CinderElmo is a 65-minute television film that aired on Fox in the United States on December 6, 1999, loosely based on the fairy tale Cinderella.

The special was sponsored by Kmart department stores, during the holiday season, "where, no doubt, much Elmo merchandise is on display.

CinderElmo has limited time till midnight to make the best of what Fairy Godperson granted him.

While Princess Charming turns down the marriage proposals of the Stepbrothers, CinderElmo and Zoe sneak past the Stepmother in a suit of armor to attend the last dance before midnight.

The suit of armor tumbles and crashes, but Princess Charming gives CinderElmo the dance of his dreams.

Before he can introduce himself, CinderElmo has seconds before the midnight deadline and runs off with his friends back home as the magic wears off, changing Elmo, Zoe, and Prince back to normal and leaving only a shoe behind, but Princess Charming manages to make her choice of man to marry.

Ron Wertheimer, writing in The New York Times, concluded that "CinderElmo has one quality that's glaringly unexpected in production with the Children's Television Workshop imprimatur.