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* {{Typecasting}}: This wasn't actually Creator/LaurenLopez's first time in a CrossCastRole: Nick Lang revealed they'd cast her as a "tiny little British boy" several times before, including as Frodo Baggins in their parody of Literature/TheLordOfTheRings.
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** [[spoiler:Given that the map pointed to Ron, it can be imagined that he was meant to be holding the poster when Pettigrew arrived and the blunder was, in fact, a blunder.]]
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** Both in ''A Very Potter Sequel'' and ''MeAndMyDick'', Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Mathathia's character leaves in the end of the play, and even uses the exact same piece of dialogue: "I could travel the world. I've always wanted to see Venice."

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** Both in ''A Very Potter Sequel'' and ''MeAndMyDick'', ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'', Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Mathathia's character leaves in the end of the play, and even uses the exact same piece of dialogue: "I could travel the world. I've always wanted to see Venice."

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* ActorAllusion: "Wizard of the Year" contains several lyrics mocking Harry that seem more based on mocking [[Creator/DarrenCriss his actor's]] role on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', specifically the loss of his "beautiful fro", his Warbler outfit, [[TakeThat his use of lip sync, and the lack of a real story for his character.]]
** There's also a "loser like me" line, a reference to one of Glee's original songs.

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* ActorAllusion: "Wizard of the Year" contains several lyrics mocking Harry that seem more based on mocking [[Creator/DarrenCriss his actor's]] role on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', specifically the loss of his "beautiful fro", his Warbler outfit, [[TakeThat his use of lip sync, and the lack of a real story for his character.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: Meredith Stepien replaces Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione. In true [[Creator/TeamStarKid StarKid]] style, it is immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Hermione breaks her nose at the beginning of the musical and fixes it with a spell, but looks different.
-->'''Hemione:''' Well, I may look different, but you guys should just treat me like I'm the same old Hermione you know and love. (To audience) And that goes for all you too. (She winks at audience)

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Meredith Stepien replaces Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione. In true [[Creator/TeamStarKid StarKid]] style, it is immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Hermione breaks her nose at the beginning of the musical and fixes it with a spell, but looks different.
-->'''Hemione:''' Well, I may look different, but you guys should just treat me like I'm the same old Hermione you know and love. (To audience) ''[To audience]'' And that goes for all you too. (She ''[She winks at audience) audience]''



* ThrowItIn: [[spoiler: "I hope you find that swimming pool" in Harry's repeat of "Going Back to Hogwarts" to his son was added last minute back stage. And all the better for it.]]

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[[spoiler: "I hope you find that swimming pool" in Harry's repeat of "Going Back to Hogwarts" to his son was added last minute back stage. And all the better for it.]]

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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Joe Moses actually had a cold during the performance, creating the iconic wheezy voice which Moses then had to fake during all future appearances.

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Joe Moses actually had a cold during the performance, creating the iconic wheezy voice which Moses then had to fake during all future appearances.appearances.
** Ron wears a headband because Joey Richter found that it helped the wig stay on better. It's since become an iconic part of Joey's image.
* ThrowItIn: The creators have revealed assorted tidbits which, added up, ultimately mean that most of what makes the show great was the result of the actors just not caring all that much.
** Ron's habit of constant snacking was born of Joey Richter's own habit of doing so during rehearsal.
** The notepad Dumbledore uses to run through all the information he has to give Harry was devised by Dylan Saunders because he couldn't actually remember it.
** Rumbleroar asking Dumbledore if he remembered his spacesuit was ad-libbed by Jim Povolo, as Saunders had genuinely forgotten it.
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* DawsonCasting: Played for laughs. All the actors are university. Harry says he's 12.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: For those who weren't one of the three people who saw Creator/DarrenCriss on ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. This started happening a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.

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* TheRedStapler: Red Vines
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Several of the new characters are played by ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' alums. Flopsy is Lupin, The Old Snatch is Sirius, Big T is Yaxley, Weenie is Lily, Hedwig, and [[spoiler:Luna.]]

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* TheRedStapler: Red Vines
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ProductionPosse: Several of the new characters are played by ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' alums. Flopsy is Lupin, The Old Snatch is Sirius, Big T is Yaxley, Weenie is Lily, Hedwig, and [[spoiler:Luna.]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw Creator/DarrenCriss on ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. This started happening a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: RetroactiveRecognition: For those who weren't one of the three people who saw Creator/DarrenCriss on ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. This started happening a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.



* HeyItsThatGuy
** Holy ''shit'', Umbridge is Voldemort in a dress?!
** Co-creator Nick Lang pops up as [[ActingForTwo Arthur, Umbridge's mom, Peter Pettigrew, the Sorting Hat, and the Scarf of Sexual Preference.]]
** Several of the new characters are played by MeAndMyDick alums. Flopsy is Lupin, The Old Snatch is Sirius, Big T is Yaxley, Weenie is Lily, Hedwig, and [[spoiler:Luna.]]
** Tyler Brunsman (Cedric Diggory) is Lucius Malfoy.
** Brian Rosenthal, who played Quirrell, now plays Seamus Finnigan. And James Potter in a flashback.
** Jim Povolo now doubles as both Goyle and Firenze.



* RelationshipVoiceActor: Several of the new characters are played by ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' alums. Flopsy is Lupin, The Old Snatch is Sirius, Big T is Yaxley, Weenie is Lily, Hedwig, and [[spoiler:Luna.]]



* HeyItsThatGuy: With only three exceptions, ''every single actor who's ever been in a Starkid production'' is in this show. Notable examples includes Elona Finlay from ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'' as Madam Pomfrey and Alle-Faye Monka from ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' as Fleur, both of whom hadn't been used by the company in years.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Hollywood voice actor Bob Joles is the narrator. (his wife, Pat Brady, is Team Starkid's agent, and plays the Candy Lady in this show)


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* ProductionPosse: With only three exceptions, ''every single actor who's ever been in a Starkid production'' is in this show. Notable examples includes Elona Finlay from ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'' as Madam Pomfrey and Alle-Faye Monka from ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' as Fleur, both of whom hadn't been used by the company in years.
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* DevelopmentGag: When Harry repeats his [[CallBack "Butterbeer's on me!"]] line from the original show only for [=McGonagall=] to silence the resulting cheers; this is a reference to the original plan for ''A Very Potter Sequel'', which would have picked up exactly where ''Musical'' left off, with [=McGonagall=] similarly putting a stop to the celebration of Voldemort's defeat.

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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Joe Moses actually had a cold during the performance, creating the iconic wheezy voice which Moses then had to fake during all future appearances.



* HeyItsThatVoice: Hollywood voice actor Bob Joles is the narrator. (his wife, Pat Brady, is a talent agent who's been given special thanks in every Starkid production, and plays the Candy Lady in this show)

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Hollywood voice actor Bob Joles is the narrator. (his wife, Pat Brady, is a talent agent who's been given special thanks in every Starkid production, Team Starkid's agent, and plays the Candy Lady in this show)

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** In ''A Very Potter Senior Year'' we see many actors who haven't been in a Starkid production for a while.


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* HeyItsThatGuy: With only three exceptions, ''every single actor who's ever been in a Starkid production'' is in this show. Notable examples includes Elona Finlay from ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'' as Madam Pomfrey and Alle-Faye Monka from ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' as Fleur, both of whom hadn't been used by the company in years.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Hollywood voice actor Bob Joles is the narrator. (his wife, Pat Brady, is a talent agent who's been given special thanks in every Starkid production, and plays the Candy Lady in this show)


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** Julia Albain was unable to appear, and is replaced by Brant Cox as Percy and Pat Brady as the Candy Lady, while Crabbe is killed offscreen. In an ActorAllusion, the Candy Lady has taken Crabbe's place in Draco's gang.

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* RealitySubtext: Growing up, moving on, and letting go of Literature/HarryPotter and Hogwarts.

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Growing up, moving on, and letting go of Literature/HarryPotter and Hogwarts.Hogwarts.
** Some of the lines in the show--particularly, a few lyrics in "This is the End" and "Wizard of the Year"--seem like they're not about Harry getting old so much as they are about Creator/DarrenCriss growing apart from Creator/TeamStarkid as he finds mainstream fame.
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* ThrowItIn: Actually ''subverted'', perhaps an unprecedented feat with this trope. Ron's failure to take the Taylor Lautner poster down and the resultant {{Corpsing}} and ad-libs about there being a Lautner poster in every room, even the stagehands (not visible in the filmed version) who also fail to take the poster down between the two scenes - it was all completely staged, as evidenced by [[spoiler:the poster turning out to be Peter Pettigrew.]]
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*** WordOfGod states that Crabbe was almost a basic hand puppet controlled by Goyle.

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*** WordOfGod states that ** Crabbe was almost a basic hand puppet controlled by Goyle.
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** A second epilogue where Lockhart [[spoiler:achieves his dream of being found by mice]] was not present, probably due to the fact that it makes the [[spoiler:"writing of the Literature/HarryPotter series for Muggles being done by Lockhart"]] subplot not make a whole lot of sense.

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** A second epilogue where Lockhart [[spoiler:achieves his dream of being found by mice]] was not present, probably due to the fact that it makes takes away from the [[spoiler:"writing of [[spoiler:"Hermione and Lockhart writing the Literature/HarryPotter series for Muggles being done by Lockhart"]] subplot not make a whole lot of sense. series"]] subplot.



** Hermione's "transformation" being a result of using the repairo charm on her face when Neville broke her nose.

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** Hermione's "transformation" being a result of using the repairo Reparo charm on her face when Neville broke her nose.
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*** WordOfGod states that Crabbe was almost a basic hand puppet controlled by Goyle.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Meredith Stepien replaces Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione. In true StarKid Style, it is immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Hermione breaks her nose at the beginning of the musical and fixes it with a spell, but looks different.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Meredith Stepien replaces Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione. In true StarKid Style, [[Creator/TeamStarKid StarKid]] style, it is immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Hermione breaks her nose at the beginning of the musical and fixes it with a spell, but looks different.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At 2012 [=LeakyCon=], Creator/TeamStarKids revealed several examples:

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At 2012 [=LeakyCon=], Creator/TeamStarKids Creator/TeamStarKid revealed several examples:
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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At 2012 [=LeakyCon=], [=StarKids=] revealed several examples:

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss Creator/DarrenCriss on ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen This started happening a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At 2012 [=LeakyCon=], [=StarKids=] Creator/TeamStarKids revealed several examples:



* ActorAllusion: "Wizard of the Year" contains several lyrics mocking Harry that seem more based on mocking [[Creator/DarrenCriss his actor's]] role on {{Glee}}, specifically the loss of his "beautiful fro", his Warbler outfit, [[TakeThat his use of lip sync, and the lack of a real story for his character.]]

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* ActorAllusion: "Wizard of the Year" contains several lyrics mocking Harry that seem more based on mocking [[Creator/DarrenCriss his actor's]] role on {{Glee}}, ''Series/{{Glee}}'', specifically the loss of his "beautiful fro", his Warbler outfit, [[TakeThat his use of lip sync, and the lack of a real story for his character.]]

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* ActorAllusion
** Darren Criss refers to his actual hobby of covering Creator/{{Disney}} songs.
---> '''Harry:''' ...I make weird covers of Disney songs, [[SelfDeprecation who does that?]]
** Harry also gets sorted as [[CampStraight Metrosexual]] which is quite amusing considering how CampStraight Darren Criss actually is.
** Both in ''A Very Potter Sequel'' and ''MeAndMyDick'', Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Mathathia's character leaves in the end of the play, and even uses the exact same piece of dialogue: "I could travel the world. I've always wanted to see Venice."
** Actress Brittany Coleman plays Dean Thomas, who sounds just like Gary Coleman.
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** [[spoiler:Luna Lovegood's cameo and explanation to why we don't see her in the original]].
** It's explained why Dumbledore was able to Dissapperate inside Hogwarts in the first Musical when Umbridge questions it after his escape -- he never did, he just seems to say "Dissapperate" whenever he leaves a room.



* TheRedStapler: Red Vines
* WriterRevolt: It seems the writers/creators have mixed thoughts about their decision to censor and edit ''A Very Potter Musical'' to something worthy of a PG-13 once it caught on with younger audiences online. Though censored F-bombs and edits appear in the sequel too, Lupin and other new characters seem to been written specifically with [[ClusterFBomb Cluster S Bombs]] and similar frequent (but PG-13-appropriate!) profanity sewn into their personalities, and in a sly nod to the original censorship, the kid characters (now only eleven!) cover their ears anytime Lupin swears.



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!!A Very Potter Senior Year:
* ActorAllusion: "Wizard of the Year" contains several lyrics mocking Harry that seem more based on mocking [[Creator/DarrenCriss his actor's]] role on {{Glee}}, specifically the loss of his "beautiful fro", his Warbler outfit, [[TakeThat his use of lip sync, and the lack of a real story for his character.]]
** There's also a "loser like me" line, a reference to one of Glee's original songs.
* DeletedScene: A few lines in the script didn't make it to the Youtube release.
** A scene where young Tom Riddle says goodbye to [[OneSceneWonder Damien, the orphan Anti-Christ]] at their orphanage. It heavily implies that they [[ExperimentedInCollege 'experimented']], with each other.
** A short exchange where Scarfy flirts with a shawl was cut out as well.
** They also cut out all of the lines were the Riddles accused [[spoiler: Tom of [[HeteronormativeCrusader being gay.]]]] It could be because the lines actually weren't played for laughs and actually made the scene more depressing.
** A line was cut out where Hagrid threatened to [[SelfHarm hurt himself]] if Harry left. (It was PlayedForLaughs) It was probably due to the fact that several people actually thought it [[DudeNotFunny wasn't funny and that it was extremely offensive.]]
** A second epilogue where Lockhart [[spoiler:achieves his dream of being found by mice]] was not present, probably due to the fact that it makes the [[spoiler:"writing of the Literature/HarryPotter series for Muggles being done by Lockhart"]] subplot not make a whole lot of sense.
** Right after [[spoiler: Hermione accepts Ron's proposal]], [[spoiler:Dumbledore and Rumbleroar]] made a cameo. There's no explanation as to why it was removed (if it was even in the live show).
** Hermione's "transformation" being a result of using the repairo charm on her face when Neville broke her nose.
* TheOtherDarrin: Meredith Stepien replaces Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione. In true StarKid Style, it is immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Hermione breaks her nose at the beginning of the musical and fixes it with a spell, but looks different.
-->'''Hemione:''' Well, I may look different, but you guys should just treat me like I'm the same old Hermione you know and love. (To audience) And that goes for all you too. (She winks at audience)
** Luna Lovegood is also recast... but in a true CrowningMomentOfAwesome, she's recast with ''Creator/EvannaLynch''.
** Ironically, the actor named Darren is [[AvertedTrope never recast]] (if anything, the unwillingness to recast him made it more difficult to get AVPSY off the ground).
* RealitySubtext: Growing up, moving on, and letting go of Literature/HarryPotter and Hogwarts.
* ThrowItIn: [[spoiler: "I hope you find that swimming pool" in Harry's repeat of "Going Back to Hogwarts" to his son was added last minute back stage. And all the better for it.]]
** The whole rule about having to touch the diary to see/hear Voldemort was something Joe Walker improvised to justify why Hermione couldn't see or hear him (In the script this isn't mentioned at all and he just hides under a desk when she comes in, but since this was a staged reading, there was no desk and thus, no real place for him to hide). And rather than treat it as a throwaway improv, Darren chose to bring it up again, turning a dramatic confrontation into comedy gold.
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** Jim Pavolo now doubles as both Goyle and Firenze.

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** Jim Pavolo Povolo now doubles as both Goyle and Firenze.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''{{Eastwick}}'' ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At 2012 LeakyCon, StarKids revealed several examples:

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At 2012 LeakyCon, StarKids revealed several examples:
** The show was originally intended as more serious and more faithful to the books
** Before Dylan joined the cast, Joe Walker was intended to play both Voldemort and Dumbledore
** Brian Rosenthal was at one point considered for the role of Harry and Lauren was considered for Hermione.
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** In ''A Very Potter Senior Year'' we see many actors who haven't been in a Starkid production for a while.
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* Not actually certain of the trope, but it should be noted that ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' is the only book not touched on so far.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on {{Glee}}.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''{{Eastwick}}'' before ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on {{Glee}}.
''Series/{{Glee}}''.



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* Not actually certain of the trope, but it should be noted that ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' is the only book not touched on so far,

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* Not actually certain of the trope, but it should be noted that ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' is the only book not touched on so far,far.
* When the kids go back in time and they see themselves in the past, they're all played by people in the play who look nothing like them. Draco is played by the tallest guy in the show (Jim Povolo a.k.a Goyle) Hermione is played by a husky man (Richard Campbell a.k.a Neville), Ron is played by a much skinnier guy (Brian Rosenthal a.k.a. Seamus), and Harry is a petite Asian girl (Sango Tajima a.k.a. Lavender Brown) in an afro wig.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''{{Eastwick}}'' before ''AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on {{Glee}}.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the three people who saw DarrenCriss on ''{{Eastwick}}'' before ''AVeryPotterMusical''.''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Something tells me this will happen a lot more to him once he starts appearing on {{Glee}}.



* Not actually certain of the trope, but it should be noted that ChamberOfSecrets is the only book not touched on so far,

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* Not actually certain of the trope, but it should be noted that ChamberOfSecrets ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' is the only book not touched on so far,
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** Jim Pavolo now doubles as both Goyle and Firenze.

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** Jim Pavolo now doubles as both Goyle and Firenze.Firenze.
* Not actually certain of the trope, but it should be noted that ChamberOfSecrets is the only book not touched on so far,

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