Skeeter

Skeeter is Scooter's twin sister, an athletic young girl predominantly featured in Muppet Babies.
==Muppet Babies==
Unlike the other babies, Skeeter was created specifically for Muppet Babies in 1984. With Miss Piggy being the only major female character in The Muppet Show cast, Skeeter was introduced as another female figure. An athletic young girl, Skeeter balances Piggy's ultra-feminine role. 
Skeeter is characterized as energetic, gutsy and spirited, but at times, she can be a bit of a show-off. She and her brother Scooter would occasionally show signs of sibling rivalry in the nursery, with Skeeter often calling her brother a "nerd." While she often expressed interest in being an athlete or gymnast, her brother was more interested in computers and books. The episode "Gonzo's Video Show" reveals that she is younger than her brother, but "only by a minute."
As the only two girls in the group, Piggy and Skeeter would often compete for the female roles during the babies' imaginary play time. Examples can be seen in the second season episode "Snow White and the Seven Muppets," wherein they fight over playing Snow White, and in the fourth season's "Masquerading Muppets," in which Skeeter becomes jealous that Piggy "always gets to be queen."
Like many female Muppets, Skeeter was performed by male actors. Howie Mandel voiced the character for the first two seasons of Muppet Babies, after which Frank Welker took over the role.
Skeeter never appeared in traditional puppet form, but she did appear as a photo puppet in Muppet Magazine (issue #10 with Steve Martin) and in the books Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales and Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes.
A large walk-around version of the character was created for the Muppet Babies stage shows; including featured roles in Muppet Babies Live! (1986), Magic Box (1987) and Where's Animal (1988). The walk-arounds were performed to audio tracks by the voice actors from the animated show.
Skeeter photo.jpg|1984 reference guide photo puppet of Skeeter
Skeeter photo poser.png|photo puppet inClassic Nursery Rhymes
Skeeter walk-around.png|Skeeter walk-around fromMuppet Babies Live!
Skeeter walk-around2.png|Skeeter walk-around fromMuppet Babies Live!(alternate costume)
==Muppet Babies reboot==
A photograph of Baby Scooter and Skeeter has been seen in Miss Nanny's house in the 2018 version of Muppet Babies throughout the first season. Skeeter, along with Scooter, makes her first full-fledged appearance in the series' second season episode "Win a Twin / Skeeter and the Super Girls."Coggan, Devan. "Exclusive: Muppet Babies is finally bringing back Skeeter and Scooter," Entertainment Weekly. May 13, 2020
Skeeter is now played by voice actress Cree Summer and is redesigned with large, yarn-like pigtails and a sports-inspired purple track jacket (similar to the one adult Scooter wore on The Muppet Show). The clothing color palette (purple, magenta, pink and cyan) chosen for her redesign, and the style of glasses she wears, mirror that of Amy Mebberson's character notes for the adult Skeeter in "The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion," while the design of her shirt (a soccer ball), and the tips of her sneakers (basketball and baseball designs) continue to be in line with her sporty persona, established on the original show. Both twins wear watches on this iteration, Skeeter's in the design of a baseball. In addition, Skeeter can be seen doing adult Scooter's trademark arm swing during their introduction.
While her brother could occasionally be seen without his glasses on the original series, Skeeter took hers off for a good while in "Skeeter and the Super Girls," exposing her small, black button-eyes.
Image:Baby Scooter and Skeeter.jpg|Scooter and Skeeter's picture cameo in 2018.
Image:MuppetBabies-(2018)-S02E14-SkeeterAndTheSuperGirls-NoGlasses.png|Skeeter sans glasses in "Skeeter and the Super Girls."
==Muppet Kids==
A pre-teen version of Skeeter appeared in several Muppet Kids books where she was seen living with her brother and their dad. She is often depicted wearing a green shirt and a skirt. Similar to her younger incarnation, Skeeter has a lot of energy, and continues her love for sports. She is more outgoing than her brother, and maintains a friendship with Janice and Piggy.
She has starring roles in "The Trouble with Twins," "What a Mess!," and "The Best Gift of All," along with featured appearances in other stories, including "New Kid in the Neighborhood," "The Disaster on Wheels," and "Piggy Can't Wait."
Image:Muppetkidskeeter.jpg|Skeeter and her brother Scooter in the Muppet Kids series.
==Grown-up appearances==
Skeeter has only rarely appeared as a grown-up character outside of Muppet Babies and Muppet Kids, the most notable appearance being in a 2010 comic book arc.
Initially, her appearances are fleeting references, the first of which kept her hidden from view. When Fozzie Bear encounters two of his friends dressed as a giant in "Fozzie's Costume" (from the 1991 storybook It's Story Time), he finds Scooter peering out through the jacket, while Skeeter (atop his shoulders), speaks to Fozzie obscured within the mask.
Her face is later seen in minor appearances on a Carl's Jr meal bag in 1993 and in the "Muppet Pick-Me-Up Book" You've Still Got Me released in 1995.
The most development has been given to Skeeter as an adult when she featured prominently in The Muppet Show Comic Book during the "Family Reunion" story arc. Much like her role on Muppet Babies, she has a complicated relationship with Miss Piggy; in one moment she appears to extend an olive branch, but in the same beat, plants an immature sign on Piggy's back. During her time at The Muppet Theatre, she affectionately refers to Scooter as a nerd, manipulates Andy and Randy as pawns in a practical joke on Piggy, takes a misplaced interest in Robin's well-being, and poses as Fozzie's girlfriend. As the story comes to a close, Skeeter heads back to college to finish her degree in archaeology, while also revealing that she is Agent X, an assistant for world famous detective Wormwood Soames. The dialogue throughout the four-part arc avoids using her name and the character is referred to as "Scooter's sister" throughout the story.ToughPigs.com Q&A with Roger Langridge This was due to concerns over the legal gray area of whether or not the Muppet Babies character was included in Boom Studio's license agreement with Disney. Roger Langridge later cited that an arrangement was reached between Boom and Disney, and she finally signs a letter at the end of the story, as "Skeeter."
A similar-looking adult Skeeter also made background cameo appearances in the 2010 comic Muppet Sherlock Holmes and in the 2012 storybooks Green and Bear It and The Twelve Days of a Muppet Christmas (and a Chicken in a Pine Tree). These were illustrated by Amy Mebberson who had drawn the "Family Reunion" story. In 2011, Mebberson stated "I am determined to re-establish Skeeter as canon if it kills me.""Concept comic strip for 'Mini Muppets'" post on Amy Mebberson's Tumblr
File:Scooter skeeter giant.JPG|It's Story Time (1991)
Skeeter Carls Jr.png|Carl's Jr bag (1993)
Image:AdultSkeeter.jpg|You've Still Got Me (1995)
File:Skeetercomic.jpg|The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion (2010)
File:SkeeterSherlockComic.jpg|Muppet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
File:SkeeterGreenAndBearIt.jpg|Green and Bear It (2012)
==Explaining Skeeter's absence==
In MuppetZine issue 3 (1993), Muppet Babies storyboard director Scott Shaw! wrote:
When asked in 2009, "Whatever happened to Skeeter?", Muppet writer Jim Lewis stated:
During a 2014 interview on the Inside the Magic podcast, Kermit the Frog explained that Skeeter has been on meditative retreat ever since becoming a Buddhist; and when asked about his sister during a 2015 Twitter Q&A, Scooter replied: "Skeeter is currently studying overseas. And if she ever reaches dry land, she'll come visit."@GopherScooter on Twitter (11/12/15).
A fan-made podcast entitled Skeeter-ial: A Muppet Babies Investigation launched in 2017 and takes a comedic episode-by-episode look at the original Muppet Babies in search of clues to explain what could have happened to Skeeter.
==Filmography==
*Jim Henson's Muppet Babies (1984)
**entire original run ― all 107 episodes
*Disney Muppet Babies (2018)
**Episode 214: Win a Twin
**Episode 214: Skeeter and the Super Girls
**Episode 219: A Tale of Two Twins
**Episode 305: Animal Loses It
**Episode 322: Scooter MVP
**Episode 328: Winter Sport-a-thon
**Episode 330: The Muppet Babies Show
==Book appearances==
Muppet Babies:
*Muppet Babies comic books
*Muppet Magazine issue #10 (photo puppet)
*Goldilocks: Baby Piggy's Dream 
*The Great Treasure Hunt
*Meet the Muppet Babies
*Scooter and Skeeter's Merry-Go-Round Puzzle
*Even Kermit Gets Grouchy
*Gonzo and the Great Race
*Muppet Babies Nursery Rhymes
*Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales (photo puppet)
*Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes (photo puppet)
*It's Story Time
*Stories to Share
*Nursery Rhymes ABC
*Kermit's Ball
*Muppet Treasury
*Baby Piggy Goes to Nursery School
*Baby Gonzo Has a Cold
*My First Muppet Dictionary
Muppet Kids:
*New Kid in the Neighborhood
*Piggy Gets the Jitters
*Frogs Only (background appearance)
*Mom's Having a Baby (background appearance)
*Too Many Promises
*Piggy Takes a Dare
*I'm Mad at You! (background appearance)
*TV or Not TV (background appearance)
*Scooter Can't Read
*New in Town
*Piggy for President
*Piggy Isn't Talking
*Something Special (background appearance)
*I'm Sorry!
*Nobody's Perfect
*The Best Gift of All
*The Disaster on Wheels
*The Trouble with Twins
*What a Mess!
*Bean Makes the Best of It
*Fozzie's Big Worry (background appearance)
*Piggy Can't Wait
*Kermit Learns Windows
Other:
*It's Story Time
*You've Still Got Me (background appearance)
*The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion issues #1–4
*Muppet Sherlock Holmes issues #3–4 (background appearance)
*Green and Bear It (background appearance)
*The Twelve Days of a Muppet Christmas (and a Chicken in a Pine Tree) (background appearance)
==Other appearances==
Stage Shows:
*Muppet Babies Live!
*Muppet Babies: Magic Box
*Muppet Babies: Where's Animal?
Video Games:
*Muppet Babies CR-ROMs
*Muppet Kids CR-ROMs
*Disney Collect! mobile app
==Merchandise==
Hasbro1985BabySkeeter.jpg|vinyl figure
BabySkeeter-Figure.jpg|PVC figure()
BabySkeeter-Gamepiece.jpg||game piece
BabySkeeterCakeTopper.jpg|Dancing Band piano figure(E-note)
Skeeter-ChorusPiano.jpg|Chorus piano figure(F-note)
BabySkeeter-FabricPanelDoll-Front.jpg|fabric panel doll()
Big_Badge-Baby_Skeeter.jpg|PVC pin
Skeeter70thMagnet.jpg|The Muppets 70th magnet
==Character models and style guides==
MuppetBabies-MP500-00-Season-1-Models-8.jpg|Muppet Babies style guide character turnaround
MuppetBabies-MP500-16-Season-2-Models-10.jpg|Muppet Babies style guide expressions, attitudes & mouth guide
MuppetKids-StyleGuide-Skeeter.jpg|Muppet Kids style guide character turnaround
Skeeter character notes Amy Mebberson.jpg|Amy Mebberson's character notes for The Muppet Show Comic Book
Snowball Studios Muppet Babies model-Skeeter.jpg|Snowball Studios character model
Snowball Studios Muppet Babies model-Skeeter superhero.jpg|Snowball Studios character model from "Skeeter and the Super Girls"
==Sources==
==See also==
* Scooter's family
==External links==
* ToughPigs.com presents '70 Years, 70 Muppets' ― Baby Skeeter (podcast episode)
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