Worm astronaut Squishta of Romania, with the Romanian flag
Romanian poster for The Muppets
Romania is a country in Southeastern Europe. The country has retained many of their folk traditions and its rivers and mountains, especially the Carpathian Mountains. In popular culture, Romania is most often represented through a specific portion of the country, Transylvania (the homeland of legends, vampires, and of course, Count von Count).
In 1998, Romania did its part for international space travel in the form of Squishta, a member of the crew of the Wiggleprise.
Most Muppet characters (including those from Sesame Street) are referred to in Romania as Papusile Muppets (which roughly translates to "Muppet Dolls.") The title was also used for the 2012 Romanian dub of The Muppets.
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- In Episode 1740, Oscar the Grouch tells Bob that Slimey can help save water, and when Bob says, "Slimey, your worm?" Oscar replies, "Who did you think I meant? Slimey, the king of Romania?"
- The Count, enthusiastically counting bobs by a plastic gooney bird in Sesame Street Episode 1607, hopes to make it into the Bucharest Book of Records (a joint reference to The Guinness Book of Records and to the capital of Romania).
- The Count was a professor of counting at the Moldavian Institute of Technology (referencing the Moldavian region of Romania) as mentioned in Episode 4109.