The Muppet Madness Tournament

The Muppet Madness Tournament is an annual event created by Joe Hennes and Ryan Roe of Tough Pigs and Steve Swanson of The MuppetCast in 2010. It was originally hosted at MuppetFans.com; it is now located at MuppetTournament.com. The tournament mirrors the NCAA's March Madness and encourages fans to vote for their favorite Muppet characters until a winner is crowned. 
In 2016 the tournament, titled "The Great Muppet Election" changed from mirroring a typical March Madness bracket to mirror the primaries of the US Presidential election in order to select a "Muppet President."
Winners include Bert & Ernie (2010), Super Grover (2011), Kermit the Frog (2012), Rowlf the Dog (2013), the Great Gonzo (2015), Uncle Deadly (2016), and Cookie Monster (2018).
==2010 Tournament==
Characters:
:The Show:
:Kermit the Frog
:Gonzo
:Animal
:Beaker
:Miss Piggy
:Pepe the King Prawn
:Rowlf the Dog
:Fozzie Bear
:The Rock:
:Gobo Fraggle
:Wembley Fraggle
:Mokey Fraggle
:Red Fraggle
:Boober Fraggle
:Uncle Traveling Matt
:Junior Gorg
:Sprocket	
:The Street:
:Oscar the Grouch
:Big Bird
:Grover
:Cookie Monster
:Elmo
:Telly Monster
:Bert and Ernie
:Count von Count
:The Rest:
:Hoggle
:The Chamberlain
:Skeeter
:Baby Sinclair
:Bear
:Emmet Otter
:Wilkins and Wontkins
:Delbert the La Choy Dragon
File:Muppetmadness2010.jpg|Logo
File:Muppetmadness2010bracket.jpg|Brackets
File:Muppetmadness2010final5.jpg|Final five illustration
File:Muppetmadness2010winner.jpg|Winner illustration
==2011 Tournament==
Characters:
:Character variants:
:Alistair Cookie
:Dr. Bob
:Dearth Nadir
:Bear on Patrol
:Super Grover
:Reporter Kermit
:First Mate Piggy
:Carl the Big Mean Bunny
:Creatures:
:Abby Cadabby
:Cantus the Minstrel
:Mr. Snuffleupagus
:Sweetums
:Doozers
:Ludo
:Mahna Mahna
:Marjory the Trash Heap	
:Animals:
:Rizzo the Rat
:Link Hogthrob
:Sam the Eagle
:Bobo the Bear
:Penguins
:Hoots the Owl
:Slimey
:The Worm
:Humanoids:
:Prairie Dawn
:The Swedish Chef
:Statler and Waldorf
:Roosevelt Franklin
:Floyd Pepper
:Scooter
:Janice
:Guy Smiley
File:2011logo.png|Logo(based on this t-shirt design)
File:Big-tournament2011.jpg|Brackets
File:muppetmadness2011-finalbanner.jpg|Final two illustration
File:winner-super-grover.png|Winner illustration (Super Grover)
==2012 Tournament==
Characters:
:New Characters:
:Walter
:Hobo Joe
:Mary
:Miss Poogy
:Tex Richman
:'80s Robot
:Real Gary
:Muppet Gary
:Celebrities:
:Jack Black
:Neil Patrick Harris
:Kristen Schaal
:Emily Blunt
:Jim Parsons
:Ken Jeong
:Alan Arkin
:Mickey Rooney	
:Classics:
:Kermit the Frog
:The Swedish Chef
:Animal
:Fozzie Bear
:Gonzo
:Miss Piggy
:Bunsen & Beaker
:Statler & Waldorf
:Old Favorites:
:Uncle Deadly
:Bobo the Bear
:Rowlf the Dog
:Link Hogthrob
:Scooter
:Wayne & Wanda
:Thog
:Jerry Nelson's voice
File:2012logo.png|Logo
File:Big-tournament2012.jpg|Brackets
File:Muppetmadness2012-finalbanner.jpg|Final four illustration
File:Muppetmadness2012-winnerbanner.jpg|Winner illustration (Kermit the Frog)
==2013 Tournament==
Characters:
:Disney Muppets:
:Rowlf the Dog
:Walter
:Beaker
:Mildred Huxtetter
:Sweetums
:Bean Bunny
:Animal
:Dr. Teeth
:Fraggle Rock:
:Sprocket
:Ned Shimmelfinney
:Boober Fraggle
:Uncle Traveling Matt
:Wembley Fraggle
:Red Fraggle
:Gobo Fraggle
:Cantus Fraggle	
:Sesame Street:
:Count von Count
:Captain Vegetable
:Mr. Snuffleupagus
:Big Bird
:Cookie Monster
:Sherlock Hemlock
:Grover
:Roosevelt Franklin
:Henson Company:
:Baby Sinclair
:Waldo C. Graphic
:Bear
:Sid
:Sir Didymus
:The Worm
:Fizzgig
:Ludo
File:Muppetmadness2013-1.png|Round 1
File:Muppetmadness2013-2.png|Round 2
File:Muppetmadness2013-3.png|Round 3
File:Muppetmadness2013-4.png|Round 4
File:Muppetmadness2013-5.png|Round 5
==2015 Tournament==
Characters:
:Movie Humans:
:Jareth
:Pete
:Doc Hopper
:Nicky Holiday
:Monsters:
:Cookie Monster
:Two-Headed Monster
:Telly Monster
:Sweetums
:Small Muppets:
:Rizzo the Rat
:Pepe the King Prawn
:Teeny Little Super Guy
:The Muppaphone
:Large Muppets:
:Barkley
:Mr. Snuffleupagus
:Big Bird
:Miss Finch	
:Elders:
:The World's Oldest Fraggle
:Ma Bear
:Mildred Huxtetter
:Sam Eagle
:Youngsters:
:Robin the Frog
:Walter
:Roosevelt Franklin
:Skeeter
:Good Guys:
:Gonzo
:Scooter
:Fozzie Bear
:Link Hogthrob
:Bad Guys:
:Constantine
:Dearth Nadir
:Taminella Grinderfall
:Lefty
Additional "Mad Dash" Candidates:
:Movie Humans:
:Ebenezer Scrooge
:Long John Silver
:Danny Trejo
:Sarah
:Nadya
:Dominic Badguy
:Big-Fat-Ugly-Bug-Face-Baby-Eating O'Brien
:Lady Holiday
:Mary
:Mad Man Mooney
:Monsters:
:Grover
:Oscar the Grouch
:Zoe
:Thog
:Doglion
:Frazzle
:Grundgetta
:Yorick
:Murray Monster
:Beautiful Day Monster
:Luncheon Counter Monster
:Mulch
:Mean Mama	
:Elders:
:Marjory the Trash Heap
:Uncle Deadly
:Statler and Waldorf
:Alice Otter
:Burlington Bertie
:Pops 
:Dead Tom
:The Junk Lady
:George the Janitor
:Astoria
:J. P. Grosse
:Youngsters:
:Baby Sinclair
:Baby Bear
:Timmy (Dinosaurs)
:Young Uncle Traveling Matt
:Elmo
:Ojo
:The Babies
:Abby Cadabby
:Treelo
:Betty Lou
:Baby Natasha
:Sid the Science Kid	
:Small Muppets:
:Slimey
:Miss Mousey
:Twiddlebugs
:Yolanda Rat
:Topo Sticky
:Chickens
:Stinky the Stinkweed
:Penguins
:Waldo C. Graphic
:Large Muppets:
:Junior Gorg
:Ludo
:Bear
:Big Mean Carl
:Large Marvin Fraggle
:Horatio the Elephant
:Abelardo Montoya
:Pa Gorg
:Big Mouse
:Ma Gorg	
:Good Guys:
:Uncle Traveling Matt
:Captain Vegetable
:Mokey Fraggle
:Kira
:Gobo Fraggle
:Bean Bunny
:Wonder Pig
:Clifford
:Ace Yu
:Bad Guys:
:Skeksis
:Ernie Statue
:Miss Poogy
:The Fireys
:The Giant Man-Eating Chicken
:Wander McMooch
:Charlie the Ogre
:Bugsy Them
:Genie
File:Muppetmadness2015-0.jpg|"The Mad Dash"
File:Muppetmadness2015-1.jpg|Round 1
File:Muppetmadness2015-2.jpg|Round 2
File:Muppetmadness2015-3.jpg|Round 3
File:Muppetmadness2015-4.jpg|Round 4
File:Muppetmadness2015-5.jpg|Round 5
==2016 Tournament Election==
Characters:
:The B.I.G. Party:
:Kermit the Frog
:Grover
:Rowlf the Dog
:Ernie
:Cookie Monster
:Big Bird
:Miss Piggy
:Fozzie Bear
:Elmo
:Animal
:Bert
:Gobo Fraggle
:The Playtime Party:
:Abby Cadabby
:Mokey Fraggle
:Murray Monster
:Wembley Fraggle
:Zoe
:Rosita
:The Scraggle Party:
:Oscar the Grouch
:Hoggle
:Big Mean Carl
:Herry Monster
:Trash Heap
:Grundgetta	
:The Snooty Party:
:Uncle Deadly
:Pepe
:Rizzo
:Yolanda
:Prairie Dawn
:Boober Fraggle
:The Band:
:Janice
:Floyd Pepper
:Dr. Teeth
:Clifford
:Zoot
:Lips
:The Smarty Party:
:Beaker
:The Count
:Chip
:Scooter
:Bunsen Honeydew
:Dr. Strangepork
:The Weird & Wild Party:
:Red Fraggle
:Sidebottom
:Swedish Chef
:Marvin Suggs
:Lew Zealand
:Crazy Harry
==2018 Tournament==
:Robin the Frog
:Emmet Otter
:Fizzgig
:Sir Didymus
:Scooter
:Walter
:Kermit the Frog
:Animal
:Rowlf the Dog
:Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker
:Gobo Fraggle
:Doc & Sprocket
:Uncle Traveling Matt
:Junior Gorg
:Yorick
:Wilkins and Wontkins
:Mr. Snuffleupagus
:Telly Monster
:Bear
:Baby Bear
:Constantine
:Sam the Eagle
:Statler and Waldorf
:Fozzie Bear
:Big Bird
:Ernie & Bert
:Uncle Deadly
:The Swedish Chef
:Bean Bunny
:Tutter
:Inkspots
:Doozers
:Sherlock Hemlock
:Two-Headed Monster
:Red Fraggle
:Abby Cadabby
:The Martians
:Honkers
:Miss Piggy
:Gonzo
:Cookie Monster
:Grover
:Oscar the Grouch
:Count von Count
:Guy Smiley
:Don Music
:Johnny Fiama & Sal Minella
:Andy and Randy Pig
==See also==
*The Muppets: Third Month of the Year Insanity Bracket, a similar tournament run by Muppets Studio
==External links==
*Official site
*Official Facebook page
*Official Twitter page
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