Changes: Muppet Babies (puppets)

Revision as of 21:53, 26 February 2014

TMTM-MuppetBabies — Promotional photo for *The Muppets Take Manhattan*.

MuppetBabies-RandyJackson-AmericanIdol-(2003) — The Muppet Babies poser puppets on display at the Jim Henson Company's booth at the 2003 Licensing International Expo in NYC (with Randy Jackson).

The Muppet Babies, infant versions of familiar Muppet characters, were introduced in the "I'm Gonna Always Love You" dream sequence from The Muppets Take Manhattan, which imagined Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, and Rowlf as babies.

These puppets were also featured in a music video of "I'm Gonna Always Love You" and made their final appearance, this time with a baby version of Animal, in A Muppet Family Christmas.

The characters inspired the Muppet Babies animated series, which ran on CBS for seven years.

Photo puppets of the Muppet Babies, this time with Skeeter, were featured in several storybooks, including Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes and Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales. They were also present in some issues of Muppet Magazine and featured on the cover of a Muppet Babies board game.

The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes used for the characters in Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live!

A rebuilt version of Baby Animal was used in 2014 in a commercial for Lipton.

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-[[File:MuppetBabiesPUPPETS.JPG|right]]
+[[Image:MuppetBabiesPUPPETS.JPG|thumb|250px]]
+[[Image:MuppetBabiesPUPPETS1.JPG|thumb|250px]]
-The '''Muppet Babies''', infant versions of familiar [[The Muppets|Muppet]] characters, were introduced in the "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]" dream sequence from ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', which imagined [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], and [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] as babies.
+[[Image:TMTM-MuppetBabies.jpg|thumb|250px|Promotional photo for ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''.]]
+[[Image:MuppetBabies-RandyJackson-AmericanIdol-(2003).jpg|thumb|250px|The Muppet Babies poser puppets on display at the Jim Henson Company's booth at the 2003 Licensing International Expo in NYC (with [[Randy Jackson]]).]]
+The '''Muppet Babies''', infant versions of familiar [[The Muppets|Muppet]] characters, were introduced in the "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]" dream sequence from ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', which imagined [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], and [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] as babies.
-These puppets were also featured in a music video of "I'm Gonna Always Love You" and made their final appearance, this time with a baby version of [[Animal]], in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''.
+These puppets were also featured in a music video of "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]" and made their final appearance, this time with a baby version of [[Animal]], in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''.
-[[Photo Puppet|Photo puppets]] of the Muppet Babies, this time with [[Skeeter]], were featured in several storybooks, including ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes]]'' and ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales]]''.
 The characters inspired the ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' animated series, which ran on [[CBS]] for seven years.
+[[Photo Puppet|Photo puppets]] of the [[Muppet Babies]], this time with [[Skeeter]], were featured in several storybooks, including ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes]]'' and ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales]]''. They were also present in some issues of ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' and featured on the cover of a [[Muppet Babies (1984 board game)|''Muppet Babies'' board game]].
-The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes used for the characters in ''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live!]]''.
+The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes used for the characters in ''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live!]]''
-{| border=2 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 style="border-collapse:collapse"
-|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
-! Image !! Muppet Baby !! Performer !! Notes
+A rebuilt version of Baby Animal was used in 2014 in a commercial for [[Lipton]].
-|- <div id="babykermit" />
-| [[Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Kermit]] || [[Jim Henson]] ||
+==Characters==
-|- <div id="babypiggy" />
-| [[Image:Character.babypiggy.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Piggy]] || [[Frank Oz]] || Puppet built by [[Ed Christie]]
+<center>
-|- <div id="babyfozzie" />
+<gallery widths=150 spacing=small orientation=square hideaddbutton=true>
-| [[Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Fozzie]] || [[Frank Oz]] ||
+Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Kermit]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Jim Henson]]</small>}}
+Image:Character.babypiggy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Piggy]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Frank Oz]]</small>}}
-|- <div id="babygonzo" />
-| [[Image:Character.babygonzo.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Gonzo]] || [[Dave Goelz]] ||
+Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Fozzie]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>}}
+Image:Character.babygonzo.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Gonzo]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Dave Goelz]]</small>}}
+Image:Babyscooter.JPG|{{GNH|[[Baby Scooter]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Richard Hunt]]</small>}}
-|- <div id="babyscooter" />
+Image:Character.babyrowlfmuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Rowlf]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' Jim Henson</small>}}
-| [[Image:Babyscooter.JPG|250px]] || [[Baby Scooter]] || [[Richard Hunt]] ||
+Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Animal]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>}}
+Image:Skeeter.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Skeeter]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' None</small>}}
-|- <div id="babyrowlf" />
+</gallery>
-| [[Image:Character.babyrowlfmuppet.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Rowlf]] || [[Jim Henson]] ||
+<gallery widths=500 spacing=small hideaddbutton=true>
+Image:Lipton-BeMoreTea-(2014)-BabyAnimal.png|The rebuilt Baby Animal (for [[Lipton]] ad, 2014)
-|- <div id="babyanimal" />
+</gallery>
-| [[Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Animal]] || [[Frank Oz]] || Appeared in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'' and as a photo-puppet
+</center>
-|- <div id="babyskeeter" />
-| [[Image:Skeeter.jpg|250px]] || [[Baby Skeeter]] || No Performer (photo-puppet only) ||
-|}
 [[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 [[Category:Muppets Take Manhattan Characters]]
+[[Category:The Muppets Characters]]
+[[Category:Muppet Babies Characters]]