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[[File:lilcal.png|link=Homestuck|frame| Oh. Uh... Hey... Hey there, Cal.]]
[[File:lilcal.png|link=Homestuck|frame| Oh. Uh... Hey... Hey there, Cal.]]



{{quote|''"Tee hee! [[Third Person Person|Penny]] likes you. ...But Mr. Bear '''HATES YOU!'''"''|'''[[Creepy Child|Penny]]''', ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin''}}
{{quote|''"Tee hee! [[Third Person Person|Penny]] likes you. ...But Mr. Bear '''HATES YOU!'''"''|'''[[Creepy Child|Penny]]''', ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin''}}
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See also [[Creepy Doll]], [[Murderous Mannequin]], [[Perverse Puppet]] and [[Consulting Mister Puppet]].
See also [[Creepy Doll]], [[Murderous Mannequin]], [[Perverse Puppet]] and [[Consulting Mister Puppet]].

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== Commercials ==
== Commercials ==
* One truly creepy "Twisted" ad for Slice featured a pathetic ventriloquist (among other things, he hit his dummy, a major no-no for ventriloquists). Suddenly, the audience starts booing him... and the camera turns around to reveal his entire audience consists of ventriloquist dummies, one of whom (who bears a notable resemblence to [[Goosebumps|Slappy]]) gets a close-up to intone, "Not funny."
* One truly creepy "Twisted" ad for Slice featured a pathetic ventriloquist (among other things, he hit his dummy, a major no-no for ventriloquists). Suddenly, the audience starts booing him... and the camera turns around to reveal his entire audience consists of ventriloquist dummies, one of whom (who bears a notable resemblence to [[Goosebumps|Slappy]]) gets a close-up to intone, "Not funny."
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** Adding to the Nightmare Fuel is a short rant by Peanut (apparently ad-libbed by Dunham) during a stage show. The jokes were derived from a supposed argument between puppet and puppeteer, but Peanut then calmly explains to the audience that Jeff really does hate him, and would like to kill him, but can't because "that would be a form of suicide."
** Adding to the Nightmare Fuel is a short rant by Peanut (apparently ad-libbed by Dunham) during a stage show. The jokes were derived from a supposed argument between puppet and puppeteer, but Peanut then calmly explains to the audience that Jeff really does hate him, and would like to kill him, but can't because "that would be a form of suicide."
** Career. He's referring to Dunham's career.
** Career. He's referring to Dunham's career.
* David Strassman uses a remote-controlled dummy to often disturbing effect.
* [[w:David Strassman|David Strassman]] uses a remote-controlled dummy to often disturbing effect.
* Averted by Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy, who isn't evil, just a little naughty.
* Averted by Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy, who wasn't evil, just a little naughty. Which makes sense, because the character was originally a mildly-delinquent schoolboy, before he got put in a tuxedo and given a society upgrade.


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