The Muppets Character Encyclopedia coming Feb. 7 2014

[dwayne1115]

Well to be honest I like the second description better. However I do find it madding how it seems like they are almost scared to mention The Muppet Show by name.

 

[minor muppetz]

Well, here's my guess of who all will be included. I've guessed 180 characters (the cover says "over 150 characters", while the description says 200 characters).

1. ‘80s Robot
2. A. Ligator
3. Afghan Hound
4. Andy and Randy Pig
5. Angel Marie
6. Angus McGonagle
7. Animal
8.Annie Sue
9.Anthony
10. Baby Band
11Baskerville the Hound
12. Beaker
13. Beakie
14. Bean Bunny
15. Beard
16. Beauregard
17. Beautiful Day Monster
18. Behemoth
19. Betsy Bird
20. Big Mean Carl
21. Bill the Bubble Guy
22. Bill, Gil, and Jill
23. The Birdman
24. Birds
25. Black Dog
26. Blind Pew
27. Bobby Benson
28. Bobo the Bear
29. Bossmen
30. Brewster
31. Bubba the Rat
32. Bunnies
33. Bunsen Honeydew
34. Calico
35. Camilla the Chicken
36. Captain Pighead
37. Carter
38. Catgut
39. Chester Rat
40. Chickens
41. Chip
42. Clifford
43. The Clodhoppers
44. Clueless Morgan
45. Constantine
46. Country Trio
47. Cows
48. Craniac
49. Crazy Harry
50. Crocodiles
51. David Hogsohog
52. Dead Tom
53. Deer
54. The Devil
55. Digit
56. Dr. Julius Strangepork
57. Dr. Nauga
58. Dr. Pain
59. Dr. Phil Van Neuter
60. Dr. Teeth
61. Doglion
62. Droop
63. Ernst Starvos Grouper
64. Eugene
65. Fast Eddie
66. Fern
67. Flash
68. Fleet Scribbler
69. Fletcherbird
70. Floyd Pepper
71. Foo-Foo
72. Fozzie Bear
73. Frackles (with special focus on Blue Frackle, Green Frackle, Mo Frackle, and JG)
74. Gaffer
75. Gary Chuenga
76. Gawky Birds
77. George the Janitor
78. Geri and the Atrics
79. The Gills Brothers
80. Gladys
81. Gogolala Jubilee Jugband
82.Gorgon Heap
83.Gonzo
84.Hilda
85.Horses
86.Houses
87. Howard Pudman
88. JP Grosse
89. Janice
90. Johnny Fiama
91. Kermit the Frog
92. Koozebanians (with special focus on the Kozebanian Phoob, male and female Koozebanians, and The Four Fazoobs)
93. Lenny the Lizard
94. Leon
95. Lew Zealand
96. Lindbergh
97. Link Hogthrob
98. Lips
99. Louis Kazagger
100. Lubbock Lou and His Jughuggers
101. Lyle
102. Ma Bear
103. Mad Monty
104. Mahna Mahna
105. Mama Fiama
106. Marvin Suggs
107. Masterson Rat
108. Mean Mama
109. Mickey Moose
110. Mildred
111. Miss Mousey
112. Miss Piggy
113. Mr. Poodlepants
114. The Moopets (with special focus on Miss Poogy)
115. Mt. Rushmore
116. Muppaphones
117. Muppet Food
118. Muppets Tonight Band
119. Muppy
120. Mulch
121. The Mutations
122. The Newsman
123. Nigel
124. Nigel
125. Old Tom
126. Penguins
127. Pepe the King Prawn
128. Polly Lobster
129. Pops
130. The Raggmopps
131. Rats
132. Real Old Tom
133. Rizzo the Rat
134. Robin
135. Rover Joe
136. Rowlf
137. Rufus
138. Sal Minella
139. Sam the Eagle
140. Scooter
141. Seven Deadley Sins
142. Seymour
143. Shakey Shanchez
144. The Snerfs
145. Snookie Blyer
146. Snorty
147. The Snowman
148. The Snowths
149. Solid Foam Drummer
150. Spa’Am
151. Spamela Hamderson
152. Spider
153. Statler and Waldorf (with Astoria as a footnote)
154. Svengoli
155. The Swedish Chef (with Angelo and Jacques Roach as footnotes)
156. Sweetums
157. TR
158. Tattooey Rat
159. Thog
160. Timmy Monster
161. Tom, Dick, and Harry
162. Troy
163. The Turkey
164. Ubergonzo
165. Ubu
166. Uncle Deadley
167. Vendaface
168. Vicki
169. Wayne and Wanda
170. Waldo C. Graphic
171. Wally
172. Walter
173. Whatnots
174. Whoopi Cushion and Joy Buzzer
175. Winny
176. Yolanda Rat
177. Zelda Rose
178. Zippety Zap
179. Zondra
180. Zoot

 

[dwayne1115]

They may also have all of the Seven deadly sins from the pilot Sex and Violence

 

[Yorick]

Well, Kermit and Rowlf were around before 1970. I doubt they'll be absent (and Kermit is on the cover).

Yes, I agree that Kermit and Rowlf will be there, as Kermit is a must, and Rowlf is one of the classic Muppet Show guys. But if his Jimmy Dean appearances were his only claim to fame, and Rowlf was never seen again, I wouldn't have counted on him being in this book. Same for Kermit if he was only in Sam and Friends and never seen again.

I simply meant, due to them saying something in the description like, "It has your favorite Muppets from the 70's to today", at least no fan will be disappointed in a lack of Sam and Friends characters (and others from that time) as they didn't promise any pre-1970 Muppets. I gave them credit for that

Meanwhile, my wish list would remain the same as my first post in this thread - and that includes Waldo C. Graphic from MuppeTelevision & Muppet*Vision 3D. Sure, he's CGI, but he's still a Muppet!

 

[minor muppetz]

I simply meant, due to them saying something in the description like, "It has your favorite Muppets from the 70's to today", at least no fan will be disappointed in a lack of Sam and Friends characters (and others from that time) as they didn't promise any pre-1970 Muppets. I gave them credit for that

Oh I didn't realize that the official description had the "'70s to today" line.

 

[minor muppetz]

I wonder if there will be pages grouping most species. I figure there'll be pages for Penguins, Chickens, Rats, and most likely Frogs and Pigs. But I wonder about other animals, like Dogs. There aren't really multiple Muppet dogs who look alike (except Muppy and Rufus). Obviously Rowlf will get his own page, we know that Afghan Hound will get a page (I would have expected her to be included in an all-purpise dogs page), and I'll be a little surprised if Foo-Foo, Baskerville, and maybe Muppy and Rover Joe don't get pages.

But there are some dogs who I don't think the fans know the names of, who I hope we get to learn the official names. Like a female dog who isn't Afghan Hound, a small brown dog (seen chasing the babies at the end of "Baby Driver"), and a young-looking yellow dog, not too sure how to describe him. I think he's one of the main singers from the "Fit as a Fiddle" UK spot, and in Country Music with the Muppets he constantly shows up to ask questions.

 

[Duke Remington]

Since the description of the book says that over 200 Muppets will be in it, I've updated my guess list to include more possibilites (new additions to my list are bolded):

1) 80's Robot
2) Afghan Hound
3) African Masks
4) Andre
5) Andy & Randy Pig
6) Angel Marie
7) Angelo
8) Angus McGonagle
9) Animal
10) Annie Sue
11) Anthony & Fern
12) Astoria
13) Baskerville the Hound
14) Beagle
15) Beaker
16) Beakie
17) Bean Bunny
18) Beard
19) Beauregard
20) Beautiful Day Monster
21) Behemoth
22) Bernie the Easter Bunny
23) Betina & Belinda Cratchit
24) Betsy Bird
25) Big Mean Carl
26) Big Tiny Tallsaddle
27) Big V
28) Bill, Gill & Jill
29) Bill the Bubble Guy
30) Billy the Bear
31) Black Dog
32) Black Rooster
33) Blind Pew
34) Bobby Benson and his Baby Band
35) Bobo the Bear
36) Bossmen
37) Brewster
38) Bruno
39) Bubba the Rat
40) Bunsen Honeydew
41) Bust of Beethoven
42) Butch the Tiger
43) Caleb Siles
44) Calico
45) Camilla
46) Carter
47) Catgut
48) Chip
49) Chopped Liver
50) Clifford
51) Clodhoppers
52) Clueless Morgan
53) Composta Heap
54) Constantine
55) Crazy Harry
56) Cynthia Birdley
57) Dr. Julius Strangepork
58) Dr. Phil van Neuter
59) Dr. Teeth
60) David Hoggselhoff
61) Dead Tom
62) Digit
62) DogLion
63) Droop
64) The Elvises
65) Emily Bear
66) Featherstone
67) Flash
68) Fleet Scribbler
69) Fletcher Bird
70) Flower-Eating Monster
71) Floyd Pepper
72) The Flying Zucchini Brothers
73) Foo-Foo
74) Forcryingoutloud Bird
75) Fozzie Bear
76) Frackles
77) Gaffer
78) Gawky Birds
79) George the Janitor
80) Geri and the Atrics
81) Ghost of Christmas Past
82) Ghost of Christmas Present
83) Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come
84) The Gills Brothers
85) Gladys
86) The Gogolala Jubilee Jugband
87) Gonzo
88) Gorgon Heap
89) Grump
90) Hilda
91) Howard Tubman
92) Irving Bizarre
93) Inspector LaBrea
94) J.P. Grosse
95) Janice
96) The Java's
97) Jim, Jerry & Frank (a.k.a. The Country Trio)
98) Johnny Fiama
99) Kermit the Frog
100) King Rupert
101) Koozebanians
102) Lardpork
103) Lenny the Lizard
104) Leo
105) Leon
106) Leroy the Donkey
107) Lew Zealand
108) Lindbergh
109) Link Hogthrob
110) Lips
111) Louis Kazagger
112) Lubbock Lou and his Jug-huggers
113) Luncheon Counter Monster
114) Lyle the Dog
115) M.A.M.M.A.
116) Mad Monty
117) Mahna Mahna
118) Mama Fiama
119) Marvin Suggs and the Muppaphones
120) Mary Louise (little girl)
121) Mary Louise (older woman)
122) Mean Floyd
123) Mean Mama
124) Mickey Moose
125) Mildred Huxtetter
126) Milton Miller
127) Miss Kitty
128) Miss Mousey
129) Miss Piggy
130) The Moopets
131) Mordecai Sledge
132) Mount Rushmore
133) Mr. Bitte
134) Mr. Callahan
135) Mr. Poodlepants
136) Mulch
137) Muppy
138) The Mutations
139) The Newsman
140) Nigel the Conductor
141) Nigel the Director
142) Ohboy Bird
143) Ohreally Bird
144) Old Joe
145) Old Skyball Paint
146) Old Tom
147) Paul Revere
148) Pepe the King Prawn
149) Peter Cratchit
150) Pokey
151) Pops
152) Quongo
153) The Ragmopps
154) Real Old Tom
155) Righton Bird
156) Rizzo the Rat
157) Robin the Frog
158) Ronald Duck
159) Rover Joe
160) Rowlf
161) Sal Minella
162) Sam the Eagle
163) Scooter
164) Seymour
165) Shakey Sanchez
166) Signor Baffi
167) The Snerfs
168) Snookie Blyer
169) The Snowths
170) Solid Foam Drummer
171) Sopwith the Camel
172) Spa'am
173) Spamela Hamderson
174) Splurge
175) Spotted Dick
176) Statler & Waldorf
177) Sundance the Lion
178) Svengali
179) The Swedish Chef
180) Sweetums
181) T.R. the Rooster
182) The Talking Houses
183) Taminella Grinderfall
184) Thog
185) Timmy Monster
186) Tom, Dick & Harry
187) Trevor the Gross
188) Trumpet Girl
189) Ubu
190) Uncle Deadly
191) Vendaface
192) The Vile Bunch
193) Waldo C. Graphic
194) Wall-eye Pike
195) Walter
196) Wayne & Wanda
197) Whaddayasay Bird
198) Wolfhound
199) Yolanda the Rat
200) Youknow Bird
201) Zelda Rose
202) Zondra
203) Zoot

 

[minor muppetz]

While looking at the Muppet Wiki forum, it looks like somebody had contact with the author and learned that the book will list first appearances of Muppets Tonight episodes by production order rather than broadcast order, and MuppeTelevison episode numbers for first appearances of characters who debuted on The Jim Henson Hour will go by a different numbering system from Henson Company files (the person who learned this isn't exactly sure what this means at the moment). Assuming it's the production order for the MuppeTelevision segments, it is exciting to finally know what the official production order is for those (I think The Jim Henson Hour is the only Henson series to have not had an episode list at Henson.com, where all series episode guides tended to be in production order).

And I guess that confirms that characters introduced on The Jim Henson Hour will be included. Though that doesn't exactly mean it'll have more than just Clifford, Bean Bunny, and maybe Waldo, but I am a bit more hopeful now (and of course Bean Bunny's first appearance isn't on The Jim Henson Hour, it's Tale of the Bunny Picnic).

Sigh, we have just one more month to wait (and probably a few more weeks for me, since book stores tend to get new releases a little later than the official date).

 

[minor muppetz]

I wonder how some characters might be listed.

Like there's one monster who's been referred to by a number of different names, including Pokey. But I recently read on Muppet Wiki that that puppet has a tag labeled "Anthony", a name that I don't think has been used.

And I wonder if Behemoth will be listed by that name or as Gene. He was called Gene in some promotion for The Muppets, and Gene Baretta said on Muppet Wiki that that was suddenly the characters new name. Muppet Wiki still has him listed s Behemoth for the article page, since "Gene" was only used once, but just because Muppet Wiki lists the name doesn't mean the book will (though it seems many recent non-fiction books do research Muppet Wiki).

 

[minor muppetz]

I just realised: This book is coming out on February 7, and that's a friday this year. Is it normal for books to come out on Friday's? I was thinking they were released earlier in the week.