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subdivision name1	Catalonia
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subdivision name2	Girona
subdivision type3	Comarca
subdivision name3	Baix Empordà
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area total km2	25.81
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leader title	Mayor
leader name	Joan Silvestre i Albertí
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Pals is a medieval town in Catalonia, northern Spain a few kilometres from the sea in the heart of the Bay of Emporda on the Costa Brava. It lies on the C31 Palafrugell-L'Estartit road.

Main sights

Pals has a historic centre on a hill surrounded by plains with a medieval Romanesque tower built between the 11th and 13th centuries, known as the Torre de les Hores (Tower of the Hours).

The Gothic Quarter of the town has been substantially restored and there are cobbled streets interrupted by semicircular arches, façades with pointed arched windows and stone balconies. The town wall contains four square towers which date from the 4th century. The Josep Pla viewpoint (from which can be seen the fields of Empordà and the Medes Islands), the Plaça Major, the tombs in the Carrer Major and the church of Sant Pere are other features of the town. There is an Archaeology Museum.

On the edge of the main town is Masos de Pals, which has a thriving urban centre and is popular as a location for holiday homes Platja de Pals ("Pal's Beach") is also a popular holiday location.

Pals, place of departure of Christopher Columbus

Some historians such as catalan Jordi Bilbeny among others, argue that Christopher Columbus on his first trip, he left Palos de la Frontera, says the official story, but the old port of posts today disappeared. In 1492 the Pals had a major seaport that could even fit an issue as important as the discovery of the New World .

According Bilbeny, the town of Pals became, thanks to the censors of the crown, the Palos de Huelva. The town of Pals de l'Emporda is well documented since ancient times as a royal town and major port. Similarly, this researcher, relates the Pinzon brothers with Pinçon the village of Pals, according to a letter of Directors of Barcelona were corsairs attacked and Barcelona in 1479.

Notes

External links

Documentary, Pals trip point of Christopher Columbus.

Pals radio station museum.

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
Show name	Potter Puppet Pals
Show name 2	'PPP'
Genre	Comedy, puppetry, variety, parody
Creator	Neil Cicierega, Emmy Cicierega, Alora Lanzillotta Garrett webb
Voices	Neil Cicierega
Country
Language	English
Network	Newgrounds (2003)YouTube (2006-present)
First aired	Animated series: September 27, 2003
Last aired	December 15, 2003Puppet series:September 26, 2006 - Present
Website	http://www.potterpuppetpals.com}}

Potter Puppet Pals is a web series parodying the Harry Potter novel series by JK Rowling, created by Neil Cicierega.

Airing

The first two episodes were animated, both released in 2003 on Newgrounds. 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.

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 Potter: 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.

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) infantile 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.

Minor characters

Neville Longbottom: Unlike the other characters, which are made out of felt, 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.

Rubeus Hagrid: Hagrid seems to like sleeping. 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.

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.

Episodes

Flash animations

! No.	! Title	! Original airdate	! Story	! YouTube views, as of 18 April 2011 (millions)
1	"Bothering Snape"	27 September 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"	15 December 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 guns and shoot him. Snape reappears and Harry, Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore hug him. Snape is confused.	0.5
2.5	"Follow the Butterflies"	15 December 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 7 August 2011 (millions)
3	"Potions Class"	26 September 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 milk ( 'It does wonders to me bowels!' ).	12.1
4	"Wizard Angst"	2 November 2006	Harry is experiencing "angst" and insults Ron. He then decides to quit Hogwarts and magic, explaining that he has nightmares about	23 March 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">Dobby the house elf	20.4
5	"The Mysterious Ticking Noise"	23 March 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. It explodes, blowing everyone up. Voldemort then appears and sings his own jaunty tune.	108.6
6	"Wizard Swears"	1 December 2007		26.2
7	"School Is for Losers"	7 April 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.	11.0
8	"Awakening of the Incorrigible"	16 May 2008		5.7
9	"The Vortex"	17 May 2008		11.6
10	"Ron's Disease"	13 April 2009		6.9
11	"Snape's Diary"	15 July 2009	Harry steals Snape's personal diary 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 candlelight. 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.	7.7
12	"INSANELY important Potter Puppet Pals news!"	28 July 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.	1.4
13	"Harry Potter personally welcomes you. Yes, you."	28 July 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.	2.0
14	"Ron's Parents"	28 July 2010		2.1
15	"Mustache Buddies"	28 July 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.	2.6
16	"Harry's Nightmares"	9 September 2010		3.0
17	"Draco Puppet"	13 September 2010	Harry responds to repeated requests for a Draco Malfoy 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 (who plays Malfoy in the Harry Potter films). He then sings a song about what Draco likes and eventually destroys him on a stove.	3.5
18	"Ginny"	29 May 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.	1.3

The Mysterious Ticking Noise

"The Mysterious Ticking Noise", released March 23, 2007, is the 22^nd most-viewed video on YouTube, with over 108,700,000 views as of August 7, 2011. The video was nominated and won in the Comedy category in the 2008 YouTube Awards 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 Chordettes. 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."

References

External links

Potter Puppet Pals Website

Potterpuppetpals YouTube Page

Neil Cicieraga YouTube Page

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