Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008– )

An aspiring supervillain must balance his career and his pursuit of a beautiful do-gooder.

Stars:

Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Billy (Dr. Horrible) (3 episodes, 2008)
Nathan Fillion	...	Captain Hammer (3 episodes, 2008)
Felicia Day	...	Penny (3 episodes, 2008)
Simon Helberg	...	Moist (3 episodes, 2008)
Nick Towne	...	Bad Horse Chorus #1 (3 episodes, 2008)
Jed Whedon	...	Bad Horse Chorus #2 (3 episodes, 2008)
Rob Reinis	...	Bad Horse Chorus #3 (3 episodes, 2008)
Otto Michael Penzato	...	Driver (2 episodes, 2008)

Storyline

Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary "thoroughbred of sin", Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Horrible's life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat, a situation which complicates itself even further when Penny begins dating the boorish, oafish Hammer after he apparently saves her life. Faced with the task of impressing the League, can Horrible overcome his own incompetence to ruin the day, kill the hero, and still get the girl?

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Plot Keywords:

internet series | musical comedy | apostrophe in title | punctuation in title | period in title | 

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Taglines:

The world is a mess and I just need to RULE it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official Fan Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

D.C. Stages, 1360 East 6th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Timescience Bloodclub

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In September 2009, a screening of "Dr. Horrible", followed by an interview of Joss Whedon by Ira Glass was held as a charity fundraiser for the nonprofit agency 826NYC, which provides free creative writing tutoring to children and teens. The choice of "Dr. Horrible" as a fundraiser for 826NYC is particularly apt; the storefront of the tutoring classrooms is a real business called The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company, which sells such "superhero necessities" as capes, secret identity kits, "the world's first pair of continuous-use, non-invasive Invisibility Detection Goggles," and bottles and cans purporting to contain concepts including chaos, antimatter, and immortality. All store proceeds go to 826NYC.

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Quotes

Captain Hammer: It's curtains for you, Dr. Horrible. Lacy, gently wafting curtains.

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Connections

Spin-off Marvin Milktoast (2008)

User Reviews

Thank God for the Writer's Strike

I read Joss Whedon and his brother's were bored during the Writer's Strike last season and came up with the idea for Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. All I can say is at least one phenomenal thing came out of that strike! This three part comedy/drama with music is the most entertaining thing I've seen all summer. Neil Patrick Harris is absolutely inspired as the not so horrible, Dr. Horrible. Nathan Fillion is as adorable as ever as Captain Hammer, but he gets to reach in and find some shallowness too. This is fifty minutes, when you put all three parts together, of silliness, twists and turns, all with a soundtrack. It's only free online until July 20th, then you have to buy it. But the season pass at iTunes is only $3.99 and it is well worth the money. I highly recommend this for anyone who loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer's musical episode, who loves Joss Whedon or Neil Patrick Harris.