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.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Muppet Babies Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Muppets Not Included
Sep 10, 1988 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Piggy gets the chicken pox, and tells the babies the story of Sleeping Beauty, through walkie-talkie.
Muppet Baby Boom
Oct 15, 1988 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
The Babies think Kermit is moving away, so stage a ""This is Your Life"" spoof to try and convince him to stay.
Elm Street Babies
Nov 5, 1988 · 25 min
The babies describe their weird dreams to each other.
Plan 8 from Outer Space
Nov 12, 1988 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
When the air-conditioner breaks down, Scooter and Piggy travel to find a place that is more cool.
Bug-Busting Babies
Dec 3, 1988 · 25 min
The babies hunt for the bug in Scooter's computer in a parody of Ghostbusters.