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 puppet 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 with hopes of finding success through being picked up for a syndicated television show. Star performer Heidi the hippo is insulted by pornographic rat director Trevor, and complains to her boss and lover, Bletch the walrus, unaware that he is having an affair with a cat named Samantha. Robert, a porcupine and the troupe's newest member, arrives and immediately falls in love with a dog named Lucille, where he successfully serenades her with encouragement from Arthur, the show's worm manager.