The Happytime Murders
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The Happytime Murders is a 2018 adult puppet crime-comedy film that blends raunchy humor with a noir-style mystery in a world where humans and puppets coexist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Happytime Murders canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4890257 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Happytime Murders Context triple: [Joel McHale, appearedIn, The Happytime Murders]
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A.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
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B.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
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C.
The Child Killer
The Child Killer is the nickname of Scottish serial murderer Robert Black, notorious for abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing young girls across the UK during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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E.
The Murders at Fleat House
The Murders at Fleat House is a crime novel by Lucinda Riley that follows the investigation of a suspicious death at an English boarding school, blending classic whodunit elements with atmospheric suspense.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Happytime Murders Target entity description: The Happytime Murders is a 2018 adult puppet crime-comedy film that blends raunchy humor with a noir-style mystery in a world where humans and puppets coexist.
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A.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
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B.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
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C.
The Child Killer
The Child Killer is the nickname of Scottish serial murderer Robert Black, notorious for abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing young girls across the UK during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
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E.
The Murders at Fleat House
The Murders at Fleat House is a crime novel by Lucinda Riley that follows the investigation of a suspicious death at an English boarding school, blending classic whodunit elements with atmospheric suspense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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crime comedy film ⓘ feature film ⓘ film ⓘ puppet film ⓘ |
| castMember |
Ben Falcone
NERFINISHED
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Bill Barretta NERFINISHED ⓘ Cynthy Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel McHale NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie David Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Maya Rudolph NERFINISHED ⓘ Melissa McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mitchell Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Brian Henson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | STXfilms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Brian Olds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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buddy cop film ⓘ crime comedy ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ puppet film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adult humor
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human–puppet coexistence ⓘ noir-style mystery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Detective Connie Edwards
NERFINISHED
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Phil Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Christopher Lennertz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | murder investigation ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A puppet private investigator and his human partner investigate the murders of the cast of a popular puppet TV show in a world where humans and puppets coexist. ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Henson
NERFINISHED
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Jeffrey Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Melissa McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Henson Alternative
NERFINISHED
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On the Day Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jim Henson Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2018-08-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dee Robertson
NERFINISHED
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Todd Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| storyBy | Todd Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
live-action
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puppetry ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Happytime Murders Description of subject: The Happytime Murders is a 2018 adult puppet crime-comedy film that blends raunchy humor with a noir-style mystery in a world where humans and puppets coexist.
Referenced by (1)
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