Puppet People

**Puppet People** is an American puppet comedy TwitchTV show created by Jaytee. The show was originally made to make puppetry as popular as it used to be. It combines puppetry and live-action. The first season was produced from 2022-2023. Some episodes were archives of early pilots made in early 2022.

Jaytee began Puppet People in 2018 after noticing a decline in puppetry in recent years. He made puppet videos independently until 2022, when he discovered TwitchTV and pitched Puppet People to multiple networks.

PowerMedia (then called PowerFilm) bought Puppet People just before it premiered. The series premiere on HappyTV got good ratings, with up to 5 views at the peak. PowerMedia helped distribute the show. On December 18, the show premiered on Waycross PBS, where it would air regularly until early 2023. The show started to air daily on HappyTV on February 3, 2023. On March 10, 2023, Jaytee left PowerMedia due to tensions between PowerMedia and HappyTV going back all the way to 2022. It was decided that BeHappy would distribute Puppet People. However, due to the #BoycottSunshine incident on April 28, Jaytee rejoined PowerMedia. At the time, a Qubo revival was being planned, and Puppet People was added to that and Chroma, a rebrand from Spirit. Jaytee was still friends with the creator of Sunshine, and eventually rejoined the Sunshine Discord servers. Zath got word of this and banned Jaytee from Chroma, Puppet People continued to air on Sunshine until November 16, 2023.

## Plot

A band of puppets live in the top floor of a house owned by humans.

## Characters

**Sally** - The main character of the show, and the one who is used as the plot device the most. She's "sweet and caring" most of the time, just don't get her upset.

**Megan** - Sally's best friend. She may not be the sharpest nail in the toolbox, but she knows how to get her friends out of any situation. She even looks almost identical to Sally.

**Alfredo** - An inventor and the smartest of all the puppets. Whenever a problem arises, Alfredo can invent something faster than humanly possible to get the gang out of their troubles. He also has a stereotypical Italian accent.

**Handy** - A bare hand puppet who, as his name implies, is pretty handy to have around! He's always there to open doors or just be an extra hand when needed! Just shout "HANDY!" and he'll be there.

**Jacob** - The human of the show. He was the one who bought all of the puppets.

**News Guy** - The one who reports the news every day. He can sometimes be a little aggressive. By his side is Handy, who is always annoyed by the way News Guy delivers the news.

**Cyrus** - The police officer. He makes sure the house is safe. His name is a pun on the word "siren".

**Walter** - The firefighter and assistant to Cyrus. His name is a pun on the word "water".

## Episodes/Broadcast History

The show is currently running for two seasons with 7 episodes each, with 24 segments in total.

The Pen - Sally and Megan find a pen and become obsessed with it. Megan accidentally drops the pen and thinks it's broken just as everyone else becomes obsessed with it.

Breaking Things Only Makes Things Worse - Sally proves her belief that superstitions aren't real by publicly breaking a mirror.

Alfredo's Brother - Alfredo's nearly identical twin brother comes over, much to the dismay of Sally.

Those Weren't the Days - The gang looks back on old yearbook photos. Meanwhile, a tornado-in-a-box sweeps Sally into a mysterious world.

Puppet World Records - Sally attempts to break a world record by making a giant blanket fort.

Cave Man in the Man Cave - Alfredo's time machine unleashes a caveman.

Once Upon a Puppet - Sally and Megan are your hosts for retellings of classic fairytales. A light comes out of their book to take over hosting duties.

Eugene Meets Eugene - A newly named blue puppet meets his identical twin in this special crossover with *Eugene's Show*.

Sleeping Megan - Megan falls asleep for an unusually long time after winning a game show.

Switchies - News Guy switches places with a woman from the Downstairs Dimension.

Sally Shaw a Shtupid Shark! - Megan befriends a shark, which scares Sally and the rest of the puppets.

Puppet Jacob - Alfredo has invented a truck that grants wishes. Jacob wishes to be a puppet, so he turns into one!

The Beginning of the Beginning, Again, Part 1 - Alfredo buys a new house just because he feels like it, so now the puppets are moving!

The Beginning of the Beginning, Again, Part 2 - The puppets get used to their new house.

Another Pen - Alfredo finds another special pen on the floor and tries to hide it before the events from "The Pen" happen again.

Magic Puppets - Alfredo accidentally turns Sally invisible during a magic trick.

Alfredo's Big Break - Alfredo takes a break from inventing.

Icky Sticky Spider - A spider comes out of an old painting.

Little Red What?! - Little Red Riding Hood loses her red hood in the wind, making her unrecognizable.

The Puppet Genie - Megan finds a cup on the road and a genie comes out of it.

The Puppet Movie - The gang attempts to make a feature-length film.

Scrambled Easter Eggs - The puppets find easter eggs all over the room. They think the eggs are real and take care of imaginary birds.

Tooning In - Alfredo accidentally turns the gang into cartoons.