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Fozzie Bear

Fozzie Bear

Fozzie Bear is the resident comedian of the Muppets, as a stand-up comic he's always telling bad jokes that nobody finds funny. Usually following each of his jokes members of his audience will throw food items at him, such as tomatoes.

Name:
Fozzie Bear
Publisher:
Real name:
Fozzie
Aliases:
  • Fozzy
  • Friar Tuck
  • Tootles
  • Sir Percival
  • Fozzie Bear Darkwing
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
First issue:
Look-in (1971) #197707 It's The Muppets!
cover

Origin

Fozzie the bear is a small bear muppet who wears a hat and scarf, and is the resident comedian of the Muppets. He also loves comedy and is always telling jokes, his jokes are almost always followed by his catchphrase "Wakka Wakka."

Creation

Fozzie Bear was created by Jim Henson, who also created the rest of The Muppets. His name comes from Faz Fazakas, another individual who played a part in creating him, except Fazakas didn't draw or write any thing, he simply designed a mechanism that allowed Fozzie Bear's ears to wiggle.

Other Media

Fozzie Bear, along with his fellow Muppets, appears in over 10 films, including but not limited to; The Muppets' Wizard Of Oz, Muppets in Space, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Great Muppet Caper, and The Muppet Movie.

Issues

January 1982

July 1984

August 1984

December 2009

Volumes

1981

1983

2009

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