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  positioned 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 have also decided 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 residence is actually 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 40 years, since the dawn of Sesame Street. 1 consistent tradition is that 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 was staying 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 into 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.

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 them both his helper cause of their rotten attitude. But when they find out they have to helped sort through his trash, they decide not to be his helper & fire Grump. Grump left in a taxi w/ his trash, as Oscar & Grundgetta enjoy saying, "Scram, You’re Fired!" to each other. It is still unknown what eventually 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.