Singer shows up and tries to kill the aliens, ultimately failing to do so (Rentro having removed the weapon's battery) and is laughed at. After an hour-long wait, the ship comes to Earth and the aliens, who all resemble Gonzo, explain that many years ago they lost him, but now welcome him back into the fold. The Muppets rescue Gonzo, then go to Cape Doom where a crowd of alien-happy spectators await their arrival. Rentro tells Singer that his car has been impounded because of unpaid parking tickets they use the company car-a cement truck. Upon discovering from Rentro that Gonzo is heading for Cape Doom, Singer prepares the Subatomic Neutro-Destabilizer to use on the aliens. Luft feels that his time has been wasted and angrily leaves. Phil Van Neuter, which is witnessed by Singer and General Luft.
Meanwhile, Rizzo frees Gonzo from the dissection table while the other rats attack Dr. They use the invisibility spray to enter, but when Fozzie washes his hands upon exiting a restroom it wears off, attracting the attention of a female guard, who Animal chases away. The gang arrives at the military base to rescue Gonzo and Rizzo. After Miss Piggy interrogates Barker, she, Kermit, Fozzie, Pepe, and Animal go to rescue Gonzo and Rizzo from C.O.V.N.E.T., using inventions from Bunsen and Beaker such as a door in a jar, a rubber duck that emits temporary invisibility spray, and mind control gas.Īn alien channeling his voice through a sandwich asks Gonzo where the alien ship can land, and Gonzo suggests a beach known by the name of Cape Doom, unaware that Singer's assistant Agent Rentro (Bobo the Bear) is listening. Rizzo's antics cause himself to be flushed down a tube by wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and ends up having to go through C.O.V.N.E.T.'s rat training and medical research held by Dr. Gonzo and Rizzo are taken to C.O.V.N.E.T. Singer is aware of the aliens' attempts to communicate and thinks that Gonzo is the key to convincing his superiors that aliens do exist. Edgar Singer of C.O.V.N.E.T., a top secret national security facility, whose mission is to investigate threats of extraterrestrial attacks, disguised as a cement factory.
Unable to convince Kermit and his friends of the aliens' existence, Gonzo is lured by Agent Barker into the clutches of K. Suddenly, he is struck by a bolt of lightning, which allows him to communicate with a pair of cosmic knowledge fish, who reveal his origins as an alien from outer space. After an alien race appears to be trying to send him a strange mysterious message through his bowl of Kap’n Alphabet cereal, Gonzo realizes that he may not be so alone after all and later that evening, he climbs to the rooftop to watch the sky. One day, Gonzo tells Kermit that he is getting tired of being referred to as a "whatever". Gonzo has always been identified as a "whatever" but, after having disturbing dreams of abandonment and rejection, including him being denied entry to Noah's Ark, he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world. It is also the last Muppet film written by Juhl prior to his death in 2005, the last Muppets film to be released theatrically until The Muppets in 2011, and the last theatrically released Muppet film to be produced by Jim Henson Productions before the franchise was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004. Alongside The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, it is the last Muppets feature film to have the involvement of Oz prior to his retirement from Muppet performing the following year. The film was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1998 and released in the United States on July 14, 1999, by Columbia TriStar Pictures Releasing. After he and Rizzo the Rat are captured by government officials during his search, Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppet gang must save them. In the film, Gonzo attempts to discover his origins after having nightmares. Murray Abraham, David Arquette, Pat Hingle, Rob Schneider, Andie MacDowell, Josh Charles, Hulk Hogan, and Ray Liotta, alongside Muppet performers Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz and Bill Barretta. The sixth theatrical film in The Muppets franchise, it is the first Muppets film to not be a musical and the first film since the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson to have an original Muppets-focused plot. Muppets from Space is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Tim Hill (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Jerry Juhl, Joseph Mazzarino, and Ken Kaufman.