Dead Boy's Girlfriend

2009-05-06 · song · Hank · 4:01 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, guest or collab

Hank sings a comic Harry Potter song, music by Katherine and made in honour of Goblet of Fire and LeakyCon per the description, in which Harry laments that his first crush is dead Cedric Diggory's girlfriend; he then thanks viewers for his birthday wishes.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Song 'Dead Boy's Girlfriend': Harry pines for the girl he was too slow to ask to the Yule Ball, Cedric Diggory's girlfriend

• ★★★ Harry Potter: In the song, Harry laments that the first girl he fell for, whom he was too slow to ask to the Yule Ball, is dead Cedric Diggory's girlfriend. (fiction) — 00:00:56

00:03:46 — Thanks for birthday wishes; Katherine wrote the music; sign-off

• ★★ Hank thanks viewers for his amazing birthday wishes the day before. — 00:03:46 · Hank Green
• ★★ Hank credits Katherine with writing the song's music and says they make a pretty great team. — 00:03:46 · Katherine Green
• ★ Hank hopes even the non-Harry Potter Nerdfighters enjoyed the song. (hedged) — 00:03:46 · Nerdfighteria, Harry Potter (book series)

Humor (dominant)

• The song opens like a standard heartbreak ballad about how love hurts and stories end sadly. — 00:00:00

  “But what do you do when her boyfriend's dead?”

• Harry swallows Gillyweed and dives into the lake hoping to find his crush among the girls held hostage. — 00:00:56

  “But it was freakin' Ron Weasley who was waiting for me”

• Harry recalls finishing the maze with Cedric and grabbing the cup together, hoping to share more. — 00:01:55

  “I thought maybe he could share something else with me But a minute later he was dead”

• Harry complains that everything he does makes her cry. — 00:02:36

  “I can never snog you and it's no secret why”

• Harry wishes her a nice life anyway. — 00:03:05

  “but you probably have to be a boring muggle's wife”

Threads in this video

• outcome · Hank's song 'Dead Boy's Girlfriend' (2009) — Hank performs his new Harry Potter song 'Dead Boy's Girlfriend', with music by Katherine. (00:03:46)
• thanks · John asks Nerdfighters to get or make Hank something for his birthday (May 2009) — Hank thanks everyone for his birthday wishes. (00:03:46)

Mentioned

Central: Dead Boy's Girlfriend

Also: Cedric Diggory · Cho Chang · Harry Potter (book series) · Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · Ron Weasley

Only in the description or credits: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · Katherine Green · LeakyCon

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