#pythagoras puppet history

[digital-dumbass]

still can’t believe this guy canonically pulls

[yuureitoukyou]

Redraws for the two canonical villains in this series[refrences in readmore.]

I redrew the mvs "this is the happiness and peace of the mind committee" by utautaP +t.komine and digital girl by kira for these pieces!!

[theeddyinbetween]

puppet history s7 was so good!!!!!!!

[crispycreambacon]

nvm gang sprafessor is back on the menu it's just incredibly fucked

[miss-galaxy-turtle]

Me watching the puppet history season 7 finale: yeah ofc Dr. Sprat was evil I thought that was obvious, I clocked that from the beginning

Me when it was revealed that he was not only fucking PYTHAGORAS HIMSELF but also the foil to the Professor who successfully took over the show:

[ramavoite]

[confettiinred]

There are a lot of things I find interesting about Dr. Sprat, but one of the biggest things that I can never help but notice every time I rewatch a scene he’s in is the fact that..

HIS RIGHT HAND IS NEVER IN FRAME.

At times, it can be a little hard to tell, based off the camera angle, but if you were to imagine yourself as Dr. Sprat, or if you were to flip the image, every single time, his right hand is not shown. It always just.. dangles there — for the most part — conveniently out of sight.

I’ve seen people wonder how Dr. Sprat and Elmer Walter Williams have been in the same scene, being that Elmer isn’t… real/living, per se, and the simple answer is that not only is his right hand out of frame, but so is his arm.

For further explanation, here is how I view/interpret the scenes with Dr. Sprat and Elmer, with a side-by-side of the original and my own edited version showing where his arm would be in each scene, represented by a red line.

Remember, this is based on Dr. Sprat’s angle, not the camera’s angle.

Admittedly, this second example kind of contradicts the whole “right-hand man” thing, given that it would actually be Dr. Sprat’s left hand this time. However, I do think it’s worth noting that shortly after this scene, we’re introduced to the idea that Dr. Sprat may not actually be the one in charge, serving more as Elmer’s right-hand man than vice versa. Still, his arm is out of frame.

There are so many things I love about this show, but little details like this just makes me love it even more. Hell, they even kept it up in promotional pictures before the season even came out (at least on YouTube).

[plainlyraine]

Anime campaign enjoyers how we feelin?

[autumngravity]

I never thought this season of Puppet History would essentially boil down to Genie Magic vs Mathematics.

[bluew0lf123]

Guess who finished the Puppet history finale💔💔

I have many thoughts and emotions because WHAT THE HECK but that gave me the inspiration to make some art!!

While Sprat/Pythagoras’ monologue was incredible and I am very worried for Ryan + the Professor, at the same time him boasting about taking over the show and murder was very funny with the context of what Ryan and The Professor have been through

Next we have the TEAM TO PERHAPS BRING BACK RYAN AND THE PROFESSOR BECAUSE THEYRE THE ONLY ONES LEFT (you do not understand my joy and shock at the return of the plauge rat AND THE BOX) also drawing Shane twice right next to each other is a new one and hey maybe God will finally do something again!!

also apparently watching a history show too much accidentally gives you the power of prophecy because I drew this picture based off a random idea and for a weird lighting test in JANUARY

Yeah kinda cringe probably BUT IT IS ACCIDENTALLY SUPER RELEVANT NOW BECAUSE THEYRE NOT HOME ANYMORE!! THEYRE IN PUPPET PURGATORY!! CAN RYAN EVEN SURVIVE IN A PUPPET BASED PLACE??

anyway I hope you all enjoy the finale and are coping best you can with it-

[readordiebyemilyt]

While watching this episode, I had to pause and sing this song about triangles, which made me feel like some kind of math sleeper agent.

[softboyscully]

HIS GLASSES WERE TRIANGLES

[08skyguy80]

SEASON 7 OF PUPPET HISTORY IS OUT!!

If you haven’t watched it yet, you should go watch it. It’s a super funny and interesting episode, plus we get huge lore drops that I’m going to dive into below!

This next part is just going to be my analysis rant for the episode because there’s so much I noticed that I want to share my thoughts on.

‼️Warning for spoilers‼️

TW for mentions of drugs, memory loss, god and death/murder.

I just want to start by saying that this episode was literally a cinematic masterpiece. Even with the silly bits of dialogue, the actual lore writing was so good and so was the acting. Plus the actual cinematography? The pan from the Phorgedytol billboard? The lighting and sets? Masterfully done. You can tell so much love and skill go into the making of this show and it’s so amazing to see!

Onto the actual analysis…

I’m in love with how much the lore is being built up and all the new concepts we were introduced to in this episode. Even from the beginning, we can see that something is off with the professor and when we get to the end things start to begin making sense. Starting even at 1:28, we see him losing his memories. I’m going to list some of the example timestamps here, they might not all be true, it might just be me looking into things for some of these but still. Him forgetting the details of the C-Dogs joke at 7:30, him going into how fuzzy the details are at 36:50, and his slip up on what season it is at 43:30. I assume the memory loss is caused by the Phorgedytol (I mean it is quite literally pronounced like forget it all). I tried to find out if the chemical structure we saw on the front of the bottle meant anything, but I wasn’t able to find a match or anything super similar unfortunately (though in fair warning, chemistry has never been my strong suit).

We see a Phorgedytol billboard during the flashback sequence which has a few pieces of possible symbolism I wanted to point out. For one, the image of the horse which could be in reference to horse tranquilizers which usually depict horses in the branding. The two people covering each other's eyes could be seen as symbolism for not facing something, a reason people might choose to take the pills, or as ignorance, people being blind to the truth behind Phorgedytol. This is definitely me hyper analyzing little details, but the actual pill bottle itself has a purple lid which is a trait commonly featured with melatonin bottles. This could possibly refer to the idea that the drug could have sedative-like qualities or a reference to the fact that sedatives have a risk of causing memory loss. Or it was just an aesthetic choice which is the most likely reason but still.

The introduction of Phorgedytol as the Coveted Capsules is also really interesting. The Professor says they’re a corporate sponsor but why would a pharmaceutical company sponsor a history show? Why are they trying to, as the professor says, “flood the public” (36:20). The ending with both Ryan and the Professor taking the pills is also super interesting to me. It would be so cool if them taking the pills makes them forget that they ever took the pills causing a cycle to form of them taking it “for the first time”.

I want to commemorate Shane’s acting, and character design, in his “clandestine meeting” with the professor. He’s so incredibly talented and in this scene specifically it’s crazy to think that the two characters, The fedora-clad mobster looking ex-producer and the fuzzy blue professor, are actually the same person in real life with how unique the two are. Along with that the lighting in this scene was really cool, with the professor being lit from above, which gave the scene an almost interrogation-like feel, and Shane being lit from behind shrouding his character in shadow.

I think it’s really interesting that Shane repetitively calls the professor Connie, which is the same thing he called the hologram version of the professor in season 5 during The Bloody Life of England’s Fastest Surgeon, despite the fact that he’s, supposedly, talking to the real professor. The professor also never corrects him or comments on the name which maybe just means that Concupiscence is his real name, as he is aware that Shane did meet the evil hologram version of himself (40:45). However, at 41:48 we see in the background a banner saying “six nasty seasons”. Maybe “nasty” is a reference to Concupiscence McNasty, the evil hologram, rather than just an adjective. Maybe this means that the evil hologram will be coming back this season? Or possibly already is back???

When flashing back to the present, we see a skull overlay Elmer Walter Williams and the professor for a split second at 42:11, with the skull lining up directly with the professor's eyes. Regardless of which of the two it was meant for, I think it’s an interesting little detail to point out. As he’s returning to reality, the scene flips back and forth from the professor to Elmer distortedly laughing. That on its own might not mean anything but it paired with how he gave the professor and Ryan Phorgedytol, saying it has “no side effects, just operating on a higher plane” (42:33), how he is the one taking care of brand relations (38:40), and how he was “suspiciously eager for work” (38:35-38:56) makes me suspicious of him. Also his specific wording “operating on a higher plane” and “God willing” makes me wonder if maybe God will be coming back? Plus, there was an image of a prism on the retirement door which some say symbolizes a connection to the divine. Then again, prisms also are known to represent a transformation or life, so who’s to say? Below the prism we see the letters ES, which I think could possibly stand for the name of whatever company is running the “retirement” program.

Speaking of, we are introduced to a new character this episode, Dr. Sprat who introduced himself in the flashback scene as someone from the Department of Puppet Safety. At the very end of the episode, we see him taking the triangle through an office-like building, saying he’s here to assist with the other’s retirement (43:50). We quickly find that retirement doesn’t mean there’s an old puppet nursing home, but rather something much more sinister. The triangle saying that “time, space, and the entire universe come unraveled by my volatile existence” (43:59 references back to The Puppet History Holiday Spectacular where God told the puppets that “the professor was inadvertently creating you abominations” and that they had to be killed but their souls had to go somewhere, which happens to be the Wondrium Arena, or purgatory. I really want to see more of a deep dive into E.S. or whatever the “retirement” company is as it’s clearly quite processed with a whole facility and a Retirement Machine that kills puppets with lasers and sends them to purgatory (44:08-44:35). Also the reintroduction of purgatory supports my idea that we’re going to get another God episode or possibly another episode with the devil.

If you made it all the way here thank you for reading!! I’d love to hear your thoughts on the episode and I hope you have an amazing day/night!! ⭐️

Also I’m thinking of adding seasons 3-7 onto the Puppet History Fandom Wiki as it currently only has the first two seasons. Puppet History is digging its furry little paws into me, I can’t escape the jellybeans.

[crispycreambacon]

Filipino!Dr. Sprat for no reason other than I think it's cool, and I'm Filipino, so I have a moral obligation to hit every character I like with the Filipino beam. Headcanons be upon ye now

This goes hand-in-hand with Filipino!Professor primarily so that Dr. Sprat can flex how much Tagalog he knows towards the Professor who was cursed with the "being forced to learn only English" beam.

He would really enjoy learning Tagalog and hit everyone around him with the "Tinuka ng pitong puting pato ang pitumpot-pitong puting puto" and also hit them with Tagalog words that literally no one uses anymore.

He would mock the Professor and Ryan in Tagalog, and the both of them would be fuming because they know he's insulting them, but they can't fire back.

He would bring a bunch of puto after shoots and would say, "You're this except the o is replaced with the a" and the Professor would look at him very confused, chewing halfway through the puto before it clicks, and he throws the puto on the floor out of sheer rage. Meanwhile Ryan got it immediately and was laughing the entire time.

HE WOULD LOVE OPM. HE WOULD BE SO ANNOYING ABOUT OTSO OTSO.

[miss-galaxy-turtle]

The episode was about a mutiny.......and then Dr. Sprat had his OWN mutiny.....this show has no right to be as clever as it is AND YET

[watchersleuth]

this yt comment on the Puppet History finale has me like !!!

imagine if it has been Pythagoras All Along!

@wearewatcher - thoughts?

yt comment from palkia002 - lmk if you know their tumblr handle!