List of Sesame Street international co-production characters

Baghch-e-Simsim (Afghanistan)

• Zari - A six-year-old girl.^[1]
• Zeerak Zari's brother.^[1]

Open Sesame (Australia)

• Ollie – A yellow orange monster who is the cousin of Elmo.^[2]

Sisimpur (Bangladesh)

• Halum: A Bengal tiger.^[3]
• Ikri Mikri: A small blue monster.^[3]
• Shiku: A small jackal.^[3]
• Tuktuki: A female
  Muppet.^[3]

Vila Sésamo first show (Brazil)

• Garibaldo – A giant, shy, blue (yellow in the 2007 version) bird. Similar to Big Bird.
• Gugu – A green Muppet monster with a blue nose and orange cheeks. Similar to Oscar the Grouch.
• Juca (Armando Bogus) – A toy maker who taught children his craft.
• Ana Maria (Sonia Braga) – A teacher and Juca's cousin.
• Gabriela (Aracy Balabanian) – The wife of Juca
• Funga-funga – A red
  Muppet elephant
  who didn't like how others looked at him.
• Bel – A pink/purple
  Muppet monster
  that appeared in the 2007 version

Canadian Sesame Street, later Sesame Park (Canada)

• Louis – A French-Canadian otter
• Basil – A polar bear
• Dodi – A
  Muppet
  who is essentially a Jack-Of-All-Trades, though most commonly known as a bush pilot.
• Katie
  – A girl who uses a wheelchair.
• Chaos – A cat who speaks in the third person, is similar to Elmo
  , serving the same role.
• Beau Beaver – A beaver (animated)

Zhima Jie (China)

• Da Niao – A Chinese version of Big Bird.^[4]
• Hu Hu Zhu – A furry blue pig. Appeared in the 1998 version.^[4]
• Xiao Mei Zi – A red Elmo-like monster. Appeared in the 1998 version.^[4]
• Lily – A young female tiger cub. Appeared in the 2010 version.^{[citation needed]}

Alam Simsim (Egypt)

• Nimnim – A tall furry green creature with orange legs, having a similar role to Big Bird.
• Filfil – A fuzzy-bearded purple monster who likes to eat 'Asilaya (honey sesame sticks), similar to Cookie Monster.
• Khokha – A furry peach-colored monster who likes to play pretend.
• Am Gherghis – A human who is the local shopkeeper.
• Am Hussein – A human who is a carpenter.
• Ama Kheireya – A human. Also called Um Kareem, she is the wife of Am Hussein, mother of Mona and Kareem.
• Mona – A human who is the teenage daughter of Kheireya and Hussein.
• Kareem – A human who is the pre-teen brother of Mona.
• Ama Nabila – A human who is the proprietress of the bookstore/library.

Sesamstraße (Germany)

• Samson – A male bear, similar in role and full-body puppet, to Big Bird (1978–2008, 2013–present)
• Simson – Samson's cousin and lookalike, often seen with a hat or a tie to distinguish him from Samson (on and off in 1989–1998)
• Tiffy – A pink female bird (1978–2005)
• Finchen – A (former male, now female) snail (on and off from 1983, 1989–present)
• Rumpel – A green Grouch that lives in a rainbarrel. He has Gustav, a pet caterpillar, who is based on Oscar's pet worm, Slimey. (1989–2008)
• Buh – A male owl (1989–2002)
• Feli Filu – A blue female monster reporter (2000–2007)
• Pferd – A male horse (2002–present)
• Wolle – A male lamb (2002–present)
• Lena – A pink monster baby (2005–2009)
• Moni – A female photographer (2005–2007)
• Ulli von Bödefeld – An androgyne hedgehog-like creature (1978-early 1986)
• Wolf vom Wortersee – A green wolf (2007–present)

Humans in Sesamstraße 1978–1986

• Henning (Henning Venske, a West German actor – 1978–1979) –
• Lilo (
  Lieselotte Pulver
  , a Swiss actress 1978–1986) –
• Uwe (Uwe Friedrichsen, a West German actor 1979–1982) –
• Horst (Horst Janson, a West German actor 1979–1986) –
• Ute (Ute Willing, a German actress 1979–1986) –
• Ilse (Ilse Biberti, a German actress 1979–1982) –
• Elisabeth (Elisabeth Vitouch, a German actress 1979–1982) –
• Manfred (Manfred Krug, an East German actor – 1982–1986) –

Humans in Sesamstraße 1986–present

• Georg (Gernot Endemann, a German actor – 1986–1999) –
• Bettina (Hildegard Krekel, a German actress – 1986–1989, Kirsten Spick, a German actress – 1989–1999) –
• Opa Brass (Ferdinand Dux, a German actor – 1992–2000) –
• Pensionswirtin Helmi (Senta Bonneval, a German actress – 1995–1999) –
• Musiker Alex (
  Alexander Geringas
  , a German-Greek actor – 1995–2000) –
• Jiviana (Vijak Bajani, a German-Turkish actress – 1995–2001) –
• Nils (Nils Julius, a German actor – 2000–present) –
• Caro (Caroline Kiesewetter, a German actress – 2000–2002, Miriam Krause, a German actress – 2002–present) –
• Zauberer PePe (Dirk Bach, a German comedian – 2000–2012) –
• Anke (Anke Engelke, a German comedian – 2003–present) –
• Mehmet (Mehmet Yilmaz, a German-Turkish actor – 2003–present) –
• Ella (Franziska Troegner, a German actress – 2003–present) –

Galli Galli Sim Sim (India)

• Jugaadu – A
  Muppet
  who likes to find innovative solutions to fix problems, and does not view his disability as a handicap.
• Basha Bhaijaan – Owns a corner store and knows several Indian languages.
• Sid – A
  Muppet
  who is a cool, smart child and Googly is a fan of his style and dancing.
• Dawa Di – Basha's wife, who is from North East India, and teaches dance.
• Kabir – Basha Bhaijaan and Dawa Di's son, who is active and curious.
• Col. Albert Pinto – A retired army person, and advocate for healthy living and civic sense.
• Rukmini Pinto (Doctor Aunty) – Col. Pinto's wife.
• Chamki, – A tomboyish five-year-old girl, dressed most often, in a school uniform.
• Boombah – An eight feet tall, pink lion equivalent of Big Bird.
• Googly – A six-year-old, adorable and furry blue monster with a penchant for asking tricky questions.
• Aanchoo – A purple creature who is a storehouse of interesting stories from all over the world.
• Hero – An orange coloured
  Muppet
  who loves to dress himself up.
• Khadoosa – As the name suggests, he is the grouchy neighbour in the Galli but is never intentionally mean.

Jalan Sesama (Indonesia)

• Momon – A five-year-old yellow monster who learns to draw letters and loves drawing and counting.
• Putri – An active young girl who is always asking Momon for help.
• Tantan – A wise female orangutan that settles every dispute on Jalan Sesama.
• Jabrik – A baby rhinoceros that is always complaining and laughing.
• Agen Rahasia 123 (Secret Agent 123) – A James Bond-like agent who have a mission to solve a problem caused by a goat

Rechov Sumsum/Shalom Sesame (Israel)

• Kipi Ben Kipod/Kippi Kippod – A giant porcupine analogous to Big Bird
• Moishe Oofnik (Gilles Ben David) – Oscar the Grouch's cousin
• Avigail – A purple female monster who is similar to Elmo, who also speaks in the third person.
• Brosh – An orange monster
• Mahboub (Yousef Sweid) – A blue monster
• Noah – A red monster
• Sivan – A girl who uses a wheelchair. She moved to Vila Sésamo near the end of its second run.

Sesami Sutorīto

(Japan)

• Teena – A pink monster who likes to sing.
• Mojabo – A green and purple monster who likes to exercise.
• Pierre – A blue-and-yellow frog.
• Arthur – A little yellow bird.
• Grorie – An orange Grover-like monster.
• Meg – A Japanese girl.

Hikayat Simsim (Jordan)

• Tonton - A yellow monster who likes to play soccer. Like Sesame Street's Elmo, Tonton speaks in the third person.
• Juljul - A grey Muppet monster who teaches children to be safe.
• Jiddo Simsim - A grandfather figure.

Iftah Ya Simsim (Kuwait)

• No'Man – A camel equivalent of Big Bird
• Melsoon – A light green parrot wearing a tie (blue in the 2015 version)
• Yaqut – A lavender monster with a long nose
• Abla – A full-body lavender cat
• Shams – A yellow monster that appeared in the 2015 version

Plaza Sésamo (Mexico/Hispanic America)

• birds). He is also the cousin of Big Bird
  .
• Abelardo – A red dragon equivalent of Big Bird.
• Bodoque – A Grouch that lives in boxes. He is the cousin of Oscar the Grouch.
• Cuernos (Horns) – A red monster with a characteristic couple of horns and vicious teeth.
• El Barón Púrpura (The Purple Baron) – A
  The Red Baron
  .
• Lola – A female relative of Pancho and
  Abelardo's best friend; a joyful young pink monster who speaks in the third person. She is the cousin of Elmo
  and Zoe.
• Paco – A parrot, the equivalent of America's Oscar the Grouch
• Pancho – A blue-colored monster with a gruff voice. Like Telly Monster, his favorite shape is the triangle, and his favorite food to eat is onions.
  • Elefancio – Pancho's pet elephant. Only the trunk is ever seen like the trunk Oscar the Grouch's pet elephant Fluffy.
• Multimonstruos – Red Anything Muppet
  Monsters
  , appear as babies, pirates, etc.
• Multimuppets – Brown Anything Muppets
• Four
  birds
• A macaw
• Poco Loco
• A penguin
• A chicken
• Stuckweed
• A watermelon
• Anything Muppets
• Monsters
• Grouches
• Other animals