Impersonations of animals

Instances when characters dress up as animals (even if they're animals to begin with).

Picture	Impersonator	Animal	Production / Notes
	Abby Cadabby	dog	Sesame Street song "Hello, Halloween!" Abby Cadabby sings about different costumes and dresses up as a dog (an "Argyle Sock Puppy"), among other things.
	Akshar Kumar	rabbit	Galli Galli Sim Sim Akshar Kumar, Bollywood movie star from India, in one of his many movie roles.
	Akshar Kumar	tiger	Galli Galli Sim Sim Akshar Kumar, Bollywood movie star from India, in one of his many movie roles.
	Alan	fly	Sesame Street Episode 4273 Alan posses as a fly to attract a frog for a princess to kiss.
	Alice the Actress	rabbit	Sesame Street Episode 2619 Alice the Actress appears on Hoots the Owl's talk show in her "Flopsy" costume from her play, The Three Sisters.
	Baby Bear	monkey	Sesame Street episode 3853 Baby Bear helps Elmo bring the zoo to Maria.
	Baby Bear, Telly Monster and Elmo	cats	Sesame Street episode 3948 The three portray cats to keep Little Murray Sparkles company.
	Baby Bear and Telly Monster	dogs	Sesame Street episode 4137 Baby Bear and Telly dress as dogs to try and lure the word "dog" back into their book.
	A banana	tiger	Sesame Street A banana being asked to play the part of a tiger in a movie agency sketch.
	Barkley	cow	Sesame Street Episode 2142 As an experiment, Dr. Nobel Price places horns and a cowbell on Barkley to see if he'll moo.
	Bats	cows	Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic The Count's bats play cows in his movie The Counting Kid Counts Again.
	Bert as a pigeon and Ernie	a duckie	Sesame Place The Count's Halloween Spooktacular The park's Bert and Ernie walk-around characters dress-up as their favorite birds for Halloween.
	Bert	caterpillar	Sesame Street Butterfly Pageant Bert dresses up as a caterpillar for the pageant.
	Bert	deer	Sesamstrasse Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow segment (EKA: Folge 2472) As part of Finchen's song about the woods, Ernie dresses Bert up like a deer.
	Bert	rooster	Sesamstrasse Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow segment (EKA: Folge 2475) As part of Lena and the chickens' song about farm animals, Ernie dresses Bert up like a rooster.
	Bert	shark	Sesamstrasse Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow segment (EKA: Folge 2460) Bert plays the shark in Samson's song about underwater.
	Bert	swan	Sesamstrasse Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow segment In Pferd's song about dancing, Ernie dresses Bert up as a swan.
	Bert	donkey	Sesamstrasse Ernie & Bert Märchensongs segment When reenacting The Town Musicians of Bremen, Bert plays the part of the donkey.
	Big Bird	elephant	Sesame Street episode 0330 Big Bird disguises himself as an elephant in order to get a flashlight from Luis.
	Big Bird	"Big Fish"	Sesame Street episode 3161 Wolfgang the Seal chases fish explorer Wanda Cousteau all over the Street. Big Bird pretends to be Wanda's huge friend, Big Fish, to scare Wolfgang into leaving Wanda alone.
	Big Mean Carl	"Carl the Big Mean Bunny"	Muppets Tonight "Stand By Me" Carl dresses as a bunny during the game show "Swift Wits" and as part of a violin act in episode 106. In "Stand By Me", he dons the same bunny ears to attract fellow rabbits so he can eat them.
	Big Mean Carl	frog	Muppets Tonight! Episode 211 In a scene from Four Weddings and a Frog, Carl appears in a long line of frogs waiting to meet Andie, posing as one by going "Ribbit. Ribbit." One frog sees through his attempt and gets eaten.
	Bob	bee	The Perfect Thing Placido Flamingo sings about the perfect thing for bees to do.
	Bob	chicken	Episode 4063 Bob dances the "Clucky Clucky" to help Elmo fall asleep.
	Bob	bee, spider	Sesame Street Episode 3627 Bob portrays a bee and a spider in Snuffy's story, "Are You My Brother?".
	Bunsen, Beaker and penguins	bunnies	Muppetisms Bunsen and Beaker test a theory about bunnies.
	Buster the Horse	zebra	Learning About Letters Buster in stripes to demonstrate the letter Z.
	a cat	dog	The Jim Henson Hour episode 104 A stunt cat dresses as a dog in a behind-the-scenes feature for Dog City, failing to prove that the "thing" between cats and dogs is just a myth.
	The Cat in the Hat and Little Cats A, B, and C	birds	The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss "The Cat in the Hat's First-First Day" The Cat in the Hat and the Little Cats dress as birds to cheer Terrence McBird as he tries to fly.
	The Cat in the Hat	parrot	The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss "The Blag-Bludder Beast" The Cat in the Hat dressed as a parrot to scare the Troomphians and Yertle into thinking he's a mythical creature until he shows up.
	Carrot the Pony	elephant	The Furchester Hotel "Pony in Disguise" Elmo and Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz attempt to disguise Mr. Carrot as an elephant so no one will ask him for a pony ride, but unfortunately a tortoise would really like an elephant ride.
	Cookie Monster	cow	Episode 0437 Cookie Monster dresses as a cow and "gives milk" (a glass of it) in order to get cookies.
	Cookie Monster	bird	Episode 0437 Cookie dresses as a bird to get cookies, but gets a mouthful of birdseed instead.
	Cookie Monster	Cookie Bunny	Sesame Street Cookie Monster wearing long blue ears, small nose, whiskers, and buck teeth, until they fall out of his mouth as he "hides" his colorful cookies.
	Cookie Monster	Cookie Duck	The Furchester Hotel "Furchester TV" Cookie Monster dresses as a duck to simulate a cooking show for Mr. and Mrs. Quackmore.
	a dancer	lion	The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show During the "Calendar Song," a chorus dancer appears as a lion, to demonstrate March. When he turns around, however, on his back is a Muppet-style lamb, who opens his mouth and bleats.
	Doc	Sprocket	Fraggle Rock "I Want to Be You" Doc goes as his own dog to the society costume ball.
	Doc Hopper	frog	The Muppet Movie Doc Hopper portrays a frog in a commercial for Doc Hopper's French Fried Frog Legs
	The Elephant	penguin	Sesame Street Episode 3145 An elephant is seen dressed as a penguin during the penguin party at the Furry Arms.
	Elmo	lion	Sesame Street episode 3853 Elmo dresses as a lion to bring the zoo to Maria.
	Elmo	puppy	Sesame Street episode 3952 Elmo dresses as a puppy in a song.
	Elmo	cow	Sesame Street Elmo plays a silly cow who quacks in the song "Baby, Say It Loud."
	Elmo	sheep	Sesame Street Following a Count sketch where a delivery man dresses as a sheep, Elmo appears in a short tag, dressed as a sheep himself.
	Elmo	wolf	Sesame Street episode 4095 Elmo and Zoe dress up as wolves for their Big Bad Wolf auditions.
	Elmo	butterfly	Sesame Street Episode 4268 Elmo pretends to be a butterfly to make friends with one.
	Elmo	duck	The Furchester Hotel "Furchester TV" Elmo and Phoebe dress as ducks and pretend to do multiple shows for the entertainment of Mr. and Mrs. Quackmore.
	Elmo, Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz and Furgus Fuzz	lambs	The Furchester Hotel "Episode 152: The Lamb Stampers" Elmo, Phoebe and Furgus fill in for two of the Lamb Stampers, who have come down with "dance fever" and can't perform.
	Eric the Parrot	penguin	The Muppet Show episode 507 When Eric the Parrot disguises himself as a penguin, he appears as any other Muppet penguin. However, he is actually wearing a penguin costume, under which he cannot wear his parrot suit for fear of wrinkling it.
	Ernie	sheep	"Journey to Ernie" Season 35 Ernie poses as Little Bo Peep's sheep to evade Big Bird.
	Ernie	dog	Sesamstrasse Ernie & Bert Märchensongs segment When reenacting The Town Musicians of Bremen, Ernie plays the part of the dog.
	Fat Blue Delivery Man	sheep	Sesame Street When the sheep go on strike, The Count has a delivery man dress as a sheep, so he can count him and go to sleep.
	Fay Ray	frog	Sesame Street Fay dresses up as a frog or maybe Kermit the Dog.
	Fay Ray	polka-dotted black insect	Sesame Street Fay dresses up as a polka-dotted black insect.
	Fay Ray	moose	Sesame Street Fay dresses up as a moose, yak, or maybe a deer.
	Finchen	rooster	Sesamstrasse Folge 2398 The gang impersonates the Musicians of Bremen.
	Fluffinella	French poodle	Fraggle Rock "Red's Blue Dragon" Though not shown onscreen, Fluffinella attends Ms. Ardath's masquerade party as a French poodle.
	Fozzie Bear	lion	The Muppets Go to the Movies As the Cowardly Lion, from the Wizard of Oz sketch.
	Fozzie Bear	lion	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz As the Cowardly Lion.
	Frackles disguised	cute, furry animals	The Muppet Show episode 524 Three Frackle spies pose as animals to infiltrate Roger Moore's closing number, "Talk to the Animals".
	Gladys the Cow	cat	Sesame Street Episode 2054 Gladys dresses up as a cat for her performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
	Gonzo	bat	Muppets Tonight episode 108 Gonzo is costumed appropriately for a role in his own musical, "Bats."
	Gordon	bird	Sesame Street episode 3354 Gordon dresses as Big Bird's Grandpa Bird after they discover that Grandpa Bird canceled his travel plans.
	Gordon	wolf	Sesame Street episode 4095 Gordon acts as a temporary replacement for the Big Bad Wolf.
	Grover	elephant	Sesame Street In a lecture on noses, Grover demonstrates with an elephant's trunk.
	Grover	mouse	A Muppet Family Christmas Grover plays the unstirring mouse in The Night Before Christmas pageant.
	Grover	peacock	The Street We Live On Grover wears a peacock feather, possibly to match Ming.
	Grover	puffin	Sesame Street Episode 4109 Grover dresses as a puffin in a Global Grover segment about Iceland.
	Grover	crow	Sesame Street In a Global Grover segment, Grover shows how well a Polish scarecrow works by dressing as a crow and being scared by it.
	Harvey Korman	chicken	The Muppet Show episode 110 Kermit puts Harvey in a white chicken suit.
	Herry	butterfly	Sesame Street Butterfly Pageant Herry dresses up as a butterfly for the pageant, wearing orange Monarch butterfly wings.
	Herry Monster	fish	Sesame Street Food Pageant Herry plays a fish in a pageant about healthy food (though his mother made his costume too small).
	Iver	shark	The Hoobs Iver dresses as a shark, while the other Hoobs dress as a seal, octopus and crab. (YouTube)
	Jack Black	chicken	Sesame Street Episode 4173 Jack Black dons an elaborate chicken disguise to fool Elmo while explaining the word "disguise."
	Jason Alexander	bat	Muppets Tonight episode 108 Jason is costumed appropriately for a role in his own musical, "Bats."
	Jon Voight	brown turkey	The Muppet Show Live Voight performs with the chickens.
	Kermit	rabbit	Sesame Street News Flash sketch Reporting on rainy day activities, Mona shows how to pretend and makes Kermit pretend to be a rabbit.
	Kermit	cow	Sesame Street Season 17 Kermit being switched to a cow after he and Gladys switch roles in a sketch in Season 17.
	Kermit	Frogo the Dragon	Muppets Tonight episode 207 Kermit as the dragon in Dennis Quaid's screen test of Dragonheart.
	Kermit	Frogzilla	Muppets Tonight episode 203 Kermit as the reptilian monster in a sketch The Hardy Pig Boys.
	Kermit	Pig	Muppets Haunted Mansion Kermit dresses as Miss Piggy for Halloween.
	Kevin Kline, Telly Monster and Colambo	chickens	Sesame Street episode 3129 Nick Chicken (Kline), Telly and Colambo disguise themselves as chickens to find find a mysterious chicken thief.
	Kids	zoo animals	Sesame Street episode 3853 Devon dresses as a giraffe, Sara as an elephant and Devon's rabbit as a leopard.
	Lola	monarch butterfly	Plaza Sésamo Episodio 798 After learning about the monarch butterfly, Lola imagines what it would be like to have butterfly wings herself.
	"Margaret"	chicken	The Muppets Take Manhattan Gonzo's boat driver at the aquacade, in the same chicken suit from The Muppet Show.
	Maria	queen bee	Fiesta! Maria plays the queen bee to officiate at the fiesta carnival
	Maria	cat	Sesame Street Episode 2054 Maria attempts to teach Gladys the Cow to act like a cat because she can't quite get it right; however, this annoys Gladys, who puts her costume on Maria.
	Miss Piggy	Frog	Muppets Haunted Mansion Piggy dresses as Kermit for Halloween.
	Monty	penguin	Sesame Street episode 3091 Monty dresses as a penguin for his new penguin school.
	Monty	chicken	Sesame Street Monty dresses as a chicken while disrupting Prairie Dawn's lecture on anger.
	Natalie Portman and Elmo	elephants	Sesame Street Natalie and Elmo play "The Princess and the Elephants" with a real Elephant.
	Oscar the Grouch	Cat	Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf Oscar plays the role of the Peter and the Wolf cat.
	Oscar the Grouch	bug	Sesame Street Episode 4175 Oscar and Slimey dress as bugs to make Slimey's new pet bug feel welcome.
	Pferd	donkey	Sesamstrasse Folge 2398 The gang impersonates the Musicians of Bremen.
	Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz	duck	The Furchester Hotel "Furchester TV" Phoebe and Elmo dress as ducks and pretend to do multiple shows for the entertainment of Mr. and Mrs. Quackmore.
	Red Fraggle	flying fish	Fraggle Rock Episode 103: Let the Water Run and Episode 303: Boober and the Glob Red dresses as a flying fish to dive into the pool.
	Rosita	bear	Sesame Street episode 3853 Rosita helps Elmo bring the zoo to Maria.
	Rosita	cat	Sesame Street episode 4811 Rosita pretends to be a cat to introduce the episode; she later reappears in her costume to close the show.
	Sally Hagen	bee	Aliens in the Family Sally wears a bee costume to teach Bobut about the letter B.
	Samson	dog	Sesamstrasse Folge 2398 The gang impersonates the Musicians of Bremen.
	Scred	bee	Saturday Night Live Scred attired as Aunt Bee, for a Killer Bees sketch.
	Shirley and Nat Muskrat	horse	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Shirley and Nat perform in a horse costume, which they can't seem to connect, at the talent contest.
	Slimey	bug	Sesame Street Episode 4175 Oscar and Slimey dress as bugs to make Slimey's new pet bug feel welcome.
	Mr. Snuffleupagus	rabbit	Sesame Street Episode 1913 Snuffy dresses up as a bunny rabbit as one of his disguises to fool Big Bird.
	Mr. Snuffleupagus	rabbit, duck	Sesame Street Episode 2154
	Mr. Snuffleupagus	sheep	Sesame Street Episode 2412 Snuffy dresses as a sheep for Meryl Sheep's production of "Little Bo Peep".
	Mr. Snuffleupagus	bunny	Sesame Street Episode 2925 Snuffy's hopping shakes the street causing Bob to drop his stack of books.
	Mr. Snuffleupagus	duck	Sesame Street Episode 3095 Snuffy competes on the game show "Duck for a Day".
	Mr. Snuffleupagus	horse	Elmo's World: Horses Snuffy appears at the end of Elmo's quiz, dressed as a horse in his cave.
	Sprocket	horse	Fraggle Rock "All Work and All Play" Sprocket decides he wants to be a horse. Doc outfits him with a saddle and cellophane-attached horse shoes.
	Sprocket	doberman pinscher	Fraggle Rock "Red's Blue Dragon" Sprocket does a vocal impression of a doberman, snarling at Doc, considering costume party ideas.
	Sprocket	elephant	Fraggle Rock "Red's Blue Dragon" Sprocket considers an elephant costume for Ms. Ardath's masquerade party.
	Sprocket	french poodle	Fraggle Rock "Red's Blue Dragon" Sprocket ultimately goes to the costume ball as a yappy French poodle. (Fluffinella goes with the same costume.)
	Sprocket	cat	Fraggle Rock "Boober Gorg" Sprocket pretending to be a cat, to comfort Ned in Fluffinella's absence.
	Stinky the Skunk	elephant	The Animal Show "Elephant & Hunting Dog" Stinky dressed up as an elephant to keep himself cool by using the big ears to fan himself and trunk to suck up water through a pail.
	Suey	bird and lamb	Sesame Street Episode 3525 In an effort to make people like her, Suey the Pig dresses like a bird (like Big Bird) and a lamb (like Lamb Chop), but learns people will like her for who she is.
	The Swedish Chef	Easter Bunny	Donna's Day The chef in rabbit ears.
	Telly Monster	duck	Sesame Street Telly plays a silly, mooing duck in the song "Baby, Say It Loud."
	Telly Monster	elephant	Sesame Street In a sketch about the power of the imagination, Telly imagines he's an elephant.
	Telly Monster	goat	Sesame Street In the same sketch, Telly imagines he's a goat.
	Telly Monster	lion	Sesame Street In the same sketch, Telly imagines he's a lion.
	Telly Monster	penguin	Sesame Street Episode 3145 Telly dresses as a penguin, as he was invited to the Penguin Party at the Furry Arms.
	Telly Monster	lion	Sesame Street Episode 3952 Telly Monster dresses up as a lion in a song.
	Telly Monster	Duck	Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf Telly plays the role of the duck, another Peter and the Wolf portrayal.
	Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose	The Birthday Bird	The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss "The Birthday Moose" Thidwick impersonates the Birthday Bird since the Birthday Bird was captured in the ice.
	Two-Headed Monster	two-headed chicken	Sesame Street In a Journey to Ernie segment.
	Uncle Traveling Matt	cow	Die Fraggles "The Minstrels" Matt dresses in traditional cow livery, including a cow bell, in the northern Alps (see the German section of Postcards from Traveling Matt).
	Undercover Rover	penguin	Muppet Time Undercover Rover poses as a penguin to learn how they keep warm.
	Wembley	fly	Fraggle Rock "Space Frog Follies" Wembley dresses as a fly to attract a frog.
	Wolfgang the Seal	penguin	Sesame Street Episode 3145 Wolfgang dresses up as a penguin to get into the Furry Arms' penguin party and scarf down their supply of fish.
	Wolle	cat	Sesamstrasse Folge 2398 The gang impersonates the Musicians of Bremen.
	Zoe	tiger	Sesame Street episode 3159 Zoe explains that her tiger suit is her plan to avoid being tickled by Aunt Chloe.
	Zoe	Bird	Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf Zoe plays the role of the Bird, another Peter and the Wolf animal.
	Zoe	wolf	Sesame Street episode 4095 Elmo and Zoe dress up as wolves for their Big Bad Wolf auditions.
Animated Impersonations
	Baby Animal	bee	Muppet Babies episode "My Muppet Valentine" During a poem rhyming game, Baby Kermit "turns" Baby Animal into a bee.
	Baby Gonzo	frog	Muppet Babies episode "Fine Feathered Enemies" Pretending to be the last frog on Earth, Baby Gonzo tries to steal a kiss from Baby Piggy.
	Baby Gonzo	bunny	Muppet Babies episode "My Muppet Valentine" During a poem rhyming game, Baby Piggy "turns" Baby Gonzo into a bunny.
	Baby Rowlf	duck	Muppet Babies episode "My Muppet Valentine" During a poem rhyming game, Baby Skeeter "turns" Baby Rowlf into a duck.
	Baby Fozzie, Baby Scooter, Baby Gonzo, Baby Animal	duck, cat, bird, lion	Muppet Babies episode "Skeeter and the Wolf" The babies imagine the story of Peter and the Wolf. Animal briefly impersonates a lion in the end.
	Bert and Ernie	sheep	Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures Duck Detectives Bert and Ernie pose as Veronica Lambshank's sheep cousins to get some information on her friend, Malty.
Illustrated Impersonations
	Baby Fozzie	lion	Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales As the Cowardly Lion, from the Wizard of Oz story.
	Bert	cat	Sesame Street Magazine cover, June 1991 Bert dressed as a cat.
	Bert	pigeon	Sesame Street Halloween card Bert dresses up as a pigeon to go trick-or-treating.
	Bert	pigeon	The Sesame Street Dictionary Bert dresses up as a pigeon for Halloween.
	Betty Lou	Tiger	Sesame Street storybook Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad Betty Lou dresses up as a Tiger for a pageant.
	Big Bird	alligator	Sesame Street Halloween card Big Bird dresses up as an alligator to go trick-or-treating.
	Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert, Grover, Herry	cow, dog, hen, sheep, pig	The Little Red Hen Dressed in character for a Sesame Street Pageant.
	Cookie Monster	Wolf	The Sesame Street Players Present Peter and the Wolf Dressed in character for a Sesame Street Pageant.
	The Electric Mayhem	dogs	The Muppet Show Comic Book: Muppet Mash Animal, Dr. Teeth, Janice, Floyd, and Zoot dress as dogs for Howlin' Jack Talbot's song, "Doggone Dallas Blues".
	Ernie	butterfly	Sesame Street Magazine cover, June 1991 Ernie dressed as a butterfly.
	Elmo, Telly Monster	fish, cat	Sesame Street storybook Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad Dressed in character for a Sesame Street Pageant.
	Fozzie Bear	lion	Look-in As the Cowardly Lion, from the front cover of the 1981 issue of Look-in.
	Fozzie Bear	lion	Look and Find Muppets As the Cowardly Lion, from the "Wizard of Oz" page.
	Miss Piggy	bear	The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion issue #6 Miss Piggy dresses in a bear costume to help raise money for Robin.
	Oscar the Grouch	wolf	Sesame Street storybook Ernie and His Merry Monsters Oscar is auditioning for the role of The Big Bad Wolf.
	Ernie, Bert, and Herry Monster	The Three Bears	The Sesame Street Dictionary A Sesame Street Pageant featured the trio dressed as the fabled bears.

See also

• Impersonations of other characters
• Impersonations of Alice in Wonderland characters
• Impersonations of pigs
• Impersonations of dinosaurs
• Impersonations of unicorns