The Monstrefact Omnibus: Jim Henson Roundup
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Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Monster Fact, a short form series from stuff to blow your mind focusing on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time. This is going to be an omnibus episode of The Monster Fact. This is where we take past entries and we cobble them all together, you know, collect them because they are related works. All of these episodes are going to relate to the works of Jim Henson. They're going to deal with creatures from Labyrinth, and they're going to deal with creatures from the Dark Crystal. So let's actually begin with Labyrinth. Let's start with an episode on the four guards of Labyrinth. One of my favorite films of all time is easily the 1986 fantasy musical Labyrinth, a movie that summons the combined creative talents of Jim Henson, Brian Fraud, Terry Jones, David Bowie, and composer Trevor Jones, just to name a few.
While its predecessor, the 1982 film The Dark Crystal, took its fantasy world creation incredibly seriously, Labyrinth leans more into pure musical fun and Python-esque absurdity. Now there's a lot of this flavor to discuss in Labyrinth, but I wanted to talk specifically about the four guards that Sarah encounters as she makes her way across the Goblin King's Labyrinth. They are dog-like humanoid creatures that guard a pair of doors. They are either conjoined beings and therefore two guards, or they are affixed behind their signature shields in a way that allow for two beings per shield. Their absurd appearance is of course linked to their visual resemblance to double headed European playing cards in which a king, queen, jack, or joker is double bodied and double headed in such a way that the card can be discernible from either side of the table.
According to S.T. Bindey and the excellent Labyrinth Bestiary, the heads of the left door guardian are Alf and Jim, while the heads of the right door are Ralph and Tim.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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0:00–13:56
2
What is the premise of the Labyrinth four‑guard puzzle?
13:56–17:31
3
How does Sarah determine which door leads to the castle and which to certain death?
17:31–20:03
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What logical trick (answer‑laundering) does Sarah use to outsmart the lying guard?
20:03–26:47
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Why are the fiery “Fieries” considered the most terrifying Labyrinth creatures?
26:47–27:21