Web Video: Potter Puppet Pals aka: Potter Puppetpals
Alas, a cornucopia of awesome.
Neil Cicierega, of Animutation fame, created two flash cartoons featuring hand-puppet versions of the main characters from Harry Potter. The humorous cartoons quickly gained popularity (even with Rowling herself and Daniel Radcliffe), and the Potter Puppet Pals series was born.Eventually, Neil and his friends moved on from animated shorts to live-action shorts featuring real puppets, and they've even done a couple of live shows with the puppets. The series is most famous for the number of memes it has spawned.Also, Neville is a butternut squash.Shorts include:
"Trouble at Hogwarts": Voldemort invades Hogwarts, and it's up to Harry, Ron, and Hermione to stop him.
"Potions Class": Snape describes Potions Class to Harry and friends in a very disturbing way. Not to mention Dumbledore wanting expired gorilla milk for his bowels.
"Wizard Angst": Harry's feeling cranky and pubescent today, and he doesn't know why!
"Mysterious Ticking Noise": The entire cast sings along to a mysterious ticking noise which unfortunately turns out to be a pipe bomb. (Yes, this includes Voldemort.)
"Wizard Swears": Harry, Ron, and Hermione learn magical profanity.
"School is for Losers": Harry Potter says school is for losers!
"The Awakening of the Incorruptible" (later renamed "Albus Dumbledore Lists Your Good Qualities"): The most epic Potter Puppet Pals short ever.
"The Vortex": A strange vortex appears, and Ron finally goes through puberty.
"Ron's Disease": Ron gets Wizard Lice, and only Hagrid can cure it.
"Snape's Diary": Harry steals Snape's diary, and he reads it aloud to Ron and Hermione.
"Mustache Buddies": Voldemort decides to grow a mustache and has Snape do it too.
"Ron's Parents": Ron has parents, Harry doesn't.
"Harry's Nightmares": Harry recalls a series of horrible nightmares.
Dumbledore is an outrageous ditz who also happens to be an android. A gay android.
Ron is a pathetic, effeminate Yes Man who adores Harry despite constantly being insulted by him.
Hermione is The Generic Guy who follows Harry around in the same vein as Ron.
Harry is a self-centered Jerkass who is desperate for attention.
Snape is a Comically Serious loner who nobody takes seriously because of his tendency to get angsty over almost everything.
Neville is an annoying stickler for the rules who is hated by everyone in the school, and also is a butternut squash with the ability to self-destruct.
Characterization Marches On: In the earlier shorts, Harry was more cheerful and compassionate, and Snape was more of a short-tempered Jerkass even to the point of murdering Harry and Ron for invading his personal space and repeating the word "bother" over and over again. Now, Harry is a self-centred bully, and Snape is the Only Sane Man of the cast.
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Note that it takes him no less than forty-three seconds to say this.
Hollywood Pudgy: Invoked by Harry, who constantly makes snide remarks about Ron's eating habits and weight, despite Ron obviously being build from the same puppet template as him. Which is hilarious, considering that Ron in the books is extremely tall and thin.
Homoerotic Subtext: Ron has an obvious one-sided crush on Harry. Apparently Harry returns Ron's feelings on a subconscious level through his attraction to Ginny, who is basically just Ron with Tertiary Sexual Characteristics.
"Awakening of the Incorruptible" has been declared to be a stab at fans who were whining about the sporadic updating. Not that they have a lot to complain about, "The Vortex" was uploaded shortly after.
They Killed Kenny: Harry casts Avada Kedavra on himself at the end of "Ginny", Snape casts Avada Kedavra on Harry and Ron in "Bothering Snape", and Voldemort blows everyone up at the end of "The Mysterious Ticking Noise". They're all back to normal by next episode.
series was born.Eventually, Neil and his friends moved on from animated shorts to live-action shorts featuring real puppets, and they've even done a couple of live shows with the puppets. The series is most famous for the number of memes it has spawned.Also, Neville is a butternut squash.Shorts include:
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