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1	-->"Hi, I'm Neil. I sleep a lot, and when I dream, I dream in puppet." ''snore''
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3	''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' is a web series starring Creator/NeilPatrickHarris and his husband David Burtka, created by The Jim Henson Company under its Henson Alternative banner, and aired on The Nerdist Channel. The series details Neil's bizarre medical affliction that causes him to randomly fall asleep and dream in puppet. Each episode begins with a ColdOpen into some situation of Neil's life, at which point he explains the premise of the show and promptly falls asleep. Each dream is a puppet sketch in some way related to the ColdOpen.
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5	Guest stars have included Creator/NathanFillion and Joe Manganiello.
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7	Not to be confused with the ''other'' [[Creator/NeilCicierega Neil's]] [[WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals puppets]].
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10	!!This show provides examples of:
11	* AnalProbing: In ''Alien Abduction'', Neil is abducted by aliens. He is very excited about everything but once the aliens discover his identity they refuse to probe him as they are not allowed to probe famous people so Neil starts to beg them to probe him. In the end they probe him with some spinning device.
12	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' is about Neil Patrick Harris, and his dreams starring puppets.
13	* FreezeFrameBonus: The credits, in a more literal example. It appears for a split second and contains many joke credits.
14	%%* HappilyMarried: Neil and David.
15	%%* HurricaneOfPuns: In ''The Restaurant''. Each is followed by a RimShot.
16	* InnocentInnuendo: "Doctor's Office". There's something under Neil's gown that shocks all the doctors. Something hairy that David call's Neil's "Trouser Weasel". It's literally a weasel, that lives in Neil's trousers. At the end of the episode, it decides to leave his trousers, because it's very crowded due to Neil's giant cock - as in the rooster that also lives in there.
17	* MusicalEpisode: ''Bollywood'', which features Neil singing about being in love with a puppet cow, in the style of a Bollywood musical.
18	* OnceAnEpisode: Every episode's ColdOpen finishes with the line, "Hi, I'm Neil. I sleep a lot, and when I dream, I dream in puppet."
19	* PropRecycling: Or, Puppet Recycling if you want to get technical. In the episode "Dream Bump" alone, during David Burtka's Creator/CarmenMiranda-inspired dream, one can spot Cashmere Ramada and Shelley Oceans from ''Series/LateNightLiars'' (the latter performed by Allan Trautman and portrayed as a drag performer), and DJ 3 from ''Jim Henson's Animal Jam''.
20	* ShoutOut: In "Doctor's Office" the doctor asks Neil if he can show his "Problem" to [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg his colleagues and a warthog]]. This warthog (its puppet was recycled from ''Jim Henson's Animal Show'') sounds suspiciously like [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Pumbaa]]. And it says "Hakuna Matata".
21	* StarringSpecialEffects: In one behind the scenes vid, they said the show was at least party made to show just what Henson Alternative was capable of.
22	* WakingNonSequitur: In ''Bollywood'', Neil wakes up suddenly from his puppet dream and exclaims, "I'm in love with a cow!". David is not amused.
23	* WholePlotReference: The episode ''To Catch A Puppeteer'', which is a parody of ''Series/ToCatchAPredator'', starring Neil as a pervert who is desperate to put his hands in puppets; specifically, a monkey puppet performed by Colleen Smith (recycled from Waffle from ''Animal Jam'') who has invited Neil over for puppet cookies (which Neil eats in a manner similar to [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]]) and pretend milk.

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