Muppet crowds

==Crowd scenes==
A list of notable crowd scenes that include more than 50 Muppet characters in a single shot.
Image	Description
 	The Muppet Show Theme Song
Starting with the second season, the opening theme features characters appearing in a series of arches. The final shot shows 50 Muppets singing "This is what we call the Muppet Show!" The shot was achieved by filming each row of arches individually and compositing the footage on top of each other.
Later recreations, as in The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, have included fewer Muppets.
250px	Muppet Theatre Audience
A series of stock audience reaction shots were filmed and used on The Muppet Show from season 3 onward, notably used in the opening theme. The audience itself includes 99 Muppets. These shots are actually composite shots, with up to seven filmed elements matted together, achieving one whole image of a theatre populated with Muppets.The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter volume 1, number 3, page 3 Some unique shots were also created of the crowded auditorium for certain episodes, such as in 410 with singing "Love Lifted Me."
 	The Muppet Movie
The final shot of the "Rainbow Connection" finale, according to The Muppet Show Fan Club newsletter,Vol. 2, no. 1. page 2. included "250 puppets" and "150 puppeteers."Muppet Wiki's character Listing for the Muppet Movie "Rainbow Connection" finale (as of January 2023) identifies and accounts for exactly 200 puppets
 	The Muppets Take Manhattan
The wedding finale of The Muppets Take Manhattan included 169 Muppets sitting in the pews of the church.Muppet Wiki's character listing for the Muppets Take Manhattan wedding finale (as of January 2023) identifies and accounts for exactly 169 puppets
 	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The special includes over 100 Muppets in a single shot for the "Rainbow Connection" .102 counted, plus The Amazing Mumford in the upper right makes 103 distinctly visible characters.
 	Muppets Tonight Opening Theme
The opening theme song of Muppets Tonight included a shot of the KMUP audience with 101 puppets watching the show.
 	The Muppets
Kermit's emotional speech at the climax of the film featured Kermit talking to 51 other Muppets. The shot was achieved by multiple shots together.
 	Muppets Most Wanted
The wedding scene at the climax of Muppets Most Wanted showed 50 Muppet guests in attendance.Muppet Wiki's Character Listing for the Muppets Most Wanted Wedding scenes (as of January 2023) identifies and accounts for exactly 50 puppets
 	Warburtons commercial
The final shot of "The Giant Crumpet Show" commercial featured 55 Muppets, but in actuality only 54 characters. Because the shot was achieved by digitally compositing multiple rows of characters together, Floyd Pepper appears twice (in factory garb and in normal uniform).
 	ABC's The Muppets promo
"The Muppet Show Theme" a capella cover promo for the 2015 sitcom featured a split-screen composition of 60 Muppets singing the song on screen at the same time.
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