Episode 1
Bill Sues
30m
Bill tries to sue the families of his victims for mental cruelty and is sentenced to castration for wasting the judge's time.
Episode credits
Guest stars Alberta Watson, Martin Roach
TV series
Puppets Who Kill
20024 seasons6.6 / 10
Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
Puppets Who Kill premiered October 4, 2002. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
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Episode 2
Portrait Of Buttons
30m
Dan cons Buttons into thinking his portrait is cursed to reflect his evil to control him but accidentally drives the bear into a homicidal rage resulting in a bloodbath at the local church.
Episode credits
Guest stars Polly Shannon, Julian Richings, Rudy Webb, Anna Silk
Episode 3
Prostitutes For Jesus
30m
Button's has an affair with a woman with a very jealous and murderous ""husband"" while Rocko and Bill take advantage of two prostitutes who have announced a holy mission to see that the terminally ill get laid.
Episode credits
Guest stars Emily Hampshire, Kristin Booth, Lynne Griffin, Kate Zenna, Robin Brûlé
Episode 4
Cuddles The Demon
30m
Dan's game with an Ouija board results in Buttons being possessed by a demon who intends to destroy the world and picks Dan as the virgin sacrifice he needs to finish the job.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ron Kennell
Episode 5
Buttons The Geriatric
30m
Buttons picks an elderly rich widow as his ticket to the good life and is willing to kill anyone who tries to stop her changing her will to leave him everything.
Where to watch Puppets Who KillEpisode 6
Dead Ted
30m
Rocko's old cellmate Ted drops by to say hi and offer to share his hidden loot with him but dies accidentally before he can tell Rocko where its hidden
Episode credits
Guest stars Tara Spencer-Nairn, Michelle Latimer, Alan van Sprang
Episode 7
Cuddles The Religious Icon
30m
Cuddle gains the power to heal by touch and becomes known to the neighbours as the Miracle Child but his popularity annoys Dan who sets out to destroy Cuddle's gift until he discovers he has terminal bowel cancer.
Episode credits
Guest stars Aron Tager
Episode 8
Bill's Got The Blues
30m
Bill is suffering from extreme depression because Dan's forbidden him to commit murder but Dan needs Bill to cheer up so he can have a chance at a successful Social Workers grant
Episode credits
Guest stars John Bourgeois, Joe Flaherty
Episode 9
Pizza Boys Are Missing
30m
In this episode many pizza delivery boys disappear. Rocko and Cuddles decide to take a job delivering pizza. In the meantime, Buttons lies to a pretty lady, (Meredith Henderson), to get what he wants. The truth about Buttons is uncovered though, and the case of the disappearing pizza boys is solved.
Episode credits
Guest stars John Bourgeois, Meredith Henderson, Jennifer Dale, Elisa Moolecherry
Episode 10
Rocko Gets A Lung
30m
Rocko learns he's down to 2% of lung capacity and needs a transplant to survive but he's such a scumbag that no one's willing to donate them to him and he doesn't have the money to buy a new set. Bill's sent to a TV quiz show to earn the money but it turns out his genius at home was actually from cheating and in he's way over his head.
Episode credits
Guest stars Boyd Banks, Mark McKinney, Doug McGrath
Episode 11
Dan And The Necrophiliac
30m
At Uncle Harry's funeral Dan learns that the beautiful cousin he's always had a crush on is a necrophliac. Just how far will Dan go for the chance to get laid?
Episode credits
Guest stars Stephen Ouimette
Episode 12
Rocko And The Twins
30m
Cuddles' latest blind date turns out to have a siamese twin attached and wants him to find a date for her sister. Rocko barges into the situation and finds he's met his match in the bitter & angry sister. To everyone's surprise their mutual hostility turns into a passionate affair while Cuddles finds that the other sister is far more boring than her personal ad claimed.
Episode credits
Guest stars Sabrina Grdevich, Wayne Robson
Episode 13
The Twilight Place
30mfinale
Dan gets rid of the TV to stop the gang doing nothing but sitting around watching it so Cuddles and Rocko buy their own set from a thrift shop but it turns out to be cursed.
Episode credits
Guest stars Don Francks, Marvin Ishmael
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
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More about Puppets Who Kill
Cast
Dan RedicanDan Barlow
Bob MartinCuddles
Gord RobertsonBillJames RankinButtons
David Fox
Arlene Duncan
Louis Di Bianco
Boyd BanksCredits
- Created by
- John Pattison, Steven Westren
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 53
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
The Comedy NetworkCanada
Themes
criminalpuppetsocial worker