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=== Kermit the Frog ===
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: This was Kermit's original shtick to go along with his [[Only Sane Man]] persona. Later on his snarkiness was downplayed to highlight his sweetness but he still gets in on this once in awhile.
** Reinstated in the 2011 film, however.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Originally appeared on ''Sam and Friends'' (before he was a frog) and ''[[
* [[The Everyman]]
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The Superego to Gonzo's Id and Fozzie's Ego.
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* [[Species Surname]]: In the 2011 Movie, it's stated that his last name is "The Frog". <ref> It was something of a running gag back in the old days as well.</ref>
* [[Straight Man]]
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Even if he's not the focus of the story, he'll often be this. [[Muppets
* [[Wild Take]]: With much amusing arm-waving.
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]
* [[It's All About Me]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Large Ham]]: Both literally and figuratively.
* [[Mister Muffykins]]: Her dog Foo-Foo.
* [[Official Couple]]: With Kermit.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]
* [[Stalker
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: Hasn't really made it enough to be washed-up, but has the personality.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: To Statler and Waldorf.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Wocka Wocka!
** [[Gannon Banned]]: And just for the record, it's spelled "Wocka Wocka", not "Wokka Wokka" or "[[
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In the first season, he was intended to be the primary foil of Kermit and everyone else backstage. As a result, in the earliest episodes he tends to come off as abrasive, pushy, and obnoxious. They soon found a different, more neurotic, sweet, and vulnerable vibe for him, allowing the previous personality to be quietly discarded.
* [[Couch Gag]]: First season.
* [[Cower Power]]: Whenever in a threatening situation, he tends to hide behind the much-smaller Kermit.which leads to ...
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He actually does have his share of awesome when matters have fallen into his own hands.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The Ego to Gonzo's Id and Kermit's Superego.
* [[Funny Animal]]
* [[The Lancer]]: Often content acting as Kermit's sidekick, especially in ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' and ''[[The Muppets (
* [[Let's See You Do Better]]: Often does this to Statler and Waldorf. Usually backfires.
** And in one case, they actually did perform on stage with Fozzie intent on heckling them.
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* [[Pungeon Master]]
* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: He was (in theory) the show's stand-up comedian. Most of the humor of these skits came from how terrible he was at his job.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: In some of the early post-Henson productions such as ''[[Muppets
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Frank Oz gave Fozzie a series of weird noises (the closest you could come to writing them out would be something along the lines of "Daaaaaaaagh" and "Agghaahaahaa") that he uses to convey certain emotions.
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[[John Cleese
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Perhaps most notably, getting his arms and legs stretched out to ten feet long in a stunt gone wrong.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Both in becoming a character in the show and becoming [[Those Two Guys]]/[[Narrator]] with Rizzo in the movies.
* [[Badass]]: [[Doing It for
** [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In early appearances, his craziness was more subtle, and was depicted as a more slightly more neurotic, pathetic star akin to Fozzie. He gradually became more happy go lucky and his torture became harder to imply, [[Too Kinky to Torture|given how much he enjoyed most of it]].
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* [[Gag Nose]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: While ''his'' species isn't known, he has a fetish for chickens, on another occasion a cow and on yet another, Big Bird.
** The movie ''[[Muppets
* [[The Lancer]]: Well, kind of.
* [[Mad Artist]]: He's supposed to be a partial [[Expy]] of Salvador Dali.
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* [[Once an Episode]]: Doing a little song and dance, then throwing some cooking utensils over his shoulder. Frank Oz had a [[Self-Imposed Challenge]] to try to knock over every single item on the back wall. He only ever managed it once.
* [[Non Standard Character Design]]: The only Muppet to be designed to use the puppeteer's exposed hands. It takes a lot of dexterity to be that clumsy.
* [[Norse
* [[Team Chef]]
* [[The Unintelligible]]
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]].
* [[Jerk
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!|Screw Politeness, We're Seniors!]]
* [[Self-Deprecation]]
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Kid
* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]
* [[Official Couple]]: With Janice.
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* [[All Drummers Are Animals]]: Possibly the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Breakout Character]]: From ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' onwards, he's a part of the main Muppet cast, gets more merchandise than ''Kermit'', and is the member of the Electric Mayhem seen most often without his bandmates (he's probably the second-biggest example of this next to Miss Piggy). He was even the mascot of the U.S. snowboarding team for the 1998 Winter Olympics!
* [[Cartoon Creature]]: Is he a human? [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: He behaves like a complete psycho and tends to destroy things around him (hence his being kept in chains), but seems to be fairly close friends with his bandmates and the other Muppets. He even gets a ''major'' [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment in ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: In the recent-ish Muppet rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, he only gets as far as "Mama..." Then he starts rushing around the stage shouting, "Mama," overjoyed at the prospect of seeing his dearest mother. Poor guy never does find her.
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappeared after ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]''.
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Reappears in ''[[The Muppets (
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Living Prop]]: They only made him so Steve Whitmire would have his own character in the band. He got no [[Character Development]], and the band still works just as well with the original five.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: They never bothered to explain why the band had a new member.
=== Rizzo the Rat ===
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* [[Lovable Coward]]: Usually played up whenever he's with Gonzo, to better contrast Gonzo's [[Fearless Fool]] tendencies.
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Nowhere near as bad as Beaker, but he's suffered a lot, sometimes alongside Gonzo, who isn't fazed in the slightest.
* [[Jerk
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Most often with Gonzo, but sometimes with Pepe.
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* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: As seen in ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''.
* [[Expy]]: Based off of [[Emmet
* [[Hidden Depths]]: He seldom takes the stage himself, but he has been shown to be a surprisingly gifted harmonica player.
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* [[Recurring Character]]: Whenever the writers felt like tweaking Piggy.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: As Miss Piggy's younger, prettier, and very talented understudy, this is how Miss Piggy saw her. It didn't help that Kermit found her to be quite charming and the theater audience ''adored'' her.
* [[The Character Died
=== Robin the Frog ===
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Kermit's adorable little nephew, Robin's role on the Muppet Show fit his status as the youngest of the cast members. Sometimes he would cutely win the crowd over, and other times he would ask embarrassing questions, make impolite comments, and pout when he didn't get his way. Robin also seems to be the Muppet character designed to appeal best to small children.
* [[A Day in
* [[Artifact Title]]: Why is he named Robin? In his first appearance, he was a human prince named [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|Sir Robin the Brave]] who had... [[The Frog Prince
* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Innocent Prodigy]]
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* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: This was played straight in his first appearance, but nowadays "Sweetums" is a [[Meaningful Name]].
* [[Gentle Giant]]: He looks big and mean, but it's just bluster 90% of the time. Just watch out for that remaining 10%...
** Except in "[[
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|Huge Ogre Tiny Frog]]: Often paired with Robin.
* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: His voice is deep, but he sounds more "big-city truck driver" than "man-eating monster".
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The "Phantom of the Muppet Theater", Uncle Deadly is some sort of refined, British dragon-ghost-thing known for performing Shakespeare. He was murdered by the critics and spent his time afterwards scaring the theater's crew just for fun. He became more well-known after ''[[The Muppets (
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Became a major character in ''[[The Muppets (
* [[Badass]]: In [[The Muppets (
* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Resembles a dragon, and was referred to as one in [[The Muppets (
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: The ghost of a Shakespearean actor who was murdered... by the critics!
** [[Dracolich]]: A non-malicious example.
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* [[Speak of the Devil|Speak Of The Falling Cow]]
* [[This Just In]]
* [[Throw the Dog
* [[We Interrupt This Program]]
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** [[Relationship Upgrade|They were caught getting]] [[Unusual Euphemism|pretty un-platonic]] in the 2011 movie.
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]
* [[Put
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: The pair finally rejoined the Muppets in the 2011 movie. While their return was a mild surprise in and of itself, nobody expected them to get one of the biggest laughs in the film!
* [[Running Gag]]: The first season of the show had more running gags than character pieces. When the writing staff changed, Wanda was dumped, as running gags were all she had. Wayne, however, sporadically appeared in skits during the second and third seasons, oddly paired now with Uncle Deadly!
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A scruffy, hyperactive little guy who joins in musical numbers unannounced and uninvited. He pops all over the place, either yammering in incoherent scat or playing an obnoxiously loud instrument. There's no stopping him, and it's foolish to try.
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: A Muppet on ''[[
* [[Non Sequitur]]: His act basically makes no sense whatsoever, but it's extremely catchy to most people. In ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', the song was presented as a mental disorder wherein the Snouths would appear from nowhere and sing whenever someone would say the name of the song. In ''[[The Muppets (
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: That one sole skit on the first episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' became so popular, all three characters made appearances on ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', and all the way into ''[[The Muppets (
* [[Pokémon-Speak]]
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]
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* [[Brown Note]]: Gonzo (as Dearth Nadir) uses Angus' act to torture [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]. Only a [[Gainax Ending]] is able to rescue him.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Man in
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: His description reads like a [[Mad Libs]] game: he's a purple kilted Scottish gargoyle who gargles [[George Gershwin]] compositions for his act.
* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: One of the series' few examples, though you could hardly classify it as "singing"; his gargling is provided by Richard Hunt.
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