Pretty great, right? Not without the flaws of other unified theories of personality (namely, people do not always behave consistently with their type), but still, a great way to work the Muppets into something applicable to everyday life.
So, here's the discussion question: Which kind of muppet is The Count?
Sure, at first glance he seems clearly in the order camp (he, by his own admission, loves to count, a clear sign of orderliness).
But there are two arguments for his inclusion in the Chaos camp.
Indulging his Order tendencies against the Ur-Chaos-Muppet |
On its own, this would seem to argue for the Count's inclusion in the order camp. After all, counting is his identity. Scariness is ancillary.
But watch the video below, and tell me that it is not the portrait of someone in the chaos camp. Particularly at 2:10 onward, the Count outs himself as a Chaos Muppet: "I wrote these letters myself... Oh, I'm not going to read them. I'm going to count them!... Ahahahaha!"
His need to count overwhelms any sense of orderliness about the very act of counting. The Count is crazy about counting! Thus, by overindulging his order-quality, the Count transforms himself into a Chaos muppet.
To discuss:
Which other muppets blur the line?
Are you an Order Muppet or a Chaos Muppet? Which particular muppet are you?
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