Have You Seen This Muppet? Her Name Is Skeeter, Last Seen In 1991

Some of the main stars of The Muppet Show had their backstory expanded when they were shown as babies during a flashback scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan, and then those Muppet Babies got their own cartoon show.

Jim Henson's Muppet Babies further expanded the Muppet lore and showed us why Kermit, Fozzie, Scooter, Gonzo and the rest of the gang are such close friends.

But there was one cute little Muppet who disappeared right after Muppet Babies went off the air in 1991- Scooter's twin sister Skeeter.

Skeeter was cute, bubbly and much bolder than Scooter, an empowering figure for little girls who was never seen outside of that animated nursery.

So why was Skeeter resigned to the animated realm, denied that signature fleece and foam Muppet body she deserves?

Read Her Name Was Skeeter: The Mystery Of The Missing Muppet at mental_floss


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