The next morning, Honoka woke up early so she could practice for the show. "Okay, gather round, troops!" Kermit commanded. "Everybody, time to get this rehearsal going. Scooter, is everybody here?" "I'm here!" Honoka said. "Almost everyone, chief." Scooter said. "Hey, uh, anybody got any kerosene?" Miss Poogy asked as she came over carrying Miss Piggy's dresses. "I wanna take these old pig dresses out back and burn 'em." "What?!" Honoka glared. "Hold it right there, sausage snout!" A voice called out. Everyone then looked around and saw a shadow in the audience. "Piggy?!" Kermit asked. "You came to help us after all!" Honoka smiled at Miss Piggy. "Well, look what the cat dragged in." Miss Poogy scoffed before tossing the dresses aside. "Come on. Keep it up, Maurice." Miss Piggy told her assistant as she walked down the aisle. "Sorry, Miss Piggy, but you've been replaced... Permanently." Miss Poogy glared. "Oh yeah?!" Piggy glared back. "Yeah!" Miss Poggy responded. "I don't think so...sister" said Piggy. "Who are you calling sister...sister?" asked Miss Poggy. Miss Piggy karate chopped the other pig. "There's only one Miss Piggy, and she is moi." Miss Piggy said. "Yeah, well, you ain't seen the last of me!" Miss Poogy glared before leaving. "I'll be back!" "Yeah, yeah. Heard of mouthwash?" Miss Piggy rolled her eyes. "Thanks for coming back, Miss Piggy." Honoka smiled. The Muppets circled around Miss Piggy. "All right, all right, don't crowd me!" Miss Piggy told them. Everyone then stepped out of the way.
"Now I'm even more excited to be in the show!" Honoka smiled. "Must be because I'm here" Miss Piggy smiled back. "Yeah!" Honoka said. "Piggy? You came back." Kermit said to the pig. "I'm not here for you, Kermit. I'm here for them." Miss Piggy replied as she looked to the audience, soaking up the spotlight like a diva. "And besides, when this show's done, I'm catching the next plane back to my life in Paris." Honoka frowned as she wasn't going to stay with the Muppets. "Okay, Piggy, uh, okay. Places for the opening number, everybody!" Kermit called out, a bit nervously to the other Muppets. "Don't worry. I am sure Kermit will come back to his senses soon" Honoka assured Piggy. "He better" Piggy nearly grumbled. Veronica soon came over to sit down while texting on her phone. "Good morning, Veronica." Kermit greeted. "Morning, Frog." Veronica greeted back, a bit coldly. "Okay, gang, let's take it from the top." Kermit told his fellow Muppets before sitting down. Honoka sat in the audience as music began to play like in the Muppet Show from the 1980's. Sweetums suddenly ran on stage. "You missed your cue!" Kermit told him. "I know!" Sweetums replied before crashing. "There's kind of a rhythm to this, you know?" said Kermit. Honoka face-palmed as this wasn't going very well. "Oh, and if you like that one, what's the bear capital of the world? Mos-cow! Ah!" said Fozzie. The rehearsal continued on, but it seemed to be getting worse as it went on while Honoka watched. "Hey guys, stop. Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. What's the problem?" Kermit stopped the rehearsal. "We can't keep time without the drums, man! We need drums!" Floyd explained. Animal began to shake with frustration and he yelled "No drums! No drums! Jack Black said no drums!" "Animal, heel! Sit!" Floyd told him.
Walter sat by himself and looked around. "Oh. Hey, Walter?" Kermit greeted. "Oh. Uh, yes, Kermit?" Walter replied. "You think you might wanna help us out here? Maybe do something in the show?" Kermit suggested. "Yeah, because it looks like they might need an extra act." Honoka said as she came over. "Kermit, you know, you've been so nice to me, but I have to face the facts." Walter sighed softly. "See, the Muppets are so talented-" "Hey, guys, check it out! Fart shoes!" Fozzie smiled as he danced in new shoes which made a rude sound. "Patent pending!" Honoka snickered at that. "And... I don't have any talent at all. The truth is...I can't perform with you guys." Walter sighed in dismay. "That's not true, Walter. I'm sure that deep inside of you there is a talent just waiting to be let out" Honoka smiled. "Really?" Walter asked. "Yeah, you just have to believe in yourself and find it!" Honoka smiled. "Oh, well... Okay, Honoka... I'll try..." Walter replied. "Great" Honoka smiled. Later...
"Hey, Scooter?" Kermit asked as he approached Scooter. "What's left?" "Oh, uh, it's you, chief!" Scooter told him. "Your duet with Piggy." Kermit s nervously went to the door and saw Miss Piggy rehearsing for the song. "Miss Piggy?" Kermit came up to her, sounding nervous. "We're all out front practicing our acts and seems that everybody expects you and I to do a duet, so-" "Oh, that's so lovely, but I'm afraid I can't." Miss Piggy said to him. "No, no, you see, I'm already doing a duet with my new dance partner." "Hola!" Pepe the King Prawn greeted Kermit. "Okay, come on, rehearsing, let's go. We gotta break it up." "Excuse us." Miss Piggy told Kermit. Kermit seemed a little upset to see Miss Piggy alone with someone else, almost like he was heartbroken. "Kermit! There you are." Veronica said as she approached the frog. "I've been looking for you everywhere!" "So nice to see you, Veronica." said Kermit. "Who's hosting? Did you find a celebrity?" Veronica asked. "I'm hosting!" Honoka said as she approached them. She took out her phone and showed Veronica the same article she showed Kermit about μ's. "I suppose a school idol counts as a celebrity" Veronica shrugged before walking away. "Hey Kermit, I know the show is in 12 hours but I was thinking maybe we could just ask Tex Richman to give the studio back" Honoka suggested. "That would make things a lot easier" Kermit replied.
Honoka and the Muppets went to the building where Tex Richman works and Kermit tried talking to Tex in his office. "And the Muppets are like a big family" Kermit said, feeling a little nervous, but tried to keep himself together. "Well... And for us, that theater is... is like our home. Um, which is why, in conclusion, we humbly ask that you give us back our studio. It would certainly mean a lot to us. Uh..." "Hmm... Well, Mr. The Frog, let me see..." Tex replied before banging on his desk and standing up. That surprised Honoka. "I'm Tex Richman, Mr Texas Tea, People call me rich cause I got mo' money, I got more cheddar than some super sized nachos~" Tex smirked as he seemed to rap. "Got cash flow like Robert has De Niro's, I use more greens than Vincent Van Gogh, I make the baker bake my bread out of dough, No no don't eat it though it'll make you ill, There ain't no flour in a hundred dollar bill~" Everyone watched as Tex smirked to them, sounding rather cocky and devilish. There was even a disco ball with some Las Vegas dancers to accompany the song with the rather awkward dancing. "Little Muppets, it's time to give up your dream," Tex finished as he soon sat down and talked normally again. "The answer is no." "You could've just said that without the rapping" Honoka told him. "Contract." Tex said to Bobo and Uncle Deadly. They were showed the contract which was rather large and long, spreading out over the table.
"You see, Muppets, according to this contract, it's not just this studio you lose the rights to tonight. It's the Muppet name itself." Tex informed them. "What?!" Honoka glared. "And all characters under the Muppet name." Tex replied. "You've got to be kidding me! What possible use could you have for their name?!" Honoka said, angry. Tex pushed a button to answer her question. Then the Moopets came into the room. "Told ya I'd be back." Miss Poogy smirked. "Well, now I am... Back." Honoka hunched low to the floor, feeling humiliated now. "And I see you've met Mr. Richman, our new business partner." Miss Poogy smirked to the everyone. "The Moopets are a hard, cynical act for a hard, cynical world." Tex explained. "Hey, Fozzie! I want you to meet a friend of mine." Miss Poogy smirked to Fozzie. "Wocka Wocka." A bear like Fozzie with bling-bling like a gangsta smirked towards Fozzie. "You're relics, Muppets!" Tex mocked. "The world has moved on and no one cares about your goody-goody, hippy-dippy, Julie Andrews and Dom DeLuise hostin', singin'-and-dancin' act anymore! You're dead!" Honoka slammed her hands on Tex's desk. "None of that is true! You're just jealous because you don't have a sense of humor!" she yelled at him. "And I just come to bury you." Tex concluded. "Now, get out of my office." Honoka became more determined to save the studio. "We'll get the studio back! You'll see!" she told Tex before leaving. Outside...
"What is that supposed to mean?" Dr. Teeth asked everyone as they were denied. "You said you were gonna talk to the man!" "Guys! Okay, so maybe Kermit signed away the theater and the Muppet name, but as long as Honoka hosts the show, we can still pull off a heartwarming, last-minute triumph, right, Kermit?" Fozzie said to settle them down. Kermit was unsure if that would be possible. "Uh, well, uh, actually I don't see how we can, Fozzie." "What?!" The Muppets asked. "Guys, the show's in six hours, and we've barely rehearsed" said Kermit. "We can't give up now!" said Honoka. The Muppets looked at her. "We came all this way and I'm not going to give up saving your theater and your name without a fight! Who's with me?!" Honoka said confidently. "We are!" the Muppets cheered. Kermit was still unsure, however. "Don't worry. I promise the show will be a success" Honoka assured him. Kermit took a breath and said "...Okay. Let's do this"