History Literature / QuidditchThroughTheAges

* AmericansHateTingle: {{In-universe}}:

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: {{In-universe}}; Japanese players have a {{seppuku}}-like custom of destroying the broom after a loss, as a way of the player regaining honor. Outside of Japan, the same practice is considered a waste of useful hardwood which also makes the Japanese look like sore losers.

* MisaimedFandom: {{In-universe}}. The original Golden Snidget was saved by a witch who was appalled at its abusive treatment. Unfortunately, she failed to prevent the abuse of later ones, and Snidget catching at Quidditch matches became so popular that the species almost became extinct. Thankfully the Snidget was saved with more lobbying after the Golden Snitch's inventor showed that the Golden Snitch was invulnerable to being crushed.

* [[invoked]]VindicatedByHistory: In-universe; Modesty Rabnott was initially viewed as a killjoy for saving the Golden Snidget being hunted as a bet, and lost her house to pay the fine. After the hunting of Golden Snidgets was banned, a wildlife preserve for the endangered birds was given her name.

* ProductPlacement: Ballycastle's mascot, Barny the Fruitbat, is featured in Butterbeer advertisements. He even comes with a cheesy slogan.

* {{Seppuku}}: Apparently, Japanese players set fire to their brooms after a defeat.

** As mentioned above, Quodpot seems to be an Expy for UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball, with it being the preferred sport in the United States while Quidditch is largely ignored. Quodpot is also much more risky and violent for the players, boasting a ball that explodes under certain conditions.

* GoldenSnitch: The origins of the TropeNamer are detailed. The Snitch was not originally part of the game, but was introduced in the form of the Golden Snidget, a tiny round hummingbird whose incredible speed made it difficult to catch. The Chief of the Wizards' Council threw one into a match while offering 150 Galleons to the first player that could catch it. From then on, it became customary to include Golden Snidgets in the game, with them granted 150 points in honor of the original bet, but the dark side was that the Snidget tended to be killed in the process. Eventually their numbers dropped so low that inclusion of them was banned, and an artificial replacement was built, the Golden Snitch.

** The Thundellara Thunderers vs. The Wollongong Warriors. The rivalry is so bad that the very idea of referreeing a game between the two clubs is implied to be a ''nasty'' one. Heck, in wizarding Australia, the common reply to an unlikely claim or boast is "Yeah, and I think I'll volunteer to ref the next Thunderer-Warrior game."

* ObviousRulePatch: It's mentioned that the exhaustive list of fouls (which apparently numbers in the ''hundreds'') has never been made public to avoid giving the players ideas. Though it's also mentioned that the list is mostly redundant, since the ban on using wands during play renders 90% of the fouls on the list impossible to commit.

** As mentioned above, Quodpot seems to be an Expy for American Football, with it being the preferred sport in the United States while Quidditch is largely ignored. Quodpot is also much more risky and violent for the players, boasting a ball that explodes under certain conditions.

* BrokenAce: The Chudley Cannons. They've won the league championship 21 times... but the last time they did it was in 1892. Since that point, they've been pitiful. Their motto even got changed from "We shall conquer" to "Let's cross our fingers and hope for the best."

* AmericansHateTingle: {{In-universe}}; Quidditch is less popular in America in comparison to Quodpot, a sort of hot-potato game involving a Quaffle that has been tampered with and explodes - probably a joke on Americans who prefer American football to soccer and are obsessed with StuffBlowingUp. In Asia, however, Quidditch is only slowly gaining appeal because Asian wizards have traditionally preferred flying carpets to flying broomsticks. The exception to this rule is Japan.

* BrokenAce: The Chudley Cannons. They've won the league championship 21 times...but the last time they did it was in 1892. Since that point, they've been pitiful. Their motto even got changed from "We shall conquer" to "Let's cross our fingers and hope for the best."

* MisaimedFandom: {{In-universe}}. The original Golden Snidget was saved by a witch who was appalled at its abusive treatment. Unfortunately, she failed to prevent the abuse of later ones, and Snidget catching at Quidditch matches became so popular that the species almost became extinct.

* AnAxeToGrind: Apparently happened at one point, hence why it's banned in the official rules list.

* {{Expy}}: Puddlemere United is a mixture of the Liverpool and Manchester United football clubs. They have the success, widespread appeal, and share a similar name with Manchester United, and apparently have a song written for the team that's come to define them, like Liverpool.

* FictionalDocument

* FootnoteFever

* HistoryRepeats: Twice, it's shown a rule change that prompts wizards to say "TheyChangedItNowItSucks" - once for turning the goals from baskets on stilts into fixed-size hoops, and another for banning "[[UnnecessaryRoughness two chasers knocking out the goalkeeper]]".

* HomeFieldAdvantage: See above re: wicker caves.

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: {{In-universe}}; Japanese players have a {{seppuku}}-like custom of destroying the broom after a loss, as a way of the player regaining honor. Outside of Japan, the same practice is considered highly offensive and makes the Japanese look like sore losers.

* FlawedPrototype: The first Broomsticks were flyable, but they were not very aerodynamic, Their speeds varied from broom to broom, and were painfully uncomfortable and prone to shrapnel in really sensitive areas.

* WackyRacing

** The Century of poor performance the Chudley Cannons have brought brings to mind the Chicago Cubs to fans of baseball.

* BrokenAce: The Chudley Cannons. They've won the league championship 21 times...but the last time they did it was in 1892. Since that point, they've been pitiful.

* ObviousRulePatch: It's mentioned that all of these have never been kept in an exhaustive list to avoid giving the players ideas.

* FlyingBroomstick: Their origins are described in the book. It's also admitted that wizards are ''terrible'' at keeping them secret, which is why they're so common in muggle art.

* {{Defictionalization}}

* TheAce: The Montrose Magpies. They have the distinction of having won 32 of their own league's championships, have won the european league twice, and once had a seeker who was so good he actually petitioned to get the snitch made faster because it was "Too easy."

* TheWoobie: The Chudley Cannons as of late.

* NoodleIncident: The 1492 Quidditch World Cup, because every sport has a really bad day at some point - every single foul was committed, including the one about the axe (see above and below), plus "Attempting to decapitate your opponent with a broadsword", "Another player other than the Seeker touching the Snitch", "Tampering with the Quaffle", and "Attempted murder of the referee".

** Appleby Arrows vs. Wilbourne Wasps. Due to a nasty incident involving lobbing a beehive at an Arrow's Seeker, the two teams are in a fierce rivalry.
** The Thundellara Thunderers vs. The Wollongong Warriors. The rivalry is so bad that the very idea of referreeing a game between the two clubs is implied to be a ''nasty'' one.

* {{Seppuku}}: Apparently, Japanese players destroy their brooms after a defeat.

* Expy: Puddlemere United is a weird mixture of the Liverpool and Manchester United football clubs. They have the success, widespread appeal, and share a similar name with Manchester United, and apparently have a song written for the team that's come to define them, like Liverpool.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: With the exception of Puddlemore United, every single one of the Quidditch teams described in the book.

* [[invoked]]VindicatedByHistory: In-universe; Modesty Rabnott was initially viewed as a killjoy for saving the Golden Snidget being hunted as a bet, and lost her house to pay the fine. After hunting of Golden Snidgets were banned, a wildlife preserve for the endangered birds was given her name.

* DeliberateValuesDisonance: {{In-universe}}; Japanese players have a {{seppuku}}-like custom of destroying the broom after a loss, as a way of the player regaining honor. Outside of Japan, the same practice is considered highly offensive and makes the Japanese look like sore losers.