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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NathanFillion, known for playing LoveableRogue characters like [[Series/{{Firefly}} Mal Reynolds]] and [[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle]], as JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Captain Hammer.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NathanFillion, known for playing LoveableRogue characters like [[Series/{{Firefly}} Mal Reynolds]] and [[Series/{{Castle}} [[Series/Castle2009 Richard Castle]], as JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Captain Hammer.
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** Likely never to escape at this point, with Joss Whedon having retreated from the spotlight after a public cancellation due to his allegedly poor treatment of women in his personal and professional life, and the actors getting to be too old for the characters to still work, as noted by Harris himself below.
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* TheOtherDarrin: While promoting ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Creator/NeilPatrickHarris said he was too old to star in a sequel and joked that they'd probably have to cast Creator/NickJonas.
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* ShrugOfGod: Creator/NathanFillion said in a [[https://www.thetvaddict.com/2009/05/11/nathan-fillion-talks-castle-dollhouse-dr-horrible/ 2009 interview]] with ''The TV Addict'' that he knew what the unmade sequel was going to be called but refused to say.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://drhorrible.wikia.com/wiki/Horrible_Wiki Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Wiki]].
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* NamesTheSame:
** Captain Hammer -- not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' superhero of the same name.
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Johnny Snow]]
** Both ''Doctor Horrible'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' include an OnlyOneName character named Penny that knows/is known of by a dork played by Simon Helberg and pined over by that dork's also dorky friend. The resemblance stops there.
** There's also a song named "Penny's Song" in ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get It Together!''. However, ''that'' Penny's song is a way more optimistic tune about a young girl who [[WaxingLyrical wants to become the best singer-scientist in the whole universe]], compared to ''Dr. Horrible's'' short melancholic IWantSong.
** Captain Hammer -- not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' superhero of the same name.
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Johnny Snow]]
** Both ''Doctor Horrible'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' include an OnlyOneName character named Penny that knows/is known of by a dork played by Simon Helberg and pined over by that dork's also dorky friend. The resemblance stops there.
** There's also a song named "Penny's Song" in ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get It Together!''. However, ''that'' Penny's song is a way more optimistic tune about a young girl who [[WaxingLyrical wants to become the best singer-scientist in the whole universe]], compared to ''Dr. Horrible's'' short melancholic IWantSong.
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* TheCastShowoff: Neil Patrick Harris has significant musical theater experience, and it shows. Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion also get to show their singing chops.
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* TheCastShowoff: Neil Patrick Harris has significant musical theater experience, and it shows. Felicia Day Creator/FeliciaDay and Nathan Fillion also get to show their singing chops.
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* TheCastShowoff: Neil Patrick Harris has significant musical theater experience, and it shows.
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* TheCastShowoff: Neil Patrick Harris has significant musical theater experience, and it shows. Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion also get to show their singing chops.
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** There's also a song named "Penny's Song" in ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get It Together!'' However, ''that'' Penny's song is a way more optimistic tune about a young girl who [[WaxingLyrical wants to become the best singer-scientist in the whole universe]] compared to ''Dr. Horrible's'' short melancholic IWantSong.
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** There's also a song named "Penny's Song" in ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get It Together!'' Together!''. However, ''that'' Penny's song is a way more optimistic tune about a young girl who [[WaxingLyrical wants to become the best singer-scientist in the whole universe]] universe]], compared to ''Dr. Horrible's'' short melancholic IWantSong.
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** There's also a song named "Penny's Song" in ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get It Together!'' However, ''that'' Penny's song is a way more optimistic tune about a young girl who [[WaxingLyrical wants to become the best singer-scientist in the whole universe]] compared to ''Dr. Horrible's'' short melancholic IWantSong.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NathanFillion as Captain Hammer.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NathanFillion Creator/NathanFillion, known for playing LoveableRogue characters like [[Series/{{Firefly}} Mal Reynolds]] and [[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle]], as JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Captain Hammer.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris and Creator/NathanFillion play characters whose names begin with "Dr." and "Captain", respectively. Now, why does that [[Series/DoogieHowserMD sound]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} familiar]]...?
** Continuing the ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' allusions, the supplementary material even mentions that Billy was a child prodigy, skipping grades and excelling in (what else?) science.
* TheCameo:
** Drew Goddard at the end of WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog as Bad Horse member "Fake Thomas Jefferson". He's written for [[ProductionPosse both]] ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and directed ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''.
** Director Joss Whedon plays one of the karaoke cowboys during "Bad Horse".
** The newsreaders in Episode III were played by David Fury and Marti Noxon, also from the Evil League of Evil, "Professor Normal" is played by Doug Petrie. All ''Buffy'' writers also.
** In the new Homeless Shelter, the woman with a dark bob and sunglasses sitting beside Captain Hammer's three primary groupies is Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, the Vampire Slayer herself.
* TheCastShowoff: Neil Patrick Harris has significant musical theater experience, and it shows.
* DemandOverload: This happened when it came out.
* DevelopmentHell: The sequel.
* {{Jossed}} (quite literally): In the commentary, the cast mentions Dr. Horrible's overlarge armchair just happened to be in the house. The entire house just happened to be there, no set dressing required.
* NamesTheSame:
** Captain Hammer -- not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' superhero of the same name.
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Johnny Snow]]
** Both ''Doctor Horrible'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' include an OnlyOneName character named Penny that knows/is known of by a dork played by Simon Helberg and pined over by that dork's also dorky friend. The resemblance stops there.
* NoExportForYou: In some places outside America. Good thing the DVD isn't region-locked.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NathanFillion as Captain Hammer.
* RecycledScript: Two examples from ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** There was an episode about a shy scientist who liked to sing and was in love with a red-head. He built a machine that could stop time to solve his relationship problems.
** In Season 5, in which the death of a character [[spoiler: was used to get into an evil organization. Angel pretended to be involved in his friend Fred's death and really murdered another to infiltrate the Circle of The Black Thorn and Dr. Horrible's involvement in Penny's death filled the qualification to enter The Evil League of Evil.]]
* ViralMarketing: The word spread about Dr. Horrible by word of mouth and word-of-internet. So fast and so far that the server was not prepared for the load and went down.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://drhorrible.wikia.com/wiki/Horrible_Wiki Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Wiki]].
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** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris and Creator/NathanFillion play characters whose names begin with "Dr." and "Captain", respectively. Now, why does that [[Series/DoogieHowserMD sound]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} familiar]]...?
** Continuing the ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' allusions, the supplementary material even mentions that Billy was a child prodigy, skipping grades and excelling in (what else?) science.
* TheCameo:
** Drew Goddard at the end of WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog as Bad Horse member "Fake Thomas Jefferson". He's written for [[ProductionPosse both]] ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and directed ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''.
** Director Joss Whedon plays one of the karaoke cowboys during "Bad Horse".
** The newsreaders in Episode III were played by David Fury and Marti Noxon, also from the Evil League of Evil, "Professor Normal" is played by Doug Petrie. All ''Buffy'' writers also.
** In the new Homeless Shelter, the woman with a dark bob and sunglasses sitting beside Captain Hammer's three primary groupies is Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, the Vampire Slayer herself.
* TheCastShowoff: Neil Patrick Harris has significant musical theater experience, and it shows.
* DemandOverload: This happened when it came out.
* DevelopmentHell: The sequel.
* {{Jossed}} (quite literally): In the commentary, the cast mentions Dr. Horrible's overlarge armchair just happened to be in the house. The entire house just happened to be there, no set dressing required.
* NamesTheSame:
** Captain Hammer -- not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' superhero of the same name.
** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Johnny Snow]]
** Both ''Doctor Horrible'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' include an OnlyOneName character named Penny that knows/is known of by a dork played by Simon Helberg and pined over by that dork's also dorky friend. The resemblance stops there.
* NoExportForYou: In some places outside America. Good thing the DVD isn't region-locked.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NathanFillion as Captain Hammer.
* RecycledScript: Two examples from ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** There was an episode about a shy scientist who liked to sing and was in love with a red-head. He built a machine that could stop time to solve his relationship problems.
** In Season 5, in which the death of a character [[spoiler: was used to get into an evil organization. Angel pretended to be involved in his friend Fred's death and really murdered another to infiltrate the Circle of The Black Thorn and Dr. Horrible's involvement in Penny's death filled the qualification to enter The Evil League of Evil.]]
* ViralMarketing: The word spread about Dr. Horrible by word of mouth and word-of-internet. So fast and so far that the server was not prepared for the load and went down.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://drhorrible.wikia.com/wiki/Horrible_Wiki Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Wiki]].
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