Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 

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 8 wins & 4 nominations.

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:

laundromat | remote control vehicle | accidental death | homeless shelter | freeze ray | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Short | Comedy | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the opening sequence, during which Dr. Horrible is talking directly to camera, many Joss Whedon fans mistakenly believed that the out of focus shape hanging in the window on the left was a model of the spaceship Serenity, a nod to Whedon's show, Firefly (2002). However, it was just a line of pots and pans hanging in the window.

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Quotes

Captain Hammer: [singing] So I thank my girlfriend Penny. Yea, we totally had sex. She showed me there's so many different muscles I can flex. There's the deltoids of compassion, there's the abs of being kind. It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds!

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Connections

Referenced in What's the Difference? (2012)

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Soundtracks

Everything You Ever
(uncredited)
Performed by Neil Patrick Harris

User Reviews

More musical 'fun with a message' from Joss Whedon

For 'Buffy' fans, "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" is similar to the famous 'Once More With Feeling' musical episode, exploring familiar Whedon territory with some favourite Whedon stars: Nathon Fillion from 'Firefly', Felicia Day also from the last series of 'Buffy', plus Neil Patrick Harris and cameos galore: is the good guy good, is the hero the heroine with a day-job, and does the bad guy *want* to be horrible? Lots of fun, with some good music and clever, thoughtful lyrics and some surprising performances; you start believing! I lol'd at the groupies and the baddies, and stay around for the credits.

Available on I-tunes for purchase.

And yes, I know what a hammer is.

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official Fan Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1