Trash Can

Of all the kinds of places Grouches normally like to live in,  Trash Can s have always been the most frequent choice. While some Grouches live in dumpsters, city dumps, even landfills. However, some Grouches live in broken cars, crummy old houses, (&, in a few cases, "yucky beautiful houses"), most Grouches just end up living in  trash can s. Oscar the Grouch  of Sesame Street lives in a  trash can , which is also the most famous  trash can  in the world. Most "nice" people or Monsters, Birds, & animals might think living in a  trash can  is disgusting & unhealthy, Grouches, being the way they are find it quite nice & satisfying.

Trash can s in normal culture
For centuries,  trash can s have been used as storage places for trash  or anything that should NEVER be thrown on the ground, on the street, or anywhere that is popular as a social event gathering area.  Trash can s being created for just that is the main reason why so many Grouches live in them, because the thing all Grouches love the most is trash.

 Trash can s have been made in many different shapes & sizes over the years, each design able to hold a certain amount of trash, some of which have the strength to hold more than others.

Trash can s used as Grouches' homes
While the  trash can  seen on Sesame Street serves as the private domain of Oscar the Grouch, it was seen in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, several other Grouches who live in Grouchland USA chose to live in  trash can s.  Oscar 's cousin,  Smiling George , despite being a friendly Grouch, lives in a yellow  trash can , that has a smiling face on the back of the lid.

Oscar 's trash can
While seeming to be the size of a normal  trash can , Oscar 's  trash can  is a whole lot larger inside than the exterior would suggest. Oscar has noted through the years that it boasts such amenities as a farm, swimming pool, ice-rink, bowling alley, & a piano. Other items include Slimey,  Oscar 's pet worm;  Fluffy ,  Oscar 's pet elephant;  Oscar 's shoes; & a dimension gate to Grouchland USA,  Oscar 's hometown. It also contains (most likely) hundreds of mounds of trash.

Oscar 's  trash can  has been shown for over 42 years, since the dawn of Sesame Street. 1 tradition is whenever Oscar  sings " I Love Trash ", his signature song, he is always shown at his  trash can , & nowhere else. A frequent guest of Oscar 's  trash can  is  Oscar 's girlfriend,  Grundgetta, who has, as she once stated once stayed in the  trash can , as  Oscar  was away.

Some trash can s can't store as much as others, as they're not always the same size. Oscar 's  trash can , however, being a 3.5 foot deep  trash can , has proven that it can store as many things as Oscar  wants. It's been shown that one must not underestimate Oscar the Grouch  or just how much stuff he has inside his  trash can .

For the most part very few of the "nice" residents of Sesame Street dare venture into the bowels of the municipal  waste container . However, key exceptions have occurred over the years. While Big Bird was helping get ready for Miles' arrival on Sesame Street, a lonely Mr. Snuffleupagus entered the  trash can  to play catch w/ Fluffy  in episode 2122. Wanda Cousteau sought refuge in the  trash can  in episode 3161 as a hiding place from the hungry Wolfgang the Seal. When Gina is studying to become a vet in episode 3787 she goes down in the  trash can  through the back door & successfully removes a splinter from Fluffy 's foot w/ some elephants' tweezers. In a season 19 insert, Linda sat in the  trash can  when filling in for an "Ask Oscar " segment. In a season 12 segment (found in Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days) in which Oscar  &  Bruno  go to the movies, the various humans (& Barkley) arrive from inside the  trash can  as well.

Donald Grump 's  trash can
Another famous trash can  known to  Grouches  is that of  Donald Grump, a famous  Grouch  who has more  trash  than any other  Grouch  in the world (& often brags to others about it). It is said that he has so much trash  that it spills out of his  trash can .

The trash can, like  Donald Grump , has made 1 known appearance to date , in Sesame Street  episode 4104 , in which  Donald Grump  is looking for a  Grouch  apprentice to help  him  sort all  his   trash , some of which the chosen apprentice would get to keep.

With only Oscar  &  Grundgetta  left,  Grump  makes  th  em  both  his  helper cause of  the  ir  really rotten attitude. But when th  ey  learn  th  ey  have to help to sort through  his   trash  in order to get some,  th  ey  both decide not to be  his  helper & fire  Donald Grump. Donald Grump left in a taxi w/  his   trash, as  Oscar  &  Grundgetta  both enjoy saying , " Scram , You're Fired !" to each other. It is still unknown what actually happened to Grump 's  trash can.

Other trash can s
As seen in episodes 2648 & 2899 when Oscar  took Bob to Grouchytown, most Grouches who live there live in their own  trash can .