The Game Awards

The Game Awards is an annual awards show (since 2014) celebrating achievements in the video game industry and to show off exclusive footage from upcoming projects. The show is produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley, and is the successor to the Spike Video Game Awards, which began in 2003 and ceased in 2013, and is solely streamed online through various websites and console platforms. The Muppets have made several appearances throughout the years.
==Appearances==
Image	Year	Description
 	2018	On November 29, 2018, Geoff Keighley announced Pepe the King Prawn as a presenter for the December 6 awards ceremony. During the show, he, along with internet personality Ninja, presented the award for Best Indie Game. During the presentation, armed with a selfie stick, he made attempts to get "shelfies."
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 	2019	For the 2019 Game Awards on December 12, 2019, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker appeared to present the Games for Impact award. During their segment, they showed off a Muppet Labs VR set superglued to Beaker's face and presented "Untitled Beaker Game," a parody of "Untitled Goose Game" with Beaker roaming the village. After encountering the horrible goose within the game, it escapes into reality to try and steal the award envelope. Besides Dave Goelz as Bunsen, Muppet performers for this appearance include Peter Linz as Beaker (since David Rudman was unable to attend), Bill Barretta (as the goose), Alice Dinnean, and Bruce Lanoil.Personal communication with Bill Barretta by Anthony T.
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 	2020	The Swedish Chef made an appearance during the 2020 ceremony, broadcast on December 10,@thegameawards on Twitter, December 4, 2020 to debut a trailer for his inclusion as a DLC playable character in the game Overcooked!: All You Can Eat.
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 	2022	Animal appeared as a presenter for Best Score and Music during the 2022 ceremony on December 8.@thegameawards on Twitter, December 3, 2022 During his appearance, Animal is revealed to be an Elden Ring fan fond of the boss Malenia, and that he wants to collaborate with Hideo Kojima on a game, noting that he can hide in boxes (referencing Solid Snake from Kojima's Metal Gear series); he also revealed that, if he were to have a game of his own, he would call it "Animal Crossing."
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 	2023	Gonzo helped present the award for Best Independent Game during the 2023 ceremony on December 7.@thegameawards on X, December 3, 2023 He claims to have played a lot of Tears of the Kingdom, getting stuck on the Cucco mission on purpose, and demonstrates the trend of chickens in video games with a visual aid (really a conspiracy theory chart with a chicken named "Zelda" in the center). Bill Barretta puppeteered Gonzo to Dave Goelz's voice track for this appearance.@JimTastyTweets on X December 7, 2023
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 	2024	Statler and Waldorf appeared throughout the 2024 ceremony on December 12, heckling Geoff Keighley at the start of the show, during the presentation for Best Sim/Strategy Game, waking up just before the Game of the Year award, and finally dancing during the closing.@thegameawards on X, December 7, 2024
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==Sources==
==External links==
*Official website
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Category:Live Appearances