MISS PIGGY'S POST-BREAKUP GROWTH IN ABC'S MUPPETS SITCOM 

All she did was serve, trauma dump about her family being served, and serve some more, as we all do

Miss Piggy will forever be an amazing muppet character. Don’t get on her bad side or else you’ll meet her famous karate chop

ABC Kermit was characterized so mean 😭 Kermit can get angry but the frog ik would NEVER- sidenote that corset top is literally SO cute

Fun fact for Episode 14: Steve Whitmire (The puppeteer of Kermit on this show) was AGAINST the idea of Kermit lying to Robin saying, "I don’t think Kermit would lie to him, I think that as Robin came to Kermit, he would say ‘things happen, people go their separate ways, but that doesn’t mean we don’t care about you.’ Kermit is too compassionate to lie to him to spare his feelings.” This just goes to show, Whitmire truly cared about his mentor and friend Jim and his legacy, but he was unfortunately fired by his friend's children for being 'difficult to work with'.

The first Muppet movie: Kermit running away from a greedy salesman who wants to use him for commercials for his fried frogs legs, and potentially killing him Kermit in this show: "omg ew ur family were killed for food?? GROOOOOSSSSSUHH" Imma kick new Kermit's ass I STG??? I hate the way people write him to be a misogynist nowadays, like have you ever seen his Ted talk? Half of it is just shitting on miss piggy, I'll throw hands!!! New Kermit you better square TF up!!!!

Miss piggy of all characters having a 'family was murdered' backstory was something I never expected and it was BRUTAL. Damn

“She didn’t die I just love remembering her” What a perfect way to end the video.

okay but jokes aside the line in the song "i only exist when people show me/i only exist when people know me" HITS SO HARD FOR MISS PIGGY

And this, friends, is the epitome of 'Studios don't like healthy romance to continue'.

Dude Kermit kinda sucks. The breakup made me so sad though because... That Broadway wedding? Iconic. And why did they write Kermit like that?

8:25. Athena really went "born to be Miss Piggy, forced to be Fozzie Bear."

Miss Piggy and Kermit break up devasted me so much, to the point I was inconsolable for days after knowing it

Miss Piggy’s friendship with Uncle Deadly was my favorite part (besides that one scene). It was nice to see her have a friend who cares about her and takes her seriously instead of always thinking she was dramatic (which she was at times but she’s a queen so)

"there are two types of cannon- head cannon i love and confirmed cannon i hate." -ghandi after learning about the leg thing

"if it happens outside of work we don't owe them an explanation" absolutely killed me 🤣🤣🤣

The fact that they broke them up literally as a publicity stunt only for that show to completely flop and they STILL haven’t gotten them back together will literally always make me angry.

Miss Piggy and Kermit breaking up was my One Direction breaking up level devastation

I watched the sitcom when i was nine not even realizing any of the plot i legit thought it was like a dream i had or something

To be fair, Kermit probably got Piggy the calzone for the sake of the other passengers. Miss. Piggy+Hanger=DEATH.

"Pig on pig violence :(" gurl 😭💀

The Muppet show was originally created for adults. It aired on late night television and featured a ton of adult humor. I would say having the sitcom be pg13 is a return to form/expansion on that idea. Although the way its written is definetly not a return to form.

The puppet attacking the camera during the song at the end made me cackle

I love how you always do your hair, makeup, outfits and costumes based on the topics you're talking about. Top-tier dedication. It's a good day when Athena posts :D

Because a lot of people nowadays watched The Muppet’s for the first time before their first romantic relationship I feel like a lot of people remember why Miss Piggy is toxic but but forget questionable stuff Kermit’s done and ways he’s toxic in the relationship because he tends to put on a “poor me, putting up with you” routine and younger people have trouble distinguishing playing up being the victim and actually being the victim. It muddies the waters that sometimes he genuinely is the victim of her unreasonable demand but other times he placates her without resolving the underlying issues which furthers there dysfunction.

THEY BROKE UP IN THE ABC SHOW BECAUSE MISS PIGGY TRIPPED IN A PROMO FOR SAID SHOW. WHAT THE HELL.

Every time Uncle Deadly showed up, all I could think about was how cool he looked. Like how have I never seen him before, that design is sick.

[image of werewolf ripping shirt off] MISS PIGGY AND KERMIT ARE HAPPILY IN LOVE IN MY HEART

I always love to think about the Muppets as actual celebrities in our world.

Muppets after Whitemire left are no longer Muppets for me, simple as. The DIsney muppet flanderized characters so much its unreal.

The sponsor segment has me SNORTIN *no pun intended but it was completely fucking intended*

"LEAVE MISS PIGGY ALONE 😭😭😭" I love this channel

I still cry when they sang Rainbow Connection together in The Muppets from 2011.

As a life-long Miss Piggy apologist, I love this video so much! Also, not gonna lie, I get so happy every time Athena makes a Dethklok reference. If she ever did a video on them, it'd be brutal.

Can't believe I never noticed this but Kermit is a lot more expressive than other muppets who usually are stuck with a permanent smile.

Let’s keep the Muppets train going! Muppet Babies lore, please! 😭😭😭

The plugging of the villain ship video is a new staple of this channel Edit, the third best thing possible just happened to me: 1. Meet Meryl Streep. 2. Have a great group of family and friends and a solid career that you enjoy and get paid well for. 3. Have your comment get a heart from Athena P.

Super excited to watch a video on one of the most underrated character arcs ever. Really, Muppet character arcs are so underrated. I wish I had the skill to make one on Gobo's development in the new season of Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. He really does get so stressed from the world falling apart that he sings a whole song ("Push It Down, Fraggle Up") about ignoring and bottling up his emotions that implores every other Fraggle in the Rock to do the same.

I really loved ABC’s the muppets and it drives me crazy how the brand’s stuck in limbo now because of the cancellation of Muppets Mayhem. Like, it’s either Muppets Now or nothing, apparently, and I *HATE IT.*

I love Piggy and Uncle Deadly's relationship.

The 2015 series did have its moments, both good and bad. While it did give the Muppets a fresh new start to be back on TV again, the way it was executed was kinda….well…it could’ve been handled a little better. But I still feel like while the Kermit/Piggy Breakup could’ve been expanded upon and would’ve fleshed out the characters more than they’ve ever been, it was initially created for publicity and press. It just made these characters unlikeable to see them in this way. Nothing against the show, or the characterizations that the show runners had in mind, but I feel like some of the charm that Jim Henson and his original crew made recognizable was missing. The Muppets did exist in the real world, but they also were part of their own world too. And no, that doesn’t mean they always treat each other with respect. In fact, sometimes they can’t stand each other. But it is during some tough times, where they are even at their lowest, that they always find a way to unite and make things work again. It’s through the wrong that they make things right. It’s taking what they got, and flying with it. This is something that even Disney needs to understand. We love these characters for being real with us, but finding enough wittiness and nuttiness to make us laugh. And there absolutely should be a balance. And no, I’m not saying how Jim would want it, but I’m more saying on how we need it. If there’s one thing that is true, it’s that these characters will still be around, ready to pop up anywhere at anytime, and that’s what I love about the Muppets. They still find ways.

If you want a new deep Lore idea, did you ever read the magic Tree House series as a kid? It's one of my favourites, but looking back on it now, some of the stuff Jack and Annie were doing was not something two under 10s should have been doing. They were on the Titanic in one book and had to deal with a tidal wave in another. So good, but also so crazy.

Finally a video about our queen! Miss Piggy is an icon and I love her so much! I always avoided the ABC Muppets due to the bad reputation but a few weeks ago I decided to give it a try and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Even with Kermit’s infrequent but very unpleasant moments of mischaracterization, the show is still really funny and enjoyable. The bit in the first episode with Fozzie talking about his dating profile took me so off guard and it is perfect. Something a lot of people miss is just how excellent Steve Whitmire’s performance is as Kermit. The show’s format required a very expressive Kermit and Steve pulled it off masterfully. It’s one of my favorite Muppet performances and it’s severely under appreciated. All in all, really fun show, but by no means a perfect one. I’d love to see a full lore deep dive for the show. (aHem) P.S. An interesting thing to note is that even though we know Kermit would never cheat, Jim Henson, for whom Kermit was of course a frog stand in, actually did cheat on his wife Jane on multiple occasions. Even so, Jim and Jane remained good friends until his death. P.P.S. I have a strong suspicion that the part of Pizza (the branding guru) was written specifically for Aziz Ansari. I mean Pizza is literally just a successful Tom Haverford.

Why does this show sound actually awesome. Cancelled unfairly!!! Bring it back, please!!!!! Also that song at the end truly made me emotional, Miss Piggy would cry to this. Alone.

I love that its canon to the muppets verse that tgey genuinely broke up

The fact that this came right in the middle of my own Muppets hyperfixation.. specifically the 2010s era muppets! wow..

The 2015 muppet series was affected by executive meddling, yet it needed a 2nd season to improve!!

I'm not kidding here that final song was really touching actually!

Man, when this show came out, I remember loving it so much...looking back at it now-yeah, Kermit was an asshole, which is so unkermit-like of him...

I'm currently knee-deep in a Muppets hyperfixation ESPECIALLY the ABC show. thank you for sharing a brain cell with me queen❤

thanks to Parade for sponsoring this fit, i am Looking So Respectfully ! okay... learning that characters both date AND EAT pigs is taking me out

Muppets ABC has some problems here and there but honestly it's one of my favorite pieces of Muppets media, Thanks so much for covering it Athena!

I’m so glad your talking about the muppets. The muppets just feels like something that belongs on this channel 😊

Leaving a comment in support bc I can't handle a show where Kermit is mean and their relationship is in shambles, it's just too much 💔

"I guess I need to put my pants back on" best line in any Athena video

"am I only here for you to consume" has multiple meanings in this context

That song was beautiful omg those HARMONIES… also iconic look as always

3:14 PG13+ Athena P!

Seeing people talk about this show again makes me so happy, I definitely wish this series got another season but it super clear why it never did, as a Muppet fan it’s really hard when you don’t really get much these days when compared to other Disney Properties, and when we do it’s not really marketed, ending with less Muppets stuff being made dude to a declining viewership (it’s kinda in a loop), in turn no one really talks about them, so thank you for reigniting my Muppet Hyperfixation for today (PS. Give Muppet Mayhem a watch if you want genuinely crazy Muppet Lore)

Omg the outfit this time is the most you energy, which means ur energy is on par with miss piggy ❤

The muppets is one of those IP’s that was a staple in my children AS WELL as my adulthood. The humor in those movies shaped me into the person I am today ( as weird as that sounds. ) Thank you muppets for making me laugh at almost everything parody 😭

I binge watched the entire series in early 2022 and didn't like it at first but after a while I loved it and am still pissed at the cliffhanger finale

Miss Piggy is an icon and this show, crazy as it was, was fun to watch and remember the muppets did stuff. Kermit was so mean that he was unrecognizable! If they ever do something like this again, hopefully they do Kermit in a way he is compassionate but flawed compassionate.

Well, how refreshing. This is different from my normal stream of content. I usually watch content from what I would call the "uncle" type of personality. This gives of older sister energy. Nice.

Pink sauce… heh…MORE LIKE PIG SAUCE!

YIPPEEEE :))) obligatory “I was here at 8 minutes posted” comment, SO EXCITED TODAYS LOOK IS INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOURE SLAYING THE SOMG WAS SO GOOD AND SO BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOD!!!! 10/10 LORE LITE EPISODE THANK YOU ATHENA

I wish Deadly got to be in more stuff. He’s great

As someone who didn't grow up with the muppets (aka not from the US) I am surprisingly VERY upset at how they absolutely destroyed Kermit's character on this show. I can actually relate to having a malewife fave turned into a misogynistic asshole who breaks up with his girl for no reason, so I'm pouring one out for the kermit fans

Miss Piggy is an icon, she is a legend, she is the moment, now come on now

Miss Piggy is queen

This sponsor is genuinely the something I've always been looking for. Thank you from the bottom of my plus-size heart, mrs. Athena

What’s super interesting is that when Kermit first meets Mrs piggy she is at a country fair trying to win a blue ribbon

NO BECAUSE I LAUGHED SO HARD AT 8:26 - BECAUSE as soon as I saw, you were covering the Muppets by immediately connected to how your energy matched Miss Piggy!!!!! Your theatrics and energy are perfectly Synced! I laugh along to your jokes all the time.

I thought I was the only one who knew about this show existing. I only remember the episode where Fozzie Bear was stealing a candy dish because of his addiction to candy, or maybe it was him just wanting the candy dish because it looked pretty.

I JUST started going down a muppet fixation rabbit hole and I’m in the middle of this show. Athena with impeccable timing as always (I had no idea this video was coming out)

Are we not gonna discuss how good the ending song was, like every lyric has me wailing

Miss Piggy always has been and will be a fashion icon and I don't care what anyone says.

HI! AVID MUPPET ENJOYER (one of my most prevalant hyperfixations. wrote several essays about it in college, going to do puppetry as a career)! in my humble opinion, kermit and piggy were never the iconic couple they were portrayed as. in muppets canon, they are actors. in the muppet show and other things where they arent playing roles, their love is very one sided, and at times felt performative. kemit never really wanted a relationship with her (or anyone really until recent medias, which is why i headcanon aroace kermit but thats not canon anymore), but he never wanted to be too upfront about it, for the sake of piggy AND their fans. piggy was being a relatable queen who loves a good delulu moment (me too girl). kermit didnt take the breakup seriously bcz he never took the RELATIONSHIP seriously. going forward, i hope they keep piggy in her self love era, she deserves it. however, they slandered kermit. he used to just be an anxious stage manager trying to corral goofy performers, now hes just mean. jim would be disappointed. also speaking about jim, it was disney purchasing the muppets that killed him! he was so stressed by it that it caused toxic shock syndrome! ALSO PLEASE MUPPETS LORE IM BEGGING!! EVEN IF ITS THE MOVIES OR JUST THE MUPPET SHOW, PLEASE SOMETHING!!

I love that Belinda is also a callback to Muppet Christmas Carol. 33:12

4:22 I've never seen this series, but I would also like to point out that bunsun says, "If it happens outside of work, we don't owe them an explanation." This to me not only implies them being involved but also implies that they have maby hooked up during work hours in the past. Sooo the theory of them not being vanilla has more grounds than just the tazer.

32:16 that is a whole new expression I've seen from Kermit. They really chadded his face up 😄

Making Kermit knowingly exploit his reputation as a wholesome character to manipulate and scheme and get into questionable relationships was a hell of a gamble and they honestly made it convincing enough that he's easy to hate despite the reputation outside the show, that's kinda wild

I know this video is about our ☆QUEEN☆ Miss Piggy... and how much of a jerk Kermit is in this show, but is no one going to talk about how funny this clip is?! 11:16

I think we should remember Kermit is literally 70 next year and Denise is more than likely in her 20’s

Athen is SLAYING

Such a great video the pig nose was a great touch, Actual question when is “Fallen star” releasing on Spotify

In spite of them depicting Kermit as an A-hole, I loved the Muppets sitcom. I think it’s so underrated.

5 minutes in and Athena’s already on a Miss Piggy defender. This will be an interesting review

WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY BOY KERMIT THATS NOT MY MANNN D: also damn that outfit goes hard!!

The dethklok references is the final nail in the coffin of my parasocial relationship with Athena. I’d kill for her

I'm obsessed with how it's shot exactly like the office

4:58 I just randomly recalled this when it comes to fictional characters that don't really have "traditional" ageing like Pokemon or Zora and Gorons from the legend of zelda series. I personally look at mental age when those types of characters are paired together if one acts like a child and the other acts like an adult I am not ok with it. However if both act as adults on a mental level its fine.

For all the flack this show gets, I really like what it does with Piggy. I like how it calls her out for her stubbornness and how it gets her into trouble. About how she could have done more to get Kermit back like Fozzie does with his girlfriend and how her inability to really fight for her and Kermit to be together really hurt them as a couple. One of the best scenes is where Piggy actively asks Kermit if they made a mistake by leaving each other and while they don’t get back together, Kermit assuring her that he still cares and will still be there for her even if they’re not together was really effective in my eyes. Yeah I think the overall show probably wasn’t a good idea and learning what we know now about how Steve Whitmire was shut down on protecting Kermit leaves a bad taste in my mouth. But I do think when it comes to Piggy and Kermit, I think the show nails it.

Pig on pig violence really got me #ftp

Yo I was literally like "ngl, today's fit is even more rocking than usual-" and then it was the sponsor?

I don't think an ad has ever made me blush before today. You're soooo pretty, Athena! Seriously girl, drop-dead gorgeous. Keep up that confidence! ✨

ABCs muppets is one of the most underrated bangers of all time

If you got your pants from Walmart I have the EXACT SAME ONES ‼️😭

So w i l d take I think that Kermit and Piggy met in the events that inspired the OG Muppet Movie and so it made sense that Kermit and Piggy would play the romantic counterparts in their movies and adaptations/interpretations of popular movies and they knew that their original fans statistically got divorced so writing the left at the alter/former partners now co workers would sell better to the audience meaning that The Muppet movie (2011) was fully fictionalized

I wasn’t expecting you to go pantsless, but ok. It looks great 😂

The ad bit is amazing, i love it in so many ways