Puppet Injustice - Part 2

"Where Are They Now? Productions" presents: Skeeter




Sorry for the poor quality of the image - she's a hard Muppet to find online! :)



Skeeter is the one on the far left, sitting on the yellow cushion.

So who is Skeeter? Fans of the Muppet Babies (which ran for a surprisingly-healthy seven seasons during the 80s and 90s!) will recognise her as the token female ring-in character who was created to help pad out the female contingent of the main Muppet cast when they moved to an animated baby format, following the success and popularity of the imaginary flashback scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan, when Kermit and Miss Piggy daydream about what it would have been like if they'd all known each other as babies.

As her name (and appearance) suggest, she is the twin sister of Scooter. Say hello, Scooter.



'Atta boy.

Anyway, Skeeter had never been seen or referenced before this, and to date, she has never been seen or referenced since. So what became of her? Did she become an Olympic athlete as her baby-version kept dreaming she'd become? Did she become a journalist as some online message boards on the subject would have us believe, and she's now off winning Pulitzer Prizes on a regular basis? Or has she simply been forgotten and ignored as a crappy incidental character we'd all rather pretend never existed?

None of the above. I found her. Scooter hasn't written to her for nearly ten years, but then, he's been busy carrying that clipboard around.

It's a tough job, but someone's gotta carry it.