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| Character | Actor/Muppeteer | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Breakfast | Brian Muehl | (Episode 2159) An Anything Muppet that helped promote breakfast. | |
| Captain Vegetable | Jim Henson (1982), Richard Hunt (1983-1984) | A strange pink rabbit superhero who encourages people to eat their vegetables. His home base is a garden somewhere in New Jersey. | |
| Chicago the Lion | David Rudman | A vegetarian lion. | |
| Chip and Dip | Chip: Kevin Clash Dip: Richard Hunt (1980s-1992), David Rudman (1992) |
Two cats who appeared occasionally. | |
| Chrissy | Jim Henson (performer), Christopher Cerf (voice) | Lead singer of "Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats," he was one of the earliest Muppets based upon an actual person (Cerf). | |
| Chuckie Sue | A real hamster | Telly's pet hamster who was originally named Chuckie until Telly discovered she was pregnant. Afterwards he renamed her Chuckie Sue but has continued to call her Chuckie. | |
| Clancy | Frank Oz, Brian Muehl, Martin P. Robinson | A dark-green monster who appeared occasionally. | |
| Colambo | Joey Mazzarino | A black lamb detective inspired by Columbo. | |
| Cookie Monster | Frank Oz (1969–), David Rudman (2001-) | As Sesame Unpaved says, "At first glance, Cookie Monster appears to be a monster with a one-track mind. He is deeply, emotionally, physically and spiritually attached to cookies". He also likes to eat healthy foods. | |
| Count von Count | Jerry Nelson (1972–2012), Matt Vogel (2012–present) | Count von Count is a number-obsessed vampire who craves counting with a single-focused passion. He has lavender-fleece skin, bat-shaped ears, a flat black hairpiece, a red spade tongue, and wears caped formalwear. Nelson based the Count's character and exaggerated European accent on Bela Lugosi's Count Dracula. An "impressive crack of thunder and flash of lightning", along with his trademark laugh, accompany his counting. | |
| The Countess | Fran Brill | (1980) Count von Count's actress girlfriend; has a dog named Masha. Modeled after Marlene Dietrich. | |
| Countess von Backwards | Camile Bonora | Counts everything backwards. A loud wolf cry usually accompanies her counting. | |
| Curly Bear | Stephanie D'Abruzzo (2003–) | Baby Bear's little sister. Created to address the issue of sibling rivalry, Curly calls her brother "Bebo" and has a very loud growl. | |
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