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[laughter]
I'm Whitney Avalon
I make Princess Rap Battles and I played Katniss
And I'm Steve Gossett, co-creator of Princess Rap Battles
You're gonna go--
Hermione and Katniss were one of the most popular suggested match-ups
We loved the idea of doing these two book
characters against each other
I sling unforgettable verses
like unforgivable curses
What's worse is
your universe isn't immersive
We couldn't do these characters justice if we didn't really do the research
so we read all the books and watched all the movies
People that are fans of Harry Potter or Hunger Games really know their stuff
I'll slaughter this otter
which is your patronus
Yeah, oh, I know
Molly Quinn is the perfect Hermione
It was so awesome to have a Hermione who so embodied that character
with a few extra obscene gestures, of course
This is really offensive, right?
We just do it because it's offensive
Hagrid?
Who else to back up Hermione but Harry Potter and Ron Weasley?
My name is Chase Fein and I play Harry Potter
I'm Evin Michaels and I'm playing Ron Weasley
I did the wrong hand ***, sorry
Share your bread with Gale
then stuff your mouth with Peeta
Team Katniss is Peeta and Gale
I'm John Robert Keena I am Peeta Mellark
Hi, I'm Cole Gerdes and I'm playing Gale today
Hey, how are you still hungry in that beefcake sandwich?
That was so f***ing funny
Dumbledore and Effie, take one, mark
And no magic
Let the lap battle... ha, let the lap battle begin--
Different series
That must be the *** version
In the books, Dumbledore is this fascinating calm yet wise figure
and Tom really brought that to the characterization on set
More Richard Harris
For Effie Trinket, we had Taryn Southern, who both Whitney and I are a big fan of
It was really funny watching her try to get the perfect shot of her insane wig and make-up combo
If the Hunger Games happened right now, I think Taryn Southern would be Effie Trinket
Thank you!
It's one thing to write the words,
but to hear them come to life in the recording booth is awesome
Molly was amazing
The minute she got on the mic and started rapping,
we knew she was going to be an incredible Hermione
On fire? Oh, just like your dad or the hospital you visited to film a quick ad
I've got the cortex to ace my subjects
I've got that bad blood while you run with rejects
We rehearsed the night before at Whimsic Alley, which has its own version of Hogwarts' Great Hall
It's a cool moment to see the teams get together
and figure out what our choreography for the battle is actually going to be
I loved the idea of having the sorting hat do a cameo
Gryffindor!
Our First AD, T.C. De Witt, was also our puppeteer for the sorting hat
That's five more points for Gryffindor!
In addition to bringing the hat to life, we also added magic to our Goblet of Fire
Yo homes, smell ya later
There's been a lot of comments about Hermione and Katniss kissing
What's important is they're not actually enemies
But are they together?
I mean, we can do this
We can do this if you want
I ship it
I had each team do walk-offs like they were runway models
They were really fun and totally absurd
I told Molly "Do a Slytherin dance!"
It made us laugh so much that we had to put it in the video
Keep letting us know who you want to see battle
Thank you for watching