Changes: The Mechanical Wind-up TV Show Host

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A mechanical wind-up TV show host appears in The Muppet Show episode 104. Scooter brings the robot into the Muppet Theater, apparently at the behest of his uncle.

The robot looks just like Kermit, with a wind-up key in his back -- but its personality is quite different. The robot is aggressive and mischievous, and he makes improper advances on Miss Piggy.

The threat to Kermit's hosting job is short-lived -- at the end of the episode, the wind-up host breaks down and Kermit puts its away.

Other Robotic Kermits

In The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar, Miss Piggy is featured in a spoof cover of Popular Mechanics building a mechanical Kermit with the headline, "Home Workshop Prize Winner: Frog-Building for Fun... But Mostly Fun." The article claims that your own, amazingly life-like tin polliwog can be built in eight hours for only fifty dollars. A list of materials is provided along with a detailed blueprint boasting a limited use of tools: blowtorch, soldering iron and rivet gun.

The Spring 1984 issue of Muppet Magazine featured an alternate, rougher robot version of Kermit with no "coverings." The photo features Miss Piggy standing beside the metal amphibian with a wrench and Kermit up-in-arms behind them, suggesting that Piggy had the robot built to satisfy her own affection. Within his innards, a small red heart could be seen amongst a myriad of other mechanical parts.

A Sesame Street News Flash segment featured a mechanical replica of Kermit. Created by Dr. Nobel Price, the duplicate is dubbed Herman the Hoppity-Hop.

A sophisticated cybernetic frog from the future fends off Miss Piggy as The Kerminator.

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 [[Image:Character.robotkermit.jpg|thumb|300px|Piggy's metal lover.]]
-'''Robot Kermit''', who looked like [[Kermit]], appeared in the [[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi|Ruth Buzzi episode]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. The only differences between the [[robot]] version and the real deal, was the key on his back, and a general open affection for [[Miss Piggy]].
+'''A mechanical wind-up TV show host''' appears in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi|episode 104]]. [[Scooter]] brings the [[robot]] into [[the Muppet Theater]], apparently at the behest of [[J.P. Grosse|his uncle]].
+The robot looks just like [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], with a wind-up key in his back -- but its personality is quite different. The robot is aggressive and mischievous, and he makes improper advances on [[Miss Piggy]].
-The [[Muppet Magazine issue 6|Spring 1984]] issue of [[Muppet Magazine]] featured an alternate, rougher robot version of Kermit with no "coverings." The photo features Miss Piggy standing beside the metal amphibian with a wrench and Kermit up-in-arms behind them, suggesting that Piggy had the robot built to satisfy her own affection. Within his innards, a small red heart could be seen amongst a myriad of other mechanical parts.
+The threat to Kermit's hosting job is short-lived -- at the end of the episode, the wind-up host breaks down and Kermit puts its away.
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-[[Category: Muppet Characters]]
+==Other Robotic Kermits==
+* In [[The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar]], Miss Piggy is featured in a spoof cover of ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' building a mechanical Kermit with the headline, "Home Workshop Prize Winner: Frog-Building for Fun... But Mostly Fun." The article claims that your own, amazingly life-like tin polliwog can be built in eight hours for only fifty dollars. A list of materials is provided along with a detailed blueprint boasting a limited use of tools: blowtorch, soldering iron and rivet gun.
+* The [[Muppet Magazine issue 6|Spring 1984]] issue of [[Muppet Magazine]] featured an alternate, rougher robot version of Kermit with no "coverings." The photo features Miss Piggy standing beside the metal amphibian with a wrench and Kermit up-in-arms behind them, suggesting that Piggy had the robot built to satisfy her own affection. Within his innards, a small red heart could be seen amongst a myriad of other mechanical parts.
+* A [[Sesame Street News Flash#herman|''Sesame Street'' News Flash]] segment featured a mechanical replica of Kermit. Created by [[Dr. Nobel Price]], the duplicate is dubbed Herman the Hoppity-Hop.
+* A sophisticated cybernetic frog from the future fends off Miss Piggy as [[Kermit_the_Frog's_Alternate_Identities#kerminator|The Kerminator]].
+[[Category:Muppet Show Characters|Mechanical Wind-up TV Show Host]]
+[[Category:Muppet Characters|Mechanical Wind-up TV Show Host]]
+[[Category:The Muppets Characters|Mechanical Wind-up TV Show Host]]