!!''A Very Potter Musical''
* {{Adorkable}}: Quirrell enjoys sipping tea by the fire and isn't very good at concealing the fact that he's got Voldemort under his turban.
* ActorShipping: Ironically, while Ron and Draco are two of the only characters to ''not'' have HoYay in the musical itself, and while the song as written is a CounterpointDuet but [[LyricalDissonance absolutely not a love song between the two singers]], fans have detected a great deal of subtext in performances of "Granger Danger" by Joey Richter and Creator/LaurenLopez since the original performance. In a hilariously GenderBending PairTheSuitors situation, the 2017 Leakycon performance even ended in a kiss. Became justified when Richter and Lopez announced their engagement in 2020, though it's unclear when they actually started dating.
** The SPACE Tour version of the song, unlike the staging in the original musical, portrays Joey and Lauren as friends commiserating over their unrequited crush (which they may or may not realize is on the same girl). It ends with them running off together [[Theatre/MeAndMyDick to cry in the choir room]].
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Just about every character is played differently from the original series, which is of course done for laughs (and used brilliantly).
** Harry and Ron are now jerks and Harry has a huge ego. But they learn.
** Hermione can't draw, and [[OnAScaleFromOneToTen on a scale of 1 to 10]], [[SexinessScore she's an 8]]. Or maybe 9. Make it 9.5. Not more than 9.8, though...
** Voldemort and Quirrell are only AffablyEvil plus have major HoYay
** Dumbledore is an openly gay TricksterMentor who mocks his students.
** Snape is a LargeHam {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
** Umbridge is a steroid-pumped AxCrazy bitch with a FreudianExcuse and is in love with Dumbledore.
** Cho Chang is a SouthernBelle FilleFatale white girl.
** Lucius is an over-the-top dancer who couldn't care less about Draco.
** Lupin is a raving homeless alcoholic who swears constantly and is obsessed with being James' best friend. He's still a competent teacher though.
*** [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Not homeless. Anymore.]]
** Dean Thomas is a stereotypical black kid archetype and Seamus Finnegan is now very Cockney rather than Irish.
** Draco--he is [[CrosscastRole played by a girl]], wants his [[FreudianExcuse daddy's approval]], [[InformedAbility draws "awesomely"]], is a complete {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, has a [[FandomNod huge crush on Hermione]] (and later, [[spoiler: Luna]]), flops about, rolls around on the floor and isn't toilet trained. And it's all played for laughs. And he's [[spoiler: [[RunningGag really nice now!]]]]
** Hagrid has hints of ManChild, a [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Scottish accent]] and his interpretation has a little more of a TearJerker than you might expect.
* AngstWhatAngst: An awesome moment from Ron and Hermione. Their best friend has walked off to turn himself in and die. They know as a result the last hope of the wizarding world is gone. What does Ron do? He takes Harry's place as leader, rallying all the students to barricade the doors, prepare for battle, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking get some snacks]]. Why? Because it's what Harry would do.
* AwesomeEgo: Unlike his canon counterpart, Harry Potter is definitely ''not'' a HumbleHero.
-->'''Harry:''' I'm Harry Freakin' Potter and I'm the man!
%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire damn thing.
* ContinuityLockOut: If you haven't read the Potter books, you'll understand about half the plot and almost none of the jokes.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Well, [[RuleOfThree Three]] [[SerialEscalation Times]]: What is this line of which you speak?
** At first it seems to be NightmareFuel with the graveyard, as Harry briefly drops his rivalry with Cedric to say they need out of there, only for it to resurge when Cedric asks where his sense of adventure is.  Just as they fight, Quirrell kills Cedric and incapacitates Harry, allowing Voldemort to rise. Then...Voldemort does a tap dance number with his feet. He also makes Harry participate via the Imperius Curse.  
** "So you're Thomas Jefferson, and I'm your Sally Hemings, is that right?"
** Ron and Hermione's kiss.
** Snape's death scene. Being bitten by a coral snake? Eh, not funny. Being bitten [[GroinAttack on the wiener]] by a coral snake? High-freakin'-larious.
** Quirrell's introduction: "GO HOME, TERRORIST!"
** By the time the third musical rolls around, and Voldemort/Tom Riddle is telling his grandpa he needs to wipe shit off his penis, you might do a DoubleTake about what rabbit hole you fell down and how you got here. MoodWhiplash? Probably the crowning moment of it the entire series.
** "[[NonIndicativeName Cho Chang]]! ''[[GratuitousJapanese Domo arigato]]'', Cho Chang!" [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Happy happy new year!]]"
* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** Who expected Goyle and Quirrell to be two of the best characters?
** Draco Malfoy was always intended as a major character, but Lauren Lopez's performance is unarguably one of the major reasons the Website/YouTube recording went viral and kicked off the whole Creator/TeamStarkid phenomenon. The whole rest of the cast -- and even Creator/TomFelton -- agree.
* {{Fanon}}: According to [=YouTube=] comments, Rumbleroar is [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan's]] brother. Makes sense. They're both supernatural talking lions who, apparently, reign over their continuities' afterlife.
* FanPreferredCouple: An invoked case as the show still uses the OfficialCouple from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' of Ron/Hermione, yet plays out with the creators' own preferred couple of Draco/Hermione, which as a result has expanded even more.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[Funny/AVeryPotterMusical Has its own page]]. Basically, any scene that has at least two or more characters interacting with each other.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Pottermore spoiler: [[spoiler:Quirrell apparently used to press ''wild flowers''.]]
** Also, in a limbo-like place, after he dies, Harry asking how ''{{Series/Lost}}'' ends.
** The [[HollywoodHomely "Hermione is ugly"]] RunningGag is this, given that her actor in the films, Creator/EmmaWatson, is considered one of the prettiest women in Hollywood. (Though she wasn't exactly considered to be ugly when the play was made, either.)
** Quirrell being mistaken for a terrorist, working for a man who likes to burn people alive and eventually ending up in jail became much funnier when the Website/{{Facebook}} page "Worldwide Infidels United" tried to pass off a picture of Quirrell from Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone as [[http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/12/somebody-made-a-joke-anti-muslim-meme-with-professor-quirrell-and-people-fell-for-it-5811232/ a British Muslim terrorist, supposedly named Sajid Muhammed,]] who was jailed after setting a woman on fire for eating a bacon [[{{Pun}} sandwitch]]. It was meant to be a joke, [[PoesLaw but many people took it completely seriously]].
** Harry wanting to take Cho Chang to Winnipeg is this since [[https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/be4661c0b941fefc3b0fc029979334c0/5D8E5BAA/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/60431556_361142551198045_7111192611054462996_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com somebody discovered]] that the city has a "James Avenue" intersecting with a "Lily Street," [[https://www.google.com/maps/place/James+Ave,+Winnipeg,+MB,+Kanada/@49.8994369,-97.1380607,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x52ea715d1424ebd9:0x9d437a2dbbe7a7d3!8m2!3d49.8994335!4d-97.135872 in China Town no less.]]
** The idea of a House Cup Tournament with champions like the Triwizard Tournament became funnier in 2021 with the real-life ''[[https://www.tbs.com/shows/harry-potter-hogwarts-tournament-of-houses Tournament of Houses]]'' game show, featuring teams of champions representing each Hogwarts House.
** Draco Malfoy wearing a diaper and claiming all respectable wizards do that becomes funnier when it was officially revealed [[https://www.vice.com/en/article/9k44zd/yes-harry-potter-wizards-pooped-their-pants-pottermore wizards used to crap on the floor before plumbing]].
%%* HollywoodHomely: Hermione, intentionally PlayedForLaughs. She's so ugly that if Draco were to rate her on a scale of one to ten, she'd be an 8.5! 9.8 at the very most. That's why he's holding out for a 10--there's always room for improvement.
* HoYay: The play is ''dripping'' in it:
** Voldemort and Quirrell. So, so much. Given the style of the show, it's very blatant and clearly deliberate. [[spoiler:As of the 3rd show, it's literally canon: They have a child together.]]
** Dumbledore and Snape. Quite a bit, actually. Dumbledore calls Snape "one of the kindest, bravest, gentlest, ''sexiest'' men I have ever known!"
--->'''Harry:''' ''Why'' do you trust Snape so much?!\\
'''Dumbledore:''' Because I love him!
** Neville greeting Harry and Ron with the line, "How are you fine, strapping young gentlemen?"
** Harry describing Dumbledore as "the most beautiful wizard".
** Draco and Goyle have quite a few close moments as well.
** Snape smacks Harry on the behind before he does the first task.
** Snape: "Is that a new body, my lord? You look absolutely ravishing."
%%** As a meta example there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eQa4ufmevo this brief announcement]] (wait until 2:35).
* LoveToHate: Voldemort is still an evil, racist murderer, but his absolutely hilarious portrayal causes him to steal the show.
* MemeticMolester: ''Senior Year'' says that Slughorn was arrested for collecting young boys, Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a girls' bathroom so he could watch them pee and Filch is arrested for interfering with Hermione while she was paralyzed.
* MemeticMutation:
** "What the devil is going on heeeeeere?"
** Pigfarts, in particular its headmaster, Rumbleroar. He's a lion. [[TalkingAnimal Who can talk]].
** Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders!
*** [[HufflepuffHouse What the]] ''[[HufflepuffHouse hell]]'' [[HufflepuffHouse is a Hufflepuff]]?
*** FIND!
** "Well, the medallion says that's dumb, so we're not gonna do that."
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The Death Eater chorus line.
* NarmCharm: Some lines are so ridiculous, you just have to love them.
-->'''Tall Death Eater:''' I oughta Jelly-Legs Jinx you right now, traitor!
%%* NightmareFuel: In spades.
%%** The aforementioned ECM and [[AxCrazy ax-craziness]].
* OneSceneWonder:
** Molly Weasley shows up just to do her scene with a {{Jewish|Mother}} UsefulNotes/{{a|mericanAccents}}ccent.
** [[spoiler: RUMMMBLEROAR!]]
* OneTruePairing: This ''whole musical'' exists because the writers were Draco/Hermione shippers, leading to Darren Criss writing "Granger Danger", which became the seed for the idea of doing a full musical. Ironically, in the actual musicals Draco's hopeless crush on Hermione is mostly played for BlackComedy.
* QuestionableCasting:
** An ironic AndYouThoughtItWouldFail example. Most of the theatre kids at [=UMich=] reacted to Matt and Nick Lang's final announcement of the casting for ''A Very Potter Musical'' as literally "the worst possible choices"; the Langs describe being mocked and criticized for it all the way up till the show's premiere. The two choices that got the biggest "What the hell?" were... Creator/DarrenCriss as Harry Potter and Creator/LaurenLopez as Draco Malfoy. Needless to say, the Website/YouTube audience finds these to be the most irreplaceable members of the cast, to the point of Lauren as Draco being the BreakoutCharacter of the whole Starkid franchise.
** The original favorite among the theatre crowd for Harry was Brian Rosenthal, since canon!Harry is TheWoobie and Brian excels in that role. Harry instead being a tall, handsome, muscular JerkJock with an AwesomeEgo was a ''major'' AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that set the comedic tone for the whole show. (Which [[HilariousInHindsight adds to the hilarity]] of making ''Professor Quirrell'', of all people, be TheWoobie in the first show, and Brian going on to play Harry's dad -- who in canon was much more similar to Darren Criss' portrayal of Harry as a self-absorbed fratboy -- in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel''.)
** Creator/LaurenLopez was widely favored for the role of Hermione; Lauren now describes losing that role to Bonnie Gruesen as having "dodged a bullet". Turning Draco Malfoy into a CrossCastRole was an impulsive ThrowItIn decision because they really wanted her in the cast and didn't know where else to put her -- which she successfully turned into the funniest part of the show. (At the A Very Starkid Reunion show in 2015 [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Lauren's entrance as Draco got longer and louder applause]] than Darren's initial entrance as Harry.) Bonnie even lampshades that BreakoutCharacter Draco is more popular than her starring role of Hermione in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDDCaqvP5ME official Behind the Scenes video]].
** HistoryRepeats: Something very similar happened with the role of Sami Reese in WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie going from a male in the initial planning to female with casting Lauren in mind -- only for it not to work out, and Lauren to instead create the BreakoutCharacter of Tanya Freemont.
** In a lesser example of this, Britney Coleman and Tyler Brunsman were considered the two most accomplished musical theatre performers in the cast, and the two of them slumming it in this joke production in minor roles was basically StuntCasting. The creators were very aware of this in Tyler's case, giving him a OneSceneWonder solo in the opening number and then conspicuously "wasting" him for the rest of the show as a goofy comic relief character, to the point of having him [[TheLivingDead lie motionless as a corpse]] for a [[OverlyLongGag hilariously long time]] after Voldemort kills him while everyone ''else'' has a big song and dance number. (And then bringing him back as Fudge in Act 2 only to kill him ''again'' and keep him onstage through an even ''longer'' and ''more'' [[MoodWhiplash incongruous]] musical number.)

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** For those who weren't one of the three people who saw Creator/DarrenCriss on ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' before ''A Very Potter Musical''. This started happening a lot more to him once he starts appearing on ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
** These days the biggest retroactive recognition reactions are seeing Devin Lytle from WebVideo/{{Ladylike}} as Cho Chang.
* TheScrappy: Bellatrix, if the Youtube comments are to be believed. Most people claim the reason that she is so disliked is because almost all of the AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is done fantastically but in her case they just made a really cool character annoying. And not to mention that with Voldemort only AffablyEvil, she is actually the true villain of the story. There's also some DieForOurShip to blame.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Even less for kids than the later installments of the original series. Once they put it on the Internet and opened it up for all ages, they cut out some of the dirtier portions.

!!''A Very Potter Sequel''
%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire damn thing.
%%** Hermione's girl power song, "The Coolest Girl".
%%** "Harry Freaking Potter".
%%** "No Way"
%%** The bit of [[spoiler:"Get Back to Hogwarts"]].
%%** "Guys Like Potter"
%%** "You Were Never My Lover (Stutter)"
%%** "Not Over Yet"
* CrackPairing:
** [[spoiler:Draco × Luna]], who in the main series never even spoke to each other.
** [[TeacherStudentRomance Lupin × Cho]] is also teased -- again, never even spoke to one another in the main series (at least not that we know of; he must've taught her class, though). Note that this is ''first-year'' Cho, who's supposed to be eleven years old.
** Not to mention [[spoiler:Umbridge and Dumbledore]]. Or [[spoiler:Umbridge and Firenze]].
** There's even a few references to Snape × Grubbly-Plank, which is so crack filled that more than a few casual Harry Potter fans probably had to do a quick google search to remind themselves who Grubbly-Plank even ''is''.
%%* CreepyAwesome: Umbridge.
* CreatorsPet: According to Nick Lang, Matt Lang has an odd fixation on the character of Seamus Finnegan and made sure he would be in this musical after he was cut from the first one. Nick claims at least three scenes featuring Seamus monologues were cut from this show for time.
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Stomping Scabbers to death after they realize he's Peter Pettigrew, [[spoiler:only for it to turn out that Pettigrew was actually hidden in the Taylor Lautner poster]].
** Any of Draco's monologues about using the potty. They go from amusing to disturbingly awkward to freakin' hilarious.
** When Dumbledore rejects Umbridge and she can't stop crying it's a genuinely sad moment. Then Dumbledore assumes she's laughing, starts talking about how funny the story is, and even high fives Snape while she's still sobbing in the foreground. It is ''hilarious''.
** "Harry Freaking Potter" gleefully parodies the CrowdSong chorus:
--->'''Harry:''' But this is all so sad, I mean my mom and dad died long ago...\\
'''Chorus:''' ''[cheerfully]'' Long ago they died!
** Draco's "Daddy, daddy! [[ParentalNeglect You came here to love me!!]]".
** The entire Mama Umbridge scene. On the one hand, Umbridge [[spoiler:hallucinating about her abusive mother, prompting her to want to kill Harry Potter]] is pretty disturbing. On the other hand, [[spoiler:said mother is played by Nick Lang and speaks in a ridiculously strong Southern accent.]]
** Draco's reaction to [[spoiler:Dobby being his father]]:
--->'''Draco:''' Oh, [[spoiler:Dobby]]! Now I lament all those times I beat him senseless within an inch of his life, and then, oh right, yeah, that one time when I drowned a litter of his young, my... [[spoiler:brothers?]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Lucius in Leather Pants, actually. Very tight, ''[[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth-y]]'' pants.
* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** The Scarf of Sexual Preference. It was a one-off joke in AVPM, but he's awesome in the sequel. "Metrosexual!" indeed.
** Jim Povolo (who plays Goyle, Firenze and random Death Eaters) get a big laugh from the audience whenever he says ''anything''. "Is that crosshatching I detect?"
** If Website/YouTube comments are anything to go by, Brian Rosenthal (Quirrel in AVPM) has quite a lot of fangirls (and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim fanboys]]) thanks to his [[strike:Cockney]] "[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent Irish]]" accent.
** Lucius Malfoy, for being portrayed as a CampStraight LargeHam in this continuity.
** Nick Lang plays a handful of one-off characters (Arthur Weasley, Sorty, Scarfy, [[spoiler:Peter Pettigrew]], and [[spoiler:Umbridge's mother]]) and nearly steals the show in almost every appearance.
* HarsherInHindsight: Portraying Umbridge with an obvious male actor is incredibly awkward after J.K. Rowling's openly transphobic public statements starting in 2019.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Draco's letter definitely qualifies. Hedwig comforting him also counts.
** The song "Home" where Harry talks about never having a home before. It helps that the entire song is sang subdued and softly.
** [[spoiler:The Mirror of Erised.]]
** [[spoiler:Harry and Snape's (temporary) reconciliation.]]
** [[spoiler:Harry's speech at the end of AVPS about how Hogwarts will always be there and you can always go back to it. I have something in my eye.]]
** [[spoiler:After all the poor Draco goes through, it's nice to see him having a happy ending with Luna.]]
** "The Coolest Girl": an anthem for nerdgirls everywhere.
** [[spoiler:Future!Draco finally gets to sing a 4-part harmony like he wanted in the first show.]]
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Yaxley as a snivelling coward is made really funny by Peter Mullan's badass take on the character in the first ''Deathly Hallows'' film.
** Future Malfoy claims that he is very nice and is friends with Harry Potter in the future. By AVPSY, he ''is'' nice, and by the end, he does become friends with Harry.
** Lucius starts off the play with a line about how there's "literally no way" to continue the storyline, poking fun at how AVPM drew so much of its plot from the final Harry Potter book that [=StarKids=] would be forever screwed over in any attempt to produce a sequel (thus making a prequel the only logical choice). Fast forward a few years, and we now have the story of Harry Freaking Potter's senior year.
** Lucius's declaration that "There is literally no way to move forward from this point!" is surprisingly prophetic in light of ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' and its time travel plot.
** The parallels to Cursed Child continue when the final twist is that the character who gives the Trio access to a Time-Turner themselves is... Draco Malfoy. (Who is, indeed, really nice in the future.)
** The scene in which Lucius reveals that he is not Draco's father is meant to parallel a somewhat-climactic scene from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' between Zuko and his father Ozai. Then we learn that [[spoiler:Ozai [[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch might not be Zuko's father]], either.]]
*** Even funnier considering Voldemort said [[spoiler:Ozai]]'s speech from the last episode of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] word for word in ''A Very Potter Musical''[[note]]''"You're weak, just like the rest of your people ("just like your parents" in Voldemort's case)! They did not deserve to exist in this world -- in my world! Prepare to join them. Prepare to die!"''[[/note]]
** More accurately ''disturbing'' in hindsight, but wizards canonically didn't borrow plumbing from the Muggles until the 18th century. Before then, they would relieve themselves wherever they stood and magically whisk away the evidence. So Draco [[spoiler:and Luna]] claiming all the best wizards use diapers wasn't entirely wrong.
** The joke about [[spoiler:Dobby being Draco's real father]] suddenly became a lot more plausible in canon after ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'', [[spoiler:which introduces a half-elf character]].
* HoYay: Absolutely ''everywhere''.
** Harry and Ron are closer than usual, having been sorted as "Metrosexual" and "Bi-curious". They even give each other a kiss on the cheek.
--->'''Ron:''' Want to hold hands?\\
'''Harry:''' I'd love that!
** For a song about Snape's love for Lily, Lucius and Snape are really rather close during "Guys Like Potter".
** Some slight Remus/Sirius ([[spoiler:"It feels so good to hug and kiss you again"]], which is a very popular slash pairing from the original books. Slight?! There's that [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starkid/images/6/67/Lupin_Sirius_kiss.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150517190431 very obvious kiss]].
%%* JerkassWoobie: Draco and Snape. Even Umbridge has her moment, after [[spoiler:Dumbledore dumps her.]]
%%* MemeticMutation:
%%** IMA SUCK YOU INTO MY WOMB. AND SPIT YOU OUT AS A RED HOT TITANIUM BABY. WITH DIAMOND TEETH!!
%%** "Did you get my text?" [pause, often the answer, "Yes."] "Well, you didn't text me back."
%%** "Red Vine?"
%%*** "What the hell ''can't'' they do."
* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Moment of Totally Awesome]]:
** At the end of "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Days of Summer]]", [[spoiler:the entire cast does a reprise of "Get Back to Hogwarts"!]]
** The choreography of the Quidditch match.
** Harry's transformation from a shy, awkward kid to the arrogant BAMF we know and love in the bridge of "Harry Freaking Potter".
* NeverLiveItDown: Draco wears diapers! Hermione can't draw! Lupin ate shit!
* NightmareFuel:
** The scene with [[spoiler:Mama Umbridge]]. Dear God.
** Heck, every scene with Umbridge qualifies.
*** This scene in particular:
--->'''Harry:''' I'm not afraid of you! You're a teacher, you can't hurt me. ''[scoffs]'' Do your worst.\\
'''Umbridge:''' ''[turns around slowly]'' Oh, I will. ''[CRACK]'' See you in hell, Harry Potter.
*** Oh, and don't forget her finger. It bends to an unnatural degree, and it STAYS THAT WAY for the rest of the scene. Unless Joe Walker has double-jointed fingers, that crack probably wasn't his knuckles.
*** "Mama's Little Love Hand," a nail-studded paddle which Umbridge [[KickTheDog nearly used on Hermione]].
* OneSceneWonder: He's only there for about two seconds, but at the very end, [[spoiler:Voldemort pops out through the Zefron poster.]]
%%** Umbridge's [[spoiler:mama]].
* {{Squick}}:
** Lupin accidentally eating a shit-flavored candy bean.
** Draco's drawing of himself on the potty. Let's just say that you can see his "Little D".
** The implied relationship between Cho Chang and Flitwick... on ''[[ValuesDissonance multiple]]'' levels.
--->'''Cho Chang:''' How am I supposed to stay abstinent when [[ReallyGetsAround I have got a reputation to maintain]]? ''[tears up]'' [[TeacherStudentRomance Professor Flitwick]] [[SextraCredit is gonna fail me, now]].
** Umbridge cracking people's fingers... [[spoiler:including her own]].
* TearJerker:
** Anything with Snape and Lily.
** "Guys Like Potter" manages to be incredibly sad despite the use of the word "pwned" and lines like "so many assholes in my face."
** Sirius and Harry [[spoiler:both seeing James and Lily in the Mirror of Erised.]]
*** And, at the end of that scene, Snape turning back for a couple of seconds and [[spoiler:seeing Lily on her own]] before the lights fade.
** At the beginning of "Those Voices", right when Harry sings "I know you..." That by itself is enough to turn on the waterworks, but immediately after that you can just barely hear a hushed gasp from someone in the audience, which makes the moment even more effective.
* ThemePairing: Fans have theorized that Lockhart wants to impress Rita Skeeter because they both have a bone to pick with the PowerTrio.
* TheWoobie:
** Lavender Brown cries when she's scared, so she might qualify.
** Draco, who just wants his dad to be proud of him and to use the potty. It doesn't help that Lauren Lopez has some of the saddest puppy-eyes this side of anime.
** Cho Chang has a moment of this when she's afraid of what will happen to her with the abstinence rules in place.

!!''A Very Potter Senior Year''
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:[[RuleOfThree Again]], the entire damn thing.
** Especially Brittany Coleman during "When You Have to Go All the Way Home". The official subtitles even read [[FunWithSubtitles "[Amazing riffing by Bellatrix]"]] during her part.
** The TriumphantReprise of "Back To Hogwarts" is made of this. [[spoiler:As is the Epilogue version.]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Aragog. A character showing up to sing a suggestive song about eating people which is never spoken of again could be a homage to the BLAM moments from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferngully}}''.
* CrackPairing: [[spoiler:Lily separates from James in the afterlife and ''marries Cedric Diggory''.]]
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
%%** [[spoiler:Tom Riddle's grandfather is basically made of this.]]
** In a flashback, Dumbledore says to Riddle "Well, Tom... sometimes... sometimes you accidentally kill your family" to cheer him up, referring to Arianna. You can hear the audience go "Hahahaha-''ooooohhhhh''".
*** After a similar remark by Dylan Saunders's character in Theatre/BlackFriday, the line becomes [[HilariousInHindsight even funnier/sadder]].
** Whatever Filch got up to with a petrified Hermione.
* HilariousInHindsight: When ''Senior Year'' was launched, it was not too long after the release of [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2 the final film]]. Many fans thought this was the last major Harry Potter related thing they were going to see for a while [[spoiler:(something AVPSY was lampshading, thinking the same thing)]] and treated the play not only as a final send-off to the AVPM trilogy, but to the Harry Potter franchise as a whole. Of course, this ended up being far from the truth, thanks to the announcement of ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' (and sequels) in September 2013, followed by so much more, including the copious amounts of information J.K. Rowling released about the Wizarding World in general, the expansion of theme park, the update of Pottermore, ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'', and even newer fan work, like ''Theatre/PuffsThePlay'' and the work of ''Broad Strokes Productions''.
* OneSceneWonder:
** [[spoiler:Rumbleroar returns for one scene.]] For some reason, it wasn't shown in the Youtube release.
** [[spoiler:Also, Tom Riddle's family.]]
** [[spoiler:Lily, James, Cedric, Lupin, Sirius, and Snape all show up to sing "Everything Ends" in the Resurrection Stone scene.]]
** [[spoiler:Bill, Fleur, Percy, George, the Ghost of Fred, and Mrs. and Mr. Weasley all appear just in the beginning of the show at the Burrow.]]
** [[spoiler:Fenrir Grayback and Mad-Eye Moody/Barty Crouch, Jr., appear just in TheTeaser.]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: Darren Criss' microphone malfunctioned and didn't record anything, so all his lines are heard with the camera's on-board mic, resulting in a very distracting shift in audio quality whenever Harry speaks.
%%* TearJerker: Probably the play in general (especially the 2nd act). At the very least, it's incredibly bittersweet.
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