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maspers · 2 years ago

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Anyway

Kermit the Frog was living the good life. He'd had to fight tooth and nail to get it, which was difficult because he had neither, but it had been worth it. In the end, the Muppet Show had placed him and the rest of the team in the lap of luxury, and as they prepared for an Australian tour everything was, for once, looking up.

But Kermit knew there was one last thing to do before everything would be at peace in his heart. There were still people he needed to talk to. Graves he needed to pay respects to. So he bought a plane ticket from LA to New York, hailed a cab, and soon he was there. It was a chilly morning as Kermit walked into the neighborhood that housed the street where he spent his younger years. Back when people read newspapers.

Sesame Street was unrecognizable.

The sunny days had not swept the clouds away in a long time, it seemed, as a thick blanket of smog covered the sky. The once-bustling district was empty and cold. Windows smashed in, barricades built up and busted through. The remains of explosives pockmarked the streets and buildings. As he swept his eyes over the ruins of what was once the brightest place in New York, Kermit could only gape in astonishment.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Mister Kermit the Big shot. Can't say I ever expected to see your ugly mug around here ever again. What brings you all the way back from your fancy Hollywood Mansion?"

Kermit turned to look in the direction of the voice, and saw none other than Oscar the Grouch, smirking at him while leaning up against a trash can.

"What happened here, Oscar?"

"Ya mean you don't know? Heh, figures," The Grouch chuckled. "Not like a star like you would care for us humble peasants."

Kermit frowned, but stayed silent. He knew Oscar would elaborate eventually. It was in his nature to complain to anyone who'd listen.

As predicted, Oscar continued. "What you're witnessing, Mister the Frog, is war." He waved a hand in the direction of the ruined streets. "All-out war. The kind where the only shape you're in is a badly drawn one, because there are only two sides. It's torn the street apart. But I suppose it was inevitable, really."

"A war?" Kermit wondered. "Between who?"

"Ha! Who else?" the Grouch grinned. "Bert n' Ernie, that's who."

"Bert and Ernie?!" Kermit reeled in shock. "I know they argue all the time, but never like this!"

"An' you're right. Never like this. But this time was different. This time there was a girl involved," Oscar shrugged. "No idea where she is now. Exactly what happened depends on who you ask. What we do know is one of the boys fell for her. And the other didn't like it very much. Whether he was jealous of the other boy or if he was jealous of the girl, nobody can say, but you could hear them arguing about it for like a week or so before things really got bad."

"And how did things 'get bad', as you say? Care to go into more detail?" Kermit asked, unconsciously slipping back into the tone of voice he'd used as a news reporter, way back at the start of his career.

"Well, as I heard it, Bert tried to kick Ernie out of the house, and it ended with there being no house." Oscar pointed in the distance, where a plume of thick, black smoke emanated into the gray sky. "123 hasn't stopped burning, and Big Bird hasn't been seen since. We think he must've died in there, but nobody's been able to get through the flames long enough to find the corpse. It's been nearly a year. "

"And how did that lead to things being as they are now?"

Oscar grinned. "Well, Bert 'n' Ern did what everyone on this street does when anything goes sideways. They called their friends. And those friends called friends, and soon the entire street has had to pick a side or get caught in the crossfire. Bert's got the major supply sources locked down in his territory, and anyone who wants it has got to follow his crazy rules to the letter. He's got those Martians going around abjucting lawbreakers off the streets. Ernie, on the other hand..." he chuckled "He's claimed the outskirts, and aside from siding with him it's as lawless as you can get. You'll be free to do as you choose, but I can't say it's worth it. You're completely on your own, and that's not good when you enter the Sid's line of sight and he's hungering for dinner. Or lunch. Or breakfast. That monster's never been a picky eater, and his diet has only increased since the stores all ran out of dessert. All in all, you aren't gonna end up in a good place."

"And nobody's done a thing to stop this nonsense?" Kermit didn't bother asking why the Police hadn't gotten involved. As far as the NYPD was concerned, Sesame Street's problems were its own to deal with. That was how it had always been, and they certainly weren't gonna change that now.

"Ha! A couple tried. That so-called Superhero Grover attempted to 'stand for justice' or whatever that means, but Bert took him down with an octagon to the face. Now he's trapped in his own armor, forced to do Bert's bidding as an enforcer. Something similar nearly happened to Von Count, but he put his Castle on lockdown and seems content to just wait it out. He's been around for longer than anyone else on the planet, this probably just seems like a passing inconvenience to him."

Kermit motioned for him to go on.

"Those fairies took that flying schoolhouse of theirs up and away to Boston once they realized their magic would be too dangerous if it got into the wrong hands. Pretty much the only other person willing to fight back against both sides is Elmo, and he isn't really friendly these days."

"Elmo, not friendly?" Kermit responded incredulously. "I'm having trouble imagining 'Tickle Me Elmo' without friends. I only ever heard him get mad at that rock."

"Ha! Don't know what to tell ya. War changes people. And I wouldn't mention the rock. Little Zoe got her legs taken out in the Hooper Store Bombing a couple months back. She claimed the rock would protect her. That combined with Kadabby flying away was enough to force the red kid into seclusion. He's taken an entire block and turned it into his own little world, filled with traps and tripwires and moats stuffed with feral goldfish. Practically everything he can think of is in there, and we both know Elmo has QUITE the imagination. He could take down either Bert or Ernie's forces by himself if he had the chance, but both of them? No dice. I don't blame him for keeping to himself."

"Hmm..." To say Kermit was disgruntled was an understatement. He had checked up on his hometown once or twice, over the internet, and everything had seemed okay. It had comforted him that the cheerful street had been kept far away from the cutthroat politics of Hollywood. Now he wished he could have stayed, if only to prevent this mess from spiraling as far out of control as it had.

He turned to look at Oscar. "And where does that leave you, Oscar? Who's side are you on?"

Oscar laughed. "Ya know me, mister the frog. I'm a Grouch. We don't care about tyranny or anarchy or whatever they're calling each other these days. We stick to the underside. One man's trash is a Grouch's treasure, and I gotta say we Grouches have been making QUITE a profit from all the chaos." His smile turned sinister. "And that profit includes those sad saps who get their lives *tragically* cut short by it all."

KA-CLICK

Kermit tilted his head ever-so-slightly to his right. On his shoulder was Slimey T. Worm, his orange body coiled around a pistol pointed directly at Kermit's skull. Kermit hadn't even felt the worm crawl up there.

He looked at Oscar again, his expression blank. No point in doing anything to set the Grouch off, and pretty much *anything*could potentially set the Grouch off.

They stood there for a good minute or two, in silence.

Eventually, Oscar rolled his eyes. "That's enough Slimey, he gets the idea."

The worm obligingly jumped off Kermit's shoulder.

"And what was that all about?" Kermit asked, an edge seeping into his voice.

Oscar spread his arms placatingly. "Look. Kermit. I like ya. Out of all the nut jobs around here, you at least had the sense to get out and get big when the getting was good. Not really my style, but I can respect that. It helps that we both have an appreciation for flies. But currently us Grouches are building a reputation that I can't really afford to ruin. Can't let one of these things not be like the others, you know how it is."

Kermit nodded. He definitely knew how it was. The phrase "the frog does not belong" still echoed in the back of his mind after all these years.

"So lemme give ya a piece of advice, pal. Turn right back around and head on back to that fancy theater of yours. Leave all this crap alone. Nobody knows you're here, and if you get out quick it'll stay that way. Go have fun with that pig of yours. I know Grouches that would kill for a girl like her. Just saying!" Oscar hastily added when Kermit glared at him. Then he frowned. "But if you do the dumb thing and try to stick your head into everyone's business like you used to with that silly hat and microphone of yours, then your death will be on your own hands. And if me and the other Grouches see you alone on the street when we're out scavenging, don't expect us to be merciful. Not with all that celebrity money you've got in yer pockets."

Kermit frowned. "Message received."

"Good. Welp." Oscar turned and started walking into the shadows of a nearby alleyway. "Seeya around, Kermit. Though honestly, I really hope I don't."

Kermit watched as the Grouch's form vanished. "Well," he muttered to himself "I see he hasn't changed."

There were multiple ways Kermit could have reacted to all this. He could have taken Oscar's advice, and called a cab to take him back to the airport. He could have ran down the street, arms flailing wildly in a panic until he got taken down by one of Bert's gunmen or Ernie's IEDs.

But now was not the time for the frog that stayed inside drinking tea and proclaiming that nothing was any of his business. Now was not the time for the frog that overreacted when shows went awry.

Now was the time for the frog that had caught jewel thieves, fought pirates, and survived a prison camp in Siberia. A frog that had gathered a crack team of artists from across the country and taken down anything in their way on their rise to international fame. Now was the time for a frog that knew it was not easy being green, but had decided it was what he wanted to be anyway, because nobody made an impact by doing things the easy way.

Now was the time for Kermit the Frog.

And he was going to take the banjo on his back and sing.

Sing a song.

One that's simple, to last a whole life long.

A song of angry Muppets.

But first... He reached into a pocket of his old, tan, coat, pulled out a cell phone, and dialed a number.

"Fozzie?"

"Yes, it's me, put down the fart shoes and get the gang altogether. Yes, even Crazy Harry. ESPECIALLY Crazy Harry."

"It's time to get things started."

"Sesame Street."

"TONIGHT."

#sesame street #dystopia #the muppets #kermit the frog #no i dont know where this idea came from #but it here now

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directdogman · 1 year ago

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Each Dialtown cast member shares their favourite Muppet!

Idea: Characters from the cast of Dialtown are asked to share their favourite characters from The Muppets, in order to get the Muppets fandom on board with DT, which winds up being a largely fruitless ordeal.

Gingi insists that Grover and Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street are Muppets when asked, and takes it badly when Gingi is instead asked to name a character FROM The Muppet Show. The ensuing discussion that follows is much too rancid to be published online, making the time spent trying to calm Gingi down entirely in vain.

Karen's comments are not published as she refuses to do ANYTHING other than vent frustrations about Kermit the Frog, making her comments unusable as they would undoubtedly piss off a large section of the Muppets fandom, who largely venerate Kermit the Frog.

Randy tries to make an argument for Scooter being the 'best one', feeling that he, himself, is the scooter of the Dialtown cast, and thus, must stick up for one of his ilk. This answer is NOT published because the internet would tear him to shreds for playing devil's advocate for the worst Muppet.

Randy is then given another opportunity to pick a favourite Muppet, provided he selects a different Muppet. Randy picks Pepe the Prawn. When asked why Pepe is his favourite, tears well on his screen and he asks if he can leave to get a glass of water. Upon leaving the room, Randy never comes back. The answer isn't included in the article, as it's impossible to discern whether Randy feels that Pepe the Prawn is truly a kindred soul or if he was simply put on the spot and felt pressured to simply name the first Muppet he thought of.

Oliver answers by explaining Gonzo is his favourite but every time he's given an opportunity to explain why, his explanation inevitably transitions into a rambling endorsement of anarchism. Each time, after he's been given an opportunity to explain himself, Oliver is asked to rephrase his answer to be less political and he accepts, apologizing for his mistake and swearing that he understands what the blog is looking for now. Oliver then proceeds to somehow transition back into an endorsement of anarchism until the interviewer gives up and decides to leave him out of the article.

We're not actually sure who Norm likes the best from the Muppets cast because before we could get to Norm, Gingi (irate that Grover/Oscar the Grouch were rejected as its answer) told Norm about Big Bird dying in the Challenger explosion (which happened in DT's timeline), prompting Norm to get really upset and leave before his turn came up. Norm's favourite character is PROBABLY Sam Eagle, but now, we'll never get to know for sure. Thanks, Gingi.

Mingus, when asked, declined to answer out of sheer disinterest. Upon being shown a photo of the extended Muppet cast, she arbitrarily pointed to Robin the Frog and said "That one, I guess." Upon being asked why she would pick Kermit's nephew of all characters, her response was: "It's no business of mine who this frog is related to. Nobody is well-connected enough to ensure they'll live if I deem them a threat to my success." After being reminded that Robin is canonically a child, Mingus retorted by pointing out that Robin is, in fact, a fictional frog puppet. Not sure what to do with this answer, but we certainly can't include it.

Stabby + Shooty are asked for their favourites and they pick Statler and Waldorf respectively. When asked why, they explain it's because they're cool, wear suits, deliver CUTTING jabs, and each hang out with their best bro all day, not unlike themselves. The blog operator remarks: "Oh. I figured it was because, like you guys, they're kinda interchangeable and are pretty much overlooked by everyone", causing Stabby to angrily flip a table and storm out of the room. Shooty apologies meekly for his outburst and leaves to calm his companion down. The answer is not published as the interviewer had no clue which was Stabby and which was Shooty, thus being unable to accurately attribute the answers to either of them.

Bigfoot's favourite character turns out to be Animal, and this is the only answer that ends up being published.

Here's the finished article:

DIALTOWN ARTICLE, EACH OF THE CAST'S FAVOURITE MUPPETS: BIGFOOT'S IS ANIMAL.

The article only gets 3 likes.

#dialtown #the muppets #muppets #kermit the frog

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lunarmoonanons · 15 days ago

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Do They Like the Muppets?

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Masterlist

Scott Summers

-Yes. He grew up watching Sesame Street and loves anything by Jim Henson

Jean Grey

-Finds them funny, she didn’t watch Sesame Street but did watch the original Muppets show

Ororo Munroe

-Grew up without the Mupepts and was introduced to them later. Doesn’t hate Sesame Street but finds it fit for babies. Loves Gonzo though from the Muppet show

Anna-Marie (Rogue)

-Absolutey loves them. Watched the original Muppet show when she was little and thinks Miss Piggy and Kermit are destined to be

Remy Lebeau

-Thought Rogue didn’t like the Muppets so he pretended not to, only to find out that not true. But he does like them, thinks Fozzie is actually very funny

Kurt Wagner

-Didn’t grow up with them, but was introduced to them by Rogue when they met. He loves Sesame Street and loves Big Bird, from the muppets he loves Rolf the piano dog

Logan

-Pretends he doesn’t care about puppets, but when one of his many surrogate daughters put it on he actually pays attention. He loves when Kermit loses his temper

Morph

-Like come on now. Of course he likes the Muppets. He loves them. He thinks all of them are great and can’t choose a favorite muppet

Kitty Pryde

-Will always put on the Muppets when she wants to do studying or work. But ends up paying more attention to the Muppets than what she has to do

Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee

-Knows that Logan actually likes the Muppets so she never says anything but puts it on for the two of them when they’re chilling together. She finds Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem awesome

Hank McCoy

-Actually finds them fun. He really likes Gonzo and found himself relating to him when he watched Muppets from Space when Gonzo wanted to know where he belonged

St. John Allerdyce (Pyro)

-Thinks they’re neat. Doesn’t watch them all that much but was devastated when he heard Muppet Vision 3d was closing

Charles Xavier

-Thinks Sesame Street is great for the kids. Loves the all inclusive message of acceptance and love. If he had to pick out a favorite muppet it would be Rolf the piano dog

Erik Lehnsherr

-Now you’d think he’d be all “Why do I care about this thing for the humans? Mutants first!” But actually he really likes the muppets and finds that Jim Henson was a decent person. Was very sad at his death.

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rowlfthedog · 1 year ago

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I’m kind of surprised no one’s ever been in my inbox like “you are SEVERELY misinterpreting Rowlf the Dog. For this you will PAY.” Because I’ve felt that way (in private) about people’s wildly inaccurate headcanons for various fandoms before. To be entirely fair Rowlf is rather simple, but I love to make shit up based on how I think his various media appearances would connect to each other if this was ever acknowledged in canon. Random headcanon post I’m writing up instead of eating breakfast.

Guy who says “penny for your thoughts?” To his patrons at the bar and is kind to all, except he not-so-secretly thinks that One Guy he was in commercials with (Baskerville) is super irritating and wishes he could get away from him. Guy who is kind to all and very passionate about positive healthy children’s media (Jim used Rowlf to pitch Sesame Street)! Even if he does NOT want his own kids. Maybe you’ve seen how he interacts with his Nephew on Jimmy Dean. Appreciates the youth even if they get him irritated. Guy who swears about washed up celebrities on late night tv while he treats himself to a beer or a cigar before bed going to bed at 9 pm. Guy who used to be a lot more eager to be a film star when he was younger and tv was in black and white. Guy who was pretty ready to settle down and quit auditioning at the beginning of the muppet movie, but figured oh what the hell, these guys seem like they need the help of someone seasoned in this area. Everyone thinks he’s one of the most talented people they’ve met. He doesn’t talk about his past in the entertainment business much.

Even though I could not care less about shipping, I think piano duet is really cute. I’ve also seen Rowlf/Kermit since those two have appeared together in media forever since they’re some of Jim’s earliest characters. I appreciate the intent behind these, but I honestly do not see anyone being close enough to Rowlf to even know his exact age or family life. They’re all friends, sure, but I think that once it’s time to clock out he kinda just slinks away to go take a walk and head to sleep. His house smells like beer, smoke, dog, and Old Man. It is somehow kind of pleasant. It gets stuck in your clothes if you visit him. He does not get a lot of visitors. Rowlf is a lot more “dog” than everyone assumes just by interacting with him casually in a work setting. He still takes his long walks. If you ask first he really does love being scratched behind the ears.

#barks #rowlf #rowlf the dog #the muppets #I wasn’t gonna do this but fuck it main tags for today

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p1zzaparty · 6 months ago

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Hello and welcome to my pitch for a Muppet spin-off movie of It Ch 2

idk if anyones ever done this before so just know i took no inspiration from anyone but my own knowledge of muppets and my love for this movie

A LOT of these will be based mostly on looks with only a few exceptions on personality. No i will not be taking any questions or criticisms at this time

Rq note i am not including the cast of Sesame street just because this is my casting and i can make up any rules i want

Starting off very strong

Kermit as Eddie Kaspbrak

NOW before i get booed off stage im very aware this is not accurately cannon in some eyes. Yes, i am aware Kermit usually plays, BUT NOT ALWAYS, a main character in these adaptions. Not that Eddie isnt a main character, i can just see the argument that Bill is more of the focused lead so therefore he should play Bill. But nay i say, nay because back in his Sesame Street days Kermit was wayyyy more snippy and had a real temperament with him. He was sassy, rude, and honestly a real asshole and i felt like that's perfect for Eddie. He's also a bit timid still and i feel like he could play a perfect, annoying little hypochondriac.

Its also because i wanted to make Miss. Piggy play Myra as a small gag

I felt soooo smart and funny for that one

no hate to her tho, miss piggy is a woman of class

Speaking of my incredible massive brain

Fozzie bear as Richie Tozier

Admittedly my connections are very lazy and just, 'Comedian, bear, Kermits best friend, perfect.' What more could you ask for. Though i will say i AM in agreeance with most of you, Richie and Eddie would normally be Bert and Ernie. Its perfect for them and i love it trust me. But again i wanted to branch out of Sesame Street and stick strictly to Muppet characters. Muppet movie characters. Muppets who dont live on sesame street.

He's goofy, he's loud, his jokes are awful, he's "accidentally" received messages from gay guys looking for a bear. His fashion is colorful and bright.

This is about as far as my intelligence led me

Continuing, i actually had a hard time for this one because i kept switching back and forth between two candidates, so take this one with a heavyy grain of salt

Rowlf (?) as Mike Hanlon

Im not entirrrely feeling this one, especially because Mike is a lot more bombastic than Rowlf. Hes excitable and energetic while Rowlf is more laid back. And Mike cannot play the piano to save his fucking life honest to god. So i feel like im doing Mike a disservice here by casting Rowlf, even though Rowlf is one of my favorite muppets. Honestly Gonzo was a heavy contender for him, but Rowlf just felt more aesthetically like Mike. Plus they both enjoy freeform Jazz.

Walter as Ben Hanscom

okay so this is going to get me thrown into the pits but i'm going to be honest with you all

I did not like Ben in the It modern day reboots.

I HAVE a lottt to say about how theyve handled Ben, Bill, Bev, and Mike in these movies, but you aren't here for that you're here for Muppets.

That is to say, since they made my man as bland as possible i decided it was only equally fair to make him Walter. NOT THAT WALTER IS BLAND, he's actually a more complex character than they gave to Ben. 'Ben, are you a man, or are you a muppet?'

It just felt right, he's positive, he's genuine, sweet and kind to the other losers, a bit awkward at times, and he was severely bullied as a child. My little wheat toast princess

Gonzo as Bill Denbrough

So you know how i said i kept going back and forth with Gonzo and Rowlf for Mike

The same applies here. Personally i feel like Gonzo fits a bit more with Bills personality. He's impulsive and a bit all over the place. Almost the entire movie he looks like he's been through the spin cycle with no dryer sheet to keep him from getting static. Plus he just throws himself into dangerous life threatening situations. As for who'd play Georgie? Girl i don't know stop asking me questions

Definitely Robin though, i think he's the only child Muppet i can think of

God hes got those James McAvoy eyes..

Okay this one was extremely difficult to cast

Jill as Beverly Marsh

Do you all know Jill from the muppets? Of course you havent, she literally shows up in ONE scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Where she has about 5 lines before is never used again in any other project. Except supposedly in Muppet babies which?? Not going down that rabbit hole

This one was entirely based on looks because as you may all know, there isn't a lot of female muppets besides Miss Piggy. And she cant do ALL the heavy lifting here people. Most notably there is another pig muppet from the 2015 office spin off named Denice who COULD very well be Beverly. But i felt more confident with this choice, especially since it'd be kind of confusing to cast another pig-woman-muppet, who has ALSO been in a relationship with Kermit before. And god forbid i want my Stephen King Muppet movie to make sense people.

She actually looks more accurate to 90s miniseries Bev so take that as you will.

Scooter as Stanley Uris

I feel VERY confident in this choice. As a number 1 fan Scooter i feel like he fits perfectly for the cast as Stan. He's polite, he's dorky, he's usually forgotten, but still valuable to the crew nonetheless. I don't have anything else to really add to, he's just perfect.

Don't know how i feel about seeing a muppet end its own life but you know

Lastly, with almost every Muppet movie there's at least ONE human character

So obviously It'd be Pennywise

Personally id like it to be specifically Tim Currys Pennywise. If not for his amazing acting, his fun and vibrant personality as Pennywise, but also for the fact itd be his second time as a Muppet villain and thats really funny to me. Nonetheless either will do. I find it really funny imagining a very serious cosmic horror clown ripping apart muppet children while they did that puppet flail

That's all i have to relay today thank you

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atopvisenyashill · 1 year ago

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Once again making family trees, partially inspired by this post here. I was just trying to throw in as many muppet names as possible really.

Grover wants them to side with the Greens so I gave him a Bracken wife bc they initially wanted to side with them. I also think the continued cousin on cousin slapfights are funny. Imagine being cousins to the Lord Paramount and they still choose to side with the Blackwoods.

Elmo gets a Piper wife because he resents his grandfather for living so long, knew he’d choose to back Aegon the moment the boy was born, so he married another Rhaenyra loyalist so the blacks would have support in the Riverlands.

Kermit marries Sabitha Frey’s daughter Elayna because he loves his Lads and Sabitha is a Lad. He has a son, Wembley, named after the Fraggle.

Oscar starts the Stormbreakers (that part is canon) and marries a rich noblewoman in Braavos. He has two children, Breha and Kylan, both named after Gelflings from Dark Crystal. Kylan, being a cadet branch born in Essos, married Vale heiress and uses his contacts from Essos to get them both FILTHY rich. Breha married a Reacher. Why? Because I wanted the girls to have Muppet names and I thought "Fossie" as a nickname for Fossoway (aka Fozzie Bear) worked AND I found another reacher house called Risley and I thought that worked for "Rizzo" (aka Rizzo the Rat).

Wembley marries a Dustin - the book mentions that both the Blackwoods and Tullys benefit from the Northerners who stay in the Riverlands so I figured part of that benefit is, ya know, brides! I chose Dustin since Roddy the Ruin was a Dustin and it feels likely he’d have several younger sons or grandsons that stayed for a time in the Riverlands. Wembley’s son is canon because we know there’s a Medgar Tully in The Hedge Knight who has a six year old son.

Medgar dies and leaves his eight year old son as Lord Tully. In canon, they describe the boy as being “surrounded by women” so I gave him a shitton of aunties (like Fossie and Rizzo). Oscar’s descendants through Breha come back to the Riverlands to influence their very little cousin, as do Wembley’s many daughters!

Zooey Shawney is a reference to Zoe from Sesame Street.

Pink Missy Crakehall or Melissa Crakehall was fascinated with her cousin’s stories of Tyroshi fashion and was known to dye her hair pink, hence the name. Yes this is a Miss Piggie Reference.

Janys Keath aka Janice from Doctor Teeth’s Electric Mayhem

Red Rose Smallwood is supposed to be both Red the Fraggle and Rosita from Sesame Street.

Large Marvin is also a Fraggle!!

#valyrianscrolls #house tully #the lads #oscar tully #kermit tully #grover tully #elmo tully #rani graphics #I'M A SERIOUS PERSON BEE TEE DUBYA #medgar tully #it was hard to find names for girls most of the girl muppet names are too modern or are like. 'deet' lmao

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princesssarisa · 7 months ago

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Character ask: Rizzo the Rat (The Muppets)

Nobody asked me this. I've just been listening to the soundtrack of The Muppet Christmas Carol and I feel like posting about a Muppet.

Favorite thing about them: His blend of sarcastic wit with "lovable coward" tendencies and the funny slapstick indignities he always goes through. Also, the rare yet touching moments when we see his inner caring and sensitivity. For example, when he cries after "When Love is Gone" in The Muppet Christmas Carol, when he assures Jim Hawkins that he and Gonzo are his family in Muppet Treasure Island, or in Muppets From Space, when he cries as Gonzo is leaving at the end and then tackle-hugs him when he decides to stay after all.

Least favorite thing about them: That he sometimes eats sentient dancing cheeses: e.g. in the Andy Williams episode of The Muppet Show, or in the Michelle Pfeiffer episode of Muppets Tonight. Though for all we know, since they're Muppets, the cheeses survived being eaten: Rizzo himself is eaten by Big Mean Carl in the 2009 Bohemian Rhapsody video, yet shows up again later none the worse for wear.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I like food.

*I can be sarcastic sometimes.

*I'm afraid of heights.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm female.

*I don't have a New York accent (though half my relatives do).

*I've never been chased by a cat.

Favorite line:

From The Muppet Christmas Carol:

(when Gonzo picks him up and uses him to clean a window) "Thank you for making me a part of this."

"Hoiti-toity, Mr. Godlike Smarty-Pants!"

"There are two things in this life I hate: heights and jumping from them."

(in response to Gonzo's "Hello, London!" as they're flying) "Goodbye, lunch!"

(when Gonzo accidentally sets his tail on fire) "Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!"

From Muppet Treasure Island:

"If I had a life, I'd hate it."

"He died? And this is supposed to be a kids' movie!"

(after eating a whole roast chicken cooked by Long John Silver) "If you're gonna be the cook on this ship, Mr. Silver, I am definitely gonna need bigger pants!"

"I've gone way beyond afraid. Right now I'm somewhere between bed-wetting and a near-death experience."

"Kill Squire Trelawney and Mr. Bimbo and you'll have to... negotiate strenuously."

From Muppets Tonight, when Garth Brooks sings "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof, and someone protests that he had promised to sing a country song:

"Yeah, but he didn't say what country."

brOTP: The other Muppets, especially Gonzo and Pepe. In Sesame Street crossovers, Oscar the Grouch too, since they bunked together in Oscar's trash can in A Muppet Family Christmas.

OTP: Yolanda Rat, when they're "on again."

nOTP: Any human.

Random headcanon: I'm open to the headcanon that @midnightcowboy1969 has sometimes expressed – that he's the reincarnation of the character he's named after, Rico "Ratso" Rizzo from Midnight Cowboy. Especially because he owns an Italian-American restaurant in Rico Rizzo's favorite place, Florida (PizzeRizzo's at Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando). And a past life as a starving street bum would explain his obsession with food!

Unpopular opinion: I like his prominence in '90 and early 2000s Muppet media. I know that old-school Muppet fans tend to complain about how he was pushed to the forefront in that era (along with Gonzo, Clifford, and the new Muppets Tonight characters), while the "classic" Muppet Show characters like Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie et al, were more often relegated to smaller roles. But while I'm glad to see the more "classic" Muppets make a comeback since then, I never thought Rizzo was overused in my '90s childhood. Say what you will about that era of the Muppets, he was one of its highlights.

Song I associate with them: "Rat Scat" from The Muppets Take Manhattan – if I'm not mistaken, the only real solo song he's ever had, even if it is just scatting.

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Favorite picture of them:

#character ask #the muppets #rizzo the rat #ask game #fictional characters #fictional character ask

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tourist-gengar · 9 months ago

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“Hey guys, Zak and Pixie here! Cali told us that today is Jim Henson’s birthday, and while we were on our trip to New York, we visited this museum that had an exhibit all about his work! So here’s some of the pictures Cali took. They don’t have us in them, but we figured you all would enjoy them anyway!”

The Jim Henson Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image (@movingimagenyc ) was one of the things I was most excited for during our trip; I was already a fan of Sesame Street and the Muppets as a kid, and I even came to love some of Jim Henson’s earlier work like the commercials for Wilkins Coffee (seriously, look the Wilkins Coffee commercials up, they are hilarious, sometimes unhinged, and I love them), and the cult classic Labyrinth as I grew up.

The exhibit itself was incredible, there were even a few hands on activities like a booth where you get to puppeteer the way Muppeteers do, and building your own Muppet (note: the Muppet torso is connected to a table, so no, you don’t get to take it home). Unfortunately the playback on my sister and I’s attempt at puppeteering played back at like 2 frames a second instead of smoothly like the live feed we were watching while performing.

It was so interesting to see concept art of some of the characters they had on display (and some they didn’t), they even had little video screens to show you what the characters looked like in action.

Of course there were large sections dedicated to his most notable works, Sesame Street and the Muppet Show, there was some Fraggle Rock too, but I’m not as familiar with it (will definitely try finding episodes somewhere, though).

And I was quite happy to see Sarah and Jareth’s outfits on display. Maybe someday I can go to the museum that has their masquerade ball costumes.

“Oh yes, please! More trips to plan for! Oh! Sorry! I’ll go now.”

You’re fine Zak. Now, where was I? Ah, yes.

They had this beautiful version of Miss Piggy from The Muppets Take Manhattan, as well as concept art and magazine covers.

I have a few more pictures from the Museum of the Moving Image, but seeing as tumblr will only let me post 10 images per post, I will leave you with this picture of Kermit the Frog, sitting beside Jim Henson’s headset.

Happy birthday, Mr. Henson. I hope wherever you are, you know just how much joy you brought into the world.

#zak the gengar #tourist gengar #gengar #pokemon #pokémon #pokémon plush #pixie the mimikyu #new york #new york city #museum of the moving image #museum of the moving image New York #the Jim Henson exhibition #jim henson #sesame street #the muppets #labyrinth

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angelicartemis · 2 years ago

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CW: Blood/Blood Stains

YIPPEE I GOT A HANDFUL OF DRAWINGS FROM HELLOPAINT RAAGHHHH!!!

I'm not sure as to why I've been drawing on there recently? But the brush is honestly really nice to draw with, imo. It hits different- 😫 But anyway, DOODLE TIME EEE- (This is me trying to put down enough text to separate the CW and the first drawing because it's the one with blood. 💀)

There's different fandom drawings?? in here so I'll just slap my Habit stuff down first because I'm a little gay gremlin-

Sillay little Pabit, I don't draw him enough honestly-

Got a couple DCA drawings- I'm really proud of the Sun one. I even tried to color it in procreate but uhhh it was really late so it remains unfinished- 😔

My ass would STRUGGLE to draw the DCA for a long ass while, but I think I have a somewhat good footing when it comes to drawing them now? Assuming my style doesn't instantly change up when it comes to drawing them again- 💀

KERMIT AND BIG BIRD DOODLES??? WOAHH THAT'S CRAZYYY 🤯

I really like the big bird doodles, he's pretty fun to draw ngl.

Yesterday I had fallen down a tiny spiral of muppet/sesame street bloopers, and aside from the silliness, I just love the art of puppeteering overall. It's so admirable as to how full of life those puppeteers make the characters look. There's so many different types of puppets too it's crazy, but they all make it look SO EASY. Like bro, how the hell did Big Bird's actor/puppeteer (current and past) even manage to operate him? (Years of practice ik, shush-) HOW DO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING?? I know with the handheld puppets, their puppeteers look at monitors on the ground as a visual aid, BUT WHAT ABOUT BIG BIRD? AND SNUFFLEUPAGUS??? 💀 Snuffy has TWO people operating him, THAT'S CRAZY-

I'm rambling omg, but ANY WHO, I just love that shit. I actually never really grew up with sesame street nor the muppets, but I admire the work behind it. I genuinely want to make a puppet of my own so bad just so I could learn how tf to make one move so fluidly, and to just be silly with it. I think it'd be a load of fun.

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somethingusefulfromflorida · 7 months ago

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When Jim Henson was still alive and making creative decisions for the Muppets, I could believe that the characters were real. I mean, I know they're just pieces of fabric puppeteered by voice actors, but the performances were so genuine that any cameo or talk show appearance by a Muppet could briefly convince me that I was looking at a real talking frog or pig or monster giving a real interview. But nowadays, whenever I see the Muppets I can only picture them as soulless corporate mascots.

Think of Dr. Steve Brule. He's not real, he's just a character played by John C. Reilly, but I can suspend disbelief long enough to accept that he could be a real local public access tv host. I look at some characters and can only see their actors (Indiana Jones and Han Solo are iconic, but be honest, they're both just Harrison Ford being Harrison Ford), but I look at Steve Brule and I don't immediately see John C. Reilly. And I don't see a Warner Bros character either, certainly not a mouthpiece for David Zazlov himself, I just see Steve Brule. Same thing with all of Sasha Baron Cohen's characters. I know they're all just him in wigs and fake beards, but his performances are so varied and so in-depth that I buy them all as individuals. I don't even know what studio he works for, what company owns the copyrights for Borat or Ali G or that one show where he got Republicans to drop their pants and scream the n-word. Those characters are fictional, but they feel independent.

The mainline Muppets are owned by Disney and the Sesame Street characters are owned by Warner Bros, and that's all I can see now. When Elmo gets on board a social media trend or shows up in some influencer collab I don't see a little monster guy having fun with his friends, I see a Warner Bros executive signing off on a scripted appearance of a character they own for what is essentially a commercial. Kermit the Frog is not a beleaguered comedian/talent manager, he's just a Disney product with a replaceable performer who is just as fake as Mickey Mouse or Disney World princess actors (I will be deep in the cold ground before I call them "cast members...") Even when they're allowed to improv, the Muppets feel like they exist in a box with strict guidelines for how far their performances are legally allowed to stray from corporate mandated archetypes before the lawyers tell them to reign it in to maintain the integrity of the IP. Every character feels the same to me, just with different voices. All the jokes feel stock.

#the muppets #sesame street #movie magic #hollywood #characters #actors #puppets #mascots #performers #corporations #disney #warner bros

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chiropter36 · 3 months ago

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Okay, apropos of nothing, because I just was thinking about this and thought people might find it funny:

So you know that scene in The Muppet Movie when Fozzie and Kermit briefly cross paths with Big Bird and offer him a lift and he tells them that he's heading to NYC "to try to break into public television"?

Well, when I first watched it as a kid, I apparently hadn't yet learned the use of the term "breaking in" to mean "getting a start in the industry and building a career from that".

I genuinely thought for quite a while that the intended joke was "Holy cow, Big Bird from Sesame Street is plotting a criminal heist at a television studio!"

#into the tumblr void #muppets #sesame street

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livewireprojects · 1 year ago

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A small collection of sketches I did recently, most of these were talked about with my friend @tay-likes-toons who has gotten into Muppets again recently

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Top:

-This is a new version of Elaith(forgot which version) as a muppet, I’ve only really drawn him from a distance or drawn Arthur in his outfit

-Kermit dressed as Elaith because Vincent joked about the idea of Kermit playing the role of Elaith in something. His face reminds me of Kermit from Scoob & Shag which I need to reread cause I haven’t seen it in a long time. I wasn’t sure how to pose him & mostly had him flip off Merlin cause Merlin is an asshole & I needed an excuse to show his arm to show off his sleeve.

-This is my Welcome Home version of my OC Arthur dressed as Elaith. Partly cause it’s cute & partly cause Elaith is a version of Arthur & since the theme of this collection of sketches is Muppets why not use a version of Arthur that reminds me of a horror version of Sesame Street which is connected to Muppets. I find it funny that when it’s Welcome Home puppet people I give them joints but if it’s Muppet related puppet people they get noodle limbs.

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-Vincent asked me to draw to draw this, it’s the Reawakened dealing with Elaith(in muppet form) having a level 5 Kermit style fit. Elaith is usually a calm person but the Unicorn Warriors just bring out a lot of raging. Lao Xi & Clarice are worried about their lover & wondering what they got into. I find it funny how before their return they’re seen as the crazy people but this makes them look like concerned sane people while Elaith is the crazy one. It’s semi funnier cause Vincent made jokes about Elaith puppeteering muppet Elaith meaning Elaith is using muppet Elaith to channel his rage. That likely also means his partners are watching him likely kneel down while making a puppet version of himself rage.(I dunno where I’m going)

-This wasn’t intended to be here but I got nowhere else to put it & didn’t want to start up another sketch dump at the moment. Pretty much Sage & Lou with their daughter Chrysanthemum & her newborn brother Basil. This is an oddly sweet moment between some creepy people & their young kids. I don’t know how Basil looks so I tried to not add many features in.(Then again this is a small pic so it was tricky anyway)

#my art #procreate #uwe oc #unicorn warriors eternal #muppets #oc

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