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* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]: Kermit usually wears nothing but his collar, and will cover himself up if it's taken off. When they do an underwater performance of [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' "Octopus's Garden", he wears a bathing cap.▼
▲* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]: Kermit usually wears nothing but his collar, and will cover himself up if it's taken off. When they do an underwater performance of [[The Beatles]]' "Octopus's Garden", he wears a bathing cap.
* [[All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats]]: Including the Muppets representing Japan in the Spike Milligan-hosted "Salute to All Nations" episode.
* [[All Drummers Are Animals]]: Literally! According to legend, Animal was based upon [[The Who|Keith Moon]].
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** Occasional mentions of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', ''aka'' "that cute little children's show with the ''puppets''".
** The [[John Cleese]] episode, perhaps inevitably, includes a bit where he winds up shouting about an ex-parrot.
** Floyd Pepper is patterned after [[The Beatles (band)|Sergeant Pepper]].
*** He also has pink hair, making him a [[Pink Floyd]].
** Dr. Teeth is a dead-on impersonation of [[wikipedia:Dr. John|Dr. John]].
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* [[Statler and Waldorf]]: We have this show to thank.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Floyd, the house band's bassist, is [[Pink Floyd|pink]].
** And then there's his full name,
* [[Sting (music)|Sting]]: Lampshaded in the Roger Miller episode when Gonzo asks for a "dramatic sting" when he announces an outbreak of "cluckitis"... and gets it. Later, when Scooter mentions the disease, the sting happens again... and he and Kermit react to it.
* [[The Stinger]]: Provided each week by [[Statler and Waldorf]].
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