Puppet Shows

A very old form of spectacle, Puppet Shows use some kind of puppetry to feature their characters in real-time (setting it apart from animation, including Puppet Stop Motion). Mostly seen within children's entertainment, but also used for satirical parodies, with puppets caricaturing real-life people.

There are two main categories of such shows:
 * Hand Puppets, the most well-known being Jim Henson's The Muppets.
 * Marionettes, mostly using Supermarionation. Usually features down-to-scale decors.

Other possible types include:
 * Animatronic puppets, a modern development of Muppets.
 * People in Rubber Suits, a.k.a. Suitmation, which can appear alongside either type (on the same scale with hand puppets, or as giants with marionettes).

An otherwise human-centric show using a few puppet characters doesn't belong here. However, some Puppet Shows, while using mainly hand puppets or animatronics, may also involve some human characters and thus tread the line. Marionettes shows can also make use of live animals to figure monsters.

Films

 * The Dark Crystal
 * Labyrinth (really only had three human characters for most of the movie)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (largely live-action, but the main characters are these)

TV Series

 * Dinosaurs

Fan Works

 * Potter Puppet Pals

Films

 * Meet the Feebles
 * Muppets Films & Specials
 * The Christmas Toy
 * The Great Muppet Caper
 * It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
 * A Muppet Family Christmas
 * The Muppet Christmas Carol
 * A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
 * The Muppet Movie
 * Muppet Treasure Island
 * Muppets from Space
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan
 * The Muppets (2011)
 * The Muppets Wizard of Oz

TV Series

 * 31 Minutos
 * Allegra's Window
 * Bear in the Big Blue House
 * Between the Lions
 * Captain Bluebear
 * Crank Yankers
 * Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas
 * D.C. Follies
 * The Ferals
 * Feral TV
 * Food Party
 * Fraggle Rock
 * Greg the Bunny
 * Les Guignols de l'info
 * Hallo Spencer
 * It's a Big Big World
 * Johnny and the Sprites
 * Captain Bluebear
 * Lamb Chop's Play Along
 * The Letter People
 * LazyTown
 * Michael Bentine's Potty Time
 * Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
 * Mongrels
 * The Muppet Show
 * Muppets Tonight
 * The Pajanimals
 * Puppets Who Kill
 * The Puzzle Place
 * Sam and Friends
 * Sesame Street
 * The Sifl and Olly Show
 * The Sooty Show
 * Spitting Image
 * Terrahawks
 * Under the Umbrella Tree
 * Wimzie's House
 * Wonder Showzen

Stage Shows

 * Avenue Q
 * Eurofurence Pawpet Show
 * Punch and Judy

Web Original

 * The Funday Pawpet Show

Films

 * Jackboots on Whitehall
 * Team America: World Police

TV Series

 * The numerous Augsburger Puppenkiste productions in Germany
 * Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
 * Eureeka's Castle
 * Fireball XL5
 * Joe 90
 * Space Patrol
 * Star Fleet / Bomber X
 * Stingray
 * Supercar
 * Thunderbirds

Films

 * Where the Wild Things Are

TV Series

 * Barney and Friends
 * The Teletubbies