AND Gonzo had a maho shojou anime transformation! Iconic

DRESSES WITH POCKETS BRING ME SO MUCH JOY

yes agreed every dress should have pockets UwU

I want a dress with pockets

@@Just_niaxx I feel happy for his userfull clothers.

Truee

Yo i was abt to sayyyy

he's absolutely rocking that skirt

gonzo don't like men he like chicken and chicken is a female rooster

@@erikalora7493 yeah, the chicken is trans !!👍👍💚

This is one of the most beautiful and eloquently worded comments I've ever gotten! Part of me regrets not talking about this song in detail in my analysis

@@aidanelizabeth I think the song is one great final thing to mention because of the line "there's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met" it can be interpreted in a lot of different ways but a lot trans and nonbinary people share similar stories and experiences and tend to gravitate towards each other and are able to connect with each other, sometimes on pretty deep level, because of it, even if they've only known each other for a short period of time

same here I still have the old muppet shows on disc planning on buying more if not out of budget range -w-

I didn't plan to cry at a comment about Gonzo today but here I am. 💕

This comment kinda creepy ngl

I'm more mad that he let chef use chickens in his recipes

@@ElfsArt24 Yeah same, I never cared about him liking a chicken, him doing that is worse.

Chickens are just hot. ... I've said too much.

Camilla! A FEMALE chicken. He is hetero to the bone.

​@@andros9657 I mean you can be queer and still like females, being heterosexual isn't a bad thing despite the very vocal minority in the community saying otherwise. (which I also don't get when people from and not from the community are bashing each other's sexualities, just saying we all got to respect each other regardless of who we like or what we look.)

haha agreed! he'd probably be equally comfortable* dressed as any of those things. just like he's been genuinely attracted to a huge variety of sentient beings (i think he's only into sentient beings...) -- chickens, human women, human men, Big Bird, pigs, frogs... the list goes on. Gonzo seems to feel that life is a banquet and he's here to taste everything he can. * I do know that Gonzo is a fictional character. Promise. Even though I know I didn't write my reply that way lol.

Well, Muppet Babies are a little bit less esotheric than the original Muppets, so it makes sense for that show to play it safer when it comes to Gonzo's over the top personality

@@heg203 Gonzo can be into whatever as long as they can consent, I say

@@kevinibarra7259 Except there's precedent in gonzo wearing dresses in previous muppet baby material. It's the quickest way to tell when that side is tying their own panties in a bunch over nothing.

you aren't clever or funny

Same tho!!!

I'm autistic, and though I've only been questioning my gender in the last few years I was a tomboy when I was little. I've always kinda felt like an "whatever", not quite fitting anywhere, it makes sense now why Gonzo was always my favorite.

...huh, I was an undiagnosed autist with adhd as a kid, and Gonzo was one of my top three fav muppet characters, probably the most favourite, and Animal and Fonzi the Bear were the other two. Beaker probably the fourth. I'm cisgender, but I never felt I fit in and also thought there were way too many dumb arbitrary lines about genders and "gendered" clothes that didn't make sense.

same here!

Gonzo is heavily implied to fuck chickens. Conservatives: I mean, who doesn't? Also, he's possibly into polygamy or at the very least polyamory, because he's rarely seen with just _one_ chicken. Conservatives: Can't fault him for that. In this one cartoon he puts on a dress-- Conservatives: Shit their pants in rage! (Yes, as mentioned, he has cross-dressed before, but they never seem to complain about that part?)

@@Wendy_O._Koopa Really? He isn't going steady with Camilla? Or do conservatives think all chickens look alike? That's specist!

@@yosefdemby8792 Early on there were different chickens, like Camilla, and Nellie, and maybe some others. During and interview, Dave Goelz revealed that no one on set could remember which chicken puppet was which, so the story goes that Gonzo would just assume that whatever chicken was with him was Camilla. Sooo... uh, it may be specist, but it has been confirmed by the creators, so make of that what you will.

@@Wendy_O._Koopa Ohhhhh.......... Yeah I just remembered: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n96Uq6l62M-Uj4k.html

absolutely! Bugs Bunny much?

@Joan-Elise Butler or maybe he just attracted to chickens no matter the gender?

@@twisterfd pansexual, but for chickens specifcly

@@epicgamer-ny4fj just like me without the chicken part

@@twisterfd Chickens all look the same to him.

@@yosefdemby8792 thats what I said

Hello I am also queer and obsessed with niche youtube video essays, do you happen to have any good recommendations for video essays you've enjoyed recently (I dont care what topic it's on, I'll watch basically anything plus I suspect we have similar taste)? My supply has run dry lol

I, I, I, me, me, me...It doesn't always have to be about you people. Settle yourselves down the world does not revolve around you people believe it or not.

@@Conker204 neither does it revolve around straight People so why are there so many straight Relationships in the media

@@Conker204 Jesus dude, people can express themselves without it affecting you, take a look in the mirror. You're getting upset over some queer people sharing their identities and interests amongst each other. "The world doesn't revolve around you" sounds like projection to me. Are we supposed to understand that it revolves around cis and straight people? I'm legitimately asking, because I can't piece together why someone would be so upset by such a nice comment. And we get called the sensitive ones...our community has been silenced for centuries, and if you don't like that we're loud and proud about our identities now, well then too bad, because there's nothing you can do about it.

@@beesknees4003 same here! I do have a recommendation of the video essay about how historically accurate the muppet Christmas Carol was within the costuming and I found it very entertaining. (I think if you look up historically accurate costuming in muppet Christmas carol it should be the top one). I also recommend youtuber Kaz Rowe

Thank you so much!!!

This is now, as it was then nothing more than an attempt to forward the false theories of childhood sexual agency. Which were originated by early "queer theorists" namely famous pedophiles and rapists beginning mostly at the turn of the 20th century and later advanced by Deconstructionists/Sexual theorists of the 1950s (virtually all of whom were molesting their young female students). This depiction of Gonzo is a child no older than 3 years of age. The "evidence" for supposed childhood sexual agency was invented by disgraced John Hopkins researcher John Money who ran numerous experiments on captive children and orphans and horrifically tortured them and gave them "orgasms" in a vain attempt to prove that his own sexual delusions and perversion were endemic in most children, and that sexuality was present from birth and simply could be "trained". Anyone who supports or repeats concepts of "fluid" sexuality or "queerness" being present in children is basing this statement off his "research". Even now most programs on Queer theory reference his work, and you have also referenced his work without realizing it. This is a destructive and violent concept and has created an epidemic of child predation that is growing year over year as the deranged concept of "queer theory" grows in academic circles. You have no idea what you are talking about and you are putting people, namely children in serious danger by attempting to whitewash this deranged and unscientific "theory."

Thank you so much! That's so incredibly kind!

Thank you! I never want any of my video essays to come across as aggressive or entitled. I just like talking about characters and stories that I love. I could talk about the muppets for hours : )

Stuff like that really means a lot to me. I'm really glad it resonated with you too

Same I'm somewhere in the bi/pan spectrum in terms of sexuality but I don't really care what you would you label it

@@themangoman9315 I'm honestly in the same boat. I go by Pan because it feels the closest and opens up a discussion on the topic, but I kind of dont like the compulsion to have a label.

@@themangoman9315 at this point I go by Pan primarily for the community I found in folks that are under that label. Just a swell bunch.

It's a very human thing that we put names on stuff we don't know about so it brings us comfort. We're afraid of the unknown. It sucks, but to those struggling with finding a name for what they are, I wish yall good luck

Same. I wore my moms wig and shoes as a kid a few times. Doesnt mean a thing. If Gonzo or anyone wants to wear a cloths of the opposite sex than let them. More often than not they'll grow out of it, and if they dont, who gives a shit.

People who want everything to fit neatly and quietly p into little boxed they create...conversely those sort also complain the loudest and dont like 'mess'....

In the past in USA, boys wore dresses in earliest childhood by default, because it made more sense to put fast-growing kids in dresses that they wouldn't outgrow as quickly and facilitated diaper changing and later on easier toilet training (as well as could easily be passed down to younger siblings), than get the children trousers they would rapidly outgrow and be more of a bother to change. There is even a photo of Franklin D Roosevelt at 2 and a half years old, in a dress and with long hair ("for a boy"). This whole "oh no a boy child in a dress" is a fairly recent phenomenon.

Exactly! Gonzo is a femboy, not an enby.

@@Meeshilin_Man I think the term you're looking for is drag queen?

you wish anyone cared that much

This is now, as it was then nothing more than an attempt to forward the false theories of childhood sexual agency. Which were originated by early "queer theorists" namely famous pedophiles and rapists beginning mostly at the turn of the 20th century and later advanced by Deconstructionists/Sexual theorists of the 1950s (virtually all of whom were molesting their young female students). This depiction of Gonzo is a child no older than 3 years of age. The "evidence" for supposed childhood sexual agency was invented by disgraced John Hopkins researcher John Money who ran numerous experiments on captive children and orphans and horrifically tortured them and gave them "orgasms" in a vain attempt to prove that his own sexual delusions and perversion were endemic in most children, and that sexuality was present from birth and simply could be "trained". Anyone who supports or repeats concepts of "fluid" sexuality or "queerness" being present in children is basing this statement off his "research". Even now most programs on Queer theory reference his work, and you have also referenced his work without realizing it. This is a destructive and violent concept and has created an epidemic of child predation that is growing year over year as the deranged concept of "queer theory" grows in academic circles. You have no idea what you are talking about and you are putting people, namely children in serious danger by attempting to whitewash this deranged and unscientific "theory."

Yeah. I don't know if he knew Big Bird was a male.... or six years old.... And.... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n96Uq6l62M-Uj4k.html

Now I would like to hear some of those jokes or your headcanons

I 100% hc Miss Piggy as trans.

@@taylorgreen9929 I never thought of that, but now I hc it too!

Matt Baume has an excellent video called "Richard Hunt: The Gay Man Behind the Muppets" that is well worth the watch about this (which I see is linked at the end, but definitely a good watch).

I've always loved Gonzo, now I think I know why

How can you be non binary but gay at the same time? Does it mean you're attracted to other non binaries?

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 it's up to each individual non-binary person whether or not they consider themselves gay - i know a lot of nb lesbians (myself among them), and they're attracted to women and non-binary people. it's all very subjective, there's no one way to be non-binary :^)

@@lizardhats8637 but doesn't non binary mean you have no gender? Being homosexual means you are attracted to your own gender. Isn't the point of NB that there's none? Also how can an enby be a lesbian? The term lesbian is only used for females who like other females

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 i'm not gonna argue my own identity with u lol, being gay or a lesbian usually comes with different presentations and ideas of gender. not every lesbian or gay person is 100% a man or woman

This whatever sees your whatever and sends good vibes.

The issue is the pushing this on kids. Its a clear indication of grooming kids. Disney has said it themselves that they want this stuff in their cartoons.

@@luby305 What are you talking about? Nothing is being pushed. The episode is just saying that it's ok for people to be different and like different things. That's no different from the messages of community and co-operation they've been saying in Sesame Street since it started.

I remember thinking about that one day and I ended up realizing that the reasoning was off considering that Frank Oz did the voice of Miss Piggy. Moreover, in cartoons plenty of females have done the voices for young boys and in some cases men have done the voices for women. So the person doing the voice doesn't really indicate any aspect of the character's identity....not gender, age, race, or nationality. The writing for the character has to do that.

@@weakvsfire Exactly! The voices of the character dont always mean the gender. Especially in what you see now in anime with females doing younger males voices-

@@Yamaguchi_Tadashi let's also not forget the fact that kid gohan in the English dub and hell in the original sub is voiced by a woman and to that is fucking awesome

@@grey9507 Exactly!

Finally someone says something! Thank you Tadashi Yamaguchi

It’s you!

It was supposed to have the same message as _Follow That Bird!_ . Something like this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g59pfsmZs7yapKM.html You know, how family isn't necessarily blood and matching DNA, but love and care.

@@yosefdemby8792 I actually really love the social worker in that movie. She had really good intentions and was willing to let Big Bird stay when she realized those intentions weren't what was best for him.

@@Fairygoblet You don't think her "stick with your own kind" narrow-minded?

@@yosefdemby8792 I do think it's narrow-minded. But I do think that she had good intentions because a big bird was still living alone technically and B it's actually a controversy in adoption itself whether or not to do what she did (as in, keep the child with a same race family, which some think is a good idea and some do not )she was actually flexible enough to change her mind when she realized her mindset didn't suit the situation

neurodivergent gonzo just makes sense :)

Me too

Gonzo is hetero. Go watch the Wishing Song video from the Muppet Shoe. And he also fell in love with female chicken named Camilla.

@@andros9657 no one said gonzo wasnt hetero

I didn't know what you wear determines your gender identity. I though we were against that..?? Calling a young boy gay or trans just because he's effeminate and wears dresses is mad discriminatory- Like we're saying, it's just a dress.

@@Meeshilin_Man I never commented on Gonzo wearing a dress in the original comment. I only said how as a non binary person myself I feel myself relating to Gonzo because of what I went through

But how did you knew that already

I'd wear the mask I really like how it looks

Bc boys cant wear dresses, right?

@@waffigo ok so why does gonzo wearing a dress make him gender neutral/fluid/nonbinary? Thats my point, by making gonzo 'identify' as nonbinary just shows little boys who want to wear dresses that they arent boys

@@lindsaypaige4628 Because there's enough evidence to imply that he could be non binary. Like the video said he could be non binary, or just cis. There's enough evidence for both.

@@lindsaypaige4628 on one hand that's a decent point - there should be more boys in dresses in media! boys are allowed to wear whatever they want, and if that's a pink frilly dress or one like their favorite princess, that's great! just like steven universe, who wears a dress in the episode "sadies song," season 2 episode 16. but there is a lot of evidence for Gonzo being a gender whatever, too. the writers didn't make him fit that mold for any agenda, but because he's a great fit to be seen as that. also sorry if i came off as argumentative, it's the only way i know how to express opinions when writing. thanks school 😬

@@lindsaypaige4628 they were Gender neutral/non binary before they wore a dress yknow

You mean because Kermit would often wear wigs early in his career?

ive always seen kermit as straight cis but an intense ally that drives the other puppets to pride

I am personally and ally not a lgbtq member but I personally see what you mean by Kermit but he seems more like a ally to me it make more sense, to me obviously, that Fozzie is bi and Janice makes 100% sense

@@Daleo56 i agree, janice always screamed trans fem from the moment i saw her

maybe you prefer no pronouns!! i've seen people just go by their names :)

@@mio3002 that’s honestly what I’m thinking, but I’m probably just going to tell people they/them so it’s easier to explain.

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Thank you so much! This video is already doing much better then my most recent content : )

You know, eating a tire is probably pretty up there.

@@taylorgreen9929 oh absolutely. to the flight of the bumblebee, no less

Indeed, I also remember hearing a few stars in one of the movies refer to Gonzo as an it. This really makes the most sense given that no one knows what Gonzo is and therefore trying to assign a gender to Gonzo would be out of place.

Weirdo, Whatever, makes no difference, so long as you don't think he's an alien.

No. He's definitely not an alien.

Ahhhh yes! Thank you so much!! I hope you like it!

I have few more in the works right now! Thank you for your support!