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Despite heavy promotion and enthusiam for the special, it was met with little fanfare upon its initial release on October 4, 2013. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNWAAqlEkk The special can be watched here]].

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Despite heavy promotion and enthusiam enthusiasm for the special, it was met with little fanfare upon its initial release on October 4, 2013. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNWAAqlEkk The special can be watched here]].



* BlindDate: The plot of the ''Zook and Max'' segment.

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* LaughTrack: And applause tracks too.

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* {{Muppet}}: Casey and Charlie.

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* %%* {{Muppet}}: Casey and Charlie.



* PuppetShows



* ShootTheMoney: "I heard this was a low budget show, but this is ridiculous!"
* SockPuppet: Loose and Imogene.

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* ShootTheMoney: "I heard this was a low budget show, but this is ridiculous!"
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%%* SockPuppet: Loose and Imogene.



* SpiritualSuccessor: Is essentially ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' with puppets.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The ''[=ScrapsTV=]'' segment in particular has a large number of characters.
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Hosted by WebVideo/SteveDMonster, the special featured other YouTube puppet acts starring in their own short segments; these include Zook and Max - an alien and a "meanie" who are VitriolicBestBuds; Harmony Barker - a [[TheRoaringTwenties roaring twenties]]-inspired showgirl dog; Casey the Muppet - the self-proclaimed world's biggest {{Muppet}} fan; and [=ScrapsTV=] - a Boston-based puppet troupe comprised of {{Muppet}}-inspired characters.

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Hosted by WebVideo/SteveDMonster, the special featured other YouTube Website/YouTube puppet acts starring in their own short segments; these include Zook and Max - an alien and a "meanie" who are VitriolicBestBuds; Harmony Barker - a [[TheRoaringTwenties roaring twenties]]-inspired showgirl dog; Casey the Muppet - the self-proclaimed world's biggest {{Muppet}} fan; and [=ScrapsTV=] - a Boston-based puppet troupe comprised of {{Muppet}}-inspired characters.



* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Months after its release, YouTube removed "Shout it Out Loud" from the special on the grounds of copyright infringement; the song itself is instead reduced to a rather low and echoy distortion.

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* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Months after its release, YouTube [=YouTube=] removed "Shout it Out Loud" from the special on the grounds of copyright infringement; the song itself is instead reduced to a rather low and echoy distortion.



* CrossOver: Steve D'Monster, Zook and Max, Harmony Barker, Casey the Muppet, and [=ScrapsTV=] were all separate puppet acts on YouTube; this special brings them all together in one show.

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* CrossOver: Steve D'Monster, Zook and Max, Harmony Barker, Casey the Muppet, and [=ScrapsTV=] were all separate puppet acts on YouTube; [=YouTube=]; this special brings them all together in one show.
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'''''Puppet Power''''' is a 2013 [[WebVideo web special]] from Joseph Scarbrough Productions. The special draws inspiration from TheNineties [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', where instead of a showcase featuring different styles of animation, the showcase was of different styles of puppetry.

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'''''Puppet Power''''' ''Puppet Power'' is a 2013 [[WebVideo web special]] from Joseph Scarbrough Productions. The special draws inspiration from TheNineties [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', where instead of a showcase featuring different styles of animation, the showcase was of different styles of puppetry.
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* ''Zook and Max'': Zook and Max meet their blind dates (two literal suck puppets named Loose and Imogene) at a coffee shop

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* ''Zook and Max'': Zook and Max meet their blind dates (two literal suck puppets {{Sock Puppet}}s named Loose and Imogene) at a coffee shop



-->'''Zook:''' I was coming--

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-->'''Zook:''' I was coming--[[StealthPun coming]]--



** The fact that the title for the "Zook and Max" segment was, "Zook Me, I'm Clean," could also count too.

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** The fact that the title for the "Zook ''Zook and Max" Max'' segment was, "Zook Me, I'm Clean," could also count too.



* HurricaneOfPuns: Steve's hosting segments and ''Zook and Max'' are filled with these.

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* HurricaneOfPuns: Steve's hosting segments and ''Zook and Max'' are filled with these.these; most of the ones in the latter are of [[StealthPun the stealth variety]].



* OneSteveLimit: PlayedForLaughs as Steve introduces the ''[=ScrapsTV=]'' segmenmt, pointing out the following act contains a Fred, followed by various different Freds (Flintstone, Mertz, Sanford, Armisen, the Wonder Horse, the annoying YouTube celebrity) flashing on screen before correctly displaying Freddie the Frog.

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* OneSteveLimit: PlayedForLaughs as Steve introduces the ''[=ScrapsTV=]'' segmenmt, pointing out the following act contains a Fred, followed by various different Freds (Flintstone, Mertz, Sanford, Armisen, ([[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flintstone]], [[Series/ILoveLucy Mertz]], [[Series/SanfordAndSon Sanford]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Armisen]], [[Series/SesameStreet the Wonder Horse, Horse]], [[WebVideo/{{Fred}} the annoying YouTube celebrity) celebrity]]) flashing on screen before correctly displaying Freddie the Frog.
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* SourGrapes: In a vignette from the ''[=ScrapsTV=]'' segment, Frugal Monster hawks a cereal called Fuzzos, which he says he loves and thinks are awesome... until he actually has to eat some in the end.
-->'''Frugal Monster:''' Ugh! They're no good!
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'''''Puppet Power''''' is a 2013 [[WebVideo web special]] from Joseph Scarbrough Productions. The special draws inspiration from TheNineties [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', where instead of a showcase featuring different styles of animation, the showcase was of different styles of puppetry.

Hosted by WebVideo/SteveDMonster, the special featured other YouTube puppet acts starring in their own short segments; these include Zook and Max - an alien and a "meanie" who are VitriolicBestBuds; Harmony Barker - a [[TheRoaringTwenties roaring twenties]]-inspired showgirl dog; Casey the Muppet - the self-proclaimed world's biggest {{Muppet}} fan; and [=ScrapsTV=] - a Boston-based puppet troupe comprised of {{Muppet}}-inspired characters.

Their respective segments featured in the special are as follows:
* ''Zook and Max'': Zook and Max meet their blind dates (two literal suck puppets named Loose and Imogene) at a coffee shop
* ''Harmony Barker'': Harmony Barker performs "Goody Goody"
* ''Casey the Muppet'': Casey and Charlie the Muppet lip-sync to Music/{{KISS}}'s "Shout it Out Loud"
* ''[=ScrapsTV=]'': The [=ScrapsTV=] cast acts in various different humorous vignettes

Despite heavy promotion and enthusiam for the special, it was met with little fanfare upon its initial release on October 4, 2013. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNWAAqlEkk The special can be watched here]].

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* AsideGlance:
** Zook and Max do this after Zook tells Max that the both of them only have one expression, as Max told him to put on his sad face.
** Steve does this after Easter Egg blows a raspberry at him for insulting her.
* BlindDate: The plot of the ''Zook and Max'' segment.
* TheCameo: Stephen J. Hitman and the Barista from Wowie Kazowie Productions' ''Wasted'' film series appear in ''Zook and Max''.
* CelebrityStar:
** Inverted. Steve invites viewers to tune in next time for such names as Creator/DougWalker, Music/LindseyStirling, Adam the Woo, and Creator/LeifGarrett; only their ''names'' appear.
** A KISS member (or rather, someone in a KISS costume) appears in ''Casey the Muppet''.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Months after its release, YouTube removed "Shout it Out Loud" from the special on the grounds of copyright infringement; the song itself is instead reduced to a rather low and echoy distortion.
* CreatorCameo: Angela Altomare and Casey Daron - the creators of ''Harmony Barker'' and ''Casey the Muppet'' - appear briefly in their respective segments.
* CrossOver: Steve D'Monster, Zook and Max, Harmony Barker, Casey the Muppet, and [=ScrapsTV=] were all separate puppet acts on YouTube; this special brings them all together in one show.
* EasterEgg: The character of the same name appears briefly as a script consultant while Steve questions his contract.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: From ''Zook and Max''
-->'''Loose:''' You guys took an awful long time to get here, what were you doing?
-->'''Zook:''' I was coming--
-->'''Girls:''' *Gasp*
-->'''Zook:''' --to the conclusion that I might not accomplish everything I set out to do in life. I actually don't have much of a problem with that, really.
-->'''Max:''' Well, I can't speak for Zook, but I am hung--
-->'''Girls:''' *Gasp*
-->'''Max:''' --ry. Hungry! Sorry, I must've had something in my throat.
** The fact that the title for the "Zook and Max" segment was, "Zook Me, I'm Clean," could also count too.
* HarmlessElectrocution: Happens to Casey when he attempts to hook up an amplifier; the results send him flying across the room, and leaves him in a daze of confusion.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Steve's hosting segments and ''Zook and Max'' are filled with these.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: Loose and Imogene, Zook and Max's blind dates, are literal {{Sock Puppet}}s.
* Music/{{KISS}}: Casey and Charlie the Muppet lip-sync to "Shout it Out Loud," of which a KISS member actually watches online and remarks, "Did we ''really'' just get ripped off by a ''Muppet''?"
* LaughTrack: And applause tracks too.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The ''[=ScrapsTV=]'' segment in particular has a large number of characters.
* MeaningfulName: Imogene invokes this, as she says it's an appropriate alias for herself since she's "[[IncrediblyLamePun Imogenary]]."
* {{Muppet}}: Casey and Charlie.
* OneSteveLimit: PlayedForLaughs as Steve introduces the ''[=ScrapsTV=]'' segmenmt, pointing out the following act contains a Fred, followed by various different Freds (Flintstone, Mertz, Sanford, Armisen, the Wonder Horse, the annoying YouTube celebrity) flashing on screen before correctly displaying Freddie the Frog.
* PuppetShows
* TheRoaringTwenties: Harmony Barker is a 20s-inspired showgirl.
* RunningGag: In ''[=ScrapsTV=]'', Kaite Monster continually refers to the "awesome volume," in her pigtails.
* ShootTheMoney: "I heard this was a low budget show, but this is ridiculous!"
* SockPuppet: Loose and Imogene.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Is essentially ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' with puppets.
* {{Tuckerization}}: In-universe, Loose is named after her father, Tooloose.
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