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Another factor as to how Piggy's character has changed for the worst in recent years:
In the past, Piggy DID care about the other Muppets in addition to Kermit, even though they annoyed her, and did have compassion for them and others (like with the octopuses in the James Coburn TMS episode...
Exactly. Plus, she's almost always grumpy and acts more like an overprotective or abusive parent towards the frog with a somewhat dictator-like attitude. And Kermit is too afraid to put her in her place these days as well, whereas Jim's Kermit actually did have the guts to stand up to her and...
All the more reason to be happy that Eisner is no longer with Disney. :)
Heck, I even think that he would've even ruined the Muppets had he not been ousted. :concern:
True. However, some of their recent appearances, particularly a good chunk of their guest appearances and interviews, still depict the frog as a pushover to the pig, though.
Exactly! Someone needs to tell Jim Lewis, Kirk Thatcher and Eric Jacobson to stop flanderizing Piggy's character! :grr:
After all, aside from the 2011 movie, her character is FAR too negative these days--she's become a hypocrite, an over-the-top control freak, a Karma Houdini, gets angry...
Those are definetely all great bits indeed, along with the random Super Mario Bros. parody that occurs when Mickey is in the train tunnel. I wonder if Disney had to get permission from Nintendo to use the sound effects...
Also, if you listen closely to the short's musical score, the Casey Jr...
New examples of Flanderized Muppets posted on TVTropes.org:
Mahna Mahna:
While many of his early appearances were in performances of the song, many of his early appearances also had him doing other things. In a sketch on The Ed Sullivan Show, he played the drums and provided wisecracks (and...
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