Beaker Beaker is the hapless assistant to Dr . Bunsen Honeydew . He is a Live - Hand Muppet who made his first appearance in Muppet Labs sketches during the second season of " The Muppet Show " . Kermit the Frog describes Beaker by saying " If somebody has to get hurt , it ' s almost always Beaker . " " The Muppet Show " . Prior to Beaker ' s debut , Dr . Honeydew appeared in Muppet Labs segments by himself , but the timid assistant added a new level of comedy to the sketches . Dr . Honeydew ' s experiments and inventions always seem to go awry , and Beaker is their perpetual victim . He has been shrunk , cloned , punched , deflated , zapped , turned invisible , and blown up , but he always comes back for more . On " The Muppet Show " , Beaker has sung " Feelings " and , accompanied by The Swedish Chef and Animal , " Danny Boy . " Movies and specials . On a few occasions , such as in " The Great Muppet Caper " and " The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show " , Beaker has been electrocuted , causing his eyes to light up . Some of Beaker ' s more memorable roles in the specials have been in " The Muppets Go to the Movies " , in which Beaker plays the role of " The Angel of Death " in a foreign film , and in " The Muppets at Walt Disney World " , where he gets a bucket stuck on his head throughout the special . " Muppets Tonight " . Beaker does a mean Little Richard impression and knows how to beatbox , as seen in Muppets Tonight . Internet sensation . In a 2004 Internet poll sponsored by the BBC and the British Association for the Advancement of Science , Beaker and Dr . Bunsen Honeydew were voted Britain ' s favorite cinematic scientists . They beat Star Trek ' s Mr . Spock , their closest rival , by a margin of 2 to 1 and won 33 percent of the 43 , 000 votes cast . In July of 2008 , Beaker starred in the popular , award - winning viral video " Ode to Joy . " Beaker performed the song in a split - screen number : playing violin , timpani , metronome , and vocals ( replacing the lyrics with extended " Meemeee " - ing ) . Inevitably , disaster ensues . The video was nominated in the Music category of the 2009 Webby Awards , as well as the ' People ' s Voice ' award . Beaker won the Webby Award and accepted the award at the June 8th ceremony . In 2010 , Beaker recorded a performance of " Dust in the Wind " , accompanying himself on guitar , but he is interrupted by a cascade of critical YouTube - style popup comments . Speech . Beaker normally communicates through a series of high - pitched " mee - mee - mee " noises . ( In books and merchandise , it ' s often spelled as " Meep " . ) In some of his earlier appearances , Beaker ' s language sounded more like that of someone who was too terrified to get any real words out of his mouth . His " meeping " language began in . He did manage to muster " Bye Bye " in the Banana Sharpener Muppet Labs segment . In " The Muppet Movie " , his words were the closest they ever got to being real words , as his line " Sadly temporary " ( echoing Bunsen ) was quite clear , as well as his line " Make - up ready ! " and his " Radiant Wonderfulness " line from " The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz " . He re - used the " Sadly temporary " line in " Muppets from Space " . In " The Muppet Christmas Carol " , Beaker let out an " Oh , dear ! " He also muttered an " Oh no ! " , before falling head first in of The Jim Henson Hour . In the video game Muppet Monster Adventure , during the opening cutscene where Robin is told that his friends were turned into monsters , Robin says " Oh no ! " . Then Beaker replies " Oh yes ! " While he was at WWE , Beaker was able to say " Santino " , " Sorry " , " Yeah " and " Wow . " In their " ESPN Challenge Bracket " , Beaker was able to say " selections " , " Mike Wazowski " , " fiddle " , and " bracket " . One key element to Beaker ' s development was that , unlike Bunsen , who was rarely seen outside the Labs , Beaker took more of an involvement in the show . He was often seen backstage and had cameo bits in other numbers and sketches . He also served as an assistant stagehand to Beauregard , as well as an assistant video DJ to Dr . Teeth on the compilation video " " . Relatives . While no direct Muppet Relatives of Beaker have been pictured in the canon of Muppet projects , multiple Beaker clones were featured in . In an appearance on the Halloween episode of " WWE Raw " , the wrestler Sheamus reveals that he is a relative of Beaker , but will be unable to attend the annual family reunion but reminds Beaker to tell Aunt Teresa hello . In arc , it was revealed through Bunsen ' s Genebuster that Beaker was related to Gary Mayo , a famous TV panelist , as well as an Aunt Dolly . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _