Muppet Babies (puppets)

The Muppet Babies, infant versions of familiar Muppet characters, were introduced in the "I'm Gonna Always Love You" dream sequence from The Muppets Take Manhattan. The sequence imagined Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, and Rowlf the Dog as babies.
These puppets were also featured in a music video for "I'm Gonna Always Love You"; appearing both from movie footage and new content filmed exclusively for the video. They later appeared in Ma Bear's home video in A Muppet Family Christmas, this time with a baby version of Animal.
The characters inspired the Muppet Babies animated series, which ran on CBS for seven years.
Photo puppets of the Muppet Babies, with the addition of Skeeter introduced in the cartoon, were featured in several storybooks, including Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes and Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales. They were also present in some issues of Muppet Magazine and featured on the cover of a Muppet Babies board game, a series of puzzles, and other merchandise.
The designs for the puppets were also used for the costumes for the characters in the Muppet Babies Live stage shows.
Many years later, Baby Animal was rebuilt and appeared in a 2014 commercial for Lipton, played by Eric Jacobson.
With the revival of Muppet Babies for Disney Junior, these new incarnations of the characters appeared in puppet form for the digital series Muppet Babies Play Date in 2019.
TMTM-MuppetBabies.jpg|The actual puppets used on The Muppets Take Manhattan
MuppetBabies-Puppets-AtThePiano-Cleaned.png|Some different photo puppets, used for later promotional photos
MuppetBabies-Puppets-FourBabiesWithBalloons-Cleaned.png|The same photo puppets (used on games, etc.)
==Characters==
Image:Character.babykermit.jpg|1984 Performer:Jim Henson2019 Performers:Matt Vogel (puppetry)Matt Danner (voice)
Image:BabyPiggy-Puppet.jpg|1984 Performer:Frank Oz2019 Performers:Eric Jacobson (puppetry)Melanie Harrison (voice)
Image:Character.babyfozziemuppet.jpg|1984 Performer:Frank Oz2019 Performers:Eric Jacobson (puppetry)Eric Bauza (voice)
Image:BabyGonzo-Puppet.jpg|1984 Performer:Dave Goelz2019 Performers:Drew Massey (puppetry)Ben Diskin (voice)
Image:Babyscooter.JPG|1984 Performer: Richard Hunt
Image:BabyRowlf-Puppet.jpg|1984 Performer:Jim Henson
Image:Character.babyanimal.jpg|1987 Performer:Frank Oz2019 Performers:Eric Jacobson (puppetry)Dee Bradley Baker (voice)
Image:Skeeter.jpg|
Summer-Puppet.jpg|2019 Performers:Alice Dinnean (puppetry)Jessica DiCicco (voice)
==Appearances==
File:MuppetBabies-FozzieGonzoScooter.png|The Muppets Take Manhattan debut dream sequence(1984)
File:"I'm Gonna Always Love You" music video|"I'm Gonna Always Love You"music video(1984)
File:Muppet Babies 1984 board game 01.jpg|Muppet Babies board game(1984)
File:Milton bradley baby piggy.jpg|Muppet Babies puzzles(1984)
File:SteveMartin&TheMuppetBabies.png|Muppet Magazine appearance with Steve Martin in issue 10(1985)
File:Song.santaiscoming.jpg|A Muppet Family Christmas home movie appearance, singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"(1987)
File:Museum of the Moving Image - Muppet Exhibition 1995|Jim Henson's Muppets Monsters & Magic exhibition touringEurope and the US(from 1987 to ca. 1995)
File:Snow White Babies Fairy Tales.jpg|Muppet Babies'Classic Children's Tales book(1990)
File:RingAround.jpg|Muppet Babies'Classic Nursery Rhymes book(1991)
File:MuppetBabies-RandyJackson-AmericanIdol-(2003).jpg|On display at the Henson Company booth for the 2003 Licensing International Expo in NYC(with Randy Jackson)(2003)
File:Lipton-BeMoreTea-(2014)-BabyAnimal.png|The rebuilt Baby Animal puppet for Lipton (Performer: Eric Jacobson)(2014)
File:Exhibition imag unlimited baby piggy fozzie.jpg|Baby Piggy and Baby Fozzie on display at The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited(2017)
File:Warburton and Muppet Babies.jpg|The new puppets, based on the reboot cartoon, with Tom Warburton on the Muppet Babies Play Date set(2019)
==See also==
*Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy's offspring
*Muppet Babies filmography
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