It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Details
Country	United States
Language	English
Channels	NBC Freeform Universal Kids ITV2 BBC One RTÉ2
Services	iTunes Amazon Prime Video Peacock (formerly)
Release	November 29, 2002

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 American musical fantasy comedy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis. The film premiered November 29, 2002 on NBC and is the first television film featuring the Muppets. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he was never born.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Kermit the Frog	Steve Whitmire
	Rizzo the Rat
	Beaker
	Miss Piggy	Eric Jacobson
	Fozzie Bear
	Animal
	Yoda Muppet
	Gonzo	Dave Goelz
	Waldorf
	Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
	Zoot
	Pepe the King Prawn	Bill Barretta
	Johnny Fiama
	The Swedish Chef
	Lew Zealand
	Rowlf the Dog
	Bobo the Bear
	Howard Tubman
	Statler	Jerry Nelson
	Robin the Frog
	Floyd Pepper
	Pops
	Sal Minella	Brian Henson
	Scooter
	Janice
	Larry
	Sweetums	John Henson
	Sam the Eagle	Kevin Clash
	Joe Snow	Mel Brooks
	Eugene	Allan Trautman
	Daniel	David Arquette
	Rachel Bitterman	Joan Cusack
	Luc Fromage	Matthew Lillard
	Glenn	William H. Macy
	The Boss	Whoopi Goldberg
	Safari Animal Tracker	Cameron McDonald

International versions

• Dubs
• Voice-overs
• Subtitled versions

	Language	Title
	Czech (ČT)	Vánoční příběh
	Czech (MGM)	Vánoční příběh
	French	Joyeux Muppet Show de Noël
	German	Das Grösste Muppet-Weihnachtsspektakel aller Zeiten It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (DVD)
	Hungarian	Brekiék karácsonya
	Italian	Natale con i Muppet Il super buon Natale dei Muppet
	Japanese	マペットのメリー・クリスマス
	Portuguese (Brazil)	O Natal dos Muppets
	Romanian	Un Muppet Crăciun foarte fericit
	Spanish (Latin America)	Fiesta de navidad con los Muppets
	Spanish (Spain)	Los Teleñecos en Navidad

	Language	Title
	Bulgarian	Веселата коледа на Мъпетите
	Polish	Gwiazdka Muppetów
	Russian	Очень маппетовское рождественское кино

	Language	Title
	Danish	unknown
	Dutch	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
	Finnish	Kermitin joulu
	Greek	unknown
	Norwegian	unknown
	Swedish	unknown

References

v - e - d Movies The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets from Space (1999) • Kermit's Swamp Years (2002) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • The Muppets (2011) • Muppets Most Wanted (2014) Series The Muppet Show (1976) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Muppet Time! (1994) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Muppet Moments (2015) • The Muppets (2015) • Muppet Babies (2018) • Muppet Babies: Show and Tell (2018) • Muppet Babies Play Date (2019) • Muppets Now (2020) • The Muppets Mayhem (2023) Specials The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse (2008) • Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez (2008) • A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) • Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) Home Videos Children's Songs and Stories (with the Muppets) (1985) • Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985) • The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985) • The Muppet Revue (1985)• Muppet Treasures (1985)• Rock Music with the Muppets (1985) • Meet the Muppets! (1993) • More Muppets, Please! (1993) • Muppet Classic Theater (1994) • It's Not Easy Being Green (1994) Video Games Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppet RaceMania (2000) • Muppet Monster Adventure (2000) • Toyland Train (2000) • Shapes and Colors (2004) • Air, Land and Sea (2006) • Animals in Nature (2006) • Thinking and Sorting (2007) • The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014) See also

v - e - d As Muppets, Inc. Hey Cinderella! (1969) • The Frog Prince (1971) • The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) As Henson Associates The Muppet Show (1976) • Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) • The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Dark Crystal (1982) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • Fraggle Rock (1983) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Follow That Bird (1985) • Labyrinth (1986) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) • The Christmas Toy (1986) • Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987) As Jim Henson Productions The StoryTeller (1987) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Jim Henson Hour (1989) • Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting (1989) • The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989) • The Witches (1990) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Dinosaurs (1991) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Dog City (1992) • Secret Life of Toys (1993) • Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994) • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) • Gulliver's Travels (1996) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Aliens in the Family (1996) • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) As Jim Henson Pictures Buddy (1997) • Muppets from Space (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Good Boy! (2003) As Jim Henson Television Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) • Mopatop's Shop (1999) • Construction Site (1999) • Farscape (1999) • The Hoobs (2001) As The Jim Henson Company Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • Five Children and It (2004) • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • MirrorMask (2005) • Five Minutes More (2006) • Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) • Sid the Science Kid (2008) • Pajanimals (2008) • Dinosaur Train (2008) • Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) • Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (2008) • Me and My Monsters (2010) • Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (2013) • The Doozers (2014) • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) • Turkey Hollow (2015) • Splash and Bubbles (2016) • Word Party (2016) • Julie's Greenroom (2017) • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) • Earth to Ned (2020) • Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021) • Word Party Presents: Math! (2021) • Harriet the Spy (2021) • Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022) • Slumberkins (2022) As Henson Alternative The Happytime Murders (2018)