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July 20: Green Mohawk

2007-07-20 · challenge / punishment · Hank · 3:43 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Pop culture) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, self promotion, timely hook, song or performance

Hank completes his punishment by spray-painting a fake mohawk green, then thanks everyone who liked his Harry Potter song (co-written with Katherine), reports it is YouTube's number five top-rated song, and asks viewers to spread it before the book comes out.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; Hank spray-paints a big fake mohawk green (punishment)

  • ★★★ Hank completes his punishment: having dressed up like a goth, he now spray-paints a fake mohawk green, and the paint burns his eyes. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Punishment

00:00:40 — Punishment declared complete; the self-spinning chair as a 'perpetual motion machine'

00:01:09 — Reception of 'Accio Deathly Hallows': reprise in another style, credits to Katherine and the Leaky Cauldron, number five top-rated song on YouTube

  • ★★ Hank says people liked his Harry Potter song a lot; he likes it too, catches himself singing it, and sometimes sings it in different styles. — 00:01:09 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ Hank credits Katherine with helping write the song on the porch: when he complained that nothing rhymed, she suggested 'spell' as a good word for a Harry Potter song. — 00:01:34 · Katherine Green, Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★ Hank thanks someone from the Leaky Cauldron for spreading word about the video, and everyone who rated it highly or favorited it. — 00:02:03
  • ★★★ Hank says he currently has the number five top-rated song on YouTube, a dream come true that makes him feel like a small-time rock star. — 00:02:03 · YouTube

00:02:39 — Asks to spread the song before the book's release, avoid spoilers; mp3 link; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank asks everyone to do what they will with the song; since it is only good until the book comes out tomorrow, it would probably be good to get as many people as possible to hear it in the next 12 hours. (hedged) — 00:02:39
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers to avoid spoilers, which are appearing everywhere; Brotherhood 2.0 tries to keep them out but cannot watch everything. — 00:02:39 · Brotherhood 2.0, Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★ Hank has put a link to an mp3 of the song below the video and on brotherhood2.com. — 00:03:07 · Brotherhood 2.0

Humor (significant)

  • Hank spray-paints his fake mohawk and the fumes sting his eyes. — 00:00:10

    “It's like hair paint mixed with mace.”

  • Hank's office chair keeps spinning while he sits on it. — 00:00:40

    “And I think that maybe I might have discovered some kind of perpetual motion machine.”

  • Hank sings a line of his song in a different style. — 00:01:34

    “Just give me my book or go to hell!”

  • After thanking viewers for their kind words about the song. — 00:03:07

    “They may change their mind now that they see my green mohawk.”

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Mentioned

Central: Accio Deathly Hallows

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Harry Potter (book series) · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · Punishment · YouTube

Only in the description or credits: Katherine Green · The Leaky Cauldron

Also centred on Accio Deathly Hallows: Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall · Accio Decade Hallows

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