Rats

The Rats were often seen scuttling around The Muppet Theatre on The Muppet Show. Their unofficial leader is Rizzo the Rat.

The first Muppet rats were built out of plastic bottles by Don Sahlin for the 1972 special The Muppet Musicians of Bremen. Those puppets were used later for The Muppet Show. They were redesigned and refurbished for future use.

Individual Rats

The Birdman

Bratty Rat

Bubba

Chester Rat

Donna Plagueman

Fast Eddie

Fido

Indiana Rat

Masterson Rat

Montague

Mr. Plagueman

Rhonda Rat

Rizzo the Rat

Shakes

Stan and Louie

The Surf Rats and Buzz

Tatooey Rat

Troy

Yolanda Rat

Creature Shop Rats

Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

rat in The Indian in the Cupboard

rats in Dr. Dolittle

rat in Animal Farm

Hubert in Rat

Groups

The Muppet Show episode 503 (Rizzo is in the coat)

Prom photo, Muppets from Space

Family portrait, Muppets from Space

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Muppet Treasure Island

The rats with Beauregard in The Muppets

The Irish Rodents

The Ratler Brothers

Filmography

• The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
• The Muppet Show
  • Episode 102: Connie Stevens
  • Episode 106: Jim Nabors
  • Episode 107: Florence Henderson
  • Episode 109: Charles Aznavour
  • Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
  • Episode 123: Kaye Ballard
  • Episode 208: Steve Martin
  • Episode 311: Raquel Welch
  • Episode 317: Spike Milligan
  • Episode 405: Victor Borge
  • Episode 407: Dudley Moore
  • Episode 412: Phyllis George
  • Episode 418: Christopher Reeve - Rizzo and other Rats
  • Episode 419: Lynda Carter - Rizzo and other Rats
  • Episode 503: Joan Baez - Rizzo and other Rats
  • Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
  • Episode 510: Jean-Pierre Rampal - Rizzo and other Rats
  • Episode 514: Mac Davis - Rizzo and other Rats
• The Great Muppet Caper
• The Muppets Take Manhattan - Rizzo, Chester, Yolanda, Tattooey, and Masterson
• Little Muppet Monsters
• The Muppet Show On Tour - Chester, Rizzo, and the Theater Rats
• The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition - Chester, Yolanda, and Theater Rats
• Muppet Magazine
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years - Rizzo and other Rats
• A Muppet Family Christmas - Rizzo, Chester, Yolanda, Tattooey, and Masterson
• The Ghost of Faffner Hall
  • Episode 110: Discovering New Sounds
  • Episode 111: Music Brings Us Together
• The Jim Henson Hour
  • Episode 102: Oceans
  • Episode 103: Power - Rizzo and other Rats
  • Episode 107: Fitness
  • Episode 110: Secrets of the Muppets
  • Episode 112: Food
• Muppets Tonight
  • Episode 102: Garth Brooks
  • Episode 104: John Goodman
  • Episode 105: Cindy Crawford
  • Episode 107: Sandra Bullock
  • Episode 108: Jason Alexander
  • Episode 109: Whoopi Goldberg
  • Episode 110: Martin Short
  • Episode 204: Pierce Brosnan
• Muppets from Space
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
• From the Balcony
• Disney Xtreme Digital
• Web video: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• The Muppets
• Muppets Most Wanted

Rats' roles

The rats, like the pigs, are all-purpose utility players in Muppet productions. Apart from just hanging around and being rat-like, these rodents have often taken on specific collective roles or portrayals. Some are traditional to the species, while others cast them against type.

Picture	Role / Production	Notes
	Judges The Muppet Show episode 412	The judges for the Fred Awards turn out to be a couple of rats.
	Bellhops The Great Muppet Caper	The rats are employed at the Happiness Hotel. Rizzo the Rat is the lead bellhop.
	Waiters/kitchen staff The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Jim Henson Hour episode 112 and The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora	Rizzo works at Pete's Luncheonette and later brings in Yolanda, Tatooey, Chester, and Masterson. When customers complain about rats bringing the food, Pete has them cook and wash dishes instead. They also worked at a restaurant in a sketch on The Jim Henson Hour, where Link Hogthrob reviews the food at a restaurant managed by Jacques Roach, and in several episodes of The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora.
	Bookkeepers The Muppet Christmas Carol	The rats serve as Scrooge's bookkeeping staff, with non-rat Bob Cratchit as chief clerk.
	Tourists Muppet Treasure Island	Rizzo books the Hispaniola as a cruise ship to his fellow rodents. Only Mr. Plagueman is named.
	Surf Rats Muppet Beach Party	The rats are a group of beach fanciers who provide backing vocals. Two of them appear in the liner notes.
	Stage crew Muppet Classic Theater	Rats oversee the lights, props, curtain, and other technical aspects.
	The Rats' Patrol Muppets Tonight episode 104	WWII era soldiers fighting the enemy cheese under the command of their human Sarge. Includes Rizzo and Indiana.
	NBC crew Today	Katie Couric announces that Today gave their crew the day off to recover from New Year's celebrations and that a series of rats are filling in. Joey Mazzarino plays a rat camera operator and "Al Rodent" (filling in for Al Roker), and Stephanie D'Abruzzo plays a rat NBC page.
	Lab rats Muppets from Space	Test subjects at the C.O.V.N.E.T. laboratories. Rizzo is introduced to the inmates: Bubba, Fast Eddie, The Birdman, Troy, and Shakes.
	Munchkins The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	The cheerful, tiny, cute residents of Munchkinland who are not rats at all. Rizzo serves as their leader, and Bubba also appears.
	TV control room staff The Muppets Take Over Today	Aside from Pokey (the director) and Big Mean Carl (the "boss"), the Today show production staff are rats.

See also

• Rodents