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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 ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'' as a regular, though he's far more well-known for his ''Muppet Show'' role.
* [[The Everyman]]
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The Superego to Gonzo's Id and Fozzie's Ego.
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* [[Breakout Character]]: She was a fairly minor bit character early on in the first season, but swiftly became one of the most important stars of the show. In real life, Miss Piggy was one of the most popular fictional celebrities ''in the entire world'' during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Hi-ya! and ''Moi''.
* [[Cross -Dressing Voices]]
* [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]
* [[Gratuitous French]]
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Couch Gag]]: His trumpet.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first season Gonzo puppet was [[Off -the -Shelf FX|recycled]] from a TV special, was a bit ratty-looking, and had [[Perpetual Frowner|a permanent frown on his face.]] It was rebuilt for the second season, and his base appearance was in place.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The Id to Fozzie's Ego and Kermit's Superego.
* [[Gag Nose]]
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* [[Author Avatar]]: A number commented that aside from his piano skills, Rowlf was very much like Jim - arguably even more than Kermit.
* [[Back -Alley Doctor]]: His role of Dr. Bob on ''Veterinarian's Hospital'' was "a quack who's gone to the dogs".
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Early -Bird Cameo]]: Rowlf first appeared in Purina Dog Chow commercials in 1962. A year later, he began making regular appearances on ''The Jimmy Dean Show'' and proved to be quite popular.
{{quote| "I used to be a big star then."}}
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Especially the ''Veterinarian's Hospital'' sketches.
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* [[Official Couple]]: With Janice.
* [[Second Love]]: In the first season, Janice was often seen with Zoot.
* [[Shout -Out]]: [[Pink Floyd|Guess what color Floyd is...]]
** There's also the [[The Beatles|Sgt. Pepper]] reference.
* [[The Stoner]]: He even smokes a hookah in the ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' parody episode.
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* [[Cross -Dressing Voices]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Granola Girl]]
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: She only appeared a few times on the show, but is well-known to fans of the movies.
* [[Cross -Dressing Voices]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Gonzo.
* [[Official Couple]]: With Gonzo.
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* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: The ghost of a Shakespearean actor who was murdered... by the critics!
** [[Dracolich]]: A non-malicious example.
* [[The Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the]] [[Shout -Out|Muppet Theater]]
* [[Recurring Character]]: In the second and third season, would periodically star in on-stage skits, usually (and bizarrely) paired with Wayne after Wanda was dropped.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Trapped on a spaceship, facing constant hazards and hostile aliens, with no company other than two self-absorbed twits for years... poor Strangepork.
* [[Satellite Character]]: For Link. The official Muppets website even spelled this out in his bio.
* [[Shout -Out]]: To ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]] / [[Delusions of Eloquence]]: Not used by himself, but the narrator always introduces him in this way ("And the ubiquitous / inexplicable Dr Julius Strangepork!"
 
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* [[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 (Film)|The Muppets]]''!
* [[Pokémon -Speak]]
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: For the Snowths especially, but potentially ''anybody''.
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{{quote| Frank Oz}}
 
One of the best-remembered "one-sketch" characters (possibly second to Mahna Mahna), Hugga Wugga is some sort of purple alien who wanders around an alien swamp [[Pokémon -Speak|chanting his name]]. He gets angry at creatures who try to sing anything else and tries to "assimilate" them, but is ultimately given his just desserts by a happy yellow creature that sings "You Are My Sunshine".
 
* [[Berserk Button]]: Creatures that sing anything other than "Hugga Wugga".
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]
* [[Plant People]]: He looks rather like a ''[[Pikmin]]'' enemy.
* [[Pokémon -Speak]]
* [[The Unintelligible]]
 
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* [[Man in A Kilt]]
* [[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.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: It helps that his episode has the Star Wars cast.
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]
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