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5 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."'']] |
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7 | ->''"Harry -- yer a wizard."'' |
8 | -->-- '''Rubeus Hagrid''', ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' [[note]][[BeamMeUpScotty Commonly phrased as]] (per the film version) "You're a wizard, Harry."[[/note]] |
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10 | ''Harry Potter'' is a seven-part series of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]]/[[YoungAdultLiterature young adult]] novels written by Creator/JKRowling. The [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone first book]] was released in 1997 and the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows final book]] was released in 2007. |
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12 | Blending fantasy with the nearly extinct British BoardingSchool genre, the series was the debut work of Rowling, an ex-schoolteacher. There is [[Franchise/HarryPotter a multimedia franchise]] revolving around them, consisting of [[Film/HarryPotter a series of films]], [[VideoGame/HarryPotter video games]] and various other merchandising tie-ins, but at the heart of it are the books. |
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14 | The basic story is simple: Harry Potter is a seemingly normal schoolboy, living with his resentful aunt and uncle after being orphaned in his infancy. On his eleventh birthday, he learns [[ChangelingFantasy he isn't really normal at all]]. His parents were both powerful wizards, and Harry himself is the renowned defeater of Voldemort, would-be EvilOverlord of the wizarding world. Voldemort had attempted to kill Harry when the latter was only a year old, but for unknown reasons, the curse he cast at the boy afflicted himself instead, killing him... [[OnlyMostlyDead sort of]]. |
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16 | Harry goes to Hogwarts, the great [[WizardingSchool school of magic]], and is happy. There are the normal school troubles -- [[BreadEggsMilkSquick bullies, unpleasant teachers, a three-headed dog guarding something mysterious]] -- but nothing serious, until he sees a dark shadow creeping through the forest. Investigating, he eventually discovers that Voldemort [[NotQuiteDead didn't truly die]]. Though his body was destroyed, his spirit clung to life, seeking ways to return from death and resume his campaign of terror. And he has a grudge against Harry in particular... |
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18 | !!The Harry Potter book series: |
19 | [[index]] |
20 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' (''Sorcerer's Stone'' in the United States) |
21 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' |
22 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' |
23 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' |
24 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' |
25 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' |
26 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' |
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28 | !!The spin-off books |
29 | * ''Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' |
30 | * ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'' |
31 | * ''Literature/TheTalesOfBeedleTheBard'' |
32 | * ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' -- stage play by Jack Thorne picking up the story 20 years later |
33 | [[/index]] |
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38 | !!Tropes prevalent across the whole series: |
39 | [[index]] |
40 | * HarryPotter/TropesAToI |
41 | * HarryPotter/TropesJToR |
42 | * HarryPotter/TropesSToY |
43 | [[/index]] |
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