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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20082008
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 42m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
43K
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Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Simon Helberg, and Felicia Day in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Play trailer0:55
1 Video
49 Photos
  • Short
  • Comedy
  • Musical

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

IMDb RATING
8.5/10
43K
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • Neil Patrick Harris
    • Nathan Fillion
    • Felicia Day
Top credits
  • Stars
    • Neil Patrick Harris
    • Nathan Fillion
    • Felicia Day
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 84User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 9 wins & 4 nominations total

    Episodes3

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    1 Season
    2008

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    Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
    Trailer 0:55
    Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

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    Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Nathan Fillion in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Neil Patrick Harris in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Felicia Day at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Nathan Fillion at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Joss Whedon at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon, and Felicia Day at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon, and Felicia Day at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon, and Felicia Day at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Joss Whedon at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    Felicia Day at an event for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)

    Top cast

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    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    • Billy (Dr. Horrible)as Billy (Dr. Horrible)
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Nathan Fillion
    Nathan Fillion
    • Captain Hammeras Captain Hammer
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Felicia Day
    Felicia Day
    • Pennyas Penny
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Simon Helberg
    Simon Helberg
    • Moistas Moist
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Nick Towne
    • Bad Horse Chorus #1as Bad Horse Chorus #1
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Jed Whedon
    Jed Whedon
    • Bad Horse Chorus #2as Bad Horse Chorus #2…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Rob Reinis
    • Bad Horse Chorus #3as Bad Horse Chorus #3…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Otto Michael Penzato
    Otto Michael Penzato
    • Driveras Driver…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2008
    Richard Partlow
    Richard Partlow
    • Mayoras Mayor
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Maurissa Tancharoen
    Maurissa Tancharoen
    • Groupie #1as Groupie #1
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Stacy Shirk
    Stacy Shirk
    • Groupie #2as Groupie #2
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Steve Berg
    Steve Berg
    • Groupie #3as Groupie #3
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    David Fury
    David Fury
    • Newsmanas Newsman
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Marti Noxon
    Marti Noxon
    • Newswomanas Newswoman
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Michael Boretz
    • Other Moving Guyas Other Moving Guy
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Lance W. Lanfear
    Lance W. Lanfear
    • Hawaiian Shirt Guyas Hawaiian Shirt Guy
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Michael G. Canaan
    Michael G. Canaan
    • Pink Pummeleras Pink Pummeler
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
    Jonathan Reilly
    • Purple Pimpas Purple Pimp
    1 episode1 ep • 2008
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    Storyline

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    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? —Ted Z.
    • laundromat
    • remote control vehicle
    • accidental death
    • homeless shelter
    • freeze ray
    • 15 more
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    • Taglines
      • He has a Ph.D. in horribleness!
    • Genres
      • Short
      • Comedy
      • Musical
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • TV-PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Filmed in six days.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Horrible: Oh goodness, look at my wrist, I have to go.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      My Freeze Ray
      (uncredited)

      Performed by Neil Patrick Harris

    User reviews84

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    10/10
    possibly the single funniest thing I've seen from Whedon...
    ... I say this though as a quasi-Whedon ignorant; I've only seen about two seasons worth of Buffy, no Angel, and all of Firefly and Serenity. Joss Whedon's sense of humor is playful, crude, warped, and everything one might love from a skewering of superheroes. Hancock, take note, this is how it's done with consistency! The premise of Dr. Horrible can be summed up in one sentence: Boy (Dr. Horrible) with nerdy powers finds and wants girl, boy loses girl to arch nemesis boy Captain Hammer, boy plots revenge, boy finds things end on a pretty bitter and sad note. Or, to put it another way, it's about the nerdy guy wanting the girl and the beefy upstart with an ego the size of a blimp is hogging her for himself.

    That's the gist of it, anyway, but to say this is all Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is about is to do a total disservice to Whedon and his large fan-base. This is a musical not quite unlike the Buffy classic "Once More, with Feeling" only without that pesky 'you have to know a and b and c are going on in the series and season' logic. One is thrust into that sharp, laconic, and joyously obvious sense of humor that reveals Whedon as someone who is a kind of curious master of musical comedy with those appropriate doses of barbed satire.

    At the same time, as one who may have watched their share of Buffy and even Firefly knows, Whedon is also a hopeless romantic (hopeless in that he can't seem to put people together without *something* going wrong, which is the point of all drama one supposes), and his tale of Dr. Horrible, done through songs that reveal the characters' souls, heartfelt and adorable and totally meat-headed (the Captain's final song at the podium with his award is next to Godliness), and at the same time a cheap joke (random cowboys singing along from the sides of the frame) or a catchy number (the "Man's gotta do" song is far more wondrous than about 99.9% of stuff on the radio now) isn't sacrificed for the sake of what little plot there is.

    And lest not forget the acting, or at least the awesome musical prowess. Neal Patrick Harris and Nathan Filion are just about perfect in their roles, as is the woman who plays Penny (the red-headed girl Dr. Horrible meets at the Coin Mart), with Filion especially juicy in a somewhat campy turn where he takes all those heroic qualities of his Firefly character and reveals the dark side ("And yes, we had sex"). Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog is about as close to romantic-comedy-musical-satire amazement as one could hope for, or maybe not expect, from Whedon, particularly as a free web-series running just about the length of a full short film (or an extremely short feature).
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    • Sep 27, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • MySpace
      • Official Fan Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Музыкальный блог Доктора Ужасного
    • Filming locations
      • D.C. Stages, 1360 East 6th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Mutant Enemy
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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