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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:
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Other possible types include:
* Animatronic puppets, a modern development of [[Muppet|Muppets]]s.
* [[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 [[Slurpasaur|live animals to figure monsters]].
 
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{{examples}}
== Animatronic Puppets ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[The Dark Crystal]]''▼
* ''[[Labyrinth]]'' (really only had three human characters for most of the movie)▼
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (largely live-action, but the main characters are these)▼
 
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
 
* ''[[Dinosaurs]]''▼
== Films ==
▲* [[The Dark Crystal]]
▲* [[Labyrinth]] (really only had three human characters for most of the movie)
▲* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] (largely live-action, but the main characters are these)
 
== TV Series ==
▲* [[Dinosaurs]]
 
== Hand Puppets ==
=== [[Fan Work]] ===
* ''[[Potter Puppet Pals]]''
 
=== Fan Works[[Film]] ===
* ''[[PotterMeet Puppetthe PalsFeebles]]''
 
== 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 (film)|''The Muppets'']] (2011)
** ''[[The Muppets Wizard of Oz]] ''
 
=== TV[[Live-Action SeriesTV]] ===
* ''[[31 Minutos|Treinta Y Un Minutos]]''
* ''[[AllegrasAllegra's Window]]''
* ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''
* ''[[Between the Lions]]''
* ''[[Captain Bluebear]]''
* ''[[Crank Yankers]]''
* ''[[Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas|Emmet Otters Jug Band Christmas]]''
* ''[[D.C. Follies]]''
* ''[[The Ferals]]''
* ''[[Feral TV]]''
* ''[[Food Party]]''
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]''
* ''[[Greg the Bunny]]''
* ''[[Les Guignols Dede L Infol'info]]''
* ''[[Hallo Spencer]]''
* ''[[ItsIt's a Big Big World]]''
* ''[[Johnny and the Sprites]]''
* ''[[Captain Bluebear]]''
* ''[[Lamb Chop's Play Along|Lamb Chops Play Along]]''
* ''[[The Letter People]]''
* ''[[LazyTown]]''
* ''[[Michael Bentine's Potty Time|Michael Bentines 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]]''▼
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* ''[[Under the Umbrella Tree]]''▼
▲* [[Terrahawks]]
* ''[[Wimzie's House|Wimzies House]]''▼
▲* [[Under the Umbrella Tree]]
* ''[[Wonder Showzen]]''▼
▲* [[Wimzie's House|Wimzies House]]
▲* [[Wonder Showzen]]
 
=== Stage Shows[[Theatre]] ===
* ''[[Avenue Q]]''
* ''[[Eurofurence Pawpet Show]]''
* ''[[Punch and Judy]]''
 
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* ''[[The Funday Pawpet Show]]''
 
== Marionettes ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Jackboots on Whitehall]]''▼
* ''[[Team America: World Police]]''▼
 
=== Films[[Live-Action TV]] ===
▲* [[Jackboots on Whitehall]]
▲* [[Team America: World Police]]
 
== TV Series ==
* The numerous [[Augsburger Puppenkiste]] productions in Germany
* [[Captain Scarlet|''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'']]
* ''[[Eureeka's Castle|Eureekas Castle]]''
* ''[[Fireball XL5|Fireball XL 5]]''
* ''[[Joe 90]]''
* [[Space Patrol]] (theUK)|''Space British series)Patrol'']]
* ''[[Star Fleet]]'' / ''[[Bomber X]]''
* [[Stingray (1964 TV series)|''Stingray'']]
* ''[[Supercar]]''
* ''[[Thunderbirds]]''
 
== People in Rubber Suits/Suitmation ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]''
 
=== Films[[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''[[WhereBarney theand Wild Things AreFriends]]''
* ''[[Dinosaurs]]''
 
* ''[[The Teletubbies]]''▼
== TV Series ==
* [[Barney and Friends]]
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▲* [[The Teletubbies]]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 15 March 2022

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:

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.

Examples of Puppet Shows include:

Animatronic Puppets

Film

Live-Action TV

Hand Puppets

Fan Work

Film

Live-Action TV

Theatre

Web Original

Marionettes

Film

Live-Action TV

People in Rubber Suits/Suitmation

Film

Live-Action TV

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