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

Dr. Horrible: [after describing about the freeze ray failure] Captain Hammer threw a car at my head.

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Connections

Featured in Music Movies: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (2012)

User Reviews

Just plain awesome

I honestly didn't know what I was getting myself into when I first sat down at my computer to watch this. I had heard that Joss Whedon had created it, and I was a fan of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, but I didn't know what it was about or anything.

Forty Five minutes later, I was completely blown away. The songs, writing, and acting are just amazing. It made me laugh, and nearly cry. It's so creative, and has superheroes in it, which I love.

If you're someone who isn't sure about it, just watch Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog anyway. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Dr. Horrible has a P.h.D. in horribleness, and awesomeness.