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* [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] - ''See [[Are Bert and Ernie named after characters from It's a Wonderful Life?]]''
 
* [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] - ''See [[Are Bert and Ernie named after characters from It's a Wonderful Life?]]''
 
* [[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.
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* [[Donny Dodo|Donnie]] and [[Marie Dodo]] - Named after [[Donny Osmond|Donny]] and [[Marie Osmond]].
 
* [[Fozzie Bear]] - ''see [[Fozzie's name]]''
 
* [[Fozzie Bear]] - ''see [[Fozzie's name]]''
* [[Humphrey]] and [[Ingrid]] - Named after Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
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* [[Humphrey]] and [[Ingrid]] - Named after [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]].
 
* [[Kermit the Frog]] - ''See [[Was Kermit named after a childhood friend of Jim Henson?]]''
 
* [[Kermit the Frog]] - ''See [[Was Kermit named after a childhood friend of Jim Henson?]]''
 
* [[Miss Piggy]] - Named after Peggy Lee<ref>"[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/atm-qa-200810.html# The Woman Behind Miss Piggy]", Anika Gupta, ''Smithsonian'' magazine, October 2008. </ref>
 
* [[Miss Piggy]] - Named after Peggy Lee<ref>"[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/atm-qa-200810.html# The Woman Behind Miss Piggy]", Anika Gupta, ''Smithsonian'' magazine, October 2008. </ref>
 
* [[Mokey Fraggle|Mokey]] - named after a childhood friend of [[Jim Henson]].
 
* [[Mokey Fraggle|Mokey]] - named after a childhood friend of [[Jim Henson]].
 
* [[Prairie Dawn]] - named after an actress named Prairie Dorn.
 
* [[Prairie Dawn]] - named after an actress named Prairie Dorn.
* [[Ricardo Monsterban]] - named after an actor named Ricardo Montalbán.
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* [[Ricardo Monsterban]] - named after actor Ricardo Montalbán.
 
* [[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]] - named after Ratso Rizzo from ''Midnight Cowboy''.
 
* [[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]] - named after Ratso Rizzo from ''Midnight Cowboy''.
 
* [[Salvador Dada]] - named after [[Salvador Dalí]]
 
* [[Salvador Dada]] - named after [[Salvador Dalí]]

Revision as of 07:09, 5 November 2012

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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.