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* SFXFailure: Some of the owls in the Privet Drive sequence are stuffed/fake. They look good and they cut away fast to hide it, but they aren't moving.
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** This troper knows, having OCD and anxiey, what it is like to be forced to do things you don't want and being basically controlled by a thought in your head threatening you with terrible things if you don't do them. I got over it, it's sad to me that Quirrell had it a lot worse.
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* JerkassWoobie Quirrell (before he becomes Quirrellmort) could arguably this. When rereading and you realise that the reason why he's talking to himself and looks close to tears in one scene in the book, it is because he is actually the unwilling puppet to Voldemort and doesn't want to hurt anyone, but by the end Voldemort has completely taken over his mind and he is technically trapped in his mind.
** This troper knows, having OCD and anxiey, what it is like to be forced to do things you don't want and being basically controlled by a thought in your head threatening you with terrible things if you don't do them. I got over it, it's sad to me that Quirrell had it a lot worse.
** This troper knows, having OCD and anxiey, what it is like to be forced to do things you don't want and being basically controlled by a thought in your head threatening you with terrible things if you don't do them. I got over it, it's sad to me that Quirrell had it a lot worse.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rereading the opening of this book with Dumbledore telling [=McGonagall=] about how little they have had to celebrate for 11 years.. and with the knowledge of how bad things were Voldemort was when he was in charge in ''Deathly Hallows''...
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rereading the opening of this book with Dumbledore telling [=McGonagall=] about how little they have had to celebrate for 11 years.. and with the knowledge of how bad things were under Voldemort was when he was in charge in ''Deathly Hallows''...
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rereading the opening of this book with Dumbledore telling McGonagall about how little they have had to celebrate for 11 years.. and with the knowledge of how bad things were Voldemort was when he was in charge in ''Deathly Hallows''...
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rereading the opening of this book with Dumbledore telling McGonagall [=McGonagall=] about how little they have had to celebrate for 11 years.. and with the knowledge of how bad things were Voldemort was when he was in charge in ''Deathly Hallows''...
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rereading the opening of this book with Dumbledore telling McGonagall about how little they have had to celebrate for 11 years.. and with the knowledge of how bad things were Voldemort was when he was in charge in ''Deathly Hallows''...
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why does Dumbledore give Neville 10 points for standing up to Harry, Ron and Hermione at the end? It's not just so Gryffindor will win the cup - Dumbledore remembers what happened when ''he'' didn't stand up to his friend, and he's rewarding Neville for succeeding where he himself had failed.
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* HilariousInHindsight Fred and George's winter prank on Quirrel becomes much funnier after the reveal at the end.
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* {{Squick}}: Dumbledore's experience with the Every Flavor Beans. He lost his liking to them a long time ago because of a ''vomit''-flavored one, and when we see him actually try another, it was ''earwax''-flavored.
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** Vernon insults magic and threatens Harry in front of Hagrid. I repeat, he insults magic and threatens Harry in front of ''a half-giant with super strength,'' who happens to be ''from the wizarding world''. It's a good thing Hagrid isn't malicious, or Vernon would've probably ended up with a broken neck, or ''worse''.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Hagrid [[spoiler:takes Harry, Ron (only in the film), Hermoine and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forrest to look for a Unicorn Murderer]] for detention. HarmfulToMinors does not begin to describe Hagrid.
** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Don't forget Neville]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: Hagrid [[spoiler:takes Harry, Ron (only in the film), Neville, Hermoine and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forrest to look for a Unicorn Murderer]] for detention. HarmfulToMinors does not begin to describe Hagrid.
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** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Don't forget Neville]].
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** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Don't forget Neville]].
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* MemeticMutation: [[IncomingHam TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON!]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: Hagrid [[spoiler:takes Harry, Ron, Ron (only in the film), Hermoine and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forrest to look for a Unicorn Murderer]] for detention. HarmfulToMinors does not begin to describe Hagrid.
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** The best bit of this is that ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' the book was already out and the spoilered bit had been revealed. One can't help but wonder how well that toy sold.
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** The best bit of this is that ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' the book was already out and the spoilered bit had been revealed. One can't help but wonder how well that toy sold.
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* {{Narm}}: or NarmCharm- Harry's rousing speech about not letting Snape get the Stone is awesome... but gets inherently narmy when he asks "d'you think Voldemort will leave you and your families alone if ''Gryffindor wins the House Cup''?".
** It was probably intended as in "Winning the House Cup isn't going to ward off the crazed Dark wizard or protect your families if he comes back". Though it is perhaps a bit {{Narm}}-y.
*** [[CaptainObvious Gee, you think?]]
** It was probably intended as in "Winning the House Cup isn't going to ward off the crazed Dark wizard or protect your families if he comes back". Though it is perhaps a bit {{Narm}}-y.
*** [[CaptainObvious Gee, you think?]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Quirrel/Voldemort]] is ''so'' evil he ''cannot'' touch Harry without burning himself, because Harry's mom sacrificed herself for him.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Quirrel/Voldemort]] Quirrelmort]] is ''so'' evil he ''cannot'' [[GoodHurtsEvil cannot even touch Harry without burning himself, himself]], because Harry's mom sacrificed herself for him.
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** It was probably intended as in "Winning the House Cup isn't going to ward off the crazed Dark wizard or protect your families if he comes back". Though it is perhaps a bit {{Narm}}-y.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Hagrid [[spoiler:takes Harry, Ron, Hermoine and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forrest to look for a Unicorn Murderer]] for detention. HarmfulToMinors does not begin to describe Hagrid.
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* ItGetsBetter: Notably, It takes about a third of the novel before Harry gets to Hogwarts. And quite a few children readers were turned off by the first few chapters for being too slow-paced; not to mention most of Rowling's dry satire on middle-class insecurities flying straight over their heads.
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* {{Narm}}: or NarmCharm- Harry's rousing speech about not letting Snape get the Stone is awesome... but gets inherently narmy when he mentions asks "d'you think Voldemort will leave you and your families alone if ''Gryffindor wins the House Cup''?".
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** The best bit of this is that ''HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' the book was already out and the spoilered bit had been revealed. One can't help but wonder how well that toy sold.
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** Another passage involves Hagrid forbidding Harry to buy a ''solid-gold'' cauldron. Imagine if Harry ''did'' buy that kind of cauldron, y'know, for ''Potions'' class...
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** One moment that could be this or (even more) HilariousInHindsight is the passage in the Christmas chapter describing the Weasley Twins enchanting snowballs to bounce off the back of Professor Quierell's turban after you've read the end of the book and discovered what he's keeping under there.
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** One moment that could be this or (even more) HilariousInHindsight is the passage in the Christmas chapter describing the Weasley Twins enchanting snowballs to bounce off the back of Professor Quierell's Quirell's turban after you've read the end of the book and discovered what he's keeping under there.
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* FridgeHorror: When the first movie came out, there was a slew of merchandising, including a plushie of Ron's pet rat Scabbers. [[spoiler:Who, two books/movies later, is revealed a disguised Death Eater who was responsible for getting one of his best friends (Harry's dad) killed by Voldemort and framing another (Sirius Black) for the crime. I'm sure every child who bought one could empathize with Ron.]]
** The best bit of this is that ''HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' the book was already out and the spoilered bit had been revealed. One can't help but wonder how well that toy sold.
** The best bit of this is that ''HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' the book was already out and the spoilered bit had been revealed. One can't help but wonder how well that toy sold.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Pretty much everyone, if you're re-reading after having finished the series. Particularly [[spoiler:Snape, Dumbledore, and Aunt Petunia]].
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Pretty much everyone, if you're re-reading after having finished the series. Particularly [[spoiler:Snape, Dumbledore, Scabbers, and Aunt Petunia]].
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* FirstInstallmentWins: This is probably more well known than the rest of the series.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Pretty much everyone, if you're re-reading after having finished the series. Particularly [[spoiler:Snape, Dumbledore, and Aunt Petunia]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The school song. No, not the Sorting Hat's song -- the one that goes "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts." It is sung at the end of the beginning-of-term feast, but only in this book. It shows up very briefly in the [[Film/HarryPotter fourth movie]], with a more substantial inclusion in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I6cJnQQsWc this]] DeletedScene from the same, but it's never mentioned again in the books. According to WordOfGod, Dumbledore decides whether or not to have the school sing it based on whether he's in the mood.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Quirrel/Voldemort]] is ''so'' evil he ''cannot'' touch Harry without burning himself, because Harry's mom sacrificed herself for him.
* FirstInstallmentWins: This is probably more well known than the rest of theseries.series.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The whole book is this after you read the whole series.
** One moment that could be this or (even more) HilariousInHindsight is the passage in the Christmas chapter describing the Weasley Twins enchanting snowballs to bounce off the back of Professor Quierell's turban after you've read the end of the book and discovered what he's keeping under there.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: And then some.
* ShipToShipCombat: Probably few people realized just how big and vicious of a battle this book would begin among its fans, most prominently among Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione shippers.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The school song. No, not the Sorting Hat's song -- the one that goes "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts." It is sung at the end of the beginning-of-term feast, but only in this book. It shows up very briefly in the [[Film/HarryPotter fourth movie]], with a more substantial inclusion in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I6cJnQQsWc this]] DeletedScene from the same, but it's never mentioned again in the books. According to WordOfGod, Dumbledore decides whether or not to have the school sing it based on whether he's in the mood.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Quirrel/Voldemort]] is ''so'' evil he ''cannot'' touch Harry without burning himself, because Harry's mom sacrificed herself for him.
* FirstInstallmentWins: This is probably more well known than the rest of the
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The whole book is this after you read the whole series.
** One moment that could be this or (even more) HilariousInHindsight is the passage in the Christmas chapter describing the Weasley Twins enchanting snowballs to bounce off the back of Professor Quierell's turban after you've read the end of the book and discovered what he's keeping under there.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: And then some.
* ShipToShipCombat: Probably few people realized just how big and vicious of a battle this book would begin among its fans, most prominently among Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione shippers.
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