Thread:Ty Sargent/@comment-44711008-20200611145434/@comment-45381106-20200724035743

You know, I've been thinking about the Muppet movies, and you know what's always irked me? The fact that Camilla does not make a single appearance in ''Muppets from Space. ''Camilla, Gonzo's chicken girlfriend, not in a movie starring Gonzo himself. So I've wondered, if Camilla had a role in the film, what would it be? Well, I've thought this through, and here is my answer:

First, in the opening scene of Gonzo awaking from his nightmare, Camilla could hear Gonzo's screams of "No! I don't want to be alone!" and enter into his room to talk to him, her clucks translating to, "Gonzo? Are you okay?" to which Gonzo replies, "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just...I've always wanted to know where I came from or who I am. (sigh) Goodnight, Camilla." and heads back to bed. As Camilla leaves, she turns back to the weirdo and allows a tear to roll down her face, clearly sympathetic toward Gonzo's identity crisis.

Later, when Gonzo looks at the picture of himself alone on the beach, Camilla is seen near the front door, with a look on her face that solidifies her role in the film, as she plans to do what it takes to help Gonzo feel better about himself, even if it means confirming the existence of other Gonzos.

After this, in the scene where Gonzo looks at the stars on the roof at night, Camilla climbs up the roof to join him, and even gets to look at the telescope Gonzo holds, thus warning him about the shooting star about to electrocute him. After the cosmic fish scene, after checking up on the weirdo, she becomes the first other Muppet to learn Gonzo is an alien, and the only one (besides maybe Kermit) to believe and fully support him. She also assists Gonzo in attempting to contact his alien relatives, from starting the lawnmower that Gonzo rides (managing to contort her wings to make a thumbs-up gesture), to building the Jacuzzi, to enlisting Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker to help.

Before the scene where Gonzo travels to the UFO Mania! set to reveal his message, Camilla, after congregating with other Muppet chickens, looks around to ensure no one else is present, then signals for Gonzo to approach. Clucking quietly, she packs for Gonzo a picture of the message in the mowed lawn, the yellow telescope, and an earpiece (so Camilla can regularly inform him on where to go and what to say). As Gonzo leaves, Camilla pats him on the shoulder, as if to wish him luck. At the boarding house, she watches Gonzo on UFO Mania! Live, nodding in approval as he tells his story.

Later, when the Muppets find out Gonzo's been kidnapped by C.O.V.N.E.T., they of course panic...except for Camilla; she apparently had a hunch such events would occur. Displaying a cooler level-headedness than even Kermit and a very calm attitude, she reveals her innate strategic abilities and recommends Bunsen and Beaker for creating gadgets to help save Gonzo. She also apparently knows where C.O.V.N.E.T. is (Gonzo is still wearing his earpiece), and serves as navigator for Fozzie as he mans the Electric Mayhem Bus (being the comedian that he is, Fozzie can understand chickens).

When the bus arrives, Camilla leads the gang to the entrance, and as the Muppets enter, Camilla gestures as if to say, "I'm going in." She dons a ninja costume and, in a homage to spy thriller movies, leaps, flips and crawls through the heavily guarded areas of the facility, always avoiding surveillance detection. Once in the clear, she reunites with the other Muppets, then picks up the scent of rat poison. Knowing that the whatever's best friend, Rizzo, is a rat, and deducting where K. Edgar Singer would keep his lab rats via inner thought detective work, the chicken effectively leads the others to Dr. Van Neuter's laboratory, in spite of Pepe's protests ("I don't care what anybody says, I'm not taking the word of a stinking chicken, okay!"). Kermit replies, "Stop it, Pepe. Camilla knows more about Gonzo than perhaps the rest of us. If anyone knows consistently where Gonzo is and how he's feeling, it's her."

After escaping, Camilla drives the bus to Cape Doom, to which Miss Piggy points out, "Does anyone else find it weird that a chicken is driving this bus?" Pepe agrees with her. "At least Fozzie's got fingers, okay." Camilla does a slow burn toward Miss Piggy, visibly furious at this back-talk. Uncharacteristically, Piggy sheepishly apologizes, and the chicken shrugs. She focuses on the road even as the bus is horded by fans, and acts as bodyguard for Gonzo as he arrives at the meeting spot. At the beach, Camilla, standing at the very front of the crowd, gets a good look at the spaceship, points to it with her right wing, and nods with a smug smile on her beak that screams, "Ha-ha! I told you so!" She later does a brilliant tap dance routine during "Celebration", tapping and rubbing her feet across the sand. During the reunion "Gonzo cannonball" ceremony, as opposed to the other shocked Muppets, Camilla watches closely with a serious look, implying she's witnessed this stunt before and knowing that Gonzo will come out without a scratch, which he does, and while the other Muppets cheer, Camilla nods and gives an expression that says, "See?"

When K. Edgar Singer arrives to take back Gonzo, Camilla springs into action, protecting the aliens from Ed's "really big gun" by stretching out her wings and willingly sacrificing her own life in the process. When it comes time to say goodbye, Gonzo tries to inform her he'll miss her the most of all the Muppets, but Camilla stops him, gesturing that if he keeps saying goodbye, he'll never get home, and saluting like an American soldier as he's about to leave. When Gonzo decides to stay on Earth, she shrugs and smiles. She finally appears alongside the others to watch the stars on the roof.