Robin the Frog is Kermit the Frog's young nephew. He has appeared in most Muppet productions since The Muppet Show (but is notably absent in Muppets Tonight). He loves to spend time with his Uncle Kermit, his best friend Sweetums, and his boys' club, the Frog Scouts.
Robin first appeared in The Frog Prince as Sir Robin the Brave. One of his most famous moments was singing "Halfway Down the Stairs", a song based on a poem by Winnie the Pooh creator A. A. Milne. He also has an important role in Episode 212 of The Muppet Show, when he was feeling sad for being so small, until the guest star Bernadette Peters and all Robin's Muppet friends sing the song "Just One Person" to cheer him up. Robin played the role of Tiny Tim in The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Robin has appeared mostly in minor roles. He seldom appeared in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (due to Jerry Nelson's illness at the time of filming), portraying the Green Fairy in the "Moulin Scrooge" number. It was also revealed that in the world in which Kermit was never born, Robin would have been a barback at Club Dot.
After a five-year absence, Robin returned in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as performed by Matt Vogel. He wore his Tiny Tim attire in a 2009 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and made a non-speaking cameo appearance in the film The Muppets. Robin, along with his Uncle Kermit, appeared again on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to sing "When the River Meets the Sea" on December 23, 2011, once again, performed by Matt Vogel.
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“It does make a big difference, it is why Robin Hood lives,
crime if you know the reason if you know the motive
if you can understand the character if it is not a
normal one is not interesting a crime in itself is
not interesting it is only there and when it is there
everybody has to take notice of it. It is important
in that way but in every other way it is not
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—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“An old pond—
a frog tumbles in—
the sound of water.”
—Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)