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"Icicles!" — Summer's Catchphrase

Summer Penguin is a female Muppet penguin featured in the 2018 version of Muppet Babies. She is so creative, loves to draw, paint, and dance all at the same time. She is the smallest of the Muppet Babies group and has the biggest heart. Unlike the other main characters, she was created specifically for the 2018 version of the show and has no real life puppet.

Background[]

Development[]

Summer was conceived as a female character to balance out the Muppet Babies cast. The show's executive producer Tom Warburton reflects on the creation of Summer:

It was me and our art director Chris Moreno sitting in a room just doodling and drawing, and I came up with this little sketch of a lollipop-shaped penguin with a turtleneck. We probably did a hundred different characters trying to figure out who this was going to be, and when we came into Disney Junior with this penguin and a couple others, they immediately went to the penguin and said, 'That one.' We have that original drawing hanging in the studio now.
―Tom Warburton


Personality[]

Summer is a fun-loving penguin with the most caring heart of all. She always loves playing with her friends and is always willing to help others in need. She has a knack for dancing, painting, drawing and even magic. She often says things like ‘Icicles’ whenever she’s excited or intrigued and ‘fish sticks’ whenever something goes awry.

While Summer doesn’t typically get angry, she is known to be upset from time to time for various reasons. For instance, she once had a bad day when everything went wrong for her and it made her really sad. She also gets discouraged whenever her friends don’t listen to her or when someone calls her a mean name. Her ponytail often droops down whenever she feels sad or depressed. She is also known to have a fear of storms as well. While she does have her struggles at times, she is able to overcome them with the help of her friends.

Physical appearance[]

Summer appears as a young penguin with white and purple feathers. Her hairstyle is made with a tuft on the forehead and a ponytail in the back fastened with a pink hair tie. She has eyelashes, a yellow beak, and two flat yellow flippers for feet.

Her outfit consists of a light blue turtleneck sweater with a sun on the front and a salmon pink stripe on the rims of each arm sleeve. Attached to her sweater is a matching light blue skirt with pink on the rim.

Her detective outfit is the same as her regular outfit, but includes a brown detective hat with a magnifying glass.

Quotes[]

“Icicles!”

“Aw, fish sticks!”

“I’m a criminal.”

Relationships[]

Kermit[]

Piggy[]

Summer and Piggy are both best friends. The most frequent times they play together are when they pretend to be their superhero alter egos: Captain Icecube and Super Fabulous respectively. In fact, their superhero adventures are what sparked the friendship in the first place where at first, Piggy didn’t want to play with Summer and wouldn’t let her help on the hero mission. Eventually though, she managed to warm up to her and became friends ever since.

Although they’re friends, there are times when they can have their conflicts, especially when Summer finds it difficult to put up with Piggy’s bossy attitude. For instance, Summer was thrown into the blanket dungeon after breaking the rule for saying ‘no’.

Gonzo[]

Gonzo is another one of Summer’s friends.

One of their most memorable moments is Summer the Great, in which she trains to be a stunt devil like him. At first, Summer’s gets discouraged that she can’t do anything like Gonzo, but Gonzo assures her that even if their ways might not be exactly the same, she can still be great in her own way.

Fozzie[]

Animal[]

Miss Nanny[]

Whenever Summer feels down and wants to be alone, Miss Nanny often steps in to help out. As the guardian of the daycare, she often explains things that the kids may not understand.

In the case of Summer, Miss Nanny helped cheer her up when she was upset about her sno-cone shop. She talked to Summer and told her that it’s okay to be open to other people’s ideas, but if they do something that upsets her, then she should speak up and tell them.

Another instance was in It’s Not Easy Being Greeny, where she tells Summer and the others that their plant had died. This makes everyone sad, but Miss Nanny explains that death happens to all living things, and while it may upset you when they go, you’ll always have happy memories of them.

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Media
Muppet Babies
Characters
Kermit the FrogMiss PiggyFozzie BearGonzoAnimalSummer PenguinMiss NannyStatler and WaldorfCamillaRizzo the RatBunsen HoneydewBeakerRowlf the DogMister MannyScooterSkeeterRozzie Bear
Episodes
Season One: "Sir Kermit the Brave / Animal Fly Airplane" • "Hatastrophe / Fly South" • "The Great Muppet Sport-A-Thon / You Say Potato, I Say Best Friend" • "Super Fabulous vs. Captain Icecube / Piggy's Time Machine" • "How Kermit Got His Groove / One Small Problem" • "Playground Pirates / The Blanket Fort" • "Summer Penguin, P.I. / You Ought to Be in Pictures" • "Kermit Levels Up / Frogs of a Feather" • "Animal Cleans Up / Best Pals Pizza Parlor Palace" • "The Good, the Bad, and the Froggy / Muppet Rock" • "Upside-Down Day / Tooth and Consequences" • "The Great Gonzo's Desert Grand Prix / Animal Kong" • "Bunsen Knows All / Doctor Fozzie" • "Grandpa Camp / A Backyard Divided" • "Happy Hallowocka! / The Teeth-Chattering Tale of the Haunted Pancakes" • "Kermit's Big Show / The Card Shark" • "A Very Muppet Babies Christmas / Summer's Super Fabulous Holiday Surprise" • "Summer the Great / Planet Gonzo" • "The Best, Best Friend / Counting Kermits" • "Puppy for a Day / No Laughing Matter"
Season Two: "The Froginizer / My Fair Animal" • "Starship Piggy / My Buddy" • "Finders Keepers / Monster Next Door" • "The Great Muppet Cook-Off / Animal and the Egg" • "Tagalong Polliwog / Sparkly Star Switcheroo" • "Mystery on the Muppet Express / Mister Manny" • "The Karate Cub / Don't Over Duet" • "Run Fozzie Run / My Brother Vinny" • "Beaker 2.0 / When You Wish Upon a Rizzo" • "Chicken Round-Up / Summer's Snow Cone Stop" • "Wocka by Fozzie / Gonzo's Clean Sweep" • "Meatball Mayhem / Bunsen Honeydew, Show Stopper" • "Best Friends Fixer Uppers / Gonzo's Coop Dreams" • "Win a Twin / Skeeter and the Super Girls" • "Animal Gets the Sneezies / Library Leapfrog" • "The Spoon in the Stone / Gonzonocchio" • "Summer's Big Kerfloofle / Frog Scouts" • "Animal and the Magic Mummy / The Friends of Zorna Club" • "Secret Agent Double-Oh-Frog / A Tale of Two Twins" • "Rise of the Pickler / Friend-a-versary" • "Sherlock Nose / Block Busters"
Season Three: "Oh Brother / Fozzie's Boo Boo Patrol" • "The Legend of El Tomahto / Interplanetary Kickle Ball" • "Summer's Disaster-Piece / Farewell, Statler and Waldorf" • "The Mystery of the Missing Pearls / Rowlf Gets the Blues" • "The Copy Cub / Animal Loses It" • "Gonzo's Bubble Trouble / Fozzie Can't Bear It" • "Muppet Space Camp / The Best Best Friend Beach Day" • "The Ribbiter / Presto Uh Oh" • "Lone Eagle / The Fellowship of the Rainbow Yo-Yo" • "Kermit and Fozzie's Eggcellent Adventure / Animal and the Little Accident" • "Backyard Safari / The Invisible Frog" • "Best Pals Pizza Delivery / Summer the Science Penguin" • "A Very Sticker Situation / Boo Boo Bamboozle" • "It's Not Easy Being Greeny / Dueling Harmonicas" • "Best in Chicken Show / No Takesies Backsies" • "Sam and the Skyscraper / Animal Too Loud" • "Rozzie and the Big Bad Sound / Muppets of the Caribbean" • "Robin Digs Deep / Fozzie and the Fairy Tea Party" • "Gonzo-rella / Summer's Car Trouble" • "Rootin' Tootin' Sheriff Showdown / The Trouble with Chickies" • "Phantom of the Dollhouse / Tarzanimal" • "Scooter MVP / Rizzo for Mayor" • "Kitchen Catastrophe / Kermit Gets the Grumpies" • "Oh My Gourd / The Curse of the Wereanimal" • "Moon Muffins / Muppet Newsflash" • "Eagle in the Middle / Rizzo's Space Race" • "It's a Wonderful Elf-bot / A Merry Litter Christmas" • "Mitzvah for Miss Nanny / Winter Sport-a-Thon" • "Happy Villain-tine's Day / My Best Toy's Wedding" • "The Muppet Babies Show"
Songs
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!
See Also
The Muppets
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