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Scary Clowns!!!

I’ve been thinking about the Joker’s character and why he stands out so much from other comic villains. The Joker character isn’t a tragedy or a comedy but a horror and I think I actually came to what writers, actors and even fans are missing about the character. The Joker is a comic villain but he’s not what comic fans associate with a comic villain. He’s not just a “bad guy” he’s a monster who would actually be better placed in a horror setting, not an action adventure setting which is what he is normally placed in. Recently DC tried to bring out a more human aspect to the Joker with the “Joker” I & II by making a drama of the Joker. This is probably the result of many comic readers complaining about how ruthless the villain is and apparently want a villain who is relatable. That’s not what genre of villain the Joker is. The Joker isn’t a relatable villain like Harley Quinn or Cat Woman. He’s not an evil action-adventure villain like Lex Luthor or the Green Goblin. The Joker is a Monster in a horror movie. No matter how many times you k*ll him he just keeps coming back. Just like with Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers and Art the Clown.This is what DC needs to market to, horror fans, not action adventure or drama fans. Think about how amazing a Horror staring the Joker and Batman could actually be. It would be like a 1980’s slasher movie, that took place in the huge Wayne mansion or in the Victorian style Arkham Asylum and Batman would be the Final Girl!!! Okay someone must make this happen. What’s Bruce Timm’s phone number?

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I was thinking about the Joker today and how he might be a metaphor for mental illness. Specifically Bruce’s mental illness. If you suffer from depression it’s an ongoing battle. You never get rid of it. You can’t k*ll it, you can only fight with it. You have to eventually learn how to live with it. This is kind of how Bruce deals with the Joker. He’s constantly fighting him but can never truly k*ll or get rid of him.

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“I have lived thirty years in the mountains and, I have never been attacked by a bear but, I had only lived for four years before I was attacked by a man.”

Trigger Warning ⚠️ CSA

“What were you wearing?”

It’s hard for anyone to talk about their “me too” story. It took me over two decades to be able to actually talk about it. Growing up I was always told “Don’t Talk about it” because it was like a dirty secret that my family didn’t want anyone to know about. I’ve had people tell me I was “trauma dumping”. Many have told me I made it up, that what I was saying was BS.

I even had someone tell me that I was probably dressed like a “sl*t” before, I informed them I was a toddler at the time. When I confided in my first real boyfriend, he became upset with me because, “Then why won’t you sleep with me? It’s not like you’re a real virgin anyway!” I never received sympathy from anyone, the general attitude was that I probably brought it on myself.

My own Mother even told me, “If you had just done as you were told and stayed in the yard this would have never of happened.” Once again, I was only four years old and, she had left me unsupervised and locked out of the house. (It was the 80’s.)

My whole life I felt like I was something broken that no one would ever want. Like I was the “opened package” in a store that was put on discount in hopes that maybe someone might buy it despite it had already been “used”. I still feel like that in many ways. Recently the internet was blow up with the question to women, “If you were stranded in the woods would you rather be stranded with a man or a bear?”. This was met with many women both victims and non-victims choosing the bear. This was met with an angry response by many men on the internet.

Of course, not all men felt this way. My own brother very bluntly said “I would pick the bear because at least the bear wouldn’t try to f*ck me.” I think that the men who were insulted by women choosing the bear were ones with something to hide. I never want anyone else to go through what I did. I hope that with the coming generations that more and more abusers will be held responsible.

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Joker canonically refuses to fight Batman until he’s finished his makeup

Even if he’s de*d or doesn’t have a face.

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It’s Jazz Stup*d!

“Joker the World” is being released September 17,2024. I’m excited about this because it is going to showcase stories from different artists and writers all over the world. Different countries do have different versions of the character. I remember back in the 90’s in China the Joker was more of a mischievous trickster. This is because the comics were primarily targeted toward children. Earlier this year DC finally released Batman/Dylan Dog for American audiences which was originally a Spain release. The Joker was written to be a character that although vile you still had some sympathy for. I am excited to see what version each country has. I’m hoping for multiple covers to be released. I really want the “It’s Jazz Stup*d” cover.

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This explains so much.

gotham is filled with evil homosexuals so I think having a buff dude in high-tec latex underwear pinning them to the ground doesn't really help the crime situation actually

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Crème Shop Haul

In Asia Crème Shop is a very popular brand. It’s actually known as a US brand in Asia as the company is in California but, for some reason in America it’s advertised as “Korean Beauty”. I actually have a hard time finding their products in the US. I have found some at Ulta and Sephora but, none in warehouse retail stores like Target or Walmart. I was very surprised to find the products at Walgreens. Crème Shop is mostly known for its cute packaging and they often have limited edition packaging for Products of characters like Hello Kitty and Pusheen. I’m a big sucker for cute packaging. These products are hypoallergenic and cruelty free. I have a hard time wearing eye cosmetics because they make my eyes itch and water. Crème shop never does that but, big American brands like Covergirl, Maybelline, ELF, even Physicians Formula make my eyes water. Which is kind of disappointing because, I really like the look of the Covergirl eye makeup and it’s really affordable too.

I highly recommend the face powders for anyone who has a 10 year old Sephora kid. It is almost impossible to waste these powders because of how they are packaged. The loose powders are contained in a closed case with a mesh net over the opening. You can only get out maybe 1/4 a teaspoon of powder at a time. This works great for kids who over use products and if they accidentally knock the product over very little will be lost. My favorite is the “Banana Powder” but, that wasn’t available so I got the BT21 powders and the classic “Moon Dust”.

The Crème Shop is currently having a BT21 collaboration so a lot of the products have the BT21 characters. I was able to also find some of the Hello Kitty 50th anniversary skincare products too. I was really hoping to find the Pusheen makeup brushes but, they weren’t available. I did pick up some BT21 brushes as I haven’t replaced my brushes in over 10 years and really needed new ones. As you can see many of the products haven’t been opened yet. That is because after opening the products they only have a 6-12 month usage date before you have to throw them away.

The Hello Kitty care pack only has a 3 month usage date so I only purchased the mini products, except for the full size face wash which I use twice a day and know it will not go to waste.

I did get the Hello Kitty makeup removal wipes specifically because they smell like watermelon which is my favorite fruit. Normally I use the more eco friendly reusable makeup remover cloth. The wipes actually work better than the cloth. I was able to get all my makeup off using only one wipe even the waterproof mascara. However due to the wipes not being biodegradable I’ll probably not buy them very often.

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Why Doesn’t Batman Just K*ll the Joker?

What fans have forgotten is that Batman saves people regardless if they deserve it or not because, that’s what hero’s do. A firefight isn’t going to leave someone in a burning building because, they are a criminal they are going to save them. That’s what is special about Batman. All the other hero’s have super powers and play god acting as judge and jury for their villains but, Batman doesn’t have or do any of that. He’s just a man he knows he cannot play god and he knows that no single individual can be judge and jury for any person. In the case of the Joker everyone says that Gotham would be better off if Batman k!led the Joker but, would it? If there had never been a Joker Gotham would still be run by organized crime. Joker single handed got rid of the mafia in Gotham not just in the movies but, the comics too. He would always go after the big crime bosses who thought he was untouchable. In Jokers first appearance in Batman #1 Joker went after the corrupt upper class leveling the playing field for lower class people to move up. In Batman Gotham Nights #6 the Joker made Jokeraide a website that promised to pay off lower income family’s medical bills. The website became self sufficient by advertising and is still running and pays off medical bills in Gotham to this day. So Joker has gotten rid of more criminals and corruption than Batman has and helped the Gotham citizens in most need. Batman has also seen the more vulnerable human side of Joker there is, even more than Harley. Such as in the Killing Joke where the Joker and Batman laughed as the rain poured down on them, In prelude to the wedding where the Joker pours his heart out to Batman, in Batman Cacophony where Joker is packed full of antipsychotics and he truly apologizes to Batman, In Batman #48 where amnesiac Bruce has a true conversation with the temporarily sane Joker and Joker begs him not to become Batman again because, he doesn’t want to be the Joker anymore. Not to mention every time Joker has been rendered “sane” he shows only remorse and regret for what he has done. Proving that deep down he wants to be a good person. Sure it’s buried deep down in an impenetrable safe, covered in chains, nailed up with boards and sealed over with concrete but it’s there. Batman sees all of this and he doesn’t k*ll the Joker because, those few moments give him hope and that’s what Batman is all about, hope. Hope for a better future, hope for a better Gotham, hope for all of his rouges to reform and lead better lives. To Batman, m*rdering Joker has become a symbol of giving up hope and falling into corruption. For Joker, Batman m*urdering him has become a symbol of proof that no one is above corruption, that one bad day can push you to your limits and that all humans deep down are naturally evil. If you still have problems with that and you don’t understand why Batman doesn’t just k*ll the Joker maybe you should just switch to Marvel and read “the Punisher”.

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It’s kind of funny…because it’s true.

Current Jason Todd fans asking what kind of Monster would vote for a teenager to be murd*r*d?!

Five year old me.

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“Batman the Caped Crusader”

It’s “eh” my favorite character was honestly Selina Kyle’s maid. I like the classic 1940’s Batman design. I really hate that they gender swapped the Penguin. It’s just weird. I’m not sure why shows like Gotham and the Caped Crusader are taking the most privileged male chauvinistic character in the series and try to turn him into something modern or relatable that appeals to younger minority audiences. That’s not who the Penguin is. They should have made this Penguin Oswald’s daughter or mother; both of those women are cunning and have a mean streak that would have been far superior to a gender swapped Oswald.

This version of Harley Quinn is far more accurate to Dini’s original design than people think. Harley was introduced as a “lovesick” goofy sidekick to the Joker but, that wasn’t what Harley was supposed to be. In “Made Love” and “Harley Quinn Night and Day” Dini had designed Harley to be quite a Narcissistic character. She made her way into college on a gym scholarship and cheated her way through school, but she wasn’t stupid, far from it. She had intentions of becoming the Joker’s psychiatrist, seducing him to get all his secrets, writing a tell all book on him to become a number one bestselling author. Harley didn’t want to have to deal with the Joker’s anger from her betray so she plagiarized an old psychiatrist work known as “The Super Sanity Theory” that she was going to use to get Joker sentenced to the electric chair before she released her book. It was very cunning. This Harley Quinn is doing the same thing to her current patients.  With Harley being introduced without the Joker gives me high hopes for both characters. This is Harley as she would have ended up anyway. Joker didn’t make Harley a sociopath she already was one.  I am hoping to get pre-Harley Joker which is what comics have slowly been working Joker’s character back to.

Our glimpse of the Joker doesn’t give much away. I am a bit disappointed that Timm has never given the Joker his iconic acid green eyes he always goes for a darker color. This Joker seems to have brown eyes. I can’t tell what his smile will look like yet. The smile is what can make or break the Joker honestly. His skin is all white so I’m thinking he’s had the acid dip in this one already. Many fans have said he is dressed more somberly in all black but, if you zoom in his jacket is indeed purple, he’s just in shadow making everything look darker. He’s gone back to his roots of poisoning people with his laughing gas which is what he did in his very first appearance being the first Batman villain to k*ll people. Joker was also the first character to be portrayed in comics as gay. Harley was invented to make the Joker look less gay so families would not protest the original BTAS. Now that he and Harley seem to be their own individual characters instead of the “Bonnie and Clyde” they are normally portrayed as. I’m hoping to see the Joker return to his original character and see how it progresses without Harley’s influence. As horrible as the Joker was with Harley, she brought a more human element out in him. It will be interesting to see how he will progress without her with him.

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The Joker’s Penpal

In Deathstroke #58 we learn that the local Gotham school system encourages children to write to Arkham inmates. The Joker becomes penpals with a young girl named Janey. The Joker rarely shows any displays of compassion or empathy except towards people who remind him of himself. In many of the Joker’s fragmented memories he recalls being an abused child. Janey after writing to the Joker for some time confides in him that she is being abused by her father. This actually upsets the Joker so much that he breaks out and takes the whole city hostage in order to get Janey’s father to confess to his crimes. Janey’s Mother ends up with full custody of Janey and we learn that the Joker and Janey are penpals to this day.

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Black Eyed Children/Black Eyed Kids

I know it sounds unbelievable but, I had an encounter with two black eyed children when I was a teenager. I was at home alone. I ironically lived in a rural area in the Appalachian Mountains. I want to point out that I was a 14-year-old girl at the time. I had friends who would sneak out of their house and come to see me, we would💨🌿 ( this is part of why I got shipped off to Great Grandma In Maylasia). I was a gothic kid and so were my friends. So, when I saw two teenage boys walk up to my front porch in black hoodies, I thought they were my friends. This was in 1997 so we didn’t have cellphones to text each other and it was common to just show up unannounced. I opened the front door (luckily the screen door was shut and locked) when the boys looked up, I could tell they weren’t my friends. They had a weird smell like chemicals and freshly dug dirt. It made me feel sick to my stomach. Once again, I was a goth kid, so I was used to seeing sclera contacts but, these weren’t sclera contacts. You can still see some of the white sclera even with the contacts, the contacts also leave the color of your iris showing. These were completely back no colored iris, no dilating pupil, no visible contact lens at all!! There were two boys, one looked about 13 and the other 17. The younger shorter one spoke first, “Hello Ma’am we’re lost, can we use your phone to call our Mommy?” That was very weird for a teenager to say, it caught me off guard because he said it in a very deep voice that did not sound childlike at all. I just stared at them dumbfounded. The young boy then continued, “You just have to open the door”, he pointed to the latch on the storm door. I can’t explain why but, I started to do what he said. I lifted my left hand and went to undo the latch on the screen door. Chinese New Year’s had just passed, and my grandfather had given me a red Chinese coin bracelet. My Grandfather had informed me the bracelet was to bring me good luck and it was traditional to wear it on your left wrist. When I lifted my left hand to undo the latch the boy looked at my wrist and gasped. The older boy started making weird chittering noises like an animal in distress. The younger one’s face grew dark, and he furrowed his eyebrows. In that same deep voice he said, “Get rid of it.”. I had no idea what he was talking about and said, “Get rid of what?”. The younger boy angrily pointed to my bracelet like it had personally offended him and said in a louder more threatening voice, “GET RID OF IT!”. The older boy started making low growling noises. That’s what made my fight or flight instincts finally kick in. I slammed the door in their faces and bolt locked it. The younger boy was still staring directly into my eyes through the peep hole in the door. The older boy was pacing back and forth making those weird chittering noises. The younger one turned to the older one and said, “No good, can’t go”. The older boy stopped his pacing and they looked at each other like they were telepathically communicating something. Both boys then turned around walked off my porch and down the road. Ancient Chinese coins can work like a talisman and there’s a Hindu belief that a red string bracelet will protect you from the evil eye. I imagine their hesitation had something to do with that. To this day I wear a red string bracelet on my left wrist. Most people scoff at me and think I’ve just bought into the Hollywood Kabbalah craze but, maybe Ashton Kutcher isn’t as crazy as people think.

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The lost Batman book “Kingdom of the Mad” by “My Chemical Romance” frontman Gerard Way.

The man who can summon a whole generation into battle with a single g note, Gerard Way had a brilliant idea for a Batman Comic complete with illustrations that were never completed.

“Kingdom of the Mad” is a new perspective on Gotham showcasing Batman’s infamous rogue gallery in a more macabre design. Bruce Wayne was driven insane after witnessing the death of his parents and grew up in Arkham Asylum as a result. After his release Bruce believes he is a thousand-year-old vengeance bat demon and sleeps upside down. Alfred just like in all universes humors him, and a twenty-one-year-old Dick Grayson dons the costume of Robin to help Bruce not because, he believes in his cause but, because Robin is the only sane person in the whole city. Meanwhile a nineteen-year-old amnesiac patient only known as the Joker has become obsessed with the Batman urban legend and has a crush on Bruce Wayne. Gerard said that this version of the Joker is gay. I like this because, regardless of what many believe the Joker was originally portrayed as gay. Making the Joker not only the first DC villain to be gay but, making the Joker the very first comic character in history to be portrayed as gay. (DC still hasn’t given the Joker his own Pride Cover, instead choosing to only blast covers with Harley and Ivy to ironically appeal to the male readers.) Gerard has said that Catwoman would be in the book and is portrayed to be very weird. Sadly, there are no illustrations of our Dear Selina. I think the Joker and Catwoman are linked in the story. The Joker’s companion is a white cat and Catwoman is often accompanied by a black cat in comics. Which the Joker’s young age in this comic he may be a ward or even a younger half sibling to Selina. Gerard has expressed interest in finishing the comic but has been busy with other projects. Gerard stated that DC just never got back to him. Get on it DC, the whole world wants this comic, not the nonsensical crap you’ve been putting out by Zdarsky!!!

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This is actually true. Those MLP creepypasta’s are hardcore.

i cant take adult men who write horror and say their writing "pushed boundaries" or "isnt for the easily offended" seriously. youre not making anything all that new youre just writing gore scenes. i guarantee a 12 year old girl is out there writing more horrific scenes in a my little pony creepypasta.

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“I Found Puppets Living in My Apartment Walls” by, Ben Farthing Part II

⛔️ Spoiler and Trigger Warnings this book is intended for 18+ audiences only reader discretion is advised. Graphic depictions of violence, gore, self harm, mental illness, emotional abuse, child d*ath and depictions of the occult are in this book. This book has spelling, grammar and punctuation errors, along with run on sentences. It doesn’t really bother me since the story is actually interesting but, if that bothers you, you may want to skip this book.

Johnny falls into the apartment of Marta a former actress on R-City Street. Johnny goes about the apartment tapping in the walls trying to find where Brittany is. He eventually finds another velcro opening Where he finds Brittany in the tunnel yelling for Johnny to come see what she had found. Johnny squeezes into the tunnel and follows Brittany deeper into the tunnel where she proudly shows him, she has found the original Swoomie puppet hanging on a wall. She takes the puppet down and proudly shows it to Johnny. Johnny is apprehensive to touch the puppet after his nightmare. While Brittany is inspecting the puppet Johnny notices that the puppet’s normal ping pong ball googley eyes are not moving and are set directly on Brittany. Brittany turns the puppet around butdoes not move when she turns it over. Brittany thinks the puppet has a steel rod rusted in the neck and goes to check. The Swoomie puppet opens its mouth all on its own. It has grown two rows of shark like teeth grabs Brittany’s arm. Rob, another actor from R-City Street appears and yanks the puppet off Brittany’s arm. He informs Johnny and Brittany that if they view the puppets thinking of the puppets in a nostalgic way keeps them timid and at bay. Rob tries to get the cousins to go back up into the house and leave but they go further into the tunnel instead hoping to find their grandfather alive and well in the tunnel. They travel down further and further seeing more puppets from the show and different show stages as they go impossibly further down the tunnel. The outside of the apartment complex is only 2 floors and a basement but, the apartment seems to be like Dr. Who’s Tardis and is much bigger on the inside. They eventually come to a room that has a large pulsing felt and flesh shaped donut object in it that appears to be breathing. Brittany curiously touches the object. The finger she touches the object with turns into pink felt. Brittany tells Johnny she is in pain. Johnny wants to go back up and get Brittany medical help but, Brittany refuses hoping to find their Grandfather future down the tunnel. They actually find their Grandfather hugging him happily he tells them what happened. The son of the show’s producer was a huge fan and wanted to be a puppeteer unfortunately he lacked any talent in doing so. Instead of practicing he dives deep into the occult and uses a Germanic spell to bring the puppets to life. During filming a little boy walks up to the puppet and it devours him. What is left of the child turns into the strange flesh/felt donut that Brittany had touched. The Grandfather tells the cousins they have to go to the bottom and set the basement on fire to cure Brittany. Before they can get to the bottom a giant felt frog puppet eats Grandpa and Brittany turns completely into a puppet and not even one of the puppets she likes. Johnny carry’s Brittany down to the bottom with him and sets the Johnny of felt on fire but, Brittany doesn’t turn back into a human and Grandpa does not appear. The whole place starts to collapse and Johnny makes a made dash up the stairs on the way up he discovers that Grandpa and Brittany were actually puppets. Brittany had been eaten by her favorite puppet right after she entered the tunnel. Johnny looks outside the window and sees an apocalyptic puppet world. The tunnel had kept the puppets trapped inside but, when Johnny burned the basement it released all the puppets to wreak havoc on the world.

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“I Found Puppets Living My Apartment Walls” by, Ben Farthing Part I

“I Found Puppets Living in My Apartment Walls” by, Ben Farthing is more of a dark comedy than the Splatterpunk it is advertised as. It is refreshing to read a Splatterpunk book that does not include plot unrelated CSA for merely shock value in an effort for the author to prove how much of an “Edge Lord” they are. This book has spelling, grammar and punctuation errors, along with run on sentences. It doesn’t really bother me since the story is actually interesting but, if that bothers you, you may want to skip this book. The Publisher is Dread Farthing (Sounds Self Published) which explains the mistakes (This is not shade. If you’ve ever poured over a story for countless hours you tend to not notice everything. Author probably doesn’t have an editor it could be just the author doing everything by themselves even big publications make mistakes.) It’s also harder to get taken in by a large publisher which is a shame because, this author actually has talent. This book is only 156 pages so it is more of a novella it is part of a series called,”I Found Horror”. For a shorter book my review is actually longer so this will be in two parts. ⛔️ Spoiler and Trigger Warnings this book is intended for 18+ audiences only reader discretion is advised. Graphic depictions of violence, gore, self harm, mental illness, emotional abuse, child d*ath and depictions of the occult are in this book. Brittany and Johnny grew up watching their puppeteer Grandfather bring their beloved childhood characters to life in R -City Street (a show very similar to the long running Sesame Street) before, the show was cancelled for an unknown reason (urban legend states that it was due to a stage light falling on a child resulting in their d*ath.). Brittainy and Johnny’s grandfather was discovered to be missing during the C*vid epidemic. After a year their grandfather was proclaimed d*ad by the US Government. Cousins Johnny and Brittany were informed that they would need to collect their grandfather’s belongings from his apartment so the space could be sold to new renters. Their Grandfather’s apartment building is the old studio where R-City Street was recorded. The studio had been renovated into apartments after the cancellation of the show and all former performers for the studio were offered free lodging there as a thank you for their decade long work. Brittany, even in her adulthood is still an avid fan of R-City Street. Some of her fondest memories are of when she and her cousin Johnny would visit their grandfather during the summer and watch him perform from the live audience. John has not kept his childhood enthusiasm for the show but still remembers it fondly. On the first night there, Johnny decides to sleep in his grandfather’s old bedroom. During the night John has a nightmare. He sees his grandfather’s old puppet Swoomie hovering over him menacingly. Swoomie is a 5ft tall puppet like Grover from Sesame Street. Swoomie takes his long felt finger and pokes Johnny looking for a response but, Johnny is paralyzed with fear and does not move. Swoomie slumps back into the shadows and disappears. Johnny must have fallen back asleep because the story continues with the next morning. Johnny finds a clump of blue fur in his grandfather’s bedroom puzzled as he goes to show his cousin Brittany. Brittany brushes off the whole incident saying it was just John’s mind subconsciously playing tricks on him due to the stress of not finding their grandfather. Brittany goes about cleaning and packing up items to be removed from the apartment. John does so as well until a he notices a pencil stuck in his grandfather’s bedroom wall. He goes to pull the pencil out noticing the wallpaper is attached with velcro and underneath is a “ Coraline” type pathway leading into the original studio of R-City Street. Brittany hoping to find the original puppets runs off leaving Johnny behind.