Come on, Elmo pretty much owns Sesame Street now. Almost to the point where they should just change the name from Sesame Street to Elmo and friends or something. I mean it's not enough that Elmo has his own segment on Sesame Street entitled Elmo's World, but he is just about always in the main storylines for each episode. Enough Elmo,

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But I'm not saying this because I hate Elmo, I'm just saying it, because it's true.
The same can also be said for Pepe, I mean I like Pepe, and I do agree that Pepe is the best new Muppet to came out, maybe since Jim Henson's death. But man, this character pokes in a lot. I mean you seen things that say "The Muppet Show: 25 years" and you see Pepe. Pepe was not on the Muppet show, what's up with that.
But when it comes down to it, Elmo and Pepe are now Classic Muppets of the modern era. Sure not classic like in the past 40 years. But they made their way into a lot of fan's hearts, even non-fans say they love these two Muppets. So that's counts for something, right?