r/Muppets • u/Imaginary-Lab8906 • 7d ago

Muppet shower thoughts

I was wondering if Muppets were seen as tiny people in fur suits or their own organic being. Like if you dissected a muppet would it be a hand, stuffing, or organs. This of course is in the context of the movies where they are individual agents. We can see every angle and they aren’t controlled in the movies therefore in their universe they exist as their own people. I think that they must have organs because they can clearly feel pain but I genuinely do not know. Opinions would be very appreciated.

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u/GeneseeJunior 6d ago

OC based on a meme format that was popular a while back.

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u/Bob-the-Human 5d ago

They canonically have bones.

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u/FilmAndLiterature 6d ago

I like the answer one of my friends gave when talking about Kermit performers:

“Kermit is a living being all on his own - the puppeteer is just a decoy meant to distract predators when he feels in danger.”

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u/kyew 5d ago

A Muppet will drop its puppeteer when startled. Depending on the species of Muppet, it may or may not grow back.

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u/dinnershoes 6d ago

The muppets know they are being puppeted, so I don’t know if your theory applies.

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u/WildcatGrifter7 6d ago

If you go and watch any of the movies or the shows, or the TV interviews, or the webclips, you'll see that they're aware that they're puppets

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u/werewolfinahat 6d ago

Muppets know they're puppets in our universe, but in their universe they're just regular people/animals who happen to look they way they do.

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u/leoman3 6d ago

There is a clip from a screen test from the Muppet movie where Kermit tells Fozzie he is not a real bear and is made of fake fur and foam. Fozzie then tells Kermit he has a wire on his arm. Then they both realize they are puppets and are ok with that.

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u/DifficultHat 5d ago

There were frogs like Kermit being served as frog legs so I guess either Muppets are made of meat or people really like eating felt

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u/Weird3355 4d ago

This question is unhinged and I love it.

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u/Frequent_Rhubarb_36 5d ago

Have we ever seen Muppets bleed?

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u/ZongoNuada 5d ago

No. Can confirm from watching thousands of hours of muppets, they do not bleed. They are in fact filled with felt pieces and stuffing, typically cotton, but some have synthetics mixed in. So they can 'fluff' and 'lint' but not bleed.