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Rizzo the Rat is a sly Muppet rat who loves to eat and play tricks on others. He speaks with a Brooklyn accent and is often paired with Gonzo and the two have been best friends ever since. Rizzo the Rat is a rat who has a tendency to crack mocking jokes at others or make fun of them. Sometimes, as seen in The Muppets Take Manhattan , he tries to cheat people into getting something he wants. However, he also has a sensitive side according to Tim Hill and Gonzo during an audio commentary for Muppets from Space and is good friends with a couple of characters. He was created by Steve Whitmire after he took a fascination to a bunch of old rat puppets made from bottles by Don Sahlin for The Muppet Musicians of Bremen.

Rizzo the rat muppets

Rizzo the Rat is a Muppet character from the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show , created and originally performed by Steve Whitmire until He is a fictional rat who appeared on The Muppet Show and numerous films, with a starring role in the film The Muppet Christmas Carol. The character is particularly associated with Gonzo the Great , with the two sharing a double act since Whitmire based the character on Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy and performed him until Rizzo is a streetwise and sarcastic rat with a New Jersey accent. Rizzo's family has been mentioned in Muppet media. In , Disney claimed that Rizzo came from a family of pizza makers as part of the backstory of the new PizzeRizzo restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Rizzo first appeared in episode 48 of The Muppet Show , as one of many rats following Christopher Reeve backstage. He remained a scene-stealing background figure through the final season, occasionally performing with Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. In The Muppet Christmas Carol , he developed a double act with Gonzo , [10] with director Brian Henson and the crew envisioning Rizzo as "pain-in-the-neck sidekick. Rizzo appears as a background character in the film The Muppets , without a spoken dialogue, although he is seen singing along during the finale, as well as the scene in which Kermit the Frog addresses a large crowd of Muppets. In Muppets Most Wanted , and the short feature Rizzo's Biggest Fan on the Blu-ray release, the character calls for more screentime.

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In the past few years, most of the characters that took up most of his time were already ones originated by other Muppet performers like Jim Henson or Richard Hunt, so we were assured that the legacy would continue. But there was one character that seemed to belong to Steve, and was not only his original creation, but possibly his second-most visible one. You know that old story about the blind men who encounter an elephant? Well, those blind men are Muppet fans, and the elephant is a rat. So rather than focusing on the weirdness, Rizzo finds himself playing third banana to a humorless kid, and practically fading into the background of his own movie. Even in his Muppets Tonight days when he presumably had more responsibility as the stage manager, Rizzo found himself mirroring whoever else was backstage with him at the time — Clifford, Kermit, Nigel, Gary Cahuenga… you get the idea. The only difference would be that Rizzo gets to wear a tiny little headset.

Rizzo the Rat : [ Rizzo walks by with a plate of food ] Gangway! Coming through! Hey Watch it, will ya? Rizzo the Rat : You mean the one with the goat and the dwarf and the jar of peanut butter? Gonzo : Hey, Rizzo, come here! I think my Kap'n Alphabet is sending me a message. Rizzo the Rat : Yeah, I know what you mean. I had some guacamole last night, and it's still speaking to me. Gonzo : [ as Rizzo is hanging out the window ] Rizzo? Gonzo : [ Gonzo wakes up from a bad dream and sits upright, accidentally sending a hammock-sleeping Rizzo flying out the window ] I don't wanna be alone!

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Toy Story Monsters, Inc. SUNY Press. Rizzo first appeared in episode of The Muppet Show , as one of a group of rats following Christopher Reeve around backstage. The name was suggested by Frank Oz. Since , following Steve Whitmire's departure from The Muppets, Rizzo has largely been absent in new productions, save for occasional non-speaking cameos. Behind the scenes on the set of The Muppets. Whitmire based the character on Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy and performed him until Plus, they wanted him to be a sarcastic sort of New York character. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers. Retrieved December 27, View history Talk 0. Sign In Register. ISBN Film Genre New Critical Essays. Dallas Post.

Rizzo the Rat is a Muppet character from the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show , created and originally performed by Steve Whitmire until He is a fictional rat who appeared on The Muppet Show and numerous films, with a starring role in the film The Muppet Christmas Carol. The character is particularly associated with Gonzo the Great , with the two sharing a double act since

Retrieved July 14, — via Google Books. In , Disney claimed that Rizzo came from a family of pizza makers as part of the backstory of the new PizzeRizzo restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Retrieved July 12, By: Ben Nichols. Sign In Register. Don't have an account? Current Wiki. You know that old story about the blind men who encounter an elephant? Disney Wiki Explore. Written by Ben Nichols.