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The Evolution of Zoot (1975-present)
- See Also: The Electric Mayhem
| Image | As seen in | Year | Notes |
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The Muppet Show Season 1 |
1975-1976 | The original Zoot puppet is exposed foam, blueish-gray with a light green nose. |
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The Muppet Show Season 1 |
1976-1977 | Sometimes into the first season, Zoot's skin color becomes slightly yellowish-green. |
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The Muppet Show Season 2 |
1977-1978 | Zoot changes to light blue fleece skin and a yellow-green nose with a hat. |
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The Muppet Show Season 3 |
1978-1979 | Debuting in Episode 314 of The Muppet Show and used the rest of the season, Zoot's skin color has changed to bright green and he's back to exposed foam. His nose turns yellow for the remainder of The Muppet Show. |
| The Muppet Show Season 4 |
1979-1980 | Starting with Episode 407, Zoot's skin color changes to blueish-green. | |
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The Muppet Show Season 5 |
1980-1981 | Late into the fourth season, Zoot has a smaller hat than the previous version. Also his hair is slightly shorter. Zoot's skin color changes back to bright green. |
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The Muppet Show Re-shot ending from late 80s |
1980-1981 | Zoot has now changed to exposed foam forest green skin and has regained his hair length from the 1978-1979 version. |
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The Great Muppet Caper | 1980-1989 | Zoot's skin color changes back to a darker blueish-green color and his nose is yellow-green. |
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The Jim Henson Hour |
1989-1992 | Zoot changes back to blue fleece skin and a yellow nose. He now has gray hair and wears a gray/black spotted shirt and braces. His hair color has probably changed to avoid blue screen problems as most of the MuppeTelevision scenes have matted backgrounds. |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol | 1992-2006 | Zoot's hair changes back to blue. Complete with his not yellow-green, but dark yellow nose, he now closely resembles his Muppet Show Season 2 self. His costume and glasses are adjusted to match the contemporary setting for this appearance and his appearance in Muppet Treasure Island. | |
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Muppets TV | 2006-2009 | For this French show, Zoot receives a facial makeover, now sporting a significantly smaller chin. His hair also gets shorter, and he changes back into his yellow signature shirt from his days on The Muppet Show. |
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"Bohemian Rhapsody" | 2009-present | Zoot appears in a new outfit and shades, and with what appears to be longer, fuller hair. |
