Prince Slimey

  Performers:  Slimey  • ( Worm  )  Martin P . Robinson  • ( Muppeteer  )  Dick Maitland  • ( Voice )

 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 4143  Prince Slimey  is a fictional character played by  Slimey  on Sesame Street. The Prince has only made 1 appearance so far, in episode 4143  , in  The Tale of Sleeping Grouchy .

In  The Tale of Sleeping Grouchy , 1 day the grouchy   princess  goes on a  Grouchy  walk. She says " Phooey ! " so many times that it disturbs a wizard who was walking nearby. He casts a spell on her , putting  her  to sleep for 100 years ! Sleeping Grouchy ' s parents encounter  her  sleeping, & become distressed that their  daughter  is under a spell. The queen gets an idea to offer a big reward for whoever can break the spell.

Tragically, the 1 st & 2 nd princes , Prince Elmo of Ticklania , & Prince Telly of the Tuba , & his back - up band , The Cat ' s Meow have no luck in breaking the spell.

The 3 rd prince doesn ' t show up at 1 st, but is revealed to be Prince Slimey. But how can a small worm  prince break a spell ? Prince Slimey  was small but he also knew about  Grouches  & he knew that by giving the  princess  a sweet, lovable kiss , which he knows  she  ' ll hate ,  she  ' ll awaken. It works !

In return for his heroic deed, Prince Slimey  wants not jewels , but  mud. He & Princess Grouchy  go off to play in the Royal  mud  puddle & live  grouchily  ever after.

TV / Movies / Specials

 * Sesame Street ( 1969 - present )


 * Episode 4143 ( 2007 ) ( "  The Tale of Sleeping Grouchy  " )