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Muppet Babies Season 5 Episodes

13 Episodes 1988 - 1988

Episode 1

Muppets Not Included

Sat, Sep 10, 198822 mins

The kids find Nanny's old tea strainer, but since they don't know what a tea strainer is, they come up with some wild theories about what it does.

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Episode 2

Beauty and the Schnoz

Sat, Sep 17, 1988

The kids use the examples of The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast and Cyrano de Bergerac to show Piggy that she can't judge a book simply by its cover.

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Episode 3

The Pig Who Would Be Queen

Sat, Sep 24, 1988

The kids make a 'story box' that follows the story of a brave party led by knight, Sir Kermelot, who must slay a dragon in order for Piggy to rightfully claim the throne.

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Episode 4

Is There a Muppet in the House?

Sat, Oct 1, 1988

Rowlf disappears during nap time on a stormy day and everybody thinks he's been kidnapped by ghosts.

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Episode 5

Slipping Beauty

Sat, Oct 8, 1988

Piggy gets chicken pox, the other babies tell her a story to cheer her up.

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Episode 6

Muppet Baby Boom

Sat, Oct 15, 1988

The kids imagine what it's like to take care of babies, both alien and human, when they hear that Mrs. Mitchell's 'baby' is coming for a visit.

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Episode 7

Scooter by Any Other Name

Sat, Oct 22, 1988

Scooter wants to be cool, so Gonzo suggests four careers he could try - a test pilot like Top Gun's Maverick, a comedian like Gallagher, a rock star like Bon Jovi and a superhero like Clark Kent/Superman.

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Episode 8

He's a Wonderful Frog

Sat, Oct 29, 1988

Kermit is scheduled to leave to visit his family in the swamp, the Babies wonder what they would do without him.

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Episode 9

Elm Street Babies

Sat, Nov 5, 1988

When the Babies can't sleep, they tell each other about their dreams.

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Episode 10

Plan 8 from Outer Space

Sat, Nov 12, 1988

When the Babies see a news bulletin on TV about how Prince Charles and Princess Diana cannot find a nanny for their two sons, they soon think all the nannies on Earth, including theirs, have been abducted by aliens.

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Episode 11

Junkyard Muppets

Sat, Nov 19, 1988

The kids play with their old junk, while searching for Fozzie's teddy bear and Piggy's bracelet that are missing. Gonzo believes that closet trolls took them but the kids don't believe him - at first.

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Episode 12

The Air Conditioner at the End of the Galaxy

Sat, Nov 26, 1988

The kids play Star Trek: TOS and mistake their broken air-conditioner for a sign that they're about to crash into the Sun. Inspired by the movie the African Queen, Scooter takes his friends on a jungle cruise to cool down.

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Episode 13

Bug-Busting Babies

Sat, Dec 3, 1988

Inspired by the movie, the kids imagine they're the Ghostbusters and go on the hunt for mean bugs in Scooter's computer.

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