Animated characters in Sesame Street
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This is a partial list of the more well known animated characters appearing on Sesame Street. Some are animated versions of Muppet characters, others appear only in animated segments.
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| Abby Cadabby Abby Cadabby Abby Cadabby is a fictional three-year-old fairy-in-training who lives on Sesame Street. She made her debut in the first episode of Sesame Street’s 37th season, when she moved into the neighborhood and met some of the Street's residents. On the day of her debut, her wand broke; Big Bird told her to... |
(2009–present) Computer-generated Computer animation Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images.... version appearing in the stand-alone animation "Abby's Flying Fairy School". |
| Adeline | (1970) Bumble Ardy's "put-upon mom" in the series of short animations created by Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:... . Writer Louise A. Gikow further describes her as "sweet but addled". |
| Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes (Joan Gerber Joan Gerber Joan Gerber is an American voice actress for a variety of cartoons.- Filmography :* 1959: Matty's Funday Funnies : Additional Voices... ) |
(1969–1973) Called by Sesame Street's early producers "an arrogant, sanctimonious know-it-all", she frequently opened her segments by announcing, "This is Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes, the smartest girl in the whole world!" |
| Alligator King | King who challenged his seven sons to cheer him up. |
| Batman | (1970) DC comic character who appeared in Sesame Street's first season. |
| Bert |(2008–present) Clay animation Clay animation Clay animation or claymation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable"—made of a malleable substance, usually Plasticine clay.... version appearing in "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventure". |
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| Blogg | (2009–Present) One of Abby's classmates in the CGI-animated Computer animation Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images.... segment "Abby's Flying Fairy School", which was created by the animation studio SpeakeasyFX. |
| Bumble Ardy | (1972) A curious boy who appeared in an animated short created by children's author Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:... . |
| Computer | From the "Elmo's World Elmo's World "Elmo's World" is a segment of the children's television show Sesame Street featuring Elmo, a small, three and a half year old, bright red monster. It debuted on November 16, 1998. Since then, it has been regularly shown during the last fifteen minutes of every Sesame Street episode... " segment. Crayon-animated, Computer replaced the "Elmocam" home video portion of the segment. |
| Ernie Ernie Ernie is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. He and his roommate Bert form a comic duo that is one of the program's centerpieces, with Ernie acting the role of the naïve troublemaker and Bert the world-weary foil... |
Clay animation Clay animation Clay animation or claymation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable"—made of a malleable substance, usually Plasticine clay.... version appearing in "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventure," which was created by Misseri Studio in Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... . |
| Gonnigan | (2009—present) One of Abby's classmates in the animated segment "Abby's Flying Fairy School". |
| Solomon Grundy | (1969) Washes one part of himself each day, but only washes half of himself by the end of the week. Appeared in the premiere episode of Sesame Street. |
| Joker | (1970) DC comic character who appeared in Sesame Street's first season. |
| Julius and Jasper | (1972) Animated animated comedy duo that formerly appeared in a comic strip by Cliff Roberts Cliff Roberts Cliff Roberts was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for one season for the Oakland Raiders.-References:... . Julius is short, squat, and wears a hat; Jasper is tall and thin. |
| King of Eight |(1970) King in animated short created by Jim Henson Jim Henson James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for... that thought "8 is great". |
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| Robin | (1970) DC comic character who appeared in Sesame Street's first season. |
| Mrs. Sparklenose | (2009—present) Abby's teacher in the animated segment "Abby's Flying Fairy School". |
| Superman | (1970) DC comic character who appeared in two animated inserts. |
| Suzie Kabloozie (Ruth Buzzi Ruth Buzzi Ruth Ann Buzzi is an American comedienne and actress of theatre, film, and television. She is especially known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.-Early life:... ) |(1996-2002) A young girl who appeared in many Sesame Street inserts by Mo Willems. |
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| Teeny Little Super Guy Teeny Little Super Guy Teeny Little Super Guy was an animated short featured on PBS's Sesame Street. The shorts featured a small animated man, the Teeny Little Super Guy, who resides in a live-action, regular-sized kitchen. Robert W... (Jim Thurman Jim Thurman James George Thurman , was an Emmy-winning American writer, actor, photographer, director, cartoonist, and producer... ) |
Created by Paul Fierlinger Paul Fierlinger Paul Fierlinger is a creator of animated films and shorts, especially animated documentaries. He is also a part-time lecturer at University of Pennsylvania School of Design.-Early life:... , this character was cel animated and shifted in increments to create stop-motion action, but painted on a clear plastic cup. |
| Wanda the Witch (Tee Collins) | (1969) Demonstrated several uses of the letter "W". Appeared in the first episode of Sesame Street. Comedian Carol Burnett Carol Burnett Carol Creighton Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut... would often appear after Wanda's animation and state, "Boy, Wanda the Witch is weird!" |