"It's Only Pretendo"
White Zombie is a 1932 horror movie starring Bela Lugosi as a voodoo practitioner who turns a young man's love interest into a zombie slave.
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- In the Muppet Babies episode "Is There a Muppet in the House?", footage of Lugosi is used for "Mr. Mean Eyes" (mixed with clips from the same actor in Ghosts on the Loose).
- In the Muppet Babies episode "It's Only Pretendo", on the Case of the Chasing Racers, Baby Rowlf tells Baby Fozzie that the main part of detective work is asking a lot of questions. When they approach an apartment door to ask the occupant a question, the camera pans up using footage from White Zombie.
- In the Muppet Babies episode "Remote Control Cornballs," clips from White Zombie are used (and a bit from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein) when Baby Gonzo watches a Dracula movie.