Dr. Julius Strangepork



Dr. Julius Strangepork is the pig who serves as resident scientist aboard the Swinetrek spaceship in the recurring Muppet Show sketch Pigs in Space. His fellow crew members include Captain Link Hogthrob and First Mate Piggy. The German-accented "sesquipidalian Dr. Strangepork" performed routine repair work as well as offering diagnostics on planets or approaching spacecrafts. Outside of the "Pigs in Space" sketches, Strangepork was occasionally seen with the other pigs, appeared in the chorus for "Cigarettes and Whiskey" in the Peter Sellers episode of The Muppet Show, and played Fritz, the murdered director, in Episode 414: Liza Minnelli.

Dr. Strangepork had silent cameo roles, accompanying Link and other pigs, in The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Manhattan, and a speaking part in The Muppet Christmas Carol as one of Fred's party guests. Later appearances included a guest spot as the beach commissioner in a "Bay of Pigswatch" sketch on Muppets Tonight, a silent cameo with the Gonzo followers at Cape Doom in Muppets From Space, and a vocal cameo in the video game Muppet Party Cruise.

Origins
A prototype Strangepork named Dr. Nauga appeared in a sketch called Beneath the Planet of the Pigs on The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. This puppet, with brown hair and eyebrows, was part of the pig ensemble in the first season of The Muppet Show, and was refurbished to become Strangepork for the second season.