# Are the muppets the reason names like Kermit and Grover have become archaic?

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And rarely better than here:

> [@There is a MONSTER at the end of this thread!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/86687/58):
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> But I was promised a monster.

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