The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders is a 2018 American adult puppet buddy cop crime comedy film directed by Brian Henson and written by Todd Berger from a story by Berger and Dee Austin Robertson. Set in a world where humans and living puppets co-exist, the film follows a puppet private investigator and a human police detective who must solve a murder spree of retired sitcom stars. The Happytime Murders was the first film released by Henson Alternative, a banner of The Jim Henson Company aimed toward adult audiences.

Cast[]

Character		Actor
	Detective Connie Edwards	Melissa McCarthy
	Jenny	Elizabeth Banks
	Bubbles	Maya Rudolph
	Lt. Banning	Leslie David Baker
	Agent Campbell	Joel McHale
	Ronovan Scargle	Michael McDonald
	Brittenie Marlowe	Cynthy Wu
	Officer Delancey	Jimmy O. Yang
	Officer Milligan	Ryan Gaul
	Robin	Fortune Feimster
	Phil Phillips	Bill Barretta
	Junkyard
	Boar
	Sandra White	Dorien Davies
	Mr. Bumblypants	Kevin Clash
	Lyle	Kevin Clash
	Larry Phillips	Victor Yerrid
	Old Man	Victor Yerrid
	Goofer	Drew Massey
	Vinny	Drew Massey
	Crab	Brian Henson
	Diane	Donna Kimball
	Sheila	Alice Dinnean
	Roxy	Patty Guggenheim
	Puppet Doctor	Damon Jones

International versions[]

	Language	Title
	Czech	Hele Muppete, kdo tady vraždí?
	French (Canada)	Carnage chez les joyeux touffus
	French (Europe)	Carnage chez les Puppets
	German	The Happytime Murders
	Hungarian	Haláli bábjáték
	Italian	Pupazzi senza gloria
	Persian	قتل در ساعات خوش
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Crimes em Happytime
	Russian	Игрушки для взрослых
	Slovak	Pozri Mupet, kto tu vraždí!
	Spanish (Latin America)	¿Quién mató a los Puppets?
	Spanish (Spain)	¿Quién está matando a los moñecos?
	Ukrainian	Іграшки для дорослих

	Language	Title
	Bulgarian	Убийства в Хепитайм
	Georgian	ბედნიერი პერიოდის მკვლელობები
	Polish	Rozpruci na śmierć
	Russian	Игрушки для взрослых
	Ukrainian	Іграшки для дорослих

	Language	Title
	Albanian	Kush i vrau kukullat
	Arabic	هادمي اللذات
	Bulgarian	Убийства в Хепитайм
	Cantonese	賤偵MADAM摷公仔
	Chinese (Simplified)	欢乐时光谋杀案
	Chinese (Traditional)	歡樂時光謀殺案
	Croatian	Nemilosrdni plišanci
	Danish	The Happytime Murders
	Dutch	The Happytime Murders
	Filipino	The Happytime Murders
	Finnish	The Happytime Murders
	Hebrew	בובה של רצח
	Japanese	パペット大騒査線追憶の紫影(パープル・シャドー)
	Korean	해피타임 스파이
	Latvian	Rotaļlietas pieaugušajiem
	Lithuanian	Žaisliukai suaugusiems
	Norwegian	The Happytime Murders
	Polish	Rozpruci na śmierć
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Pela Hora da Morte
	Romanian	Cine trage sforile?
	Serbian	Nemilosrdni plišani
	Slovak	Pozri Mupet, kto tu vraždí!
	Slovene	Pokvarjeni pliškoti
	Swedish	The Happytime Murders
	Thai	ตายหล่ะหว่า ใครฆ่ามัพเพทส์!
	Turkish	Edepsiz Kuklalar

v - e - d

As Muppets, Inc.
Hey Cinderella! (1969) • The Frog Prince (1971) • The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)

As Henson Associates

The Muppet Show (1976) • Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) • The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Dark Crystal (1982) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • Fraggle Rock (1983) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Follow That Bird (1985) • Labyrinth (1986) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) • The Christmas Toy (1986) • Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)

As Jim Henson Productions

The StoryTeller (1987) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Jim Henson Hour (1989) • Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting (1989) • The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989) • The Witches (1990) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Dinosaurs (1991) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Dog City (1992) • Secret Life of Toys (1993) • Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994) • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) • Gulliver's Travels (1996) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Aliens in the Family (1996) • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996)

As Jim Henson Pictures
Buddy (1997) • Muppets from Space (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Good Boy! (2003)

As Jim Henson Television
Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) • Mopatop's Shop (1999) • Construction Site (1999) • Farscape (1999) • The Hoobs (2001)

As The Jim Henson Company

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • Five Children and It (2004) • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • MirrorMask (2005) • Five Minutes More (2006) • Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) • Sid the Science Kid (2008) • Pajanimals (2008) • Dinosaur Train (2008) • Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) • Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (2008) • Me and My Monsters (2010) • Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (2013) • The Doozers (2014) • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) • Turkey Hollow (2015) • Splash and Bubbles (2016) • Word Party (2016) • Julie's Greenroom (2017) • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) • Earth to Ned (2020) • Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021) • Word Party Presents: Math! (2021) • Harriet the Spy (2021) • Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022) • Slumberkins (2022)

As Henson Alternative
The Happytime Murders (2018)