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Władysław Starewicz was a Polish-Russian filmmaker and a pioneer of stop-motion animation. Beginning around 1910, he crafted intricate animated films using insect specimens and puppets, including the notable early work 'The Beautiful Lukanida.' He later continued his career in France, producing nume...

The Elephant Show was a Canadian musical children's television series featuring the trio Sharon, Lois & Bram and the elephant character known as Elephant. It premiered on CBC Television in 1984 and ran through the late 1980s, combining songs, comedy, and performance by an elephant costume character...

The Good Soldier Švejk is a Czech stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka, adapting Jaroslav Hašek's satirical novel about Josef Švejk, a seemingly dim-witted Czech soldier navigating the bureaucracy of the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Trnka, internationally renowned for his pu...

Bodger and Badger was a British children's television comedy series broadcast by the BBC from 1989 into the 1990s. It centers on a handyman called Bodger and Badger, a mischievous puppet badger whose fondness for mashed potato is a recurring comic element. The program uses live-action performers and...

Barry Purves is a British animator and director renowned for his intricate, character-driven stop-motion short films. His works, including "Screen Play" (1992) and "Next" (1989), are distinguished by their theatrical staging, complex choreography, and use of long takes. "Screen Play," a Japan-themed...

Komaneko: The Curious Cat is a Japanese stop-motion animated franchise created by Tsuneo Goda, who is also known for creating Domo-kun. Produced by Dwarf Studios, the project began with a series of shorts and later expanded into a 2009 feature film. It centers on Komaneko, a young female cat living...

Shapoklyak is a 1974 Soviet stop-motion animated film directed by Roman Kachanov and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio. It is the third installment in the Cheburashka series, based on stories by Eduard Uspensky, following 1971's Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile. The film introduces Shapoklyak,...

The Storyteller's Dog is a puppet character from The Storyteller, a 1988 British-American fantasy anthology series created by Jim Henson for television. Performed and voiced by Brian Henson, the Dog serves as the cynical but loyal companion to the Storyteller (played by John Hurt) by the fireside fr...

Hermína Týrlová was a Czech animator and director recognized for her pioneering work in puppet and object animation. Operating out of the Bratři v triku studio in Zlín, she created films specifically designed for young audiences, often bringing everyday toys and materials to life. Her most recognize...

Tots TV is a British children's television program created by Anne Wood and produced by Ragdoll Productions for the ITV network. First broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1993, it follows three young puppet characters, commonly identified as Tom, Tilly, and Tiny, whose play and everyday discoveries f...

Winston the Impersonating Turtle is a ventriloquist puppet character performed by American entertainer Terry Fator. Presented as a turtle capable of celebrity impressions, Winston formed part of Fator's combination of ventriloquism, comedy, singing, and vocal imitation. The character appeared during...

The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet, and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji e...

Fur TV is a British comedy series utilizing Muppet-style puppets to portray exaggerated scenarios of adult life. Created for MTV One in 2008, it offers satirical commentary through simulated interactions and behaviors. The show’s unique style appeals to an audience interested in dark humor and uncon...

Prehistoric Beast is a 1984 experimental stop-motion short film conceived and animated by visual-effects artist Phil Tippett. It depicts a Monoclonius moving through a prehistoric environment before encountering a predatory Tyrannosaurus, with no dialogue or human characters. Tippett used articulate...

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is a cigar-smoking dog puppet created and performed by comedy writer Robert Smigel. The character first appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1997 and became known for interviewing celebrities, fans, and attendees at public events while delivering deliberately rud...

Cheburashka Goes to School is a 1983 Soviet stop-motion animated short directed by Roman Kachanov. It is the fourth and final film in Kachanov's original series about Cheburashka and his crocodile friend Gena, characters created by writer Eduard Uspensky. The school theme develops after Cheburashka...

Huxley Pig is a British stop-motion animated children's television series based on picture books by Rodney Peppe. Produced by FilmFair for Central TV, the series aired 26 episodes between 1989 and 1990, with narration by Martin Jarvis. Each story follows Huxley as he imagines adventures and occupati...

Pob is the puppet presenter of Pob's Programme, a British children's television series broadcast on Channel 4. The character is presented as living inside the viewer's television and addresses the audience through the screen, using gestures, sounds, and visual interaction rather than conventional sp...

Emma Taylor is a ventriloquist puppet character used by American performer Terry Fator in his musical comedy and impersonation act. The character is presented as a young girl and is associated with vocal impressions of female singers and celebrities, with the puppet providing a comic stage persona r...

Panto Pinocchio is an American holiday pantomime presented by Stages Repertory Theatre. It adapts the story of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet from Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian children's novel, into a theatrical format involving music, comedy, and audience participation. The production is intended for...

Otis the Aardvark is a British television puppet character associated with children's programming on The Children's Channel in the late 1980s. He appeared as a presenter or co-presenter alongside Mark Speight, linking the character to the live-hosted format used by British children's channels of the...

Special Ed is a puppet character associated with the American television comedy series Crank Yankers. The series, originally broadcast by Comedy Central, presents prank telephone calls performed through puppet scenes, and Special Ed appears within that comic format as a childlike character. The char...

The Noddy Shop was a live-action children's television series that aired from 1998 to 2002 and used puppetry to present stories involving Noddy and other characters from Enid Blyton's British book franchise. The program adapted the setting and characters for an American preschool audience. It is rel...

Agro is an Australian television puppet created and performed by Jamie Dunn. The character is a green crocodile with a mischievous, wise-cracking personality and became known as the host of the children's program Agro's Cartoon Connection. The show combined animated cartoons with studio segments in...

Hector the Dog is the titular British string puppet of the BBC children's series Hector's House, which originally aired in 1965 and gained a cult following in the UK.

Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas is a 2004 American stop-motion television special featuring Davey and Goliath, the child and talking dog from the religious puppet series created by Art Clokey. The special places the established characters in a winter and Christmas story while retaining the s...

Dinosaurus! is a 1960 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. The story brings dinosaurs into contact with people in the modern world after events on a Caribbean island, combining prehistoric creatures with contemporary settings and characters. Its dinosaur effects...

The Happytime Murders is a 2018 comedy film featuring a human police detective partnered with a puppet private investigator. The story involves them investigating a series of murders targeting former television personalities within a world where humans and puppets share existence. Melissa McCarthy a...