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.