The Muppets

The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson. They have been referred to in The Simpsons several times.

References to The Muppets in The Simpsons

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 7 143 "Bart the Fink" Kermit is seen at Krusty's funeral. 147 "A Fish Called Selma" A film called The Muppets Go Medieval is seen, starring Troy McClure, Kermit and Miss Piggy. 10 223 "The Old Man and the "C" Student" One of the rats is called Rizzo, a reference to Rizzo the Rat from The Muppets. 19 416 "Papa Don't Leech" Lurleen Lumpkin sings "Bunk with Me Tonight" to Kermit on TV; then Miss Piggy comes along and attacks him and then starts strangling him. 419 "Mona Leaves-a" Lance Armstrong and Fozzie Bear co-present an award sponsored by Right Guard deodorant. After a joke from Fozzie at Armstrong's expense, he angrily throws the Fozzie puppet across the room, revealing the puppeteer's hand underneath. The puppeteer stops doing the act once he notices the puppet is gone. 20 433 "Gone Maggie Gone" A rat is seen riding an eggbeater, a reference to Chester Rat in "Rat Scat". 22 472 "The Fight Before Christmas" Maggie's dream is a parody of The Muppets. Jasper Beardly and Abraham Simpson parody Statler and Waldorf. Maggie also goes to sleep holding A Fluppet Christmas Special. 23 491 "The Food Wife" The Swedish Chef is seen in Marge's dream. 497 "The D'oh-cial Network" Reverend Lovejoy takes an online quiz to find out which Muppet he is. The result of the quiz gives him Beaker.

See also

• Sesame Street

External links

• The Muppets at Wikipedia
• The Muppet Show at Wikipedia

Cultural references

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