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* HateDumb: We all knew [[TheOtherDarrin Sir Michael Gambon]] was never going to top Richard Harris as Dumbledore, but some of the hate he got for it is really scary.
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** And do '''NOT''' spell mum asanything else.mom.
** And do '''NOT''' spell mum as
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* AwesomeMusic: Courtesy of JohnWilliams above all; the music by the replacement composers is generally well-liked, too. The best can be found [[CrowningMusic/JohnWilliams here]].
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* {{Narm}}: Frequently lampshaded in-universe. For example, Harry has the tendency to want to burst out laughing any time the Dursleys get overly emotional.
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* EvilIsSexy: In the {{Fandom}} anyway. It's called "DracoInLeatherPants" for a reason.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Harry is constantly praised as the best Seeker in the school, and maybe the best player for several years. However, twice in the series, Harry is gifted broomsticks that are demonstrably faster and more maneuverable than his opponents'.
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** Most of the spells come from Latin (Or French, sometimes English)
** The Names of the Blacks: Sirius (the Dog Star), Bellatrix (The Amazon star), Andromeda (the
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** Many other [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters character names]] as well
** Most of the spells come from Latin (Or French, sometimes English)
** The Names of the Blacks: Sirius (the Dog Star), Bellatrix (The Amazon star), Andromeda (the
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* RetroactiveRecognition: OMG ITS [[{{Twilight}} EDWARD]]!!!!!!
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* {{Adorkable}}: Harry and Hermione's dancing in ''Deathly Hallows: Part 1''.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Evanna Lynch ''is'' Luna Lovegood!
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** Moaning Myrtle, Remus Lupin and probably more.
** Draco Malfoy, considering that when he's under the most pressure in Book Six, he cries on ''[[spoiler: Myrtle's]]'' shoulder.
** Luna. Poor, sweet Luna. Even the emotionally-inept Harry is described as feeling a combination of embarassment and pity at her good nature and cheer in the face of having no friends and being relentlessly teased.
** Merope Gaunt. Considering what we do see of her life, was it really a shock that [[spoiler: after giving birth to Voldemort]] she simply [[DespairEventHorizon lost her will to live]] and just died?
** Neville can't catch a break. Rowling has it out for him - not only because of what happened to his [[spoiler: parents]], but the fact that in class, all magical backlashes direct back to him.
** Dobby. Just Dobby. "Dobby is used to death threats, sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home."
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''(Harry ignores her and takes off on his broom anyway)''\\
'''Hermione:''' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin What an idiot.]]
-->'''Hermione:''' Harry, no way! You heard what Madam Hooch said. Besides, you don't even know how to fly!\\
''(Harry ignores her and takes off on his broom anyway)''\\
'''Hermione:''' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin What an idiot.]]
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* AccidentalInnuendo: There's a whole [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=185912534619 facebook page page]] set up for this.this.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: For nearly every character. Unsurprising given the series' popularity.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: For nearly every character. Unsurprising given the series' popularity.
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* [[{{ptitlexxpmjrh25rbg}} Complaining About Books You Don't Read]]: A surprising number of people who have negative criticisms about these books have obviously never read them, for they spout such utter nonsense as the persistent urban myth that the books "encourage children to take an interest in the occult" (contradicted by the ''opening chapters'' of the ''very first book'', and reiterated thereafter, such as Filch's attempt to learn magic from a correspondence course).
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* CargoShip: With the general idea of wands and such, it's physically impossible for this not to exist.
* [[{{ptitlexxpmjrh25rbg}} Complaining About Books You Don't Read]]: A surprising number of people (perhaps the majority) who have negative criticisms about these books have obviously never read them, for they spout such utter nonsense as the persistent urban myth that the books "encourage children to take an interest in the occult" (contradicted by the ''opening chapters'' of the ''very first book'', and reiterated thereafter, such as Filch's attempt to learn magic from a correspondence course).
* [[{{ptitlexxpmjrh25rbg}} Complaining About Books You Don't Read]]: A surprising number of people (perhaps the majority) who have negative criticisms about these books have obviously never read them, for they spout such utter nonsense as the persistent urban myth that the books "encourage children to take an interest in the occult" (contradicted by the ''opening chapters'' of the ''very first book'', and reiterated thereafter, such as Filch's attempt to learn magic from a correspondence course).
* CrazyAwesome: Professor Trelawney smacking down a werewolf with her crystal balls.
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* CrazyAwesome: Professor Trelawney smacking down EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as there's a werewolf with her crystal balls. lot of alchemical symbolism in the series, including character's names. The problems arise when [[FanDumb certain parts of the fandom]] take the symbols, use them to support their theories, and said theories are ''entirely wrong''. The usual response upon realizing this is to blame Rowling for being wrong, and wistfully talk about how the series would've been better.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The allegations of Satanism were made funny by ''FanFic/MyImmortal''.
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* JerkassWoobie: If you had a quarter for every time a character who initially appeared to be just a straight-up asshole actually was a good person deep down, or how often a [[TheWoobie woobie]] turned venomous, you could conceivably rival Rowling's fortune.
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* NarmCharm: WordOfGod confirms that in [[TheVerse the Potterverse]], the Quibbler is "appreciated for its unintentional humour."
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In real life, Harry Potter got publicity just for being banned in some places for promoting witchcraft. And in the story, this is echoed a few times; for example, in ''Chamber of Secrets'', Lockhart is very happy when a fight breaks out at a book signing for his latest book.
** And then averted in the story when the ''Daily Prophet'', Wizarding England's primary newspaper, does a massive (and successful) smear campaign on Harry and Dumbledore.
*** Played straight in the fifth book, where the Ministry of Magic's propaganda campaign against Harry's story that Voldemort has returned is reversed when Umbridge bans a copy of ''The Quibbler'' that tells Harry's story about his encounter with Voldemort. The issue is then sold out and must be reprinted due to curiosity about why it was banned.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In real life, Harry Potter got publicity just for being banned in some places for promoting witchcraft. And in the story, this is echoed a few times; for example, in ''Chamber of Secrets'', Lockhart is very happy when a fight breaks out at a book signing for his latest book.
** And then averted in the story when the ''Daily Prophet'', Wizarding England's primary newspaper, does a massive (and successful) smear campaign on Harry and Dumbledore.
*** Played straight in the fifth book, where the Ministry of Magic's propaganda campaign against Harry's story that Voldemort has returned is reversed when Umbridge bans a copy of ''The Quibbler'' that tells Harry's story about his encounter with Voldemort. The issue is then sold out and must be reprinted due to curiosity about why it was banned.
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* ContinuityLockout: Because of time constraints, much of the backstory gets cut, leaving many viewers who haven't read the books scratching their heads.
** In the third film, the simple fact that Sirius is innocent and was framed by Pettigrew is explained in the most confusing manner possible. This sentence probably just explained it more clearly than any line in the entire movie.
** In the beginning of ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry is holding a fragment of the Two-way mirror Sirius gave him. It was never shown in the films how he got it.
*** It seems highly probable that this was in the ''original'' cut of Order of the Pheonix, but thanks to [[ExecutiveMeddling Executive Meddling]] it was cut for the theatrical version.
** In the third film, the simple fact that Sirius is innocent and was framed by Pettigrew is explained in the most confusing manner possible. This sentence probably just explained it more clearly than any line in the entire movie.
** In the beginning of ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry is holding a fragment of the Two-way mirror Sirius gave him. It was never shown in the films how he got it.
*** It seems highly probable that this was in the ''original'' cut of Order of the Pheonix, but thanks to [[ExecutiveMeddling Executive Meddling]] it was cut for the theatrical version.
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* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: The frequently asked topic of conversation in most press interviews for ''DeathlyHallows Part One'' was the filming of the Horcrux visions of topless Harry and Hermione kissing.
* HilariousInHindsight: Cedric Diggory makes his entrance [[{{Twilight}} jumping out of a tree]]. Maybe he was [[PotterPuppetPals both]][[http://www.robertisbothered.com/ ered]].
** After Bill gets mauled by Greyback, the narration states that he "now bore a distinct resemblance to Mad-Eye Moody. Moody is played by Brendan Gleeson. Bill is played by his son Domhnall.
** And getting back to Cedric, anti-fans of Twilight will never again be able to take his death seriously, because they just [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome got to see Edward Cullens]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome die.]]''
** After Bill gets mauled by Greyback, the narration states that he "now bore a distinct resemblance to Mad-Eye Moody. Moody is played by Brendan Gleeson. Bill is played by his son Domhnall.
** And getting back to Cedric, anti-fans of Twilight will never again be able to take his death seriously, because they just [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome got to see Edward Cullens]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome die.]]''
* MemeticMutation:
** "Dobby never meant to kill! Only maim, or severely injure!" is quickly picking up steam.
** "Turn to page 394." It's due mostly to Snape fangirls finding Alan Rickman's delivery of this very random line extremely sexy. The fact that he repeats "page 394" a couple times later in the scene pushed it to full-blown meme status.
** "Dobby never meant to kill! Only maim, or severely injure!" is quickly picking up steam.
** "Turn to page 394." It's due mostly to Snape fangirls finding Alan Rickman's delivery of this very random line extremely sexy. The fact that he repeats "page 394" a couple times later in the scene pushed it to full-blown meme status.
* ShipTease: Because Hermione is featured even more prominently in the films than in the books, this was kinda inevitable, but ''DeathlyHallows'' brings it to a new level with Harry and Hermione's awkward, quasi-romantic dancing.
** Despite this, the films actually started teasing Ron/Hermione earlier than the books, with the end of the second film, whereas the books didn't start until the fourth installment. The third film had several Ron/Hermione moments, although they ended up being overshadowed by Harry and Hermione's interactions during the half of the climax which they spent together.
** Despite this, the films actually started teasing Ron/Hermione earlier than the books, with the end of the second film, whereas the books didn't start until the fourth installment. The third film had several Ron/Hermione moments, although they ended up being overshadowed by Harry and Hermione's interactions during the half of the climax which they spent together.
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* TheWoobie: The list of Woobies in the movies pretty much correspond to the one in the [[Woobie/HarryPotter book version]]. However Professor Trelawney gets Woobie status in ''OrderOfThePhoenix'' in the scene where she's fired by Delores Umbridge and forced to leave Hogwarts with her bags in front of the whole school. Emma Thompson's heartbreaking performance makes it an absolute TearJerker in the movie.
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* GannonBanned: Electronic Technology is not permissable in any dose at Hogwarts, nor does not work at Hogwarts, '''PERIOD.''' Just try to claim this at a forum, and you'll come face to face with this trope.
** Also, do not spell Hermione as anything else.
** Also, do not spell Hermione as anything else.
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* BetterOnDVD: While the movies don't make complete sense on their own, they make better sense when viewed in a marathon (esp. with the deleted scenes), especially since the installments are released one or two years apart, which adds up quite quickly. It's a bit much to expect someone who didn't rewatch the series on DVD to remember Gryffindor's sword after eight years.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** Four in ''Prisoner of Azkaban''. First, the talking shrunken head on the Knight Bus. Second, the choir singing the witches poem from ''{{Macbeth}}''.
** In ''Goblet of Fire'', the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang introduce themselves with dance.
*** It's even worse in the deleted scene, where the Hogwarts students responded by ''singing'' their school song. [[LampshadeHanging The Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students look]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny reasonably uncomfortable.]]
** ''Deathly Hallows Part One'' had that dancing scene between Harry and Hermione.
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** Four in ''Prisoner of Azkaban''. First, the talking shrunken head on the Knight Bus. Second, the choir singing the witches poem from ''{{Macbeth}}''.
** In ''Goblet of Fire'', the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang introduce themselves with dance.
*** It's even worse in the deleted scene, where the Hogwarts students responded by ''singing'' their school song. [[LampshadeHanging The Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students look]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny reasonably uncomfortable.]]
** ''Deathly Hallows Part One'' had that dancing scene between Harry and Hermione.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Quite a few characters not given much attention in the books suddenly become more popular once there's an actor playing them. One example? Yaxley, who in the books was just a named Death Eater. In ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'', he acts more like a well-dressed British gangster. It helps that he's played by the badass [[{{Trainspotting}} Peter]] [[ChildrenOfMen Mullan]].
** Also his walking instead of running after the fleeing Trio in the Ministry made him a lot scarier!
* HamAndCheese: Ralph Fiennes is just there to enjoy himself.
* InternetBackdraft: Want to have some fun? Find some Potter fans and claim you prefer the films to the books. Expect them to retort that that is because you haven't read the books. And then if you really want to have some fun, say you have read the books and still prefer the films.
** Also his walking instead of running after the fleeing Trio in the Ministry made him a lot scarier!
* HamAndCheese: Ralph Fiennes is just there to enjoy himself.
* InternetBackdraft: Want to have some fun? Find some Potter fans and claim you prefer the films to the books. Expect them to retort that that is because you haven't read the books. And then if you really want to have some fun, say you have read the books and still prefer the films.
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* AdaptationDecay: Rare will be the fan who has no gripes with the movies... but what specific gripe, what specific movie, and what specific fan will certainly vary.
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* NeutralGood: Harry
* ChaoticGood: Sirius Black
* LawfulNeutral: Argus Filch
* TrueNeutral: Severus Snape
* ChaoticNeutral: Gilderoy Lockhart
* LawfulEvil: Dolores Umbridge
* NeutralEvil: Peter Pettigrew
* ChaoticEvil: Voldemort
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* ChaoticGood: Sirius Black
* LawfulNeutral: Argus Filch
* TrueNeutral: Severus Snape
* ChaoticNeutral: Gilderoy Lockhart
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*Neutral Good: NeutralGood: Harry
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* Neutral Good: Harry
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* Lawful Good: Hermione
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* Lawful Evil: Umbridge
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* Chaotic Evil: Voldemort
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Evanna Lynch ''is'' Luna Lovegood!
* CanonSue: There are fans who debate and write essays over Hermione, Ginny, or even Lily Evans being this.
* CompleteMonster: Dolores Umbridge. Voldemort. Bellatrix Lestrange. Fenrir Greyback. Barty Crouch Jr.
** Special mention goes to Umbridge and Greyback. Umbridge is willing to torture children, and threatens to destroy people's souls for resisting arrest for, essentially, the crime of being born. Greyback earns his reputation by being little more than a wild monster who can talk and do magic, amongst other things, [[spoiler:his mouth practically waters at the thought of eating Hermione alive.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Draco, of course, and all the bad guys except Voldemort. Well, he ''was'' handsome before his psychosis was set off...
** RonTheDeathEater: Ditto Ron, the Weasleys, and pretty much all of the good guys.
* EpilepticTrees: Lots of them, especially while the series was still ongoing. This was greatly helped along by Rowling's love of {{Red Herring}}s and [[ChekhovsArmoury Chekhovs Armouries]], which encouraged many fans to consider seemingly established facts as misleading while considering seemingly unimportant details as important.
* CrazyAwesome: Professor Trelawney smacking down a werewolf with her crystal balls.
* CompleteMonster: Dolores Umbridge. Voldemort. Bellatrix Lestrange. Fenrir Greyback. Barty Crouch Jr.
** Special mention goes to Umbridge and Greyback. Umbridge is willing to torture children, and threatens to destroy people's souls for resisting arrest for, essentially, the crime of being born. Greyback earns his reputation by being little more than a wild monster who can talk and do magic, amongst other things, [[spoiler:his mouth practically waters at the thought of eating Hermione alive.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Draco, of course, and all the bad guys except Voldemort. Well, he ''was'' handsome before his psychosis was set off...
** RonTheDeathEater: Ditto Ron, the Weasleys, and pretty much all of the good guys.
* EpilepticTrees: Lots of them, especially while the series was still ongoing. This was greatly helped along by Rowling's love of {{Red Herring}}s and [[ChekhovsArmoury Chekhovs Armouries]], which encouraged many fans to consider seemingly established facts as misleading while considering seemingly unimportant details as important.
* CrazyAwesome: Professor Trelawney smacking down a werewolf with her crystal balls.
* FanonDiscontinuity: one to three books from the fifth on, particularly the epilogue of the last. In fact, so many people despised the epilogue of the final book that they have an acronym for ignoring it: EWE ("Epilogue? What Epilogue?")
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* {{Narm}}:
** The most commonly cited are the end of the second movie and Harry's "he was their friend" speech.
** The scene where Ron [[spoiler:describes the Deluminator, only made worse with the music in the background and the fact the plot-important mention of Ron's name was cut. Lampshaded when Harry says Ron ought to cheer Hermione up with more on "the glowing ball of light in your heart".]]
** The most commonly cited are the end of the second movie and Harry's "he was their friend" speech.
** The scene where Ron [[spoiler:describes the Deluminator, only made worse with the music in the background and the fact the plot-important mention of Ron's name was cut. Lampshaded when Harry says Ron ought to cheer Hermione up with more on "the glowing ball of light in your heart".]]
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Many video games based on this series like ''Harry Potter And The Dealthly Hallows, Part 1'' have received mediocre reviews.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Many reviewers and fans feel that Dobby's appearance in ''Deathly Hallows, Part 1'' significantly improves his character.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they preferred the first two films to the later fims. See also [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=], above.
* UnpleasableFanbase
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids / WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Seems to fall into both. Rowling did indeed conceive the books as a children's series, despite the protestations of many older fans that it's not ''really'' for kids. But it's fair to say that the books "grew" with the original fanbase, and the last three or four aren't appropriate for the books' original elementary-school-age audience. Evidenced by the fact that the ratings of the Harry Potter [[TheFilmOfTheBook movies]] seem to be increasing with each sequel: the first few were PG, the more recent ones have been PG-13, and with reports about possible nudity in the two-part ''Deathly Hallows'' adaptations it looks like the filmmakers are shooting for an R-rating.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical:
** [[WordOfGod JK Rowling says]] that Voldemort is the worst traits of AdolfHitler and JosefStalin combined.
** The Death Eaters were an update of ThoseWackyNazis. Of course, in the fourth movie they look like gothic KKK ripoffs.
** Fudge is [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]]; Dumbledore is WinstonChurchill.
** And Harry would be {{Douglas Bader}}. Voldemort would be [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Hogwarts Song. Remember that one? WordOfGod has stated that Dumbledore only asked people to sing when he was in an exceptionally good mood. Everything went downhill after the first book, and given their reaction the first time around, it seems highly unusual that any of the other teachers would start singing.
* UnpleasableFanbase
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids / WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Seems to fall into both. Rowling did indeed conceive the books as a children's series, despite the protestations of many older fans that it's not ''really'' for kids. But it's fair to say that the books "grew" with the original fanbase, and the last three or four aren't appropriate for the books' original elementary-school-age audience. Evidenced by the fact that the ratings of the Harry Potter [[TheFilmOfTheBook movies]] seem to be increasing with each sequel: the first few were PG, the more recent ones have been PG-13, and with reports about possible nudity in the two-part ''Deathly Hallows'' adaptations it looks like the filmmakers are shooting for an R-rating.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical:
** [[WordOfGod JK Rowling says]] that Voldemort is the worst traits of AdolfHitler and JosefStalin combined.
** The Death Eaters were an update of ThoseWackyNazis. Of course, in the fourth movie they look like gothic KKK ripoffs.
** Fudge is [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]]; Dumbledore is WinstonChurchill.
** And Harry would be {{Douglas Bader}}. Voldemort would be [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Hogwarts Song. Remember that one? WordOfGod has stated that Dumbledore only asked people to sing when he was in an exceptionally good mood. Everything went downhill after the first book, and given their reaction the first time around, it seems highly unusual that any of the other teachers would start singing.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids / WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Seems to fall into both. Rowling did indeed conceive the books as a children's series, despite the protestations
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** [[WordOfGod JK Rowling says]] that Voldemort is the worst traits of AdolfHitler and JosefStalin combined.
** The Death Eaters were an update of ThoseWackyNazis. Of course, in the fourth movie they look like gothic KKK ripoffs.
** Fudge is [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]]; Dumbledore is WinstonChurchill.
** And Harry would be {{Douglas Bader}}. Voldemort would be [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].
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** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.
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** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.AndTheFandomRejoiced: Evanna Lynch ''is'' Luna Lovegood!
** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.
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* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.
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* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.knife.
* [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=]: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they prefer the later films to the first two. See also TheyChangedItNowItSucks, below.
* LoveItOrHateIt: ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' is either the best or the worst of the films.
* MoodWhiplash:
** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.
* {{Narm}}:
** The most commonly cited are the end of the second movie and Harry's "he was their friend" speech.
** The scene where Ron [[spoiler:describes the Deluminator, only made worse with the music in the background and the fact the plot-important mention of Ron's name was cut. Lampshaded when Harry says Ron ought to cheer Hermione up with more on "the glowing ball of light in your heart".]]
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Many reviewers and fans feel that Dobby's appearance in ''Deathly Hallows, Part 1'' significantly improves his character.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they preferred the first two films to the later fims. See also [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=], above.
!!Video games
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames
* [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=]: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they prefer the later films to the first two. See also TheyChangedItNowItSucks, below.
* LoveItOrHateIt: ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' is either the best or the worst of the films.
* MoodWhiplash:
** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.
* {{Narm}}:
** The most commonly cited are the end of the second movie and Harry's "he was their friend" speech.
** The scene where Ron [[spoiler:describes the Deluminator, only made worse with the music in the background and the fact the plot-important mention of Ron's name was cut. Lampshaded when Harry says Ron ought to cheer Hermione up with more on "the glowing ball of light in your heart".]]
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Many reviewers and fans feel that Dobby's appearance in ''Deathly Hallows, Part 1'' significantly improves his character.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they preferred the first two films to the later fims. See also [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=], above.
!!Video games
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames
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* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.
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** ''Order Of the Phoenix'' is sometimes considered an improvement over its book counterpart, as it cuts out most of Harry's {{wangst}}ing and temper tantrums, and also ''considerably'' shortens the time it takes to get the kids back to Hogwarts (the most common complaints about the book).
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** ''Order Of the Phoenix'' is sometimes considered an improvement over its book counterpart, as it cuts out most of Harry's {{wangst}}ing and temper tantrums, and also ''considerably'' shortens the time it takes to get the kids back to Hogwarts (the most common complaints about the book).book).
* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.
* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.
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!!Books
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Hogwarts Song. Remember that one? WordOfGod has stated that Dumbledore only asked people to sing when he was in an exceptionally good mood. Everything went downhill after the first book, and given their reaction the first time around, it seems highly unusual that any of the other teachers would start singing.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Hogwarts Song. Remember that one? WordOfGod has stated that Dumbledore only asked people to sing when he was in an exceptionally good mood. Everything went downhill after the first book, and given their reaction the first time around, it seems highly unusual that any of the other teachers would start singing.singing.
!!Films
* MoodWhiplash:
** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.
* AdaptationDecay: Rare will be the fan who has no gripes with the movies... but what specific gripe, what specific movie, and what specific fan will certainly vary.
* AdaptationDistillation: The ChrisColumbus films retain about 95% of the book's plot while bringing Rowling's world onto film.
** It should also be noted that the first two films were helped by the fact that the first two books were ''not'' particularly long. In fact, any of the last four books is roughly twice the length (if not more so) as either of the first two.
** ''Order Of the Phoenix'' is sometimes considered an improvement over its book counterpart, as it cuts out most of Harry's {{wangst}}ing and temper tantrums, and also ''considerably'' shortens the time it takes to get the kids back to Hogwarts (the most common complaints about the book).
!!Films
* MoodWhiplash:
** In ''HalfBloodPrince'' the scene goes from funny with Ron under the love potion to him convulsing and frothing at the mouth after drinking a poisoned drink.
* AdaptationDecay: Rare will be the fan who has no gripes with the movies... but what specific gripe, what specific movie, and what specific fan will certainly vary.
* AdaptationDistillation: The ChrisColumbus films retain about 95% of the book's plot while bringing Rowling's world onto film.
** It should also be noted that the first two films were helped by the fact that the first two books were ''not'' particularly long. In fact, any of the last four books is roughly twice the length (if not more so) as either of the first two.
** ''Order Of the Phoenix'' is sometimes considered an improvement over its book counterpart, as it cuts out most of Harry's {{wangst}}ing and temper tantrums, and also ''considerably'' shortens the time it takes to get the kids back to Hogwarts (the most common complaints about the book).
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* ItWasHisSled: In book 6, Snake killing Dumbledore.
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* ItWasHisSled: In book 6, Snake Snape killing Dumbledore.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Evanna Lynch ''is'' Luna Lovegood!
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* ItWasHisSled: As the series goes on, spoiling it becomes a cottage industry, including one [[MemeticMutation infamous]] JerkAss who drove past a store and spoiled people waiting in line for Book 6.
-->Nooooo! You bitch! You BIIIIITCH!
-->Nooooo! You bitch! You BIIIIITCH!
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* [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=]: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they prefer the later films to the first two. See also TheyChangedItNowItSucks, below.
* ItWasHisSled:As the series goes on, spoiling it becomes a cottage industry, including one [[MemeticMutation infamous]] JerkAss who drove past a store and spoiled people waiting in line for Book 6.
-->Nooooo! You bitch! You BIIIIITCH!In book 6, Snake killing Dumbledore.
* ItWasHisSled:
-->Nooooo! You bitch! You BIIIIITCH!
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Many reviewers and fans feel that Dobby's appearance in ''Deathly Hallows, Part 1'' significantly improves his character.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film series' UnpleasableFanbase, especially if they preferred the first two films to the later fims. See also [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=], above.
* UnpleasableFanbase
* UnpleasableFanbase
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Please elaborate on Hilarious in Hindsight. Shouldn\'t that belong on My Immortal\'s YMMV page instead anyway?
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* FoeYay: [[WordOfGay Dumbledore and Grindelwald]]; Harry and Draco. According to fanfic writers, also Draco and Ginny and Draco and Hermione.
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* FoeYay: [[WordOfGay Dumbledore and Grindelwald]]; Harry and Draco. According to fanfic writers, also Draco, Draco and Ginny and Draco and Hermione.Hermione.
* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.
* FridgeHorror: Bellatrix scarring Hermione's arm with the word "Mudblood" was bad enough, until you think about what was happening before the scene cut to Harry and Ron in the dungeon hearing Hermione's screams. Bellatrix had her face on Hermione's arm, implying that she ''chewed'' the word into Hermione's skin even though she probably used her knife.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The allegations of Satanism were made funny by ''FanFic/MyImmortal.''
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* LoveItOrHateIt: ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' is either the best or the worst of the films.
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* {{Narm}}:
** The most commonly cited are the end of the second movie and Harry's "he was their friend" speech.
** The scene where Ron [[spoiler:describes the Deluminator, only made worse with the music in the background and the fact the plot-important mention of Ron's name was cut. Lampshaded when Harry says Ron ought to cheer Hermione up with more on "the glowing ball of light in your heart".]]
** The most commonly cited are the end of the second movie and Harry's "he was their friend" speech.
** The scene where Ron [[spoiler:describes the Deluminator, only made worse with the music in the background and the fact the plot-important mention of Ron's name was cut. Lampshaded when Harry says Ron ought to cheer Hermione up with more on "the glowing ball of light in your heart".]]
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Voldemort was around before Bush was elected President......
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** Many people are convinced that Voldemort represents GeorgeWBush. AlfonsoCuaron (director of the film version of ''Prisoner of Azkaban'') said that he envisioned Big Daddy V as a combination of Bush and Saddam Hussein. [[WordOfGod Rowling said]] he's the worst traits of AdolfHitler and JosefStalin combined.
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** Many people are convinced [[WordOfGod JK Rowling says]] that Voldemort represents GeorgeWBush. AlfonsoCuaron (director of the film version of ''Prisoner of Azkaban'') said that he envisioned Big Daddy V as a combination of Bush and Saddam Hussein. [[WordOfGod Rowling said]] he's is the worst traits of AdolfHitler and JosefStalin combined.
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* [[{{ptitlexxpmjrh25rbg}} Complaining About Books You Don't Read]]: A surprising number of people (perhaps the majority) who have negative criticisms about these books have obviously never read them, for they spout such utter nonsense as the persistent urban myth that the books "encourage children to take an interest in the occult" (contradicted by the ''opening chapters'' of the ''very first book'', and reiterated thereafter, such as Filch's attempt to learn magic from a correspondence course).
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* [[{{ptitlexxpmjrh25rbg}} Complaining About Books You Don't Read]]: A surprising number of people (perhaps the majority) who have negative criticisms about these books have obviously never read them, for they spout such utter nonsense as the persistent urban myth that the books "encourage children to take an interest in the occult" (contradicted by the ''opening chapters'' of the ''very first book'', and reiterated thereafter, such as Filch's attempt to learn magic from a correspondence course).
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** Which begs the question, "[[CompletelyMissingThePoint Okay, but did those books make an entire generation re-discover a love of reading?]]" Saying that the Harry Potter series did isn't a comment on its literary quality so much as it is a comment on its popularity.
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Many video games based on this series like ''Harry Potter And The Dealthly Hallows, Part 1'' have received mediocre reviews.
