Editing Oscar the Grouch (section)

==International adaptations==
While Oscar receives new names in international dubs, ''Sesame Street'' international co-productions have often created their own version of the character.

In their second season, Germany's ''[[Sesamstraße|Sesamstrasse]]'' created an antagonistic character named Uli von Bödefeld. While not a Grouch, he served the same role in plots as Oscar. When a fire destroyed the costume in 1988, a decade after he debuted, he and American segments of Oscar were both replaced by a Grouch named Rumpel. He has a pet caterpillar named Gustav, who is based on Slimey.

Israeli Grouch, [[List of Sesame Street international co-production characters|Moishe Oofnik]], Oscar's cousin, is the only character to survive the first ''[[Rechov Sumsum]]'', appearing in its current reboot; English/Hebrew series ''[[Shalom Sesame]];'' and Israeli-Palestinian co-production ''Rechov Sumsum/Shara'a Simsim''.

Other Grouches include Bodoque on Mexico's ''[[Plaza Sésamo]]'', Pancho Contreras, technically a monster, on US Spanish version, Gugu on Brazil's ''[[Vila Sesamo]]'', Kırpık on Turkey's ''[[Susam Sokağı]]'', Ferrão on Portugal's ''[[Rua Sésamo]]'', and Kewal Khadoosa on India's ''[[Galli Galli Sim Sim]]''. Filipino adaptation ''[[Batibot|Sesame!]]'' featured Kiko Matsing, basically a gorilla; also [[ATBP: Awit, Titik at Bilang na Pambata|ATBP]] featured Bebong (The Trashed Monster).

Some Grouches differ from the mostly antagonistic mold. France's ''[[1, Rue Sésame]]'' featured Mordicus, who, like Oscar, lives in a trash can, and is slightly cynical, but is also described as lively and enthusiastic, and participated in the neighborhood band.

In [[Pakistan]], he is named Akhtar and lives in a rusty [[Drum (container)|oil barrel]].