Rats

The Rats were often seen scuttling around The Muppet Theatre on The Muppet Show. Their unofficial leader is Rizzo the Rat.
The first Muppet rats were built out of plastic bottles by Don Sahlin for the 1972 special The Muppet Musicians of Bremen. Those puppets were used later for The Muppet Show. They were redesigned and refurbished for future use.
==Individual Rats==
Birdman.jpg|The Birdman
Bratty Rat 2.png|Bratty Rat
Bubba the rat.jpg|Bubba
Chester.JPG|Chester Rat
Donna Plagueman.jpg|Donna Plagueman
Fasteddie.jpg|Fast Eddie
EineMöhreFürZwei-AlarmImZirkus-Fido.png|Fido
IndianaRat.jpg|Indiana Rat
Masterson.JPG|Masterson Rat
Montaguerat.jpg|Montague
Mrplagueman.jpg|Mr. Plagueman
Rhonda Rat - thumb.jpg|Rhonda Rat
RizzoTheRat.jpg|Rizzo the Rat
Shakes the Rat.jpg|Shakes
Stanlouie.jpg|Stan and Louie
Rats-beachparty.jpg|The Surf Rats and Buzz
Tattooey2.JPG|Tatooey Rat
Troy Rat.jpg|Troy
Yolanda Rat.jpg|Yolanda Rat
==Creature Shop Rats==
Splinter-ooze.jpg|Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ratinaball.jpg|rat in The Indian in the Cupboard
Rats-drdolittle.jpg|rats in Dr. Dolittle
rat-AF.jpg|rat in Animal Farm
Hubert-creature.jpg|Hubert in Rat
==Groups==
MuppetShowRats.jpg|The Muppet Show episode 503 (Rizzo is in the coat)
rats01.jpg|Prom photo, Muppets from Space
Rat family portrait MFS.jpg|Family portrait, Muppets from Space
DieGroßeMuppet-Party-38.jpg|The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Rizzo cruise rats.jpg|Muppet Treasure Island
TheMuppets-(2011)-Finale-Beauregard&Rizzo&Rats.jpg|The rats with Beauregard in The Muppets
TheIrishRodents.jpg|The Irish Rodents
TheRatlerBros.png|The Ratler Brothers
==Filmography==
* The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
* The Muppet Show
** Episode 102: Connie Stevens
** Episode 106: Jim Nabors
** Episode 107: Florence Henderson
** Episode 109: Charles Aznavour
** Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
** Episode 123: Kaye Ballard
** Episode 208: Steve Martin
** Episode 311: Raquel Welch
** Episode 317: Spike Milligan
** Episode 405: Victor Borge
** Episode 407: Dudley Moore
** Episode 412: Phyllis George
** Episode 418: Christopher Reeve - Rizzo and other Rats
** Episode 419: Lynda Carter - Rizzo and other Rats
** Episode 503: Joan Baez - Rizzo and other Rats
** Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
** Episode 510: Jean-Pierre Rampal - Rizzo and other Rats
** Episode 514: Mac Davis - Rizzo and other Rats
* The Great Muppet Caper
* The Muppets Take Manhattan - Rizzo, Chester, Yolanda, Tattooey, and Masterson
* Little Muppet Monsters
* The Muppet Show On Tour - Chester, Rizzo, and the Theater Rats
* The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition - Chester, Yolanda, and Theater Rats
* Muppet Magazine
* The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years - Rizzo and other Rats
* A Muppet Family Christmas - Rizzo, Chester, Yolanda, Tattooey, and Masterson
* The Ghost of Faffner Hall
** Episode 110: Discovering New Sounds
** Episode 111: Music Brings Us Together
* The Jim Henson Hour
** Episode 102: Oceans
** Episode 103: Power - Rizzo and other Rats
** Episode 107: Fitness
** Episode 110: Secrets of the Muppets
** Episode 112: Food
* Muppets Tonight
** Episode 102: Garth Brooks
** Episode 104: John Goodman
** Episode 105: Cindy Crawford
** Episode 107: Sandra Bullock
** Episode 108: Jason Alexander
** Episode 109: Whoopi Goldberg
** Episode 110: Martin Short
** Episode 204: Pierce Brosnan
* Muppets from Space
* It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
* From the Balcony
* Disney Xtreme Digital
* Web video: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
* The Muppets
* Muppets Most Wanted
==Rats' roles==
The rats, like the pigs, are all-purpose utility players in Muppet productions. Apart from just hanging around and being rat-like, these rodents have often taken on specific collective roles or portrayals. Some are traditional to the species, while others cast them against type.
Picture	Role / Production 	Notes
 	JudgesThe Muppet Show episode 412 	The judges for the Fred Awards turn out to be a couple of rats.
 	BellhopsThe Great Muppet Caper 	The rats are employed at the Happiness Hotel. Rizzo the Rat is the lead bellhop.
center 	Waiters/kitchen staffThe Muppets Take Manhattan,The Jim Henson Hour episode 112and The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora	Rizzo works at Pete's Luncheonette and later brings in Yolanda, Tatooey, Chester, and Masterson. When customers complain about rats bringing the food, Pete has them cook and wash dishes instead. They also worked at a restaurant in a sketch on The Jim Henson Hour, where Link Hogthrob reviews the food at a restaurant managed by Jacques Roach, and in several episodes of The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora.
 	BookkeepersThe Muppet Christmas Carol 	The rats serve as Scrooge's bookkeeping staff, with non-rat Bob Cratchit as chief clerk.
 	TouristsMuppet Treasure Island 	Rizzo books the Hispaniola as a cruise ship to his fellow rodents. Only Mr. Plagueman is named.
 	Surf RatsMuppet Beach Party 	The rats are a group of beach fanciers who provide backing vocals. Two of them appear in the liner notes.
 	Stage crewMuppet Classic Theater 	Rats oversee the lights, props, curtain, and other technical aspects.
 	The Rats' PatrolMuppets Tonight episode 104 	WWII era soldiers fighting the enemy cheese under the command of their human Sarge. Includes Rizzo and Indiana.
 	NBC crewToday 	Katie Couric announces that Today gave their crew the day off to recover from New Year's celebrations and that a series of rats are filling in. Joey Mazzarino plays a rat camera operator and "Al Rodent" (filling in for Al Roker), and Stephanie D'Abruzzo plays a rat NBC page.
 	Lab ratsMuppets from Space 	Test subjects at the C.O.V.N.E.T. laboratories. Rizzo is introduced to the inmates: Bubba, Fast Eddie, The Birdman, Troy, and Shakes.
 	MunchkinsThe Muppets' Wizard of Oz 	The cheerful, tiny, cute residents of Munchkinland who are not rats at all. Rizzo serves as their leader, and Bubba also appears.
 	TV control room staffThe Muppets Take Over Today 	Aside from Pokey (the director) and Big Mean Carl (the "boss"), the Today show production staff are rats.
==See also==
* Rodents
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