Puppet Shows

A very old form of spectacle, Puppet Shows use some kind of puppetry to feature their characters in real-time (setting it apart from animation, including Puppet Stop Motion). Mostly seen within children's entertainment, but also used for satirical parodies, with puppets caricaturing real-life people.

There are two main categories of such shows:

Hand Puppets, the most well-known being Jim Henson's Muppets.

An otherwise human-centric show using a few puppet characters doesn't belong here. However, some Puppet Shows, while using mainly hand puppets or animatronics, may also involve some human characters and thus tread the line. Marionette shows can also make use of live animals to figure monsters. For the people who perform them, see Puppeteers.

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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Dinosaurs
Dumbo's Circus
Fourways Farm (the characters are all robots)
The Storyteller (the main characters are generally human, but monster characters and the Storyteller's dog are animatronic puppets)
Swamp Critters
Tweenies (overlaps with People in Rubber Suits)

Hand Puppets

Fan Works

Films

Music

Doctor Steel's rare live shows feature one, which include both hand and stick puppets.
The videos for "Sing" and "Happier" by Ed Sheeran feature a puppet based on him.

TV Series