Minor Movie Mentions The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in movies outside of the Henson / Sesame fold , all of which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the . See also : Minor TV Mentions and Documentary Mentions . All Nighter . In the 2017 film about the adventures of an estranged father ( J . K . Simmons ) and ex - boyfriend ( Emile Hirsch ) of a seemingly missing girl , the father refers to the ex as Kermit several times due to his banjo playing . Another Perfect Stranger . A 2007 film about a teenage girl who has conversations about life and religion with a stranger she meets on an airplane . In one scene , a woman is holding a baby who is wearing Elmo overalls . Argo . In this 2012 Best Picture Oscar - winning movie , Ben Affleck plays CIA agent Tony Mendez who ' s trying to convince his superiors to agree to his plan for the rescue of six US Embassy employees in 1980 Iran . When meeting with Cyrus Vance ( US Secretary of State ) and Stansfield Turner ( Director of Central Intelligence ) , his boss Jack O ' Donnell tells him , " Brace yourself . It ' s like talking to those two old fucks on the Muppets . " Baby Driver . During an early scene where Baby talks with his deaf foster father Joseph , Baby holds a banana in his ear , referencing the classic Ernie and Bert routine from " Sesame Street " . The Babysitter . A 2017 Netflix Comedy / Horror film aout a group of teens in a demonic cult . After getting covered in blood John complains to Allison , commenting on her yellow cheerleading uniform " What the hell are you wearing ? Looking like Big Bird ' s side bitch . " Bad Moms . Amy , Carla and Kiki are out to dinner with their kids and discuss Amy ' s chances at the candidate night for the PTA president position . They begin to talk about their own kids flaws and Carla says " My son still watches " Sesame Street " . And he doesn ' t get it . " Bart Got a Room . As Danny goes through a list of potential prom dates , he asks his friend for an opinion of Sokolov . He replies , " Too tall for you . Like , Big Bird tall . " Bee Movie . A 2007 computer animated feature by DreamWorks Animation , about a bee name Barry B . Benson deciding what to do after graduating from college . When Barry talks to Mr . Klauss Vanderhayden , since he is suing Honey Farms for taking the bee ' s honey , he finds the image of a bear as the jar of honey inappropriate to represent honey . However , Mr . Vanderhayden replies that they ' re very lovable creatures and names a few bears , including Fozzie . The Benchwarmers . " The Benchwarmers " is a 2006 comedy film . On a video store shelf , " Muppets from Space " can be briefly glimpsed . The Big Year . A 2011 movie about birding . In one scene , Stu Preissler ( Steve Martin ) is on a boat and get seasick . Commenting on his complexion , Preissler states , " It ' s not easy being green . " Blended . After a unsuccessful blind date , Jim and Lauren find themselves stuck together on a resort with their kids . After the arrival to the resort , they go down to the dinning room where they are meet by Mfana , who says " Hello , Mr . Snuffleupagus " , Jim corrects him by saying " Heh , Theodopolis " Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 . A sequel to one of the most popular domestically - produced Canadian films , this bilingual title was released in 2017 . When David Bouchard inteoduces himself as from the Sûreté du Québec , the American cops decide he can ' t be speaking French . Suggesting German and Swedish , they conclude he speaks like the Swedish Chef . Borat . 2006 comedy film starring Sacha Baron Cohen as a character from " Da Ali G Show " . About 11 minutes into the film , Borat stands in the center of Times Square and the camera circles around him . During this , a large billboard with a picture of Kermit the Frog from the Values . com ad campaign can be seen prominently . Boulevard . In this 2014 movie featuring Robin Williams , a game show is playing on a hospital TV , where the contestants compete under a category called Famous Lovers . One of the questions is , " One of TV ' s most unusual romances involved two characters from " The Muppet Show , " one is a pretty porker named Miss Piggy . " The contestant correctly answers , Kermit the Frog . Brewster McCloud . 1971 dark comedy film starring Bud Cort and directed by Robert Altman . In one scene an old man in a limo keeps shouting about how he needs to get home so he can watch " Sesame Street " . The Bucket List . The 2007 movie about two elderly men , diagnosed with cancer . They make a shared " Bucket list " with things they want to do before they die of their cancer . While Carter watches Jeopardy , one of the questions are " These two Muppets are roommates on the long - running show " Sesame Street " " . Carter says the answer out loud , " Who are Bert and Ernie ? " Castle in the Sky . A 1986 Japanese animated film by renown director Hayao Miyazaki , known as " Laputa : Castle in the Sky " outside of America , about a young boy and girl who attempt to keep a magic crystal from military agents while searching for the titular castle . The film has two English dubs , one produced in 1989 by Magnum Video Tape and Dubbing to be played for international Japan Airlines flights , and distributed by Streamline Pictures in the United States , and a dub recorded by The Walt Disney Company in 1998 and released in 2003 . In the Magnum dub , after Pazu falls through the roof of his house , Sheeta falls on top of him , and asks if he ' s OK , he responds , " Are you kidding ? I ' m built like a brick Muppet if Muppets were made of brick . " Cats Don ' t Dance . One of the movie posters parodied at the end of the movie before the credits is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , with T . W . Turtle as Raphael . A Christmas Kiss . The 2011 TV movie about an assistant that falls in love with her boss boyfriend . After the two have decorated the Christmas tree of the future , Adam Hughes ( Brendan Fehr ) suggest that they see " Charlie Browns Christmas " , " The Grinch " , " It ' s a Wonderful Life " , " A Christmas Story " and " The Muppet Christmas Carol " . Wendy ( Laura Breckenridge ) asks him if he are sure that he ' s game to watch all of them even The Muppets and Adam says that he is . Click . This 2006 parody comedy features a woman holding a Big Bird plush . Crazy for Christmas . A 2005 Christmas TV movie , it features billionaire Fred Nickells , who has suffered a nervous breakdown , giving early retirement to all his staff . Two members stay on , the doorman and Nickell ' s lawyer , Arthur Finnegan . Finnegan is gay . Telling Nickell ' s new driver about his relationship , he says " he works on " Sesame Street " . He plays Snuffleupagus ' back end . " The boyfriend appears at the end , uncredited . Death to Smoochy . A dark comedy following Sheldon Mopes ' ( Edward Norton ) rise to stardom with his Barney - like character Smoochy the Rhino , and all the amoral inner workings of the children ' s entertainment that he encounters . Early in the film , Sheldon states " I was born on November 11th , 1970 . You know what else happened on that day ? [ The ] first broadcast of " Sesame Street " ! " ( The statement is factually incorrect by one year and one day . ) Later , while Robin Williams ' character Randolph Smiley ( aka Rainbow Randolph ) smashes Angelo ' s television set , he calls Smoochy a " Muppet from hell , " during a barrage of expletives . The film also features the Leonard Bernstein song " I Feel Pretty , " which the Muppets have performed numerous times . Dinner for Schmucks . Barry tells a couple from Switzerland that he speaks some of their language , and proceeds to deliver some mock Swedish . The Expendables . In this 2010 action film , Toll Road ( played by Randy Couture ) says , " It ' s not easy being green " while explaining how he got his cauliflower ear . Firebreather . A 2010 made for TV Cartoon Network animated movie about the life of Duncan , the son of a human female and male kaiju . The Five - Year Engagement . A scene between a woman and her friend involves an argument done in the voices of Cookie Monster and Elmo to amuse her daughter . Fletch Lives . In the 1989 sequel to 1985 ' s " Fletch " , following a scene in which he ' s made a man squeal like a pig in order to get a termite out of his ear , the title character begins an internal dialogue , " After my close call with Miss Piggy , I couldn ' t wait to get home . " Flushed Away . A 2006 computer animated feature by Aardman Animation , about a mouse trapped in the sewer . At one point , heroine Rita addresses the villainous toad with " Hoy ! Kermit ! " Girls Just Want to Have Fun . 1985 comedy written by Amy Spies . Janey Glenn , arguing with her father about getting to go out at night shouts , " We made a deal when I was seven and a half , nightlife was " The Muppet Show " ! " The Glimmer Man . 1996 action movie starring Steven Seagal and Keenen Ivory Wayans . In one scene a police detective is surprised by a couple of kids playing with toy guns as he makes his way through an apartment building . He quips to himself that it ' s a " Showdown on " Sesame Street " . Big Bird will pop out of one of these doors next . " Golden Age . A 2006 animated mockumentary by Augenblick Studios Inc . which parodies various animated characters in media . In the Hansel and Gretel segment , Ernie and Bert are shown as lovers as an example of romantic inclinations . Grimsby ( a . k . a " The Brothers Grimsby " ) . 2016 comedy film starring Sacha Baron Cohen . At the beginning of the opening credits a group of teenagers are walking down the street and a poster of The Swedish Chef promoting Warburtons Giant Crumpets can be seen at the background . Hot Pursuit . In a fight over a gun , Rose Cooper calls Daniella Riva ' s slurs dirty and disgusting . Riva responds , " Dirty ? I ' m gonna show you dirty , Miss Piggy . " I Love You , Man . When Peter Klaven gets set up on a man - date with a guy from his brother ' s gym , he gives him the nickname Elmo because of his high , squeaky voice . Just Go with It . In the 2011 film , someone refers to a big nosed person as Snuffleupagus . Look at What the Light Did Now . The 2010 documentary features stock footage of a moment at the 2008 Grammy Awards when Leslie Feist spotted Kermit the Frog on the red carpet and exclaimed , " Oh my God , I love you ! " Miss Representation . 2011 documentary by Jennifer Siebel Newsom about the disparaging portrayals of women in media . During a comment in which Jackson Katz says " People learn more from media than any other single source of information " , a clip is briefly shown of children watching " Sesame Street " . Later in the film , Katie Couric ' s comments are illustrated with a screenshot of an article on Jezebel . com featuring a photo of Couric with Elmo . Morning Glory . When Becky Fuller ( Rachel McAdams ) is unsuccessful at rebooting a fourth place morning show , station executive Jerry Barnes ( Jeff Goldblum ) sarcastically suggests that she might go to PBS , " to kill " Sesame Street " . " Mother ' s Day . A standup comedian is talking about how his girlfriend is obsessed with their daughter picking up his British accent . " All the other kids are watching " Sesame Street " , our baby is sat down in front of " Downton Abbey " . " Connections Mr . Jealousy . In the 1997 romantic comedy , Eric Stoltz ' s character says he does a " pretty good Muppet walk " as he bounces off - screen with his head tilted into the air . Mr . Popper ' s Penguins . " Mr . Popper ' s Penguins " is a 2011 movie starring Jim Carrey loosely based on the 1938 children ' s book of the same name . At one point in the movie , while the main character , Thomas Popper Jr . , is talking about penguins , he mentions that Big Bird is a Muppet . The book was an optioned property by Jim Henson Pictures in 1995 , but was never produced . Neighbors . In the 2014 comedy movie ( directed by Nick Stoller , starring Zac Efron and Seth Rogen ) , while trying to make synonyms for " bros before hoes " , Teddy ( Efron ) says " Bert and Ernie before Squirt and Spermy . " The trailer starts with an a capella version of " The People in Your Neighborhood " . Office Christmas Party . When Clay Vanstone prays to God to bless the office Christmas party , he also says , " Oh , and tell Prince and David Bowie how much they meant to everybody . I mean , " Labyrinth " , " Purple Rain " . . . they know . " Please Stand By . 2018 film about a young woman in assisted living who struggles to submit her " Star Trek " script to a writing contest . Private Parts . In this 1997 film loosely based on Howard Stern ' s memoir ( and starring Stern as himself ) , when Howard goes to Detroit , the on - air morning man comments that Stern looks like Big Bird . He also jokes that Big Bird will have Kermit the Frog on the upcoming show . Problem Child 3 . In this made - for - TV sequel , a Big Bird doll appears in the background in one scene . The Pursuit of Happyness . A scene from the 2006 film , which is set in 1981 , shows protagonist Christopher Gardner with a " Sesame Street " lunchbox featuring Grover , Big Bird , Prairie Dawn , Oscar the Grouch , Barkley , Lefty the Salesman and Sherlock Hemlock . Rollercoaster . In this 1977 crime drama directed by James Goldstone , two kids are throwing a frisbee over a man ' s car while he ' s washing it . The man yells at them , " Go home and watch " Sesame Street " ! " Rubber . In the 2010 movie , an old Ernie plush doll could be seen in the desert in the opening along with other old junk . Rumble in the Bronx . In the 1995 Jackie Chan movie , a little girl wears a blue sweater with Bert ' s head on it . She can be seen playing within a large sandcastle and is rescued by Keung ( Jackie Chan ) from an approaching hovercraft . The Sasquatch Gang . The 2006 film features a scene in which Gavin ( Jeremy Sumpter ) and Sophie ( Addie Land ) discuss their favorite fantasy films , including " Labyrinth " and " The Dark Crystal " . She ' s All That . Mackenzie asks Laney when was the last time she tweezed her eyebrow . When Laney mentions she never did , Mackenzie asks if she watches " Sesame Street " and if she knows the character Bert . The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . The 2005 film based on the novel of the same name features a scene in a department store in which a muzak version of " Sing " is playing over the sound system . The subtitles describe it as " bland music " . Joe Raposo is credited for the song which was performed by " With The Quickness " . Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon . 1990 buddy cop martial arts comedy movie starring Sammo Hung as a policeman . In one scene , when he impersonates a jewel thief to foil a robbery , he finds several robbers wearing cartoon masks ( mostly Sesame Street characters ) . The Smokers . 2000 movie directed by Kat Slater , starring Dominique Swain and Thora Birch . One character does a Kermit the Frog impression and laments over what kids would call him when he was short and ugly in the eight grade , " Kermit the Frog coming to you live from " The Muppet Show " " . The Taking of Pelham One Two Three . 1974 movie about a New York subway car that ' s hijacked and held for ransom . Tower Heist . The titular heist in the 2011 comedy is set at a tower on the route of the Macy ' s Thanksgiving Day Parade . A Kermit balloon is featured in the parade , his theme music being " Disco Frog " from " Sesame Street " . When Charlie , the building manager , wonders if anything suspicious is going on at The Tower , a CCTV monitor responds that Miss Piggy has been cut from the parade . The Trip . " The Trip " is a British 2010 comedy starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon . Twice throughout the movie , Brydon ' s impressions are compared to Muppets . The Wild and the Free . A 1980 television movie about a professor and an adventurer who rescue chimpanzees from being used as science experiments . At one point , the chimpanzees are seen watching a clip of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in " The Muppets Go Hollywood " on television . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _