History Main / Handpuppet

* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Clopin has a small hand puppet of himself that acts fairly independently at times.

* ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'' has Uncle Fritz and Aunt Petunia. Yes, somehow he married his hand puppet, and they had children. Petunia's rather cranky and "goes for a drive" to calm down (he holds her behind a wall and an engine is heard). Bud only thought this was weird because she usually takes the Harley.

* VideoGame/MoshiMonsters has Threadie, who has something inside supporting him and small feet to walk around.

* '''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters''' has Threadie, who has something inside supporting him and small feet to walk around.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Heloise has one that looks like Jimmy, whom she has compliment on her [[HairDecorations ponytail]].

A prominent sub-type is the sock puppet, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like]]: a HandPuppet made out of a sock.[[labelnote:*]]On [[TheInternet teh intertubes]], a "SockPuppet" is an online identity that is actually an alternate account of another user.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperpup'': "Jimmy Olsen" is a mouse handpuppet who acts as {{Narrator}} and comments on the action of the story.

* Funtime Freddy in Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation has a Bonnie handpuppet, which can jumpscare you.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic:'' In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord "Make New Friends But Keep Discord", when Discord opens a portal to another dimension, the members of that dimension are [[MediumShiftGag portrayed by real sock puppets]].

** Played straight in the revival episode ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S12E03LordsOfTheDeep Lords of the Deep'', when The [[FluffyTamer monster conservationist]] Dr. Donna St. Phibes shows up with one of the Lords of the Deep perched on her arm. The actress uses a fake arm prop, while her actual hand manipulates the Lord of the Deep puppet.

* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featuring ''[[Film/{{Sadko}} The Magic Voyage of Sinbad]]'', Joel completely freaks out Crow and Tom Servo with his channel cat puppet, based on a scene from the film. Gypsy spends the rest of the segment prodding the puppet after Joel puts it down to read a viewer letter.

** Also {{Muppet}} Michael Steele, based on Jon Stewart's observation that RNC Chairman Michael Steele vaguely resembled a Muppet character from Series/SesameStreet (a restaurant patron in a series of sketches involving Grover as a hapless waiter).

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* The Pets.com mascot, a hand puppet where you can clearly see the puppeteer's watch on his wrist. The mascot outlived Pets.com and now shills for other buisnesses.
* The Creator/{{WGN}} "Nitecap" mascot is a handpuppet sheep encouraging you to stay up and watch instead of going to bed and counting sheep.

* In ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'', Destrade High's Yamaguchi introduces a ventriloquist named Akira Nakao. He plans to have him as his right hand man, but quickly shifts the job over to Nakao's puppet, Mick.

* ''Film/MirrorMask'' starts with a pair of sock puppets arguing -- and for "sock puppets" read not only "made out of socks" but also "actually being worn on the puppeteer's ''feet''". (Although actually actually, when the scene was filmed one of the puppets was worn on a hand as usual, to allow a greater range of facial expression.)

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* In the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]], [[{{Wrestling/MickFoley}} Mankind]] once used a sock puppet named "Mr. Socko" to cheer up a hospitalized [[{{Wrestling/VinceMcMahon}} Vince McMahon]] in vain. The segment was a wild hit and Mick kept the sock around. Fortunately, his FinishingMove was placing a "nerve pinch" that put his hand into another wrestler's mouth so it fit perfectly that he'd stick the sock on his hand for the move and thus a cultural phenomenon was born.

** In one nightmare sequence, we see her as TheBlank but with a creepy smile much wider than a human mouth is capable over, while the puppet, sewn onto her arm, gnashes its teeth as drool drips. It was possibly a nod to the fandom jokes surrounding the evil sock puppet of doom from day one.

* MikeJ, a contributor on ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'', has the Super Pissed Video Entertainment Sock.

* In ''TheLastOfSheila'' someone brings two hand puppets on a cruise. Later someone puts these on before attempting to strangle someone, and explains, "I didn't bring gloves".

See also {{Muppet}}s, which are generally more complex, involving both hands (at least -- some Muppets are operated by two people) for a more lifelike effect. For examples where someone treats their own puppet as if it has opinions of its own worth considering, see ConsultingMrPuppet.