History Main / HandPuppet

** Not only socks, but also ''gloves'' got used as puppets at some point or another.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "The First Day", Luz pulls out sock puppet forms of her and Eda that she made to perform a "heartfelt sonnet", though Eda leaves before we can hear the performance. [[spoiler:In a bit of subtle foreshadowing, the Eda puppet's left eye uses a black button instead of a gold one, hinting at it changing color after she splits the curse with Lilith in the season finale.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The episode “Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!” Has various people around town attending Doofus Drake’s birthday party, since they get a bag of gold if they stay for the entire party. There’s just one catch: the adult has to bring a child, and if Doofus finds out that the guest is only here for the gold, he kicks them out. Flintheart Glomgold’s “child” is a hand puppet replica of himself. He makes it surprisingly far into to party, but Louie gives it away by talking to the puppet while Glomgold is submerged in a pool.

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

* ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': In one of the films' many sharp departures from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original anime]], Asuka has a hand puppet with "ASUKA" written on it that she's seen talking to in ''You Can (Not) Advance''. This seems at first to be a sign of hidden mental instability, but ''Thrice Upon a Time'' reveals that [[spoiler:it's a way for her to copy with CloningBlues]].

** In "De-Zanited", Dr. Scratchansniff uses one called Mr. Puppethead to practice a perfect conversation in front of the Warners.

* Mubyou from ''LightNovel/OurHomesFoxDeity'' always wears two hand puppets and sometimes uses them to talk to people, which doesn't change the fact that her punches can shatter concrete.

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. BareHandedPuppetry is an even simpler version where uncovered body parts (not necessarily the hand) are treated as puppets. For examples where someone treats their own puppet as if it has opinions of its own worth considering, see ConsultingMrPuppet.

* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'', Yoshino carries a rabbit puppet called Yoshinon. While she's shy, Yoshinon is confident and speaks his mind. She thinks he's real; when Shido commented on her ventriloquist act, she had no idea what he was talking about.

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** In the episode featuring ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E05TheMagicVoyageOfSinbad 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. At the same time, Gypsy seems to love the puppet [[CharacterCheck a little too much]]. After Joel puts down the puppet to read a viewer letter, Gypsy spends the rest of the segment [[PleaseWakeUp prodding the puppet, trying to get it to move again]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': An episode shows Bridget and Rosario hosting a puppet show at a hospital to ease Ruff's fears of them. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]] due to Rosario's overly loud, scratchy, and melodramatic impression of Ruff.
-->'''Rosario (as a Ruff Puppet):''' ''[loud, scratchy, melodramatic voice]'' I '''BROKE''' MY '''LEG'''!
-->'''Ruff:''' ''[voice-over]'' Is that Ruff Ruffman or [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]?

** In the episode featuring ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E05TheMagicVoyageOfSinbad 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. After Joel puts down the puppet to read a viewer letter, Gypsy spends the rest of the segment prodding the puppet, trying to get it to move again.

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* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-764 SCP-764 ("The Obscene Show")]]. SCP-764-1 and SCP-764-2 are Theatre/PunchAndJudy puppets that can use ArtifactDomination on anyone who looks at them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'' cartoon "The Three Little Pups", the wolf-as-dogcatcher uses a cat puppet to lure the pups out of their houses. The sight of a wind-up mouse causes the puppet to act like a real cat.

** The appearance of a cute kinkajou in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E10KingDinosaur King Dinosaur]]'' inspires Joel to get a [[ViewerSpeciesConfusion lemur]] hand puppet and put on a skit about "Joey the Lemur" with Crow and Servo. Joel gets a bit carried away with his puppeteering, and the bots quickly get fed up with Joey the Lemur. For various reasons, the real MST crew considered this whole sketch one of the worst they ever did, so they [[SelfDeprecation mocked it]] in a later episode, ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E11LastOfTheWildHorses Last of the Wild Horses]]'': Dr. Forrester and Frank also get ahold of a Joey the Lemur puppet and decide to put on the same skit, prompting [[FauxHorrific screams of horror]] from Servo and Gypsy.