Line #138 Webcomic/HarryPotterComics


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4	->''"Don't expect this extra life to last very long, 'Tommy'. I mean really, I basically killed you with Expelliarmus. Oh, and before I could walk. And with my bare hands. As dark wizards go, you're kind of a pushover."''
5	-->-- '''Harry Potter''', to a revived Voldemort
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7	''[[http://harrypottercomics.net/ Harry Potter Comics]]'', written and photographed by Travers "Swiftbow" and Rioux "Brogen" Jordan, is a chronicle of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', following the epilogue of ''Deathly Hallows''. It chronicles the adventures of Harry, his friends, and their children as "all is well" turns out to not be so accurate. Over the course of the next few years, they face dark wizards, dastardly deeds, and a Memory Charm-proof {{Muggle\|s}} sheriff from Texas, among other things. Time and space are transcended, [[CanonWelding unlikely crossovers occur]], and the Wizarding World is thrown upside down by a war greater than any before.
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9	And, oh yeah, it's done with [[BuiltWithLego LEGO]].
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11	Harry Potter Comics was completed in November of 2019. The creators have begun a new Lego webcomic, Webcomic/StarTrekFederationStarDefense.
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14	!!Tropes in Harry Potter Comics:
15	* AccidentalMurder: Subverted when [[spoiler:Lily]] accidentally seemingly kills [[spoiler:the Black Knight]] by blowing up a bridge. The victim wakes up soon after hitting the ground, but [[spoiler:Lily]] has already run away and doesn't know she didn't kill him.
16	* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: The "acceptable" part may be disputable, but the comic from day one broke from Rowling's WordOfGod to develop their own take on the Wizarding World universe. In the wake of ''Cursed Child'', of course, the entire comic is now an AlternateUniverseFic.
17	** Ron is still an Auror by the time of the Epilogue instead of co-managing Weasley Wizard Wheezes with George.
18	** Kingsly Shacklebolt's Minister term was cut short, replaced by the terribly Fudge-like Buffington
19	** Wizards have embraced the internet in the comic, contrary to Rowling's arguments that wizards would see no need for it, even magically-enhancing computers to work in Hogwarts to access.
20	** Teddy Lupin ends up being a werewolf after all, but the Metamorphagus abilities from his mother allow him to control it.
21	** Most breaking of all: The Chudley Cannons ''actually'' make it to the Quidditch World Cup! AND WIN! With Harry as their (temporary replacement) Seeker!!
22	*** (A number of these Words of God came after the comic had already begun.)
23	* ArcVillain: Ted Morely is this for the Tri-Wizard tournament arc.
24	* AndTheAdventureContinues: The final story comic sees Harry and co. seeing the kids off to Hogwarts, only for someone to hire them at the train station to find a missing vessel in the Bermuda Triangle.
25	* AntiMagic: Sheriff Ned (a {{Muggle\|s}} Sheriff) is immune to mind-affecting spells, an ability that makes it rather impossible to memory charm him. [[Film/MenInBlack Neuralyzers]] [[http://harrypottercomics.net/80.html don't work on him either.]] His deputy, Bart, is not so lucky, but builds up a resistance over time. It also seems to run in the family, as Ned's dad is also shown to be immune.
26	** Ned's immune to all mind magic, including [[spoiler: the Imperius Cuse.]]
27	* AwesomeAussie: Mac Irdee, James' friend from Ravenclaw and fellow troublemaker. He takes on a swarm of dogadiles armed with a knife and his wrestling skills. Naturally, he wins.
28	* BackFromTheDead: Voldemort.
29	** Though not long in the run he ends up being BackForTheDead. Again.
30	* TheBadGuyWins: The Necromancer, at least temporarily, when he successfully [[spoiler:takes over Hogwarts]].
31	* BadassNormal: Sheriff Ned may be just a Muggle, but he's able to take out the magic-resistant creature the Necromancer created by just shooting it in the throat.
32	* BattleCry: Rose yells, "Hufflepuff!" as one when she gets frustrated with being looked down on for being in said Hogwarts house.
33	* BerserkButton: Apparently wizards tend to automatically assume if they encounter a doppelganger that it's an evil clone sent to kill them, and will respond in kind. [[http://harrypottercomics.net/331.html Not so much with muggles:]]
34	-->'''Future!Bart''': I'm you. From th' future. It's magic.
35	-->'''Deputy Bart''': Oh. Okay.
36	* BigBadEnsemble: The Necromancer was the main antagonistic force for the first few chapters and is the main threat to Hogwarts itself. As of Book 4, there's also Muhammad, an Arabic wizard claiming to be the reincarnation of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} The Prophet Muhammad]] and leader of the Arabic portion of the Coalition forces (see: WorldWarIII below).
37	* BigDamnHeroes:
38	** Harry and Ginny save James from Voldemort.
39	** There are more [[http://harrypottercomics.net/211.html here]] and [[http://harrypottercomics.net/212.html here]]
40	* BigWordShout: [[http://harrypottercomics.net/14.html HUFFLEPUFF!]]
41	* BittersweetEnding:
42	** The chapters 7-9 arc. [[spoiler:Our heroes made it out of the arch in time, Voldermort is trapped between worlds, and the Necromancer's minions were defeated... but all three of our heroes are now jobless, The Minister still won't face facts, and Ahmed is going to prison with his fellow terrorists despite having reformed.]]
43	** Chapter 12 shows the immediate fallout from the war. [[spoiler: The Necromancer is dead and his remaining forces defeated and scattered. The cast gathers at a memorial for the fallen from the final battle, which included Future!Rosie.]]
44	* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Future!]]Bart has been under so many mind-affecting charms that he can actually [[spoiler:recognize when he's under one and overcome it.]]
45	* BottomlessMagazines: Bart has a gun enchanted with an Undetectable Extension Charm.
46	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Ron Weasley]] gets brainwashed and turned against his friends while he's captured.
47	* BreakingTheFourthWall:
48	** [[http://harrypottercomics.net/206.html Hermione seems to know what flashbacks are.]]
49	** [[http://harrypottercomics.net/542.html A modified Montage song for the montage strip.]]
50	* BreatherEpisode: After the thrill-a-minute last couple of chapters, chapter 10 has the Potters and Weasleys going to the World Cup with the Malfoys.
51	** [[spoiler:Subverted when their ship gets held up by pirates and they later have to foil a terrorist attack at the World Cup.]]
52	* BuiltWithLego: Well, yeah.
53	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Sheriff Ned, who despite being used for some comic relief, is very effective at his job.
54	* CallBack: There are a lot of instances where events and characters in the story are important later on. The authors provide helpful links to the relevant previous pages whenever this happens.
55	* CanonWelding: AND HOW.
56	** ''Film/TheSantaClause'': Santa is real, and the relevant cast of ''The Santa Clause'' live at the North Pole.
57	** ''Franchise/MenInBlack'': J & K get a cameo early on in a Sheriff Ned flashback.
58	** ''Series/StargateSG1'': SG-1 is contacted for help during the first Christmas arc. They also help out during the second Christmas arc.
59	** ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'': The little red book isn't fictional after all. [[spoiler: Chrysophylax Dives himself becomes a general in WWIII.]]
60	** ''Film/JamesBond'': DoubleSubverted in that the films were not based on his real-life adventures--they were based on his father's: James Bond, Sr.
61	** ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'': Rose's friend Melody had Ms. Frizzle for a teacher "at [her] old school." Ms. Frizzle accidentally transmuted her wand into the eponymous school bus.
62	* CardboardPrison: Medria and Thomas never stay in prison for long, much to Harry and Ron's frustration.
63	* TheCavalry:
64	** The Hogwarts staff show up to force the Necromancer to retreat when the main characters are having trouble with him.
65	** [[spoiler:Hermione's parents]] show up to save Rosie, Albus, and Scorpius from a pack of werewolves.
66	* CerebusSyndrome: The comic starts out fairly light with hint of a bigger storyline, and even a holiday special, but with Chapters 7 and 9, things get much more serious.
67	* ChekhovsBoomerang:
68	** [[http://harrypottercomics.net/231.html The Resurrection Stone comes back.]]
69	** The Ferraverto spell used [[http://harrypottercomics.net/81.html here]] is used again [[http://harrypottercomics.net/270.html here]].
70	* CluelessDeputy: Deputy Bart. Mostly because of the constant memory charms. He is quite competent at his job, though, even if he isn't always sure how they got there.
71	* ColonelBadass: [[spoiler: Dudley Dursley.]]
72	* CoolShades: Sheriff Ned. Oh, and George Weasley, Teddy Lupin, and Mac Irdee (James' best friend).
73	* ADayInTheLimelight: Sheriff Ned in Chapter 6.
74	* DeadGuyJunior: James, Albus, and Teddy are named in memory of dead people. James seems to take after his namesake more than the others do.
75	* DemotedToDragon: Voldermort, who is even lower, being only as important as the other two. He is not happy.
76	* DiscriminateAndSwitch: The pirate captain (and with him the reader) automatically assumes that the Black Knight and his father are estranged because the former is a [[MuggleBornOfMages squib]]. A flashback reveals that Captain Drake had in fact no problem with his son being a squib. Instead, they had their fall out over the songs from ''Theatre/HMSPinafore''!
77	* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted when [[spoiler:The Black Knight]] apparently falls to his death off of a bridge but quickly wakes up on the ground.
78	* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: [[http://harrypottercomics.net/256.html Medria]] asks this about her hat.
79	* TheDragon: Not the actual dragon, but Granby is this to the new minister.
80	* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Sheriff Ned and Bart, who are working in UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} on an exchange program, make reference to their counterparts currently in Texas in this comic: [[http://harrypottercomics.net/22.html]]. The Texans are shown as revolver-toting cowboys towing the poor British police officers through the sand with lassoes. The Brits, on the other hand, talk entirely about tea and crumpets. But, as the authors put it, "It's okay for us to make fun of Brits and Texans because we're from Colorado. (Also, saying things makes them fact!)"
81	* EvilLaugh: The Necromancer gives one when he celebrates [[spoiler:having taken over Hogwarts]].
82	* FantasticRacism: Averted with The Necromancer, who has a squib and a muggle-born as his minions.
83	* {{Flashback}}: Flashbacks to scenes from the books and earlier in the comic are shown when [[spoiler:Ron Weasley]] is overcoming the false memories implanted in him.
84	* ForcedTransformation: Both parodied and played straight. Most notably when James turns an antagonistic Quidditch player into a goblet.
85	* FreudianExcuse: The Necromancer's is that he [[spoiler:is Horatio Haglenorth Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin's rejected son]].
86	* FromBadToWorse: Chapters 7-9. [[spoiler:Terrorists destroyed the Ministry. Voldemort is trapped between worlds, where the Necromancer is dead-set on keeping him (though that's not nearly as bad). Hermione was knocked through the arch and is now in the afterlife and Harry has chased after her, with both only having 1 hour before they're dead for good.]]
87	* FutureBadass: [[spoiler:Bart and Rosie]] return from a BadFuture using a Time Turner in an attempt to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. In [[spoiler:Rosie]]'s {{flashback}}, [[spoiler:James]] is also shown to be one.
88	* GrievousHarmWithABody: James is used as a human flail by Cherlette against some wargs let into Hogwarts at the Yule Ball.
89	* HappyEndingOverride: It would admittedly be a less-exciting story if it wasn't, but the extent of this can be a bit surprising.
90	** Though it was only ever WordOfGod, Teddy Lupin has inherited his father's lycanthropy, and now struggles with the curse.
91	** The comic dwells heavily on Harry and Ron not finishing their seventh year at Hogwarts, which hurts their ability to get jobs after they're fired from the Ministry.
92	* HeadInTheSandManagement: Buffington, the minister of magic, who, like Fudge, refuses to believe that evil is on the horizon. [[spoiler:Subverted when this turns out to have been an act to keep Harry and co. out of the way of his own plans to deal with the crisis.]]
93	* HeelFaceTurn:
94	** One of the Muslim terrorists, Ahmad, helps subdue his brothers after [[HeelRealization realizing]] the true scope of his prior actions.
95	** [[http://harrypottercomics.net/279.html There is a possibility that Medria has fallen under this too thanks to Ahmad.]] Although she plans to rescue Potter and friends out of jail (as well as Thomas's father, who turns out to be the ship's captain), she also plans to steal all the goodies in the ship. The notes say that "Medria's the kind of villain who grew up watching way too many cartoons. And then rooted for the villains."
96	* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The Necromancer's [[spoiler: final defeat comes when he tries to use the Conduit to destroy the massed allied army. Only for Hermione's sabotage to cause it to explode, tearing the Necromancer's body apart. Not only that, the released magical energy supercharged the Resurrection Stone Harry was carrying, reviving him and and every other dead ally in range, as long as their body was intact enough. Which Future!Rosie's wasn't.]]
97	* HufflepuffHouse: Rosie Weasley's indecisiveness lands her in Hufflepuff House, much to Ron's [[BigWordShout chagrin.]]
98	* LeeroyJenkins: James, who sneaks into the Chamber of Secrets after the bad guys and tries to take them on all by himself, despite only being a second year.
99	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: While fighting [[spoiler:Ron Weasley]] when he's been brainwashed with false memories, his wife appeals to memories of their life together and of their children in an attempt to overcome the brainwashing.
100	* LoserSonOfLoserDad: Both subverted and played straight with Scorpius: He's actually good friends with Rosie and Albus but James thinks he's nothing more than Draco Junior despite the fact that he acts nothing like his dad did.
101	* MagicBullets: Literal magic bullets, in this case. Sheriff Ned and Deputy Bart both have access to these thanks to Arthur Weasley.
102	* MagicKnight: Medria Darkwood, who dual-wields her wand and an [=MP7=]. Her mercenary partner, who actually dresses as a knight, Thomas Drake, wields enchanted and magic-resistant gear, but is, in fact, a Squib.
103	* MaliciousMisnaming: [[http://harrypottercomics.net/257.html Medria calls Ahmad]] Literature/{{Sinbad}}, Literature/{{Aladdin}}, and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Towelie]] after they and the Dark Knight break out of Azkaban.
104	* MamaBear: Don't put Ginny's family in danger if you value your life. Actually, all the adults (even Draco) will go Mama Bear[=/=]PapaWolf when their kids are threatened.
105	* MistakenForTerrorist: Inverted. Only Medria (a villain) gives the three Muslims in the Ministry of Magic a hard time--until it turns out that they are terrorists.
106	* MuggleBornOfMages: The Dark Knight is a squib. He makes up for this with magical artificing, especially in his kevlar/full plate/magic-resistant armor.
107	* MugglesDoItBetter: Played with. Medria uses a mix of magic and modern technology to become a world-class thief. On the protagonists' side, Sheriff Ned is almost completely useless when it comes to dragons and [[ForceField forcefields]], yet he and Deputy Bart take down a magic-proof beast as well as a werewolf by themselves.
108	* MundaneAfterlife: For the moment anyway, the afterlife bears a very close resemblance to the regular world, except mistier and mirror imaged.
109	* MyGreatestFailure: Salazar Slytherin (and his son) created The Arch, through which they inadvertently created [[spoiler: the Dementors]]
110	* {{Necromancer}}: The lead villain, whose mysterious backstory ties into many elements of the Harry Potter universe. Besides his hired mercenaries, his main minions are legions of inferi (zombies of Harry Potterdom).
111	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Sheriff Ned and crew have to deal with zombie werewolves.
112	* NoSell: A [[spoiler:World War III tank]] has been enchanted such that Hermione's reductor curse has no effect.
113	* NotSoFinalConfession: Medria confesses to [[spoiler:Drake]], whom she believes has just been killed, that [[spoiler:she loves him and is pregnant with his child]]. [[spoiler:Drake]] then coughs, revealing that he survived.
114	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Voldemort still has it in for Harry, but is also more than happy to kill his children.
115	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Two tamed dragons have appeared in the series, one with the villains and one raised by Charlie Weasley. [[spoiler: And then there's Chrysophylax Dives, who unlike the other animalistic dragons is a sapient individual.]]
116	* OurLichesAreDifferent: One-upped by the Necromancer, who not only invented the original Horcrux formula that Voldemort used, but later perfected it. As such, when he was struck by an Avada Kedavra, it just knocked him down for a second or two.
117	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:
118	** Arcturus Ronolphin Cagney embraced his werewolfdom to the level that he takes measures to force his change by simulating a full moon with magic. Thanks to his resistance potion, he can even use magic while transformed.
119	** The comic also bends canon slightly by extending the transforming period of werewolves to include the days before and after the full moon.
120	* OvernightAgeUp: Rosie gets aged up a few years as a side-effect of an experimental potion.
121	* {{Pirate}}: They appear while Potter and friends are taking a holiday and there is a kidnapping.
122	* PowerTrio: Ostensibly Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Also, Rosie, Albus, and Scorpius make a second one arguably more relevant to the comic.
123	* PrecisionFStrike: Downplayed in that it's censored. Rose has been getting crap from people off-and-on for being sorted into Hufflepuff. The final straw is when she pulls ''Helga Hufflepuff's 101 Soufflé Recipes'' out of the Sorting Hat and the hat says only a ''true'' Hufflepuff could have done that.
124	-->'''Rose Weasley:''' Gryffindors get a sword. I get a cookbook. That is ***ing it. HUFFLEPUFF!
125	* PuppyLove: Rosie and Scorpius.
126	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Percy Weasley of all people [[spoiler:when he becomes Minister of Magic.]]
127	* {{Revenge}}: Ted Morely is out to get revenge on James for transfiguring him into a goblet and making him lose his place on his quidditch team, using the Triwizard Tournament. His attempts include poisoning and letting dangerous magical creatures into the castle during the Yule Ball.
128	* RiddleForTheAges: We never learn the truth or any backstory about [[spoiler: Muhammad]], even after he gets killed and is raised as one of The Necromancer's minions.
129	* SadistTeacher: The monster who takes over the potions master position, known only as "the Potions Monster." He takes house points from Albus and Scorpius for being friends due to their respective house histories, gives all of the students make-up work for the time when he wasn't a professor, and even tries to deduct points from Sheriff Ned for asking him a question.
130	* SealedEvilInACan: [[http://harrypottercomics.net/225.html Fails here.]]
131	* TheSheriff: Sheriff Ned.
132	* ShipTease:
133	** Neville and Luna get a bit at the beginning of the Christmas Special.
134	** Scorpius and Rosie also get a little bit before they actually get together.
135	* ShoutOut:
136	** The vault that held Tolkein's Little Red Book is seen to hold other famous volumes, including [[Franchise/StarWars the Journal of the Whillis.]]
137	** To ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. In the Triwizard Tournament, the Hogwarts team ghostbust Peeves, complete with proton packs.
138	** To ''Film/{{Stripes}}''. The anti-terrorists discover an old EM-50 urban assault vehicle. The film's theme plays over the montage of them fixing it up.
139	* SkywardScream: Ron gives one after finding out Rosie is in, wait for it: "HUFFLEPUFF!" This becomes a running gag in a short time.
140	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: The Necromancer fires a Killing Curse at James, and Harry jumps in the way and takes it. This time, he's not waking up...]]
141	* TheStarscream: Voldemort is not happy that he's been DemotedToDragon. For this reason, the Necromancer hopes that he'll be able to pull a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on him.
142	* TalkingToTheDead: Subverted into a NotSoFinalConfession when [[spoiler:Medria]] thinks [[spoiler:Thomas]] has been killed (see: AccidentalMurder above) and confesses to his (badly injured but conscious) body that [[spoiler:she won't get to tell him he's going to be a father.]] He tells her that they'll discuss that later, after they've gotten him some medical attention.
143	* TerribleTrio: The Necromancer, Medria Darkwood, and Thomas Drake.
144	* TimeyWimeyBall: Future!Rosie clearly remembers killing a future version of herself in the time period she and Bart are about to travel to. She thinks she can avoid that this time.
145	* TookALevelInBadass:
146	** Ron, fighting two muslim terrorist wizards simultaneously after transfiguring his wand into a sword.
147	** Hagrid was already pretty Badass, but now he's able to do magic freely and knows how to use it.
148	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Occasionally, as the kids have adventures at Hogwarts while the adults try and stop the enemy of the day, but the plotlines meet many times.
149	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Scorpius considers himself this after Future!Rosie and Future!Bart reveal they're married. He doesn't stick around to find out why he wasn't in the picture: [[spoiler:he died along with most of their families in Future!Rosie's timeline a few days from then.]]
150	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: After being rescued from kidnappers, Rosie reveals that she did like Scorpius. The ensuing make-out session squicks both their fathers.
151	* TheUnmasquedWorld: See WhamEpisode below.
152	* UnsoundEffect: Appear every once in a while. For example, [[http://harrypottercomics.net/318.html Air Brakes!]]
153	* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:The Necromancer himself.]]
154	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The new minister wants to usher in a new era of peace but completely ignores Harry's pleas about the trouble brewing in favor of trying to get rid of him and his friends.
155	* WhamEpisode:
156	** A nuke is launched at London, and [[TheUnmasquedWorld magic is exposed]] when all the wizards of London cast a mass shield charm in order to contain it.
157	** Muhammad uses the mysterious Conduit to [[spoiler: destroy The Vatican and all of Rome.]]
158	** The reveal in [[http://harrypottercomics.net/859.html Page 859]] that [[spoiler: The Necromancer's body in Jerusalem is still alive and watching the impostor Muhammad.]]
159	* WizardBeard: The Necromancer has one that rivals Dumbledore's.
160	* WorldWarIII: Begins during a time skip as a result of [[spoiler:hybrid magically invisible nuclear weapons nearly destroying London (and also revealing the existence of magic to the muggle world) as the prelude to a conventional invasion from an alliance consisting primarily of roughly half the majority Muslim nations, Russia, China, and North Korea]].
161	* ZombieApocalypse: Made 10 times worse when the zombies are also werewolves.

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