The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

thumb|300px|right The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is the 2nd Sesame Street feature film, released in 1999.

Synopsis
In the 2nd Sesame Street theatrical film, 14 years after Follow That Bird, Elmo spends time with his favorite blanket. When Zoe wants to play with it, Elmo doesn't want to share it, resulting in a tug-of-war leading to Telly Monster accidentally taking it away while rollerskating uncontrollably. Oscar the Grouch ends up catching it, sneezes on it, & throws it into his  trash can. Since Oscar  wasn't in his  trash can  when Elmo finds out, he goes into the  trash can, where he finds his blanket, but Elmo & his blanket soon fall through a tunnel (which  Oscar  ends up witnessing & only says, "Have a nice trip! Heh heh!!").

Elmo winds up in Grouchland USA, a world filed with Grouches. The evil Huxley then arrives to take the various belongings, & takes Elmo 's blanket as well. Elmo then meets a Grouch girl named Grizzy, who shows Elmo where Huxley's castle is, to thank Elmo for previously saving her from Huxley, & Elmo sets off to get back his blanket.

Meanwhile, Oscar  tells the gang that Elmo went into Grouchland, & they all go in search of Elmo. Once in Grouchland, however, they get arrested & thrown in jail since it's against the law to ask for help in Grouchland.

Huxley is aware that Elmo is in search of his blanket, & has his henchmen, Bug & the Pesties, stop Elmo from getting back his blanket. They trick Elmo into going into a shortcut, which leads to the palace of the Queen of Trash. There, when she learns that he's going to Huxley's castle & is believed to be 1 of Huxley's spies, she has Elmo take the ultimate challenge: blow her 100 raspberries in 30 seconds, which Elmo succeeds with help from the audience.

When Elmo gets closer, Huxley gets a giant chicken to stop Elmo. The chicken thinks that Elmo is a worm, but Elmo convinces the chicken otherwise. However, once convinced, the chicken tosses Elmo away. Elmo is about to give up, until a caterpillar encourages him to keep trying.

Back at the jail, Grizzy sneaks in to tell Elmo 's friends that Elmo is on his way to Huxley's castle. Oscar, admitting Elmo is his friend, decides to yell out to the Grouches outside that, although Grouches hate working together, they have to take a stand just once. The other Grouches agree, & they get let out of jail to team up & stop Huxley from taking any more of their precious trash  from them. Elmo & the others soon show up & confront Huxley, but Huxley decides to take Elmo 's blanket away. Bug soon gets a hold of the blanket, & tells Huxley that he's going to give it to Elmo , breaking off his friendship with Huxley. Oscar leads the gang back to Sesame Street via a shortcut that he knows. Back on Sesame Street, Elmo decides to let Zoe hold his blanket.

Cast

 * Muppeteers
 * Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, Caroll Spinney, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Joey Mazzarino, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Marty Robinson, Carmen Osbahr, Bill Barretta, Drew Allison, John Boone, R. Lee Bryan, Lisa Consolo, Jodie Eichelberger, Rowell Gormon, Mary Harrison, Rob Killen, Bruce Lanoil, Bob Lynch, Ed May, Tim Parati, Annie Peterle, Andy Stone, Lisa Sturz, Kirk Thatcher, & Matt Yates


 * Human Cast
 * Mandy Patinkin as Huxley
 * Vanessa Williams as the Queen of Trash
 * Sonia Manzano as Maria
 * Roscoe Orman as Gordon
 * Alison Bartlett O'Reilly as Gina
 * Ruth Buzzi as Ruthie
 * Emilio Delgado as Luis
 * Loretta Long as Susan
 * Bob McGrath as Bob

Muppet Characters

 * Elmo, Zoe, Baby Bear, Telly Monster, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch,  Grouch Cop ,  Grouch Mayor ,  Grouch Ice Cream Customer ,  Grouch Jailer ,  Grouch Cab Driver ,  Bad Humor Man ,  Sharon Groan , Grouches,  Grizzy , Super Grover, Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie, Rosita, Mr. Johnson, Count von Count, Prairie Dawn, Bug, Stuckweed, Humongous Chicken, Colander Stenchman, Football Stenchman, Caterpillar, Blanket, Grouch Parrot, Pesties

Background Muppets

 * Grouch Animals, Grouch  Dog,  Old Grouch , Laundromat Manager, Sock Quartet, Anything Muppets, Dinger, Homer Honker, Alarm Clock Bird, Blanket Singing  Trash bags

Trivia

 * In many scenes throughout the movie, Big Bird is Muppeteered by Matt Vogel to a vocal track by Caroll Spinney while Spinney performs Oscar the Grouch, a protagonist in the film.
 * The film was nominated for a 2000 Young Artist Award for Best Family Feature Film - Animated; it was beaten by Toy Story 2.
 * An animated logo for the Children's Television Workshop produced by R.O. Belchmen & Tissa David was originally supposed to appear at the film's beginning.

Additional Credits

 * Executive Producers: Brian Henson, Stephanie Allain, Martin G. Baker
 * Producers: Alex Rockwell, Marjorie Kalins
 * Co-producers: Kevin Clash, Timothy M. Bourne
 * Director of Photography: Alan Caso
 * Production Designer: Alan Cassie
 * Costume Designer: Polly Smith
 * Production Supervisor: Jane Gootnick
 * Costume Supervisor: Stephen Rotondaro
 * Puppet Property Master: Brad Elliott