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Recap / Muppet Babies 2018 Win A Twin

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The first half of the fourteenth episode of the second season of Muppet Babies (2018).

When Scooter and Skeeter visit Miss Nanny's house, Skeeter volunteers to help Miss Nanny bake cookies, leaving Scooter by himself. Scooter isn't sure he can have fun playing without Skeeter, so the other babies play a game show called Win a Twin in the hopes of finding Scooter a replacement twin.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Adaptation Personality Change: In the original 1984 series, Scooter and Skeeter were Polar Opposite Twins, Scooter being a socially awkward computer nerd, and Skeeter being an energetic tomboy who likes sports (even to the point where they sang a song about how different they are in "Sing a Song of Superheroes"). Here, while they still have differences, they're Single-Minded Twins who do everything together.
  • Adaptational Late Appearance: In the original 1984 series, Scooter and Skeeter were two of its main characters and appeared since the beginning. In this series, they can be seen in a picture on the wall all throughout the first season, but it isn't until this episode where they make their first physical appearances.
  • Ate It All: One of the events on the titular game show is to make a pizza that has Scooter's favorite toppings. Animal tries to make Scooter a pizza, but ends up eating the entire pizza before he can give it to Scooter.
  • Bizarre Taste in Food: Gonzo tops his pizza with pickled banana peels and popcorn, which disgusts Scooter. When Scooter expresses his disgust, Gonzo says "Oh, I get it; more of a tuna and sprinkles kind of guy, huh?"
  • Egging: whenever Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie, and Animal lose an event on the titular game show, eggs fall on their heads.
  • Fictional Video Game: Giant Chicken Dance Party, which is Scooter and Skeeter's favorite video game, is a DanceDanceRevolution-style game where the player has to copy the dance moves of Camilla-zilla.
  • Mistaken for Bad Vision: This episode begins with Gonzo spinning around as he plays with his Zorna action figure, making himself dizzy. When he sees Scooter and Skeeter, he says "I think I'm still a little dizzy from spinning, cause' I'm seeing two of you!", until Skeeter assures him that there are two of them.
  • Rhyming Title: Win a Twin.
  • Rule of Three: Win a Twin has three events; pizza-making, scoring soccer goals, and Giant Chicken Dance Party.

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