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Recap / The Muppets S 1 E 3 Bear Left Then Bear Right

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Airdate: October 6th, 2015

Kermit can't bring himself to tell Fozzie that his idea for a sketch is awful, so he decides to do a little white lying and tells Fozzie that the sketch is so good it should be a MOVIE. Meanwhile, Gonzo tries online dating.

This episode contains examples of:

  • Cone of Shame: Rowlf is wearing one - he had surgery recently and the cone is to keep from biting the stitches. Later he's seen with the cone off, biting the stitches.
  • Dating Service Disaster: Gonzo set up a dating profile using Liam Hemsworth as a profile picture, and managed to arrange a date with another Muppet. When Rizzo and Pepe learn this, they have to help Gonzo by getting the actual Liam Hemsworth to show up in his place until he's sure that she won't mind his appearance. The end result? Liam and the Muppet hit it off too well, and they ditch Gonzo for another restaurant.
  • Failed Attempt at Drama: There are so many examples in Kermit's phone call to Fozzie, let us count them:
    • After Fozzie tells off Kermit, saying "You don't have to believe in me, I believe in me!", Fozzie remarks that that was great dialogue, with Kermit saying it was "a little contrived".
    • After Fozzie says that he's off the grid and Kermit won't be able to find him, his map icon chimes in with some directions that Kermit takes the time to write down.
    • And, finally, there's Fozzie hanging up on Kermit. Failing to hang up on Kermit. Repeatedly, because he doesn't know how to do that from the map app. And some how, after listening to Kermit's instructions on how to leave the map app to stop the call, Fozzie winds up opening Angry Birds. One Jump Cut later, and Kermit informs the camera man that it's been thirty minutes as Fozzie is heard paying for gas over the phone.
  • Fake American: An In-Universe case; Gonzo asks Liam Hemsworth, an Australian, to ditch the fake accent. Liam sportingly puts on an American accent without a word of complaint.
  • Interspecies Romance: Gonzo has an online date with a Muppet woman who looks human. She ends up going with Liam Hemsworth.
  • Noodle Incident:
    • The viewers only get to hear a very small snippet of Fozzie's terrible sketch that drives the plot. Though the snippet does imply that it was pretty bizarre. Apparently it involves a porcupine buying dress socks.
    • Kermit brings up a time where licked his cousin and the walls started melting.
    • Piggy's Japanese commercial, which involved her saying "Sex it to me, socky boys!"
  • Pie in the Face: Christina Applegate humiliates Piggy by showing a video of her falling face first onto a cake. Piggy tries to get even by having Scooter hit Christina with a cake while she shoots it from her car. Christina catches on and puts her face on the cake to keep Scooter from getting in trouble. And Piggy gets arrested for stalking.
  • Right Behind Me: At one point, Kermit is talking in a cutaway about one of Fozzie's terrible sketches while in his office with the lights off. Of course, Fozzie turns out to be spying on him during this, and Kermit says the trope word-for-word when he figures it out.
  • Running Gag: People having no idea who Chip is. (He’s the IT guy.)
  • Toad Licking: Brought up in a conversation between Fozzie and Kermit...
    Fozzie: (delirious) Have you ever been shot with a tranquilizer dart... Kermit?
    Kermit: No, but I did lick my third cousin once and the walls started melting, so I feel you, bro.


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