Ryan Walterson

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164. Jake the Polar Bear (The Animal Show) - performed by Steve Whitmire

The host of the show alongside Stinky the Skunk, Jake is the wise and happy polar bear who, along with Stinky, interviews various animals from around the world and finds out all about them.

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163. J.P. Grosse (The Muppet Show) - performed by Jerry Nelson

The owner of the Muppet Theatre, J.P. is also the uncle of Scooter, the reason Scooter got his job in the first place. His power allows him control of what goes on in the theatre sometimes.

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162. Iver (The Hoobs) - performed by Don Austen

The leader of the main three Hoobs, Iver is very by the books in how things get done in the Hoobmobile, but loves to find things out by talking to Earth children, or tiddlypeeps as Hoobs call them.

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161. Irvine (Sesame Street) - typically performed by Martin P. Robinson

Irvine is Oscar's little baby niece that he takes care of on many occasions. Oscar usually tries to show her typical grouchy things, though she'll often scream and cry.

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160. The Inkspots (Fraggle Rock) - performed by various puppeteers

Inkspots are little brown creatures who live in Fraggle Rock and typically sing backup on various songs or do things in the background. They've also appeared in other Henson productions as well.

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159. Icy Joe (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock) - performed by Karen Prell

Icy Joe is a Fraggle explorer who was frozen for centuries, only to be unthawed years later. She's bigger in size than most Fraggles and is often loud and brutish in attitude, or icy rather.

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158. Humphrey and Ingrid (Sesame Street) - performed by David Rudman and Joey Mazzarino

The loving but slow-witted parents of Baby Natasha, Humphrey and Ingrid worked at the Furry Arms Hotel while providing Natasha with all the care they could give her.

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157. Hubba Hubba (The Hoobs) - performed by Mark Jefferis (S1-3) and Brian Herring (S4-5,)

The leader of the Hoobs' race, Hubba Hubba lives in Hoobland and is responsible for bringing our main Hoobs to find about human culture for his great Hoobapedia.

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156. Howard Tubman (The Muppets) - performed by Bill Barretta

First appearing in the Tubmans of Porksmith segments on Muppets Tonight as a flamboyant and food obsessed aristocrat with his butler named Carter, Howard would later make appearances in other productions.

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155. Horton the Elephant (The Wubblous World of Dr. Seuss) - performed by John Kennedy

Horton lives in the Jungle of Nool with his elephant-bird son, Morton. He's often confident in believing in things no one else would. He's also taken on a few jobs at times.

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154. Horatio the Elephant (Sesame Street) - performed by Joey Mazzarino

First appearing as an unnamed elephant who made multiple appearances, the elephant was later named Horatio and established a personality as a loud and excitable elephant who loves to dance.

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153. Hoots the Owl (Sesame Street) - originally performed by Kevin Clash and currently by Christopher Hayes

Hoots the Owl is Sesame Street's resident jazz musician, known for his exceptional talent with playing the saxophone. He also has a jazz club called Birdland.

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152. Honkers (Sesame Street) - performed by various puppeteers

Honkers are a race of creatures who can't actually talk, but rather communicate only by honking their noses. They come in all sorts of different colors and can be seen all over Sesame Street.

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151. Hilda (The Muppet Show) - performed by Eren Ozker

Appearing in the first season of the show, Hilda was in charge of wardrobe backstage and spoke with a vaguely European accent. Years later, she made a return cameo appearance in the 2026 special.

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150. Herry Monster (Sesame Street) - originally performed by Jerry Nelson and currently by Peter Linz

Herry may be strong and occasionally clumsy in strength, but he also has a big heart and remains one of the all-time staple monsters of Sesame Street.

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149. Herbert Birdsfoot (Sesame Street) - performed by Jerry Nelson

Created in the second season essentially as a temporary replacement for Kermit the Frog's lectures in season 2, Herbert Birdsfoot would teach various topics, typically with assistance from Grover.

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148. Harvey Kneeslapper (Sesame Street) - performed by Frank Oz

Harvey Kneeslapper was known for his one-note series of practical jokes consisting of letter based puns and other gags, as well as his obnoxiously loud laugh when a joke succeeds.

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147. Harry the Hipster (Sam and Friends) - performed by Jim Henson

One of the earliest Muppets created by Henson, Harry appeared on Sam and Friends as a hipster with shades and a jazzy attitude. His most famous moment was a segment with Kermit on visual thinking

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146. Guy Smiley (Sesame Street) - originally performed by Jim Henson and currently by Eric Jacobson

America's favourite game show host (at least in the world of Sesame Street), Guy Smiley is the energetic host of almost every game show and occasionally other stuff.