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Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody is a vintage marionette created for NBC’s The Howdy Doody Show. He was notable as a pioneering figure in chi...

Vintage American Marionette Nbc

8.9 Great

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Beany

Beany is a boy puppet created by Bob Clampett for Time for Beany (1949), distinguished by his signature propeller beanie...

Vintage American Marionette Boy

8.5 Great

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Mr. Punch

Mr. Punch is the hook-nosed, hunchbacked trickster at the centre of the traditional British Punch and Judy glove puppet...

Traditional British Slapstick Hand Puppet

8.3 Great

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Semar

Semar is a prominent character in Javanese wayang theatre, serving as the divine and wise court jester to the Pandava br...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

7.8 Good

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Phineas T. Bluster

Phineas T. Bluster is the blustering, self-important mayor of Doodyville on NBC's The Howdy Doody Show (1947–1960), serv...

Vintage American Marionette Howdy Doody

7.7 Good

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Guignol

Guignol is the main character of Lyon's traditional French puppet theatre, created by Laurent Mourguet around 1808 as a...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

7.7 Good

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Hurvínek

Hurvínek is a popular Czech marionette created by Josef Skupa in 1926, famously known as the mischievous son in the inte...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

7.7 Good

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Hanuman

Hanuman is a widely celebrated character in Southeast Asian wayang puppetry, originating from the Hindu epic Ramayana an...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

7.6 Good

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Karagöz

Karagöz is the lead character of traditional Turkish shadow puppetry, originating during the Ottoman period and recogniz...

Theater Traditional Satirical Turkish

7.5 Good

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Gatotkaca

Gatotkaca is a legendary flying warrior in Javanese wayang theatre, adapted from the Mahabharata and celebrated for his...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

7.4 Good

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Gary Johnston

Gary Johnston is the Broadway actor recruited by Team America in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's satirical marionette film...

Satire Film Hero Marionette

7.3 Good

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Polichinelle

Polichinelle is the French theatrical adaptation of the Italian commedia dell'arte character Pulcinella, a hunchbacked t...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

7.3 Good

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Arjuna

Arjuna is a central heroic figure in Indonesian wayang golek and wayang kulit performances, originating from the Hindu e...

Traditional Hero Javanese Shadow Puppet

7.3 Good

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Kresna

Kresna is a highly revered figure in Indonesian wayang theatre, serving as the wise king of Dwarawati and the strategic...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

7.3 Good

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Hacivat

Hacivat is a main character in traditional Turkish shadow puppetry, acting as the educated and poetic foil to the uneduc...

Theater Traditional Turkish Foil

7.2 Good

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Gnafron

Gnafron is Guignol's wine-loving cobbler best friend in the traditional Lyon puppet theatre, co-created by Laurent Mourg...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

6.8 Fair

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Don Cristóbal

Don Cristóbal is the traditional Spanish puppet theatre equivalent of Mr. Punch, a hook-nosed glove puppet rooted in And...

Theater Spanish Traditional Andalusian

6.5 Fair

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Kasperle

Kasperle is the beloved trickster hero of German-language puppet theatre, a glove puppet character originating in Bavari...

Theater Traditional Hand Puppet Jester

6.4 Fair

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Jan Klaassen

Jan Klaassen is a traditional Dutch puppet character originating in the 17th century, notable as the local variation of...

Theater Traditional Dutch Clown

6.3 Fair

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Mánička

Mánička is a Czech marionette introduced in 1930 by Josef Skupa, recognized as the energetic and rebellious girlfriend w...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

6.2 Fair