GNH|[[Preposterous]]}}
  
Image:Preposterous.jpg|{{GNH|[[Preposterous]]}}

Revision as of 18:00, 20 October 2020

Grouches1

Grouches singing their anthem.

Grouches2

The Grouches of Grouchland

Grouches are an eccentric race of pessimistic, argumentative, and unhygienic furry creatures who prefer to live wherever there is garbage: trash cans (Oscar's preferred choice), city dumps, even the occasional landfill (although, some Grouches live in old cars, broken down houses, although Oscar remarks some live in "yucky beautiful houses"). Grouches are a distinct species from Monsters.

A Grouch's mission in life is to be as miserable and grouchy as possible, and pass that feeling on to everyone else. Only then will a Grouch feel in touch with his or her world and be happy. Yet, even though a Grouch may show happiness at anyone's misfortune (including his or her own), a Grouch would never admit to being happy. Such is the stability of a Grouch's life: so balanced, and yet so unbalanced. Oscar is especially aware of this.

Anything a Grouch likes is best described (to a non-Grouch) as rotten, smelly, yucky, awful, dirty and trashy to name a few. A Grouch will only buy appliances that don't work, keep pets that no person would keep in a house (such as elephants and worms), eat foods that are undesirable for any reason (they have a particular affinity for sardines in anything), sing out-of-tune, play the radio at high volume, and bathe in mud. As with the monster species, Grouches generally go unclothed - any Grouch that chooses to wear clothing will generally make sure it's the rattiest, dirtiest and most threadbare it can find. More about Grouches can be learned in the book How to Be a Grouch.

Whoever your favorite celebrity is, or whatever your favorite TV show or attraction is, the Grouches are sure to have their own grouchy analogue. Examples include TV show host Sally Messy Yuckyael, reporter Dan Rather-not, and the Grouch theme park Six Crabs Yucky World. With their many parallels of real aspects of American culture and of the human condition, the Grouches are an important element of Sesame Street's diverse environment.

While Oscar the Grouch is the best-known Grouch to viewers of Sesame Street, many other Grouches have surfaced over the years. Originally, they were made from a spare Oscar puppet, and thus shared the same color. In 1978, a new set of Grouch puppets of various colors and sizes were created that could be repurposed into different characters (similar to an Anything Muppet). Grouches figured prominently in Follow That Bird and especially The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. The latter explained that most Grouches come from Grouchland USA, though many Grouches are also found internationally and in other locations such as Grouchytown and Grouchville (home of Oscar's cousin Leon in "New Grouch in Town"). According to the production notes for Elmo in Grouchland, 25 new Grouch puppets were made for the film (and reused in variations to create a large Grouch population). Many of these are still used on the show today.

Grouch index

Recurring grouches

Oscar the Grouch and family

Celebrity Grouches

Grouches from around the world

These are Grouches from international Sesame Street co-productions.

Grouchland residents

Characters who live in Grouchland USA, as seen in the 1999 film The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

Grouchytown residents

Characters who live in Grouchytown as seen in Sesame Street Episode 2648.

Other Grouches

Human Grouches

Though Grouches are usually presented as a unique species much like Monsters or Honkers, occasionally humans have shown up as Grouches, likely designated as such because of a similarity and sympathy in temperament and personality.

Grouch Pets

Grouch Groups

Trivia

Sources

  1. ↑ Ask Elmo.

See also

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