Trekkie Monster
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Trekkie Monster is a character in the Broadway musical Avenue Q who lives in a second floor apartment in a building on Avenue Q, which is a run-down street situated "somewhere in an outer borough of New York City." His name refers to Cookie Monster on Sesame Street, and to Trekkies, obsessive fans of Star Trek.[1] He looks a bit like the genial Muppet ogre Sweetums.
Trekkie Monster is obsessed with looking at and collecting porn on the internet, just as Cookie Monster is obsessive about cookies. He also has made millions of dollars investing in pornography on the stock market ("In volatile market, only stable investment is porn!"). He sings much of the song "The Internet is for Porn," which has since become a popular Internet meme.
Puppeteer Rick Lyon originated the role on Broadway.
When the London production of Avenue Q opened, small hand-puppet versions of Trekkie Monster were sold for two days only. Collectors highly value these puppets.
On 19 July 2007, Trekkie Monster made an appearance in Leicester Square, London, where lastminute.com had an inflatable bungee run set up. He and his puppeteer took part, and had some pictures taken with fans after completing the run.
[edit] References
- ^ Pincus-Roth, Zachary. Avenue Q: The Book. Hyperion, p.84. ISBN 140130298X. “Trekkie Monster is much like the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster—but with a more adult weakness... Marx: We wanted his name to indicate that he was obsessed, like Cookie Monster is obsessed with cookies. So we used 'Trekkie' both because it sounded like 'cookie' and because Trekkies are, by definition, obsessive fanatics.”
