Potter Puppet Pals
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Potter Puppet Pals is a web series
parodying the Harry Potter novel series by JK Rowling, created by Neil Cicierega
.
. On September 26, 2006, the series was re-launched on YouTube under Cicierega's page as "Potions Class". Six more episodes were released by Cicierega between 2006 and 2009. Approximately one year after the seventh episode was released, a new video appeared on Neil's channel announcing an exclusive Potter Puppet Pals channel. On the same day, three more videos were released on this page. The Potter Puppet Pals make appearances at some Harry Potter
parties, such as Yule Balls 2007 and 2010.
Both the original animated episodes, as well as the first seven live-action episodes, have been published to the official Potter Puppet Pals webpage.
: In contrast to the books' largely selfless and humble character, in Potter Puppet Pals, Harry is arrogant and selfish, very much like his father was during his own Hogwarts years, having become increasingly so as the series has progressed. He is often seen dancing erratically while shouting his own name and interjecting it with rhythmic grunts. Whereas the books Harry thinks deeply about his actions to the extent of occasionally over-thinking them, the puppet Potter is impulsive and does not take the feelings or opinions of others into account. He is frequently abusive towards his friend Ron, insulting him about his freckles in "Wizard Angst" and his weight in several other episodes. Also, in "The Vortex", he becomes intensely jealous of Ron when he experiences an accelerated puberty
and is transformed into "Ronaldo". Harry is the ringleader as the main trio carry out their "tomfoolery", invading Snape's privacy by reading his diary
, and shouting swearwords and threats at Neville Longbottom. Though in the video "Neville's Birthday" this is the first time Harry feels most sympathatic after Neville self-destructs himself after Harry ends up hurting Neville's feelings.
Ron Weasley
: Where the Ron of the books is a brave, loyal young Gryffindor with a strong sense of fun, his PPP counterpart is a simple, cheery and (somewhat) infant
ile boy who speaks in a ridiculously high voice. He is hurt by (but soon recovers from) Harry's regular bouts of abuse, and happily accompanies him in his acts of mischief. He is very fond of his friends, Harry in particular, and seems to like being at Hogwarts
, despite showing clear signs of mental deficiencies. His childish outbursts earn him odd looks from his friends. In the secret butterfly
scene in "Trouble at Hogwarts" it is shown he loves butterflies. Harry calls him fat in "The Vortex" and "Snape's Diary", even though the Ron of the books is tall and thin. His puppet version is no fatter than any other, so this might just be another example of Harry's unrelenting abusiveness.
Hermione Granger
: Hermione is perhaps the most normal of the trio, but shows enough contrast in that she seems to display no real opinion on the events, acting either as a bystander passing comment, or a willing accomplice in Harry's mischief. This is a departure from the novels, where Hermione was quick to voice her opinion on whatever her friends were doing, and was often looked upon as quite bossy. Hermione's intelligence is briefly mentioned but little of what she displays in the books is seen. In the secret butterfly scene she cast a spell on Ron, Ronnikus Explodikus, at which time, Ron explodes, and his head is viewed flying offscreen.
Albus Dumbledore
: Eccentric to the point of possible senility. His most memorable habit is what he calls "Naked Time!"
, where he strips himself of all of his clothing except for his hat (fortunately, being a puppet, he isn't anatomically correct). He seems happy to wander around naked whenever it pleases him, though he is more often seen dressed in his signature purple robes. Dumbledore's calm and patient character of the novels is made simpler and, like Ron, more infantile – he shows a short attention span when Snape tells him of his dream in "The Vortex", and he is prone to hysterical exclamations such as, "Alas!" and "Well that's just fantastic!" His great intelligence and wisdom in the books is completely contradicted by his exclamation of "I don't even remember five minutes ago!" in "Wizard Swears" when Snape reminds him that it was he who originally made the list of banned words. In "Ron's Disease", after Hagrid's failed attempt at beating him with a club, he reveals to the characters and the audience that he is a gay
android.
Severus Snape
: Snape is often the first to come across Harry, Ron and Hermione participating in mischief. He usually delivers long, rambling descriptions of how the trio will be punished, giving them time to discover a means of escape. Disliked and neglected by all of the characters except Voldemort, who he is seen serving in "Mustache Buddies". This however contradicts a previous episode, "Trouble at Hogwarts," in which Snape attempted to kill Voldemort and Voldemort killed Snape (though he didn't stay dead). Snape often shows a deeply mournful and sensitive side. He keeps a diary
, where he keeps account of his highly depressed and unfortunate life, mentioning for example a dream (possibly a memory) where he asked Harry's mother to dance at the Yule Ball. He writes, "I asked her to dance... she asked me to die." Ironically, he is far more like the Harry Potter of the books than the PPP version of Harry is.
Lord Voldemort
: Voldemort appears occasionally, with an echoey and deep plummy voice. He is an antagonist, but is not as evil as his book counterpart. He constantly attempts to kill the other characters, but is generally thwarted. His most successful plot, and only successful one so far, has been blowing up all of the other main characters with a pipe bomb
(which was ticking, leading the characters to create a song by rhythmically singing their own names). There is really no great enmity between Voldemort and Harry as there is in the book, suggesting that the former is not completely evil. This is shown in "Ron's Disease" when Harry has used Hagrid to knock out both Hermione and Snape, yet when they pass Voldemort who greets Harry with "Ah, Harry, I've been waiting for you" in a friendly voice followed by an attempt to kill him, Harry says "No time to chat, Voldemort! Gotta go!" and runs off, much to Voldemort's disappointment. Voldemort appears in 7 episodes.
, Neville appears as a butternut squash
on a stick. In the novels, he is clumsy, but brave and able to stand up to his friends; here, he is pathetic and cowardly, with a wheezy voice. He is easily bullied by Harry, Ron and Hermione. Neville also appears in "Wizard Swears" where Harry, Hermione, and Ron curse at him using "The Elder Swear", which they promised never to repeat to anyone. Neville self-destructs in 'Neville's Birthday' after discovering that Harry, Ron and Hermione all think he is lame.
Rubeus Hagrid
: Hagrid seems to like sleep
ing. He is probably still the gamekeeper
. Harry and Ron first met him in "Ron's Disease" and, after making a deal with Harry, who promised to leave fish every day on his doorstep for a month, he beats up Hermione and Snape with a massive club (he also attempts to attack Dumbledore, but this fails upon learning Dumbledore's terrible secret: he is a gay android).
Draco Malfoy
: Different from all the other characters, Draco Malfoy is simplistically made out of paper and is a smaller puppet
, held and voiced by the Harry puppet. Harry created him in order to torture him, and after the puppet "annoys" Harry, he does a series of strange things to the paper Draco and eventually burns it on a stove
.
Ginny Weasley: Ron's sister that appeared in the episode "Ginny". She has no speaking lines so far. Harry always calls her hot over and over, but when he found out she looks excactly like Ron but with a little bit longer hair and a bow, he used Avada Kedavra on himself.
Cedric Diggory: Cedric Diggory,appears in "Neville's Birthday" as a drawing of Robert Pattinson (who played Cedric Diggory in the 4th movie) on a foot.
Dobby: It is mentioned is that Harry once had a nightmare that Dobby ate his skin 'clean off'. Dobby is mentioned in "Wizard Swears" and "Wizard Angst".
Lucius Malfoy: Very little is mentioned about Lucius. All that is mentioned is that he plays golf with Snape. Lucius is mentioned in "Snape's Diary".
Minerva McGonagall: It is briefly mentioned in the episode "Snape's Diary" that Minerva pointed out to the whole faculty that Snape had lost a button on his cloak.
with 61.6% of the votes in that category.
In the video, Severus Snape
hears a strange ticking and, noticing it has a catchy rhythm, begins singing to it, followed by Dumbledore
, Ron Weasley
, Hermione Granger
, and Harry Potter
. Towards the end, Ron discovers that the source of the ticking is a pipe bomb
that explodes as they celebrate, letting Lord Voldemort
sing his name by himself to the tune of "Lollipop" by The Mudlarks
. At the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Alan Rickman
was interviewed by MTV and quoted as saying “[Potter Puppet Pals] is very beautifully done, that little piece of work. Can you get rich from that? I hope they did."
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
parodying the Harry Potter novel series by JK Rowling, created by Neil Cicierega
Neil Cicierega
Neil Stephen Cicierega , is an American comedian, filmmaker and musician. He is the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation". He has also released several albums as a musician under the stage name "Lemon Demon"....
.
Airing
The first two episodes were animated, both released in 2003 on NewgroundsNewgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
. On September 26, 2006, the series was re-launched on YouTube under Cicierega's page as "Potions Class". Six more episodes were released by Cicierega between 2006 and 2009. Approximately one year after the seventh episode was released, a new video appeared on Neil's channel announcing an exclusive Potter Puppet Pals channel. On the same day, three more videos were released on this page. The Potter Puppet Pals make appearances at some Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
parties, such as Yule Balls 2007 and 2010.
Both the original animated episodes, as well as the first seven live-action episodes, have been published to the official Potter Puppet Pals webpage.
Characters
Much of the humor derived from the series originates from Cicierega's unique interpretation of the principal Harry Potter characters. For the most part, the characters are given personalities designed to contrast completely with their attitudes in the books. Sometimes, an aspect of the books is blown out of proportion during the series.Main characters
Harry PotterHarry Potter (character)
Harry James Potter is the title character and main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard...
: In contrast to the books' largely selfless and humble character, in Potter Puppet Pals, Harry is arrogant and selfish, very much like his father was during his own Hogwarts years, having become increasingly so as the series has progressed. He is often seen dancing erratically while shouting his own name and interjecting it with rhythmic grunts. Whereas the books Harry thinks deeply about his actions to the extent of occasionally over-thinking them, the puppet Potter is impulsive and does not take the feelings or opinions of others into account. He is frequently abusive towards his friend Ron, insulting him about his freckles in "Wizard Angst" and his weight in several other episodes. Also, in "The Vortex", he becomes intensely jealous of Ron when he experiences an accelerated puberty
Puberty
Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction, as initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads; the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy...
and is transformed into "Ronaldo". Harry is the ringleader as the main trio carry out their "tomfoolery", invading Snape's privacy by reading his diary
Diary
A diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
, and shouting swearwords and threats at Neville Longbottom. Though in the video "Neville's Birthday" this is the first time Harry feels most sympathatic after Neville self-destructs himself after Harry ends up hurting Neville's feelings.
Ron Weasley
Ron Weasley
Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger...
: Where the Ron of the books is a brave, loyal young Gryffindor with a strong sense of fun, his PPP counterpart is a simple, cheery and (somewhat) infant
Infant
A newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammal. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth...
ile boy who speaks in a ridiculously high voice. He is hurt by (but soon recovers from) Harry's regular bouts of abuse, and happily accompanies him in his acts of mischief. He is very fond of his friends, Harry in particular, and seems to like being at Hogwarts
Hogwarts
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or simply Hogwarts is the primary setting for the first six books of the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, with each book lasting the equivalent of one school year. It is a fictional boarding school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of...
, despite showing clear signs of mental deficiencies. His childish outbursts earn him odd looks from his friends. In the secret butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
scene in "Trouble at Hogwarts" it is shown he loves butterflies. Harry calls him fat in "The Vortex" and "Snape's Diary", even though the Ron of the books is tall and thin. His puppet version is no fatter than any other, so this might just be another example of Harry's unrelenting abusiveness.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger
Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
: Hermione is perhaps the most normal of the trio, but shows enough contrast in that she seems to display no real opinion on the events, acting either as a bystander passing comment, or a willing accomplice in Harry's mischief. This is a departure from the novels, where Hermione was quick to voice her opinion on whatever her friends were doing, and was often looked upon as quite bossy. Hermione's intelligence is briefly mentioned but little of what she displays in the books is seen. In the secret butterfly scene she cast a spell on Ron, Ronnikus Explodikus, at which time, Ron explodes, and his head is viewed flying offscreen.
Albus Dumbledore
Albus Dumbledore
Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a major character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts...
: Eccentric to the point of possible senility. His most memorable habit is what he calls "Naked Time!"
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
, where he strips himself of all of his clothing except for his hat (fortunately, being a puppet, he isn't anatomically correct). He seems happy to wander around naked whenever it pleases him, though he is more often seen dressed in his signature purple robes. Dumbledore's calm and patient character of the novels is made simpler and, like Ron, more infantile – he shows a short attention span when Snape tells him of his dream in "The Vortex", and he is prone to hysterical exclamations such as, "Alas!" and "Well that's just fantastic!" His great intelligence and wisdom in the books is completely contradicted by his exclamation of "I don't even remember five minutes ago!" in "Wizard Swears" when Snape reminds him that it was he who originally made the list of banned words. In "Ron's Disease", after Hagrid's failed attempt at beating him with a club, he reveals to the characters and the audience that he is a gay
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
android.
Severus Snape
Severus Snape
Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J.K. Rowling. In the first novel of the series, he is hostile toward Harry and is built up to be the primary antagonist until the final chapters. As the series progresses, Snape's character becomes more layered and...
: Snape is often the first to come across Harry, Ron and Hermione participating in mischief. He usually delivers long, rambling descriptions of how the trio will be punished, giving them time to discover a means of escape. Disliked and neglected by all of the characters except Voldemort, who he is seen serving in "Mustache Buddies". This however contradicts a previous episode, "Trouble at Hogwarts," in which Snape attempted to kill Voldemort and Voldemort killed Snape (though he didn't stay dead). Snape often shows a deeply mournful and sensitive side. He keeps a diary
Diary
A diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
, where he keeps account of his highly depressed and unfortunate life, mentioning for example a dream (possibly a memory) where he asked Harry's mother to dance at the Yule Ball. He writes, "I asked her to dance... she asked me to die." Ironically, he is far more like the Harry Potter of the books than the PPP version of Harry is.
Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort is the main antagonist of the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was released in 1997...
: Voldemort appears occasionally, with an echoey and deep plummy voice. He is an antagonist, but is not as evil as his book counterpart. He constantly attempts to kill the other characters, but is generally thwarted. His most successful plot, and only successful one so far, has been blowing up all of the other main characters with a pipe bomb
Pipe bomb
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially...
(which was ticking, leading the characters to create a song by rhythmically singing their own names). There is really no great enmity between Voldemort and Harry as there is in the book, suggesting that the former is not completely evil. This is shown in "Ron's Disease" when Harry has used Hagrid to knock out both Hermione and Snape, yet when they pass Voldemort who greets Harry with "Ah, Harry, I've been waiting for you" in a friendly voice followed by an attempt to kill him, Harry says "No time to chat, Voldemort! Gotta go!" and runs off, much to Voldemort's disappointment. Voldemort appears in 7 episodes.
Minor characters
Neville Longbottom: Unlike the other characters, which are made out of feltFelt
Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any colour, and made into any shape or size....
, Neville appears as a butternut squash
Butternut squash
Butternut squash , also known in Australia and New Zealand as butternut pumpkin, is a type of winter squash. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a pumpkin. It has yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. It grows on...
on a stick. In the novels, he is clumsy, but brave and able to stand up to his friends; here, he is pathetic and cowardly, with a wheezy voice. He is easily bullied by Harry, Ron and Hermione. Neville also appears in "Wizard Swears" where Harry, Hermione, and Ron curse at him using "The Elder Swear", which they promised never to repeat to anyone. Neville self-destructs in 'Neville's Birthday' after discovering that Harry, Ron and Hermione all think he is lame.
Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. Hagrid is introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as a half-giant who is the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts, the primary setting for the first six novels...
: Hagrid seems to like sleep
Sleep
Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles. It is distinguished from quiet wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, and is more easily reversible than...
ing. He is probably still the gamekeeper
Gamekeeper
A gamekeeper is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general.Typically, a gamekeeper is...
. Harry and Ron first met him in "Ron's Disease" and, after making a deal with Harry, who promised to leave fish every day on his doorstep for a month, he beats up Hermione and Snape with a massive club (he also attempts to attack Dumbledore, but this fails upon learning Dumbledore's terrible secret: he is a gay android).
Draco Malfoy
Draco Malfoy
Draco Malfoy is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is a Slytherin student in Harry Potter's year. He is frequently accompanied by his two accomplices, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen...
: Different from all the other characters, Draco Malfoy is simplistically made out of paper and is a smaller puppet
Puppet
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....
, held and voiced by the Harry puppet. Harry created him in order to torture him, and after the puppet "annoys" Harry, he does a series of strange things to the paper Draco and eventually burns it on a stove
Stove
A stove is an enclosed heated space. The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating, either to heat the space in which the stove is situated or to heat the stove itself, and items placed on it...
.
Ginny Weasley: Ron's sister that appeared in the episode "Ginny". She has no speaking lines so far. Harry always calls her hot over and over, but when he found out she looks excactly like Ron but with a little bit longer hair and a bow, he used Avada Kedavra on himself.
Cedric Diggory: Cedric Diggory,appears in "Neville's Birthday" as a drawing of Robert Pattinson (who played Cedric Diggory in the 4th movie) on a foot.
Characters only mentioned
Argus Filch: Filch has the same love for punishment as in the novels. He is said to be Snape's friend, even though he forgot to wish him a happy birthday and told him he smelled like broccoli. Filch is mentioned in Wizard Angst and Snape's Diary.Dobby: It is mentioned is that Harry once had a nightmare that Dobby ate his skin 'clean off'. Dobby is mentioned in "Wizard Swears" and "Wizard Angst".
Lucius Malfoy: Very little is mentioned about Lucius. All that is mentioned is that he plays golf with Snape. Lucius is mentioned in "Snape's Diary".
Minerva McGonagall: It is briefly mentioned in the episode "Snape's Diary" that Minerva pointed out to the whole faculty that Snape had lost a button on his cloak.
Flash animations
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Story | YouTube views, as of April 18, 2011 (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bothering Snape" | September 27, 2003 | Harry and Ron amuse themselves by bothering Snape, who retaliates by murdering them with Avada Kedavra. Dumbledore arrives and finds Harry and Ron "taking an afternoon nap." Snape sneaks away while Dumbledore is busy picking the boys' pockets. Upon realizing that he is alone, Dumbledore strips and concludes the video by indulging in "naked time." | 0.8 |
| 2 | "Trouble at Hogwarts Hogwarts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or simply Hogwarts is the primary setting for the first six books of the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, with each book lasting the equivalent of one school year. It is a fictional boarding school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of... " |
December 15, 2003 | Harry, Ron and Hermione all proclaim their love for something: Hermione loves to learn, Harry loves magic, and Ron loves Harry. Dumbledore comes with a warning that Voldemort is attacking Hogwarts. Snape attempts to kill Voldemort with an Avada Kedavra curse. but the spell fails and his wand prodces a cloud of smoke. Voldemort then kills Snape with the same curse. Meanwhile, Ron then forms a plan to defeat Voldemort: after playing hide-and-seek with him, the Gryffindors produce submachine gun Submachine gun A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were... s and shoot him. Snape reappears and Harry, Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore hug Hug A hug is a form of physical intimacy, that usually involves closing or holding the arms around the neck, back, or waist of another person; if more than two persons are involved, this is referred to as a group hug. A hug, sometimes in association with a kiss, eye contact or other gestures, is a... him. Snape is confused. |
0.5 |
| 2.5 | "Follow the Butterflies" | December 15, 2003 | An episode hidden in "Trouble at Hogwarts." Ron is seen playing with butterflies, singing, "Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies, whee! Lalalalala." Hermione casts a spell to make his head pop out off his shoulders and onto the ground. |
Live-action puppetry
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Story | YouTube views, as of November 22, 2011 (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | "Potions Class" | September 26, 2006 | The three young Gryffindors attend Potions class. Snape commences a long-winded lecture about his potion-making abilities. Harry is disinterested and scoffs openly until Snape mentions that he could teach him how to "score with hot babes" before abruptly dismissing the class. At this point Harry implores Snape to teach him, but Snape tells him to vamoose. Dumbledore then appears, looking to borrow some expired gorilla Gorilla Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies... milk ( 'It does wonders to me bowels!' ). |
12.5 |
| 4 | "Wizard Angst" | November 2, 2006 | Harry is experiencing "angst Angst Angst is an English, German, Danish, Norwegian and Dutch word for fear or anxiety . It is used in English to describe an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety or inner turmoil... " and insults Ron. He then decides to quit Hogwarts and magic, explaining that he has nightmares about Dobby and hates goblins. He orders Ron to fight Voldemort, but Ron is too scared and consults with Hermione. Harry then finishes his cranky mood with Dumbledore's "advice." |
20.9 |
| 5 | "The Mysterious Ticking Noise" | March 23, 2007 | Snape hears a mysterious, rhythmic ticking noise and begins to sing, "Snape, Snape, Severus Snape" over and over again. He is then joined in song by Dumbledore, Ron, Harry and Hermione. Ron eventually finds the source of the ticking noise: a pipe bomb Pipe bomb A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially... . It explodes, blowing everyone up. Voldemort then appears and sings his own jaunty tune. |
115.1 |
| 6 | "Wizard Swears" | December 1, 2007 | Dumbledore issues a list of phrases that are banned from Hogwarts. "I didn't know wizards had swears Profanity Profanity is a show of disrespect, or a desecration or debasement of someone or something. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviors that are socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, desecrating, or other forms.The... ," Harry says. "Of course they do, Harry," Hermione replies. "They're called wizard swears!" She encourages Harry to read some of the obscenities which include "Voldemort's nipple," "dragon bogeys," and "Expecto Patronads." Snape overhears and attempts to take 500,000 points from Gryffindor, but they run away. They then meet Neville Longbottom and force him to swear, too, before making a prank phone call to Voldemort. At that point Snape reappears with Dumbledore and implores him to expel the Gryffindors. Instead, Dumbledore teaches them a forty-five-second long string of profanities known as "the Elder Swear." |
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| 7 | "School Is for Losers" | April 7, 2008 | Harry sings, "I'm Harry Potter, school is for losers, I'm totally awesome..." until Snape shows up and accuses Harry of missing Potions for three weeks. To Harry, it sounds gibberish. Harry punches Snape and plays a saxophone and the words "Harry Potter is awesome" appear. | 11.7 |
| 8 | "Awakening of the Incorrigible" | May 16, 2008 | A very short video in which Dumbledore appears, then disappears. This episode has had its name changed several times. Initially it was called "Awakening of the Incorrigible"; its later names were "HOLY CRAP, THIS VIDEO HAS OVER 2 MILLION VIEWS, WTF", "HOLY CRAP, THIS VIDEO HAS OVER 3 MILLION VIEWS, WTF", "The Squeakuel" (in reference to Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Betty Thomas. The film stars Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, and the voices of Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, Matthew Gray Gubler, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, and Anna Faris... ), "Potter Puppet Pals: 2012" (in reference to the film 2012 2012 (film) 2012 is a 2009 American disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson. It was produced by Emmerich's production company, Centropolis Entertainment and was distributed by Columbia Pictures... ), "Brodyquest II" (named after one of Cicierega's videos) and "Albus Dumbledore Lists Your Good Qualities." |
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| 9 | "The Vortex" | May 17, 2008 | Snape is telling Dumbledore about his dream of being a milkmaid Milkmaid A milkmaid is a girl or woman employed to milk dairy cows. She also used the milk to prepare dairy products such as cream, butter, and cheese... which is a "life-changing vision", until Harry kicks him down and screams that there is a magical emergency. They go to Hermione and a vortex from which Ron speaks; he is trapped in an alternate dimension and is going into puberty. Dumbledore orders Harry to fetch his "Problem Stick". He gets Ron out of the Vortex, but Ron has already gone through puberty Puberty Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction, as initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads; the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy... and has become a "cool Cool (aesthetic) Something regarded as cool is an admired aesthetic of attitude, behavior, comportment, appearance and style, influenced by and a product of the Zeitgeist. Because of the varied and changing connotations of cool, as well its subjective nature, the word has no single meaning. It has associations of... " teenager. Hermione falls in love with him after he states that his name is no longer Ron saying 'It's Ronaldo now', and Dumbledore claims that Ron is much cooler than Harry which makes Harry jealous (harry says 'no one can have more testosterone than me you hear...) Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore begin dancing until Harry finishes it and casts a spell which causes Ron to rewind in puberty turning him into a normal Ron. They all start dancing and Harry sings. |
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| 10 | "Ron's Disease" | April 13, 2009 | Ron contracts "wizard lice." Dumbledore advises him to go to Hagrid. Harry and Ron go to his house where they find a sleeping Hagrid who then wakes up. After Harry and Ron explain the situation, Hagrid starts singing the cure saying that he needs mayonaise, but Ron can't afford it. Hagrid cures him then by hitting on his head, crushing the lice. Harry then decides to make Hagrid his servant, and orders Hagrid to start hitting Hermione, Snape, and Dumbledore who is not effected. Dumbledore reveals that he is an android who is gay. | 7.6 |
| 11 | "Snape's Diary" | July 15, 2009 | Harry steals Snape's personal diary Personal Diary Personal Diary was a half-hour TV series that aired on Black Entertainment Television which profiled notable African-Americans. This TV series was an attempt to broaden the viewer demographics of B.E.T... and reads it to Ron and Hermione. Snape's diary is full of depressing entries like his depressing dreams, Harry's, Ron's and Filch's bullying and a button. Also, the episode is accompanied with visions of Snape writing the entries in candle Candle A candle is a solid block or cylinder of wax with an embedded wick, which is lit to provide light, and sometimes heat.Today, most candles are made from paraffin. Candles can also be made from beeswax, soy, other plant waxes, and tallow... light. Harry writes an entry where he claims that Harry Potter's so awesome. Ron writes three letters. Soon, Snape finds them and Harry immediately says that Ron stole the diary. Ron says that he liked the depressing button story. Snape then thinks: "so do I, orange one", and then he cries. In the credits, a vision is seen with Snape holding the diary in candlelight. |
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| 12 | "INSANELY important Potter Puppet Pals news!" | July 28, 2010 | Harry finds out from Hermione that he is a puppet, and "a guy in his twenties who plays with puppets no less" controls him. He then goes on about puppet rebellions, and states that he will be the new god. Hermione pops out and tells Harry to tell the audience about the new Youtube Channel. | 1.6 |
| 13 | "Harry Potter personally welcomes you. Yes, you." | July 28, 2010 | This video first starts off with Harry talking about how he is the strongest wizard who lived. Then he says to check out his new YouTube channel. | 2.3 |
| 14 | "Ron's Parents" | July 28, 2010 | Ron is writing a letter to his parents when Harry comes in. Harry becomes angry because his parents are dead, and tries to make himself feel better by flaunting his wealth. Ron asks if Harry wants to go to his house for Christmas. Harry says "Yes" quickly. | 2.7 |
| 15 | "Mustache Buddies" | July 28, 2010 | Voldemort confers with Snape about his plans to grow a mustache. Because he doesn't want to stand out, he insists that Snape grow one, too. We later see Snape in Potions class, sporting a black mustache in accordance with his promise to Voldemort. Harry, Ron and Hermione are so horrified that they pelt Snape with books, pencils, and bits of rubbish, and Hermione vomits. | 3.6 |
| 16 | "Harry's Nightmares" | September 9, 2010 | Harry tells everyone about his worst nightmare Nightmare A nightmare is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the mind, typically fear or horror, but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological or physical terror... s, including Snape trying to attacking him with a hammer Hammer A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, forging metal and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and structure. The usual features are a handle and a head,... , giving birth to Ron, Hermione becoming addicted to amphetamines, being middle-aged, Voldemort out-dancing him, and being a Muggle Muggle Muggle, a term from the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling, refers to a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world... . After that, he says to tell about your worst nightmare in a comment or video response, and to subscribe. It ends with Hermione and Ron looking confused. |
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| 17 | "Draco Puppet" | September 13, 2010 | Harry responds to repeated requests for a Draco Malfoy Draco Malfoy Draco Malfoy is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is a Slytherin student in Harry Potter's year. He is frequently accompanied by his two accomplices, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen... puppet. Rather than create a full-size puppet like the others, Harry fashions a Draco puppet out of paper and a photograph of actor Tom Felton Tom Felton Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton is an English actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, the movie adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter fantasy novels by author J. K... (who plays Malfoy in the Harry Potter films). He then sings a song about what Draco likes and eventually destroys him on a stove Stove A stove is an enclosed heated space. The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating, either to heat the space in which the stove is situated or to heat the stove itself, and items placed on it... . |
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| 18 | "Ginny" | May 29, 2011 | Harry wants to woo Ron's younger sister Ginny, who, for the duration of the episode, does not speak and only makes subtle movements. After he fails to woo her, he turns to Ron for advice by getting Ron to temporarily roleplay Ginny. Harry is successful at expressing his feelings for "Ginny". However, upon returning to Ginny who has cut off most of her hair, Harry notices that she now looks exactly like Ron. Harry is no longer able to tell them apart. Out of confusion and disappointment, Harry attempts to kill himself with Avada Kedavra. | 2.8 |
| 19 | "Neville's Birthday" | November 16, 2011 | Dumbledore invites Harry, Ron, and Hermione to a birthday party held for Neville Longbottom. Guests at the party includes Snape, Hagrid, Dumbledore and Cedric Diggory, who is just a drawing of Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire... (who plays Diggory in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman... ) in marker. At the party, the trio plays a "walk in circles" game with Neville and are led to a birthday cake with a naked Professor Dumbledore popping out of it and singing a 40 second "Happy Hogwarts Birthday" song. After learning that the cake is tainted, the trio tells Neville that no one likes him, causing Neville to self-destruct and inflicts blame on the trio for turning him into chunks and the party guests eventually eat Neville's remains. |
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The Mysterious Ticking Noise
"The Mysterious Ticking Noise", released March 23, 2007, is the 22nd most-viewed video on YouTube, with over 113,500,000 views as of October 26, 2011. The video was nominated and won in the Comedy category in the 2008 YouTube AwardsYouTube Awards
The YouTube Awards are awards given out as formalizedic or comedy genres, as voted by the YouTube community. The awards were organized in 2007 to "call out some of the most popular videos and let the users choose which ones deserve some additional recognition"...
with 61.6% of the votes in that category.
In the video, Severus Snape
Severus Snape
Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J.K. Rowling. In the first novel of the series, he is hostile toward Harry and is built up to be the primary antagonist until the final chapters. As the series progresses, Snape's character becomes more layered and...
hears a strange ticking and, noticing it has a catchy rhythm, begins singing to it, followed by Dumbledore
Albus Dumbledore
Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a major character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts...
, Ron Weasley
Ron Weasley
Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger...
, Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger
Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
, and Harry Potter
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Harry James Potter is the title character and main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard...
. Towards the end, Ron discovers that the source of the ticking is a pipe bomb
Pipe bomb
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially...
that explodes as they celebrate, letting Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort is the main antagonist of the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was released in 1997...
sing his name by himself to the tune of "Lollipop" by The Mudlarks
The Mudlarks
The Mudlarks were an English pop vocal group of the late 1950s and early 1960s. They had two Top 10 UK hit singles in 1958.-Career:They were a family group from Luton, Bedfordshire, originally comprising Jeff Mudd , Fred Mudd , and Mary Mudd...
. At the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Alan Rickman
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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor and theatre director. He is a renowned stage actor in modern and classical productions and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
was interviewed by MTV and quoted as saying “[Potter Puppet Pals] is very beautifully done, that little piece of work. Can you get rich from that? I hope they did."