Grundgetta

thumb|300px|1993 plush doll by Applause
Grundgetta is Oscar's Grouch girlfriend on Sesame Street. Her first appearance was in Season 11 (Episode 1400). Oscar occasionally calls her Grungie, while she generally calls him Oskie. She and Oscar, in addition to being a "couple," are also best friends.
Like Oscar, Grundgetta has had a number of pets over the years, including her worm Sylvia, a rottendoodle named Itchy, and a muddy piglet who won the Yucchiest Pet contest in Oscar's Grouch Jamboree.
Oscar and Grundgetta got engaged in Episode 3609, but they called off the wedding out of fear that they would make each other too happy.
In a 2010 video released on Sesame Family Robinson, Pam Arciero performed Grundgetta, who commented that she was nervous since she hadn't been on camera in months (referencing her absence from the show). Although Grundgetta appeared primarily in the 1980s and 1990s, she has continued to make sporadic appearances; including Episode 4828, 5022, and some online videos, such as the show's "Mannequin Challenge" video and the "Real Grouches of Sesame Street" webseries. She also appeared at the street-naming event on May 1, 2019.
==Performer==
Brian Muehl's last aired appearance as Grundgetta was Episode 1958 in a scene at the Fix-It Shop. The role was assumed by Pam Arciero the following season who made her debut in Episode 2013 singing "Knock Three Times." Arciero used Grundgetta as her signature character at Jim Henson's Memorial performing "Just One Person."
In Episode 2052 it is revealed that Grundgetta can sing with a beautiful soprano voice (provided by Ivy Austin). She reveals that she only sings that way depending on her mood, especially if it really irritates Oscar (who prefers what he calls her "rusty nail" singing voice).
==Name==
The spelling of the character's name has varied over the years, alternating between "Grundgetta" and "Grungetta."
The spelling "Grundgetta" appears in the storybooks, including Oscar's Grouch Jamboree, the albums Oscar's Trashy Songs and Let's Be Friends, and the Applause plush doll. Current Sesame Workshop press kits list the character as "Grundgetta," as does an internal CTW document from 1994. As of January 18, 2008, typing "Grundgetta" in the search engine on the Sesame Street Video Player gives results, while typing "Grungetta" doesn't show any results. However, results can be found for either spelling at sesamestreet.org.
However, the Sesame Street Unpaved book, the "Sesame Street 35 Years Anniversary Game" and the book Elmo's Delicious Christmas refer to the character as "Grungetta." A Sesame Workshop press kit from 1984 uses "Grungetta," as do the Sesame Family Newsletters from the early 2000s. For more on this question, see the talk page.
==Filmography==
*Sesame Street (1980-present)
*The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
*Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)
*I'm Glad I'm Me (1986)
*The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
*Sesame Street, Special (1988)
*Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989)
*The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
*Learning to Share (1996)
*Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
*Quiet Time (1997)
*A is for Asthma (1998)
*Language to Literacy (2000)
*Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
*My Sesame Street Friends 
**"My Abby: Homes" (2021)
*The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo 
**Episode 215: Big Bird / Kelvin Dukes (2021)
===Episodic appearances===
;Brian Muehl
*Season 11: 1400, 1443
*Season 12: 1452, 1491, 1500, 1529, 1553
*Season 13: 1580, 1584, 1599, 1604, 1620, 1661, 1670, 1672 (VO), 1673, 1679
*Season 14: 1711, 1723, 1725, 1733, 1736, 1779, 1784, 1785, 1788, 1795, 1810, 1820, 1826, 1835
*Season 15: 1855, 1856, 1859, 1866, 1875, 1879, 1906, 1921, 1938, 1952, 1958
;Pam Arciero
*Season 16: 2013, 2032, 2039, 2042, 2052, 2055, 2077, 2081, 2084
*Season 17: 2126, 2155, 2193, 2199, 2203, 2207, 2208, 2214
*Season 18: 2258, 2264, 2273, 2274, 2310, 2320, 2326, 2332, 2334, 2350
*Season 19: 2358, 2391, 2402, 2409, 2422, 2430, 2463, 2485
*Season 20: 2486, 2520, 2528, 2534, 2577, 2584, 2588, 2596, 2610, 2612
*Season 21: 2630, 2661, 2681, 2690, 2704, 2707, 2708, 2709 (VO), 2713, 2721, 2726
*Season 22: 2755, 2756, 2776, 2808, 2846, 2855, 2858, 2863, 2868, 2875
*Season 23: 2877, 2906, 2917, 2921, 2930, 2933, 2952, 2969, 2975, 2978, 2989, 2999, 3005
*Season 24: 3009, 3016, 3025, 3063, 3067, 3078, 3083, 3085, 3100, 3103, 3120, 3121, 3134
*Season 25: 3152, 3172, 3181, 3203, 3258
*Season 26: 3295, 3308, 3313
*Season 27: 3460, 3473, 3486, 3513, 3519, 3522
*Season 28: 3535, 3570, 3589, 3609, 3612, 3636
*Season 29: 3656, 3695, 3740, 3744
*Season 30: 3826, 3841
*Season 31: 3856, 3865, 3899
*Season 32: 3920, 3950, 3952
*Season 34: 4039, 4046
*Season 35: 4072, 4073
*Season 36: 4100, 4104
*Season 37: 4127, 4134
*Season 38: 4143, 4160
*Season 39: 4173
*Season 40: 4196, 4203
*Season 43: 4324
*Season 45: 4516
*Season 48: 4828
*Season 49: 4923
*Season 50: 5013, 5022
*Season 52: 5207
*Season 53: 5321
==Book appearances==
*Welcome Home, Big Bird (1985)
*Big Bird's Square Meal (1988)
*A Grouch's Christmas (1990) (mentioned)
*What's in Oscar's Trash Can? and Other Good-Night Stories (1991)
*1-2-3 (1991)
*Sesame Street 123 (1991)
*From Trash to Treasure (1993)
*Around the Corner on Sesame Street (1994)
*Oscar's Grouch Jamboree (1994)
*Elmo Loves You (1997)
* A Very Grouchy Christmas! (2000)
*Fun with Friends (2004)
*Abby Cadabby's Rhyme Time (2007)
*Friendly, Frosty Monsters (2007)
*What Makes You Giggle? (2007)
*Storybook ABCs (2008)
*Elmo Asks Why (2023)
==Audio appearances==
*Sesame Road (1993)
*Oscar's Trashy Songs (1997)
==See also==
* Grundgetta Through the Years
* Grundgetta's Alternate Identities
* Grundgetta walk-around
* Grundgetta the Couch
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