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Featured era: 2003
Potter Puppet Pals
“A ticking noise, and everyone sings their own name.”
- Featured era
- 2003
- Peak era
- 2007-2008
- Company
- Neil Cicierega
- Category
- Viral Videos
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Potter Puppet Pals: "The Mysterious Ticking Noise"
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About This Video
- From:
- Neil Cicierega
- Added:
- March 23, 2007
- Length:
- 2:07
What Was It?
Potter Puppet Pals is a Harry Potter parody by Neil Cicierega. It began as a pair of Flash cartoons on Newgrounds in 2003 and returned on YouTube in 2006 as a live-action puppet show, with puppets made by Cicierega's mother.
Its best-known episode, "The Mysterious Ticking Noise", was released on March 23, 2007. Snape hears a ticking sound with a catchy rhythm and starts singing his own name to it. Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione and Harry join in, until Ron finds that the ticking is a bomb. After it goes off, Voldemort is left to sing his name alone to the tune of "Lollipop".
The video won the Comedy category at the 2008 YouTube Awards and became one of the most-viewed videos on the site.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Snape starting the song
- Voldemort's solo to the tune of "Lollipop"
- Neville as a butternut squash on a stick
- Puppets made by Cicierega's mother
The Story
- 2003 Potter Puppet Pals began as Flash cartoons on Newgrounds in September.
- 2006 The live-action puppet series started on YouTube in September.
- 2007 "The Mysterious Ticking Noise" was released on March 23.
- 2008 It won the Comedy category at the YouTube Awards.
Its Legacy
The original video is still on Cicierega's channel, and a 4K remake marked its tenth anniversary in 2017. Alan Rickman, asked about it at a Harry Potter premiere, called it "very beautifully done".
Memories
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