New Muppet Princess Bride drawing! I know some folks will want Fozzie to have a way bigger role in Muppet Princess Bride, but honestly I feel like the role of Yellin is perfect for Fozzie. This line in particular is already so very Fozzie, I can hear him saying it so clearly in my head.  Fun fact, I had to redraw the second panel because for some reason in my memory it was Westley that gave Fezzik the order to rip Yellin's arms off. I almost wish I left it, just because the idea of dear sweet Kermit asking for arms to be ripped off is kinda hilarious to me. 

I've slowly been chipping away at drawing scenes from that imaginary Muppet retelling of the Princess Bride, figured it was about time to share what I've drawn on Tumblr!

This scene has probably been one of the most requested ones since I started doing these Muppet Princess Bride illustrations, but I held off attempting it for the longest time because I had no idea if I could pull off Miss Piggy's famous karate chop, and the shot of Kermit falling down the hill. But after hunkering down and putting pen to (digital) paper I managed to get something I'm pretty proud of!

Honestly, I'd love to see Muppet Princess Bride become a reality if only because I wanna see them huck Kermit down a hill. Muppets being thrown is peak comedy to me. 

More Muppet Princess Bride art! The last time I posted a Pepe/Kermit scene an Instagram user (jprmiller) wrote this hypothetical bit of dialogue in the comments, and it was too good not to turn into a full illustration. It's lines like this that have me fully convinced that an actual Muppet Princess Bride remake needs to happen one day, because it sometimes takes very little tweaking to make a perfectly Muppetified version of a Princess Bride quote.

Also, it wasn't until drawing this scene that I realised I totally forgot to give Pepe Inigo's scars... but then I kinda felt like that worked in a fun way... Maybe Pepe spends the entire movie talking about his backstory and showing off his "scars," but no one can see them. But he insists they're there, and they make him look really cool, okay?

Princess Bride comic for class - sorry for reposting, this is the post-crit fixes version

The Princess Bride (1987) studies

westley in the princess bride was so funny for being like ‘talk about this dead guy you loved lol’ and getting the tea about himself

oh he was ur true love? you thought he was hot n strong? rate him 1-10 and why

Here's my latest Muppet Princess Bride drawing! There's some roles in the Princess Bride that seem like they were tailor-made for a Muppet version, like Statler and Waldorf as the Ancient Booer. I knew I wanted them in this role, but it took me ages to figure out a good line for them. Shout-out to my friends for helping me workshop the dialogue for this one (Special shout-out to Jen Yates of Epbot for easing my mind that I was on the right track with this joke to begin with).

Piggy of course, would normally not take this kind of trash talk lying down, but she is a professional actress who wouldn't dream of breaking character on set... that's what she claims anyways.

QUALIFYING ROUND: 148th Tilt (FINAL TILT OF THIS ROUND)

Westley, The Princess Bride (1987) VS. Forge Fitzwilliam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Propaganda

Westley, The Princess Bride (1987) Portrayed by: Cary Elwes

Forge Fitzwilliam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Portrayed by: Hugh Grant

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Normalize throwing yourself down a hill for your lover

I have long said that in order for any comedy to truly succeed as a story, there has to be meat beneath the jokes. There has to be that moment when it is not funny any more.

This. This is that moment.

#honestly even though this is one of the best scripts there ever has been  #that is the greatest line  #it’s /groundbreaking/ in terms of how it frames vengeance quests; temptation beats; inigo as a comedic figure throughout the movie  #you know because this is a happy book (film) that inigo will get his revenge  #but will he get JUSTICE  #will he get ABSOLUTION  #will he get CATHARSIS  #those are the things we don’t know  #and that line sells it more than any of the previous scene (x)

also:

well now I’m crying

I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING

Best movie ever!

This might be yet another "This is funny mostly for me and me alone" set of drawings, but I was re-watching Princess Bride and this exchange between Westley and Inigo felt like a pretty natural fit for my Muppet version so I had to draw it out. I'd love to see how they'd handle a Muppet Westley/Inigo sword fight, you could always play it for laughs but it would also be really cool to see it played straight. 

This is true love. You think this happens every day?

No, this was literally my theory the first time I saw the movie when I was 10 years old. 

And secretly, every time I’ve watched it (my and my friends could recite it entirely at one point) when it gets to “inhale this but do not touch” I think, well, that was stupid he could have killed you right there.

...oh

@millenniallust4death would be curious on your thoughts

Hey kid, sorry I killed your dad with a huge sword. The cycle of violence is super fucked up isn't it. Hopefully it can stop with you.

Robin Wright + Cary Elwes in THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987), dir. Rob Reiner