Frog Scouts

Mrs. Appleby and the Frog Scouts troop.

Robin as a Frog Scout in the 1981 storybook The Muppets Go Camping.

Muppet Time promotional photo.

The Frog Scouts' pledge, lead by Mr. Manny.

The Frog Scouts are a troop of young frogs who perform on The Muppet Show as The Precision Drill Team from the Okefenokee Pack 12 of the Frog Scouts of America. Robin the Frog is a member, Mrs. Appleby is their pack leader, and Ms. Ribit is their camp counselor.

The Scouts have been seen in a number of different forms over the years.

• Robin wore his Scout outfit for the first time in The Muppet Show episode 310 in the wedding sketch with Kermit and Miss Piggy.

• The Frog Scouts troop made their first appearance on The Muppet Show in 1980, in The Muppet Show episode 509, where they earned their punk merit badges with a little help from guest star Debbie Harry. One of the frogs named Norman appeared in the wedding finale of The Muppets Take Manhattan.

• Robin wore his Scout outfit on his camping trip with his uncle Kermit in the 1981 storybook The Muppets Go Camping.

• Robin wore a Frog Scout bandana in the 1983 special Rocky Mountain Holiday.

• Robin appeared in his Frog Scout uniform on the cover of the 1983 coloring book Muppet Hobbies.

• Frog Scout Troop #12 hangs out with Alfonso Ribeiro in the Fall 1984 issue of Muppet Magazine, awarding him the Boogie Badge.

• The Scouts appeared in audio-animatronic form in a live attraction, The Muppet Traffic Safety Show, which toured malls and auto shows in the late 80s.

• Robin wears his Scout uniform in the short story "Hike on Dragon Mountain", from the 1991 collection Stories to Share.

• The 1991 anthology book Off to Storyland features the story "Robin and the Most Beautiful Bug" with Ms. Ribit as the Frog Scout camp counselor.

• The 1992 National Wildlife Federation PSA "You Can Make a Difference" features the Frog Scouts.

• In 1993, Robin and the Scouts sang "Fun, Fun, Fun" on the Muppet Beach Party CD.

• Robin and the Scouts appeared with Scout Leader Kermit in the 1993 book Off to the Woods!

• The Frog Scouts were featured in recurring sketches as part of the Muppet Time inserts on Nickelodeon in 1994.

• In the live-action opening to the 1995 Muppet Babies video Yes, I Can Be a Friend, Robin appears in his Frog Scout uniform, and is afraid of meeting the Scouts.

• Sam the Eagle, dressed in a scoutmaster uniform, takes the Frog Scouts on a hike in the 1996 book Muppet Time.

• A Frog Scout Robin Action Figure was produced by Palisades Toys in 2004. A Frog Scout Leader Kermit Action Figure followed in 2005 and included either a green or blue pack-in Frog Scout Gawain.

• The 2020 Muppet Babies episode "Frog Scouts," depicts Kermit, Carlos and Robin's very first Frog Scouts outing, led by Mr. Manny.

Alfonso Ribeiro with the Frog Scouts in Muppet Magazine, 1984

"Hike on Dragon Mountain", 1991

Off to Storyland, 1991

Off to the Woods!, 1993

Muppet Time, 1994

Yes, I Can Be a Friend, 1995

Palisades Frog Scout figure, 2004

Palisades Scout Leader Kermit figure, 2005

The Boogie Badge

Muppet lunchboxes

Polliwog Robin's Frog Scout patches on Muppet Babies in 2020

Frog Scouts flag on the Muppet Babies episode "Frog Scouts"