Hello kids! Today, we will learn how to spell “Defendant.”

That is the lesson Sesame Street is teaching the producers of the new puppet murder mystery The Happytime Murders, by suing them for name dropping the popular kids show in its marketing. Sesame Workshop, the company behind Sesame Street, alleges that the film’s tagline hurts the show’s brand. The suit against STX Entertainment reads:

“Defendants’ widely-distributed marketing campaign features a just-released trailer with explicit, profane, drug-using, misogynistic, violent, copulating, and even ejaculating puppets, along with the tagline ‘NO SESAME. ALL STREET.’ Defendants do not own, control or have any right to use the SESAME STREET mark.”

The filing asserts that the trailer intentionally confuses audiences into thinking that Sesame Street endorses The Happytime Murders.

The new film, directed by Brian Henson (son of Jim Henson), whipped up a bit of Internet buzz recently when its red band trailer dropped a week ago. In it, Melissa McCarthy stars as Connie Edwards, a Los Angeles detective in a world where puppets and humans coexist. Edwards must side with her puppet ex-partner to solve the murder of a popular puppet actor. The Happytime Murders looks defiantly raunchy, perfectly designed in a government lab to upset the sensitive masses. It also looks pretty hilarious.

The filmmakers appear more than content with the free publicity. STX issued a statement to the Huffington Post yesterday from their puppet lawyer, Fred, Esq. It reads:

“STX loved the idea of working closely with Brian Henson and the Jim Henson Company to tell the untold story of the active lives of Henson puppets when they’re not performing in front of children. ‘Happytime Murders’ is the happy result of that collaboration and we’re incredibly pleased with the early reaction to the film and how well the trailer has been received by its intended audience. While we’re disappointed that Sesame Street does not share in the fun, we are confident in our legal position. We look forward to introducing adult moviegoers to our adorably unapologetic characters this summer.”

You can check out The Happytime Murders in theaters August 17th. Check out the trailer for The Happytime Murders here, and let us know what you think of raunchy puppets, litigation, and more over in our Horror Group on Facebook!