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** Played with. Neville becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass freedom fighter]] and a damn good one. He even [[spoiler:destroys Voldemort's final Horcrux.]] However, fans who were expecting to see a showdown between him and Bellatrix due to the buildup from book four onward were left disappointed, as [[spoiler:Molly Weasley ends up being the one to fight her.]] See Berserk button, below.
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** Played with. Neville becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass freedom fighter]] and a damn good one. He even [[spoiler:destroys Voldemort's final Horcrux.]] However, fans who were expecting to see a showdown between him and Bellatrix due to the buildup from book four onward were left disappointed, as [[spoiler:Molly Weasley ends up being the one to fight her.]] See Berserk button, BerserkButton below.
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* UnintentionalBackupPlan: A rare villainous example. Voldemort is unaware that [[spoiler:Harry is his final Horcrux.]] As a result, he gave himself a way to win even after the other sources of his power were destroyed. Subverted because Harry still kicks his ass.
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* UnintentionalBackupPlan: A rare villainous example. Voldemort is unaware that [[spoiler:Harry is his final (de facto) Horcrux.]] As a result, he gave himself a way to win even after the other sources of his power were destroyed. Subverted because [[spoiler:[[NiceJobFixingItVillain He ruins it, though, by using the Killing Curse on Harry still kicks his ass.again]].]]
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* FreudianSlip: [[spoiler: Snape calling Lily a "Mudblood" turned out to be this.]] He claimed that he never meant to say it, but she doesn't believe him and ends her friendship with him, realizing what kind of person he had become.
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* DyingForSymbolism:
** Hedwig's death is supposed represent the death of what remains of Harry's childhood.
** [[spoiler: Harry's sacrifice]] itself is a symbol of Jesus' death, if the series is compared to Irish Catholicism, which J.K. Rowling is part of.
** Hedwig's death is supposed represent the death of what remains of Harry's childhood.
** [[spoiler: Harry's sacrifice]] itself is a symbol of Jesus' death, if the series is compared to Irish Catholicism, which J.K. Rowling is part of.
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** The heroes had one in place as well. Dumbledore originally planned to [[spoiler:depower the Elder Wand by having Snape kill him by consent. This was ruined when Draco Malfoy Disarmed him during their encounter, and Dumbledore never got a chance to reclaim it. Later, Harry Disarmed Draco of his usual hawthorn wand, taking it for his own--and by doing this, ''Harry'' (by pure luck) became the master of the Elder Wand, essentially preventing Voldemort from ever becoming its master. This is eventually what allows Harry to win against Voldemort.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: Virtually everyone, but particular standouts include Mrs. Weasely, Prof. Slughorn, and above all Neville Longbottom, who in some ways really is the biggest hero in the story.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Virtually everyone, but particular standouts include Mrs. Weasely, Prof. Slughorn, and above all Neville Longbottom, who in some ways really is the biggest hero in the story. Special notice for Sybill Trelawney, who took out several Death Eaters (including ''Fenrir Greyback'') by using magic to throw crystal balls at them.
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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Harry destroys the Hallows for this reason. At least the Wand. He lost the stone in the forest, and one can assume he kept the cloak. Also, in regards to the wand, in the book, he put it back in Dumbledore's grave with the hope that he, Harry, would die naturally so the cycle of violence over the wand would end. In the movie, he is much more pragmatic and simply snaps the wand in two.
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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Harry destroys regards the Hallows for this reason. as this. At least the Wand. Wand and Stone (from dialogue in the book, one can assume he kept the Cloak). He lost the stone in the forest, and one can assume he kept the cloak.deliberately refuses to look for it again. Also, in regards to the wand, in the book, he put it back in Dumbledore's grave with the hope that he, Harry, would die naturally so the cycle of violence over the wand would end. In the movie, he is much more pragmatic and simply snaps the wand in two.
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** When Moody was explaining the escape plan from #4 Privet Drive, he refers to Fred, who proclaims to be George like he did way back in the first book to his mother. Unlike Molly, Moody has no love for it.
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'''Moody:''' ''(Angrily)'' Enough messing around!
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'''Moody''' Sorry, George – \\
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Sword of Gryffindor was placed under the frozen lake ostensibly to serve as some kind of test of bravery and determination. Harry realizes that immediately, but still points out that it seemed less of a test of character and more making things unpleasant for the hell of it.
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-->'''Narrator:''' Where "chivalry" entered into this, he thought ruefully, he was not entirely sure, unless it counted as chivalrous that he was not calling for Hermione to do it in his stead.
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** Dudley Dursley finally reconciles with his cousin. WordOfGod states that when attacked by Dementors in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Book 5]], Dudley was forced to [[HeelRealization see himself for the cruel bully and fat spoiled slob he was.]]
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** Dudley Dursley finally reconciles with his cousin. WordOfGod states that when attacked by Dementors in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Book 5]], Dudley was forced to [[HeelRealization see himself for as the cruel bully and fat spoiled slob he was.]]
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** A WhatCouldHaveBeen. Florean Fortescue's disappearance/kidnapping in ''Half-Blood Prince''. Rowling has said that this was to involve a subplot of Fortescue and the Elder Wand. Rowling cut it after realizing it went nowhere. She made this revelation in response to a question about Fortescue's disappearance in which she said he was indeed dead unfortunately and explained the dropped subplot.
* AchillesInHisTent: Ron. [[spoiler:He tried to come back almost immediately.]]
* AchillesInHisTent: Ron. [[spoiler:He tried to come back almost immediately.]]
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** A WhatCouldHaveBeen. Florean Fortescue's disappearance/kidnapping in ''Half-Blood Prince''. Rowling has said that this was to involve a subplot of Fortescue and the Elder Wand. Rowling cut it after realizing it went nowhere. She made this revelation in response to a question about Fortescue's disappearance in which she said he was indeed dead unfortunately dead and explained the dropped subplot.
* AchillesInHisTent: Ron. [[spoiler:Hetried tries to come back almost immediately.]]
* AchillesInHisTent: Ron. [[spoiler:He
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** Harry gets another one thanks to Umbridge flat out mentioning that a Muggle-Born witch [[BlatantLies isn't a witch at all.]] "You're lying Dolores. And [[IronicEcho you must not tell lies.]]"
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** Played with. Neville becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass freedom fighter]] and a damn good one. He even [[spoiler:destroys Voldemort's final Horcrux.]] However, fans who were expecting to see a showdown between him and Bellatrix due to the buildup from book four onward were left disappointed, as Molly Weasley ends up being the one to fight her. See Berserk button, below. No explanation is given by J.K. Rowling for why she didn't give readers the payoff they expected for this particular CharacterArc.
*** She ''did'', explaining why several characters [[spoiler: die offscreen]], point out that battles are battles and people do not die whenever the story finds it convenient. Presumably, Bellatrix gets offed by Molly because that was how that part of the battle ended up (Neville kicking ass and taking names elsewhere). These things just happen in combat.
*** She ''did'', explaining why several characters [[spoiler: die offscreen]], point out that battles are battles and people do not die whenever the story finds it convenient. Presumably, Bellatrix gets offed by Molly because that was how that part of the battle ended up (Neville kicking ass and taking names elsewhere). These things just happen in combat.
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*** J.K. Rowlingfor why she didn't give readers the payoff they expected for this particular CharacterArc.
*** She ''did'',later ended up explaining why several characters [[spoiler: die offscreen]], point out that battles are battles and people do not die whenever the story finds it convenient. Presumably, Bellatrix gets offed [[spoiler:offed by Molly Molly]] because that was how that part of the battle ended up (Neville kicking ass and taking names elsewhere). These things just happen in combat.
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** Mrs. Weasley always seemed so kind and matronly. But matronly, but then someone made the mistake of threatening [[spoiler:threatening her daughter after her son had died. died.]] Yeah... not a good idea. She shouts "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" and kills Bellatrix.
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** Many fans agree that the [[FinalBattle final confrontation]] between [[TheChosenOne Harry]] and [[CompleteMonster Lord]] [[BigBad Voldemort]] was a bit of a let-down. [[spoiler:Voldemort casts the Killing Curse at Harry with the [[ArtifactOfDeath Elder Wand]], but since Harry is its true master, the curse backfires and kills Voldemort]]. From a storytelling point of view, the true climax of the novel was when Voldemort "killed" Harry in the forest (and sealed his own fate), everything after that was denouement, but Voldemort did not know that.
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** Many fans agree that the [[FinalBattle final confrontation]] between [[TheChosenOne Harry]] and [[CompleteMonster Lord]] [[BigBad Lord Voldemort]] was a bit of a let-down. [[spoiler:Voldemort casts the Killing Curse at Harry with the [[ArtifactOfDeath Elder Wand]], but since Harry is its true master, the curse backfires and kills Voldemort]]. From a storytelling point of view, the true climax of the novel was when Voldemort "killed" Harry in the forest (and sealed his own fate), everything after that was denouement, but Voldemort did not know that.
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** R.A.B: when he discovered what a [[CompleteMonster monster]] Voldemort was, stole the Horcrux and [[SenselessSacrifice died in the process]].
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* StepfordSmiler: Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish laugh and her sadistic, cheerful attitude, takes this trope UpToEleven during her trials of Muggle-borns which emphasises her status of CompleteMonster. Her BlatantLies that a Muggle-born "is not a witch" trigger Harry's BerserkButton quite quickly.
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* StepfordSmiler: Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish laugh and her sadistic, cheerful attitude, takes this trope UpToEleven during her trials of Muggle-borns which emphasises her status of CompleteMonster.Muggle-borns. Her BlatantLies that a Muggle-born "is not a witch" trigger Harry's BerserkButton quite quickly.
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* VillainousBSOD: Averted. The master of a Horcrux can repair his soul by feeling regret -- which, [[MoralEventHorizon given what their creation entails]], often means that they'll feel so much pain that they'll ''die'' -- but Voldemort is such a CompleteMonster that he has to be killed the normal way. Having to do it the old-fashioned way is meant to illustrate that Voldy is totally an completely [[CompleteMonster irredeemable]].irredeemable.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Aurors in their prime try to take down Augusta Longbottom. One of them is still in the hospital at the time of the final battle.
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* LastMinuteHookup: Harry and Ginny, (mainly in TheMovie where Ginny gets close to no screen time at all). They became a couple close to the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'' and still break up before the end. To make matters worse, they spend [[UpToEleven even less screen time together]] in the last book. By the epilogue, [[spoiler:they're HappilyMarried]].
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* LastMinuteHookup: Harry and Ginny, (mainly Ginny -- mainly in TheMovie TheFilmOfTheBook, where Ginny gets close to no screen time at all).all. They became a couple close to the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'' and still break up before the end. To make matters worse, they spend [[UpToEleven even less screen time together]] in the last book. By the epilogue, [[spoiler:they're [[spoiler: they're HappilyMarried]].
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Harry reassures Ron that this is how he loves Hermione after Ron is given TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by the [[spoiler:spiritual hallucinations of Harry and Hermione]] defending the locket Horcrux.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Harry reassures Ron that this is how he loves Hermione after Ron is given TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by the [[spoiler:spiritual [[spoiler: spiritual hallucinations of Harry and Hermione]] defending the locket Horcrux.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Harry had used the occasional Unforgivable Curse in moments of extreme stress in previous books, but it really gets turned UpToEleven in this one. Many fans complained about this and about Dumbledore's interest in the dark arts; J.K. Rowling stated that she never depicted Harry nor Dumbledore to be white knights.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Harry had used the occasional Unforgivable Curse in moments of extreme stress in previous books, but it really gets turned UpToEleven in this one. Many fans complained about this and about Dumbledore's interest in the dark arts; J.K. Rowling stated that she never depicted Harry nor Dumbledore to be as white knights.
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Luna and her father [[spoiler:about Hallows being the truth and that the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw is important]].
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** Ron and Hermione [[spoiler:recovering the basilisk fangs from the ChamberOfSecrets. This could have been used to show another spiritual illusion to try and stop them, like with the locket,]] but it was left out due to the book's CosmicDeadline (see above). Happily, it's included in the movie.
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** Ron and Hermione [[spoiler:recovering the basilisk fangs from the ChamberOfSecrets.Chamber of Secrets. This could have been used to show another spiritual illusion to try and stop them, like with the locket,]] but it was left out due to the book's CosmicDeadline (see above). Happily, it's included in the movie.
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** Played with. Neville becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass freedom fighter]] and a damn good one. He even [[spoiler:destroys Voldemort's final Horcrux.]] However, fans who were expecting to see a showdown between him and Bellatrix due to the buildup from book four onward were left disappointed, as Molly Weasley ends up being the one to fight her. See Berserk button, below. No explanation is given by J.K. Rowling for why she didn't give readers the payoff they expected for this particular CharacterArc.
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*** She ''did'', explaining why several characters [[spoiler: die offscreen]], point out that battles are battles and people do not die whenever the story finds it convenient. Presumably, Bellatrix gets offed by Molly because that was how that part of the battle ended up (Neville kicking ass and taking names elsewhere). These things just happen in combat.
*** She ''did'', explaining why several characters [[spoiler: die offscreen]], point out that battles are battles and people do not die whenever the story finds it convenient. Presumably, Bellatrix gets offed by Molly because that was how that part of the battle ended up (Neville kicking ass and taking names elsewhere). These things just happen in combat.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: A very unfortunate one for the Spanish translation. The [[MomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome as hell]] Molly Weasley's PrecisionFStrike got treated this way, from "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" to "Not my daughter, you bad witch!". [[note]]Rises from the use of "witch" as an insult, which makes no sense in a world where every female magic-user is called a witch.[[/note]]
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->''"[[TheChosenOne Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.]]"''
-->-- '''Albus Dumbledore''' (told by '''Lupin''')
The seventh and final installment of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. Published in 2007. Harry's not going to school this year, but don't worry, it's for a good cause. Harry, Ron and Hermione's only hope to defeat Voldemort is destroying all his [[SoulJar Horcruxes]] as he [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs infiltrates the Ministry.]]
Also, remember how the previous few books just had [[TonightSomeoneDies one person die at the end]]? This time [[AnyoneCanDie no one is safe]] at ''any point'' in the story.
PS: The full title is spelled ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''; [[GannonBanned not]] ''Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows'', because although the word "deadly" does have a catchy ring to it, it's not fully accurate...
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!!Tropes exclusive to this book or at least especially prominent:
* AbortedArc
** Played with. Neville becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass freedom fighter]] and a damn good one. He even [[spoiler:destroys Voldemort's final Horcrux.]] However, fans who were expecting to see a showdown between himself and Bellatrix due to the buildup from book four onward were left disappointed, as Molly Weasley ends up being the one to fight her. See Berserk button, below. No explanation is given by J.K. Rowling for why she didn't give readers the payoff they expected for this particular CharacterArc.
** A WhatCouldHaveBeen. Florean Fortescue's disappearance/kidnapping in ''Half-Blood Prince''. Rowling has said that this was to involve a subplot of Fortescue and the Elder Wand. Rowling cut it after realizing it went nowhere. She made this revelation in response to a question about Fortescue's disappearance in which she said he was indeed dead unfortunately and explained the dropped subplot.
* AchillesInHisTent: Ron. [[spoiler:He tried to come back almost immediately.]]
* AfterlifeAntechamber: [[spoiler:Harry in King's Cross.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Voldemort's final fate according to WordOfGod, as previewed in "King's Cross". He is in the boundary of life and death, never dying, but never living at the same time.]]
* AntiClimax
** Many fans agree that the [[FinalBattle final confrontation]] between [[TheChosenOne Harry]] and [[CompleteMonster Lord]] [[BigBad Voldemort]] was a bit of a let-down. [[spoiler:Voldemort casts the Killing Curse at Harry with the [[ArtifactOfDeath Elder Wand]], but since Harry is its true master, the curse backfires and kills Voldemort]]. From a storytelling point of view, the true climax of the novel was when Voldemort "killed" Harry in the forest (and sealed his own fate), everything after that was denouement, but Voldemort did not know that.
** Averted in the film, however, where Harry and Voldemort have an epic duel for five minutes, [[spoiler:with Voldemort flying around all over Hogwarts and Harry holding on for dear life. Then their wands induce [[CallBack Priori Incantatem]] from each other, and they duel for almost a minute before Neville cuts Nagini in two, which causes Voldemort to disintegrate due to all the Horcruxes being destroyed and his strength weakening to the point where his killing curse slowly rebounds on him.]]
* AntiVillain: The Malfoys. At this point, the only thing they want is for the family to survive together. [[spoiler:In fact, the moment they learned that Draco is still alive, they take the opportunity to lie to Voldemort about Harry's fate.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: If you were really attached to certain characters, you're gonna need some [[TearJerker tissues]] for this one. Especially since the film will go beyond the book on this one.
** In the book, [[spoiler:Lavender is attacked by Fenrir]] in the Battle of Hogwarts, but is saved in the nick of time by Hermione. In the film, Hermione sees [[spoiler:Fenrir over Lavender and he runs off]], but then we see it's too late; [[spoiler:Lavender]] ls lying dead on the floor, eyes unfocused and dull. WordOfGod and a later published book to go with the series confirm her death.
** [[spoiler:Pius Thicknesse]] got cursed in the face and fell off a battlement in the book, but survived the battle and was forgiven because of the Imperius Curse he was under (courtesy of Yaxley). In the film, [[spoiler:Pius]] was killed by Voldemort in a bout of rage when [[spoiler:Ravenclaw's diadem was destroyed]].
* ArtifactOfDeath: The Elder Wand.
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: [[spoiler:Neville, of all people. And man did he TakeALevelInBadass.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The Carrows. It's probably not a good thing what Harry does to them, but it's hard to feel bad about it.]]
* TheAtoner
** [[spoiler:Snape, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald.]]
** Regulus Black was also TheAtoner, although he is dead before the book begins.
** The Malfoy family, and Draco in particular, play with this trope. Draco legitimately regrets joining up with the Death Eaters and his role in Dumbledore's death, but he never actively tries to redeem himself, partly because he's in too deep and partly just because of a lack of character. In the end he settles for what might be called passive resistance.
** Dudley Dursley finally reconciles with his cousin. WordOfGod states that when attacked by Dementors in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Book 5]], Dudley was forced to [[HeelRealization see himself for the cruel bully and fat spoiled slob he was.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: Just about everyone, it seems.
* {{Badass}}
** Neville Longbottom. Yes, Neville.
** [[WorldOfBadass Almost every character]] who does anything at all in the book.
* BagOfHolding: Hermione's handbag.
* BallroomBlitz: Bill and Fleur's wedding, [[spoiler:which was interrupted by Kingsley's Patronus, then outright crashed by Death Eaters.]]
* BattleTrophy: After [[spoiler:Mad-Eye]] is killed by the Death Eaters, his [[spoiler:magical eye]] is seen in the Death Eater-controlled Ministry, used unashamedly by Umbridge.
* BatmanGambit / ThanatosGambit: Dumbledore's plans from the previous books are still in motion.
** For instance, his plan to save Harry from the killing curse involved: Voldemort's horcrux absorbing some of the impact, Harry's blood being used in Voldemort's resurrection, having Voldemort himself cast the curse, making sure the elder wand was not fully under Voldemort's control and finally by having Harry willingly sacrifice himself rather than continue to fight.
** The part about [[spoiler:the wand being under Draco Malfoy's control]] was specifically ''not'' in Dumbledore's plan, but in the end actually works to Harry's benefit. In Dumbledore's plan [[spoiler:Snape would have killed him without Malfoy getting involved at all.]] This would have prevented Voldemort (or anyone else) from obtaining the Elder Wand's full power as it would not been won in a duel. Though things do end up working out even better than he could have imagined.
* BerserkButton
** Mrs. Weasley always seemed so kind and matronly. But then someone made the mistake of threatening her daughter after her son had died. Yeah... not a good idea. She shouts "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" and kills Bellatrix.
** Harry goes berserk when Amycus Carrow spits on Professor [=McGonagall=], even using the forbidden Cruciatus Curse on him.
** The locket Horcrux taunts Ron with the idea that Harry and Hermione might be sneaking around behind his back. [[UnstoppableRage He doesn't take this very well.]]
** In the film, Ron gets ''very'' angry when Hermione is attacked by Goyle.
** In case you didn't notice in any of the previous 6 books, Harry growing up with no parents is a bit of a sore point with him. Lupin and Ron both set him off for nearly abandoning his unborn son and saying that Harry doesn't have to worry about his parents in danger, respectively.
* BestFriendsInLaw: [[spoiler:Harry]] and [[spoiler:Ron]] in the epilogue.
* BigBad: Lord Voldemort
* BigDamnHeroes: Frequently. Almost every good character gets such a moment.
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Ron and Hermione]], the one their shippers were about to have heart attacks in anticipation of.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Voldemort is gone once and for all, everyone who fought in the battle is hailed as a hero. Percy, Dudley, Kreacher, and (perhaps) even Malfoy finally make peace with Harry, and for once, a competent Minister of Magic is instated.]] The bad news? Lots of people are dead. Lots. And, annoyingly, a few people who probably deserve death or imprisonment [[KarmaHoudini seem to evade it in the end]] (or, at least, don't have their fates mentioned in the book). It's not a perfect world.
* BlatantLies: After the ministry is taken over by Voldemort, they quickly adopt a strictly anti-Muggle policy, even setting up Inquisition-style hearings for Muggle-borns. And during one such trial, Dolores Umbridge flat out states that a Muggle-born she is interrogating ''is not a witch''. Harry can't take any more after this. Fortunately, WordOfGod states that Umbridge ended up in Azkaban for the rest of her life.
* BloodMagic: Because Voldemort used Harry's blood to bring himself back to life in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', he's kept Lily's protective enchantment on Harry alive within his rebuilt body.
* BookEnds: After Harry defeats Voldemort for the first time (when he is but a one-year-old baby) Hagrid brings him to Privet Drive using Sirius' flying motorcycle. Sixteen years later, when the Order gets Harry away from Privet Drive before the blood wards fall, Hagrid is the one that takes Harry away... on Sirius' flying motorcycle.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A very unfortunate one for the Spanish translation. The [[MomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome as hell]] Molly Weasley's PrecisionFStrike got treated this way, from "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" to "Not my daughter, you bad witch!". [[note]]Rises from the use of "witch" as an insult, which makes no sense in a world where every female magic-user is called a witch.[[/note]]
* BrokenPedestal: Played with with Dumbledore, [[spoiler:when Harry realises that not only did he make a huge number of mistakes in his past and that he was not the perfect wizard he idolised, but that he was sacrificing Harry to kill Voldemort without even discussing it with him]]. And inverted with Snape, [[spoiler:who he originally thought of as this horrible person he hated, but after realising the lengths he went to in order to protect him -- to the point of infiltrating Voldemort's inner circle and dying for him -- thinks radically differently]].
* CallBack
** Doubles as BookEnds. In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Philosopher's Stone]]'', Hagrid takes Harry to #4 Privet Drive for the first time... in Sirius Black's flying motorbike. Guess how Harry leaves forever at the beginning of this book.
** In the last film, there's a callback to ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', where Sirius tells Harry "''The ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here.''" *points at Harry's heart*
-->'''Harry:''' He won't be able to see you?\\
'''Sirius:''' No. We're ''here'', you see. ''(points at Harry's heart)''
** There are many references throughout ''Deathly Hallows'' calling back scenes from many of the other books. Some examples are Harry reminiscing with Hagrid about how Hagrid told him he was a wizard way back in ''Philosopher's Stone''. Another is Ron and Hermione actually re-entering the Chamber of Secrets in search of Basilisk fangs to destroy the Hufflepuff cup horcrux.
* CallForward: James' remark about Slytherin is exactly the same as Draco's remark about Hufflepuff in Book 1. Similarly, Sirius says the same thing about Slytherin that Ron had said about Gryffindor.
* TheCavalry: Brought by ''Slughorn'', of all people. And another with Kreacher.
* CirclingMonologue: Between Harry and Voldemort during their final showdown.
* ChangedMyMindKid: Ron walks out on Harry and Hermione. His return, just in time to save Harry, is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* ChekhovsGun: The series [[ChekhovsGun/HarryPotter has its own page.]]
* ConspiracyTheorist / YouFailBiologyForever: In-universe; the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Muggle-born Registration Commission]] exploits the fact that, basically, ''no-one'' is sure where Muggle-borns get their magical abilities from in the first place to have them tried for "stealing" magic. Had they known, they probably wouldn't have cared.
* ContemptibleCover: For many the British/Canadian children's cover (pictured in the article) was one of these.
* ContinuityCavalcade: Name just about any character from the previous books who isn't dead or in St. Mungo's insanity ward -- ten to one that he/she will appear ''somewhere'' in this book.
* ContinuityNod: The better part of the book.
* ConvenientlyCellmates: Harry and Ron end up shoved into the same cellar room as Luna.
* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Near the beginning, Harry finds a letter from one of his parents which mentions Dumbledore, and hints at a surprising revelation about his past. However, the second page of the letter is missing. He finds out much later that the revelation would have been of some use to him at the time, and that it was removed for reasons completely unrelated to any desire to keep it from him.
* CoolOldGuy: With Dumbledore gone, we get [[spoiler:his brother, Aberforth, who is almost as cool.]]
* CoolOldLady
** Neville's grandmother. Also overlaps with BadassGrandma, as when Death Eaters came to her house to try and capture her, she not only ''fought them off, putting one of them in the hospital, but went on the run as well.'' Now we know where Neville gets his guts from.
** Professor [=McGonagall=] also counts, especially considering the final battle.
* CorporalPunishment: We can only imagine what the hell is going on at Hogwarts while the heroes are running around the countryside. Neville certainly looks like he had a pretty rough time of it when he shows up after a year's worth of it. Apparently things would have been even ''worse'' if the Carrows had had the complete run of things. Even happens in ''lessons'': "They had us practicing the Cruciatus Curse on first years.... That's where I got this [scar]. I refused to do it."
* CosmicDeadline: After many pages detailing a camping trip and other hairsbreadth escapes, suddenly the [[PowerTrio trio]] arrives at Hogwarts and truckloads of important, nay, essential information is revealed, and the plot relevant (or irrelevant) deaths start cropping up all over the place.
* CoversAlwaysLie
** The cover to the American edition made it seem like Harry and Voldemort were in an outdoor coliseum during their final confrontation when it turns out to be the Great Hall at Hogwarts. Might be less of a lie than typical, though: [[spoiler:It is a perfectly accurate rendition of the moment just after Voldemort is killed, including Harry reaching up to catch the Elder Wand. Harry and Voldemort even dueled at sunrise, and the Great Hall ceiling does reflect the sky outside, making it possibly an interpretation of the Great Hall and its ceiling.]]
** The Danish cover is much worse. At what point does ''[[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101126205354/harrypotter/images/c/cf/Danish_cover_vol7.jpg this image]]'' happen in the book? Granted, it's possible that that is a representation of the centaurs and/or Hogwarts statues joining for the battle, but the actual "order allies to battle" by Harry never occurs.
* CripplingOverspecialisation: Voldemort, though the revelation builds on hints from previous books. Essentially all he ever cared about was the Killing Curse (or, more generally, the Unforgiveable Curses) and using Horcruxes to live forever, and from his narrow knowledge wasn't even aware that [[spoiler:he had possessed the Resurrection Stone (he was never interested in the Hallows, however). To the point that he ''still'' uses Avada Kedavra on Harry at the end despite it having backfired (in different ways) three times before.]] However, this is only with Harry, with everyone else, he brings out his most powerful curses, and even when Harry's sacrifice protects everyone, Voldemort still blasts Kingsley, [=McGonagall=], and Slughorn out of the way when duelling all three ''at the same time''. With the final Avada Kedavra that essentially kills Voldemort, he was kind of left with no other choice. He could not curse any of the defenders because they were protected by Harry's love, and even if he killed Harry, he would be attacked by everyone else. He really didn't have a choice.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Luna and her father [[spoiler:about Hallows being the truth and that the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw is important]].
* CueTheSun: After the climax.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Lupin tries to use this as an excuse to abandon Tonks and her unborn child and join Harry, Ron, and Hermione on their search for Horcruxes, but [[WhatTheHellHero Harry calls him out on it.]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Subverted. Voldemort's trap for Harry hinges on exploiting the latter's ChronicHeroSyndrome, but [[spoiler:Voldemort seems to have forgotten the last time a person made a HeroicSacrifice to protect others from him....]]
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: Severus Snape. [[spoiler:When he started out he was [[UsedToBeASweetKid a troubled neglected boy]] who just wanted Lily to like him. Then he got into Slytherin and things slowly turned rather dark at the influence of his friends. Then he got into the Death Eaters and completely forgot that blood-lines didn't used to matter to him, and things got worse to the point where he was trying to bargain with Voldemort to exchange Lily's own son's and husband's lives in order to save hers. Then he came back under ''Dumbledore's'' influence and ended up putting his life on the line to save other people, including Harry]]. So he wavered across the "Evil" line for a fair while there, obviously.
* TheDayOfReckoning: Harry's return to Hogwarts marks the beginning of this for Voldemort.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Harry's children are named James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna, and Remus names his son Ted after his father-in-law who was killed. WordOfGod says George names his son Fred.]]
* DeadLittleSister: Ariana Dumbledore
* DealWithTheDevil: Or rather, with a goblin.
* DeathByAdaptation
** [[spoiler:Scabior, Griphook, Gregory Goyle and Pius Thicknesse. Possibly Fenrir Greyback; it's really unclear.]]
** [[spoiler:Lavender's]] death, confirmed by WordOfGod.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Aberforth Dumbledore is convinced that Voldemort is going to win and advises the heroes to give up and flee the country. Naturally, he still shows up to fight when push comes to shove.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler:Narcissa Malfoy]] is apparently a Occlumens to match the world's greatest Legilimens-perhaps even learning to do this ''[[BadassUnintentional on the fly.]]'' [[spoiler:It is possible that Narcissa blocked Voldemort out with her love for Draco, akin to what Harry did in the fifth book.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dobby]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Harry Potter himself, although the reader knows he isn't really dead. However, those who believed J.K. Rowling's hints that he'd die at the end of the seventh book would certainly be surprised.]]
* DisproportionateReward: Kreacher
* DistantFinale: "Nineteen years later."
* TheDogBitesBack: Narcissa Malfoy
* DontFearTheReaper
** The youngest Peverell brother, having lived to age after a full life, meets up with death like an old friend. The movie actually shows the two embracing. It's surprisingly heartwarming in the context.
** Dumbledore gives a similar message to Harry at King's Cross.
* DrivenToSuicide
** The Bloody Baron does this after killing his lover in a fit of rage. Both of them return as ghosts afterward.
** The second Peverell brother, Cadmus, does this as well after bringing his dead lover back to life, kind of, but realizing he can never really be with her in this form.
** As Hermione points out, this trope is also the potential side effect of feeling remorse on the Horcrux-maker's part in the process of getting his/her soul fragments back together into one whole piece.
* DueToTheDead: Harry sees [[spoiler:Moody's magical eye on Umbridge's office door and is so enraged that he steals it back, which ends up helping blow their cover]]. He later insists on digging [[spoiler:Dobby's]] grave by hand, rather than using magic.
* TheDutifulSon: Aberforth Dumbledore
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Dobby in the book and movie, after he was stabbed by Bellatrix. "Such a beautiful place, to be with friends..." *sobsob*]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Many people do die, but in the end the BigBad Voldemort is defeated once and for all, and the world is finally a better place.
* EnemiesWithDeath: In ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard''. Subverted, in the end, by the third and final brother. With several philosophical ties to the over-arching themes of the story.
* EurekaMoment: Harry figuring out [[spoiler:where the last Horcrux is hidden]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood
** Both Lestrange and Riddle discount ThePowerOfLove to their cost.
** Averted with the Malfoys who, despite their beliefs and actions, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes care more about their family than anything else]].
* ExactWords: The ''title''. Deathly Hallows means "of death", not "capable of inflicting death". This makes more sense after their history is revealed.
* FaceDeathWithDignity
** Grindelwald, who lied to Voldemort about the Elder Wand, and laughed in his face (though annoyingly this is completely reversed in the film).
** The Third Brother from the ''Tale of the Three Brothers'' has this in spades, welcoming death as an “old friend”.
** Harry, when he faces Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest.
* FantasticRacism: Taken UpToEleven with the Muggle-born show trials. And then surpassing even that and ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels with the sculpture of a giant throne made of dead/dying Muggles that is horrifically reminiscent of the gas chambers of the Holocaust.
* FeedTheMole
* FighterMageThief: The Elder Wand (Fighter), the Resurrection Stone (Mage), and the Invisibility Cloak (Thief).
* FinalBattle: And how!
* FinalExamFinale
* FlirtingUnderFire: How [[spoiler:Ron and Hermione get together]].
* FollowTheWhiteRabbit: The doe Patronus. [[spoiler:It's Snape's, and has the same form as Lily's.]]
* ForgotICouldFly: Hermione [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan snaps Ron out of this trope]] by asking him: "Are you a wizard, or what?" It's also an IronicEcho and a CallBack to a similar remark Ron made to Hermione in their first year.
* FullNameUltimatum: "You-complete-arse-Ronald-Weasley!" and "Don't you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!"
* GenerationXerox: In the epilogue, Ginny's daughter Lily cries at the train station the same way she did at that age. Harry's oldest son James is a bit mischevious like his namesake. Harry's second son Albus is said to be the spitting image of him, including the eyes, and has similar fears of being placed in Slytherin. Meanwhile, Draco's son Scorpius is his own image.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** Ginny's "farewell present" to Harry, cut short by Ron's interruption.
** Harry's daydreams/memories when the Weasley's Auntie Muriel remarks that Ginny's dress is "far too low-cut." Ginny follows this with a wink at Harry and Harry's thoughts drift "far away, back to stolen hours spent in secluded spaces of the Hogwarts grounds..."
** Another moment came when Ron was being told to pick up his room for his brother's wedding, and he irritably responds "Are they getting married in my room? No! So why in the name of Merlin's saggy left--", before he gets cut off by his father.
** And the subtext in this dialogue, it goes past very quickly so it's easily missed over all the action. Harry asks Ginny where Hermione and Ron are just before the battle. Ginny replies that they left mentioning something about finding a bathroom, prompting a FlatWhat and "You're sure?" from Harry. [[spoiler:They were going to the Chamber of Secrets, but]] at this point no-one knows what they have in mind, do they?
* GoLookAtTheDistraction: After Harry defeats Voldemort, he wants time to talk to Ron and Hermione in private, and Luna points out one of her made-up creatures, making people look away from Harry so he can escape.
* GondorCallsForAid
* GoodIsNotNice: Harry had used the occasional Unforgivable Curse in moments of extreme stress in previous books, but it really gets turned UpToEleven in this one. Many fans complained about this and about Dumbledore's interest in the dark arts; J.K. Rowling stated that she never depicted Harry nor Dumbledore to be white knights.
* GoOutWithASmile
** [[spoiler:Fred Weasley, who had been laughing over the fact that Percy had finally made a joke for the first time in years.]]
** [[spoiler:Bellatrix, in a CallBack to Sirius]].
* GottaCatchThemAll: The [[ArtifactOfDoom Hallows]].
* GottaKillThemAll: The [[SoulJar Horcruxes]].
* GrandFinale
* GraveRobbing: Voldemort breaking into Dumbledore's tomb.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The snatchers fail to confiscate Ron's Deluminator and Harry's piece of mirror, despite the fact that one is a magical device and the other a potential weapon. Perhaps justified in that the wizarding world tends to focus on spells and wands, rather than the vast number of different weapons that Muggles use.
* HammerSpace: Hermione's bag.
* HearingVoices: Ron and the Put-Outer.
* HeelFaceTurn
** [[spoiler:Kreacher, Dudley, the Malfoys and Grindelwald to an extent]].
** Percy Weasley also shows up to make a {{Jerkass}} Face Turn. [[HesBack "Hello, Minister! Did I tell you I'm resigning?"]] Unfortunately, this [[spoiler:distracts Fred, who promptly dies. Boo.]]
** [[spoiler:Snape, back when he first joined the Death Eaters and found out about Trelawney's prophecy concerning Harry.]]
* HeroicSacrifice
** [[spoiler:By Harry at the end when he has to face Voldemort so he could kill him.]]
** [[spoiler:Snape, really deserves a mention in that he gave his entire life to Dumbledore in return for helping to keep Lily safe, and then later to protect Harry, even infiltrating Voldemort's inner circle to do so, which eventually resulted in his death]].
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Harry.]] [[spoiler:He got better.]]
* HeroismIncentive: Harry secures the goblin's help by promising him the Sword of Gryffindor. The fact that Harry and Ron meant to sort of double deal the goblin [[PlayingWithWiki plays]] with the trope a bit.
* HigherEducationIsForWomen: According to WordOfGod, Hermione was the only member of the trio to go back to Hogwarts to finish her education after ''Deathly Hallows''. This was later mirrored in RealLife by EmmaWatson being the only member of the real trio to go to college.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Narcissa Malfoy]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
** [[spoiler:Voldemort is killed by his own reflected killing curse. Again.]]
** Remember how Voldemort got so evil that [[spoiler:he created an accidental Horcrux in Harry's scar]]? Hell, remember the Schrodinger's Prophecy he could've chosen to ''ignore'', but didn't, and in doing so, created his own worst enemy? You-Know-Who is practically the king of this trope.
** [[spoiler:Crabbe (Goyle in the movie) with his own Fiendfyre spell.]]
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: In the movie. When mounting a defense of Hogwarts, Professor [=McGonagall=] [[LivingStatue animates some figures]] that were positioned about the exterior walls of the school, and says breathlessly after they jump down, slamming solidly into the courtyard, "I've always wanted to use that spell."
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Greyback to Hermione. Scabior takes this role in the films.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: When George lost an ear.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Never mind the fact that his brother just had his ''ear'' cut off; Fred is disgusted beyond belief that, with the world of ear-related humor before him, George went with ''holey''. This may be a StealthPun on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronages_of_Saint_George#England St George, patron saint of England]].
* InferredHolocaust: The fate of many Muggle-borns at the hands of the Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic.
* InfinityPlusOneSword
** The Elder Wand.
** The Sword of Gryffindor, appropriately enough. Shame no-one uses it for legitimate sword fights to demonstrate its true potential.
* IronicEcho: In [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Book One]], Ron yells "Are you mad? Are you a witch or not?" to Hermione. In this one, she yells at him, "Are you mad? Are you a wizard or what?"
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:Harry's NearDeathExperience at the end of the book. He meets Dumbledore and during this time they discuss his going back to the living]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Kreacher, after capturing Mundungus, pretty much use this trope to force him to reveal who he sold Slytherin's Locket to, and then (although by accident rather than deliberately, due to the shock of the revelation of who he sold it to) scald him.
* KarmicDeath
** Voldemort. Try to act surprised. The movie one-upped it though, where he was not only killed by the Avada Kedavra backfiring on him from the Elder Wand, but he also ended up disintegrated as well, not even leaving his body behind.
** [[spoiler:Peter Pettigrew, literally betrayed and choked by the hand he sacrificed to let Voldemort return]]. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Well, at least in the books]].
** [[spoiler:Crabbe with his own [[KillItWithFire Fiendfyre.]]]] In the movies, it's [[spoiler:Goyle]], with his other half simply written out.
** Bellatrix Lestrange at the hands of Molly Weasley after the former attempted to murder Ginny. The movie one-upped by having Molly hit her with another spell, causing her to shatter and exonerating Molly from actually killing her.
* [[KillItWithFire Kill It With Fiendfyre]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Hermione cast a memory spell on her parents so that they won't worry about her while she's gone, in order to protect them.
* LastMinuteHookup: Harry and Ginny, (mainly in TheMovie where Ginny gets close to no screen time at all). They became a couple close to the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'' and still break up before the end. To make matters worse, they spend [[UpToEleven even less screen time together]] in the last book. By the epilogue, [[spoiler:they're HappilyMarried]].
* LetsGetDangerous: Molly Weasley is getting into a fight with Death Eaters -- '''holy crap did she just kill somebody'''?! WordOfGod is that Molly is just a better fighter than her would-be nemesis.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Harry reassures Ron that this is how he loves Hermione after Ron is given TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by the [[spoiler:spiritual hallucinations of Harry and Hermione]] defending the locket Horcrux.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[spoiler:Lily to Snape.]]
* LoanShark: The goblins.
* LongingLook
* LoveRedeems / LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Snape gets hit with both with regards to Lily. He not only fails to save her, but then spends the remainder of his life trying to protect the son she had with the man he hated, despite the fact that he tried to keep him in detention for most of his school life. It probably didn't make things any easier that Harry looked exactly like James but with Lily's eyes.]] Ouch.
* MamaBear
** Mrs. Weasley's mama bear really comes out. Surprisingly enough, so does Narcissa's.
** [=McGonagall=] really gets a chance to shine in this role, especially in the film.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane
** Okay, so everything is basically magic, but the true story of the [[ChekhovsArmoury Deathly Hallows]] is never fully explained. Are they powerful magical items made by skilled wizards, or did they really meet death and he gave them the items? There are elements of them which can't be explained within the continuity of the story, unless you accept the story about Death.
** Also, everything that happens in "King's Cross". As Harry [[LampshadeHanging says]], "Is this all in my head or is it real?" and gets a MathematiciansAnswer in response. Since Harry doesn't learn anything he couldn't have worked out on his own, there's really no way to be sure.
* MercifulMinion: Draco refuses to admit the prisoner was Harry. Later, Narcissa crosses this trope with DeathFakedForYou and tells Voldemort that Harry is dead.
* MomentKiller: Twice: once by Ron and the other time by Harry. Harry did have a good reason for it, though.
-->'''Harry:''' OI! There's a war going on here!
* MonsterFunFacts: Many books have a passage like this when Harry is learning about monsters in school; in this one Harry doesn't go to school but runs down a list of things at Voldemort's command to the Dursleys (who don't know much about magical stuff), including:
-->'''Harry:''' ...and Inferi -- that is, dead bodies animated by a dark wizard...
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:Lily for Severus]]. The fact that she was dead for seventeen years didn't seem to change this fact.
* MortalityEnsues: The Horcrux-destruction plot is all about causing this for Voldemort.
* MrExposition: As CleolindaJones pointed out, "Only Dumbledore could still have The Power of Exposition [[spoiler: a year dead.]]".
* MST3KMantra: In-universe, when reading the ''Tale of the Three Brothers'', Harry questions the sudden appearance of [[TheGrimReaper Death]]. Hermione reminds him that it is a ''fairy tale''.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Pointed out by Ron when [[BookWorm Hermione]] gets a book of fairy tales, Ron gets an item which can ''manipulate light'', and Harry gets... an old snitch. Harry, however, [[GenreSavvy knows]] that with it coming from Dumbledore there must be a secret involved, though -- and there is. Also the Snitch was the very one that Harry caught in his first ever Quidditch match, which if anything gave it some sentimental value, which in fact was useful to conceal even more its true purpose from the Ministry.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Mad-Eye's plan to sneak Harry out of his house involves everyone transforming to look like him and flying off in all directions. When they change clothes, Harry is annoyed that no-one is particularly bashful about getting naked while disguised as him.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: A couple of times: the opening, with the many Harrys, then again with the multiplying Horcruxes.
* NegateYourOwnSacrifice: [[spoiler:Harry has to die, since he's a SoulJar for Voldemort. Fortunately Voldemort's new body was made with Harry's blood, which anchors him to the living world. Harry didn't actually know this would happen and fully expected it to be a HeroicSacrifice. Though the blood wasn't enough in itself; according to Dumbledore, Harry's decision to let Voldemort kill him rather than keep fighting was what "made all the difference".]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands
** Subverted. It can seem as though the Deluminator is only there to enable [[spoiler:Ron's BigDamnHeroes moment]]. This is rationalized through both ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** Also, for some reason, Voldemort can fly. There was some ForeShadowing though: his name means "Flight of Death" in French.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Thanks to a combination of his {{Pride}}, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood incomprehension of certain aspects of base human nature]], and incomplete knowledge of the prophecy which causes it to become [[SelfFulfillingProphecy self-fulfilling]], Voldemort in many ways directly contributes to his own downfall. For instance, the man ''destroys one of his own {{Soul Jar}}s.'' It was part of a huge BatmanGambit set up by Dumbledore, but, ''still''.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: How Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort's KarmicDeaths are portrayed in the film version. The latter is also a good CallBack to his first defeat in the film adaptation of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone, as he disintegrates into ashes and fabric before even those fade away.
* NobleShoplifter: Hermione keeps doing this while the Trio are on the run.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Harry destroys the Hallows for this reason. At least the Wand. He lost the stone in the forest, and one can assume he kept the cloak. Also, in regards to the wand, in the book, he put it back in Dumbledore's grave with the hope that he, Harry, would die naturally so the cycle of violence over the wand would end. In the movie, he is much more pragmatic and simply snaps the wand in two.
* NoodleIncident
** When the gang is sneaking around the Ministry of Magic, Harry sets off a Decoy Detonator, resulting in this remark from an employee that isn't elaborated upon any further:
-->'''Employee:''' I bet it sneaked up here from Experimental Charms, they're so careless, remember that poisonous duck?
** And this line from Lily in [[spoiler: one of Snape's memories:]]
-->'''Lily:''' I'm sorry, but I detest Avery and Mulciber! Mulciber! What do you see in him, Sev, he's creepy! D'you know what he tried to do to Mary [=MacDonald=] the other day?
* NostalgiaHeaven: A certain spoileriffic scene taking place in what appears to be King's Cross Station.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: ''Deathly Hallows'' is notable in that it breaks from the [[StrictlyFormula standard story structure]]. The PowerTrio does not go back to Hogwarts until the FinalBattle. Instead they are on the run because the Death Eaters pulled a coup d'etat on the Ministry of Magic and started PuttingOnTheReich.
* NowOrNeverKiss: Two, both before the final battle. Ron even {{lampshades}} this.
-->'''Ron:'' I know mate, so it's now or never, right?
* NWordPrivileges: Hermione refers to herself as a Mudblood and when Ron objects, she explains that she's proud that she can refer to herself that way instead of the Death Eaters doing it.
* ObliviousToLove
** [[spoiler:Lily seems completely oblivious to the fact that Snape has been in love with her since they were children.]]
** Also, Ron's pretty good at not noticing that Hermione's in love with him, despite him being in love with ''her''.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
** Ron and Hermione [[spoiler:recovering the basilisk fangs from the ChamberOfSecrets. This could have been used to show another spiritual illusion to try and stop them, like with the locket,]] but it was left out due to the book's CosmicDeadline (see above). Happily, it's included in the movie.
** In the book, [[spoiler:before the Dursleys leave Privet Drive, Dudley shows concern about Harry’s safety, tells Harry that he doesn’t consider him to be "a waste of space," is thankful to him for saving his life, and even shakes his hand]]. For [[spoiler:Dudley]], this is positive CharacterDevelopment and a CrowningMomentOfAwesome rolled into one, [[spoiler:because it presents Dudley as finally accepting and appreciating Harry]]. Disappointingly, this is left out in the film, though it's included in the DVD/BluRay deleted scenes.
** Also in the book, Dean Thomas is seen in the final battle casting spells with a new wand, having obtained it during the battle, as we see him enter the final battle without one. It's true he's a minor character, but this is an unarmed teenager who took ownership of a wand by forcefully taking it from a trained killer in the middle of a kill or be killed melee between good and evil.
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:Harry's hit by the Killing Curse and [[NearDeathExperience could be considered dead]] -- but it only really kills the SoulFragment left by Voldemort.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Grindelwald and Regulus Black. [[spoiler:And Dumbledore.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship
** After six books where Harry is always telling his friends to stay safe and that he will do things on his own, this book shows how he finally accepts his friends' help.
** What pushes Ron to come back to his friends right after leaving them. He is helped by the Deluminator (see FridgeBrilliance) in this task. Harry even says it.
-->'''Ron:''' [Dumbledore] must've known I'd run out on you.\\
'''Harry:''' No. He must've known you'd always want to come back.
* PrecisionFStrike
** "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!!!"
** "You-- (whack) complete-- (whack) ''arse--'' (whack) Ronald-- (whack) Weasley! (whack)"
** "And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!"
* PreAsskickingOneLiner
** Mrs. Weasley's PrecisionFStrike.
** "Did I mention I'm ''resigning''?"
** "I'll join you when hell freezes over! [[LaResistance Dumbledore's Army!]]"
** "You shouldn't have done that."
** "You're lying, Dolores. You mustn't tell lies."
* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: In the Three Brothers' tale.
* ProdigalHero: Harry had to flee an hide all over England to stay a step ahead of Voldemort, but when the last Horcrux was hidden in Hogwarts and he found that out, he rushed to Hogwarts to find it, which sparked the FinalBattle.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Subverted. Harry uses the Cruciatus curse, but this was so that the audience would recognize his flaws, not change their mind about the appropriateness of Dark Magic. Also uses the Imperius Curse on both a goblin and a nosy Death-Eater during their raid on Gringotts in search of a horcrux.
* PsychologicalTormentZone
* ThePurge: The Ministry's show trials of Muggle-borns.
* [[PutDownYourGunAndStepAway Put Down Your Wand and Step Away]]: Bellatrix holding Hermione hostage asks for Harry's and his friends' wands.
* PuttingOnTheReich
** The Ministry of Magic under Voldemort. The Death Eaters' skull is even similar to the ''totenkopf'' of the SS.
** Nurmengard, Grindelwald's prison for his enemies, is a thinly-veiled Auschwitz, right down to the slogan written over the gates. Considering Grindelwald himself was later imprisoned there, it might double as a reference to Nuremberg.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
** Ron receives one of these from some spiritual hallucinations of Harry and Hermione (ItMakesSenseInContext).
** And Voldemort, of course, gets one from Harry during their final showdown. In the film it's ''[[TookALevelInBadass Neville-by-God-Longbottom]]'' who gets to deliver the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Voldemort!
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
** R.A.B: when he discovered what a [[CompleteMonster monster]] Voldemort was, stole the Horcrux and [[SenselessSacrifice died in the process]].
** Also [[spoiler:Severus Snape.]]
* RedemptionRejection: In the film, Draco is called by his parents to join the Death Eaters, and he gets several long seconds of worry before siding with them. [[spoiler:"Them" being his parents, not the Death Eaters. During the final battle, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he and his parents flee Hogwarts]] instead of staying and fighting for Voldemort.]]
* RedHerring: Neville. Many readers thought this book would have Trelawney's prophecy turn out to be that he was the one who would bring down Voldemort. He has a bigger part in it than most, though.
* RefusingParadise: [[spoiler:Dumbledore offers Harry the chance to pass on to the next world, but Harry chooses to continue the fight against Voldemort.]]
* LaResistance
** The Order of the Phoenix in the world at large.
** Dumbledore's Army at Hogwarts.
* RetiredBadass: Averted with Harry and Ron when they grow up, but played straight with almost every other major character. Particularly Neville, who settled into a nice, quiet teaching position at Hogwarts. WordOfGod Says Ron helps run Weasley Wizards Wheezes with George and also after the battle of Hogwarts that he does become an Auror with Harry and Neville. Whether he's still an Auror or working with George at the time of the epilogue is unknown.
* RetiredMonster: Grindelwald
* RevealingSkill: Harry is revealed when he uses the Disarming Charm -- his signature move -- against Stan Shunpike who is being forced to participate in the ambush against Harry via the Imperius Curse.
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Snape]]
* RoomFullOfCrazy: One might count Luna's bedroom. Granted, the girl hasn't a malicious bone in her body and none of it is ''sinister'', but, well... portraits of people you like all linked by gold chains made of the word "friends" does go a little beyond {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. Opinions differ on whether this is heartwarming or stalkerish. All of the Lovegood's house counts, really.
* RousingSpeech: Neville gets one in the movie version, in place of his [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "I'll join you when hell freezes over! Dumbledore's Army!" line]].
* RuleOfThree
** Three Hallows, the [[YoungestChildWins third Peverell brother doesn't meet an untimely death]].
** This book also features the third time that Voldemort tries the killing curse on Harry.
* RulesLawyer: Harry [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath rules-lawyers Voldemort to death]].
* SadistTeacher: The Carrows, a pair of ruthless Death Eater siblings, take over disciplinary matters and Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts this year. You know they're bad when Neville says they make even Umbridge look good by comparison.
* SaveTheVillain
** Harry saves Draco. Twice. [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe It turns out to help him in the end, though.]]
** He also encourages Voldemort to feel remorse for his crimes, because he knows [[FateWorseThanDeath what waits for him otherwise]].
* SelfInducedAllergicReaction: Hermione's quick thinking allows her to prevent Harry from being recognized by the Snatchers when they're surrounded in the woods. However, the disguise isn't foolproof, and the trio have to rely on Malfoy to look the other way and pretend he can't tell whether it's Harry or not.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: The locket gives Ron a double dosage of this trope -- the ''two'' people closest and dearest to the victim manifest and give thorough, counterpoint arguments for [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech why he sucks]].
* ShipTease: The Horcrux taunts Ron Weasley with the sight of Harry and Hermione kissing.
* ShootTheMessenger: And everyone else in the room.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Tale of the Three Brothers''
* SleepCute: In the book and [[Film/HarryPotter the film]] Ron and Hermione are asleep next to each other, with their hands lying so they appear to be reaching out for each other. Given a horrifying echo in Part II when [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath Remus and Tonks' bodies are laid out in the exact same way.]]
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:Lily, and later Dumbledore, to Harry.]]
* SoulJar: Horcruxes, although each one only contains a fraction of his soul.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Malfoys, more specifically Draco (unknowingly) and Narcissa (deliberately).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Peter Pettigrew, annoyingly enough.]]
* SpottingTheThread: Luna Lovegood sees through Harry's disguise at Bill and Fleur's wedding simply from the expression on Harry's face.
* StartOfDarkness: A variation. This time, instead of seeing Voldemort's transition from cute, troubled kid to full-on genocidal maniac, we get to see Snape's transition from cute, troubled kid to troubled heartbroken adult, and Dumbledore's transition from cute, troubled kid to wise manipulative [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] -- both of them dabbling considerably in the Dark Arts for a while. Apparently coming from a broken home is a pre-requisite for this kind of thing. Interestingly, all three of them were {{Insufferable Genius}}es as teenagers.
* StepfordSmiler: Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish laugh and her sadistic, cheerful attitude, takes this trope UpToEleven during her trials of Muggle-borns which emphasises her status of CompleteMonster. Her BlatantLies that a Muggle-born "is not a witch" trigger Harry's BerserkButton quite quickly.
* SueDonym: The Potterwatch radio crew refer to themselves by ridiculously transparent pseudonyms based on their actual names: Lee [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River Jordan]] is ''River'', '''King'''sley Shacklebolt is ''Royal'', Fred Weasley (weasel) starts as ''Rodent'' (quickly changed to ''Rapier'', presumably for "rapier wit"), and Remus Lupin exhausts the last untapped blatant reference in his name by going as ''Romulus''. To their credit, Kingsley is the wizard JamesEarlJones as far as vocal recognition goes and they would have been killed on sight anyhow for belonging to the Order of the Phoenix, so protecting their identities wasn’t worth much.
* SupernaturalAid: Dumbledore's will.
* SupportingLeader
** Professor [=McGonagall=] leads the defense in the Battle for Hogwarts to give the PowerTrio the time to find the final Horcrux, even though she has to trust Harry by his word alone.
** Also, former ButtMonkey Neville Longbottom lead the student resistance in Harry's absence.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The Horcrux-destroying plot only takes off after Harry, Ron and Hermione find where Gryffindor's sword was hidden.
* TakeOffYourClothes: Hermione makes Harry and Ron take off their wizards' robes so they can pass as Muggles.
* ThatLiarLies: Harry shouts "LIES!" to no-one in particular when first reading some of the media references to Dumbledore's FeetOfClay. The melodrama of this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in that a Muggle neighbor is shown to overhear and glance around nervously.
* ThermalDissonance
* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Ron and Hermione]].
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:"Harry is a Horcrux."]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Virtually everyone, but particular standouts include Mrs. Weasely, Prof. Slughorn, and above all Neville Longbottom, who in some ways really is the biggest hero in the story.
* TrackingDevice: A running quirk in the first book, revealed by Ron in the last: there's a reason why [[spoiler:wizards won't dare speak Lord's Voldemort's name]]. The spell that made that possible wasn't in ''use'' until the last book. So it was safe to actually [[spoiler:say Voldemort's name]] until that spell was cast.
* TroubledButCute: Snape as a little kid.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Voldemort. Also, the former TropeNamer, Dolores Umbridge.
* TWordEuphemism: Effing.
** Mundungus Fletcher uses the line "That wouldn't have been effing difficult..."
** Ron also uses this a few chapters later.
* UnintentionalBackupPlan: A rare villainous example. Voldemort is unaware that [[spoiler:Harry is his final Horcrux.]] As a result, he gave himself a way to win even after the other sources of his power were destroyed. Subverted because Harry still kicks his ass.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Snape to Lily.]]
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: [[spoiler:Snape]]. [[LoveHurts Ouch]].
* {{Untwist}}: Wormtail's life debt to Harry [[spoiler:isn't repaid out of gratitude or a HeelFaceTurn, but instead he's simply magically prevented from harming Harry at a critical moment. His "mercy" is completely accidental, and then triggers a YouHaveFailedMe failsafe...]]
* UnwillingSuspension
** The Muggle Studies teacher.
** [=McGonagall=] does this to the Carrows just before the FinalBattle.
* VillainousBreakdown: Voldemort during the final showdown with Harry, for once showing himself afraid as Harry [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech talks down to him.]] Also in a KillTheMessenger / YouKnowTooMuch moment when he hears about [[spoiler:the Horcrux being stolen from Gringotts.]]
* VillainousBSOD: Averted. The master of a Horcrux can repair his soul by feeling regret -- which, [[MoralEventHorizon given what their creation entails]], often means that they'll feel so much pain that they'll ''die'' -- but Voldemort is such a CompleteMonster that he has to be killed the normal way. Having to do it the old-fashioned way is [[FridgeBrilliance meant to illustrate]] that Voldy is totally an completely [[CompleteMonster irredeemable]].
* WartimeWedding: Bill and Fleur.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Voldemort and Neville, but Badass Neville [[IncorruptiblePurePureness isn't interested.]]
* WhamEpisode: Quite a few major characters are killed off.
* WhamLine: A book full of them, but [[PopularityPower this one takes the cake.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Severus Snape:''']] [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever Always.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Working titles were ''Harry Potter and the Elder Wand'' and ''Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest''. The latter was rejected for being way too cheesy, but the former would have made a lot more sense.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Remus frets a lot over this.
* WhatTheHellHero
** Snape delivers one of these speeches to [[spoiler:Dumbledore, after he reveals that Harry (whom Snape has been protecting) must die in order to defeat Voldemort]]. It's the one time that Snape gets properly angry at Dumbledore.
** Harry delivers one to Lupin, when he offers to abandon his family to help the trio on their quest, largely out of self-loathing.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WhiteVoidRoom: "King's Cross". Only much cleaner.
* WouldHitAGirl
** Crabbe proves that he's not only willing to do ''this'', but is also willing to set one on fire.
** A non-lethal version involves Harry merely knocking Umbridge unconscious with a spell.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Wormtail's silver hand was enchanted to kill him if he ever betrayed Voldemort. He does so accidentally.]]
* YoungestChildWins: The third Peverell brother is the only one who doesn't die as a consequence of his Hallow.
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->''The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.''
-->-- last line in the book
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->''"[[TheChosenOne Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.]]"''
-->-- '''Albus Dumbledore''' (told by '''Lupin''')
The seventh and final installment of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. Published in 2007. Harry's not going to school this year, but don't worry, it's for a good cause. Harry, Ron and Hermione's only hope to defeat Voldemort is destroying all his [[SoulJar Horcruxes]] as he [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs infiltrates the Ministry.]]
Also, remember how the previous few books just had [[TonightSomeoneDies one person die at the end]]? This time [[AnyoneCanDie no one is safe]] at ''any point'' in the story.
PS: The full title is spelled ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''; [[GannonBanned not]] ''Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows'', because although the word "deadly" does have a catchy ring to it, it's not fully accurate...
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!!Tropes exclusive to this book or at least especially prominent:
* AbortedArc
** Played with. Neville becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass freedom fighter]] and a damn good one. He even [[spoiler:destroys Voldemort's final Horcrux.]] However, fans who were expecting to see a showdown between himself and Bellatrix due to the buildup from book four onward were left disappointed, as Molly Weasley ends up being the one to fight her. See Berserk button, below. No explanation is given by J.K. Rowling for why she didn't give readers the payoff they expected for this particular CharacterArc.
** A WhatCouldHaveBeen. Florean Fortescue's disappearance/kidnapping in ''Half-Blood Prince''. Rowling has said that this was to involve a subplot of Fortescue and the Elder Wand. Rowling cut it after realizing it went nowhere. She made this revelation in response to a question about Fortescue's disappearance in which she said he was indeed dead unfortunately and explained the dropped subplot.
* AchillesInHisTent: Ron. [[spoiler:He tried to come back almost immediately.]]
* AfterlifeAntechamber: [[spoiler:Harry in King's Cross.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Voldemort's final fate according to WordOfGod, as previewed in "King's Cross". He is in the boundary of life and death, never dying, but never living at the same time.]]
* AntiClimax
** Many fans agree that the [[FinalBattle final confrontation]] between [[TheChosenOne Harry]] and [[CompleteMonster Lord]] [[BigBad Voldemort]] was a bit of a let-down. [[spoiler:Voldemort casts the Killing Curse at Harry with the [[ArtifactOfDeath Elder Wand]], but since Harry is its true master, the curse backfires and kills Voldemort]]. From a storytelling point of view, the true climax of the novel was when Voldemort "killed" Harry in the forest (and sealed his own fate), everything after that was denouement, but Voldemort did not know that.
** Averted in the film, however, where Harry and Voldemort have an epic duel for five minutes, [[spoiler:with Voldemort flying around all over Hogwarts and Harry holding on for dear life. Then their wands induce [[CallBack Priori Incantatem]] from each other, and they duel for almost a minute before Neville cuts Nagini in two, which causes Voldemort to disintegrate due to all the Horcruxes being destroyed and his strength weakening to the point where his killing curse slowly rebounds on him.]]
* AntiVillain: The Malfoys. At this point, the only thing they want is for the family to survive together. [[spoiler:In fact, the moment they learned that Draco is still alive, they take the opportunity to lie to Voldemort about Harry's fate.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: If you were really attached to certain characters, you're gonna need some [[TearJerker tissues]] for this one. Especially since the film will go beyond the book on this one.
** In the book, [[spoiler:Lavender is attacked by Fenrir]] in the Battle of Hogwarts, but is saved in the nick of time by Hermione. In the film, Hermione sees [[spoiler:Fenrir over Lavender and he runs off]], but then we see it's too late; [[spoiler:Lavender]] ls lying dead on the floor, eyes unfocused and dull. WordOfGod and a later published book to go with the series confirm her death.
** [[spoiler:Pius Thicknesse]] got cursed in the face and fell off a battlement in the book, but survived the battle and was forgiven because of the Imperius Curse he was under (courtesy of Yaxley). In the film, [[spoiler:Pius]] was killed by Voldemort in a bout of rage when [[spoiler:Ravenclaw's diadem was destroyed]].
* ArtifactOfDeath: The Elder Wand.
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: [[spoiler:Neville, of all people. And man did he TakeALevelInBadass.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The Carrows. It's probably not a good thing what Harry does to them, but it's hard to feel bad about it.]]
* TheAtoner
** [[spoiler:Snape, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald.]]
** Regulus Black was also TheAtoner, although he is dead before the book begins.
** The Malfoy family, and Draco in particular, play with this trope. Draco legitimately regrets joining up with the Death Eaters and his role in Dumbledore's death, but he never actively tries to redeem himself, partly because he's in too deep and partly just because of a lack of character. In the end he settles for what might be called passive resistance.
** Dudley Dursley finally reconciles with his cousin. WordOfGod states that when attacked by Dementors in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Book 5]], Dudley was forced to [[HeelRealization see himself for the cruel bully and fat spoiled slob he was.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: Just about everyone, it seems.
* {{Badass}}
** Neville Longbottom. Yes, Neville.
** [[WorldOfBadass Almost every character]] who does anything at all in the book.
* BagOfHolding: Hermione's handbag.
* BallroomBlitz: Bill and Fleur's wedding, [[spoiler:which was interrupted by Kingsley's Patronus, then outright crashed by Death Eaters.]]
* BattleTrophy: After [[spoiler:Mad-Eye]] is killed by the Death Eaters, his [[spoiler:magical eye]] is seen in the Death Eater-controlled Ministry, used unashamedly by Umbridge.
* BatmanGambit / ThanatosGambit: Dumbledore's plans from the previous books are still in motion.
** For instance, his plan to save Harry from the killing curse involved: Voldemort's horcrux absorbing some of the impact, Harry's blood being used in Voldemort's resurrection, having Voldemort himself cast the curse, making sure the elder wand was not fully under Voldemort's control and finally by having Harry willingly sacrifice himself rather than continue to fight.
** The part about [[spoiler:the wand being under Draco Malfoy's control]] was specifically ''not'' in Dumbledore's plan, but in the end actually works to Harry's benefit. In Dumbledore's plan [[spoiler:Snape would have killed him without Malfoy getting involved at all.]] This would have prevented Voldemort (or anyone else) from obtaining the Elder Wand's full power as it would not been won in a duel. Though things do end up working out even better than he could have imagined.
* BerserkButton
** Mrs. Weasley always seemed so kind and matronly. But then someone made the mistake of threatening her daughter after her son had died. Yeah... not a good idea. She shouts "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" and kills Bellatrix.
** Harry goes berserk when Amycus Carrow spits on Professor [=McGonagall=], even using the forbidden Cruciatus Curse on him.
** The locket Horcrux taunts Ron with the idea that Harry and Hermione might be sneaking around behind his back. [[UnstoppableRage He doesn't take this very well.]]
** In the film, Ron gets ''very'' angry when Hermione is attacked by Goyle.
** In case you didn't notice in any of the previous 6 books, Harry growing up with no parents is a bit of a sore point with him. Lupin and Ron both set him off for nearly abandoning his unborn son and saying that Harry doesn't have to worry about his parents in danger, respectively.
* BestFriendsInLaw: [[spoiler:Harry]] and [[spoiler:Ron]] in the epilogue.
* BigBad: Lord Voldemort
* BigDamnHeroes: Frequently. Almost every good character gets such a moment.
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Ron and Hermione]], the one their shippers were about to have heart attacks in anticipation of.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Voldemort is gone once and for all, everyone who fought in the battle is hailed as a hero. Percy, Dudley, Kreacher, and (perhaps) even Malfoy finally make peace with Harry, and for once, a competent Minister of Magic is instated.]] The bad news? Lots of people are dead. Lots. And, annoyingly, a few people who probably deserve death or imprisonment [[KarmaHoudini seem to evade it in the end]] (or, at least, don't have their fates mentioned in the book). It's not a perfect world.
* BlatantLies: After the ministry is taken over by Voldemort, they quickly adopt a strictly anti-Muggle policy, even setting up Inquisition-style hearings for Muggle-borns. And during one such trial, Dolores Umbridge flat out states that a Muggle-born she is interrogating ''is not a witch''. Harry can't take any more after this. Fortunately, WordOfGod states that Umbridge ended up in Azkaban for the rest of her life.
* BloodMagic: Because Voldemort used Harry's blood to bring himself back to life in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', he's kept Lily's protective enchantment on Harry alive within his rebuilt body.
* BookEnds: After Harry defeats Voldemort for the first time (when he is but a one-year-old baby) Hagrid brings him to Privet Drive using Sirius' flying motorcycle. Sixteen years later, when the Order gets Harry away from Privet Drive before the blood wards fall, Hagrid is the one that takes Harry away... on Sirius' flying motorcycle.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A very unfortunate one for the Spanish translation. The [[MomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome as hell]] Molly Weasley's PrecisionFStrike got treated this way, from "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" to "Not my daughter, you bad witch!". [[note]]Rises from the use of "witch" as an insult, which makes no sense in a world where every female magic-user is called a witch.[[/note]]
* BrokenPedestal: Played with with Dumbledore, [[spoiler:when Harry realises that not only did he make a huge number of mistakes in his past and that he was not the perfect wizard he idolised, but that he was sacrificing Harry to kill Voldemort without even discussing it with him]]. And inverted with Snape, [[spoiler:who he originally thought of as this horrible person he hated, but after realising the lengths he went to in order to protect him -- to the point of infiltrating Voldemort's inner circle and dying for him -- thinks radically differently]].
* CallBack
** Doubles as BookEnds. In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Philosopher's Stone]]'', Hagrid takes Harry to #4 Privet Drive for the first time... in Sirius Black's flying motorbike. Guess how Harry leaves forever at the beginning of this book.
** In the last film, there's a callback to ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', where Sirius tells Harry "''The ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here.''" *points at Harry's heart*
-->'''Harry:''' He won't be able to see you?\\
'''Sirius:''' No. We're ''here'', you see. ''(points at Harry's heart)''
** There are many references throughout ''Deathly Hallows'' calling back scenes from many of the other books. Some examples are Harry reminiscing with Hagrid about how Hagrid told him he was a wizard way back in ''Philosopher's Stone''. Another is Ron and Hermione actually re-entering the Chamber of Secrets in search of Basilisk fangs to destroy the Hufflepuff cup horcrux.
* CallForward: James' remark about Slytherin is exactly the same as Draco's remark about Hufflepuff in Book 1. Similarly, Sirius says the same thing about Slytherin that Ron had said about Gryffindor.
* TheCavalry: Brought by ''Slughorn'', of all people. And another with Kreacher.
* CirclingMonologue: Between Harry and Voldemort during their final showdown.
* ChangedMyMindKid: Ron walks out on Harry and Hermione. His return, just in time to save Harry, is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* ChekhovsGun: The series [[ChekhovsGun/HarryPotter has its own page.]]
* ConspiracyTheorist / YouFailBiologyForever: In-universe; the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Muggle-born Registration Commission]] exploits the fact that, basically, ''no-one'' is sure where Muggle-borns get their magical abilities from in the first place to have them tried for "stealing" magic. Had they known, they probably wouldn't have cared.
* ContemptibleCover: For many the British/Canadian children's cover (pictured in the article) was one of these.
* ContinuityCavalcade: Name just about any character from the previous books who isn't dead or in St. Mungo's insanity ward -- ten to one that he/she will appear ''somewhere'' in this book.
* ContinuityNod: The better part of the book.
* ConvenientlyCellmates: Harry and Ron end up shoved into the same cellar room as Luna.
* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Near the beginning, Harry finds a letter from one of his parents which mentions Dumbledore, and hints at a surprising revelation about his past. However, the second page of the letter is missing. He finds out much later that the revelation would have been of some use to him at the time, and that it was removed for reasons completely unrelated to any desire to keep it from him.
* CoolOldGuy: With Dumbledore gone, we get [[spoiler:his brother, Aberforth, who is almost as cool.]]
* CoolOldLady
** Neville's grandmother. Also overlaps with BadassGrandma, as when Death Eaters came to her house to try and capture her, she not only ''fought them off, putting one of them in the hospital, but went on the run as well.'' Now we know where Neville gets his guts from.
** Professor [=McGonagall=] also counts, especially considering the final battle.
* CorporalPunishment: We can only imagine what the hell is going on at Hogwarts while the heroes are running around the countryside. Neville certainly looks like he had a pretty rough time of it when he shows up after a year's worth of it. Apparently things would have been even ''worse'' if the Carrows had had the complete run of things. Even happens in ''lessons'': "They had us practicing the Cruciatus Curse on first years.... That's where I got this [scar]. I refused to do it."
* CosmicDeadline: After many pages detailing a camping trip and other hairsbreadth escapes, suddenly the [[PowerTrio trio]] arrives at Hogwarts and truckloads of important, nay, essential information is revealed, and the plot relevant (or irrelevant) deaths start cropping up all over the place.
* CoversAlwaysLie
** The cover to the American edition made it seem like Harry and Voldemort were in an outdoor coliseum during their final confrontation when it turns out to be the Great Hall at Hogwarts. Might be less of a lie than typical, though: [[spoiler:It is a perfectly accurate rendition of the moment just after Voldemort is killed, including Harry reaching up to catch the Elder Wand. Harry and Voldemort even dueled at sunrise, and the Great Hall ceiling does reflect the sky outside, making it possibly an interpretation of the Great Hall and its ceiling.]]
** The Danish cover is much worse. At what point does ''[[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101126205354/harrypotter/images/c/cf/Danish_cover_vol7.jpg this image]]'' happen in the book? Granted, it's possible that that is a representation of the centaurs and/or Hogwarts statues joining for the battle, but the actual "order allies to battle" by Harry never occurs.
* CripplingOverspecialisation: Voldemort, though the revelation builds on hints from previous books. Essentially all he ever cared about was the Killing Curse (or, more generally, the Unforgiveable Curses) and using Horcruxes to live forever, and from his narrow knowledge wasn't even aware that [[spoiler:he had possessed the Resurrection Stone (he was never interested in the Hallows, however). To the point that he ''still'' uses Avada Kedavra on Harry at the end despite it having backfired (in different ways) three times before.]] However, this is only with Harry, with everyone else, he brings out his most powerful curses, and even when Harry's sacrifice protects everyone, Voldemort still blasts Kingsley, [=McGonagall=], and Slughorn out of the way when duelling all three ''at the same time''. With the final Avada Kedavra that essentially kills Voldemort, he was kind of left with no other choice. He could not curse any of the defenders because they were protected by Harry's love, and even if he killed Harry, he would be attacked by everyone else. He really didn't have a choice.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Luna and her father [[spoiler:about Hallows being the truth and that the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw is important]].
* CueTheSun: After the climax.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Lupin tries to use this as an excuse to abandon Tonks and her unborn child and join Harry, Ron, and Hermione on their search for Horcruxes, but [[WhatTheHellHero Harry calls him out on it.]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Subverted. Voldemort's trap for Harry hinges on exploiting the latter's ChronicHeroSyndrome, but [[spoiler:Voldemort seems to have forgotten the last time a person made a HeroicSacrifice to protect others from him....]]
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: Severus Snape. [[spoiler:When he started out he was [[UsedToBeASweetKid a troubled neglected boy]] who just wanted Lily to like him. Then he got into Slytherin and things slowly turned rather dark at the influence of his friends. Then he got into the Death Eaters and completely forgot that blood-lines didn't used to matter to him, and things got worse to the point where he was trying to bargain with Voldemort to exchange Lily's own son's and husband's lives in order to save hers. Then he came back under ''Dumbledore's'' influence and ended up putting his life on the line to save other people, including Harry]]. So he wavered across the "Evil" line for a fair while there, obviously.
* TheDayOfReckoning: Harry's return to Hogwarts marks the beginning of this for Voldemort.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Harry's children are named James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna, and Remus names his son Ted after his father-in-law who was killed. WordOfGod says George names his son Fred.]]
* DeadLittleSister: Ariana Dumbledore
* DealWithTheDevil: Or rather, with a goblin.
* DeathByAdaptation
** [[spoiler:Scabior, Griphook, Gregory Goyle and Pius Thicknesse. Possibly Fenrir Greyback; it's really unclear.]]
** [[spoiler:Lavender's]] death, confirmed by WordOfGod.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Aberforth Dumbledore is convinced that Voldemort is going to win and advises the heroes to give up and flee the country. Naturally, he still shows up to fight when push comes to shove.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler:Narcissa Malfoy]] is apparently a Occlumens to match the world's greatest Legilimens-perhaps even learning to do this ''[[BadassUnintentional on the fly.]]'' [[spoiler:It is possible that Narcissa blocked Voldemort out with her love for Draco, akin to what Harry did in the fifth book.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dobby]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Harry Potter himself, although the reader knows he isn't really dead. However, those who believed J.K. Rowling's hints that he'd die at the end of the seventh book would certainly be surprised.]]
* DisproportionateReward: Kreacher
* DistantFinale: "Nineteen years later."
* TheDogBitesBack: Narcissa Malfoy
* DontFearTheReaper
** The youngest Peverell brother, having lived to age after a full life, meets up with death like an old friend. The movie actually shows the two embracing. It's surprisingly heartwarming in the context.
** Dumbledore gives a similar message to Harry at King's Cross.
* DrivenToSuicide
** The Bloody Baron does this after killing his lover in a fit of rage. Both of them return as ghosts afterward.
** The second Peverell brother, Cadmus, does this as well after bringing his dead lover back to life, kind of, but realizing he can never really be with her in this form.
** As Hermione points out, this trope is also the potential side effect of feeling remorse on the Horcrux-maker's part in the process of getting his/her soul fragments back together into one whole piece.
* DueToTheDead: Harry sees [[spoiler:Moody's magical eye on Umbridge's office door and is so enraged that he steals it back, which ends up helping blow their cover]]. He later insists on digging [[spoiler:Dobby's]] grave by hand, rather than using magic.
* TheDutifulSon: Aberforth Dumbledore
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Dobby in the book and movie, after he was stabbed by Bellatrix. "Such a beautiful place, to be with friends..." *sobsob*]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Many people do die, but in the end the BigBad Voldemort is defeated once and for all, and the world is finally a better place.
* EnemiesWithDeath: In ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard''. Subverted, in the end, by the third and final brother. With several philosophical ties to the over-arching themes of the story.
* EurekaMoment: Harry figuring out [[spoiler:where the last Horcrux is hidden]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood
** Both Lestrange and Riddle discount ThePowerOfLove to their cost.
** Averted with the Malfoys who, despite their beliefs and actions, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes care more about their family than anything else]].
* ExactWords: The ''title''. Deathly Hallows means "of death", not "capable of inflicting death". This makes more sense after their history is revealed.
* FaceDeathWithDignity
** Grindelwald, who lied to Voldemort about the Elder Wand, and laughed in his face (though annoyingly this is completely reversed in the film).
** The Third Brother from the ''Tale of the Three Brothers'' has this in spades, welcoming death as an “old friend”.
** Harry, when he faces Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest.
* FantasticRacism: Taken UpToEleven with the Muggle-born show trials. And then surpassing even that and ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels with the sculpture of a giant throne made of dead/dying Muggles that is horrifically reminiscent of the gas chambers of the Holocaust.
* FeedTheMole
* FighterMageThief: The Elder Wand (Fighter), the Resurrection Stone (Mage), and the Invisibility Cloak (Thief).
* FinalBattle: And how!
* FinalExamFinale
* FlirtingUnderFire: How [[spoiler:Ron and Hermione get together]].
* FollowTheWhiteRabbit: The doe Patronus. [[spoiler:It's Snape's, and has the same form as Lily's.]]
* ForgotICouldFly: Hermione [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan snaps Ron out of this trope]] by asking him: "Are you a wizard, or what?" It's also an IronicEcho and a CallBack to a similar remark Ron made to Hermione in their first year.
* FullNameUltimatum: "You-complete-arse-Ronald-Weasley!" and "Don't you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!"
* GenerationXerox: In the epilogue, Ginny's daughter Lily cries at the train station the same way she did at that age. Harry's oldest son James is a bit mischevious like his namesake. Harry's second son Albus is said to be the spitting image of him, including the eyes, and has similar fears of being placed in Slytherin. Meanwhile, Draco's son Scorpius is his own image.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** Ginny's "farewell present" to Harry, cut short by Ron's interruption.
** Harry's daydreams/memories when the Weasley's Auntie Muriel remarks that Ginny's dress is "far too low-cut." Ginny follows this with a wink at Harry and Harry's thoughts drift "far away, back to stolen hours spent in secluded spaces of the Hogwarts grounds..."
** Another moment came when Ron was being told to pick up his room for his brother's wedding, and he irritably responds "Are they getting married in my room? No! So why in the name of Merlin's saggy left--", before he gets cut off by his father.
** And the subtext in this dialogue, it goes past very quickly so it's easily missed over all the action. Harry asks Ginny where Hermione and Ron are just before the battle. Ginny replies that they left mentioning something about finding a bathroom, prompting a FlatWhat and "You're sure?" from Harry. [[spoiler:They were going to the Chamber of Secrets, but]] at this point no-one knows what they have in mind, do they?
* GoLookAtTheDistraction: After Harry defeats Voldemort, he wants time to talk to Ron and Hermione in private, and Luna points out one of her made-up creatures, making people look away from Harry so he can escape.
* GondorCallsForAid
* GoodIsNotNice: Harry had used the occasional Unforgivable Curse in moments of extreme stress in previous books, but it really gets turned UpToEleven in this one. Many fans complained about this and about Dumbledore's interest in the dark arts; J.K. Rowling stated that she never depicted Harry nor Dumbledore to be white knights.
* GoOutWithASmile
** [[spoiler:Fred Weasley, who had been laughing over the fact that Percy had finally made a joke for the first time in years.]]
** [[spoiler:Bellatrix, in a CallBack to Sirius]].
* GottaCatchThemAll: The [[ArtifactOfDoom Hallows]].
* GottaKillThemAll: The [[SoulJar Horcruxes]].
* GrandFinale
* GraveRobbing: Voldemort breaking into Dumbledore's tomb.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The snatchers fail to confiscate Ron's Deluminator and Harry's piece of mirror, despite the fact that one is a magical device and the other a potential weapon. Perhaps justified in that the wizarding world tends to focus on spells and wands, rather than the vast number of different weapons that Muggles use.
* HammerSpace: Hermione's bag.
* HearingVoices: Ron and the Put-Outer.
* HeelFaceTurn
** [[spoiler:Kreacher, Dudley, the Malfoys and Grindelwald to an extent]].
** Percy Weasley also shows up to make a {{Jerkass}} Face Turn. [[HesBack "Hello, Minister! Did I tell you I'm resigning?"]] Unfortunately, this [[spoiler:distracts Fred, who promptly dies. Boo.]]
** [[spoiler:Snape, back when he first joined the Death Eaters and found out about Trelawney's prophecy concerning Harry.]]
* HeroicSacrifice
** [[spoiler:By Harry at the end when he has to face Voldemort so he could kill him.]]
** [[spoiler:Snape, really deserves a mention in that he gave his entire life to Dumbledore in return for helping to keep Lily safe, and then later to protect Harry, even infiltrating Voldemort's inner circle to do so, which eventually resulted in his death]].
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Harry.]] [[spoiler:He got better.]]
* HeroismIncentive: Harry secures the goblin's help by promising him the Sword of Gryffindor. The fact that Harry and Ron meant to sort of double deal the goblin [[PlayingWithWiki plays]] with the trope a bit.
* HigherEducationIsForWomen: According to WordOfGod, Hermione was the only member of the trio to go back to Hogwarts to finish her education after ''Deathly Hallows''. This was later mirrored in RealLife by EmmaWatson being the only member of the real trio to go to college.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Narcissa Malfoy]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
** [[spoiler:Voldemort is killed by his own reflected killing curse. Again.]]
** Remember how Voldemort got so evil that [[spoiler:he created an accidental Horcrux in Harry's scar]]? Hell, remember the Schrodinger's Prophecy he could've chosen to ''ignore'', but didn't, and in doing so, created his own worst enemy? You-Know-Who is practically the king of this trope.
** [[spoiler:Crabbe (Goyle in the movie) with his own Fiendfyre spell.]]
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: In the movie. When mounting a defense of Hogwarts, Professor [=McGonagall=] [[LivingStatue animates some figures]] that were positioned about the exterior walls of the school, and says breathlessly after they jump down, slamming solidly into the courtyard, "I've always wanted to use that spell."
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Greyback to Hermione. Scabior takes this role in the films.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: When George lost an ear.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Never mind the fact that his brother just had his ''ear'' cut off; Fred is disgusted beyond belief that, with the world of ear-related humor before him, George went with ''holey''. This may be a StealthPun on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronages_of_Saint_George#England St George, patron saint of England]].
* InferredHolocaust: The fate of many Muggle-borns at the hands of the Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic.
* InfinityPlusOneSword
** The Elder Wand.
** The Sword of Gryffindor, appropriately enough. Shame no-one uses it for legitimate sword fights to demonstrate its true potential.
* IronicEcho: In [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Book One]], Ron yells "Are you mad? Are you a witch or not?" to Hermione. In this one, she yells at him, "Are you mad? Are you a wizard or what?"
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:Harry's NearDeathExperience at the end of the book. He meets Dumbledore and during this time they discuss his going back to the living]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Kreacher, after capturing Mundungus, pretty much use this trope to force him to reveal who he sold Slytherin's Locket to, and then (although by accident rather than deliberately, due to the shock of the revelation of who he sold it to) scald him.
* KarmicDeath
** Voldemort. Try to act surprised. The movie one-upped it though, where he was not only killed by the Avada Kedavra backfiring on him from the Elder Wand, but he also ended up disintegrated as well, not even leaving his body behind.
** [[spoiler:Peter Pettigrew, literally betrayed and choked by the hand he sacrificed to let Voldemort return]]. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Well, at least in the books]].
** [[spoiler:Crabbe with his own [[KillItWithFire Fiendfyre.]]]] In the movies, it's [[spoiler:Goyle]], with his other half simply written out.
** Bellatrix Lestrange at the hands of Molly Weasley after the former attempted to murder Ginny. The movie one-upped by having Molly hit her with another spell, causing her to shatter and exonerating Molly from actually killing her.
* [[KillItWithFire Kill It With Fiendfyre]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Hermione cast a memory spell on her parents so that they won't worry about her while she's gone, in order to protect them.
* LastMinuteHookup: Harry and Ginny, (mainly in TheMovie where Ginny gets close to no screen time at all). They became a couple close to the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'' and still break up before the end. To make matters worse, they spend [[UpToEleven even less screen time together]] in the last book. By the epilogue, [[spoiler:they're HappilyMarried]].
* LetsGetDangerous: Molly Weasley is getting into a fight with Death Eaters -- '''holy crap did she just kill somebody'''?! WordOfGod is that Molly is just a better fighter than her would-be nemesis.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Harry reassures Ron that this is how he loves Hermione after Ron is given TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by the [[spoiler:spiritual hallucinations of Harry and Hermione]] defending the locket Horcrux.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[spoiler:Lily to Snape.]]
* LoanShark: The goblins.
* LongingLook
* LoveRedeems / LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Snape gets hit with both with regards to Lily. He not only fails to save her, but then spends the remainder of his life trying to protect the son she had with the man he hated, despite the fact that he tried to keep him in detention for most of his school life. It probably didn't make things any easier that Harry looked exactly like James but with Lily's eyes.]] Ouch.
* MamaBear
** Mrs. Weasley's mama bear really comes out. Surprisingly enough, so does Narcissa's.
** [=McGonagall=] really gets a chance to shine in this role, especially in the film.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane
** Okay, so everything is basically magic, but the true story of the [[ChekhovsArmoury Deathly Hallows]] is never fully explained. Are they powerful magical items made by skilled wizards, or did they really meet death and he gave them the items? There are elements of them which can't be explained within the continuity of the story, unless you accept the story about Death.
** Also, everything that happens in "King's Cross". As Harry [[LampshadeHanging says]], "Is this all in my head or is it real?" and gets a MathematiciansAnswer in response. Since Harry doesn't learn anything he couldn't have worked out on his own, there's really no way to be sure.
* MercifulMinion: Draco refuses to admit the prisoner was Harry. Later, Narcissa crosses this trope with DeathFakedForYou and tells Voldemort that Harry is dead.
* MomentKiller: Twice: once by Ron and the other time by Harry. Harry did have a good reason for it, though.
-->'''Harry:''' OI! There's a war going on here!
* MonsterFunFacts: Many books have a passage like this when Harry is learning about monsters in school; in this one Harry doesn't go to school but runs down a list of things at Voldemort's command to the Dursleys (who don't know much about magical stuff), including:
-->'''Harry:''' ...and Inferi -- that is, dead bodies animated by a dark wizard...
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:Lily for Severus]]. The fact that she was dead for seventeen years didn't seem to change this fact.
* MortalityEnsues: The Horcrux-destruction plot is all about causing this for Voldemort.
* MrExposition: As CleolindaJones pointed out, "Only Dumbledore could still have The Power of Exposition [[spoiler: a year dead.]]".
* MST3KMantra: In-universe, when reading the ''Tale of the Three Brothers'', Harry questions the sudden appearance of [[TheGrimReaper Death]]. Hermione reminds him that it is a ''fairy tale''.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Pointed out by Ron when [[BookWorm Hermione]] gets a book of fairy tales, Ron gets an item which can ''manipulate light'', and Harry gets... an old snitch. Harry, however, [[GenreSavvy knows]] that with it coming from Dumbledore there must be a secret involved, though -- and there is. Also the Snitch was the very one that Harry caught in his first ever Quidditch match, which if anything gave it some sentimental value, which in fact was useful to conceal even more its true purpose from the Ministry.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Mad-Eye's plan to sneak Harry out of his house involves everyone transforming to look like him and flying off in all directions. When they change clothes, Harry is annoyed that no-one is particularly bashful about getting naked while disguised as him.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: A couple of times: the opening, with the many Harrys, then again with the multiplying Horcruxes.
* NegateYourOwnSacrifice: [[spoiler:Harry has to die, since he's a SoulJar for Voldemort. Fortunately Voldemort's new body was made with Harry's blood, which anchors him to the living world. Harry didn't actually know this would happen and fully expected it to be a HeroicSacrifice. Though the blood wasn't enough in itself; according to Dumbledore, Harry's decision to let Voldemort kill him rather than keep fighting was what "made all the difference".]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands
** Subverted. It can seem as though the Deluminator is only there to enable [[spoiler:Ron's BigDamnHeroes moment]]. This is rationalized through both ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** Also, for some reason, Voldemort can fly. There was some ForeShadowing though: his name means "Flight of Death" in French.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Thanks to a combination of his {{Pride}}, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood incomprehension of certain aspects of base human nature]], and incomplete knowledge of the prophecy which causes it to become [[SelfFulfillingProphecy self-fulfilling]], Voldemort in many ways directly contributes to his own downfall. For instance, the man ''destroys one of his own {{Soul Jar}}s.'' It was part of a huge BatmanGambit set up by Dumbledore, but, ''still''.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: How Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort's KarmicDeaths are portrayed in the film version. The latter is also a good CallBack to his first defeat in the film adaptation of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone, as he disintegrates into ashes and fabric before even those fade away.
* NobleShoplifter: Hermione keeps doing this while the Trio are on the run.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Harry destroys the Hallows for this reason. At least the Wand. He lost the stone in the forest, and one can assume he kept the cloak. Also, in regards to the wand, in the book, he put it back in Dumbledore's grave with the hope that he, Harry, would die naturally so the cycle of violence over the wand would end. In the movie, he is much more pragmatic and simply snaps the wand in two.
* NoodleIncident
** When the gang is sneaking around the Ministry of Magic, Harry sets off a Decoy Detonator, resulting in this remark from an employee that isn't elaborated upon any further:
-->'''Employee:''' I bet it sneaked up here from Experimental Charms, they're so careless, remember that poisonous duck?
** And this line from Lily in [[spoiler: one of Snape's memories:]]
-->'''Lily:''' I'm sorry, but I detest Avery and Mulciber! Mulciber! What do you see in him, Sev, he's creepy! D'you know what he tried to do to Mary [=MacDonald=] the other day?
* NostalgiaHeaven: A certain spoileriffic scene taking place in what appears to be King's Cross Station.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: ''Deathly Hallows'' is notable in that it breaks from the [[StrictlyFormula standard story structure]]. The PowerTrio does not go back to Hogwarts until the FinalBattle. Instead they are on the run because the Death Eaters pulled a coup d'etat on the Ministry of Magic and started PuttingOnTheReich.
* NowOrNeverKiss: Two, both before the final battle. Ron even {{lampshades}} this.
-->'''Ron:'' I know mate, so it's now or never, right?
* NWordPrivileges: Hermione refers to herself as a Mudblood and when Ron objects, she explains that she's proud that she can refer to herself that way instead of the Death Eaters doing it.
* ObliviousToLove
** [[spoiler:Lily seems completely oblivious to the fact that Snape has been in love with her since they were children.]]
** Also, Ron's pretty good at not noticing that Hermione's in love with him, despite him being in love with ''her''.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
** Ron and Hermione [[spoiler:recovering the basilisk fangs from the ChamberOfSecrets. This could have been used to show another spiritual illusion to try and stop them, like with the locket,]] but it was left out due to the book's CosmicDeadline (see above). Happily, it's included in the movie.
** In the book, [[spoiler:before the Dursleys leave Privet Drive, Dudley shows concern about Harry’s safety, tells Harry that he doesn’t consider him to be "a waste of space," is thankful to him for saving his life, and even shakes his hand]]. For [[spoiler:Dudley]], this is positive CharacterDevelopment and a CrowningMomentOfAwesome rolled into one, [[spoiler:because it presents Dudley as finally accepting and appreciating Harry]]. Disappointingly, this is left out in the film, though it's included in the DVD/BluRay deleted scenes.
** Also in the book, Dean Thomas is seen in the final battle casting spells with a new wand, having obtained it during the battle, as we see him enter the final battle without one. It's true he's a minor character, but this is an unarmed teenager who took ownership of a wand by forcefully taking it from a trained killer in the middle of a kill or be killed melee between good and evil.
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:Harry's hit by the Killing Curse and [[NearDeathExperience could be considered dead]] -- but it only really kills the SoulFragment left by Voldemort.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Grindelwald and Regulus Black. [[spoiler:And Dumbledore.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship
** After six books where Harry is always telling his friends to stay safe and that he will do things on his own, this book shows how he finally accepts his friends' help.
** What pushes Ron to come back to his friends right after leaving them. He is helped by the Deluminator (see FridgeBrilliance) in this task. Harry even says it.
-->'''Ron:''' [Dumbledore] must've known I'd run out on you.\\
'''Harry:''' No. He must've known you'd always want to come back.
* PrecisionFStrike
** "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!!!"
** "You-- (whack) complete-- (whack) ''arse--'' (whack) Ronald-- (whack) Weasley! (whack)"
** "And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!"
* PreAsskickingOneLiner
** Mrs. Weasley's PrecisionFStrike.
** "Did I mention I'm ''resigning''?"
** "I'll join you when hell freezes over! [[LaResistance Dumbledore's Army!]]"
** "You shouldn't have done that."
** "You're lying, Dolores. You mustn't tell lies."
* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: In the Three Brothers' tale.
* ProdigalHero: Harry had to flee an hide all over England to stay a step ahead of Voldemort, but when the last Horcrux was hidden in Hogwarts and he found that out, he rushed to Hogwarts to find it, which sparked the FinalBattle.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Subverted. Harry uses the Cruciatus curse, but this was so that the audience would recognize his flaws, not change their mind about the appropriateness of Dark Magic. Also uses the Imperius Curse on both a goblin and a nosy Death-Eater during their raid on Gringotts in search of a horcrux.
* PsychologicalTormentZone
* ThePurge: The Ministry's show trials of Muggle-borns.
* [[PutDownYourGunAndStepAway Put Down Your Wand and Step Away]]: Bellatrix holding Hermione hostage asks for Harry's and his friends' wands.
* PuttingOnTheReich
** The Ministry of Magic under Voldemort. The Death Eaters' skull is even similar to the ''totenkopf'' of the SS.
** Nurmengard, Grindelwald's prison for his enemies, is a thinly-veiled Auschwitz, right down to the slogan written over the gates. Considering Grindelwald himself was later imprisoned there, it might double as a reference to Nuremberg.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
** Ron receives one of these from some spiritual hallucinations of Harry and Hermione (ItMakesSenseInContext).
** And Voldemort, of course, gets one from Harry during their final showdown. In the film it's ''[[TookALevelInBadass Neville-by-God-Longbottom]]'' who gets to deliver the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Voldemort!
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
** R.A.B: when he discovered what a [[CompleteMonster monster]] Voldemort was, stole the Horcrux and [[SenselessSacrifice died in the process]].
** Also [[spoiler:Severus Snape.]]
* RedemptionRejection: In the film, Draco is called by his parents to join the Death Eaters, and he gets several long seconds of worry before siding with them. [[spoiler:"Them" being his parents, not the Death Eaters. During the final battle, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he and his parents flee Hogwarts]] instead of staying and fighting for Voldemort.]]
* RedHerring: Neville. Many readers thought this book would have Trelawney's prophecy turn out to be that he was the one who would bring down Voldemort. He has a bigger part in it than most, though.
* RefusingParadise: [[spoiler:Dumbledore offers Harry the chance to pass on to the next world, but Harry chooses to continue the fight against Voldemort.]]
* LaResistance
** The Order of the Phoenix in the world at large.
** Dumbledore's Army at Hogwarts.
* RetiredBadass: Averted with Harry and Ron when they grow up, but played straight with almost every other major character. Particularly Neville, who settled into a nice, quiet teaching position at Hogwarts. WordOfGod Says Ron helps run Weasley Wizards Wheezes with George and also after the battle of Hogwarts that he does become an Auror with Harry and Neville. Whether he's still an Auror or working with George at the time of the epilogue is unknown.
* RetiredMonster: Grindelwald
* RevealingSkill: Harry is revealed when he uses the Disarming Charm -- his signature move -- against Stan Shunpike who is being forced to participate in the ambush against Harry via the Imperius Curse.
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Snape]]
* RoomFullOfCrazy: One might count Luna's bedroom. Granted, the girl hasn't a malicious bone in her body and none of it is ''sinister'', but, well... portraits of people you like all linked by gold chains made of the word "friends" does go a little beyond {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. Opinions differ on whether this is heartwarming or stalkerish. All of the Lovegood's house counts, really.
* RousingSpeech: Neville gets one in the movie version, in place of his [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "I'll join you when hell freezes over! Dumbledore's Army!" line]].
* RuleOfThree
** Three Hallows, the [[YoungestChildWins third Peverell brother doesn't meet an untimely death]].
** This book also features the third time that Voldemort tries the killing curse on Harry.
* RulesLawyer: Harry [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath rules-lawyers Voldemort to death]].
* SadistTeacher: The Carrows, a pair of ruthless Death Eater siblings, take over disciplinary matters and Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts this year. You know they're bad when Neville says they make even Umbridge look good by comparison.
* SaveTheVillain
** Harry saves Draco. Twice. [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe It turns out to help him in the end, though.]]
** He also encourages Voldemort to feel remorse for his crimes, because he knows [[FateWorseThanDeath what waits for him otherwise]].
* SelfInducedAllergicReaction: Hermione's quick thinking allows her to prevent Harry from being recognized by the Snatchers when they're surrounded in the woods. However, the disguise isn't foolproof, and the trio have to rely on Malfoy to look the other way and pretend he can't tell whether it's Harry or not.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: The locket gives Ron a double dosage of this trope -- the ''two'' people closest and dearest to the victim manifest and give thorough, counterpoint arguments for [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech why he sucks]].
* ShipTease: The Horcrux taunts Ron Weasley with the sight of Harry and Hermione kissing.
* ShootTheMessenger: And everyone else in the room.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Tale of the Three Brothers''
* SleepCute: In the book and [[Film/HarryPotter the film]] Ron and Hermione are asleep next to each other, with their hands lying so they appear to be reaching out for each other. Given a horrifying echo in Part II when [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath Remus and Tonks' bodies are laid out in the exact same way.]]
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:Lily, and later Dumbledore, to Harry.]]
* SoulJar: Horcruxes, although each one only contains a fraction of his soul.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Malfoys, more specifically Draco (unknowingly) and Narcissa (deliberately).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Peter Pettigrew, annoyingly enough.]]
* SpottingTheThread: Luna Lovegood sees through Harry's disguise at Bill and Fleur's wedding simply from the expression on Harry's face.
* StartOfDarkness: A variation. This time, instead of seeing Voldemort's transition from cute, troubled kid to full-on genocidal maniac, we get to see Snape's transition from cute, troubled kid to troubled heartbroken adult, and Dumbledore's transition from cute, troubled kid to wise manipulative [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] -- both of them dabbling considerably in the Dark Arts for a while. Apparently coming from a broken home is a pre-requisite for this kind of thing. Interestingly, all three of them were {{Insufferable Genius}}es as teenagers.
* StepfordSmiler: Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish laugh and her sadistic, cheerful attitude, takes this trope UpToEleven during her trials of Muggle-borns which emphasises her status of CompleteMonster. Her BlatantLies that a Muggle-born "is not a witch" trigger Harry's BerserkButton quite quickly.
* SueDonym: The Potterwatch radio crew refer to themselves by ridiculously transparent pseudonyms based on their actual names: Lee [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River Jordan]] is ''River'', '''King'''sley Shacklebolt is ''Royal'', Fred Weasley (weasel) starts as ''Rodent'' (quickly changed to ''Rapier'', presumably for "rapier wit"), and Remus Lupin exhausts the last untapped blatant reference in his name by going as ''Romulus''. To their credit, Kingsley is the wizard JamesEarlJones as far as vocal recognition goes and they would have been killed on sight anyhow for belonging to the Order of the Phoenix, so protecting their identities wasn’t worth much.
* SupernaturalAid: Dumbledore's will.
* SupportingLeader
** Professor [=McGonagall=] leads the defense in the Battle for Hogwarts to give the PowerTrio the time to find the final Horcrux, even though she has to trust Harry by his word alone.
** Also, former ButtMonkey Neville Longbottom lead the student resistance in Harry's absence.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The Horcrux-destroying plot only takes off after Harry, Ron and Hermione find where Gryffindor's sword was hidden.
* TakeOffYourClothes: Hermione makes Harry and Ron take off their wizards' robes so they can pass as Muggles.
* ThatLiarLies: Harry shouts "LIES!" to no-one in particular when first reading some of the media references to Dumbledore's FeetOfClay. The melodrama of this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in that a Muggle neighbor is shown to overhear and glance around nervously.
* ThermalDissonance
* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Ron and Hermione]].
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:"Harry is a Horcrux."]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Virtually everyone, but particular standouts include Mrs. Weasely, Prof. Slughorn, and above all Neville Longbottom, who in some ways really is the biggest hero in the story.
* TrackingDevice: A running quirk in the first book, revealed by Ron in the last: there's a reason why [[spoiler:wizards won't dare speak Lord's Voldemort's name]]. The spell that made that possible wasn't in ''use'' until the last book. So it was safe to actually [[spoiler:say Voldemort's name]] until that spell was cast.
* TroubledButCute: Snape as a little kid.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Voldemort. Also, the former TropeNamer, Dolores Umbridge.
* TWordEuphemism: Effing.
** Mundungus Fletcher uses the line "That wouldn't have been effing difficult..."
** Ron also uses this a few chapters later.
* UnintentionalBackupPlan: A rare villainous example. Voldemort is unaware that [[spoiler:Harry is his final Horcrux.]] As a result, he gave himself a way to win even after the other sources of his power were destroyed. Subverted because Harry still kicks his ass.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Snape to Lily.]]
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: [[spoiler:Snape]]. [[LoveHurts Ouch]].
* {{Untwist}}: Wormtail's life debt to Harry [[spoiler:isn't repaid out of gratitude or a HeelFaceTurn, but instead he's simply magically prevented from harming Harry at a critical moment. His "mercy" is completely accidental, and then triggers a YouHaveFailedMe failsafe...]]
* UnwillingSuspension
** The Muggle Studies teacher.
** [=McGonagall=] does this to the Carrows just before the FinalBattle.
* VillainousBreakdown: Voldemort during the final showdown with Harry, for once showing himself afraid as Harry [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech talks down to him.]] Also in a KillTheMessenger / YouKnowTooMuch moment when he hears about [[spoiler:the Horcrux being stolen from Gringotts.]]
* VillainousBSOD: Averted. The master of a Horcrux can repair his soul by feeling regret -- which, [[MoralEventHorizon given what their creation entails]], often means that they'll feel so much pain that they'll ''die'' -- but Voldemort is such a CompleteMonster that he has to be killed the normal way. Having to do it the old-fashioned way is [[FridgeBrilliance meant to illustrate]] that Voldy is totally an completely [[CompleteMonster irredeemable]].
* WartimeWedding: Bill and Fleur.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Voldemort and Neville, but Badass Neville [[IncorruptiblePurePureness isn't interested.]]
* WhamEpisode: Quite a few major characters are killed off.
* WhamLine: A book full of them, but [[PopularityPower this one takes the cake.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Severus Snape:''']] [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever Always.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Working titles were ''Harry Potter and the Elder Wand'' and ''Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest''. The latter was rejected for being way too cheesy, but the former would have made a lot more sense.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Remus frets a lot over this.
* WhatTheHellHero
** Snape delivers one of these speeches to [[spoiler:Dumbledore, after he reveals that Harry (whom Snape has been protecting) must die in order to defeat Voldemort]]. It's the one time that Snape gets properly angry at Dumbledore.
** Harry delivers one to Lupin, when he offers to abandon his family to help the trio on their quest, largely out of self-loathing.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WhiteVoidRoom: "King's Cross". Only much cleaner.
* WouldHitAGirl
** Crabbe proves that he's not only willing to do ''this'', but is also willing to set one on fire.
** A non-lethal version involves Harry merely knocking Umbridge unconscious with a spell.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Wormtail's silver hand was enchanted to kill him if he ever betrayed Voldemort. He does so accidentally.]]
* YoungestChildWins: The third Peverell brother is the only one who doesn't die as a consequence of his Hallow.
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->''The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.''
-->-- last line in the book
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