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It also won the 2009 Emmy for ''"[[Overly Narrow Superlative|Outstanding Special Class Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program]]"'', making it potentially the ''first'' show to have won an Emmy without having ever been aired on television. Possibly a unique honor; definitely exceptional. It also picked up the 2009 [[Hugo Award]] in the more conventional "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form" category.
The DVD commentary takes two forms - a traditional commentary, and ''[[Commentary!
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'''<big>From this point forward there are unmarked spoilers. Read ''after'' seeing the 'sodes. The trope references won't make much sense until you do, anyway.</big>'''
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** In the soup kitchen, Billy shows up in "incognito" (Fake moustache and Apron), scoops up soup for the homeless but doesn't throw it into bowl, but back into the pan. He then gives the bowl to one of the homeless.
** Dr. Horrible stalking Penny and Captain Hammer on their date, complete with [[Mobile Shrubbery]].
* [[Gag Dub]]: ''[[Commentary!
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Act III has Dr. Horrible walking into the meeting room of the Evil League of Evil and the door closes, then we switch out of the blue and unexplained to Billy sitting in his street clothes in front of his webcam, and then the movie just... ends.
* [[Genre Busting]]: For its first two chapters, it's a musical, superhero [[Deconstruction]], romantic comedy [[Villain Protagonist|about a wannabe mad scientist supervillain]] and his attempts at gaining power (frequently detailed, of course, in his video blog). Then the last chapter ends {{spoiler|with elements of classic tragedy, the only remotely sweet and sympathetic character dying in the most gut-wrenching, Whedon-specialty way possible. The montage that follows, however, still includes some brutally funny moments}}.
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