<P> In 2002, Harry Potter was voted No. 85 among the "100 Best Fictional Characters" by Book magazine and also voted the 35th "Worst Briton" in Channel 4's "100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate" programme . Entertainment Weekly ranked Harry Potter number two on its 2010 "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years" list, saying "Long after we've turned the last page and watched the last end credit, Harry still feels like someone we know . And that's the most magical thing about him ." UGO Networks listed Harry as one of their best heroes of all time, who said that "Harry is a hero to the often oppressed and downtrodden young fan boys and girls out there, who finally have an icon that is respected and revered by those who might otherwise look down on robe - wearing and wand waving as dork fodder". Harry Potter was also ranked number thirty - six on Empire's 2008 list of "100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time". IGN said that Harry Potter was their favourite Harry Potter character, calling him a "sympathetic figure" and saying in response to his fights against Voldemort that "everybody loves an underdog story of good vs. evil". Despite being the main character, Watchmojo.com ranked him #2 on their "Top 10 Harry Potter Characters" list in 2014 (Severus Snape was ranked #1 on the list). </P> <P> According to halloweenonline.com, Harry Potter sets were the fifth - best selling Halloween costume of 2005 . In addition, wizard rock bands like Harry and the Potters and others regularly dress up in the style of Harry Potter, sporting painted forehead scars, black wigs, and round bottle top glasses . Wizard rock is a musical movement dating from 2002 that consists of at least 200 bands made up of young musicians, playing songs about Harry Potter . The movement started in Massachusetts with the band Harry and the Potters, who cosplay as Harry during live performances . </P> <P> In April 2009, a group of University of Michigan students eventually known as StarKid Productions performed Harry Potter: The Musical, a two - act musical parody that featured major elements from all seven books and an original score . They posted the entire musical on their YouTube channel but removed it in late June, to edit some more mature elements from the videos . The musical, re-titled A Very Potter Musical, was reposted on 5 July 2009, starring Darren Criss as Harry Potter . A sequel was premiered at the 2010 HPEF Harry Potter Conference Infinitus, and released on YouTube on 22 July at 8 pm EST . The sequel was called A Very Potter Sequel and featured the Death Eaters using the Time - Turner to go back in time to Harry's first year in Hogwarts . Harry Potter is spoofed in the Barry Trotter series by American writer Michael Gerber, where a "Barry Trotter" appears as the eponymous antihero . On his homepage, Gerber describes Trotter as an unpleasant character who "drinks too much, eats like a pig, sleeps until noon, and owes everybody money ." The author stated "(s) ince I really liked Rowling's books (...) I felt obligated to try to write a spoof worthy of the originals". </P>

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