Changes: Muppet Babies (puppets)

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TMTM-MuppetBabies — Promo for *The Muppets Take Manhattan*.

The Muppet Babies, infant versions of familiar Muppet characters, were introduced in the "I'm Gonna Always Love You" dream sequence from The Muppets Take Manhattan. The sequence imagined Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, and Rowlf the Dog as babies.

These puppets were also featured in a music video for "I'm Gonna Always Love You"; appearing both from movie footage and new content filmed exclusively for the video. They later appeared in Ma Bear's home video in A Muppet Family Christmas, this time with a baby version of Animal.

The characters inspired the Muppet Babies animated series, which ran on CBS for seven years.

Photo puppets of the Muppet Babies, with the addition of Skeeter introduced in the cartoon, were featured in several storybooks, including Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes and Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales. They were also present in some issues of Muppet Magazine and featured on the cover of a Muppet Babies board game, a series of puzzles, and other merchandise.

The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes for the characters in the Muppet Babies Live stage shows.

Many years later, Baby Animal was rebuilt and appeared in a 2014 commercial for Lipton, played by Eric Jacobson.

With the revival of Muppet Babies for Disney Junior, these new incarnations of the characters appeared in puppet form for the digital series Muppet Babies Play Date in 2019.

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+{{character|image=Muppet Babies photos low res.jpg|performer=|debut=1984}}
-[[Image:MuppetBabiesPUPPETS.JPG|thumb|250px]]
-[[Image:MuppetBabiesPUPPETS1.JPG|thumb|250px]]
+[[Image:TMTM-MuppetBabies.jpg|thumb|300px|Promo for ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''.]]
-[[Image:TMTM-MuppetBabies.jpg|thumb|250px|Promotional photo for ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''.]]
-[[Image:MuppetBabies-RandyJackson-AmericanIdol-(2003).jpg|thumb|250px|The Muppet Babies poser puppets on display at the Jim Henson Company's booth at the 2003 Licensing International Expo in NYC (with [[Randy Jackson]]).]]
-The '''Muppet Babies''', infant versions of familiar [[The Muppets|Muppet]] characters, were introduced in the "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]" dream sequence from ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', which imagined [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], and [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] as babies.
+The '''Muppet Babies''', infant versions of familiar [[The Muppets|Muppet]] characters, were introduced in the "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]" dream sequence from ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''. The sequence imagined [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], and [[Rowlf the Dog]] as babies.
-These puppets were also featured in a music video of "I'm Gonna Always Love You" and made their final appearance, this time with a baby version of [[Animal]], in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''.
+These puppets were also featured in a music video for "[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]"; appearing both from movie footage and new content filmed exclusively for the video. They later appeared in [[Ma Bear]]'s home video in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'', this time with a baby version of [[Animal]].
 The characters inspired the ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' animated series, which ran on [[CBS]] for seven years.
-[[Photo Puppet|Photo puppets]] of the Muppet Babies, this time with [[Skeeter]], were featured in several storybooks, including ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes]]'' and ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales]]''. They were also present in some issues of ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' and featured on the cover of a [[Muppet Babies (1984 board game)|''Muppet Babies'' board game]].
+[[Photo Puppet|Photo puppets]] of the [[Muppet Babies]], with the addition of [[Skeeter]] introduced in the cartoon, were featured in several storybooks, including ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes]]'' and ''[[Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales]]''. They were also present in some issues of ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' and featured on the cover of a [[Muppet Babies (1984 board game)|''Muppet Babies'' board game]], a series of [[Muppet Babies puzzles (Milton Bradley)|puzzles]], and other merchandise.
-The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes used for the characters in ''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live!]]''
+The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes for the characters in the [[:Category:Muppet Babies Live Shows|''Muppet Babies Live'' stage shows]].
+Many years later, Baby Animal was rebuilt and appeared in a 2014 commercial for [[Lipton]], played by [[Eric Jacobson]].
+With the revival of ''[[Muppet Babies (2018)|Muppet Babies]]'' for [[Disney Junior]], these new incarnations of the characters appeared in puppet form for the digital series ''[[Muppet Babies Play Date]]'' in 2019.
+{{br}}
 ==Characters==
+<gallery widths=150 spacing=small orientation=square perrow=4>
-<center>
+Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Kermit]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Jim Henson]]</small>
-<gallery widths=150 spacing=small orientation=square hideaddbutton=true>
-Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Kermit]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Jim Henson]]</small>}}
+Image:BabyPiggy-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Piggy]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Frank Oz]]</small>
-Image:Character.babypiggy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Piggy]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Frank Oz]]</small>}}
+Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Fozzie]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>
-Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Fozzie]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>}}
+Image:BabyGonzo-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Gonzo]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Dave Goelz]]</small>
-Image:Character.babygonzo.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Gonzo]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Dave Goelz]]</small>}}
+Image:Babyscooter.JPG|{{GNH|[[Baby Scooter]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Richard Hunt]]</small>
-Image:Babyscooter.JPG|{{GNH|[[Baby Scooter]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' [[Richard Hunt]]</small>}}
+Image:BabyRowlf-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Rowlf]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' Jim Henson</small>
-Image:Character.babyrowlfmuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Rowlf]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' Jim Henson</small>}}
+Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Animal]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>
-Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Animal]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>}}
+Image:Skeeter.jpg|{{GNH|[[Skeeter|Baby Skeeter]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' None</small>
-Image:Skeeter.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Skeeter]]}}{{center|<small>'''Performer:''' None</small>}}
 </gallery>
-</center>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths=200 spacing=small orientation=square>
+SteveMartin&TheMuppetBabies.png|With [[Steve Martin]] in ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' [[Muppet Magazine issue 10|issue 10]] in 1985
+MuppetBabies-RandyJackson-AmericanIdol-(2003).jpg|On display at the Henson Company booth for the 2003 Licensing International Expo in NYC (with [[Randy Jackson]])
+Lipton-BeMoreTea-(2014)-BabyAnimal.png|The rebuilt Baby Animal puppet for [[Lipton]] in 2014
+Performer:[[Eric Jacobson]]
+Exhibition imag unlimited baby piggy fozzie.jpg|Baby Piggy and Baby Fozzie on display at [[The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited]] in 2017
+Warburton and Muppet Babies.jpg|[[Tom Warburton]] on the set of ''Muppet Babies Play Date''.
+</gallery>
+==See also==
+*[[Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy's offspring]]
+__NOWYSIWYG__
 [[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 [[Category:Muppets Take Manhattan Characters]]
 [[Category:The Muppets Characters]]
-[[Category:Muppet Babies Characters]]
+[[Category:Muppet Babies Characters| ]]


DEBUT	1984