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Kermit’s froghood baffles me, mainly due to the neck frill. I was down a Muppet history rabbit hole recently and realized that he was originally just named “Kermit”, and didn’t become “Kermit the Frog” for some years. So he was probably designed as a frill-necked lizard of some kind and got retconned into a frog. Mystery solved, right? Well no, because then I realized he got the frill the same time they started calling him a frog.

I was so distraught I turned to Muppet Wiki, which it turns out has an entire section on his collar. It’s an article of clothing. 😐

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watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Clothing?? Why would he wear only one piece of clothing, barely covering his frog body, in the same color as his skin?

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- dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  To be fair many dogs and cats dress the same way.
  
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- Alice@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  In episode 402 of The Muppet Show, the Prairie Dogs steal Kermit’s collar and he laments that he feels naked without it.
  
  Per the wiki. Surely that explains everything.
  
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- Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  fashion
  
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- SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  He’s a frog, they breathe through their skin.
  
  QED
  
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BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This is legit very fascinating. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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