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The immense popularity and wide recognition of JK Rowling's '''Harry Potter''' fantasy series has led to it being extensively 'parodied', in works spanning nearly every medium. Some self-described parodies have been targeted by Rowling and her publishers as plagiarism, Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright Tim Wu while others have sold hundreds of thousands of copies without any threat of legal sanction. Barry Trotter FAQ Michael Gerber Misinterpretations of ''Harry Potter'' parodies have sparked at least two urban legends. Snopes.com: Harry Potter Harry Potter Author Admits She's an Avowed Satanist-Fiction! Many ''Harry Potter'' parodies are self-published; others are put out as part of major comic productions, such as ''MAD Magazine'', ''The Simpsons'', ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''Robot Chicken'', all of which have parodied ''Harry Potter'' several times.
'Barry Trotter' is a series of Harry Potter parodies written by Michael Gerber and published in the UK in a small hardback format uniform to the new edition of ''Bored of the Rings''.
# ''Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody'' (ISBN 0-575-07454-X) (''Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody'' in U.S. [ISBN 0-7432-4428-1])
# ''Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel'' (ISBN 0-575-07558-9)
# ''Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse'' (ISBN 0-575-07630-5)
There is also a boxed set (ISBN 0-575-07658-5) of all three.
The narrative features the adventures of "Barry Trotter", "Lon Measly", and "Ermine Cringer" who attend the "Hogwash School for Wizardry and Witchcrap". It features strong postmodern metanarrative, as the book concerns their attempts to prevent the making of a movie, but the entire story is revealed to have been a movie itself, before it is shown that this itself is a novel being written by Barry Trotter.
The book's narrative and many footnotes and asides by the author (often written aimed at the reader, breaking the fourth wall) add to its irreverent tone, and Gerber incessantly puns on Rowling's creations. There are many not-so-subtle subversions, and the reader can infer Gerber's detailed knowledge of the original ''Harry Potter'' series. ''Barry Trotter'' is a genuine if cynical tribute and parody. Among the story elements Gerber parodies are the excessive value of catching the Golden Snitch in Quidditch, the use of anagrams, and bizarre modes of transport: Gerber has the protagonists travelling in toboggans hidden in countryside hedges.
The parody begins with a list of books supposedly written by Michael Gerber, such as ''The Big Cheese'' and ''Encyclopedia Brown Gets Punched, Hard''. These books don't exist and parody the names of other famous books. This continues onto the verso with humorous messages from the Publisher, Satan; The Universal Council of Churches; and your little brother.
A parody of Albus Dumbledore. The "eczema-ravaged" headmaster of Hogwash kindly informs Barry that if he does not stop the film, he will have to get a job. Bumblemore is also often portrayed as a paedophile in the books, and is well known for his hatred towards Muddles (a parody of Muggles). He expelled Ferd and Jorge Measly after a practical joke resulted in him growing a second (but non-functioning) penis. He also has rumours circulating around him that he has a vinyl sex dungeon in which Minolta McGoogle is imprisoned.
A parody of Harry Potter. Trotter is perhaps the most accurate parody of his counterpart, and is portrayed as an arrogant, sadistic opportunist. He has stayed at Hogwash School for many extra years, much to the headmaster's annoyance. Barry was made famous in the series by a series of books written by J.G. Rollins (a parody of J.K. Rowling). He also suffers from a disease called "Youthanasia" which makes him grow younger (like ''The Once and Future King''' s Merlyn).
A parody of Ron Weasley. Measley, a former Communist, is written as a somewhat unusual individual who had a "Quiddit" (a parody of Quidditch) accident in which a Brainer (a parody of Bludger) made a hole straight through his head and as a result caused brain damage. His brain has been replaced by that of a Labrador Retriever - while his memory remains, he now suffers many mental problems.
A parody of Hermione Granger. She is the same age as Trotter and Measley, and has graduated and has become a teacher at a small magic school for the "marginally magical". She is also represented as having an "ever-questing libido", and falls for J.G. Rollins's "boyfriend" Trevor.
A parody of Lord Voldemort. A former eco-terrorist, "Lord" Valumart is often to be found trying to kill Barry Trotter (in order to cash in on his death memorabilia) or running his multi-million business, Valumart Enterprises, "''The Annoyance Company''". He is also referred to as "The Dork Lord" and "He Who Smells". He is portrayed as a Nazi and, according to Barry Trotter, smells like bad Chinese food.
★ 'Hafwid' - Parody of Hagrid. Hafwid is the school's gamekeeper. He is renowned for having the only television set in the school, and has an incredibly foul mouth. His dog is called Fing, which is a reference to Hagrid's dog Fang.
★ 'Dorco Malfeasance' - Parody of Draco Malfoy. Dorco is seldom mentioned in the books aside from his short stint as Hogwash Headmister, until he falls while riding a spell and is killed.
★ 'Ferd' and 'Jorge Measley' - Parody of Fred and George Weasley, and brother(s) to Lon. Ferd and Jorge are seldom seen not pranking or otherwise inconveniencing other characters. Both are prominent law-breakers, and take pride in being so.
★ 'Nigel' and 'Fiona Trotter' - Barry Trotter and Ermine's children. Introduced to us in ''Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel'', Nigel is due to start Hogwash - much to his dismay. Fiona is a three year old infant who enjoys torturing her brother with her profound magical skills.
★ 'The Hogwash Ghosts: Flatulent Fanny, Almost-Brainless Bill, the Fat Frier, the Wailing Widow and the Bloody Imbecile' - Parodies of Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, the Fat Friar, the Grey Lady and the Bloody Baron, respectively. Fanny haunts a bathroom much like Myrtle does, but "the air is rank with the fruits of her ghostly intestine". She supposedly died when she was pranked into eating a fatal amount of cheese. The Fat Frier is hated by the caretaker Angus Filth (counterpart Argus Filch) due to his leaving a greasy trail everywhere he walked. The Bloody Imbecile is so-called because he died when he tried to cut down a tree with a chainsaw, but he cut his own leg and died of blood loss. Other characters say to him "You should have let Hafwid cut down that tree!".
★ 'Serious' - Parody of Sirius Black. Serious is Barry's sponging godfather. In Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody, the trio must outwit Serious.
★ 'Severe Snipe' (Severus Snape)
★ 'The Buggering Birch' (The Whomping Willow)
★ 'Earwig, Herpes and Ahole' (Hedwig, Hermes and Errol respectively)
★ 'Genital "Genny" Measley' (Ginny Weasley)
★ 'Angus Filth' (Argus Filch)
★ 'Madame Ponce' (Madam Pince)
★ 'The Hogwash Houses: Grittyfloor, Pufnstuf, Radishgnaw and Silverfish' (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin respectively).
One notable idea in the books is the portrayal of the counterpoints to Warner Brothers and ''Harry Potter's American publishers, Scholastic, "Wagner Brothers" and "Fantastic Books" respectively. Both are portrayed as militaristic and heartless, at one point holding "J.G. Rollins" captive and electrocuting her in an underground chamber in an attempt to get more books from her, and in another blowing up Hogwash.
'Порри Гаттер' (Porri Gatter) is a series of Harry Potter parodies written by Belarusian authors Andreyi Zhvalevskiyi (Андрей Жвалевский) and Igor' Miyt'ko (Игорь Мытько; lives in Moscow, Russia) in Russian. The series is based on an inversion of the Potter mythos: Porri is a technology user in a world of magicians.[1] He rides a motorcycle instead of a broom, wields a grenade launcher instead of a wand, and attends a technology school called Perverts (Первертс) instead of Hogwarts.
In Russian "Harry" is transliterated as "Garri", so Porri Gatter is simply a spoonerism of the Russian spelling of Harry Potter. Compare ''Parry Hotter''.
# ''Порри Гаттер и Каменный Философ'' (Porri Gatter and the Stone Philosopher)
# ''Личное дело Мергионы'' (Mergiona's Personal File)
# ''9 подвигов Сена Аесли'' (Nine Feats of Sen Aesli)
The name of the second book uses an ambiguity peculiar to Russian language, where "Личное делo" can be interpreted as either ''personal file'' or ''personal cause'' / ''personal affair''.
The third part of the series actually came out as two separate books (feats 1-4 and 5-9).
Main articles: Tanya Grotter
'Tanya Grotter' ('Таня Гроттер') is the female protagonist of a 12-volume Russian fantasy novel series by Dmitri Yemets (Дмитрий Емец). Tanya (short for Tatiana) Grotter is an orphan with intentional resemblances to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter: an unusual mole on her nose, magical powers, an upbringing by "Lopukhoidov" (equivalent to Muggle) relatives after her parents were killed by an evil sorceress, and studying at the Tibidox (Тибидохс) School for Difficult-to-Raise Magicians. Yemets describes the books as "a cultural reply" to the Potter series, and they feature allusion to Russian culture and folklore such as Baba Yaga, rusalki, witches on Bald Mountain and the works of Pushkin. After the first book, the plots diverge from those of the Harry Potter series.
While the series is legally published in Russia, it is not available in translation due to litigation on behalf of JK Rowling and Time Warner.[2] In 2003, courts in the Netherlands prevented the distribution of a Dutch translation of the first in the series, ''Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass'', after Rowling and Time Warner's laywers issued a cease and desist order, arguing that the Grotter books violated copyright law. Yemets and his Moscow-based publishers, Eksmo, argued unsuccessfully that the book constituted a parody, permitted under copyright.[3][4]
Later that year, as the Dutch translation ''Tanja Grotter en de magische contrabas'' was still legal in Belgium, the Flemish publishers Roularta Books decided to print 1,000 copies (and no more) in order to let people decide whether it was plagiarism, hoping that under those circumstances Rowling and her publishers would not sue.[5] Rowling did not sue, but as there was a lot of interest in the book (Dutch people could buy the book by postal order from another Flemish publisher, Boekhandel VanIn) it was soon sold out.
'''Wizard People, Dear Readers''', released in 2004, is an unauthorized spoof soundtrack to ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' by Brad Neely, a comic book artist from Austin, Texas.
''Wizard People, Dear Readers'' is a narrative reworking the lives of the characters of ''The Sorcerer's Stone'' and the world in which they live, in the form of an audio book. Mr. Neely's use of appropriated plot, characters and themes interlaced with humor has been called a "new art form" by Carrie McLaren, whose web site, Illegal-art.org, promoted it.[6]
In 2004, the New York Underground Film Festival rented a print of the film from Warner Brothers, screened it with the sound off, and played Neely's soundtrack instead. Shortly thereafter, website Illegal Art made Neely's work available for free download. In the following year, Neely also performed ''Wizard People'' live in several cities, until Warner Brothers took action against theatres that had rented prints, and forced them to cancel the shows.[6][8]
Neely's humor ranges from mockery of the characters to criticism of the acting and set design of the movie, to awkward metaphors in the prose of the "book", to over-dramatic philosophical speeches.
Harry himself is repeatedly referred to as a god, and references are made to the "stockpiles of nuclear-level energy" that are his powers, and so on. At one point, Harry calls himself a "beautiful animal" and a "destroyer of worlds". He also repeatedly affirms that he is "Harry fucking Potter." Hermione is repeatedly described as incredibly ugly. Snape is referred to as a hideous woman. At one point, Neely remarks that "Ron loves Twizzlers."
Many characters often supposedly cast spells with humorous or ironic names. Dumbledore casts the "stand without effort" spell (in reference to his advanced age), while later on Harry casts what is called the "Winter be gone" spell (at a scene transition between winter and spring).
There are also many references to other works throughout the audiobook. Some examples are Harry's invisibility cloak which is called "a cloak with a cloaking device", referring to ''Star Trek''. Professor Flitwick is referred to as "Professor Ugnaught" in reference to his similar appearance to the Ugnaughts of Bespin in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. At one point he puts on the invisibility cloak and Neely exclaims "Invisibility ON!", referring to the catch phrase of The Human Torch of the Fantastic 4.
A major running joke is the changing of character and place names (Quidditch is called cribbage, Minerva McGonagall is called Hardcastle McCormick, Hagrid is called Hagar the Horrible and so on).
This soundtrack is composed of two audio CDs, which were made available for free download in MP3 format. The CDs must be played simultaneoulsy with a DVD of the first ''Harry Potter'' film. preferably the North American DVD, muted or at low volume.
Two versions of the CD set have been released, the first in summer 2004 and the second in early-mid 2005. As of February 2007, only the second version is available on the Illegal Art website. The two revisions are very similar: differences include "fixing" the weaker lines from the first revision, and a more "polished" and thoroughly-rehearsed performance by Brad.
The first revision's CDs can be played completely continuously, and there is no need to alter the discs' timing or volume. In order to play the second revision continuously, a delay of approximately three seconds must be inserted between the CDs, and the tracks' volume must be normalized, as the first disc is significantly quieter (approximately 7.7 decibels less) than the second.
Since the CDs are designed to synchronize with the North American release of the film, played at 24 frames per second, the PAL video transfers of the film (used in most of the rest of the world) suffer from a technical incompatibility, meaning that they run at 25 frames per second, so the MP3 files must be sped up by 4.2% (or the movie slowed down) in order to retain synchronization. The Canadian release of the film also uses alternate takes to refer to the titular stone as the Philosopher's Stone (the original name) rather than the Americanized "Sorcerer's Stone" (even though the Canadian case does say Sorcerer's Stone), and as such, the audio may get slightly out of sync as the film progresses on the Canadian DVD.
A DVD featuring the Wizard People soundtrack combined with the background music and sound effects of the original movie was made by an anonymous Denton, Texas resident. The disc includes a menu with background music by Harry and the Potters after a sarcastic piracy warning.
''Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody'' [9] is a satire of Harry Potter along with most of children’s literature. The first edition was published in August 2006 by WingSpan Press. ISBN 1-59594-088-X. The author, Valerie Estelle Frankel, lives in California, where the book takes place.[10] She's currently a lecturer at San Jose State University.[11]
Lord Revolting, murderous goldfish-flusher, needs Really Wimpy’s pet rock to conquer the world. While battling him with squirt guns and cheesy how-to guides, Henry Potty aces Hobology, preps for America’s Funniest Fairygodchildren, and tries to avoid laundering Professor Snort’s dreaded hankies, or worse, watching ''A History of Cabbages'' in Polish. All the while, the least likely character watches, coveting the pet rock for her own sneaky agenda.
The narrative features the adventures of Henry Potty, Really Wimpy, and Horendous Gangrene who attend Chickenfeet Academy. Its narrative is metafictional, as the characters know they’re in a book, which Lord Revolting keeps trying to spoil. The book’s narrator and an appearance by the angry author likewise break the fourth wall. [12]
Unlike Barry Trotter, Henry Potty is written for children.[13] Frankel puns on other works of children’s fiction (“Next time try to miss, Piggy")..[14] Frankel parodies aspects of the Harry Potter books, including misleading clues and unexpected culprits. [15]
Many characters from the insignificant Tollgate guard (who manufactures his own brand of toothpaste) to Lord Revolting himself claim credit for the evil doings in the book, though the real perpetrator is far more scheming. The book “follows similar lines” to Harry Potter, but has many original characters: Miffie Muffet, the school bully; Hortense Hog, the mailpig; Miss Ann Thropist, the Wicked Witch of the Vest; the drag-on who turns people’s brains to mush and so forth.[16] Henry Potty’s overpopularity and the panic about spoilers also appear: Lord Revolting repeatedly commits the most heinous crime he can imagine: spoiling the book.[17]
;'Henry Potty'
Henry is so desperate for fame, he’s started a fan club before he has any fans! Throughout the book he offers tours, autographs, and Henry Potty Original Kindergarten Clay Shapes to anyone who doesn’t run fast enough. Though rather dumb, he scores high in all his classes, mostly thanks to luck. He also has a conscience, a gift from his fairy godmother, which gives him hints as needed.
;'Really Wimpy'
He’s so humble, the book doesn’t even bother to introduce him. He has “shocking red hair that probably saved him a great deal of expense on flashlight batteries.” His purple sweater says in big, hot pink letters, “My mother couldn’t afford to go somewhere exotic, so she just made me this dumb sweater by hand.” He’s devoted to his pet rock, Flaky, with whom he has wonderful conversations.
;'Horrendous Gangrene'
Horrendous proves her intelligence by carrying a ruler, protractor, calculator, compass, digital thermometer, and pair of extra socks in her top right-hand pocket protector. Though she’s smart, Henry beats her in every class, to her great frustration.
;'Lord Revolting'
He’s tall, dark, and incredibly ugly, with green makeup slathered over his skin to increase his evil appearance. The Halloween costume that he wears was once a wicked witch’s dress, at least a wicked witch who was forty-seven and into her second husband and fifth pregnancy. Yards of extra black fabric hang off him like moldy curtains. All forms of trash coat the dress, from cream-filled cupcake wrappers to disposable diapers. He is generally known as “You Know Who.” The most evil thing he can do is spoil the book, an activity in which he persists.
;'Bumbling Bore'
The Chickenfeet Academy principal generally wears hot pink surfer shorts, a t-shirt daringly cut to reveal his lack of muscles, and a pair of sunglasses with little palm trees on the sides. The principal's long white beard often trails on the ground, collecting candy wrappers and dog droppings. Whenever he speaks, students instantly fall asleep. Consequently, he teaches a very very dull history class. In his office, he keeps manacles, whips, muzzles, and a menacing video on how to paint, wallpaper, and reupholster one’s house. For repeat offenders, there’s The History of Cabbages in Polish. He also has an obnoxious parrot named Socks. Bumbling Bore is the only gizzard (like a wizard) Lord Revolting fears, mainly because he has Lord Revolting's credit card numbers
★ 'Higgle' - Parody of Hagrid. Higgle speaks in “mumble.”
★ 'Miffie Muffet' - Parody of Draco Malfoy. Miffie is an adorable little girl who beats up other students.
★ 'Hortense Hog' (Hedwig) A flying pig, Hortense enjoys dive-bombing Henry at every opportunity. Her name is probably taken from Hortense, an owl in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
★ 'Mr. Filth' (Argus Filch) The resident spy and tattletale.
★ 'Lames and Jelly Potty' (James and Lily Potter) “Lames and Jelly had been killed years ago, either from slipping on a pair of banana peels and falling to their deaths or getting hit by a rampant llama;” Henry’s aunt didn’t remember which.
★ 'Professor Snort' (Severus Snape) He has a hanky problem.
★ ''Parry Hotter And The Seamy Side Of Magic'' by K.C. Ellis.[18]
★ ''Hairy Potty and the Underwear of Justice'' from the The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun by Dav Pilkey.[19]
★ ''Hairy Pothead and the Marijuana Stone'' by Dana Larsen — a marijuana-laden book parody to be released in the United States and Canada in September 2007 by Cannabis Culture Magazine.[20]
★ ''Harri Proglotter'' by Sergey Panarin.[21]
★ ''Larin Pyotr'', by Yaroslav Morozov. Series of Harry Potter parodies The Global Pottering Effect Vera Ivanova
★ ''A Boy Named Harry and his Dog Potter'', by Valentin Postnikov.
★ ''Heri Kókler'', a Hungarian parody of the Harry Potter series by an author with the fake name K. B. Rottring.[22]
★ ''Harry Pouter'' by Peter M. Jolin, a series of Harry Potter parodies published in English and Czech language (under name Harry Trottel). To date there are three sequels.[23]
★ ''Harry Pottrez'', a Spanish parody of the Harry Potter series by the author Pierre Veys.[24]
★ ''Happy Porter'', an Indonesian parody of Harry Potter series by a young author, Yokie Adityo.[25]
★ ''Harry Potter'' was one of dozens of spoofs in the 2007 film ''Epic Movie''.[26]
★ In ''Scary Movie 2'', Cindy is seen reading a book titled ''Harry Pothead''.[27]
★ ''Harry Potter'' has been parodied and referenced several times on ''The Simpsons''. In ''Wiz Kids'', the third act of the episode ''Treehouse of Horror XII'', Lisa and Bart go to "Springwart's School of Magickry". Harry Potter is in their class and they must fight against the evil Lord Montymort (Montgomery Burns). Harry actually has one line:
::Mrs. Krabappel: Harry Potter, are you chewing gum?
::Harry: No, ma'am, it's brimstone. [He blows a small fireball][28]
:In the episode "The Haw-Hawed Couple", Lisa asks Homer to read her "Angelica Button" book to her for bedtime. Homer, learning that the character Headmaster Greystash will die (a la Albus Dumbledore in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''), hides the fact from Lisa by inventing a happier ending, though Lisa does read the real ending and decides that Homer's was better.[29]
★ Nigel Planter is a recurring character on ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy''. He first appeared in the episode Toadblatt's School of Sorcery, which parodies ''Animal House'' as well as ''Harry Potter''. He reappeared in the episodes "Nigel Planter And The Chamber Pot of Secrets" and "One Crazy Summoner". The episodes feature Lord Mouldybutt, parodying Lord Voldemort; Toadblatt's School of Sorcery parodying Hogwarts, the Squid Hat (parodying the Sorting Hat and voiced by Weird Al Yankovic)[30] and the house of Weaslethorpe, parodying Gryffindor.
★ ''Henry Skreever'' was the title of a book series in two episodes of the children's television show ''Arthur''. In the first, "Prunella's Special Edition", a new book had just come out entitled ''Henry Skreever and the Cabbage of Mayhem'' and all the characters were reading it. The second, "Prunella Sees the Light", featured the Henry Skreever movie, ''Henry Skreever and the Brick of Wonders''. This parody features the villain "Lord Moldywort."[31]
★ In the children's series ''Cyberchase'', the young spellcaster Shari Spotter attends Frogsnorts school of magic under Professor Stumblesnore.[32]
★ In the episode " Magic in the Air" from the series ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', Charley becomes so overly obessed with fictional book character, Peter Poundstone (a series of books about a young wizard similar to the Potter series), that he attempts to use magic to create a diorama (as part of a school assignment).[33]
★ In the "Password: Swordfish" episode of ''Robot Chicken'', Harry Potter has to battle the monster Pubertus[34]
★ The series '' features an episode where Jimmy and his friends film a movie. In one of the scenes, Jimmy is Parry Bladder and attends Pigpimples school.[35]
★ Harry Potter has been parodied several times on the US skit comedy ''Saturday Night Live''. In all sketches, Harry is portrayed by Rachel Dratch[36] except for the "Welcome Back Potter" sketch in which Harry is played by Will Forte.[37] In addition Hermione Granger was played by Lindsay Lohan. [38]
★ Harry Potter has also been parodied on MADtv, where Triple H played Harry.[39]
★ "Harry Bladder," a sketch on the children's comedy show ''All That''.[40]
★ Alistair McGowan, on his show ''Big Impression'', did a sketch called "Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone". It featured impressions of Louis Theroux (as Louis Potter), Neil and Christine Hamilton (as the Dursleys), Nigella Lawson (as Hermione), Anne Robinson (as Ron), Mark Lawrenson (as the Quirrell-figure) and Gary Lineker (as the Voldemort figure). It also featured impressions of Robbie Coltrane (as Hagrid) and Alan Rickman (as Snape), these last two being the actual actors who played parts in the film.[41]
★ In 2003, Comic Relief performed a spoof story called ''Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan''. It featured Dawn French as a female Harry; Jennifer Saunders as Ron Weasley and J. K. Rowling; Miranda Richardson as Hermione; Nigel Planer as Dumbledore (wearing the beard and costume of Richard Harris); Jeremy Irons as Professor Severus Snape; Ronnie Corbett as Hagrid and Basil Brush as Dobby the House Elf). The broadcast of this parody was preceded by a message from JK Rowling (played by Saunders).[42][43]
★ ''The Wedge'', an Australian sketch comedy, parodies Harry and Hermione in love on a ''"Cooking With..."'' show before being caught by Snape.[44]
★ An episode of '' titled "A Novel Approach" includes a book titled "Pappy Pottey and the Fool's Stone"[45]
★ The spoof newspaper ''The Onion'' has parodied ''Harry Potter'' several times, most notably in the article "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children", which satirized the hysteria of the American Christian Right over the supposedly Satanic influence of the novels on the young.[46] Ironically, the article was copied into a chain letter and circulated among Christians as proof of their claims.
★ Another ''Onion'' article, "Children, Creepy Middle-Aged Weirdos Swept Up In Harry Potter Craze", referenced the books' popularity among people one would assume were too old for them.[47]
★ Yet another ''Onion'' article claimed, "J.K. Rowling Ends Harry Potter Series After Discovering Boys".[48]
★ ONN, the ''Onion's satirical spoof of television news, carried an item in the lead up to release of the final ''Harry Potter'' book entitled "JK Rowling hints at Harry Potter date rape".[49]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Kidney Stone'' —a text-driven parody of the first book by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by James Warhola. Cover story of Mad Magazine #391 (March 2000 issue).[50]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Sorry-Ass Story''— a parody of the first film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Mort Drucker. Cover story of Mad Magazine #412 (December 2001). Mad #412 December 2001
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Lamest of Sequels''— a parody of the second film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Tom Richmond. Cover story of Mad Magazine #424 (December 2002).[51]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Pre-Teen Nerds are Actin' Bad'' — a parody of the third film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Hermann Mejia. Cover story of Mad Magazine #443 (July 2004).[52]
★ ''Harry Plodder Has Gotta Retire'' — a parody of the fourth film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Hermann Mejia. Cover story of Mad Magazine #460 (December 2005).[53]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Torture of the Fanbase'' — parody of the fifth film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Tom Richmond. Cover story of Mad Magazine #480 (August 2007).[54]
★ MAD has also run occasional Potter-themed pieces which are not direct parodies, such as "The Differences Between Hogwarts and Your School,"[55] a J.K. Rowling installment of their "Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds" feature, and an Amazon.com page parody using the "Order of the Phoenix" book as its subject.[56]
★ In their May, 2004 issue, the US Army publication the Preventive Maintenance Monthly, which instructs soldiers on how to maintain their equipment, featured a spoof comic based on ''Harry Potter'', featuring a character named Topper who resided at Mogmarts School under Professor Rumbledore.[57] The publication received notice from Rowling's lawyers that the comics breached copyright, though the magazine's editor, Ken Crunk, claimed that no violation had taken place, as "The drawings do not look like any of the characters from Harry Potter"[58]
★ In 2002, the Canadian newspaper ''National Post'', in its satirical column ''Post Morten'', wrote a spoof article claiming that "Rowling -- or, as she shall henceforth be referred to and credited as, Mrs. J. K. Satan -- said that as she sat in a coffee shop one grey day, wondering what to do with her empty, aimless life, it hit her: "I'll give myself, body and soul, to the Dark Master. And in return, he will give me absurd wealth and power over the weak and pitiful of the world. And he did!" This article too was copied into a chain letter and released as truth onto the web.
★ A parody of Hogwarts can be seen in Futurama Comics #16. While trying to find a boarding school for Cubert, the crew visits a magic school on the planet Rowling VI. Cubert's insistence that a school cannot exist solely based on faith causes the school and the magical creatures within it to vanish.[59]
★ "Continuing the Magic," in Time Magazine by Lon Tweeten, shows possible future book covers laced with pop culture references such as "The Audition of Doom" with Simon Cowell judging Harry harshly, "The Paris Hilton Enchantment" with a trio of familiar Dementors, and "Dark Lord of the Dance" with Voldemort and Harry teaming up on Broadway. [60]
★ ''Terry Rotter'' by Andreas Mueller, a German series of Harry Potter parodies. These novels are also satires, mainly of German politics and society. Terry's arch enemy is Heinrich Himmler, the Dark Lord. The first part of this series of free E-books won the Palm Paper Awards in 2006. The second part won the Palm Paper Awards in 2007. A third book is in the making.[61]
★ "Breadbox Editions" are condensed parodies of the ''Harry Potter'' films, posted on wizardwheezes.net.[62] The Breadbox Editions can also be found on Livejournal.com.[63]
★ ''Harry Potter and the Mustardpot of Doom'', submitted by a listener to the official website of the longrunning BBC radio soap ''The Archers'', is a parody of ''Harry Potter'' based round ''The Archers's characters and recent plot twists.[64]
★ ''The Potter Puppet Pals'' is a series of flash animations about Harry Potter. Episodes so far have been about annoying Snape (titled "Bothering Snape") and killing Lord Voldemort with automatic weapons (titled "Trouble at Hogwarts"). Three further movies, featuring real puppets ("Potions Class", "Wizard Angst" and "The Mysterious Ticking Noise") have been released on the popular video sharing site Youtube. A running gag in all of the Potter Puppet Pals films has been Dumbledore stripping completely naked randomly in the story. [65]
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★ There was also a cancelled episode, ''The Potter Puppet Pals Adventure'', that still exists in audio form, and has been animated by a member of the Lemon Demon wiki.[66] In it, Rubeus Hagrid, the Dursleys, and Draco Malfoy were originally slated to appear.
★ Walmart Watch produced a parody of ''Harry Potter'', ''Harry Potter and the Dark Lord Waldemart'' to illustrate their negative perspective of Walmart.[67]
★ ''Barry Pooter'', a short Dutch parody film, dubbing clips from the first ''Harry Potter'' film with other actors' dialogue.[68]
★ The only Latvian ''Harry Potter'' parody is "Harry Potter And The Magical Dick" which also has a sequel called "Harry Potter And The Sausage of Destiny". Both parts were leaked only in Russian.[69][70]
★ ''The Harry Potter Intervention''; a satire of ''Harry Potter'' fandom.[71]
★ ''Wand Wars'', a ''Star Wars''-style ''Harry Potter'' spoof.[72]
★ ''Potter Potter Potter'': a ''Harry Potter''-themed spoof of Jonti Picking's Flash animation "Badger Badger Badger", which combines the original's music with John Williams' title theme to the ''Harry Potter'' movie.[73]
★ "Welcome Back Potter", a short about an over-the-hill Harry Potter returning to teach young wizard students, parodying "Welcome Back, Kotter".[74] This sketch is not the "Welcome Back Potter" spoof run on ''Saturday Night Live''.
★ "Harry Potter Comes to Amityville" and its sequel "Prisoner of Amityville" are short films done by independent filmmakers Wowie Kazowie Productions about a slightly less intelligent Harry Potter getting lost in the suburban town of Amityville, NY. [75]
★ On Youtube a user named omovies created "Harry Potter in the Hood",[76] portraying Harry as a gangster "hanging in the ghetto earning wizard street cred". The video gained popularity and the directors have been shown on a few news shows.[77] They are also credited for creating "Paris in Jail", which so far has attracted over 8 million views.[78]
★ "Barry Potter and the Philosopher's Pebble", Scottish made 40 minute film produced by three 15 year-old film makers. [79]
★ ''Kill Harry'' Is a webcomic crossover parody that mixes the concepts and characters of Tarantino's movie Kill Bill with the Harry Potter universe. Hermione takes the place of the bride, and begins her quest for vengeance after waking up in a coma caused by Harry's curse.[80]
★ The Order of the Stick used a character for strip #253 named Larry Gardener, a student at Warthog's School of Wizardry and Sorcery, who was quickly killed off in the following strip.[81]
★ In a story arc of webcomic Zebra Girl, Jack, a budding magician, discovers a "Magi-Net" and therein encounters a wizard named Harold DuVase. Jack stumbles over the real nature of the 'Net, dies in a subsequent fight, does a Gandalf-like return, and concludes the story with a bittersweet triumph. The scar is represented symbolically in Harold's glasses.[82]
★ Webcomic Sluggy Freelance's main character is Torg, a bright but uncomplicated fellow whose last name we never learn. In Pete Abrams' first parody, ''Torg Potter and the Sorcerer's Nuts'', Torg is mistaken for the Lastnameless One and brought into Hoggelrynth to learn magic. He subsequently defeats a plot by Professor Santory Snapekin to achieve ultimate power. (Maybe.) Despite Torg's not having any actual magic powers he is embroiled in a plot to turn everybody into chocolate in ''Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions''. In ''Torg Potter and the President from Arkansas'' Blearious Stank escapes from prison, and Torg is considered to be in danger due to being the "Torg Potter of record". The parodies are modelled after the movies, not the books, and follow the movie releases.[83][84][85]
★ On the Sev Wide Web, which parodies many pop culture icons, Hairy Plopper is an internet cartoon parodying Harry Potter.[86]
★ The webcomic VG Cats featured a parody of ''Harry Potter'' (''Wise Advice: Fullmetal vs. Harry Potter''} in which Harry finds the Philosopher's Stone at the same time as Edward and Alphonse Elric of the series, Fullmetal Alchemist. The result is Harry and Edward getting into a fight after several insults are exchanged.[87]
★ In 2002, the public art exhibition CowParade, which travels the world erecting cow-themed sculptures in major cities before selling them at auction for charity, erected a broomstick-riding Harry Potter cow in London's Leicester Square. When the organisers attempted to take it down, they were prevented by public outcry.[88][89]
★ In 2005, the University of Queensland Law Revue released ''Harry Potter's Scar'', a parody of the song Scar by Missy Higgins, where a hormonal Harry (on piano) and Silent Bob-style Dumbledore (on guitar) pitched "Harry Potter: The Musical" to J.K. Rowling.[90]
★ State Line Tack and other sellers of equine goods and novelties have sold t-shirts showing a horse riding a broomstick and wearing a cape, with the words "Hairy Trotter" below the picture.[91]
★ Cows Ice Cream of Prince Edward Island, Canada, which is famous for making cow-themed parodies of many different pieces of pop culture, has a parody called Cowy Potter (also Dairy Potter), including "The Prisoner of Azcowban" and "The Goblet of Milk"[92]
★ ''Harry Podder: Dude Where's My Wand?'', a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis. The plot, which takes place at the Utah-based Warthogs school for wizards, features Harry Podder, Hermione Ranger, Ron Sneasley, Professor McGargoyle and the Dark wizard Voldie.[93]
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19. The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O' Fun
20. Hairy Pothead and the Marijuana Stone
21. Harri Proglotter
22. Heri Kokler
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24. Harry Pottrez
25. Happy Porter - Penyusup di Sekolah Sihir Homework
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27. There's Still Something About Scary Terry Macintyre
28. Treehouse of Horror XII
29. The Haw-Hawed Couple
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31. PBS's ARTHUR(R) Receives Vernon Henley Award From The American Council Of The Blind
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34. Robot Chicken Episode Guide Nancy Basile
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36. Rachel Dratch biography at TV.com
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38. Saturday Night Live Transcripts
39. Madtv.com episode guide
40. My Summer on "All That" Kyle Sullivan
41. BBC One press release
42. Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan
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44. Australian television: The Wedge episode guide
45. tv.com: Kirby: Right Back at Ya!: A Novel Approach
46. Harry Potter sparks rise of Satanism Among Children
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48. J.K. Rowling Ends Harry Potter Series After Discovering Boys
49. JK Rowling hints at Harry Potter date rape
50. Mad #391 March 2000
51. Mad #424 December 2002
52. Mad #443 July 2004
53. Mad #460 December 2005
54. Tom's Mad Blog
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56. MAD Magazine - December 2001
57. The Preventive Maintenance Monthly
58. Army mag draws Potter comparisons
59. Futurama Comics #16: Kickin' It Old School, Ian Boothby, , , Bongo Comics Group, 2004,
60. Continuing the Magic Lon Tweeten
61. Terry Rotter Andreas Meuller
62. Harry Potter and the Stone of Your Choice: Breadbox Edition
63. Harry Potter and the Stone of Your Choice: Breadbox Edition
64. Harry Potter and the Mustard Pot of Doom
65. The Potter Puppet Pals
66. Potter Puppet Pals Adventure
67. Harry Potter and the Dark Lord Waldemart Walmart Watch
68. Barry Pooter
69. Harry Potter and the Magical Dick
70. Harry Potter and the Sausage of Destiny
71. The Harry Potter Intervention
72. Wand Wars
73. Potter Potter Potter
74. Welcome Back Potter
75. Harry Potter Comes to Amityville
76. Harry Potter in the Hood
77. Harry Potter in the Hood: ABC News
78. Paris in Jail
79. Barry Potter part 1
80. Kill Harry #253
81. The Order of the Stick #253
82. Zebra Girl: Magi-Net
83. Torg Potter and the Sorcerer's Nuts
84. Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions
85. Torg Potter and the President From Arkansas
86. The Sev Wide Web
87. Wise Advice, Fullmetal vs. Harry Potter
88. cowparade
89. COWPARADE MOVES TO BUCHAREST
90. Harry Potter's Scar UQ Law Revue
91. Hairy Trotter Tee
92. Cows Youth Specials
93. Calendar
★ MuggleNet scanned archive of Mad Magazine ''Harry Potter'' spoofs.
★ Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone: Text posted online by Time Warner
★ JK Rowling on "The Simpsons"
★ Wizard People, Dear Reader, part 1
★ Wizard People, Dear Reader, part 2
★ Entertainment Weekly Popwatch blog: Harry Potter parodies
★ The official ''Barry Trotter'' website
★ Mike Gerber's blog
★ Porri Gatter (''skipping splash screen'')
★ Official website
★ Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright, Should Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass be banned?, Tim Wu, ''Slate.com'', June 27, 2003
★ Harry Potter clones, Shohdy Naguib,, ''Al-Ahram Weekly'', 14 - 20 November 2002
★ Wizard People, Dear Readers by Brad Neely
★ Text of the New York Times article
★ LiveJournal community, with links to a two-part transcription of the original version
★ 'Wizard People': The Underground 'Potter' from National Public Radio Weekend Edition
★ Wizard People, Dear Readers sample videos on YouTube
★ Burning a Wizard People, Dear Readers DVD in Linux
★ Henry Potty Official Website
The immense popularity and wide recognition of JK Rowling's '''Harry Potter''' fantasy series has led to it being extensively 'parodied', in works spanning nearly every medium. Some self-described parodies have been targeted by Rowling and her publishers as plagiarism, Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright Tim Wu while others have sold hundreds of thousands of copies without any threat of legal sanction. Barry Trotter FAQ Michael Gerber Misinterpretations of ''Harry Potter'' parodies have sparked at least two urban legends. Snopes.com: Harry Potter Harry Potter Author Admits She's an Avowed Satanist-Fiction! Many ''Harry Potter'' parodies are self-published; others are put out as part of major comic productions, such as ''MAD Magazine'', ''The Simpsons'', ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''Robot Chicken'', all of which have parodied ''Harry Potter'' several times.
Barry Trotter
The ''Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody'' dustjacket.
'Barry Trotter' is a series of Harry Potter parodies written by Michael Gerber and published in the UK in a small hardback format uniform to the new edition of ''Bored of the Rings''.
Series
# ''Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody'' (ISBN 0-575-07454-X) (''Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody'' in U.S. [ISBN 0-7432-4428-1])
# ''Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel'' (ISBN 0-575-07558-9)
# ''Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse'' (ISBN 0-575-07630-5)
There is also a boxed set (ISBN 0-575-07658-5) of all three.
Plot
The narrative features the adventures of "Barry Trotter", "Lon Measly", and "Ermine Cringer" who attend the "Hogwash School for Wizardry and Witchcrap". It features strong postmodern metanarrative, as the book concerns their attempts to prevent the making of a movie, but the entire story is revealed to have been a movie itself, before it is shown that this itself is a novel being written by Barry Trotter.
The book's narrative and many footnotes and asides by the author (often written aimed at the reader, breaking the fourth wall) add to its irreverent tone, and Gerber incessantly puns on Rowling's creations. There are many not-so-subtle subversions, and the reader can infer Gerber's detailed knowledge of the original ''Harry Potter'' series. ''Barry Trotter'' is a genuine if cynical tribute and parody. Among the story elements Gerber parodies are the excessive value of catching the Golden Snitch in Quidditch, the use of anagrams, and bizarre modes of transport: Gerber has the protagonists travelling in toboggans hidden in countryside hedges.
The parody begins with a list of books supposedly written by Michael Gerber, such as ''The Big Cheese'' and ''Encyclopedia Brown Gets Punched, Hard''. These books don't exist and parody the names of other famous books. This continues onto the verso with humorous messages from the Publisher, Satan; The Universal Council of Churches; and your little brother.
Characters
Alpo Bumblemore
A parody of Albus Dumbledore. The "eczema-ravaged" headmaster of Hogwash kindly informs Barry that if he does not stop the film, he will have to get a job. Bumblemore is also often portrayed as a paedophile in the books, and is well known for his hatred towards Muddles (a parody of Muggles). He expelled Ferd and Jorge Measly after a practical joke resulted in him growing a second (but non-functioning) penis. He also has rumours circulating around him that he has a vinyl sex dungeon in which Minolta McGoogle is imprisoned.
Barry Trotter
A parody of Harry Potter. Trotter is perhaps the most accurate parody of his counterpart, and is portrayed as an arrogant, sadistic opportunist. He has stayed at Hogwash School for many extra years, much to the headmaster's annoyance. Barry was made famous in the series by a series of books written by J.G. Rollins (a parody of J.K. Rowling). He also suffers from a disease called "Youthanasia" which makes him grow younger (like ''The Once and Future King''
Lon Measley
A parody of Ron Weasley. Measley, a former Communist, is written as a somewhat unusual individual who had a "Quiddit" (a parody of Quidditch) accident in which a Brainer (a parody of Bludger) made a hole straight through his head and as a result caused brain damage. His brain has been replaced by that of a Labrador Retriever - while his memory remains, he now suffers many mental problems.
Ermine Cringer
A parody of Hermione Granger. She is the same age as Trotter and Measley, and has graduated and has become a teacher at a small magic school for the "marginally magical". She is also represented as having an "ever-questing libido", and falls for J.G. Rollins's "boyfriend" Trevor.
Terry Valumart
A parody of Lord Voldemort. A former eco-terrorist, "Lord" Valumart is often to be found trying to kill Barry Trotter (in order to cash in on his death memorabilia) or running his multi-million business, Valumart Enterprises, "''The Annoyance Company''". He is also referred to as "The Dork Lord" and "He Who Smells". He is portrayed as a Nazi and, according to Barry Trotter, smells like bad Chinese food.
Minor characters
★ 'Hafwid' - Parody of Hagrid. Hafwid is the school's gamekeeper. He is renowned for having the only television set in the school, and has an incredibly foul mouth. His dog is called Fing, which is a reference to Hagrid's dog Fang.
★ 'Dorco Malfeasance' - Parody of Draco Malfoy. Dorco is seldom mentioned in the books aside from his short stint as Hogwash Headmister, until he falls while riding a spell and is killed.
★ 'Ferd' and 'Jorge Measley' - Parody of Fred and George Weasley, and brother(s) to Lon. Ferd and Jorge are seldom seen not pranking or otherwise inconveniencing other characters. Both are prominent law-breakers, and take pride in being so.
★ 'Nigel' and 'Fiona Trotter' - Barry Trotter and Ermine's children. Introduced to us in ''Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel'', Nigel is due to start Hogwash - much to his dismay. Fiona is a three year old infant who enjoys torturing her brother with her profound magical skills.
★ 'The Hogwash Ghosts: Flatulent Fanny, Almost-Brainless Bill, the Fat Frier, the Wailing Widow and the Bloody Imbecile' - Parodies of Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, the Fat Friar, the Grey Lady and the Bloody Baron, respectively. Fanny haunts a bathroom much like Myrtle does, but "the air is rank with the fruits of her ghostly intestine". She supposedly died when she was pranked into eating a fatal amount of cheese. The Fat Frier is hated by the caretaker Angus Filth (counterpart Argus Filch) due to his leaving a greasy trail everywhere he walked. The Bloody Imbecile is so-called because he died when he tried to cut down a tree with a chainsaw, but he cut his own leg and died of blood loss. Other characters say to him "You should have let Hafwid cut down that tree!".
★ 'Serious' - Parody of Sirius Black. Serious is Barry's sponging godfather. In Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody, the trio must outwit Serious.
Other Harry Potter counterparts
★ 'Severe Snipe' (Severus Snape)
★ 'The Buggering Birch' (The Whomping Willow)
★ 'Earwig, Herpes and Ahole' (Hedwig, Hermes and Errol respectively)
★ 'Genital "Genny" Measley' (Ginny Weasley)
★ 'Angus Filth' (Argus Filch)
★ 'Madame Ponce' (Madam Pince)
★ 'The Hogwash Houses: Grittyfloor, Pufnstuf, Radishgnaw and Silverfish' (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin respectively).
Conglomerate representation
One notable idea in the books is the portrayal of the counterpoints to Warner Brothers and ''Harry Potter's American publishers, Scholastic, "Wagner Brothers" and "Fantastic Books" respectively. Both are portrayed as militaristic and heartless, at one point holding "J.G. Rollins" captive and electrocuting her in an underground chamber in an attempt to get more books from her, and in another blowing up Hogwash.
Porri Gatter
''Porri Gatter''
'Порри Гаттер' (Porri Gatter) is a series of Harry Potter parodies written by Belarusian authors Andreyi Zhvalevskiyi (Андрей Жвалевский) and Igor' Miyt'ko (Игорь Мытько; lives in Moscow, Russia) in Russian. The series is based on an inversion of the Potter mythos: Porri is a technology user in a world of magicians.[1] He rides a motorcycle instead of a broom, wields a grenade launcher instead of a wand, and attends a technology school called Perverts (Первертс) instead of Hogwarts.
In Russian "Harry" is transliterated as "Garri", so Porri Gatter is simply a spoonerism of the Russian spelling of Harry Potter. Compare ''Parry Hotter''.
# ''Порри Гаттер и Каменный Философ'' (Porri Gatter and the Stone Philosopher)
# ''Личное дело Мергионы'' (Mergiona's Personal File)
# ''9 подвигов Сена Аесли'' (Nine Feats of Sen Aesli)
The name of the second book uses an ambiguity peculiar to Russian language, where "Личное делo" can be interpreted as either ''personal file'' or ''personal cause'' / ''personal affair''.
The third part of the series actually came out as two separate books (feats 1-4 and 5-9).
Tanya Grotter
Main articles: Tanya Grotter
Cover of ''Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass''
'Tanya Grotter' ('Таня Гроттер') is the female protagonist of a 12-volume Russian fantasy novel series by Dmitri Yemets (Дмитрий Емец). Tanya (short for Tatiana) Grotter is an orphan with intentional resemblances to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter: an unusual mole on her nose, magical powers, an upbringing by "Lopukhoidov" (equivalent to Muggle) relatives after her parents were killed by an evil sorceress, and studying at the Tibidox (Тибидохс) School for Difficult-to-Raise Magicians. Yemets describes the books as "a cultural reply" to the Potter series, and they feature allusion to Russian culture and folklore such as Baba Yaga, rusalki, witches on Bald Mountain and the works of Pushkin. After the first book, the plots diverge from those of the Harry Potter series.
Legal history
While the series is legally published in Russia, it is not available in translation due to litigation on behalf of JK Rowling and Time Warner.[2] In 2003, courts in the Netherlands prevented the distribution of a Dutch translation of the first in the series, ''Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass'', after Rowling and Time Warner's laywers issued a cease and desist order, arguing that the Grotter books violated copyright law. Yemets and his Moscow-based publishers, Eksmo, argued unsuccessfully that the book constituted a parody, permitted under copyright.[3][4]
Later that year, as the Dutch translation ''Tanja Grotter en de magische contrabas'' was still legal in Belgium, the Flemish publishers Roularta Books decided to print 1,000 copies (and no more) in order to let people decide whether it was plagiarism, hoping that under those circumstances Rowling and her publishers would not sue.[5] Rowling did not sue, but as there was a lot of interest in the book (Dutch people could buy the book by postal order from another Flemish publisher, Boekhandel VanIn) it was soon sold out.
Wizard People, Dear Readers
''Wizard People Dear Readers
'''Wizard People, Dear Readers''', released in 2004, is an unauthorized spoof soundtrack to ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' by Brad Neely, a comic book artist from Austin, Texas.
''Wizard People, Dear Readers'' is a narrative reworking the lives of the characters of ''The Sorcerer's Stone'' and the world in which they live, in the form of an audio book. Mr. Neely's use of appropriated plot, characters and themes interlaced with humor has been called a "new art form" by Carrie McLaren, whose web site, Illegal-art.org, promoted it.[6]
In 2004, the New York Underground Film Festival rented a print of the film from Warner Brothers, screened it with the sound off, and played Neely's soundtrack instead. Shortly thereafter, website Illegal Art made Neely's work available for free download. In the following year, Neely also performed ''Wizard People'' live in several cities, until Warner Brothers took action against theatres that had rented prints, and forced them to cancel the shows.[6][8]
Humor
Neely's humor ranges from mockery of the characters to criticism of the acting and set design of the movie, to awkward metaphors in the prose of the "book", to over-dramatic philosophical speeches.
Harry himself is repeatedly referred to as a god, and references are made to the "stockpiles of nuclear-level energy" that are his powers, and so on. At one point, Harry calls himself a "beautiful animal" and a "destroyer of worlds". He also repeatedly affirms that he is "Harry fucking Potter." Hermione is repeatedly described as incredibly ugly. Snape is referred to as a hideous woman. At one point, Neely remarks that "Ron loves Twizzlers."
Many characters often supposedly cast spells with humorous or ironic names. Dumbledore casts the "stand without effort" spell (in reference to his advanced age), while later on Harry casts what is called the "Winter be gone" spell (at a scene transition between winter and spring).
There are also many references to other works throughout the audiobook. Some examples are Harry's invisibility cloak which is called "a cloak with a cloaking device", referring to ''Star Trek''. Professor Flitwick is referred to as "Professor Ugnaught" in reference to his similar appearance to the Ugnaughts of Bespin in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. At one point he puts on the invisibility cloak and Neely exclaims "Invisibility ON!", referring to the catch phrase of The Human Torch of the Fantastic 4.
A major running joke is the changing of character and place names (Quidditch is called cribbage, Minerva McGonagall is called Hardcastle McCormick, Hagrid is called Hagar the Horrible and so on).
The CDs
This soundtrack is composed of two audio CDs, which were made available for free download in MP3 format. The CDs must be played simultaneoulsy with a DVD of the first ''Harry Potter'' film. preferably the North American DVD, muted or at low volume.
Two versions of the CD set have been released, the first in summer 2004 and the second in early-mid 2005. As of February 2007, only the second version is available on the Illegal Art website. The two revisions are very similar: differences include "fixing" the weaker lines from the first revision, and a more "polished" and thoroughly-rehearsed performance by Brad.
The first revision's CDs can be played completely continuously, and there is no need to alter the discs' timing or volume. In order to play the second revision continuously, a delay of approximately three seconds must be inserted between the CDs, and the tracks' volume must be normalized, as the first disc is significantly quieter (approximately 7.7 decibels less) than the second.
Since the CDs are designed to synchronize with the North American release of the film, played at 24 frames per second, the PAL video transfers of the film (used in most of the rest of the world) suffer from a technical incompatibility, meaning that they run at 25 frames per second, so the MP3 files must be sped up by 4.2% (or the movie slowed down) in order to retain synchronization. The Canadian release of the film also uses alternate takes to refer to the titular stone as the Philosopher's Stone (the original name) rather than the Americanized "Sorcerer's Stone" (even though the Canadian case does say Sorcerer's Stone), and as such, the audio may get slightly out of sync as the film progresses on the Canadian DVD.
A DVD featuring the Wizard People soundtrack combined with the background music and sound effects of the original movie was made by an anonymous Denton, Texas resident. The disc includes a menu with background music by Harry and the Potters after a sarcastic piracy warning.
Henry Potty and the Pet Rock
''Henry Potty and the Pet Rock''
''Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody'' [9] is a satire of Harry Potter along with most of children’s literature. The first edition was published in August 2006 by WingSpan Press. ISBN 1-59594-088-X. The author, Valerie Estelle Frankel, lives in California, where the book takes place.[10] She's currently a lecturer at San Jose State University.[11]
Lord Revolting, murderous goldfish-flusher, needs Really Wimpy’s pet rock to conquer the world. While battling him with squirt guns and cheesy how-to guides, Henry Potty aces Hobology, preps for America’s Funniest Fairygodchildren, and tries to avoid laundering Professor Snort’s dreaded hankies, or worse, watching ''A History of Cabbages'' in Polish. All the while, the least likely character watches, coveting the pet rock for her own sneaky agenda.
Narrative and Plot
The narrative features the adventures of Henry Potty, Really Wimpy, and Horendous Gangrene who attend Chickenfeet Academy. Its narrative is metafictional, as the characters know they’re in a book, which Lord Revolting keeps trying to spoil. The book’s narrator and an appearance by the angry author likewise break the fourth wall. [12]
Unlike Barry Trotter, Henry Potty is written for children.[13] Frankel puns on other works of children’s fiction (“Next time try to miss, Piggy")..[14] Frankel parodies aspects of the Harry Potter books, including misleading clues and unexpected culprits. [15]
Many characters from the insignificant Tollgate guard (who manufactures his own brand of toothpaste) to Lord Revolting himself claim credit for the evil doings in the book, though the real perpetrator is far more scheming. The book “follows similar lines” to Harry Potter, but has many original characters: Miffie Muffet, the school bully; Hortense Hog, the mailpig; Miss Ann Thropist, the Wicked Witch of the Vest; the drag-on who turns people’s brains to mush and so forth.[16] Henry Potty’s overpopularity and the panic about spoilers also appear: Lord Revolting repeatedly commits the most heinous crime he can imagine: spoiling the book.[17]
Characters
;'Henry Potty'
Henry is so desperate for fame, he’s started a fan club before he has any fans! Throughout the book he offers tours, autographs, and Henry Potty Original Kindergarten Clay Shapes to anyone who doesn’t run fast enough. Though rather dumb, he scores high in all his classes, mostly thanks to luck. He also has a conscience, a gift from his fairy godmother, which gives him hints as needed.
;'Really Wimpy'
He’s so humble, the book doesn’t even bother to introduce him. He has “shocking red hair that probably saved him a great deal of expense on flashlight batteries.” His purple sweater says in big, hot pink letters, “My mother couldn’t afford to go somewhere exotic, so she just made me this dumb sweater by hand.” He’s devoted to his pet rock, Flaky, with whom he has wonderful conversations.
;'Horrendous Gangrene'
Horrendous proves her intelligence by carrying a ruler, protractor, calculator, compass, digital thermometer, and pair of extra socks in her top right-hand pocket protector. Though she’s smart, Henry beats her in every class, to her great frustration.
;'Lord Revolting'
He’s tall, dark, and incredibly ugly, with green makeup slathered over his skin to increase his evil appearance. The Halloween costume that he wears was once a wicked witch’s dress, at least a wicked witch who was forty-seven and into her second husband and fifth pregnancy. Yards of extra black fabric hang off him like moldy curtains. All forms of trash coat the dress, from cream-filled cupcake wrappers to disposable diapers. He is generally known as “You Know Who.” The most evil thing he can do is spoil the book, an activity in which he persists.
;'Bumbling Bore'
The Chickenfeet Academy principal generally wears hot pink surfer shorts, a t-shirt daringly cut to reveal his lack of muscles, and a pair of sunglasses with little palm trees on the sides. The principal's long white beard often trails on the ground, collecting candy wrappers and dog droppings. Whenever he speaks, students instantly fall asleep. Consequently, he teaches a very very dull history class. In his office, he keeps manacles, whips, muzzles, and a menacing video on how to paint, wallpaper, and reupholster one’s house. For repeat offenders, there’s The History of Cabbages in Polish. He also has an obnoxious parrot named Socks. Bumbling Bore is the only gizzard (like a wizard) Lord Revolting fears, mainly because he has Lord Revolting's credit card numbers
Minor Characters
★ 'Higgle' - Parody of Hagrid. Higgle speaks in “mumble.”
★ 'Miffie Muffet' - Parody of Draco Malfoy. Miffie is an adorable little girl who beats up other students.
★ 'Hortense Hog' (Hedwig) A flying pig, Hortense enjoys dive-bombing Henry at every opportunity. Her name is probably taken from Hortense, an owl in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
★ 'Mr. Filth' (Argus Filch) The resident spy and tattletale.
★ 'Lames and Jelly Potty' (James and Lily Potter) “Lames and Jelly had been killed years ago, either from slipping on a pair of banana peels and falling to their deaths or getting hit by a rampant llama;” Henry’s aunt didn’t remember which.
★ 'Professor Snort' (Severus Snape) He has a hanky problem.
Other parodies
Books
In English
★ ''Parry Hotter And The Seamy Side Of Magic'' by K.C. Ellis.[18]
★ ''Hairy Potty and the Underwear of Justice'' from the The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun by Dav Pilkey.[19]
★ ''Hairy Pothead and the Marijuana Stone'' by Dana Larsen — a marijuana-laden book parody to be released in the United States and Canada in September 2007 by Cannabis Culture Magazine.[20]
In Russian
★ ''Harri Proglotter'' by Sergey Panarin.[21]
★ ''Larin Pyotr'', by Yaroslav Morozov. Series of Harry Potter parodies The Global Pottering Effect Vera Ivanova
★ ''A Boy Named Harry and his Dog Potter'', by Valentin Postnikov.
In other languages
★ ''Heri Kókler'', a Hungarian parody of the Harry Potter series by an author with the fake name K. B. Rottring.[22]
★ ''Harry Pouter'' by Peter M. Jolin, a series of Harry Potter parodies published in English and Czech language (under name Harry Trottel). To date there are three sequels.[23]
★ ''Harry Pottrez'', a Spanish parody of the Harry Potter series by the author Pierre Veys.[24]
★ ''Happy Porter'', an Indonesian parody of Harry Potter series by a young author, Yokie Adityo.[25]
Film and television
Films
★ ''Harry Potter'' was one of dozens of spoofs in the 2007 film ''Epic Movie''.[26]
★ In ''Scary Movie 2'', Cindy is seen reading a book titled ''Harry Pothead''.[27]
US television
Promo image for ''The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror XII''
Animated
★ ''Harry Potter'' has been parodied and referenced several times on ''The Simpsons''. In ''Wiz Kids'', the third act of the episode ''Treehouse of Horror XII'', Lisa and Bart go to "Springwart's School of Magickry". Harry Potter is in their class and they must fight against the evil Lord Montymort (Montgomery Burns). Harry actually has one line:
::Mrs. Krabappel: Harry Potter, are you chewing gum?
::Harry: No, ma'am, it's brimstone. [He blows a small fireball][28]
:In the episode "The Haw-Hawed Couple", Lisa asks Homer to read her "Angelica Button" book to her for bedtime. Homer, learning that the character Headmaster Greystash will die (a la Albus Dumbledore in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''), hides the fact from Lisa by inventing a happier ending, though Lisa does read the real ending and decides that Homer's was better.[29]
★ Nigel Planter is a recurring character on ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy''. He first appeared in the episode Toadblatt's School of Sorcery, which parodies ''Animal House'' as well as ''Harry Potter''. He reappeared in the episodes "Nigel Planter And The Chamber Pot of Secrets" and "One Crazy Summoner". The episodes feature Lord Mouldybutt, parodying Lord Voldemort; Toadblatt's School of Sorcery parodying Hogwarts, the Squid Hat (parodying the Sorting Hat and voiced by Weird Al Yankovic)[30] and the house of Weaslethorpe, parodying Gryffindor.
★ ''Henry Skreever'' was the title of a book series in two episodes of the children's television show ''Arthur''. In the first, "Prunella's Special Edition", a new book had just come out entitled ''Henry Skreever and the Cabbage of Mayhem'' and all the characters were reading it. The second, "Prunella Sees the Light", featured the Henry Skreever movie, ''Henry Skreever and the Brick of Wonders''. This parody features the villain "Lord Moldywort."[31]
★ In the children's series ''Cyberchase'', the young spellcaster Shari Spotter attends Frogsnorts school of magic under Professor Stumblesnore.[32]
★ In the episode " Magic in the Air" from the series ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', Charley becomes so overly obessed with fictional book character, Peter Poundstone (a series of books about a young wizard similar to the Potter series), that he attempts to use magic to create a diorama (as part of a school assignment).[33]
★ In the "Password: Swordfish" episode of ''Robot Chicken'', Harry Potter has to battle the monster Pubertus[34]
★ The series '' features an episode where Jimmy and his friends film a movie. In one of the scenes, Jimmy is Parry Bladder and attends Pigpimples school.[35]
Non-animated
★ Harry Potter has been parodied several times on the US skit comedy ''Saturday Night Live''. In all sketches, Harry is portrayed by Rachel Dratch[36] except for the "Welcome Back Potter" sketch in which Harry is played by Will Forte.[37] In addition Hermione Granger was played by Lindsay Lohan. [38]
★ Harry Potter has also been parodied on MADtv, where Triple H played Harry.[39]
★ "Harry Bladder," a sketch on the children's comedy show ''All That''.[40]
UK television
★ Alistair McGowan, on his show ''Big Impression'', did a sketch called "Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone". It featured impressions of Louis Theroux (as Louis Potter), Neil and Christine Hamilton (as the Dursleys), Nigella Lawson (as Hermione), Anne Robinson (as Ron), Mark Lawrenson (as the Quirrell-figure) and Gary Lineker (as the Voldemort figure). It also featured impressions of Robbie Coltrane (as Hagrid) and Alan Rickman (as Snape), these last two being the actual actors who played parts in the film.[41]
★ In 2003, Comic Relief performed a spoof story called ''Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan''. It featured Dawn French as a female Harry; Jennifer Saunders as Ron Weasley and J. K. Rowling; Miranda Richardson as Hermione; Nigel Planer as Dumbledore (wearing the beard and costume of Richard Harris); Jeremy Irons as Professor Severus Snape; Ronnie Corbett as Hagrid and Basil Brush as Dobby the House Elf). The broadcast of this parody was preceded by a message from JK Rowling (played by Saunders).[42][43]
Other television
★ ''The Wedge'', an Australian sketch comedy, parodies Harry and Hermione in love on a ''"Cooking With..."'' show before being caught by Snape.[44]
★ An episode of '' titled "A Novel Approach" includes a book titled "Pappy Pottey and the Fool's Stone"[45]
Publications
The Onion
image from ''The Onion's spoof article "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise of Satanism Among Children"
★ The spoof newspaper ''The Onion'' has parodied ''Harry Potter'' several times, most notably in the article "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children", which satirized the hysteria of the American Christian Right over the supposedly Satanic influence of the novels on the young.[46] Ironically, the article was copied into a chain letter and circulated among Christians as proof of their claims.
★ Another ''Onion'' article, "Children, Creepy Middle-Aged Weirdos Swept Up In Harry Potter Craze", referenced the books' popularity among people one would assume were too old for them.[47]
★ Yet another ''Onion'' article claimed, "J.K. Rowling Ends Harry Potter Series After Discovering Boys".[48]
★ ONN, the ''Onion's satirical spoof of television news, carried an item in the lead up to release of the final ''Harry Potter'' book entitled "JK Rowling hints at Harry Potter date rape".[49]
MAD Magazine
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Kidney Stone'' —a text-driven parody of the first book by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by James Warhola. Cover story of Mad Magazine #391 (March 2000 issue).[50]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Sorry-Ass Story''— a parody of the first film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Mort Drucker. Cover story of Mad Magazine #412 (December 2001). Mad #412 December 2001
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Lamest of Sequels''— a parody of the second film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Tom Richmond. Cover story of Mad Magazine #424 (December 2002).[51]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Pre-Teen Nerds are Actin' Bad'' — a parody of the third film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Hermann Mejia. Cover story of Mad Magazine #443 (July 2004).[52]
★ ''Harry Plodder Has Gotta Retire'' — a parody of the fourth film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Hermann Mejia. Cover story of Mad Magazine #460 (December 2005).[53]
★ ''Harry Plodder and the Torture of the Fanbase'' — parody of the fifth film, by Desmond Devlin, illustrated by Tom Richmond. Cover story of Mad Magazine #480 (August 2007).[54]
★ MAD has also run occasional Potter-themed pieces which are not direct parodies, such as "The Differences Between Hogwarts and Your School,"[55] a J.K. Rowling installment of their "Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds" feature, and an Amazon.com page parody using the "Order of the Phoenix" book as its subject.[56]
Other publications
★ In their May, 2004 issue, the US Army publication the Preventive Maintenance Monthly, which instructs soldiers on how to maintain their equipment, featured a spoof comic based on ''Harry Potter'', featuring a character named Topper who resided at Mogmarts School under Professor Rumbledore.[57] The publication received notice from Rowling's lawyers that the comics breached copyright, though the magazine's editor, Ken Crunk, claimed that no violation had taken place, as "The drawings do not look like any of the characters from Harry Potter"[58]
★ In 2002, the Canadian newspaper ''National Post'', in its satirical column ''Post Morten'', wrote a spoof article claiming that "Rowling -- or, as she shall henceforth be referred to and credited as, Mrs. J. K. Satan -- said that as she sat in a coffee shop one grey day, wondering what to do with her empty, aimless life, it hit her: "I'll give myself, body and soul, to the Dark Master. And in return, he will give me absurd wealth and power over the weak and pitiful of the world. And he did!" This article too was copied into a chain letter and released as truth onto the web.
★ A parody of Hogwarts can be seen in Futurama Comics #16. While trying to find a boarding school for Cubert, the crew visits a magic school on the planet Rowling VI. Cubert's insistence that a school cannot exist solely based on faith causes the school and the magical creatures within it to vanish.[59]
★ "Continuing the Magic," in Time Magazine by Lon Tweeten, shows possible future book covers laced with pop culture references such as "The Audition of Doom" with Simon Cowell judging Harry harshly, "The Paris Hilton Enchantment" with a trio of familiar Dementors, and "Dark Lord of the Dance" with Voldemort and Harry teaming up on Broadway. [60]
Online
Texts
★ ''Terry Rotter'' by Andreas Mueller, a German series of Harry Potter parodies. These novels are also satires, mainly of German politics and society. Terry's arch enemy is Heinrich Himmler, the Dark Lord. The first part of this series of free E-books won the Palm Paper Awards in 2006. The second part won the Palm Paper Awards in 2007. A third book is in the making.[61]
★ "Breadbox Editions" are condensed parodies of the ''Harry Potter'' films, posted on wizardwheezes.net.[62] The Breadbox Editions can also be found on Livejournal.com.[63]
★ ''Harry Potter and the Mustardpot of Doom'', submitted by a listener to the official website of the longrunning BBC radio soap ''The Archers'', is a parody of ''Harry Potter'' based round ''The Archers's characters and recent plot twists.[64]
Movies and animations
Image from the web animation ''Potter Puppet Pals''
★ ''The Potter Puppet Pals'' is a series of flash animations about Harry Potter. Episodes so far have been about annoying Snape (titled "Bothering Snape") and killing Lord Voldemort with automatic weapons (titled "Trouble at Hogwarts"). Three further movies, featuring real puppets ("Potions Class", "Wizard Angst" and "The Mysterious Ticking Noise") have been released on the popular video sharing site Youtube. A running gag in all of the Potter Puppet Pals films has been Dumbledore stripping completely naked randomly in the story. [65]
★
★ There was also a cancelled episode, ''The Potter Puppet Pals Adventure'', that still exists in audio form, and has been animated by a member of the Lemon Demon wiki.[66] In it, Rubeus Hagrid, the Dursleys, and Draco Malfoy were originally slated to appear.
★ Walmart Watch produced a parody of ''Harry Potter'', ''Harry Potter and the Dark Lord Waldemart'' to illustrate their negative perspective of Walmart.[67]
★ ''Barry Pooter'', a short Dutch parody film, dubbing clips from the first ''Harry Potter'' film with other actors' dialogue.[68]
★ The only Latvian ''Harry Potter'' parody is "Harry Potter And The Magical Dick" which also has a sequel called "Harry Potter And The Sausage of Destiny". Both parts were leaked only in Russian.[69][70]
★ ''The Harry Potter Intervention''; a satire of ''Harry Potter'' fandom.[71]
★ ''Wand Wars'', a ''Star Wars''-style ''Harry Potter'' spoof.[72]
★ ''Potter Potter Potter'': a ''Harry Potter''-themed spoof of Jonti Picking's Flash animation "Badger Badger Badger", which combines the original's music with John Williams' title theme to the ''Harry Potter'' movie.[73]
★ "Welcome Back Potter", a short about an over-the-hill Harry Potter returning to teach young wizard students, parodying "Welcome Back, Kotter".[74] This sketch is not the "Welcome Back Potter" spoof run on ''Saturday Night Live''.
★ "Harry Potter Comes to Amityville" and its sequel "Prisoner of Amityville" are short films done by independent filmmakers Wowie Kazowie Productions about a slightly less intelligent Harry Potter getting lost in the suburban town of Amityville, NY. [75]
★ On Youtube a user named omovies created "Harry Potter in the Hood",[76] portraying Harry as a gangster "hanging in the ghetto earning wizard street cred". The video gained popularity and the directors have been shown on a few news shows.[77] They are also credited for creating "Paris in Jail", which so far has attracted over 8 million views.[78]
★ "Barry Potter and the Philosopher's Pebble", Scottish made 40 minute film produced by three 15 year-old film makers. [79]
Webcomics
★ ''Kill Harry'' Is a webcomic crossover parody that mixes the concepts and characters of Tarantino's movie Kill Bill with the Harry Potter universe. Hermione takes the place of the bride, and begins her quest for vengeance after waking up in a coma caused by Harry's curse.[80]
★ The Order of the Stick used a character for strip #253 named Larry Gardener, a student at Warthog's School of Wizardry and Sorcery, who was quickly killed off in the following strip.[81]
★ In a story arc of webcomic Zebra Girl, Jack, a budding magician, discovers a "Magi-Net" and therein encounters a wizard named Harold DuVase. Jack stumbles over the real nature of the 'Net, dies in a subsequent fight, does a Gandalf-like return, and concludes the story with a bittersweet triumph. The scar is represented symbolically in Harold's glasses.[82]
★ Webcomic Sluggy Freelance's main character is Torg, a bright but uncomplicated fellow whose last name we never learn. In Pete Abrams' first parody, ''Torg Potter and the Sorcerer's Nuts'', Torg is mistaken for the Lastnameless One and brought into Hoggelrynth to learn magic. He subsequently defeats a plot by Professor Santory Snapekin to achieve ultimate power. (Maybe.) Despite Torg's not having any actual magic powers he is embroiled in a plot to turn everybody into chocolate in ''Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions''. In ''Torg Potter and the President from Arkansas'' Blearious Stank escapes from prison, and Torg is considered to be in danger due to being the "Torg Potter of record". The parodies are modelled after the movies, not the books, and follow the movie releases.[83][84][85]
★ On the Sev Wide Web, which parodies many pop culture icons, Hairy Plopper is an internet cartoon parodying Harry Potter.[86]
★ The webcomic VG Cats featured a parody of ''Harry Potter'' (''Wise Advice: Fullmetal vs. Harry Potter''} in which Harry finds the Philosopher's Stone at the same time as Edward and Alphonse Elric of the series, Fullmetal Alchemist. The result is Harry and Edward getting into a fight after several insults are exchanged.[87]
Other media
The "Harry Potter cow" erected in Leicester Square
★ In 2002, the public art exhibition CowParade, which travels the world erecting cow-themed sculptures in major cities before selling them at auction for charity, erected a broomstick-riding Harry Potter cow in London's Leicester Square. When the organisers attempted to take it down, they were prevented by public outcry.[88][89]
★ In 2005, the University of Queensland Law Revue released ''Harry Potter's Scar'', a parody of the song Scar by Missy Higgins, where a hormonal Harry (on piano) and Silent Bob-style Dumbledore (on guitar) pitched "Harry Potter: The Musical" to J.K. Rowling.[90]
★ State Line Tack and other sellers of equine goods and novelties have sold t-shirts showing a horse riding a broomstick and wearing a cape, with the words "Hairy Trotter" below the picture.[91]
★ Cows Ice Cream of Prince Edward Island, Canada, which is famous for making cow-themed parodies of many different pieces of pop culture, has a parody called Cowy Potter (also Dairy Potter), including "The Prisoner of Azcowban" and "The Goblet of Milk"[92]
★ ''Harry Podder: Dude Where's My Wand?'', a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis. The plot, which takes place at the Utah-based Warthogs school for wizards, features Harry Podder, Hermione Ranger, Ron Sneasley, Professor McGargoyle and the Dark wizard Voldie.[93]
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External links
★ MuggleNet scanned archive of Mad Magazine ''Harry Potter'' spoofs.
★ Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone: Text posted online by Time Warner
★ JK Rowling on "The Simpsons"
★ Wizard People, Dear Reader, part 1
★ Wizard People, Dear Reader, part 2
★ Entertainment Weekly Popwatch blog: Harry Potter parodies
★ The official ''Barry Trotter'' website
★ Mike Gerber's blog
★ Porri Gatter (''skipping splash screen'')
★ Official website
★ Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright, Should Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass be banned?, Tim Wu, ''Slate.com'', June 27, 2003
★ Harry Potter clones, Shohdy Naguib,, ''Al-Ahram Weekly'', 14 - 20 November 2002
★ Wizard People, Dear Readers by Brad Neely
★ Text of the New York Times article
★ LiveJournal community, with links to a two-part transcription of the original version
★ 'Wizard People': The Underground 'Potter' from National Public Radio Weekend Edition
★ Wizard People, Dear Readers sample videos on YouTube
★ Burning a Wizard People, Dear Readers DVD in Linux
★ Henry Potty Official Website
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