  animal is the wild and frenzied drummer of dr. teeth and the electric mayhem, the fictional band from the muppet show. he is one of the muppets originally created by michael k. frith. == performers == animal was performed by frank oz from his first appearance in the pilot for the muppet show until his 2000 appearance in the video game muppet racemania, and has been performed regularly by eric jacobson since his 2002 appearance in it's a very merry muppet christmas movie. on the muppet show, his drumming is performed by ronnie verrell. animal has had roles in all muppet movies, and was the only member of the electric mayhem to be included regularly on the muppet babies cartoons. he was voiced by howie mandel in the first two seasons of muppet babies, followed by dave coulier in subsequent seasons. animal was performed by rob mills in the series finale of the jim henson hour, and was occasionally performed by kevin clash on muppets tonight in the absence of frank oz. john kennedy also briefly performed animal in a 2002 commercial for mastercard, as well as the 2003 video game muppets party cruise. drew massey performed animal in statler and waldorf: from the balcony. in jim henson's little muppet monsters, animal was voiced by hal rayle (who also voiced gonzo and miss piggy). == characteristics == frank oz has stated that animal's character can be summed up in five words: sex, sleep, food, drums, and pain. animal's vocabulary is generally limited to guttural shouts and monosyllabic grunts, often repeating a few simple phrases, as well as his trademark gravelly laugh. during performances, animal is usually chained to the drum set by a collar around his neck, as his musical outbursts are extremely violent. on a few episodes, he has been sent to chase off performers who are 'being awful'. from the muppet movie when the electric mayhem is introducing themselves: :animal: [flails a
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