Editing Kermit the Frog (section)

===Kermit in Internet culture===
In March 2007, ''Sad Kermit'', an unofficial parody, was uploaded to the website [[YouTube]], showing a store-bought Kermit puppet performing a version of the [[Nine Inch Nails]] song "[[Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)|Hurt]]" in a style similar to [[Johnny Cash]]'s famous cover version. In contrast to the real Kermit character's usual family-friendly antics, the video shows the puppet engaging in [[drug abuse]], smoking, [[alcoholism]], performing [[oral sex]] on [[Rowlf the Dog]], smashing a picture of Miss Piggy (with a breast exposed) and [[suicide attempt|attempting suicide]]. The video became an [[Internet meme]]. The ''[[Victoria Times Colonist]]'' called it an "online sensation".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=52be4b53-0258-4c68-b8e3-a1b0538e5718&k=56381 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209001427/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=52be4b53-0258-4c68-b8e3-a1b0538e5718&k=56381 |archive-date=December 9, 2007 |title='Sad Kermit' bares his soul online |date=December 9, 2007 |newspaper=Times Colonist |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' said it "puts the high in 'Hi-ho!'"<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043245/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/328027%2CCST-FTR-tube05.article |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |first1=Misha |last1=Davenport |title=Parody video puts the high in 'Hi-ho!' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Entertainment |date=September 30, 2007 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/328027,CST-FTR-tube05.article |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[London Free Press]]'' said "Sad Kermit is in a world of pain".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Columnists/Brown_Dan/2007/04/12/3992555.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070929100009/http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Columnists/Brown_Dan/2007/04/12/3992555.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |title=Sad Kermit is hurting |date=April 12, 2007 |work=[[The London Free Press]] |last=Brown |first=Dan |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Houston Press]]'' described it as the "world's most revolting web phenomenon".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-sad-kermit-video-6575062|title=The Sad Kermit Video|first=Ben|last=Westhoff|date=May 24, 2007|newspaper=Houston Press|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914130046/http://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-sad-kermit-video-6575062|archive-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> [[SF Weekly]] described the unauthorized video as "ironic slandering".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/its-so-easy-being-green-jim-hensons-lasting-music-legacy/Content?oid=2163091|title=It's so easy being green: Jim Henson's lasting music legacy|first=Jennifer|last=Maerz|newspaper=SF Weekly|date=June 20, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917155152/http://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/its-so-easy-being-green-jim-hensons-lasting-music-legacy/Content?oid=2163091|archive-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Clips have been featured on the Canadian television series ''[[George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight|The Hour]]'', where host [[George Stroumboulopoulos]] speculated that the Kermit version of "Hurt" was inspired by the Cash version rather than that of Nine Inch Nails.<ref>{{cite episode |series=[[George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight|The Hour]] |first1=George |last1=Stroumboulopoulos |network=[[CBC Television]] |date=April 4, 2007}}</ref>

Kermit has also appeared in a popular meme in which he is shown sipping tea, "one used when you sassily point something out, and then slyly back away, claiming that it's not [your] business".<ref name="Browne">{{cite magazine|url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2016/06/the-real-reason-gmas-tea-lizard-tweet-was-problematic.html|title=The Real Reason GMA's 'Tea Lizard' Tweet Was Problematic|magazine=New York Magazine|first1=Rembert|last1=Browne|author-link=Rembert Browne|date=June 21, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624035820/http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/06/the-real-reason-gmas-tea-lizard-tweet-was-problematic.html|archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref> The photo is taken from "Be More Kermit," a [[Lipton]] advertisement that aired in 2014, and was adapted into the "But That's None of My Business" meme by African American comedians on the [[Tumblr]] blog Kermit the Snitch, making appearances on [[Twitter]], [[Instagram]]<ref name="Fusion">{{cite web|url=http://fusion.net/story/316936/tea-lizard/|title='Good Morning America' calling a popular Kermit the Frog meme 'Tea Lizard' whitewashes its origin|publisher=Fusion|date=June 21, 2016|access-date=July 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713091000/http://fusion.net/story/316936/tea-lizard/|archive-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> and [[Facebook]].<ref name="Bustle">{{cite web|last1=Hayes|first1=Stephanie|title=#Kermit the Frog #ButThatsNoneofMyBusinessTho Memes Are Annoyingly Taking Over the Internet|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/29201-kermit-the-frog-butthatsnoneofmybusinesstho-memes-are-annoyingly-taking-over-the-internet|website=www.bustle.com|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720061532/http://www.bustle.com/articles/29201-kermit-the-frog-butthatsnoneofmybusinesstho-memes-are-annoyingly-taking-over-the-internet|archive-date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> Charles Pulliam-Moore of the TV station ''[[Fusion (TV channel)|Fusion]]'' praised "But That's None of My Business" as "a symbol for the comedic brilliance born out of black communities on the internet",<ref name="Fusion"/> but Stephanie Hayes of ''[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]'' magazine criticized the memes as racist and obscene.<ref name="Bustle"/>

In 2016, a ''[[Good Morning America]]'' post on Twitter referred to the "But That's None of My Business" meme as "Tea Lizard", becoming the subject of viral online derision. ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine replied that, "Kermit is a frog. A frog is an amphibian. A lizard is a reptile. It's just so insulting. Beyond a frog and a lizard both being clearly [[ectotherm]]ic, they couldn't be any more different. Not all green things are the same, you ignorant bastards".<ref name="Browne"/> ''[[Popular Science]]'' also addressed the misnomer, writing "Frogs, which are amphibians, have quite a few significant differences from reptiles in how they breathe, their life cycles, whether they have scales or not... there's a lot to absorb here."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popsci.com/why-tealizard-kermit-frog-is-not-lizard|title=Why #TeaLizard Kermit The Frog Is Not a Lizard|magazine=Popular Science|first=G. Clay|last=Whittaker|date=June 21, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725104115/http://www.popsci.com/why-tealizard-kermit-frog-is-not-lizard|archive-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref>

In November 2016, a new meme surfaced of Kermit talking to a hooded version of himself which represents the self and its dark inner thoughts. It involves captioning of a [[screenshot]] taken from the ''Muppets Most Wanted'' movie of Kermit and [[Constantine (Muppet)|Constantine]] looking at each other.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/evil-kermit-shithead-inside-us-all-246020 |title=Evil Kermit is the shithead inside us all |last1=Purdom |first1=Clayton |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=December 5, 2016 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119101820/https://www.avclub.com/article/evil-kermit-shithead-inside-us-all-246020 |archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>