One of the most memorable scenes in the movie is the finale, which featured 250 different puppets who all had a unique role to play, and required Jim Henson to hire 150 extra puppeteers through the Los Angeles Guild of Puppeteers of America.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/entertainment/wahoo-the-super-mario-bros-movie-is-no-1-for-third-week/article_d7bbb3a8-7a14-53fe-bcf4-511965a9612f.html

On Monday morning, the puppeteers awoke to find the truck gone.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/hamid-rahmanian-puppets-stolen-san-francisco.html

“Silence in response to the unbridled barbarity of Ukraine’s Nazis and their puppeteers and accomplices from ‘civilized democracies’ will be akin to complicity in their bloody deeds,” the ministry said in a statement.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-thwarted-kyiv-drone-attack-aerial-assault-ukraine-106006162

This interactive installation is an imagining of a forgotten puppet show set in the year 2066 where the audience become the puppeteers.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23424716.10-scots-galleries-exhibitions-visit-week/?ref=rss

While the strike may prevent booked celebrities from talking about current and future projects, it's not preventing fans of the con from coming to the Raleigh Convention Center to support their favorite actors, puppeteers, voice actors and cosplayers.

Source: https://www.wral.com/galaxycon-draws-big-business-as-hollywood-strikes-cast-shadow-over-its-guests/20977716/