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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 so-far 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]].
-A rebuilt version of Baby Animal was used in 2014 in a commercial for [[Lipton]], played by [[Eric Jacobson]].
+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=200 spacing=small orientation=square>
+Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Kermit]]}}<small>'''1984 Performer:'''<br>[[Jim Henson]]<hr>'''2019 Performers:'''<br>[[Matt Vogel]] (puppetry)<br>[[Matt Danner]] (voice)</small>
+Image:BabyPiggy-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Piggy]]}}<small>'''1984 Performer:'''<br>[[Frank Oz]]<hr>'''2019 Performers:'''<br>[[Eric Jacobson]] (puppetry)<br>[[Melanie Harrison]] (voice)</small>
+Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Fozzie]]}}<small>'''1984 Performer:'''<br>Frank Oz<hr>'''2019 Performers:'''<br>Eric Jacobson (puppetry)<br>[[Eric Bauza]] (voice)</small>
+Image:BabyGonzo-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Gonzo]]}}<small>'''1984 Performer:'''<br>[[Dave Goelz]]<hr>'''2019 Performers:'''<br>[[Drew Massey]] (puppetry)<br>[[Ben Diskin]] (voice)</small>
+Image:Babyscooter.JPG|{{GNH|[[Baby Scooter]]}}<small>'''1984 Performer:'''<br> [[Richard Hunt]]</small>
+Image:BabyRowlf-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Rowlf]]}}<small>'''1984 Performer:'''<br>Jim Henson</small>
+Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Animal]]}}<small>'''1987 Performer:'''<br>[[Frank Oz]]<hr>'''2019 Performers:'''<br>Eric Jacobson (puppetry)<br>[[Dee Bradley Baker]] (voice)</small>
+Image:Skeeter.jpg|{{GNH|[[Skeeter|Baby Skeeter]]}}
+Summer-Puppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Summer Penguin]]}}<small>'''2019 Performers:'''<br>[[Alice Dinnean]] (puppetry)<br>[[Jessica DiCicco]] (voice)</small>
+</gallery>
+==Appearances==
-<gallery widths=150 spacing=small orientation=square>
+<gallery widths=200 spacing=small orientation=landscape>
+File:MuppetBabies-FozzieGonzoScooter.png|''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' debut dream sequence<br><small>(1984)</small>
-Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Kermit]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Jim Henson]]</small>
+File:"I'm Gonna Always Love You" music video|"[[I'm Gonna Always Love You]]"<br>music video<br><small>(1984)</small>
-Image:Character.babypiggy.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Piggy]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Frank Oz]]</small>
+File:Muppet Babies 1984 board game 01.jpg|[[Muppet Babies (1984 board game)|Muppet Babies board game]]<br><small>(1984)</small>
-Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Fozzie]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>
+File:Milton bradley baby piggy.jpg|[[Muppet Babies puzzles (Milton Bradley)|Muppet Babies puzzles]]<br><small>(1984)</small>
-Image:Character.babygonzo.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Gonzo]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Dave Goelz]]</small>
+File:SteveMartin&TheMuppetBabies.png|''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' appearance with [[Steve Martin]] in [[Muppet Magazine issue 10|issue 10]]<br><small>(1985)</small>
-Image:Babyscooter.JPG|{{GNH|[[Baby Scooter]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' [[Richard Hunt]]</small>
+File:Song.santaiscoming.jpg|''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'' home movie appearance, singing "[[Santa Claus Is Coming to Town]]"<br><small>(1987)</small>
-Image:Character.babyrowlfmuppet.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Rowlf]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' Jim Henson</small>
+File:Museum of the Moving Image - Muppet Exhibition 1995|[[Jim Henson's Muppets Monsters & Magic]] exhibition touring<br>[[Europe]] and the [[The United States of America|US]]<br><small>(from 1987 to ca. 1995)</small>
-Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Animal]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' Frank Oz</small>
+File:Snow White Babies Fairy Tales.jpg|[[Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales|Muppet Babies'<br>Classic Children's Tales]] book<br><small>(1990)</small>
-Image:Skeeter.jpg|{{GNH|[[Baby Skeeter]]}}<small>'''Performer:''' None</small>
+File:RingAround.jpg|[[Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes|Muppet Babies'<br>Classic Nursery Rhymes]] book<br><small>(1991)</small>
-</gallery>
+File:MuppetBabies-RandyJackson-AmericanIdol-(2003).jpg|On display at the Henson Company booth for the 2003 Licensing International Expo in NYC<br>(with [[Randy Jackson]])<br><small>(2003)</small>
-<gallery widths=500 spacing=small>
-Image:Lipton-BeMoreTea-(2014)-BabyAnimal.png|The rebuilt Baby Animal (for [[Lipton]] ad, 2014)
+File:Lipton-BeMoreTea-(2014)-BabyAnimal.png|The rebuilt Baby Animal puppet for [[Lipton]] (Performer: [[Eric Jacobson]])<br><small>(2014)</small>
+File:Exhibition imag unlimited baby piggy fozzie.jpg|Baby Piggy and Baby Fozzie on display at [[The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited]]<br><small>(2017)</small>
-Performer:[[Eric Jacobson]]
+File:Warburton and Muppet Babies.jpg|The new puppets, based on [[Muppet Babies (2018)|the reboot cartoon]], with [[Tom Warburton]] on the ''[[Muppet Babies Play Date]]'' set<br><small>(2019)</small>
 </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| ]]
+[[Category:Muppet Babies (2018) Characters| ]]

Revision as of 00:47, 3 July 2020


DEBUT	1984

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.