A list of pre-existing puppets featured on Bear in the Big Blue House.
While the show featured many original puppets and characters, it also recycled some puppets that were originally built for other Henson productions, most notably The Animal Show, for minor roles to populate Woodland Valley.
the baseball announcer originally appeared as Kasey the Kangaroo on The Animal Show.
Benny the Bat originally appeared as Leah the Fruit Bat on The Animal Show.
Big Old Bullfrog originally appeared as Bufo the Toad on The Animal Show.
Doc Owl originally appeared as a young owl in Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree.
A giraffe originally appeared as Alexis the Giraffe on The Animal Show.
Jacques the Beaver originally appeared as Morton the Beaver on The Animal Show.
Jeremiah Tortoise originally appeared as Penelope the Yellow-Footed Tortoise on The Animal Show.
Lois originally appeared as Milton the Blue-Footed Booby on The Animal Show.
Henrietta Vanderpreen originally appeared as Lydia the Ostrich on The Animal Show.
The small possum originally appeared as Priscilla the Honeypossum on The Animal Show.
A raccoon originally appeared as a raccoon on The Muppet Show.
Santa's reindeer wearing a red nose seen in "A Berry Bear Christmas" originally appeared as a Robert the Red Deer on The Animal Show.
Snook originally appeared as Stinky the Skunk on The Animal Show.
A pair of birds pictured in the Woodland Valley Gazette in "Words, Words, Words" originally appeared as Peter and Paul in Mother Goose Stories.
The snails pictured in the Woodland Valley Gazette in "Words, Words, Words" originally appeared as the Nine Inch Snails on Muppets Tonight.
A snake pictured in the Woodland Valley Gazette in "Words, Words, Words" originally appeared in Muppet Treasure Island.
Various animals during "Let's Go Exploring" in "Raiders of the Lost Cheese" originally appeared on The Animal Show
(including Randall the Zebra, Julie the Flamingo, Gilda the Gorilla, Alexis the Giraffe, Milton the Blue-Footed Booby, Jared the Tiger and Tommy the Thomson's Gazelle)
(including Randall the Zebra, Julie the Flamingo, Gilda the Gorilla, Alexis the Giraffe, Milton the Blue-Footed Booby, Jared the Tiger and Tommy the Thomson's Gazelle)