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* [[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew|Bunsen Honeydew]] - Named after chemist Robert Bunsen (of bunsen burner fame), and the honeydew melon.
 
* [[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew|Bunsen Honeydew]] - Named after chemist Robert Bunsen (of bunsen burner fame), and the honeydew melon.
 
* [[Donny Dodo|Donnie]] and [[Marie Dodo]] - Named after [[Donny Osmond|Donny]] and [[Marie Osmond]].
 
* [[Donny Dodo|Donnie]] and [[Marie Dodo]] - Named after [[Donny Osmond|Donny]] and [[Marie Osmond]].
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* [[Ferlinghetti Donizetti]] - Named after poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti
 
* [[Fozzie Bear]] - ''see [[Fozzie's name]]''
 
* [[Fozzie Bear]] - ''see [[Fozzie's name]]''
 
* [[Humphrey]] and [[Ingrid]] - Named after [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]].
 
* [[Humphrey]] and [[Ingrid]] - Named after [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]].
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* [[Professor Hugh Mungous|Hugh Mungous]] - a play on "humongous"
 
* [[Professor Hugh Mungous|Hugh Mungous]] - a play on "humongous"
 
* [[Hypocritic Oaf]] - a play on "hippocratic oath"
 
* [[Hypocritic Oaf]] - a play on "hippocratic oath"
* [[Ida Nomer|Ms. Nomer]] - a play on "misnomer"
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* [[Ida Nomer|Ms. Nomer]] - a play on "misnomer"
 
* [[Lotta Chatter]] - a play on "lot of chatter"
 
* [[Lotta Chatter]] - a play on "lot of chatter"
 
* [[Mr. Mason Dixon]] - a play on "the Mason Dixon line"
 
* [[Mr. Mason Dixon]] - a play on "the Mason Dixon line"
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* [[Beaker]] - named after the piece of lab equipment.
 
* [[Beaker]] - named after the piece of lab equipment.
 
* [[Boober Fraggle|Boober]] - named after an angry cow encountered by one of Jim Henson's daughters in Devon.
 
* [[Boober Fraggle|Boober]] - named after an angry cow encountered by one of Jim Henson's daughters in Devon.
* [[Kermit the Forg]] - scrambling of the letters in "frog"
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* [[Kermit the Forg]] - scrambling of the letters in "frog"
 
* [[Kermit the Gorf]] - scrambling of the letters in "frog"
 
* [[Kermit the Gorf]] - scrambling of the letters in "frog"
 
* [[Kermit the Grof]] - scrambling of the letters in "frog"
 
* [[Kermit the Grof]] - scrambling of the letters in "frog"

Revision as of 09:41, 26 December 2012

File:Muppet Name Etymology.jpg

Muppet Name Etymology by CollegeHumor

Jerry and jerry

Jerry Nelson and Jerry

Characters named after performers/crew

The Muppets

Sesame Street

Fraggle Rock

The Animal Show

Other

  • It was originally suggested that Zoe on Sesame Street be named after her performed, Fran Brill. Fran didn't want a puppet named after her, so she suggested naming the puppet Zoe after the J. D. Salinger novel Franny and Zooey.[1]

Characters named after other people

Characters named after places

Characters named after filmmaking techniques

  • Gobo - Short for "go between"; a lighting term used in film, television and theatre.
  • Traveling Matt - From "traveling matte," a technique used in television and film to insert a foreground object into a prerecorded background image.
  • Waldo - After the waldo, the electronic device used to perform him.

Characters whose names are puns

Abbyflies

Other name origins

Sources

  1. Sesame Street Unpaved, p. 87
  2. "The Woman Behind Miss Piggy", Anika Gupta, Smithsonian magazine, October 2008.