Phoenicia the Hippopotamus appears in episode 206 of The Animal Show. She tells Stinky and Jake about hippopotamuses and how they are dangerous sometimes, even when they don't look dangerous looking. The puppet also appeared in Muppets Tonight episode 103 as one of the animals (along with Randall the Zebra) running away from a lion after "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The puppet appeared in the a cappela music video of "The Muppet Show Theme" released in 2016.