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* [[Amazon Admirer]]: Kermit may claim that he doesn't have time for a serious relationship with Miss Piggy, but he can be entranced when she shows off her martial arts... provided ''he'' is not the target. Gonzo has also shown interest in Miss Piggy being tough as nails, but then this is Gonzo. |
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* [[Chosen Family]]: The franchise is ''all'' about this: |
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** ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' is about Kermit setting off to Hollywood to become rich and famous. Along the way he acquires friends in Fozzie, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, and all the main Muppet cast. As he tells Doc Hopper, he found a family because they share the same dream. |
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** ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' has Gonzo and Rizzo tell Jim that they are his family. Even if they don't look like each other and are different species, they are brothers. |
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 11 December 2023
Jim Henson's (now Disney's) long-running franchise, starring his special type of marionette/puppet hybrids. For the puppets themselves, see Muppet.[1]
Shows:
- Sam and Friends (1955-1961)
- Sesame Street (1969-present)
- The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
- Fraggle Rock (1983-1987)
- Muppet Babies (Animated) (1984-1991)
- Little Muppet Monsters (live action Muppets with animated shorts) (1985)
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)
- The Ghost Of Faffner Hall (1989) [2]
- The Jim Henson Hour (MuppeTelevision section) (1989)
- Dog City (1992-1995)
- Muppets Tonight (1996-1998)
- Mopatops Shop (1999-2004)
- Play with Me Sesame (2002-present)
- Muppet Viral Videos
- The Hoobs
- Bear in the Big Blue House
- The Wubbolous World of Dr. Seuss
- Dinosaurs
- Farscape
Films and Specials:
- The Muppet Movie (1979)
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
- The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
- Big Bird In China (1983)
- Dont Eat The Pictures (1983)
- Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983)
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)
- A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
- Big Bird In Japan (1989)
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
- Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
- Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
- Elmopalooza (1998)
- Muppets from Space (1999)
- The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999)
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
- The Muppets Wizard of Oz (2005)
- Abby in Wonderland (2008)
- The Dark Crystal
- Labyrinth
- Studio DC: Almost Live (2008)
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
- Muppet*Vision 3D (a Disney Theme Parks attraction) (1991-present)
- Muppet Mobile Lab (an attraction in Hong Kong Disneyland) (2007-present)
- The Muppets (2011) (formerly known as The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!)
- The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made! (in Development Hell since 1985 and finally announced in 2009, but currently set aside yet again to make way for The Muppets)
- Untitled The Muppets sequel [dead link], possibly The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made!
Specials not starring the standard Muppet cast (although Kermit introduces, narrates, or appears in several of them):
- Hey Cinderella (1969)
- The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
- The Frog Prince (1972)
- The Muppet Musicians Of Bremen (1972)
- Emmet Otters Jug Band Christmas (1977)
- The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic (1986)
- The Christmas Toy (1986)
- Mr Willowbys Christmas Tree (1995)
- Kermits Swamp Years (2002)
In other shows: Muppet Cameo
The main members of The Muppet Show cast include: | ||
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Kermit the Frog | Perpetual Straight Man / Only Sane Amphibian and leader of the motley crew | |
Miss Piggy | Kermit's Love Interest with Tsundere-like tendecies | |
Fozzie Bear | Resident jokester and Kermit's second-in-command | |
The Great Gonzo | Stuntman extraordinaire and eternal Butt Monkey | |
Scooter | The Everyman and "gofer" of the group | |
Rizzo The Rat | Deadpan Snarker and Gonzo's best friend | |
Sam the Eagle | Uber-patriot and the Stop Having Fun Guy of the group | |
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew | Gadgeteer Genius Ditz who runs Muppet Labs | |
Beaker | Honeydew's Unintelligible assistant and Chew Toy | |
Statler and Waldorf | Two old men who exist solely to heckle the other cast members | |
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem | The Muppets' '70s Rock and Roll band, featuring Animal on drums | |
Rowlf the Dog | Expert pianist and all-around nice guy | |
The Swedish Chef | A chef who speaks solely in Swedish-like gibberish |
For more detailed descriptions, see the Character Sheet.
Minor Muppet characters include: | ||
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Camilla the Chicken | Gonzo's on-and-off girlfriend | |
Clifford | Resident cool guy | |
Pepe the King Prawn | Jerk with a Heart of Gold and suave Charmer | |
Robin | Kermit's nephew | |
Sweetums | The 9-foot-tall Gentle Giant | |
Crazy Harry | Laughing Mad Bomber | |
The Penguins | An entire flock of Plucky Comic Relief characters | |
Marvin Suggs | An egotistical French Jerk who uses a "Muppaphone". | |
Lew Zealand | Enigmatic Cloudcuckoolander, whose act involves boomerang fish. | |
And a motley crew of pigs, monsters, creatures, talking food, and various human Muppets |
The following tropes are common to many or all entries in the The Muppets franchise.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.
- Amazon Admirer: Kermit may claim that he doesn't have time for a serious relationship with Miss Piggy, but he can be entranced when she shows off her martial arts... provided he is not the target. Gonzo has also shown interest in Miss Piggy being tough as nails, but then this is Gonzo.
- Chosen Family: The franchise is all about this:
- The Muppet Movie is about Kermit setting off to Hollywood to become rich and famous. Along the way he acquires friends in Fozzie, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, and all the main Muppet cast. As he tells Doc Hopper, he found a family because they share the same dream.
- Muppet Treasure Island has Gonzo and Rizzo tell Jim that they are his family. Even if they don't look like each other and are different species, they are brothers.
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- ↑ Legally speaking, "The Muppets" now only refers to The Muppet Show characters owned by Disney, although Sesame Workshop has permission to use the term to refer to Sesame Street characters. The Fraggle Rock characters (still owned by the Henson company) were Muppets to start with, but are no longer referred to as such.
- ↑ (This brief-lived HBO series holds the distinction of being one where the main characters were built by the Creature Workshop instead of the Muppet Workshop, giving them a look rather shockingly different from the paradigm seen on most other Muppet productions.)