Sesame Street has many international versions across the world. Each uses some original characters, created specifically to represent their own culture. The following list highlights some of these characters. All characters are Muppets, unless otherwise mentioned.
- Garibaldo, a giant, shy, green bird. Similar to Big Bird.
- Gugu, a green muppet with a blue nose and orange cheeks. Similar to Oscar the Grouch.
- Beto and Ênio, Bert and Ernie like characters.
- Juca (Armando Bogus), a toy maker who taught children his craft.
- Ana Maria (Sonia Braga), a teacher and Juca's cousin.
- Gabriela (Aracy Balabanian), wife of Juca
- Funga-funga, a orange humped muppet who didn't like how others looked at him.
- Rumpel, an Oscar the Grouch-like character that lives in a rainbarrel. He has Gustav, a pet caterpillar
- Buh, an owl
- Feli Filu, a blue monster reporter
- Finchen, a snail
- Pherd, a horse
- Samson, a bear, similar in role and full-body puppet, to Big Bird
- Simson, Samson's friend and lookalike
- Tiffy, a pink bird
- Ulli von Bodefeld, a hedgehog
- Woole, a lamb
Humans on Sesamstrasse
- Manfred (Krug, an East German actor)
- Lilo (Lieselotte Pulver, a Swiss actress)
- No'Man, a camel equivlent of Big Bird
- Melsoon, a light green parrot wearing a tie
- Yaqut, a lavender monster with a long nose
- Abelardo Montoya, the equivalent of Big Bird, with Green and Red feathers (Mexico's National colours; also the colors of a Parrot, one of Mexico's most numerous and representative birds)
- Bodoque, a grouch that lives in boxes
- Cuernos (Horns), a red monster with a characteristic couple of horns and vicious teeth.
- El Barón Púrpura (The Purple Baron), a Muppet portraying a lackluster air pilot. A satire of The Red Baron.
- Lola, a female relative of Pancho and Abelardo's best friend; a joyful young pink muppet.
- Paco, a parrot, the equivalent of America's Oscar the Grouch
- Pancho, a blue-colored monster, who has a pet elephant Elefancio, only the trunk is ever seen
- Multimonstruos, Red Anything Monsters, appear as babies, pirates, etc.
- Multimuppets, Brown Anything Muppets
- Four birds
Humans in Sesamstraat
- Buurman Baasje, male
- Elvan, female
- Frank, male
- Gerda, female
- Hakim, male
- Lot, female
- Meneer Aart, male
- Paula, female
- Rik, male
- Sien, female
- Max Mekker: a big blue monster who owns a train station called "Sesam Stasjon".
- Alfa: a female yellow monster.
- Bjarne: a pink man who owns a ticket booth.
- Pong Pagong, a clumsy, pink full-body turtle wearing a baseball cap.
- Kiko Matsing, a purple gorilla version of Oscar.
- Zeliboba, a 9-foot furry blue tree spirit who enjoys dancing
- Businka, a bright pink Muppet who finds joy in everything
- Kubik, the resident pensive problem-solver
- Kami, who raised controversy in the USA, due to her HIV+ status
- Espinete, a large pink hedgehog
- Don Pimpón: Another full-body muppet. This farmer was an undetermined brown being, similar to a Sesame Street monster.
- Kirpik, a grouch who lives in a pile of boxes
- Minik Kus, a red version of Big Bird
