This page is for any Muppets and human movie characters who debuted after The Muppet Show. For characters who debuted on or before the Muppet Show, go here.
Demoted to Extra: He was the last Muppet designed by Jim Henson, and it seems they had something planned for this guy. But after Muppets Tonight went off the air...
He actually started off as an Ascended Extra, as a new member to the band in some later specials (including the Disney special), and then got promoted to a main character for Muppets Tonight. Now he's come full-circle...
Early-Bird Cameo: Was in Jim Henson's original pilot of The Jim Henson Hour, titled Inner Tube TV. Digit was the keyboard player for the all-new band and had a more-robotic voice. Digit is also the only Muppet from said pilot to remain on board when the show was changed to The Jim Henson Hour.
Fad Super: Muppet*Vision 3D was his finest hour (and it still plays at Disney theme parks to this day), but his VR manipulation and outdated CGI gave Waldo a short shelf life indeed. You'd think with 3-D movies being all the rage these days, he'd be primed for a comeback...
Elvis Impersonator: The Elvises have had many Muppeteers over the years, all of whom count as these. Part of the fun is hearing the subtle differences between the different performers' imitations.
Wolverine Publicity: A few instances, but the worst was when Disney had him host the special features of the DVDs of four Muppet movies produced before his creation.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Mulch. Although the "heterosexual" part gets a little murky when you see that Phil's wife, Composta Heap, is essentially Mulch in drag...
Fridge Logic: Of course it's Mulch in drag. It's his twin sister. That could explain why Phil and Mulch put up with each other: They're brother-in-laws.
Ascended Fanboy: The lucky guy gets to meet his idols, help them come back to relevance, and even gets a part in their telethon!
Audience Surrogate: As Tough Pigs put it, "(...)Walter is us. I related with his character so much, I practically expected him to say that he runs his own website for Muppet Fans Who Grew Up."
Fridge Logic: ... when he is a Muppet himself. Not that he knew that to begin with, anyway.
Though part of the reason he likes the Muppets in the first place is because they're the only ones out there like him.
Keet: He's very excitable and energetic, especially when fanboying.
Hidden Talents: He can whistle, but he didn't think of it as a talent until he was put on the spot and had to do something to fill time.
Oblivious Adoption: Averted. The film never even addresses how human Gary and Muppet Walter are brothers.
According to Jason Segel, they just decided the audience will go with it, like in The Great Muppet Caper the people just went with the idea of Fozzie and Kermit been identical twin brothers.
Victorian Novel Disease: Prone to fainting when he gets overexcited or overstimulated, despite being able to withstand an electric fence shocking him. He faints seeing Kermit in the flesh, and after waking up, he's told he was brought into Kermit's house, immediately fainting again (albeit much more briefly).
Non-Standard Character Design: He's one of the rare Muppets not to have any mouth where the puppeteer's hand can operate from, he's basically all remote-controlled by someone off-screen. If he were to appear in any other movie, audiences won't think he's a Muppet at all.
Robot Maid: Introduced as a butler for Kermit when he is found living in his mansion. Assumed to act as someone Kermit can talk to without being completely lonely... to an extent.
Ax Crazy: Not in the sense that he wants to kill anyone, but near the end of the movie he becomes hellbent on destroying everything in his path to ruin the Muppets' career.
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: When fencing, he throws his foil at his expensive flat-screen TV and destroys it once he hears about the Muppet Telethon on the news.
