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Confusing Reality pertaining to Walter

posted 11 years ago by CoolBrittannia
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The reality depicted within this movie is a little confusing:

Jason Segel is roommates with Walter who's dream it is to JOIN the Muppets but is NOT a Muppet himself....even though he is made of felt and is a puppet/muppet-like character.

Haven't we always assumed any Muppet-like felt-covered character within the Muppet universe is by default, simply a Muppet?

So what this movie is saying is that humans and puppet-characters just co-exist kind of like Who Framed Roger Rabbit with cartoons and humans or Greg the Bunny with puppets and humans?

[–] djroomba 11 years ago

It doesn't make a lot of sense, no. It's basically result of original plot/script where Walter is actually referred to as a puppet wanting to become a muppet, and a result of being the Jason Segel surrogate in the movie. Don't think too hard about it.

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[–] TalesfromTheCryptfan 11 years ago

What do you expect? it's the muppets, they don't always need to make sense

You killed Captain Clown, YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN-The Joker on Batman TAS

[–] Wombstar 9 years ago

All Muppets are Puppets but not all Puppets are Muppets.

[–] IMDB_Vits 9 years ago

I assumed that being a Muppet meant being part of THE MUPPET SHOW (in the universe of this movie, it's the same show that we saw in real life). However, that wouldn't explain why STATLER & WALDORF aren't part of them.

[–] neko-neko-1 8 years ago

They weren't just roommates, they were brothers