Before everyone knew it, the night came and it was almost showtime. "Come on, guys!" Kermit called to the Muppets as they came backstage. "Okay, listen up, everybody! This is it! Five minutes to curtain!" "Kermit?" Walter called. "Uh, listen, get ready for the opening number." Kermit told the Muppets before looking to Walter. "Yes?" "I need to talk to you about my act." Walter said to him. "Listen, Walter, I know you're gonna be fine. In fact, I'm sure you'll be great. Scooter, who's up first?" said Kermit. Walter groaned and sighed as he stared at the clock while the other Muppets rushed to get ready. "Okay, first we have the opening theme." Scooter said. "Of course, yeah." Kermit nodded to that. "Then you come out and introduce Fozzie." Scooter told Kermit. Veronica then approached the frog. "TV Executive at 6:00!" Scooter yelped. "The show is a disaster, frog!" Veronica glared, grabbing Kermit by his arm. "Veronica?" Kermit asked. "Where's the audience?" Veronica complained as she dragged Kermit out on stage. "I knew you guys weren't popular anymore. I should have trusted that chart. There's no one here!" "What about Hobo Joe?" Fozzie asked. "Who?" asked Veronica. "Why does everybody forget about Hobo Joe?" Hobo Joe huffed to Veronica as he was sitting in the audience. "Just a second... Scooter!" Kermit said. "Uh, yeah, Chief?" Scooter replied. "Scooter, did you hand out all those flyers?" Kermit asked. "Of course." Scooter replied. "Every last one!" "Don't worry, we'll think of something!" Kermit reassured Veronica. "You better." Veronica warned Kermit. "Yoo-hoo, you've got audience! It's me!" Hobo Joe called out. "What am I, invisible?"
In her dressing room, Honoka was all dressed up and she gave Euterpe one last call. "This is it. It's almost showtime and I'm gonna give it my all and save the theater and Muppet name" Honoka said confidently. "I admire your spirit. Good luck and don't let any of the Muppets down" said Euterpe before hanging up. "Believe me, I won't" said Honoka. Then she heard a knock at her door. Scooter poked his head into the dressing room. "Honoka Kousaka. Fifteen seconds to curtain, Ms. Kousaka" he said. Honoka looked at Scooter with a confident look on her face. "Okay" she said to him. "Somebody looks confident. Good luck." said Scooter before closing the door. Hobo Joe had a few friends with him in the audience. "Start the show! Ready for some kind of entertainment!" he called out. "OK, we go live in three, two..." said Scooter. He cued once the show started airing. "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, Kermit the Frog." An announcer signaled. Kermit was a bit nervous as he hadn't done this in years. "It's The Muppet Telethon, with our very special guest, Ms. Honoka Kousaka! Yay!" Kermit announced once he came out onto the spotlight and did rather well. The Muppet Show theme song started playing after that. Backstage, Honoka watched the Muppets and she began to enjoy it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Muppet Telethon." Kermit smiled after the theme song ended and he came on stage. "We have Muppets standing by to take your calls." The Muppets nodded and waved as they were shown in the balcony seats, though one Muppet seemed to be ordering a pizza. "Yes, uh, and, boy, do we have a wonderful show for you with our special guest, Ms. Honoka Kousaka!" Kermit continued. A spotlight shun on Honoka and she smiled and waved to the audience. "Hello! Those of you who don't know me, I'm Honoka Kousaka and I was one of the members of the school idol group from Japan, μ's! It's so great to be here!" she said. "Man, this 3D is incredible!" Hobo Joe beamed. "Oh, and by the way, folks, we have plenty of room here in the audience so if you'd like to come down and see the show live, come on down!" Kermit told the viewers once the camera switched to him. "It's gonna work. I just know it" Honoka said to herself. Gonzo was the first act. "Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for the Great Gonzo's most amazing feat ever: Head Bowling!" Gonzo announced. "What? No one said anything about this!" Honoka cried out as a bowling pin was placed on her head. Hobo Joe and his friends laughed as they found this to be funny. "Drumroll, please" said Gonzo. From the orchestra pit, Animal played the triangle. "And a one and a two and a three!" Gonzo called out as he got ready to swing the ball, but his arm kept going while Honoka winced, fearing for the worst. "Uh-oh. Ahem! My fingers got stuck. All part of the act, folks. Uh, stay tuned." This seemed to be funny to the audience. A family watching from their home decided to give the Muppets their money. The Muppets at the phones fell asleep, but soon woke up once they heard a telephone ringing. "Hello?" Sweetums asked once he answered the phone. "You wanna give us some money?! Um..." "Say yes!" Sam the Eagle told him. "Um, yes!" Sweetums then said. "We will take that money!" Honoka looked happy that this was working. As the Muppets started to gain money, people began to come into the theater. "Oh, yeah, tickets. Here we are. Tickets. Thank you." Hobo Joe said to a man, trying to get some money out of this. "$5 to show your seat. It's up there somewhere."
"HELP!" Gonzo yelped as he couldn't get the bowling ball off. "Okay, thank you, Gonzo. Thank you very much." Kermit said to Gonzo nervously before deciding to move on. "Ladies and gentlemen, we will see what happens with, uh, head bowling a little later in the show. Up next is our furry funny man, Mr. Fozzie Bear! Yay!" The crowd applauded Fozzie as the bear went on stage. "Thank you, thank you, and thank you." Fozzie smiled to the audience. "Boy, did I go to a bad seafood place last night. The catch of the day was salmonella. Ah, wocka wocka!" The audience didn't seem to laugh at the joke. However, Honoka thought it was funny and she laughed. This caused the audience to laugh with her because they thought she was cute. "So how 'bout those shopping centers, huh?" Fozzie continued. "You seen one, you seen a mall! Take it." Honoka laughed even more and the audience laughed along. Tex saw this on his televisions and wasn't happy. "What is happening?" The oil baron glared. "People are actually watching this? Deadly! Bring the car!" Honoka took a deep breath to calm herself down because her big number was coming up. "What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?" Walter sighed to himself backstage. "Walter, 60 seconds until you're on, Walter." Scooter told him as he entered the room. "Are you ready?" "No. Yes, yes, yes..." Walter replied, trying too hard to hide his very noticeable anxiety. Eventually, some celebrities came into the theater. This surprised Kermit very much. "Whoopi Goldberg? Selena Gomez? And... Uh, hi there." The frog greeted. "Yeah, look, somebody said there might be a career opportunity here, and something about saving a theater." Whoopi replied. "Yes, yes, of course, of course." Kermit nodded. "I don't really know who you guys are" Selena Gomez said. "My agent just told me to show up." "That's great." Kermit said. "Are you one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?" Rico Rodriguez asked. "Yes, I am and let me show you how you can help." Kermit told him since he was a young kid.
Scooter and Walter were about to get on stage. "And don't worry. It's just your one shot to go on live TV before millions of people to prove you have what it takes to become one of the Muppets." Scooter smiled to Walter. "Good luck." Of course, with that kind of pressure, Walter felt very uneasy. "Up next, folks, I am proud to present a brand-new act to the show." Kermit smiled to the audience. "Introducing Walter." Walter seemed too nervous to even walk out on stage so he ran off in the other direction. Honoka felt bad for him. "Uh, it appears that, uh, Walter has, uh, uh, stepped out, so it's, uh... Well, it's time for Honoka to show us what she's got as a school idol." Kermit nervously told the crowd as this wasn't going well for the new Muppet. The curtains opened showing Honoka on a new set. 'Okay. It's now or never' Honoka thought. Then she began to perform the μ's song 'No brand girls'.
"~(Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Isshin icchou!)
(Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hora makenai yo ne?)
Kuyashii na mada No brand
Shiraretenai yo No brand
Nani mo kamo kore kara atsui kibun
Tanoshii yo demo No brand (Do you know?)
Harikitterunda No brand (Do you know?)
Dakara (oide) koko de deau tame ni (Yes, I know!)
Mezasu basho wa (takai)
Ima yori takaku (doko made?)
Chansu no maegami o
(Motte) hanasanai kara
(Gyutto) hanasanai kara
(Oh yeah!) kiseki no niji wo watarunda
Kabe wa Hi Hi Hi kowaseru mono sa Hi Hi Hi taoseru mono sa
Jibun kara motto chikara o dashite yo
Hi Hi Hi kowaseru mono sa Hi Hi Hi taoseru mono sa
Yuuki de mirai o misete
Sou da yo kakugo wa dekita
(Oh yeah! zenshin zenrei!)
(Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!)~"
The song had the audience dancing in their seats. When it was over, they applauded loudly for Honoka. "Ladies and gentlemen, Honoka Kousaka!" Kermit smiled to the audience. Honoka felt proud of herself as money continued to be brought in to the telethon. "And now I am pleased and proud to present those princesses of poultry, Camilla and friends!" Kermit told the crowd before leaving the stage to show chickens on stage. The song 'Forget You' began to play as the chickens clucked and preformed for the crowd. After the song, everyone applauded. "Let's hear it for Camilla and her farmyard friends!" Kermit smiled after the applause. "No, I... I don't know why I'm not hosting this." Neil Patrick Harris said as he helped on the telephones. "So remember, folks, keep on calling and you'll help us reach our goal of $10,000,000 by midnight." Kermit told the crowd. "And if-" Suddenly, the lights went out. "This can't be good" Honoka had a bad feeling about this. "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be alarmed." Kermit's voice soothed. "We will get this sorted out just as soon as we can. Scooter!" Outside, Tex Richman was by a breaker box with an ax. "Well, that's that. Nice try, Muppets!" he smirked. His minions laughed along with him. "Uh, Kermit, how are we going to raise the rest of the money with no electricity?" Fozzie asked his best friend. Kermit managed to light a candle. "Is everybody OK?" Kermit asked his friends. "Mm-hmm" everyone said. "Well, we can't do the show without power." said Kermit. "Huh. Anybody got any bright ideas?" Fozzie asked. "Not now, Fozzie" Honoka told him. Before everyone knew it, the power came back on. Although it was good news for everyone, Honoka began to feel suspicious about the blackout.
Later, Honoka and the Muppets watched Kermit trying to talk to Miss Piggy. "I guess I'm not that good at saying this kind of stuff." he stuttered. "Yes, Kermie?" Miss Piggy asked. "Well...over the last week, um, I realized that...I... I miss you. And I need you. Uh, and maybe you don't need the...the whole world to love you. Maybe you just need one person. It's time for our song, and if we don't raise the money tonight, it might be the last time we sing together." he told her. 'Good job, Kermit' Honoka thought. Soon after that, Kermit went on his stage and began to play his banjo. The audience quieted down as they began to watch this. "Why are there so many songs about rainbows?, And what's on the other side?~" Kermit began to sing as he played his banjo. "Rainbows are visions. But only illusions. And rainbows have nothing to hide~" "So we've have been told and some choose to believe it~" Miss Piggy sang as she came in on a rowboat. Backstage, Honoka smiled warmly as she found this to be quite romantic. "I know they're wrong, wait and see~" Kermit sang as he continued to play his banjo. "Someday, we'll find it~" Miss Piggy sang. "The rainbow connection~" Kermit sang. The Muppets backstage looked to each other and began to join hands. "The lovers, the dreamers and me. All of us under its spell~," Kermit and Miss Piggy sang together before the other Muppets joined in. "We know that it's probably magic. Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name~" The audience swayed their heads along with the melody.
Behind the set, Animal was near his drums. "Hey, these are yours, man." Floyd told Animal as he brought out a case and opened it up to show a pair of drum sticks. "I kept 'em for ya." As the drum sticks were shown, two different Animals appeared on Animal's shoulders. "Drum!" Devil Animal grinned. "No Drum!" Angel Animal frowned. The two seemed to argue with each other and Animal looked between them. Animal then seemed to have enough of them. "You know what to do." Floyd advised Animal. Then Animal played his drums for the first time since he was in therapy and helped the band sound even better, and where the group was amazed. "I've heard it too many times to ignore it, It's something that I'm supposed to be~" Kermit along. "Someday we'll find it, The rainbow connection, The lovers The dreamers and me~" All of the Muppets sang. Animal then did an epic drum solo and then ended the song which made the crowd go wild. This made the numbers appear to go up faster. "Drum! Drum! Drum! Drum!" Animal laughed as his drums seemed to cause fireworks. "You still got it, man!" Floyd chuckled to him as the song ended. "He sure does" Honoka smiled. "Piggy... Will you stay for me?" Kermit asked shyly. "For you, Kermie?" Miss Piggy cooed. "Yeah..." Kermit nodded. "Of course!" Miss Piggy beamed. "Aww!" Honoka smiled when Kermit and Piggy kissed.