Muppet Babies: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Muppet Babies Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Muppets Not Included
Sep 10, 1988
The babies find a tea strainer of Nanny's, and do not know what it is. Each babie thinks of a different use for it.
Beauty and the Schnoz
Sep 17, 1988
Piggy learns that ""beauty is in the eye of the beholder"", when she makes fun of Gonzo and it hurts his feelings.
The Pig Who Would Be Queen
Sep 24, 1988
The babies bulid Nanny a ""picture box"" with a fairy tale scene, and each babie pretends to be a character.
Is There a Muppet in the House?
Oct 1, 1988
Rowlf hadn't disapeared - he'd just watched a scary movie the night before and had gone to see Nanny. The secret passage was actually an old dumbwaiter which Animal found and had b
Slipping Beauty
Oct 8, 1988
Piggy gets the chicken pox, and tells the babies the story of Sleeping Beauty, through walkie-talkie.
Muppet Baby Boom
Oct 15, 1988
All the babies look foward to seeing Mrs. Mitchell's baby, which ends up being a kitten.
Scooter By Any Other Name
Oct 22, 1988
Scooter's tired of being a nerd, so Gonzo convinces him to reinvent himself; first as a jet fighter pilot, then as a stand-up comic, then as a rock star, and finally as a superhero
He's a Wonderful Frog
Oct 29, 1988
The Babies think Kermit is moving away, so stage a ""This is Your Life"" spoof to try and convince him to stay.
Plan 8 from Outer Space
Nov 12, 1988
The babies see a news bulletin about disapearing nannies. Gonzo says that aliens have been nannynapping them because they use green stripped socks to power their spaceships (and on
Junkland Muppets
Nov 19, 1988
The babies make things out of old junk, while Fozzie searches for his lost Teddy.
The Air Conditioner at the End of the Galaxy
Nov 26, 1988
When the air-conditioner breaks down, Scooter and Piggy travel to find a place that is more cool.
Bug-Busting Babies
Dec 3, 1988
The babies hunt for the bug in Scooter's computer in a parody of Ghostbusters.