Talk: Muppet Show Characters

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Spin-off characters

The category description says "More than 400 Muppet Show characters, from the original show and related spin-offs." There are many characters in here who never actually appeared in an episodes of The Muppet Show television series - such as The Zimmer Twins, The Bouncing Bananas, and LaVerne. They are here because they appeared in a "related spin-off" - namely The Muppet Show Comic Book, Bo Saves the Show, and The Case of the Missing Mother. So, to be clear, what qualifies something as a related spin-off? Is it mearly the presence of the Muppet Theater and the Muppets' fictional vaudevillian stage-show therein?

Would things such as The Muppets Go to the Movies, Muppet Classic Theater, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and Weezer's Keep Fishin' be considered releated spin-offs? Should characters that appeared in those productions (such as Pepe, Andy & Randy, Johnny Fiama, Bobo, and Eugene), also be categorized as Muppet Show characters? And if The Muppet Show Comic Book is considered a spin-off, should characters such as Pepe and Clifford be added to this category (as they've appeared in the comic too).

Or should we take this even broader than just featuring the theater and count productions such as Muppets Tonight, Muppet Robin Hood and Letters to Santa as "related spinoffs". It's simple when we limit things to only characters from the 120 episodes of the 1976-1980 television series; but with "spin-offs" what is the definition and were's the line? I just want to be clear. -- Brad D. (talk) 10:50, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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 The category description says "'''More than 400 Muppet Show characters, from the original show and related spin-offs.'''" There are many characters in here who never actually appeared in an episodes of ''The Muppet Show'' television series - such as [[The Zimmer Twins]], [[The Bouncing Bananas]], and [[LaVerne]]. They are here because they appeared in a "related spin-off" - namely ''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book]]'', ''[[Bo Saves the Show]]'', and ''[[The Case of the Missing Mother]]''. So, to be clear, what qualifies something as a related spin-off? Is it mearly the presence of the Muppet Theater and the Muppets' fictional vaudevillian stage-show therein?
-Would things such as ''[[The Muppets Go to the Movies]]'', ''[[Muppet Classic Theater]]'', ''[[It's a Verry Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' and [[Keep Fishin'|Weezer's ''Keep Fishin']]'' be considered releated spin-offs? Should characters that appeared in those productions (such as [[Pepe]], [[Andy and Randy Pig|Andy & Randy]], [[Johnny Fiama]], [[Bobo]], and [[Eugene (tuba player)|Eugene]]), also be categorized as ''Muppet Show'' characters? And if ''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book]]'' is considered a spin-off, should characters such as [[Pepe]] and [[Clifford]] be added to this category (as they've appeared in the comic too).
+Would things such as ''[[The Muppets Go to the Movies]]'', ''[[Muppet Classic Theater]]'', ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' and [[Keep Fishin'|Weezer's ''Keep Fishin']]'' be considered releated spin-offs? Should characters that appeared in those productions (such as [[Pepe]], [[Andy and Randy Pig|Andy & Randy]], [[Johnny Fiama]], [[Bobo]], and [[Eugene (tuba player)|Eugene]]), also be categorized as ''Muppet Show'' characters? And if ''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book]]'' is considered a spin-off, should characters such as [[Pepe]] and [[Clifford]] be added to this category (as they've appeared in the comic too).
 Or should we take this even broader than just featuring the theater and count productions such as ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', ''[[Muppet Robin Hood]]'' and ''[[Letters to Santa]]'' as "related spinoffs". It's simple when we limit things to only characters from the 120 episodes of the 1976-1980 television series; but with "spin-offs" what is the definition and were's the line? I just want to be clear. -- [[User:BradFraggle|<font color="Blue">Brad D.</font>]] ([[User talk:BradFraggle|<font color="Blue" size="1">talk</font>]]) 10:50, 29 May 2009 (UTC)