Buddha in Ripples.
Animalopoly offers a path to enlightenment.
Buddha is a term often used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of the religion known as Buddhism. Buddhism is prominent in such Eastern nations as China, and the image of Buddha himself, as a portly figure with a serene expression, is often enshrined in stone statues.
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- A statue of Buddha appeared in Jim Henson's 1967 short film Ripples, during a section in which the architect's thoughts focus on religion.
- Elements of the traditional Buddha figure were incorporated into the design of The Mighty Favog from "The Land of Gortch."
- Dr. Teeth expresses his relief by thanking Buddha in The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson #1.
- Following a series of treatments from Muppet Labs that have enabled Animal to develop a well-mannered temperament in The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, the former drummer takes to Buddhism. In issue #3, Animal's shift in habits is represented by a game board called Animalopoly including a tile that reads, "Acquire interest in Buddhism. HAVE ANOTHER LIFE ☯︎" (with a yin-yang symbol). Later in the same issue, when Dr. Teeth suggests that Animal refresh his musical skills by hitting the members of a flea circus against the skin of a drumhead, Animal points to a passage in his book that reads, "On the Buddhist principle of refusing to harm another living being."