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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a scientist from The Muppets, who is most frequently seen with his assistant, Beaker.

Background[]

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is the resident scientist on The Muppet Show and the host of the Muppet Labs sketches. In season one of The Muppet Show, he worked alone, but in season two, his assistant Beaker was added to the show.

Bunsen is always eager to show off his latest scientific discovery, but his excitement about progress tends to render him short-sighted. Beaker usually ends up being harmed by Dr. Honeydew's inventions, but Bunsen is either unaware or apathetic to Beaker's suffering. Bunsen Honeydew's name comes from the scientific instrument called the Bunsen burner, and the shape of his head, which looks like a honeydew melon.

Bunsen's inventions have included a gorilla detector, exploding clothes, edible paper clips, a banana sharpener, hair-growing tonic, and a machine that can turn gold into cottage cheese.

He has appeared in every Muppet movie, often with a large role contributing to the film's plot. In The Muppet Movie, Kermit the Frog meets Bunsen and Beaker in an old ghost town, where Honeydew shows off his latest invention, "Insta-Grow Pills", which can temporarily make things grow bigger. Animal takes the entire jar of pills, allowing the Muppets to defeat Doc Hopper.

In The Muppet Christmas Carol, Bunsen and Beaker portray charity workers. In Muppet Treasure Island, he plays Doctor Livesey while Beaker plays himself.

In Muppets from Space, Bunsen invents a number of devices for the Muppets to use when they rescue Gonzo.

In Muppets Most Wanted, Bunsen creates a "magnetic bomb attractor vest" for Beaker early in the film. When Constantine is revealed to be a Kermit impostor at his wedding to Miss Piggy, he reveals that Piggy's wedding ring is a bomb. Bunsen activates the vest, causing the ring to stick to Beaker before exploding.

Trivia[]

  • Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's film appearances in The Muppets Take Manhattan and Muppets from Space are both owned by Sony Pictures, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is owned by NBCUniversal, and the other Muppet movies are owned by Disney (along with the rest of the Muppet franchise).

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Muppet Treasure Island: Treasure IslandShiver My TimbersSomething BetterSailing for AdventureCabin FeverA Professional PirateBoom ShakalakaLove Led Us HereLove PowerLove Led Us Here
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Muppets Most Wanted: The Muppet Show ThemeWe're Doing a SequelI'm Number OneThe Big HouseI'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)Interrogation SongMy Heart Will Go OnSomething So RightWorking in the Coal MineTogether AgainMoves Like JaggerMacarena
Muppet Babies: Muppet Babies Theme
Muppets Haunted Mansion: Rest in PeaceLife HereafterTie the Knot TangoDancing in the Moonlight

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The Muppets


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Muppet Babies ThemeStart Up Your ImaginationWhat's So Scary About the Dark?Never Have to Say Goodbye (To the Summer)Get Back in the GameMe and My PotatoSuper FabulousGood Things Come to Those Who WaitYou Can Be a Dancer!Muppet Pirate ShantyThe Rules of the KingdomI'm on the CaseThe Lily Pad BluesWhat This Frog Likes to DoCar WashDirty ZoneSummer's Square DanceHopalong Froggy and the Buckin' BroncoDo You Wanna Rock?You Can Be a StarUpside-Downsy CongaYou're Not AloneFozzie's Tooth Fairy SongI've Been There, BuddyHow to Grow a Rubber Chicken TreeLaughter is the Best-est MedicineI Don't Know But I've Been ToldSuper Spooky HalloweenTry Something NewImproviseA Very Muppet Babies Christmas SongFamilyThere Are Lots of Ways to Be GreatJust Like MeFrogs and DogsToo Much MePuppy Come HomeTo Get You LaughingMeanzo FabulousMy Fair AnimalStarship PiggyMy Buddy and MeMust Be a MonsterSteppity SteppitySlow Down, AnimalPenguin with a PlanAll Aboard the Muppet ExpressOpen Your Mind Up (To Something New)Kick it Up a NotchHappy Birthday Miss NannyGetting Away from it AllI Gotta Be Me • A Beautiful Friendship • Genie in a Lamp • You'll Get There Soon • Muppet Rocksplosion • We Can Fix It • Two of a Kind • You'll Get Better • Let's Get on the Bus • Follow Me Little Floofle • (So You Wanna) Be a Frog • Even Mummies Gotta Be Careful What They Touch • Look at Me!
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