Meet the Feebles (also known as Frogs of War in New Zealand as the film's English fake working title) is a 1989 New Zealand adult puppet musical black comedy film directed by Peter Jackson, and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, and Danny Mulheron (who also performed the body of lead character Heidi the Hippo). The plot follows a stage troupe of anthropomorphic animals in a perverse comic satire. In contrast to the positive innocence and naïve folly of The Muppets, the Feebles largely present negativity, vice, and other misanthropic characteristics.

Plot

The Feebles Variety Hour theatre troupe is rehearsing, hoping to be chosen for a syndicated television show. Star performer Heidi the hippopotamus is insulted by Trevor, a rat and pornographic movie director and complains to her boss and lover, Bletch, a sleazy walrus, unaware that he's having an affair with a Siamese cat named Samantha.