#riverbottom

[p1zzaparty]

Hello and welcome to my pitch for a Muppet spin-off movie of It Ch 2

idk if anyones ever done this before so just know i took no inspiration from anyone but my own knowledge of muppets and my love for this movie

A LOT of these will be based mostly on looks with only a few exceptions on personality. No i will not be taking any questions or criticisms at this time

Rq note i am not including the cast of Sesame street just because this is my casting and i can make up any rules i want

Starting off very strong

Kermit as Eddie Kaspbrak

NOW before i get booed off stage im very aware this is not accurately cannon in some eyes. Yes, i am aware Kermit usually plays, BUT NOT ALWAYS, a main character in these adaptions. Not that Eddie isnt a main character, i can just see the argument that Bill is more of the focused lead so therefore he should play Bill. But nay i say, nay because back in his Sesame Street days Kermit was wayyyy more snippy and had a real temperament with him. He was sassy, rude, and honestly a real asshole and i felt like that's perfect for Eddie. He's also a bit timid still and i feel like he could play a perfect, annoying little hypochondriac.

Its also because i wanted to make Miss. Piggy play Myra as a small gag

I felt soooo smart and funny for that one

no hate to her tho, miss piggy is a woman of class

Speaking of my incredible massive brain

Fozzie bear as Richie Tozier

Admittedly my connections are very lazy and just, 'Comedian, bear, Kermits best friend, perfect.' What more could you ask for. Though i will say i AM in agreeance with most of you, Richie and Eddie would normally be Bert and Ernie. Its perfect for them and i love it trust me. But again i wanted to branch out of Sesame Street and stick strictly to Muppet characters. Muppet movie characters. Muppets who dont live on sesame street.

He's goofy, he's loud, his jokes are awful, he's "accidentally" received messages from gay guys looking for a bear. His fashion is colorful and bright.

This is about as far as my intelligence led me

Continuing, i actually had a hard time for this one because i kept switching back and forth between two candidates, so take this one with a heavyy grain of salt

Rowlf (?) as Mike Hanlon

Im not entirrrely feeling this one, especially because Mike is a lot more bombastic than Rowlf. Hes excitable and energetic while Rowlf is more laid back. And Mike cannot play the piano to save his fucking life honest to god. So i feel like im doing Mike a disservice here by casting Rowlf, even though Rowlf is one of my favorite muppets. Honestly Gonzo was a heavy contender for him, but Rowlf just felt more aesthetically like Mike. Plus they both enjoy freeform Jazz.

Walter as Ben Hanscom

okay so this is going to get me thrown into the pits but i'm going to be honest with you all

I did not like Ben in the It modern day reboots.

I HAVE a lottt to say about how theyve handled Ben, Bill, Bev, and Mike in these movies, but you aren't here for that you're here for Muppets.

That is to say, since they made my man as bland as possible i decided it was only equally fair to make him Walter. NOT THAT WALTER IS BLAND, he's actually a more complex character than they gave to Ben. 'Ben, are you a man, or are you a muppet?'

It just felt right, he's positive, he's genuine, sweet and kind to the other losers, a bit awkward at times, and he was severely bullied as a child. My little wheat toast princess

Gonzo as Bill Denbrough

So you know how i said i kept going back and forth with Gonzo and Rowlf for Mike

The same applies here. Personally i feel like Gonzo fits a bit more with Bills personality. He's impulsive and a bit all over the place. Almost the entire movie he looks like he's been through the spin cycle with no dryer sheet to keep him from getting static. Plus he just throws himself into dangerous life threatening situations. As for who'd play Georgie? Girl i don't know stop asking me questions

Definitely Robin though, i think he's the only child Muppet i can think of

God hes got those James McAvoy eyes..

Okay this one was extremely difficult to cast

Jill as Beverly Marsh

Do you all know Jill from the muppets? Of course you havent, she literally shows up in ONE scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Where she has about 5 lines before is never used again in any other project. Except supposedly in Muppet babies which?? Not going down that rabbit hole

This one was entirely based on looks because as you may all know, there isn't a lot of female muppets besides Miss Piggy. And she cant do ALL the heavy lifting here people. Most notably there is another pig muppet from the 2015 office spin off named Denice who COULD very well be Beverly. But i felt more confident with this choice, especially since it'd be kind of confusing to cast another pig-woman-muppet, who has ALSO been in a relationship with Kermit before. And god forbid i want my Stephen King Muppet movie to make sense people.

She actually looks more accurate to 90s miniseries Bev so take that as you will.

Scooter as Stanley Uris

I feel VERY confident in this choice. As a number 1 fan Scooter i feel like he fits perfectly for the cast as Stan. He's polite, he's dorky, he's usually forgotten, but still valuable to the crew nonetheless. I don't have anything else to really add to, he's just perfect.

Don't know how i feel about seeing a muppet end its own life but you know

Lastly, with almost every Muppet movie there's at least ONE human character

So obviously It'd be Pennywise

Personally id like it to be specifically Tim Currys Pennywise. If not for his amazing acting, his fun and vibrant personality as Pennywise, but also for the fact itd be his second time as a Muppet villain and thats really funny to me. Nonetheless either will do. I find it really funny imagining a very serious cosmic horror clown ripping apart muppet children while they did that puppet flail

That's all i have to relay today thank you

[plumsaffron]

You keep asking for an ultimate goal but you still refuse to see the very thing in your face that Marinette should have pissed off. You manage to do something amazing. Eat the main causer’s creation of making her this way and prompting as it’s Lila only. You spout and presume too much (Pity you are so much like Mari).

Not only that, you managed to thirst harder than Marinette could and ironically resonate greatly with many of Marinette’s accursed actions. You sought only for quick fixes. You refuse to see how someone can change depending on what is done against them. The Sheep, and antagonists or villains are quite aware how she can get but would still prompt her do it

More embarrassing when the so called hero ain’t supposed to be making the villain’s playground prosper and making enemies in a place where people are rather weak to Hawk Moth influence. Or shouldn’t have more out to hurt her way of life like she complains Chloe only does. Super embarrassing when the villain’s only one that’s called their most astounding, that hasn’t shown signs of betrayal or threatening and foiling him purposely, nothing.) And yet they act like Lila had no reasons or motives. BRUH

Types that blame Lila if all suffers if The Sheep grants free reasons to give Lila free ones and for the the Sheep get her friends caught up in the situation she so called claimed she wouldn’t want her friends involved in. And you some reason are too corrupted to see the Sheep willingly will head towards an avoidable goal by any means just to force all to see her way as the only path.

You speak about manipulation, the common buzzwords losers use as the boogey term, exclusive for what doesn’t align to the so called hero’s side. It’s a legendary way the so called hero(es) doing it and spamming are avoided. The funnier thing is manipulation is actually pretty normal and has no alignment. The range varies but the fools unnormalizes it and associates it with the antagonist or villains can only do it and so many fell for it.

I got even more awful news.

Self manipulation is a real thing too.

For realsies though, I think it’s hella funny how an idiot that has much experiences and should know better and experience with her past stupidity done to people good to her managed to make a bunch of bozos abandon that and target the effect she caused and wanting anyway to make this effect seem like they are actual cause. And bonus, the idiot was told by those good to her to not be a fiend. More embarrassing is what’s told in Pretension remains true. Kind of like many dense viewers.

But I get she’s like many for real. Epically relatable y’all cause y’all umm...

What’s more embarrassing is that Lila’s vow to make Marinette be the nothing that Ladybug succeeded doing to her first and Marinette attempted doing to her (or thought she succeeded at IRONICALLY doing towards Lila but successfully to Chloe), is ignored.

[billlaotian]

[keystonewarrior]

unstoppable force (me trying to teach kids to be informed, competent, and independent)

versus

immovable object (those who 'don't want to learn but they hate what they don't understand'l

[hotjmess]

"Look at the birds ...up in the trees...."

Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas - The Riverbottom Nightmare Gang

Town

[ladytabletop]

have you done a d10 list of weird boats/ships before?

There are rings for oars, you think, but no oars aboard. There is a mast for sails, you think, but no sails to be seen. Still, the ship seems to be propelled forward, guided by unseen force despite its bare decks, devoid of crew and cargo alike.

The spiderwebbed rigging is the product of the arachnid that sits where you imagined the crow's nest should be. "It's her ship," the crew whispers, "we go where she bids. Her brood is in the hold."

The whole thing is made of glass, from bow to stern. You can see straight through down to the water beneath the hull. It's unsettling; moreso when you spot the shark-like creatures keeping pace with the vessel.

It's carved of teak, of all things. The shipwright was a demigod, they say, from a time when trees grew large enough for a ship to be carved whole from a branch - not even a trunk, a branch! No telling how long she's been asea, but she never wants for crew. Many a sailor would give up their greatest treasures to sail on her decks.

The flag it flies is known to no man. If you look away too long, its colors have changed again. It otherwise appears ordinary. But time goes a bit wobbly when that flag changes, the crew claims.

The churning turbines on its underside were torn from conquered mills. They kick up the silty riverbottom and leave whirlpools in the ship's wake. Its masts were the grists, the poles that did the turning, and its sails are flour sacks sewn together. What cause does a miller have to take to the water?

You'd never met a ship with a mindwright before, but that's what they seem to call the man in the brig. He could be sleeping, you think, but it is his will and his will alone tethering this ship to reality. By all rights it shouldn't exist: a hulk of bone and rot from a creature long-dead. The brig is to keep things out, not to keep him in, for if he is disturbed, the whole vessel will go to the drown.

Ebbs and flows, waves and still waters: the ship contains them all. You're unsure of the magic animating it, but you can walk on the deck and pull a line and turn the wheel just as you would on a mundane boat, albeit with wet hands and feet. The dampness chills your very bones.

Chains writhe around the hull with a horrible grinding cacophony. They crawl up the masts like ivy and weave in and out of portholes. That much weight might sink a ship, except the chain leviathan lurking beneath the waves holds it aloft. Those who set foot on its decks never see shore again.

You watch, incredulous, as the paper unfolds, and again, and again and again and again, into a four-masted vessel with trimmed sails and an origami figurehead.

all d10 lists

[chaifootsteps]

⭐️⭐️⭐️

1. Many of the dishes (and the most egregious acts of animal cruelty) in Cream, Salt, Wine, Crystal are based on real life delicacies. The "celebratory meal of young nebrie" at the end combines about three into one. In terms of lighter trivia, the riverbottom nightmare is a reference to Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, because I love slipping references to other Jim Henson works into Dark Crystal fics.

2. “The skeletons are watching.” “Mm, have I got a bone for them.” John Kassir, the voice of the Crypt Keeper, really loves this particular pun and if he's giving an interview or talking on a panel, he will find an excuse to use it. He did when I saw him in person.

3. There's a moment in A Fundamental Difference where Aileron tells Arcee that he'll find a way to become his most authentic self, and at the time, I didn't realize this was kind of a buzzwordy phrase. An old trans lady said it to me and it was the first time I'd ever heard it. It meant a lot to me.

[groovycat18]

Wishes for Muppets Mayhem Season 2?

Anything you want to see happen or expanded on in another season of the series?

Here are my personal wishes:

1. Seeing more of the band’s family members, such as Floyd parents, Janice’s twin sister, and Zoot’s great aunt.

2. Episodes focused on Lips and Zoot, maybe backstory episodes that explain how they each joined the band. I know I’d want to see Lips’ story!

and 3. I want Solid Foam, or Clifford or Digit at least, to make cameos! Or have the band be referenced at some point! I mean, they referenced the Riverbottom Nightmare Gang and the Feebles, so why not them?

What would you want to see in a new season, my fellow Mayheads?

[thecrazyneographist]

Riverbottom Hid

Named after a song.

Of mixed feelings about this one.

[devilsrecreation]

The Mayhem referencing The Riverbottom Nightmare Gang implies that they have beef with literal teenagers (at least I’m assuming) and now I want to see how that went down

Imagine if they had a battle of the bands

They probably DID have a battle of the bands

[plumsaffron]

Purposely Wanting and Trying To Find Something Wrong With A Character Is Quite Putrid. Hating Some Character Only Because Of Lack Of Information To Satisfy You Is Really Stupid.

[fallziell]

Anhören/Kaufen: Riverbottom Nightmare Band von Anal Cunt

[pwposting]

Riverbottom Nightmare Band!

[speakinmylovelanguage]

episode/track 8 at 8:07

I REALLY DON’T THINK I CAN EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW LOUDLY I SCREAMED WHEN MUPPETS MAYHEM REFERENCED EMMET OTTER’S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS Y’ALL 😭😭😭😭

riverbottom ✨ NIGHTMARE BAAAAAND ✨

[proserpine-in-phases]

Man I was going to drive to the nearest barnes and noble for shits and giggles, but when I was on the riverbottom road a deer decided to fling itself into the side of my truck. This does not at all do anything to assuage the "all deer are suicidal" allegations

Anyway my truck seems fine? Big dent in the side right ahead of the tail lights tho