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Ronald Grump is the main antagonist of the 1994 25th anniversary TV special Sesame Street All Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!. He is described as rude, angry, mean, mad, and quite ruthless.
He was portrayed by Joe Pesci, who also portrayed Frankie Monaldi in Once Upon a Time in America, Mr. Big in Moonwalker, Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas, Harry Lime in the Home Alone franchise and Nicky Santoro in Casino.
Biography[]
In the special, Ronald Grump wants to demolish Sesame Street to realize his plans for Grump Tower. The Sesame Street residents inform Grump of the many wonderful moments in the neighborhood that have happened over the years, but none of it changes his mind. According to him, he despises "cheat sentiment" wherever it is found, mainly in the found of cute, innocent, or loving things.
He ultimately abandons his plans to build Grump Tower when he realizes that Oscar's trash can is on city property and Oscar refuses to move, inadvertently saving Sesame Street.
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- Grump’s name, appearance, and personality are inspired by businessman and current U.S. president Donald Trump.
- Grump is the first Sesame Street character to be a full villain, the second being Huxley.
- The premise of Grump's plan to destroy Sesame Street was later parodied in a MadTV sketch where Sesame Street gets destroyed by Donald Trump, who Grump himself coincidentally parodies.
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