In the 4th episode of the 2nd season of House of the Dragon entitled The Red and the Golden Dragon Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) welcomes the young Oscar Tully (Archie Barnes) in the spooky castle Harrenhal to discuss supporting his house.
House Tully, with the trout as its heraldic animal, is best known for Catelyn Stark from Game of Thrones, who married after Winterfell. But unlike her relatives from 200 years ago, she was not named after furry dolls from children’s television.
House Tully from House of the Dragon is named after Muppets from Sesame Street
For the Lords of Riverrun, fantasy author George RR Martin took the liberty of Fire and Blood * a funny joke. Oscar Tully from the most recent episode is actually Oscar from the trash can from the long-running children’s show Sesame Street. But the series of references doesn’t end there.
For the HBO series, Oscar was apparently combined with his brother from the books, who in all seriousness Kermit Tully It’s a shame, because the title of the classic Muppet ballad It’s Not Easy Being Green by Kermit the Frog would have been a great fit for the series. Team Green can literally sing a song about it.
Oscar then mentions his ailing grandfather, whom Daemon would prefer to see dead so that the malleable youth can command the troops of House Tully in his opinion. The name of the old head of the family is Grover TullyIn case that doesn’t ring a bell: Grover is the original English name of the blue Muppet, who we know here as Grobi.
The name of Oscar’s father, who, according to him, died at a young age, is also not mentioned: Elmo Tully. Unfortunately, the maesters did not tell us whether he was ticklish. However, it is historically documented how the original Elmo from the House of Sesame once negotiated peace between Tyrion Lannister and his sister Cersei. See for yourself:
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When will House of the Dragon continue?
New episodes of House of the Dragon are released weekly on Sunday night on Sky and WOW. The next episode will be available in the early hours of July 15, 2024 on the program schedule.
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