Rumpel

  Muppeteer :   Joachim Hall   Rumpel  is the  GROUCH  from Sesamstrasse, the German co - production of  SESAME STREET .

Appearance
Rumpel is a green  GROUCH  ( originally " Gries gram " in German, late l y " Grautsch " ) with big energetic eyes. He live s in a  RAIN BARREL  wit h his caterpillar  GUSTAV .

Personality
Rumpel, like all other  GROUCHES  , hate s rain when other s lo v e i t , but he lo ve s rain when other s hate i t. He can be mischievous, but simply can ' t help but show his good heart from time t o time.

History
Rumpel was added to Sesamstrasse i n 1989 alongside Buh & Simson. The German  GROUCH  was to replace deemed negative characters such a s Uli von Bödefeld &  OSCAR THE GROUCH  : quite a few critics weren ' t fond of the Ame ric a n  SESAME STREET  set. German ki ds didn ' t grow up in a suburb full o f TRASH CAN s. After a few years of absence, the insert scenes of  OSCAR  returned.

Trivia

 *  RUMPEL  started out with a dark green nose, which became a dark , rusty orange in later season s.
 *  RUMPEL , along with other international  SESAME STREET  character s , appeared on the cover of  SESAME STREET  Magazine in October 2004 .  RUMPEL  ' s uncle Professor Rumprad Guse  invent ed the very 1 st ever  GROUCH  computer.
 *  RUMPEL , a t 1 point , had a super hero alter - e go , similar to Super Grover.