Bunsen Honeydew

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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
The Muppets character
First appearance	The Muppet Show (episode 108)[1]
Created by	Jim Henson
Voiced by	Howie Mandel (Muppet Babies; 1984–1985) Dave Coulier (Muppet Babies; 1986–1991) Eric Bauza (Muppet Babies 2018–2022)
Performed by	Dave Goelz (1976–present)
In-universe information
Species	Muppet
Gender	Male
Title	Doctor (Ph.D.)[1]
Occupation	Scientist, inventor
Nationality	American

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a Muppet character from the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show, created and performed by Dave Goelz. He is a bald, yellow-green skinned, bespectacled, lab-coated scientist who presented periodic science segments from "Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today." The character has no eyes, only completely transparent, lensless glasses, giving the appearance of a stereotypical absent-minded intellectual. Bunsen's experiments usually cause great harm to his very nervous and long-suffering assistant Beaker, a nearly mute Muppet with a shock of reddish hair.^[2]

Bunsen's first name is derived from Robert Bunsen, after whom the Bunsen burner was named. His last name is a reference to the honeydew melon, which his head resembles, as well as to Honeywell Labs, a technology company which aired TV commercials ("That someday is today ... at Honeywell") well-known at the time of The Muppet Show.

Some of the inventions that were created and tested included: edible paper clips, all-purpose tenderizer, exploding hats, a gorilla detector, hair-growing tonic, a banana sharpener, a robot politician (played by Peter Ustinov), and an electric nose warmer. In response to the ancient quest of alchemy to turn lead into gold, Honeydew created a device that turned gold into cottage cheese. However, his various inventions and experiments almost always malfunction or backfire with Beaker being the victim.