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'''Ernie''' is a human in the animated short ''[[Lifted]]''. One night while sleeping, the aliens [[Stu]] and [[Mr. B]] arrive nearby his home in a UFO and attempt to abduct him. As Stu tries various toggle switches he moves Ernie anywhere he pleases, including out the window. After they are finally able to capture Ernie, Stu accidentally releases the switch too soon which causes Ernie to fall all the way to the ground. Mr. B then takes control and return Ernie to his bed, and cleans up the mess left by their previous attempts to capture him.
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Ernie is asleep throughout the entire film, except for after the credits where he can be heard waking up, then screaming.
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==Trivia==
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'''Ernie (Born March 19 1997)''' has been one of the stars of ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street Sesame Street]'' since its first episode in 1969. Ernie and his best friend [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bert Bert] share[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_and_Bert%27s_apartment the basement apartment] at [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/123_Sesame_Street 123 Sesame Street]. Together they form a comic duo that is one of the program's centerpieces, with Ernie acting the role of the naïve trouble-maker and Bert the world-weary foil. HE THINKS BERT SMELLS!
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*Ernie's scream at the end of the film is a [[Wilhelm scream]], a stock sound effect that has been used in various films since its recording in 1951.
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*Ernie is actually an early model design for [[Linguini]] in ''[[Ratatouille]]'', the feature film which ''Lifted'' accompanied in theaters.
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Ernie is well known for his fondness for baths with his[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Rubber_Duckie_(duck) Rubber Duckie], and for trying to learn to play the saxophone although he wouldn't "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Put_Down_the_Duckie_(song) put down the duckie]." Ernie is also known for keeping Bert awake at night, for reasons such as wanting to play the drums, wanting to count something (like sheep), to observe something like a blackout, or even because he is waiting for his upstairs neighbor to drop his shoes.
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He has a distinctive, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Laughter chuckling laugh] (a trait he shares with his baby cousin [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernestine Ernestine]).
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Many [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_and_Bert_Sketches Ernie and Bert sketches] involve Ernie wanting to play a game with Bert, who would much rather do something else (like read). Ernie keeps annoying Bert with the game until Bert joins in -- and usually, by the time Bert starts enjoying the game, Ernie is tired of playing the game and wants to do something else. Other sketches have involved them sharing some food by dividing it equally, only for one of them to have a bit more than the other, leading Ernie to make it even by eating the extra piece.
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Ernie has also frequently made appearances without Bert. He has regularly appeared in skits with [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster Cookie Monster],[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sherlock_Hemlock Sherlock Hemlock] and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Lefty_the_Salesman Lefty the Salesman].
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From [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Season_33_(2002) season 33] until [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Season_36_(2005) season 36], he and Big Bird starred in a daily segment called "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Journey_to_Ernie Journey to Ernie]". Starting in season 39, Ernie and Bert have appeared in animated form in the ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bert_and_Ernie%27s_Great_Adventures Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures]'' segments.
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==Contents==
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[[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie# hide]] *[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Play_with_Me_Sesame 1 ''Play with Me Sesame'']
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Movies 2 Movies]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Specials 3 Specials]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Performing_Ernie 4 Performing Ernie]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Perspectives_on_Ernie 5 Perspectives on Ernie]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Trivia 6 Trivia]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Songs 7 Songs]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#See_also 8 See also]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#Sources 9 Sources]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#External_links 10 External links]
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|}
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==''Play with Me Sesame''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=1 Edit]==
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Ernie was one of the hosts of ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Play_with_Me_Sesame Play with Me Sesame]''. One regular segment that he hosted was "Ernie Says", a variation of "Simon Says".
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==Movies[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=2 Edit]==
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Ernie has appeared in both of the ''Sesame Street'' movies. In''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Follow_That_Bird Follow That Bird]'', he and Bert searched for Big Bird by plane. Ernie piloted the plane, and eventually, after they found Big Bird, he flew the plane upside-down, singing "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Upside_Down_World Upside Down World]". However, after they lost Big Bird, Ernie blamed Bert.
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In ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Elmo_in_Grouchland The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]'', Ernie and Bert served as hosts. Whenever it looked like something unsettling happened, Ernie had to reassure Bert (and the audience) that nothing bad was going to happen.
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Ernie also appeared in the finales of ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie The Muppet Movie]'' and''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppets_Take_Manhattan The Muppets Take Manhattan]'', in the last of which he got a line.
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==Specials[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=3 Edit]==
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In ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Christmas_Eve_on_Sesame_Street Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]'', Ernie decided to buy Bert a cigar box to store his paper clips in. However, as he didn't have any money, he traded his own Rubber Duckie for it. At the same time, Bert decided to get Ernie a soap dish to put his Rubber Duckie in, so that it wouldn't keep falling into the tub, but had to trade his paper clips for it. However, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Hooper Mr. Hooper] could tell that neither of them really wanted to give up their prized possessions, so Mr. Hooper gave them their things back as presents.
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Ernie and Bert introduced a montage of ''Sesame Street''clips in ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppets:_A_Celebration_of_30_Years The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years]''. Ernie also narrated a Christmas pageant, '''Twas the Night Before Christmas'', in ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/A_Muppet_Family_Christmas A Muppet Family Christmas]''. In that same special, Ernie and Bert had a conversation with [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Doc Doc], making them the only ''Sesame Street'' characters (not counting [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog Kermit the Frog]) to have interacted with Doc.
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In ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street:_20_and_Still_Counting Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]'', he and Bert got a new video camera, and he talked Bert into using the camera to record footage of [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_(location) Sesame Street] so that they could watch Sesame Street on television.
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==Performing Ernie[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=4 Edit]==
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Ernie is a [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Live-Hand_Muppet Live-Hand Muppet] (unlike Bert, who is a [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Hand-Rod_Muppet Hand-Rod Muppet]), meaning that while operating the head of the puppet with his right hand, the puppeteer inserts his left hand into a T-shaped sleeve, capped off with a glove that matches the fabric "skin" of the puppet, thus "becoming" the left arm of the puppet. A second puppeteer usually provides the right arm, although sometimes the right arm is simply stuffed and pinned to the puppet's chest. Other puppets of this type include [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster Cookie Monster], [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Fozzie_Bear Fozzie Bear],[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Beaker Beaker] and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Bunsen_Honeydew Bunsen Honeydew]
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==Perspectives on Ernie[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=5 Edit]==
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*"I was fascinated with Ernie and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bert Bert]. Everything about Ernie and Bert fit with their characters. Because Ernie was chubby and had horizontal stripes. He had a soft orangy colored skin and black hair. And Bert on the other hand was rigid, and he was upright, and he has vertical stripes on his shirt and light yellow skin with really dark eyebrows. And I just thought this was amazing, to watch them work. Ernie was kind of bouncy, and fun and playful. And Bert was rigid and planted. He was always planted and had dull hobbies."
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::- Dave Goelz, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/MuppetFest MuppetFest] December [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/2001 2001]
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==Trivia[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=6 Edit]==
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*Ernie and Bert were the first Muppets to appear in the[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_Pilot_Episodes Sesame Street Pilot Episodes]. In the very first, which was released on DVD as part of ''Old School Vol. 2'', Ernie speaks with a voice closer to that of [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Rowlf_the_Dog Rowlf the Dog] in his first scenes, but has a voice that better resembles his first season voice in later scenes in the same pilot. Ernie's appearances in these early clips show him with more unkempt hair and a different color nose, making the early segments easy to identify when later replayed on the series.
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*Ernie made special appearances in two ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppet_Show Muppet Show]''episodes: [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_102:_Connie_Stevens episode 102] and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_518:_Marty_Feldman episode 518].
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/John_Tartaglia John Tartaglia] performed Ernie in the second season of ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Play_with_Me_Sesame Play with Me Sesame]'', in some portions of that show's website, the 2003 [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Annual_Sesame_Workshop_Benefit_Gala#2003.2C_35th_Anniversary Annual Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala], and in ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_4-D_Movie_Magic Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic]''.
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*In the finale of ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie The Muppet Movie]'', Ernie was performed by Earl Kress, better known as a writer for animation. Kress recounted his experiences on the film on [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Muppet_Central_(website) Muppet Central]. A thread about the experience can be found [http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=20377 here].
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*Ernie's favorite number has changed over the years. In[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_0001 Episode 0001], Ernie says that his favorite number is[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/2 2] and his favorite letter is [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/E E]. Shortly before then (on''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/This_Way_to_Sesame_Street This Way to Sesame Street])'' Ernie claims that his favorite number has changed from 2 to [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/7 7]; however, he may have said this to justify Bert showing the [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Number_Song_Series Song of Seven] film. Several years later, in the song "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Six Six]", he revealed that his favorite number is 8,243,721. In the book ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/My_Name_is_Ernie My Name is Ernie]'', Ernie states his favorite number is five because there are five letters in his name.
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Jim_Henson Jim Henson]'s last performance as Ernie was for the 1989 song "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Don%27t_Throw_That_Trash_on_the_Ground Don't Throw That Trash on the Ground]".[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#cite_note-0 [1]][http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#cite_note-1 [2]]
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*For a time after Jim Henson's passing, Ernie's new appearances were limited to brief (usually silent) cameos; as in ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppets_Celebrate_Jim_Henson The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson]'', ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_%26_Roll! Rock & Roll!]'', ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird%27s_Birthday_or_Let_Me_Eat_Cake Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake]'', ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street:_25_Wonderful_Years Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years]'', the song "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure Adventure]," and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_Theme the 1992-1998 intro]. Steve Whitmire began performing Ernie in 1993.[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#cite_note-2 [3]]
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*For ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesamstrasse Sesamstrasse]'''s 30th anniversary in 2003, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/International_Ernie#germany4 Ernie] and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/International_Bert#germany4 Bert] appeared on a regular episode, as well as on the show's 30th anniversary TV special. Since 2006, the two are also residents on the [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Germany German] co-production and appear regularly in newly produced [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Sesamstrasse_Sketches local segments].
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*For the 2005/2006 season, ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesamstraat Sesamstraat]'' moved into a new set. The scenery set was introduced in a television special, for which the American Sesame Street characters [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bert Bert], Ernie, [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster Cookie Monster] and [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Elmo Elmo] visited[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Holland Holland]. This occasion marked the first time that the American characters visited ''Sesamstraat''.
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*Ernie lists his favorite songs as "[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend You've Got a Friend]" and "Bug the One You're With" in the [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Facebook Facebook] spoof posted by [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Workshop Sesame Workshop] for the [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Season_40_(2009-2010) 40th season].
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==Songs[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=7 Edit]==
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:See [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_and_Bert_Songs Ernie and Bert Songs]
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==See also[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=8 Edit]==
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_and_Bert_Sketches Ernie and Bert Sketches]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_Through_the_Years Ernie Through the Years]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/%22Bert_and_Ernie%22_vs._%22Ernie_and_Bert%22 "Bert and Ernie" vs. "Ernie and Bert"]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_Impersonators Ernie Impersonators]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie%27s_Alternate_Identities Ernie's Alternate Identities]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/International_Ernie International Ernie]
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*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Ernie_and_Bert_Books Ernie and Bert books]
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*Rumors: [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bert_and_Ernie:_It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life_Connection Bert and Ernie: It's a Wonderful Life Connection]
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*Rumors: [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Are_Ernie_and_Bert_gay%3F Ernie and Bert's Relationship]
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*Rumors: [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie_is_Dead Ernie is Dead]
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==Sources[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=9 Edit]==
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#[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#cite_ref-0 ↑] ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street:_A_Celebration_-_40_Years_of_Life_on_the_Street Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]'', sample pages
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#[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#cite_ref-1 ↑] [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/01/27/this-week-in-sesame-street-ernies-birthday/ This Week in Sesame Street: Ernie’s Birthday] at [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesameworkshop.org Sesameworkshop.org] (2012-01-27)
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#[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie#cite_ref-2 ↑] ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street:_A_Celebration_-_40_Years_of_Life_on_the_Street Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street]'', page 135
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==External links[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Ernie?action=edit§ion=10 Edit]==
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*[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/05/20ernie.html McSweeney's story: "Ernie and Bert Call It Quits: Eight Six-Line Plays Initiated by Bert"]
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