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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which only mean they aren't a frog nor a pig, they're an entirely new species where the male have a frog-like form and female have a pig-like form.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

A form of sexual dimorphism. Honestly compared to real examples like the angler fish it's not even that weird.

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We could call them sometime like puppets or Muppets

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

First off, Hank Green, it's The Muppet Christmas Carol. Second, it is the best film version of A Christmas Carol hands down. I will die on this hill. Finally, we pretty much kicked any scientific accuracy to the curb, starting with pretending that Gonzo is Charles Dickens.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Got the most actual quoted lines from the book of any film version, plus you've got all of Dicken's direct-to-reader moralising delivered by Gonzo. And as well as being very faithful to the book, it is a superb film as well.

Michael Caine excels as Scrooge, too. I wouldn't say that he was better than Alastair Sim was in his version - that's a performance that would take some beating - but there's not much in it.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Got the most actual quoted lines from the book of any film version…

I think you forgot about the Patrick Stewart version.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(1999_film)

This is my favorite without muppets. Which means it’s my second favorite.

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 8 points 1 day ago

and like also frogs totally cant speak

[–] GheeButtersnaps@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I prefer my Dickens to be as dour and melancholy as possible. Which is why I've always liked the George C. Scott version the best myself. Other than sound volume issues with the blaring horns of doom I think it's great. But that's just me.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

May be they couldn't have kids because, i don't know, being entirely different species, so they adopted.

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like how in the Shrek universe, dragons and donkeys are the same species.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 9 points 1 day ago

Nope, all the dragon children are sterile cross species offspring like mules.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

That’s better than those demon dragon-donkey hybrids from Shrek.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Sometimes this happens with dogs though doesn’t it. Maybe they just took it to the extreme for puppets

Of course it's Hank Green who would question it lol. But you're not the only one!