Dr. Teeth backstory headcanon blurb
Dr. Teeth is a hybrid of a Whatnot Muppet & a Spider Muppet. Muppet hybridization, while not illegal, is still somewhat stigmatized and his parents opted not to keep him. He has two extra sets of (unfortunately uncontrollable) arms that he keeps restrained & hidden, and his gold tooth encapsulates a venomous pincer. He was placed into foster care at about a month old and was shuffled from home to home (with varying degrees of quality), until he ran away to New Orleans as a teenager and was taken on as an apprentice by an elderly Whatnot woman who ran a supposed fortune telling shop. She’s a profit-obsessed grifter with a flair for the dramatic, but she’s also secretly quite warmhearted and encouraged him to pursue his dreams of stardom, giving him her hard-earned funds (and a couple of fake ID)s, to seek his destiny.