Ronald Grump

 Earliest Known Appearance:  EPISODE 2399   DONALD   GRUMP  is a  VERY  famous  GROUCH  building tycoon & a parody  of t h e famous Donald Trump.  DONALD   GRUMP  appeared in  SESAME STREET   EPISODE 2 3 99 .

As the episode  begin s,  RONALD GRUMP  , a famous  GROUCH  building tycoon , approaches  OSCAR  with a n e w idea - a 2 - story -  CAN  - dominimum call e d "  GRUMP   TOWER  ". In exchange for  OSCAR  giving up his   property  to build the  TOWER ,  GRUMP  give s  him  a spot in the  TOWER  , as well as 3  TRASH  bag s. Maria think s it ' s a  ROTTEN  deal. which, naturally , only encourage s  OSCAR  further.

Maria bring s Luis to the new ly - construct ed  GRUMP   TOWER .  OSCAR  love s t he up grade & introduce s his  neighbor s -  RONALD  live s ne xt lid, & the 3 r d set of  TRASH CANS  belongs to the Gruffy family.  OSCAR  eve n use s his  2 n d - floor  TRASH CAN  as a space for  FLUFFY  &  SLIMEY  t o live, until  RONALD  point s out a clause i n his c on tract -  NO   P e t s  !  OSCAR  can ' t bare to part with th  em  & w ant s t h e  TOWER  t o r n down.  RONALD  consider s t his option. . . for 4 0 bag s of  TRASH  !

 RONALD  w ant s his  TRASH , but  OSCAR  can ' t give u p his   TRASH  ; it ' s all  he  has. Suddenly, the rest of the adu lts come by w it h 20 b ag s of  TRASH . . . & there ' s mo re  TRASH  w here  that  came fr o m, " Maria tell s  RONALD .

The t h & ki ds Count the rest of the  TRASH  bag s as t he y walk down SESAME STREET. However, when t he y reach  GRUMP   TOWER  , t he y find t he y only have 39. Maria take s  RONALD  ' s con tract, crumple s it up & throw s it in to a paper bag , making 4 0 bag s of  TRASH  ! A defeated  RONALD   sink s into his  TRASH CAN .

It is said that  GRUMP  ' s building s kill s are so impressive, he built a  TOWER  on a swamp in just 1 day.

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