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The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in notable productions produced for the internet outside of the [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson]]/[[Sesame Workshop|Sesame]] fold, all of which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the [[:Category:Internet Mentions|Internet Mentions category]].
 
The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in notable productions produced for the internet outside of the [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson]]/[[Sesame Workshop|Sesame]] fold, all of which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the [[:Category:Internet Mentions|Internet Mentions category]].
   
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==Annoying Orange==
==The Angry Video Game Nerd==
 
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*In a Let's Play of Flappy Birds featuring Orange he says maybe it would help if he sings to the tune Rubber Duckie while playing the game and the background used in the video has Orange as Ernie & Grapefruit as Bert
*A review of games based on ''[[Dracula]]'' includes a brief review of ''[[Sesame Street Countdown]]''.
 
*In a review of the game ''Wally Bear and the No Gang'', the Angry Video Game Nerd mentions examples of characters used to promote the dangers of drugs, one example being "[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue|the combined efforts]] of [[ALF]], [[Michaelangelo]], [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Miss Piggy]]...".
 
*Part 1 of a three-part review of the Phillips CD-i includes a brief clip from a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' game for the system.
 
*In some openings, certain ''Sesame Street'' video game cartridges can be seen.
 
*In his review of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]'', The Angry Video Game Nerd remarks that the Splinter puppet used "looks like he belongs on ''Sesame Street''."
 
   
 
==CollegeHumor==
 
==CollegeHumor==
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[[Image:AngryBirdsPSA.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*In an animated parody called "Angry Birds PSA" [http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1947084] released on February 22, 2011, [[Miss Piggy]] and [[Big Bird]] are among various fictional birds and pigs who decry the bird-on-pig violence of the ''Angry Birds'' video game. [[Pooh|Piglet]], [[Donald Duck]], and [[Daffy Duck]] also appear.
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*In an animated parody called [http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1947084 "Angry Birds PSA"] released on February 22, 2011, Miss Piggy and [[Big Bird]] are among various fictional birds and pigs who decry the bird-on-pig violence of the ''Angry Birds'' video game. [[Winnie the Pooh|Piglet]], [[Donald Duck]], [[Daffy Duck]], and [[Darkwing Duck]] also appear.
*"If Adult TV Shows Were Remade for Children", [http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6574364/5-adult-tv-shows-remade-for-children] from July 28, 2011, imagines a kids' version of ''[[Mad Men]]'' titled ''Mad Men Babies'', using a ''[[Muppet Babies]]''-like font, a [[Nanny]]-like character, and a sign reading "[[Jim Henson|Henson]] Cooper Nursery".
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*[http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6574364/5-adult-tv-shows-remade-for-children "If Adult TV Shows Were Remade for Children"] from July 28, 2011, imagines a kids' version of ''[[Mad Men]]'' titled ''Mad Men Babies'', using a ''[[Muppet Babies]]''-like font, a [[Nanny]]-like character, and a sign reading "[[Jim Henson|Henson]] Cooper Nursery".
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*[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6800297/muppet-teens "Muppet Teens"] from July 23, 2012, imagines a sequel to ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' with rebellious, delinquent, and profane teenage Muppets.
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==Epic Rap Battles of History==
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*In "Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare" and "Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock", the word "Muppet" is mentioned.
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*In "Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye", Isaac calls Bill "[[Beaker]]"
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​'''Connections'''
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* [[Snoop Dogg]] played Moses in a battle against Santa Claus.
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* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] played Sir Issac Newton in a battle agaisnt Bill Nye.
   
 
==Fred==
 
==Fred==
 
*In ''Fred Goes to the Movies!'', Fred goes to see an R-rated movie titled ''Nightmare on Sesame Street''.
 
*In ''Fred Goes to the Movies!'', Fred goes to see an R-rated movie titled ''Nightmare on Sesame Street''.
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==Funny or Die==
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*In the video "Jean Dujardin's Villain Auditions," one of his auditions is for "Muppets 2", which has him saying "Kermit..." in a menacing way.
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*The song "Handjob, Blandjob, I Don't Understand Job" features references to [[Elmo]] and [[Statler and Waldorf]]. And, in the end, two people appear in Statler and Waldorf masks.
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==How It Should Have Ended==
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[[File:How_The_Phantom_Menace_Should_Have_Ended.png|thumb|300px]]
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* In "How The Phantom Menace Should Have Ended" a number of aliens from other franchises are shown in the Galactic Senate from the 1999 ''[[Star Wars]]'' movie. Two [[Gonzo]]s are among them. Others include [[ALF]], Spock and Gorn from ''[[Star Trek]]'', Xenomorphs from the [[Alien (movies)|''Aliens'' movies]], [[Santa Claus]], [[George Lucas]], Daleks from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', E.T. from ''[[E. T. - the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', [[Superman]] and Supergirl, and Kang and Kodos from ''[[The Simpsons]]''. {{youtube|g4hvUvBmoaA}}
   
 
==JibJab==
 
==JibJab==
 
*In their 2011 Year in Review video "2011, Buh-Bye!", popsicle stick puppets of [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] appear singing "We told the whole world, '[[Are Ernie and Bert gay?|We're not gay!]]'" Caricatures of [[Kermit the Frog]] and [[Jason Segel]] are also seen briefly.
[[Image:JibJabB&E.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
 
**The original gag intended for Bert and Ernie (pictured below) was that they would pop up with female [[pigeons]] and a female [[Rubber Duckie (duck)|Rubber Duckie]].<ref>[http://blog.jibjab.com/2011-buh-bye-scene-20-ernie-and-bert/ JibJabbin': Scene 20 – Ernie and Bert]</ref>
*In their 2011 Year in Review video "2011, Buh-Bye!", popsicle stick puppets of [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] appear singing "We told the whole world, '[[Are Ernie and Bert gay?|We're not gay!]]'" Caricatures of [[Kermit the Frog]] and [[Jason Segel]] are also seen briefly.
 
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*The 2012 Year in Review video, "The End is Here!," features [[Jerry Nelson]] in Heaven, holding an angelic version of [[The Count]]. A small doll of [[Big Bird]] also appears in Mitt Romney's box as he's booted from the White House premises.
**The original gag intended for Bert and Ernie (pictured below) was that they would pop up with female [[pigeons]] and a female [[Rubber Duckie]].<ref>[http://blog.jibjab.com/2011-buh-bye-scene-20-ernie-and-bert/ JibJabbin': Scene 20 – Ernie and Bert]</ref>
 
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==Mythbusters==
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==RowdyC.com==
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* In Rowdy C.'s ''TV Trash'' review of ''Sonic Underground'', he criticizes the show's music, saying that the [[Muppet Babies]] sing better than them.
*In the Mythbusters aftershow for the episode of ''Mythbusters'' aired on November 23, 2011, Adam Savage remarks that he got the idea for his bright-red game-show-host suit: "The only game show hosts who wear super-loud suits are [[Sesame Street Game Shows|the ones]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', which is ''clearly'' what I was influenced by." ([http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-wheel-of-mythfortune-aftershow-1.html video])
 
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* In the ''TV Trash'' review of ''Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills'', Rowdy comments on the show's puppeteering, "The fact that I just saw [[The Muppets (2011)|the new Muppet movie]] only makes ''this'' more painful."
 
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* For the first week of his ''TV Trash Summer Spectacular'' about dinosaurs in 2013, Rowdy reviewed ''[[Dinosaurs]]''.
==Pube Muppet==
 
The titular character is a disembodied, homosexual Kermit head with pubic hair (represented as black scribbles). "Pube" versions of other characters feature, such as "Pube [[Miss Piggy|Piggy]]", "Pube Jason" ([[Gonzo]]), "Pube [[Swedish Chef]]", "Pube Nerd" ([[Scooter]]) and "Pube [[Cookie Monster]]".
 
   
 
==Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy==
 
==Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy==
*In "A Scotsman who can't watch a movie without shouting..." the title character watches ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' and yells at [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] for not using his brain to make decisions such as taking a [[Studebaker]] to Hollywood, and picking up other puppets on the way. {{youtube|S53-gmHN-O4}}
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* In "A Scotsman who can't watch a movie without shouting..." the title character watches ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' and yells at Kermit for not using his brain to make decisions such as taking a [[Studebaker]] to Hollywood, and picking up other puppets on the way.
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==Some Jerk with a Camera==
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* In Jerk's review of ''[[The Country Bears]]'' movie, he criticizes the movie's realistic-looking versions of the Bears, and compares them with [[Fozzie Bear]], accompanied by clips from ''The Muppet Show''.
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* A clip from ''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]]'' is used in Jerk's retrospective on Epcot.
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==''Slate''==
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*June 7, 2012: Simon Doonan writes about his own narcissism, comparing himself to [[Miss Piggy]]: "Like Miss Piggy, I am completely in the thrall of ''moi'', and I happily acknowledge the fact. When she said, 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye,' Miss P. spoke for us both. There are two pink follow spots up in the sky: one is pointed directly at Miss Piggy, and the other one is drenching yours truly in flattering light." [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2012/06/narcissism_how_to_be_vain_without_being_a_jerk_.html]
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*June 8, 2012: Dahlia Lithwick espouses the '''Muppet Theory''', a paradigm that divides the world into two types of people: Chaos Muppets and Order Muppets.
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**"Chaos Muppets are out-of-control, emotional, volatile. They tend toward the blue and fuzzy. They make their way through life in a swirling maelstrom of food crumbs, small flaming objects, and the letter C. [[Cookie Monster]], [[Ernie]], [[Grover]], [[Gonzo]], [[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew]] and—paradigmatically—[[Animal]], are all Chaos Muppets. Zelda Fitzgerald was a Chaos Muppet. So, I must tell you, is Justice Stephen Breyer."
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**"Order Muppets—and I’m thinking about [[Bert]], [[Scooter]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[Kermit the Frog]], and [[Mr. Johnson|the blue guy who is perennially harassed by Grover at restaurants]] (the Order Muppet Everyman)—tend to be neurotic, highly regimented, averse to surprises and may sport monstrously large eyebrows. They sometimes resent the responsibility of the world weighing on their felt shoulders, but they secretly revel in the knowledge that they keep the show running. Your first grade teacher was probably an Order Muppet. So is Chief Justice John Roberts."
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**"Be it '[[Pigs in Space]],' [[Oscar’s garbage can]], or producing a hit Broadway show in 19 hours, it’s always crucial to get the ratio of Order-to-Chaos exactly right."
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*August 29, 2012: Jeremy Stahl reports on what Swedes think of [[The Swedish Chef]]. The verdict: they think he sounds Norwegian, and they wish we'd stop asking them. He also discusses the claim of an actual Swedish chef, Lars "Kuprik" Bäckman, that he may have been [[Jim Henson]]'s inspiration for the character, an idea that [[Jerry Juhl]] categorically dismissed. [http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/08/swedish_chef_what_do_swedes_think_of_him_they_think_he_sounds_norwegian_.html] In a separate item, Stahl posts videos created by a Swedish YouTube user who has "translated" the Chef's gibberish into the Swedish words he thinks they sound like. [http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/08/28/what_is_the_swedish_chef_actually_saying_one_swede_translates_.html]
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*October 9, 2012: Rachael Larimore points out that while [[Big Bird]] is currently causing a bit of chaos in the Presidential race, he is in fact an Order Muppet; Dahlia Lithwick (originator of the Unified Theory of Muppets) confirms. [http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/09/big_bird_is_he_an_order_muppet_or_a_chaos_muppet_.html] In a separate item, Brian Palmer explains why ''Sesame Street'' isn't on a commercial television network. [http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/explainer/2012/10/sesame_street_funding_why_is_big_bird_on_pbs_anyway_.html]
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==Ted==
 
[[Image:Foggy bear.jpg|thumb|300px|Ted takes on "Foggy Bear."]]
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As a tie-in for the 2012 movie ''Ted'', a browser game was launched called "[http://www.fistsoffurry.com/ Fists of Furry]," where Ted fights parodies of other famous talking bears like [[Hanna-Barbera|Yogi Bear]], [[Care Bears|a Care Bear]], and [[Fozzie Bear]].
   
 
==Tiny Fuppets==
 
==Tiny Fuppets==

Revision as of 01:45, 28 June 2015

The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in notable productions produced for the internet outside of the Henson/Sesame fold, all of which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the Internet Mentions category.

Annoying Orange

  • In a Let's Play of Flappy Birds featuring Orange he says maybe it would help if he sings to the tune Rubber Duckie while playing the game and the background used in the video has Orange as Ernie & Grapefruit as Bert

CollegeHumor

AngryBirdsPSA

Epic Rap Battles of History

  • In "Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare" and "Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock", the word "Muppet" is mentioned.
  • In "Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye", Isaac calls Bill "Beaker"

Connections

Fred

  • In Fred Goes to the Movies!, Fred goes to see an R-rated movie titled Nightmare on Sesame Street.

Funny or Die

  • In the video "Jean Dujardin's Villain Auditions," one of his auditions is for "Muppets 2", which has him saying "Kermit..." in a menacing way.
  • The song "Handjob, Blandjob, I Don't Understand Job" features references to Elmo and Statler and Waldorf. And, in the end, two people appear in Statler and Waldorf masks.

How It Should Have Ended

How The Phantom Menace Should Have Ended

JibJab

  • In their 2011 Year in Review video "2011, Buh-Bye!", popsicle stick puppets of Bert and Ernie appear singing "We told the whole world, 'We're not gay!'" Caricatures of Kermit the Frog and Jason Segel are also seen briefly.
    • The original gag intended for Bert and Ernie (pictured below) was that they would pop up with female pigeons and a female Rubber Duckie.[1]
  • The 2012 Year in Review video, "The End is Here!," features Jerry Nelson in Heaven, holding an angelic version of The Count. A small doll of Big Bird also appears in Mitt Romney's box as he's booted from the White House premises.

RowdyC.com

  • In Rowdy C.'s TV Trash review of Sonic Underground, he criticizes the show's music, saying that the Muppet Babies sing better than them.
  • In the TV Trash review of Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills, Rowdy comments on the show's puppeteering, "The fact that I just saw the new Muppet movie only makes this more painful."
  • For the first week of his TV Trash Summer Spectacular about dinosaurs in 2013, Rowdy reviewed Dinosaurs.

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

  • In "A Scotsman who can't watch a movie without shouting..." the title character watches The Muppet Movie and yells at Kermit for not using his brain to make decisions such as taking a Studebaker to Hollywood, and picking up other puppets on the way.

Some Jerk with a Camera

  • In Jerk's review of The Country Bears movie, he criticizes the movie's realistic-looking versions of the Bears, and compares them with Fozzie Bear, accompanied by clips from The Muppet Show.
  • A clip from Muppet*Vision 3D is used in Jerk's retrospective on Epcot.

Slate

  • June 7, 2012: Simon Doonan writes about his own narcissism, comparing himself to Miss Piggy: "Like Miss Piggy, I am completely in the thrall of moi, and I happily acknowledge the fact. When she said, 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye,' Miss P. spoke for us both. There are two pink follow spots up in the sky: one is pointed directly at Miss Piggy, and the other one is drenching yours truly in flattering light." [1]
  • June 8, 2012: Dahlia Lithwick espouses the Muppet Theory, a paradigm that divides the world into two types of people: Chaos Muppets and Order Muppets.
    • "Chaos Muppets are out-of-control, emotional, volatile. They tend toward the blue and fuzzy. They make their way through life in a swirling maelstrom of food crumbs, small flaming objects, and the letter C. Cookie Monster, Ernie, Grover, Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and—paradigmatically—Animal, are all Chaos Muppets. Zelda Fitzgerald was a Chaos Muppet. So, I must tell you, is Justice Stephen Breyer."
    • "Order Muppets—and I’m thinking about Bert, Scooter, Sam the Eagle, Kermit the Frog, and the blue guy who is perennially harassed by Grover at restaurants (the Order Muppet Everyman)—tend to be neurotic, highly regimented, averse to surprises and may sport monstrously large eyebrows. They sometimes resent the responsibility of the world weighing on their felt shoulders, but they secretly revel in the knowledge that they keep the show running. Your first grade teacher was probably an Order Muppet. So is Chief Justice John Roberts."
    • "Be it 'Pigs in Space,' Oscar’s garbage can, or producing a hit Broadway show in 19 hours, it’s always crucial to get the ratio of Order-to-Chaos exactly right."
  • August 29, 2012: Jeremy Stahl reports on what Swedes think of The Swedish Chef. The verdict: they think he sounds Norwegian, and they wish we'd stop asking them. He also discusses the claim of an actual Swedish chef, Lars "Kuprik" Bäckman, that he may have been Jim Henson's inspiration for the character, an idea that Jerry Juhl categorically dismissed. [2] In a separate item, Stahl posts videos created by a Swedish YouTube user who has "translated" the Chef's gibberish into the Swedish words he thinks they sound like. [3]
  • October 9, 2012: Rachael Larimore points out that while Big Bird is currently causing a bit of chaos in the Presidential race, he is in fact an Order Muppet; Dahlia Lithwick (originator of the Unified Theory of Muppets) confirms. [4] In a separate item, Brian Palmer explains why Sesame Street isn't on a commercial television network. [5]

Ted

Foggy bear

Ted takes on "Foggy Bear."

As a tie-in for the 2012 movie Ted, a browser game was launched called "Fists of Furry," where Ted fights parodies of other famous talking bears like Yogi Bear, a Care Bear, and Fozzie Bear.

Tiny Fuppets

A cartoon created by Scott Gairdner satirizing both Muppet Babies and hastily-produced foreign knockoffs of American cartoons, supposedly an original Portuguese creation whose creator is apparently unaware of the existence of Muppet Babies.

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