The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

 The   Adventure s   of  Elmo  in  GROUCHland is the 2 nd  SESAME STREET  feature film, release d in 1998.

Synopsis
In the 2 nd  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 tak ing it away while roller skating uncontrollably.  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ends up catching it, sneeze s 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 find s his blanket , b ut Elmo & his blanket soon f a ll through a tunnel , which  OSCAR  ends up witnessing & only say s , " Have a n i c e trip ! H e h h e h ! ".

Elmo winds up in GROUCHland U S A, a world filed with  GROUCHES . The evil, greedy Huxley then arrives to take the various belongings , & takes Elmo ' s blanket a s well. & since  GROUCHES  can ' t stand cooperation, they  never do any thing to at least try to stop Huxley ' s evil. Elmo then meets a  GROUCH  girl named Grizzy , who then shows Elmo where Huxley ' s castle is , to thank Elmo for previously saving  her  from Huxley , & Elmo sets off to get his blanket back.

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 i s in search o f his blanket, & has his hench men , Bug  & the  Pesties  , stop Elmo f r om getting 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 t o Huxley ' s castle & is believe d to be 1 o f Huxley ' s spies ,  she  has Elmo take the ultimate challenge : blow  her  100 raspberries i n 3 0 second s , which Elmo succeeds with help from the audience.

When Elmo get s close r, Huxley get s a giant chicken to stop Elmo. The chicken thinks that Elmo is a worm , but Elmo convince s the chicken other wise. How e ver, once convince d , the chicken tosses Elmo a way. Elmo is about to give up until a caterpillar encourage s him t o keep trying.

Back at t he 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 , al though  GROUCHES   HATE  work ing together ,  they  simply have to take a stand just t his once. T he other  GROUCHES  agree, & they get let out of jail  to team up & go to stop Huxley from taking any more of  their  precious  TRASH  away. Elmo & the others soon show up & confront Huxley, but Huxley decide s to take Elmo ' s blanket. Bug soon get s a hold o f the blanket, & tell s Huxley that  he  ' s going to give it to Elmo , breaking off  his  friend ship with Huxley.  OSCAR  leads the gang back to SESAME STREET via a short cut that he  knows. Back on SESAME STREET, Elmo decide s to l et Zoe h o l d his blanket.

Muppeteer s

 * 1) Kevin Clash  : Elmo,  Pestie  ,  Grouch   Jailer  ,  Grouch   Cab Driver
 * 2) Fran Brill  : Prairie Dawn, Zoe ,  Pestie
 * 3) Caroll Spinney  :  Oscar the Grouch  & Big Bird
 * 4) Marty Robin son  : Telly Monster,  Pestie  , Laundromat Manager
 * 5) Dave Goelz  : Humongous Chicken
 * 6) Steve Whitmire  : Ernie,  Football Stenchman  , Stuckweed ,  Bad Humor Man  ,  Sharon Groan
 * 7) Frank Oz  : Super Grover, Grover , Cookie Monster , Bert
 * 8) Jerry Nelson  : Mr . Johnson, Count von Count ,  Grouch   Cop  ,  Grouch   Mayor
 * 9)  David Rudman  : Baby Bear, Colander Stenchman  ,  Caterpillar  ,  Alarm Clock Bird 
 * 10) Joey Mazzarino  : Bug
 * 11)  Matt Vogel  : Big Bird ( Performed the puppetry only in some scenes to a vocal track by Caroll Spinney , lettin the  latter  perform  Oscar the Grouch  . )
 * 12)  Stephanie D ' A bruzzo  :  Grizzy , Pestie
 * 13) Leslie Ca rrara - Rudolph
 * 14) Bill Barretta
 * 15) Rowell Gormon
 * 16) Ed May
 * 17) Andy Stone
 * 18) Jodi Eichelberger
 * 19) Lisa Sturz
 * 20) Annie Peterle
 * 21) Carmen Osbahr
 * 22) Bruce Lanoil
 * 23) Kirk Thatcher
 * 24) Matt Yates
 * 25) Drew Allison
 * 26) John Boone
 * 27) R . Lee Bryan
 * 28) Lisa Consolo
 * 29) Mary Harrison
 * 30) Rob Killen
 * 31) Tim Parati
 * 32) Bob Lynch

Hum ans Ca st

 * Mandy Patinkin : Huxley
 * Vanessa Williams as the  Queen  of  Trash 
 * Ruth Buzz i : Ruthie
 * Bob Mc Grath : Bob
 * Sonia Manzano : Maria
 * Emilio Delgado : Luis
 * Loretta Long : Susan
 * Roscoe Orman : Gordon
 * Alison Bartlett O ' Reilly as Gina

Muppet Characters

 * Elmo, Zoe , Baby Bear , Telly Monster , BIG BIRD ,  OSCAR T HE GROUCH  ,  Grouch  Cop  ,  Grouch   Mayor  ,  Grouch   Ice Cream Customer  ,  Grouch   Jailer  ,  Grouch   Cab Driver  ,  Bad Humor Man  ,  Sharon Groan  ,  Grouches  ,  Grizzy  ,  Grouch  Parrot ,  Pesties  , Super Grover , Grover , Cookie Monster , Bert , Ernie , Rosita , Mr . John son , Count von Count , Prairie Dawn ,  Bug  ,  Stuckweed  , Humongous Chicken ,  Colander Stenchman  ,  Football Stenchman  ,  Caterpillar  , Blanket

Background Muppets

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

Additional Credit s

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