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alt title(s): Harry Potter The College Musical; A Very Potter Sequel
A Very Potter Musical

I think we're going back...

"I'm Harry freakin' Potter and I'm the man!"
—Harry Potter's alternate character interpretation in a nutshell

"Look at this! Rocketship Potter! Star kid Potter! Moon shoes Potter! Traversing the galaxy for intergalactic travels to Pigfarts!"
—Draco Malfoy

A Very Potter Musical and its appropriately named sequel, A Very Potter Sequel, are musical parodies of the Harry Potter books that were written and performed by Team Star Kid (a group of former and current students of the University of Michigan) and released as a series of videos on their YouTube channel. The plots mash together a lot of elements from all the books in the series, but the musicals are very much their own work, with unique subplots and very unique takes on the characters, so unique that a character page can be found here. They run on Rule Of Funny and Rule Of Cool almost exclusively, and definitely aren't afraid to take Refuge In Audacity.

A Very Potter Musical (performed and later released in 2009) begins with Harry's second year at Hogwarts. Professor Quirrell, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, reinstates the House Cup Tournament, and a champion from each House is chosen to compete. But when Voldemort uses the tournament to fulfill a plot to return to his body, things take a turn for the grim for Harry and his friends, who must find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes before it's too late. The story takes most of its elements from books 1, 4, 6, and 7.

A Very Potter Sequel (performed and released in 2010  * ) begins immediately after the events of the first story, when Lucius Malfoy decides to use a time turner to go back to Harry's first year at Hogwarts and kill him before he can defeat Voldemort. As Harry, Ron, Herman Hermione, Malfoy and the rest of the characters meet for the first time, Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban and the Ministry of Magic responds by sending Delores Umbridge to the school to watch out for Harry, and Remus Lupin also comes to Hogwarts to take up the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Its story is mostly from books 1, 3, and 5.

If you are a fan of this work, it is highly recommended you also check out Little White Lie and Me And My Dick, which were also written and produced by Team Star Kid. You can visit the Team StarKid store to get the soundtrack of A Very Potter Musical for free, as well as links to where you can buy some of their other music or totally awesome t-shirts The musicals have a Character Sheet.

Note that spoilers abound for all character deaths the original series in the examples, as You Should Know This Already. For the time being, spoilers for A Very Potter Sequel should be tagged.

Crowners are being voted on Heartwarming and Funny.

A Very Potter Musical provides examples of:
  • The Ace: Cedric Diggory, who looks and sounds exactly like the typical Disney prince.
  • Affably Evil: Voldemort and Quirrell.
  • Affectionate Parody: The affectionate-est.
  • Air Vent Escape: The plan to get the Death Eaters into Hogwarts.
  • Alter Ego Acting: Joe Moses now has a YouTube channel where he interviews people in-character as Severus Snape.
    "Join me next week, where my guest will be a pterodactyl."
  • Alternate Character Interpretation: Just about every character is played differently from the original series, which is of course done for laughs (and used brilliantly).
  • American Accents: Dumbledore, Molly, the exposition newsies, and some of the extra Death Eaters all have Jewish New Yorker accents. Cho has an over-the-top Dixie accent, and Lavender Brown speaks like a Valley Girl.
  • And The Fandom Rejoiced: Upon learning there would be a sequel.
  • As You Know Bob: Lampshaded, repeatedly.
    Voldemort: I know, Quirrell! I hear everything you hear!
  • Attractive Bent Gender: A meta-example, did somebody say Draco Malfoy!
  • Beta Couple: Cho and Cedric, who despite being initially set up as a Love Triangle scenario with Harry and Ginny, are actually a very happy and loving couple... for the time being.
  • Betty And Veronica: Harry (Archie), Ginny (Betty), and Cho (Veronica). Cho (Archie), Harry (Veronica), and Cedric (Betty). Hermione (Archie), Ron (Betty), and Draco (Veronica). Voldemort (Archie), Bellatrix (Veronica), and Quirrell (Betty-Just Friends though...maybe).
  • Big Damn Heroes: Snape. Also Molly Weasley.
  • Big Eater: Ron has a different snack in every scene.
  • Big Lipped Alligator Moment: Snape giving Dumbledore a bomb sandwich.
  • Big Man On Campus: Harry. Cedric would be this is he wasn't a Hufflepuff
  • Bi The Way: Voldemort
    • Well, most likely. Quirrell/Voldemort is under the banner of bromance, but right down to the language they use they're fooling no one. We never do see Voldemort lusting after another guy, though, while he definitely mentions other women besides Bellatrix. Could be a case of If Its You Its Okay.
  • Bowdlerization: Apparently, there is a version that is a lot raunchier than what was put up on the internet. Or So I Heard.
    • They didn't cut a whole lot and the play will by no means stop being hilarious without it, though admittedly one of the scenes cut was probably the funniest.
  • Butt Monkey: "Thanks, Hermione."
    • Draco and Ginny as well.
    • Hufflepuff House.
  • Cast Incest: Not here, but in Me And My Dick a lot of viewers were squicked out because Ron and Ginny are a couple.
  • There's a Catch Phrase and it's totally awesome.
    • Ginny's "Wowee! Harry Potter!" certainly counts.
    • And let's not forget Snape's "What the devil is going on here?"
  • Character Development: A surprising amount of it (Harry, Draco, Ron, Ginny, Voldemort...), and part of what makes the show not just a good parody but a great story.
  • Chekhovs Gun: The part of Voldemort's soul inside Quirrell.
    • Zefron!
  • Chekhovs Lecture: Snape's pop quiz about Portkeys, which is blatantly lampshaded.
    Snape: Can anybody tell me what Foreshadowing is?
  • Clark Kenting: Dumbledore's fake brown beard makes him utterly unrecognizable.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: No shortage of them. Draco, for example, is always slithering everywhere, always talking about some school called Pigfarts ... on Mars ... run by a lion... named Rumbleroar.
    • The writhing on the floor was remarkably reminiscent of Tobias Funke's 'falling and then pretending it was deliberate by assuming strange position'. Some of the deliveries on Cedric's lines also had the Tobias vibe to them. It could be a small homage to Arrested Development by using some of the absurd but hilarious slapstick that worked for AD.
  • The Cuckoolander Was Right: Pigfarts exists and has been a closely-guarded secret for hundreds of years.
  • Coconut Superpowers: Floo Powder consists of running in a circle shouting "Floo Powder Power!", while Portkeys are running in a circle shouting "Portkey!"
    • Disapparating involves shouting "Disapparate!" and running offstage while everyone looks confused about where you went.
    • In the films, the conjoined Voldemort/Quirrel was portrayed using CGI. In this show, it's portrayed by... the two actors standing back-to-back beneath a gigantic robe.
  • Compensating For Something: Voldemort's wand is a good three feet long. And judging by his tights, he's not exactly Jareth.
  • Completely Missing The Point: Actual Youtube Comment: "But I thought Cho Chang was a Chinese name."
  • Composite Character: Draco has some elements of Luna Lovegood. Snape also takes the place of Peter Pettigrew. Cho and Malfoy take the place of Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum during the House Tournament, and Quirrell fufills the role of Barty Crouch Jr. Lavender Brown and Pansy Parkinson become Ravenclaws in order to give Cho her Girl Posse.
  • Continuity Lock Out: If you haven't read the Potter books, you'll understand about half the plot and almost none of the jokes.
    • It's not quite as bad as you think: the play actually explains every single relevant plot point taken from the books, from Harry's past to the meaning of his lightning-bolt scar.
      • Which is more than the movies explain.
    • It is less funny, though, if you don't understand the all the lampshading.
  • Counterpoint Duet: "Granger Danger", with Draco and Ron realizing Hollywood Homely Hermione was Beautiful All Along and Cleans Up Nicely.
  • Crosscast Role: Draco Malfoy, a walking (sort of) Crowning Moment Of Funny. Also, technically, 1/3 of the Hungarian Horntail.
  • Crosses The Line Twice Three Times: Ron and Hermione's kiss.
    • Snape's death scene. Being bitten by a coral snake? Eh, not funny. Being bitten on the wiener by a coral snake? High-freakin'-larious.
    • Quirrell's introduction: "GO HOME TERRORIST!"
  • Crowning Moment Of Funny: Has its own page.
    • Basically, any scene that has at least two or more characters interacting with each other.
  • Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming: "Hey, you..." The ending, which overlaps with the above.
    • If Voldemort's final monologue and the two lines following it don't melt you into a puddle of goo...well, you're probably not a slash fan, but seriously, d'aww.
    • Also, the song "Not Alone", which really gets to the heart of the whole story.
    • There's something about "Granger Danger". Maybe it's the catchy melody, or the sweetness of the performances mixed with enough humor to keep it from getting cheesy. Or maybe it's because these two jerkish guys are suddenly pouring their hearts out over a nerdy girl. Whatever it is, the last line where Draco and Ron harmonize the word "Danger" and Hermione's in the middle, completely oblivious to the whole thing, really hits the spot.
    • When Ron tells Harry that even if Hermione did like him better, he wouldn't be able to hurt him, because they're best friends.
  • Crowning Music of Totally Awesome: The entire damn thing.
    • "Get Back to Hogwarts"
    • "Granger Danger"
    • "Cho Chang/Ginny"
    • "Hey Dragon"
    • "Voldemort is Going Down"
    • "To Dance Again"
    • "Different As Can Be"
  • Curse Cut Short: Mostly averted, but used in one scene when Harry's frustrated:
    Draco: But [Snape]'s not doing anything.
    Harry: That's because he's dead you dumb motherf...
  • Dark Reprise: Inverted. "Different As Can Be" was peppy enough the first time, but the reprise is absolutely euphoric (even though they're singing about murdering Harry.)
    • It's really more of a subversion. "Different As Can Be" was a song about a quirky relationship between two people who just happen to be villains. The reprise is about the happiness of them learning to get along, except they still just happen to be evil.
  • Death By Adaptation: Cornelius Fudge. His ultimate fate is unknown in the books, but he was alive in his last appearance. In the musical he's killed by Voldemort in his takeover of the Ministry, making this version of Fudge a Composite Character of Fudge and Rufus Scrimgeour.
  • Death Of The Hypotenuse: Subverted. Cedric dies, leaving Cho available. But by then Harry's pretty much over her.
  • Description Cut: Done several times when Dumbledore assures people of Snape's true allegiance.
  • Devil In Plain Sight: Done for laughs with Quirrell's turban. Also, Snape in general, especially in act 2 thanks to a certain incident.
  • Distant Duet: "Missing You"
  • Doctor Girlfriend: Bellatrix, and unlike her literary counterpart, she actually is Voldemort's girlfriend.
    • There's room for debate on how 'unlike her literary counterpart' that is. A lot of room.
  • Double Entendre: (Sadly censored from the current version)
    Hermione: Shh! Someone's coming.
    Ron: IT'S NOT ME, I SWEAR!
    • Lampshaded by Crabbe.
    Crabbe: I thought I heard a Double Entendre.
  • Ear Worm: Basically every song in the musical could count for somebody.
    • "Hogwarts! Hogwarts!"
    • "This could mean... danger! I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love, with Hermione Granger..."
    • "'Cause Harry you're not alone, 'cause you're here with me, and nothing's ever gonna bring us down..."
    • "I've been waiting all these years to dance again...!"
    • "Time's running out, it's time to shout! Voldemort is going down!"
    • "You're cuter than a guinea pig, wanna take you up to Winnipeg..."
      • "That's in Canada!"
    • "Hey, dragon..."
    • "We're different, different as can be!"
    • "Why can't you see... what you're doin' to me?"
    • "And I'm missing you... I'm just missing you"
    • "Cho Chang! Domo Arigato, Cho Chang!"
  • Economy Cast
    Hermione: Snape just happened to pick you out of hundreds if not five possible Gryffindors.
    • All the students that aren't Gryffindors or Draco double as miscellaneous death eaters. Draco and Cho Chang are also the dragon Harry fights. Molly and Pansy are the same actress, Cedric reincarnates as Cornelius Fudge, Goyle is also Rumbleroar, and the newspaper-sellers are Pansy, Cho and Lavender Brown.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Who expected Goyle and Quirrell to be two of the best characters?
  • Epic Song: "Get Back to Hogwarts" and "Voldemort is Going Down".
  • Equal Opportunity Evil: Unlike their movie counterparts, the Death Eaters have much more women and other minorities among their ranks.
  • Everybody's Dead Dave: Inverted to a certain degree in the end.
    Harry: "Hey guys, well, I guess all the professors are dead, so... Butterbeers on me!"
    • Also:
    Molly: I came down here with the rest of the Order; Lupin, Tonks, Made-Eye Moody, Sirius, and your brother Fred.
    Ron: Oh awesome, where are they?
    Molly: They're all dead.

    From AVPS -
    Lupin: Don't you worry, Harry. I'm sure we're gonna be seeing plenty of each other next year! Isn't that right, Draco?
    Future!Draco: *throws up hands* ...Rather not say!
  • Evil Is Sexy: Voldemort here happens to be played by a handsome young man wearing only a cape, tights, and tap shoes.
    • Actual quote from a viewer: "I wish he'd put on a shirt, it's distracting."
  • Estrogen Brigade Bait: Voldemort after he gets his body back. Even before you get a look at those abs there were plenty of comments saying "Voldemort is...hot?"
  • Exactly What It Says On The Tin: Most of the spells used are performed, not by saying magic words, but by saying the name of the spell.
    Goyle: "I can't believe I couldn't figure out that the countercurse was just Unjellify!"
  • Extra Extra Read All About It: The opening of Act 2.
  • Faking The Dead: Dumbledore.
  • False Reassurance:
    Voldemort: I'm willing to offer you positions in my new world order... [aside] ...as my slaves.
  • Family Unfriendly Aesop:
    Hermione: "You know, I used to think looks weren't important, and now I think they're more important than anything."
  • Fan Preferred Couple: A very odd case as the show uses the Official Couple from Harry Potter of Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione, yet plays out with the creators own preferred couple of Draco/Hermione. As a result of the show many people who normally did not like the Harry/Ginny ship (mostly Harry/Hermione shippers) have begun to like them in this canon and the (admittedly already popular) Draco/Hermione ship has expanded. But none of these couples take the prize from Voldemort/Quirrel, which has become a major fan ship since this show.
  • Final Love Duet: "Not Alone", which begins as a duet for Harry and Ginny, but then goes on to include more than just romantic love when they're joined by Ron and Hermione. It's reprised at the very end of the show after Quirrell and Voldemort are reunited.
  • First Name Basis: You know how Voldemort usually insists everyone call him "Dark Lord" or something to that effect? Quirrel's the exception.
    Voldemort: Okay, just relax with the "Dark King"...I watch you wipe your butt daily. You can call me Voldemort. We're there. We've reached that point.
  • Five Man Band:
    • The Hero: Harry. Was he ever going to be anything else?
    • The Lancer: Draco. Constantly trying to be as cool as Harry and failing. He has a heart but he doesn't show it off often. He also serves as the Sixth Ranger as he joined the group later and teased with being evil beforehand.
    • The Smart Guy: Hermione. She is the Only Sane Man after all. And she's the only person to study at Hogwarts at all.
    • The Big Guy: Ron. He can also be considered The Lancer but he is definitely the group's muscle.
    • The Chick: Ginny. In addition to being the Love Interest, she genuinely cares for everyone in the group (even Draco, who no one else can stand) and inspires Harry when no one else can.
  • Foe Yay: Malfoy and Hermione. The fact that Malfoy's played by a girl just makes it funnier.
  • Foot Popping: Ginny does this during her and Harry's first kiss.
  • Foreshadowing: Considering the play wastes no time in lampshading the practice of foreshadowing with Snape's pop quiz on Portkeys and dramatic devices, it's impressive just how much effective foreshadowing there is: Voldemort's love of Zac Efron and Malfoy's reference towards Hermione being Ron's "stupid Mudblood girlfriend" to name two examples.
    • After the whole 'Dark King' business.
    Voldemort: "We're there! We've reached that point!"
    Quirrel: "Yes my... Voldemort."
  • Forgotten Fallen Friend: Cedric, of course.
  • Freudian Slip: When Snape gives Dumbledore the bomb sandwich.
    Snape: Here you are, Headmaster. Bomb appetite! I mean, bon appetite!
  • Freud Was Right: Harry's guitar when Ginny is singing "Harry". The audience's outbreak of laughter at the seemingly innocent scene says it all.
  • Fridge Logic: Word Of God says there's a major plothole no one (at time of the interview) had yet discovered. See our attempts to sniff it out.
  • Fridge Brilliance: When Dumbledore says Hogwarts has a "hidden swimming pool", he's not kidding. Harry visits the "hidden swimming pool" (or giant bathtub, either one) in the prefects' bathroom in the fourth book.
    • Snape shows Harry exactly what he needs to do. Die, of course!
    • Bellatrix tells Voldemort there are "pieces of [him] missing", and Voldemort defensively asks if she's talking about his Horcruxes. Considering how Voldemort survives, she is talking about one of them.
  • Friendship Moment: Many, many between Voldemort and Quirrell. Ron and Harry have one after the Horcrux is destroyed, and Ron and Hermione coming to join in on the "Not Alone" song counts as well.
  • Gender Bender: Malfoy and Crabbe are both played by women. Of course the Crabbe character is portrayed as a middle school-esque bully who thinks girls are icky.
  • Genki Girl: Ginny. Cho has her moments.
  • Genre Blind: Oh, Harry.
    Harry: No way this year anyone's gonna die!
    • But he gets better as the show goes on.
  • Girl Posse: Cho is almost constantly followed by her fellow Ravenclaws, Lavender and Pansy.
  • Good Costume Switch: Voldemort's white cloak in the last scene.
  • Good Is Not Nice: The heroes are still heroic but act like major douchebags in their time off, while Voldemort himself is actually a very personable guy when he's not putting on a threatening facade.
  • Groin Attack: Snape gets one with a snake, in a twist of his original death.
  • Ham To Ham Combat: Act 2, part 2 has Draco, Voldemort, and Snape together on one stage — this scene was the original inspiration for the trope, in fact.
  • Harmless Villain: Considering how much everyone hates and makes fun of Draco, it's worth noting that up until the point where he conspires with Voldemort to smuggle the Death Eaters into Hogwarts he never actually does anything that evil. He just snarks at Harry's group, calls them names and is a general nuisance. True, one of those names was a racist slur but it was still just a name (and he gets his comeuppance for it immediately). It's no wonder he does a Face Heel Turn when you consider how everyone has treated him up to that point.
  • He Who Must Not Be Seen: Despite being mentioned, Hagrid never appears onstage. A couple other characters get this treatment as well (i.e. The Patil twins).
  • Heel Face Turn: Draco has one.
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: Quirrell and Voldemort take this trope to its logical extreme.
  • Hey Its That Guy: Something tells me that this show will be getting this a lot once Darren Criss appears on Eastwick.
  • Historical In Joke: "So you're Thomas Jefferson and I'm your Sally Hemings, is that it?!"
  • Ho Yay: Voldemort and Quirrell. So, so much. They didn't even try to hide it. It's practically canon if you consider this video.
    • See Foreshadowing.
    • It's strongly implied that this trope is the reason Dumbledore trusts Snape so much.
      • Implied?
      Harry: Why do you trust Snape so m-
      Dumbledore: Because I love him.
    • There are a lot of moments even outside of Dumbledore and Snape, like Neville greeting Harry and Ron with the line, "How are you fine, strapping young gentlemen?" and Harry describing Dumbledore as "the most beautiful wizard". The play is dripping in Ho Yay, probably to make fun of the fan reaction to Rowling's post-series revelation of Dumbledore's homosexuality.
    • Draco and Goyle have quite a few close moments as well.
    • As a meta example there is this brief announcement (wait until 2:35).
  • Hook Hand: Snape gets one. It is, of course, thoroughly ridiculous.
  • Hollywood Homely: Hermione, done intentionally as a source of humor.
    • Hermione's so ugly that if Draco could rate her on a scale of one to ten, she'd be an eight.
      • ...point five. No higher then a nine point eight!
      • Because there's always room for improvement.
  • Hufflepuff House: Lampshaded of course! Ravenclaw also gets this treatment but nowhere near to the extent of Hufflepuff.
    Cedric: Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders!
    Dumbledore: What the hell is a Hufflepuff?
  • Hulk Speak: Goyle uses this.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Harry tries to stand up to Draco, who immediately orders his brute to defend him, dives under a bench (hanging under it upside down) and declares "Not so tough now, are you, Potter?"
  • Implausible Deniability: Fudge refuses to believe that Voldemort is back. Even when he's right in front of Fudge. Killing him. "Ooh, a heart attack!"
  • I Am Song: "Different as Can Be"
  • Ignored Epiphany: Voldemort, during his final confrontation with Harry Potter. He even breaks the fourth wall by pointing his wand at the guy playing the emotional background music and thus silencing him.
  • Improbable Age: Despite the romantic subplots and the fact that his actor is obviously college age, Harry says, on multiple occasions, "I'm just a twelve-year-old kid!" It probably references that it's supposedly happening during Harry's second year.
  • Incoming Ham:
    • Snape in every scene he appears, most memorably "WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON HEEREEEE?!?!".
    • Draco's "Did someone say DRACO MALFOY?"
    • Dumbledore makes his entrance by sustaining the word "Welcome" for an impressively long time.
  • Incredibly Lame Pun: In regards to the bomb sandwich.
    Hermione: Is that sandwich ticking?!
    Dumbledore: I'd say it's "licking". Finger licking good!
  • Incredibly Long Note:
    • As stated above, this is how Dumbledore starts off his intro song.
    • Quirrel gets one in "Different as Can Be", on the phrase "And Jane Austen novels!", though it's mostly drowned out by Voldemort's part.
  • Info Dump: Lampshaded after Quirrell explains how Voldemort is still alive and plotting against Harry aloud for the audience.
    Voldemort: Yes, nobody must know any of that.

    Hermione: What is the point of this quiz?
    Snape: Oh no point at all, just important information that EVERYONE should know...*points to the audience* Especially YOU.
  • Institutional Apparel: Quirrell wears black-and-white horizontal stripes and a ball and chain.
  • Its Not You Its My Enemies: Lampshaded, of course, between Harry and Ginny, including explicit references to all three Spider-Man movies.
    Ginny: Yeah but the whole point of Spider-Man 2 was that Peter and MJ could be together.
    Harry: Yeah but the whole point of Spider-Man 3 is that that all goes to shit! And I don't want my life to be like Spider-Man 3, I hated that movie.
  • I Want Song: "Get Back to Hogwarts" has elements of this, especially Draco's part. Draco tries to sing a more standard one about Pigfarts, but Musicalis Interruptus prevents us from hearing more than a couple lines. Also,"Granger Danger"
  • Jerkass/Jerk With A Heart Of Gold: Ron, Dumbledore, and even Harry to a subtler extent display some (hilariously) jerkish behavior, especially toward Hermione and Ginny. However, it's all for humor and a major part of why the play works...it's much more poignant when they do act nice. Ron in fact acknowledges this behavior:
    Ron: I know I've been a real jerkass lately...
  • Jewish Mother: Molly Weasley
  • Large Ham: Voldemort, Draco, and especially Snape. Dumbledore slips into this occasionally.
  • Leaning On The Furniture: Draco. All the time.
  • Love Redeems: For Voldemort—ironic, huh? And for Draco too, sort of.
  • Love Triangle: The show has a couple with Ron and Draco being in love with Hermione, pining from afar. The other relationship is slightly more complicated with Ginny liking Harry who likes Cho who is dating Cedric. It's resolved once Harry realizes he loves Ginny back. Bellatrix and Voldemort are previously involved before Voldemort loses his body, and an attempt is made to rekindle the relationship that fails due to Voldemort's new, ahem, friendship with Quirrell.
  • Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number: "Get Back to Hogwarts", "Voldemort is Going Down".
  • Meadow Run: At the very end of the second act with Quirrell and Voldemort.
  • Meaningful Echo: "You're Harry Potter! You're the Boy Who Lived!"
    • Also, "You never tell a girl that you like her, it makes you look like an idiot."
  • Medium Awareness: From time to time, characters will refer to parts of the stage, or interact with the band.
  • Missed Moment Of Awesome: Fans generally agree the characterizations of Bellatrix and Neville are the worst Alternate Character Interpretation in the show, a shame since they were great characters in canon. Hagrid is mentioned repeatedly in both plays and present in neither (presumably since, as college kids, they couldn't find a way to represent his size).
    • Deliberately done at one point:
      Harry: Let's go over to Hagrid's. We can get into our dress robes, and he can teach us how to dance.
      Ron: Well that can only lead to disaster and hilarity! Let's go!
  • Mood Whiplash: several, most of them from Act 2. A notable one is when Voldemort kills Harry, the mood surprisingly dark and dramatic for the play. It goes back to humour the minute the kill is over.
    • Most of the deaths are with humor undercutting the scene to try to avoid this but you will get major whiplash during Dumbledore's. Immediately following is a comical scene that leads up to probably the saddest song in the show: Missing You. Your neck will ache.
      • Hell, that song itself is an epic Mood Whiplash. Harry's verse is excellent at conveying his loneliness, while Quirrell's part is mainly played for laughs.
    • There's also, late in Act 1, the scene where Quirrel is betrayed by Voldemort and tortured by Bellatrix, punctuated with jokes about She's All That. Ouch.
  • Moral Guardians: After the musical became popular, its creators edited a few lines out of it to tone it down to a more PG-13 tone. Some of the trope entries here refer to the old version of the play.
  • Mr Exposition - Dumbledore and Snape at times; Rita in the sequel is a very glaring example given how awkwardly forced it sounds in context.
  • Musicalis Interruptus: Draco — twice.
  • Neat Freak: Lord Voldemort, even though Quirrell is the sissy in their relationship.
    Voldemort: Well, I believe everything has it's place. Muggles have their place... Mudbloods have their place... and So. Do. Your. Clothes! Namely, A DRESSER!
  • Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: If Malfoy is to be believed which he should be, because he's right, Pigfarts is a wizard school on Mars and the headmaster is a wizard lion named Rumbleroar.
    • Who can TALK.
    • And lets good students and Dumbledore ride on his back.
  • No Fourth Wall: This trope rears its head a few times, the most egregious example being Ron getting a snack from one of the musicians.
    • An almost literal example is in Act 2 when the students barricade the door to the castle. Voldemort just walks around it.
      • He about a minute later then threatens one of the musicians when they're playing sad music to make him feel remorse.
    Harry: There's gotta be one person, one thing in your life that you miss that you regret. (sad music plays)
    Voldemort: Well... Maybe there's one... NO! (points wand at musician, who raises his hands in surrender) There isn't!
  • Nonindicative Name: Ginny assumes the only Asian girl in the cast is Cho Chang. Turns out that's Lavender Brown and Cho is a white girl with an extremely Southern accent.
    Ron: * Dope Slap* RACIST sister!
  • Not Even Bothering With The Accent: Draco, Quirrell, and Snape (See Large Ham above) are the only ones with British accents. Many characters have funny American Accents, though.
    • Considering that certain props and allusions make it clear that this version is set in the present day, and "freshman year" is mentioned, it can be assumed that the musical both modernizes and Americanizes the books in order to create humor.
    • Snape and Draco aren't exactly trying either - Snape in particular sometimes sounds less like he's British and more like he's constantly passing a kidney stone.
  • Not Quite Dead: Voldemort and Dumbledore.
  • Now Or Never Kiss: Ron and Hermione's version of this must be seen to be believed.
  • Oblivious To Love: Harry, unfortunately for poor Ginny.
    • As is Hermione in regards to Draco. At one point she even overhears him openly state he wants her only for her to go off and hook up with Ron.
      • Not so oblivious. We find out in the sequel Draco already confessed his love to her, and she told him she can do better.
  • Odd Couple: Voldy/Quirrell. Quirrell lampshades this as the cue for their song.
  • Oh Crap:
    Hermione: You know, every day everyone is trying to put me down, and on the one day I actually feel like a person, YOU'RE TRYING TO RUIN IT!
    Ron: [taken aback] Holy shit.
  • Oh My Gods: "Oh my wizard god!" "Oh my Rowling!"
  • One Scene Wonder:
  • Only Sane Man: Hermione, at the beginning, but Harry gets his turn at the beginning of act two.
  • The Paolo: Bellatrix, and Cho to a lesser extent.
  • Paper Thin Disguise: Dumbledore's beard (worn over his normal beard), Quirrel's turban, and the sparkly, hot pink Invisibility Cloak, which almost covers the Trio's shoulders.
  • Perpetual Smiler: Cedric Diggory. Seriously, you could probably see his smile from Mars.
  • Phrase Catcher: Thanks, Hermione.
  • Playing With Puppets: Voldemort and Quirrell Imperio Harry into dancing during the song "To Dance Again".
  • Precision F Strike: "I love you all. Except you Draco, I can't fucking stand you."
  • Rousing Speech: made by Ron, leading up to "Voldemort Is Going Down".
  • Running Gag: "Thanks, Hermione", Ron eating, Malfoy rolling around inexplicably, Cedric accentuating the word "find"...
    • "Schlongbottom"
  • The Scrappy: Bellatrix, if the Youtube comments are to be believed. They might just be envious that the actress got to get... intimate with Joe Walker, the actor playing Voldemort. Die For Our Ship probably has to do with it, too, considering the Quirrelmort relationship is actually what ties the entire play together. Most people claim the reason that she is so disliked is because almost all of the Alternate Character Interpretation is done fantastically but in her case they just made a really cool character annoying. And not to mention that with Voldemort only Affably Evil, she is actually the true villain of the story. Of course, it's not fair to blame the actress and not the writing and directing. The actress actually choreographed the entire show.
  • Sensitive Guy And Manly Man: Quirrell and Voldemort, respectively.
  • Shave And A Haircut: The sting is played when one of the musicians breaks the fourth wall and hands Ron a snack.
  • Shout Out: Many. Would you believe that a Zac Efron poster figures heavily into the plot?
    • The musical sting from Seinfeld plays when Ron walks in a few times. Continues in the sequel.
    • "There is another Horcrux..."
    • Voldemort's pre-Avada Kedavra speech to Harry is straight from the finale of Avatar The Last Airbender. Ironically, this seems to be the one dramatic moment the audience doesn't reflexively laugh at.
      • Ginny tells Harry, "We kissed at the Yule Ball, and, well, I thought we were going to be together forever.... but we're not." This is almost identical to what Aang says to Katara in The Ember Island Players (though he refers to the invasion of the Fire Nation).
      • And the scene when Ron and Hermione first kiss is the scene between Aang and Katara before the fire nation invasion where Aang kisses Katara. The dialogue leading up to the kiss is almost identical.
    • Voldemort (in the Zefron poster) shouts "You gotta get'cha head in the game, Weasley!" which is a reference to a High School Musical song, "Getcha Head In the Game". And no, I am not ashamed to know that.
    • "How many times do I have to kill you, boy?" from their second confrontation is a direct quote from Disney's Aladdin.
    • When Harry and Ginny are dancing they quote from Anastasia, "We've stopped spinning."
    • "You came back?!" "I came home!" is a quote from Tarzan, though it's used even more dramatically here.
    • Dumbledore's description of what would happen if Harry didn't compete in the tournament, and Hermione's reaction — "Total protonic reversal!" — is a Ghostbusters reference.
    • "Dragons don't wanna be fed, they wanna hunt!"
    • Goyle's Crowning Moment Of Funny is a shout-out to Billy Madison: "Oh, Goyle rules!"
    • When questioned about Snape, Dumbledore recites a variation of what the soldiers in The Manchurian Candidate were programmed to say about Raymond Shaw.
    • Word Of God says that "Voldemort is Going Down" was originally meant to be modeled after "Now or Never" from High School Musical 3, complete with basketball showdown. The creators have said they are High School Musical fans.
    • And, of course, a lot to the Harry Potter books, specially bits and characters that aren't really in the Musical.
    • Dumbledore's will also contains shout outs to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, played strictly for laughs.
    • "Because I'm worth it." (Lóreal.)
    • The title references A Very Brady Musical.
    • "It's like the movie Shes All That! Do you remember? We watched that together."
    • In the background of one scene, Goyle does that... thing the Globo Gym Cobras do in Dodgeball. You'll know it when you see it.
    • Goyle seems to be channeling Ogre when growling "NERDS!"
    • Draco's rolling around on the floor could be seen as a reference to Fitzwilliam from The Big Gay Sketch Show, also an English schoolboy (and coincidentally also played by a girl).
      • It's more of a shoutout to the way Tobias from Arrested Development always rolls around when he messes up a pose and trys to make it look like intentional.
    • One Death Eater's nickname for Dumbledore is Bumblesnore, which sounds suspiciously like "Bulbasaur".
    • Harry and Ginny's and Ron and Hermione's in AVPS romance is compared to Spider Man and Mary Jane.
    • The guitar intro to "Granger Danger" is exactly the same as the intro to the Suzanne Vega song "Marlene on the Wall".
  • Sickeningly Sweethearts: Cedric and Cho
  • Slouch Of Villainy: Possibly what Draco is constantly attempting to do.
    • The sequel inplies that he's actually trying to replicate his dad's style of dancing around.
  • Smooch Of Victory: After defeating Voldemort, Harry and Ginny have a moment of wild abandon. Ron is totally okay with it.
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes:
    Hermione: Now let's go leave these big, baby, childish jerks alone.
    Draco: (swooping in) Did someone say DRACO MALFOY?
  • Southern Belle: Cho Chang
  • Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion: "You're tall and fun and pretty, you're really really skinny... Ginny Cho Chang!"
    • "When I rule the world, I'll have flowers!" "When I rule the world I'll have...snakes!"
  • Suspiciously Specific Denial: Draco would never, ever take Hermione to the Yule Ball. Ever. Not even if they were the last couple on Earth and she looked so beautiful in her ballgown that every time he looked at her he got butterflies in his tummy. Not even then.
  • The Song Before The Storm / The Eleven O Clock Number : "Voldemort is Going Down"
  • Strange Minds Think Alike: The attach-a-snake-to-wiener spell.
  • Take That: Occasional, ever-so-gentle ones at the original work.
    • The Horcruxes take it pretty hard, and so do Hufflepuffs.
      Draco: You know, I thought that destroying a Horcrux would be harder.
      Ron: Yeah. When you think about it, Horcruxes are just stupid.
    • Also the Great Camping Debacle:
      Ron: If I had a Horcrux, I would drop it in the bottom of the ocean. Or I would put it in a pyramid with King Tut and all of his jewels. Or I would blast it into space with a monkey who knew nothing about Horcruxes.
      Hermione: Or it could be hidden somewhere around the mundane British countryside. Our search could entail months of depressing camping, breaking into Gringotts, and drinking boatloads of Polyjuice Potion.
      Harry: Well, the medallion says that's dumb, so we're not gonna do that...
    • They don't pull any punches on Polyjuice Potion either. Or the Time-Turner.
    • Quirrell has a subtle one at the Triwizard Tournament from the book... in reference to there being two teams from Hogwarts:
      Hermione: Kind of like a House Cup, or no- like a Triwizard Tournament!
      Quirrell: Yes, sort of like the Triwizard Tournament, except no, not like that at all…There are four houses, how can it be the Triwizard Tournament with four teams?
    • There's digs at other works too, such as the Spiderman movies and Lost.
  • Talking Singing The Monster To Death: When Harry confronts the Hungarian Horntail he summons his guitar and sings "The Dragon Song" to lower its guard...and then promptly puts it into a headlock, counts to three and declares victory.
  • Ted Baxter: Draco is a petite blonde soprano who struts around bragging about the most nonsensical of things, while attempting to strike cool poses and failing epically. His overall manner is so bizarre that Harry and friends have trouble responding to his bullying.
  • This Is For Emphasis Bitch: In addition to a paraphrase of Mrs. Weasley's famous line, we get "Voldemort out, bitches!"
    • "BITCH, I AIN'T CHO CHANG."
  • Too Dumb To Live: Cornelius Fudge.
  • Transparent Closet: Dumbledore
    • That doesn't even begin to cover it. He even explicitly states in AVPS that the Scarf of Sexual Preferences called him "gay as the Fourth of July".
  • Truck Drivers Gear Change: At the end of "Missing You".
  • Three Teacher School: The only teachers we see are Snape, Quirrell, and Headmaster Dumbledore. And all end up leaving the school.
    Harry: Well, looks like all the professors are dead so... Butterbeers on me!
  • Two Act Structure: Despite the light-heartedness of the whole show, there's a noticeable change in tone for the second act that comes from following the events of the books.
    • It is probably unintentional but the structure of the two acts seems to be an invert of the structure of RENT. In Rent, the first act is set on one night and the second is an entire year. In this show the first act is set in the first half of a school year (from arrival to Christmas) where the second act takes place on one day.
      • This somewhat mirrors the events in the final book, where the first 25 chapters (roughly just more than half of the book) encompass nearly nine months, and the last 11 chapters comprise two days of action.
  • Unholy Matrimony: Voldemort and Bellatrix had this relationship, though it's seriously strained due to Voldemort's guilt over betraying Quirrell.
  • Unnecessary Combat Roll: Minus the combat. Basically, Draco is always trying to strike a cool pose but instead ends up falling on the ground. He then acts like he did it intentionally and ends up looking even more hilariously ridiculous.
  • Villainous BSOD: Voldemort spends most of the second act in one over his betrayal of Quirrell, though he's surprisingly casual about it.
  • Villains Out Shopping: Voldemort's first scene has him bickering with Quirrell about laundry.
  • Villain Song: "Dance Again", which starts with Voldemort tap dancing and ends with a Death Eater kick line.
    • Draco's solo during "Goin' Back To Hogwarts" ("This year you bet I'm gonna get outta here / the reign of Malfoy is drawing near"), though not really any other times he sings, as he's nicer by that point.
  • Visual Pun: Another possible interpretation of what it is Malfoy's always doing: "slitherin'".
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Voldemort after he gets his body back.
  • Was It All A Lie: Quirrell wonders this about Voldemort.
  • What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome: Neville using the Disarming Spell to pants Malfoy.
  • What Do You Mean Its Not For Kids: 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.
  • What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway?:
    Dumbledore: Harry, do you know what a love shield is?
    Harry: No, but it sounds kinda fruity.
  • What Is This Feeling: Draco during "Granger Danger". Ron goes through it too but it's not nearly as noticable.
  • What Would X Do: "What would Harry do?" and "What would Zac Efron say at a time like this?" (Answer: We're all in this together!)
  • You Fail Biology Forever: Hermione claims the snake is a coral snake, but it's yellow and green, intead of being black-red-yellow.
  • You Should Know This Already: The musical spoils a bunch of major plot points in the series.
    • Probably the best example of this is during Mrs. Weasley's scene where she kills Bellatrix, who just killed Snape, and then proceeds to spoil almost every major death in the series.

A Very Potter Sequel provides examples of:

  • Actor Allusion: Darren Criss refers to his actual hobby of covering Disney songs.
    Harry: ...I make weird covers of Disney songs, who does that?
  • Affectionate Parody: Word Of God says that Hermione's song "The Coolest Girl" is supposed to be a send up to female power ballads that every girl uses as an audition song a la "On My Own" and "Part Of Your World".
  • All Girls Want Bad Boys: Mocked with Lily
    Lily: "You're such an asshole... that's so charming."
  • Anguished Declaration Of Love: Unfortunately, Draco, but fortunately he finds a Second Love in Luna Lovegood.
  • Arc Words: The idea of "going back to Hogwarts" goes from a callback to the original musical, to an allusion to all the time travel, to a final speech about returning to Hogwarts each year that highlights the specialness of Harry Potter and Starkid fandoms themselves.
  • Arson Murder And Jaywalking: Done with Harry and Draco for laughs.
    Draco: I am Draco Malfoy. I am a racist, I despise gingers and mudbloods, I hate Gryffindor house and my parents work for the man who killed your parents. Do you want to be my friend?
    Harry: You hate Gryffindor house? Get out of my face, Malfoy!
  • Attractive Bent Gender: Ok, who put the extremely well muscled, very handsome guy  * into the short, tight pink dress with cut off sleeves? Don't look at me like that, his muscles ripple through the shirt! This costume for Umbridge is almost as distracting as his shirtless costume for Voldemort!
  • Ax Crazy: Umbridge. Literally.
  • Big Bad Duumvirate: Lucius and Umbridge. Their agendas are initially unrelated, but they eventually team up to kill Harry.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Snape, again. Also werewolf!Lupin.
  • Biggus Dickus/Gag Penis: Centaurs. Ron has to see it for himself.
  • Book Ends: A "Back to Hogwarts" song - at the end, a reprise of "Get Back to Hogwarts" from the original.
  • Brick Joke: "600 elves die in toilet related accidents every year."
  • Butt Monkey: Once again, HERMIONE, even more so than in her second year. And also Draco again. Neville is beaten up by Harry and the other students, just because (they think) he made Cho cry.
    • Snape might also qualify, as he seems to get shot down at every opportunity, in addition to being repeatedly called a "butt trumpet".
      Umbridge: Guess who gets to be Headmaster/Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher now?
      Snape: Me?!
      Ron: Snape?
      Umbridge: No! Me! Your mama! UMBRIDGE!
  • Call Back: Many to the original. Such as:
    • "My friends... I think we're going back!"
    • "Did somebody say Ron Weasley?"
    • "What the devil is going on here?"
    • The Scarf of Sexual Preference and the Sorting Hat are set up for their wedding and honeymoon.
    • Sirius is the one to tell the boys to never tell a girl you like her, it makes you look like an idiot.
    • Luna Lovegood's absence in the original is explained.
    • There are some jokes about Pigfarts and Rumbleroar, which are left unexplained when Draco tries to pass them off as mature things that Past!Ron is too young to understand. Luna seems to have already read about Pigfarts from the Quibbler.
    • Dumbledore invites Umbridge to take a dip in Hogwarts' secret swimming pool; this is after the waiter at a restaurant refers to them as two "Strapping young gentlemen."
    • Dumbledore's first line is "Draco, ya little shit!"
    • The blue headband Ron wore in AVPM is used by Harry to cover his scar. He later gives it to Ron.
    • Spider-Man is used again as an example during some heart-warming dialogue between Ron and Hermione.
    • Harry, Ron, and Hermione, this timed joined by Yaxley, yet again call out less mainstream character names in order to figure out a mystery. In the first musical, it was who betrayed Hogwarts. In the sequel, it's who was Malfoy's father.
    • Ron says the line "We are in such a pickle."
    • Dumbledore restores the Zefron poster to it's place of glory at the end of the show.
    • "From now on, boy, you and me - we're tight."
    • Unlike Crabbe, Goyle and Lucius, Sirius knows that the countercurse to the Jelly-Legs Jinx is just "Unjellify!"
    • "I'm bleeding!"
    • Draco wants you to know that "He's really nice now!"
    • "Well chocolate frogs! Harry Potter did it y'all!"
    • In her first scene, Umbridge promises the girls that this year is gonna be "totally awesome".
    • Voldemort motorboated Bellatrix in AVPM; here, Snape says he wanted to do it to Lily.
    • Using magic to do something mundane: Ron using "Accio" on a double-stuff Oreo; Lupin using "Alohamora" to open his flask.
    • The reprise version of Get Back to Hogwarts.
    • The sting from Seinfeld playing whenever Ron enters a scene.
    • Harry and Ron insist that you can't have more than two friends, providing an explanation for why they were so reluctant to include Ginny in their adventures in AVPM. Ron also pushes Future Draco away from the Trio when they make contact just like he did with Ginny in AVPM.
    • Draco thinks Hogwarts is "going to the dogs".
    • Dumbledore is yet again described by Gryffindor students as "the wisest, kindest, most beautiful wizard."
  • The Cameo: Ginny and the Weasley boys.
    • Luna.
    • VOLDEMORT, when Dumbledore hangs the Zefron poster back up.
  • Camp Gay: Scarfy, but it's played ironically with the joke being that he is unbelievably and unabashedly stereotypical in every way.
  • Cannot Spit It Out: Ron's feelings for Hermione. But luckily we know how it works out for them.
  • Cardboard Boxes: Full of torture equipment. Knocked over, rebuilt, and knocked over again.
  • Catch Phrase: "Did you get my text?"
    • Not to mention an extension of a line from the original: "I'm bleeding!"
  • Chekhovs Gun: Red Vines. What can't they do?
    • Anything with Big/Little D.
    • The Taylor Lautner poster.
    • To a lesser extent, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Lupin ends up eating the elusive poo flavored one.
  • Chekhovs Lecture: Lupin's lecture on Patronuses.
    • The very brief mention of house elves dying from potty-related accidents.
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: So, did Cedric Diggory meet and fall in love with Cho Chang between her first and second year, in some Grease-like summer fling which continued on after he transferred to Hogwarts? (We know, of course, that it's because his actor is playing Lucius but still needs a mention).
    • Well, it could make sense, seeing as Harry doesn't know who Cedric Diggory is at the start of the original.
    • And where did Seamus and Dean disappear to during their second year?
  • Cluster F Bomb: Lupin. Oh my god, Lupin.
    • Dumbledore, too, much more so than in the original.
    • Umbridge: "you chubby little f* ck!"
  • Coconut Superpowers: Apparently, time travel works by spinning around in place. Unlike Floo Powder, Apparation, and Portkeys, you don't have to yell TIME TURNER!
  • Completely Missing The Point: Carries over from the first show, with You Tube commenters not getting the jokes about Hermione being Hollywood Homely.
    "The ironic thing is, she's actually attractive!"
  • Continuity Nod: It's not mentioned but Dumbledore can be seen wearing his G-Unit bling which is actually a Horcrux seeking medallion.
  • Crack Pairing: Draco x Luna, who in the main series never even spoke to each other. Lupin x Cho is also teased- again, never even spoke to one another in the main series.
    • Not to mention Umbridge and Dumbledore. Or Umbridge and Firenze.
  • Crazy Homeless People: The kids initially mistake Lupin for one.
  • Crosscast Role: In addition to the examples from the original, Dolores Umbridge is played by Joe Walker, the actor who played Voldemort. Dean Thomas is Britney Coleman who played Bellatrix Lestrange. When the kids go back in time, all their "past selves" except Ron are crosscast, which in Draco's case makes it a guy playing a girl playing a guy.
  • Crosses The Line Twice: Stomping Scabbers to death after they realize he's Peter Pettigrew, 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.
  • Crowning Moment Of Funny: An entire page of them.
  • Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming: Draco's letter definitely qualifies.
    • The song "Home" where Harry talks about never having a home before. It helps that the entire song is sang subdued and softly.
    • The Mirror of Erised.
    • Harry and Snape's (temporary) reconciliation.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Future!Draco finally gets to sing a 4-part harmony like he wanted in the first show.
  • Crowning Moment Of Totally Awesome: At the end of "Days of Summer", 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".
  • Crowning Music of Totally Awesome: The entire damn thing.
    • Hermione's girl power song, "The Coolest Girl".
    • "Harry Freaking Potter".
    • "No Way"
    • The bit of "Get Back to Hogwarts".
    • "Guys Like Potter"
    • "You Were Never My Lover (Stutter)"
  • The Dandy: Metrosexual!Harry
    Harry: * Sigh* I'll make it work.
  • Dead All Along: Scabbers
  • Demoted To Extra: Ginny goes from main Love Interest to cameo character, as she wasn't a student that year. Her actress, Jamie Lyn Beatty, plays Rita Skeeter instead.
    • Even though he had a small enough role in the original, Neville's stagetime is now divided between him, Dean, and Seamus.
    • Averted with Tyler Brunsman. In AVPM, Cedric sings one verse of a song, dies before the end of the first act, and is little more than a rival with Harry for Cho's love. In the sequel however, he has no less than two songs and is a regular scene stealer as Lucius Malfoy.
  • Did Not Do The Research: The Sandman DID NOT kill Uncle Ben.
  • Draco In Leather Pants - Lucius. Very tight, Jareth-y pants.
  • Dropped A Bridget On Him: Inverted. Dumbledore was expecting Umbridge to be a crossdresser, and found out she was an actual woman.
  • Ear Worm: In the grand AVPM tradition, nearly every song, but especially:
    • "Harry Freakin' Potter"
    • "Hermione can't draw, Hermione can't draw, Hermione cannot draw!"
      • "Lupin can't sing, Lupin can't sing, Lupin cannot sing!"
    • The Mirror of Erised song, especially Harry and Sirius's "La la la"'s.
    • "Guys Like Potter"- who knew Snape could sing?
    • Umbridge's "Stutter"
    • "No Way"
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: 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 You Tube comments are anything to go by, Brian Rosenthal (Quirrel in AVPM) has quite a lot of fangirls (and fanboys) thanks to his Cockney "Irish" accent
  • Estrogen Brigade Bait: Lucius with his long hair, pants that are tighter than what scientists thought possible, and an army of death eaters stroking him sensually. Then there's the centaur... and Lupin who at one point lies on the ground coated in blood and wearing nothing but tight briefs.
    • As mentioned a number of times on this page, Joe Walker as Umbridge. Has his own fangirl brigade, which is kind of understandable. They keep putting the very attractive, well-muscled guy in tight/revealing clothing, even if it is Attractive Bent Gender of him.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Snape draws the line when Umbridge replaces the Zefron poster with one of Taylor Lautner.
  • Even The Girls Want Her: Cho.
  • Even The Guys Want Him: Harry.
  • Evil Is Sexy: Lucius Malfoy is gorgeous, and he has a gorgeous voice-arguably the best in the cast-that wouldn't seem out of place on Broadway. Oh, and he has very long (and gorgeous) legs that could rival David Bowie in tights.
  • Eyepatch Of Power: Yaxley
  • Fan Disservice: The thought of Malfoy (or Lauren Lopez, if you're into that) being spanked is very hot. The thought of Malfoy being spanked because he has a messy diaper is not.
    • Your Mileage May Vary on how you perceive Joe Walker in makeup and a pink dress. Many people still found him insanely attractive and were impressed by the the fact that Mr. Walker shaved his legs and got a french manicure for the role, but some have found the character a little bit too strange (although they may just be disappointed that the role didn't require him to go shirtless).
      • Please disregard the above statement. Everyone knows that Joe Walker is sex on two legs.
  • Fandom Nod: Luna Lovegood's cameo and explanation to why we don't see her in the original.
    • It's explained why Dumbledore was able to Dissapperate inside Hogwarts in the first Musical when Umbridge questions it after his escape- he never did, he just seems to say "Dissapperate" whenever he leaves a room.
  • Fantastic Arousal: Firenze seems to have a case of this when Ron runs his hand down his mane and back.
  • Fetish Fuel: Act 2 part 7 which has Darren Criss, Joe Walker, and Tyler Brunsman, three of the hottest Team Star Kid guys, in a scene together. Plus, you know, Harry's tied up.
  • Fille Fatale: Cho
  • Flanderization: Cho, though it could be attributed to her personality being younger and more immature. Surprisingly averted with other characters.
  • Freeze Frame Bonus: When Harry caught the snitch he went between two pillars and posed for a few seconds. If you pay attention, he is dressed in the same outfit and posed the same way as the (American) cover◊ for Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone.
  • Freudian Excuse: Draco and Umbridge.
  • Fridge Brilliance: The Scarf of Sexual Preference was right. Draco is a bastard child.
    • Umbridge is on Team Bestiality Jacob.
    • Malfoy's main form of transportation is rolling and stumbling because he keeps trying to imitate his dad's main form of transportation — dancing — and keeps mucking it up.
    • The kids rarely use bad language at first, but curse like sailors in AVPM — it's because they learned it from Lupin.
    • Malfoy was concealing a sword in his robe until Umbridge forced him to remove his weapons. Presumably, he had either brought it with him from the future or had gone out of his way to obtain one once he went back in time. After all, as another future wizard stated in the last musical, "All wizards should use swords, not these stupid drumsticks!"
    • When Lupin asks future Draco about seeing them all again next year, Draco says that he'd rather not say. Of course he wouldn't, given that we DON'T see Lupin or Sirius at all in AVPM, and they die offstage.
    • Even though the Patronuses aren't matched with their casters, it's obvious that Hal Jordan is Hermione's... after all, Spider-Man is only her second favorite superhero.
    • In the first musical, there is no mention of Deathly Hallows. That's because Umbridge snapped Dumbledore's Elder Wand in half.
    Dumbledore: That was the Elder Wand!
    Harry: What's the Elder Wand?
    Dumbledore: Uhhh.. it doesn't matter now Harry.
    • The reason Werewolf!Lupin showed up to save the day was because of Lucius torturing Hermione. When he used Crucio on her, she howled in pain-like a wolf. The wolf howls attracted Werewolf!Lupin to where they were.
    • This moment.◊
    • In the original, the Dumbledore asks "What the hell is a Hufflepuff?", which is justified, because they are not mentioned once in the entirety of A Very Potter Sequel.
    • After the heroes realise that Scabbers isn't Peter Pettigrew, Ron reveals that they didn't kill him, but that he was already dead. Of course he was - in canon, that Scabbers has lived as long as he had was a clue that he wasn't a normal rat, which should have died years ago.
    • Draco's father wants him to stop his whining and learn to use the potty like a normal human.
    • Part this, and part Fridge Logic - Draco telling Hermione of his feelings for her means that she knew throughout AVPM that he'd end up falling for her within the year, and thus she was deliberately manipulating him at a couple of times. This actually makes sense, weirdly, though it makes Hermione one hell of an awesome manipulator.
    • It's subtle, but Lucius joins in with Snape when Snape is lamenting about how big a douchebag James was. This is odd, but later it makes sense when it is revealed that Narcissa, Draco's mother, had an affair with Dobby the house elf, which is how Draco was conceived.
  • Fridge Logic: Draco laments all the horrible things he did to Dobby, his biological father, which implies he was there throughout Draco's childhood. How long did Lucius wait to banish him after taking in Draco?
  • Friendly Enemy: Ron & Snape, even moreso than in the original. Even though he repeatedly says how much he hates Snape, they dance together and exchange high-fives during "Hermione Can't Draw", Snape leaps into Ron's arms when Sirius breaks into the castle, and Ron later tells Hermione that she may not be "...as fun as Harry, or as hot as Cho, or as cool as Snape..." in his Pet The Dog moment.
  • Getting Crap Past The Radar: At the end: "No kisses for Little D" . Draco earlier said "In case you were wondering, the D stands for my wiener."
  • Gosh Dang It To Heck: Lupin has to repeatedly Bowdlerize himself around the children.
    Remus Lupin: Oh shit! You guys are kids! I've got to watch my damn mouth around you little bastards! I'm sorry. Shoot!. I've got to watch my damn mouth around you little bastards.
  • Groin Attack: Attemped, in a centaur, it fails
    Firenze: MY CHEST!
  • Half Human Hybrid: Draco apparently is one, being the offspring of a woman and a house-elf.
  • Have You Tried Not Being Gay: From Umbridge when Dumbledore tells her he can't be with her because he's gay.
  • Heel Face Turn: Yaxley.
  • Hey Its That Guy: Holy shit, Umbridge is Voldemort in a dress?!
    • Co-creator Nick Lang pops up as Arthur, Umbridge's mom, and Peter Pettigrew. Plus most of the puppets.
    • Several of the new characters are played by Me And My Dick alums. Flopsy is Lupin, The Old Snatch is Sirius, Big T is Yaxley, Weenie is Lily, Hedwig, and Luna.
    • Tyler Brunsman (Cedric Diggory) is Lucius Malfoy.
    • Brian Rosenthal, who played Quirrell, now plays Seamus Finnigan. And James Potter in a flashback.
    • Jim Pavolo gets disturbingly attractive when he becomes Firenze.
  • Ho Yay: Absolutely everywhere.
    • Harry and Ron are closer than usual, having been sorted as "Metrosexual" and "Bi-curious".
      Ron: Want to hold hands?
      Harry: I'd love that!
      • They even give each other a kiss on the cheek.
    • For a song about Snape's love for Lily, Lucius and Snape are really rather close during "Guys Like Potter".
    • Some slight Remus/Sirius ( "It feels so good to hug and kiss you again", which is a very popular slash pairing from the original books.
  • Horrible Judge Of Character: Dumbledore.
  • Humiliation Conga: Literally, Hermione is humiliated and all the guys conga out of the room, singing about how she can't draw.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Hermione is obviously hurt by the boys singing about how she can't draw, but is quick to join in when they start singing about how Lupin can't sing.
  • I Am Song/I Want Song: "The Coolest Girl."
  • I Call It Vera: Umbridge has a paddle with a bunch of nails sticking out of it. She calls it "Momma's Little Love Hand."
  • Incompatible Orientation: Dumbledore and Umbridge.
  • Incoming Ham: "WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?!?!"
    • "What the devil is going on here?!"
    • Umbridge gets this and doesn't even say anything. All we hear are her footsteps.
  • In Name Only: Aside from the Lucius plot and Future!Draco in Act 2, the show is not so much a sequel as a prequel. The only plot that continues onto the sequel because of this is Draco's crush on Hermione.
    • Lampshaded in the first scene of the first act, with Lucius saying "There is literally no way to move forward from this point!"
  • Jerkass Woobie: Draco and Snape.
    • Even Umbridge has her moment, after Dumbledore dumps her.
  • Kick The Dog: Future!Draco lies to Past!Ron and tells him that he doesn't get Hermione.
    • You could also interpret that as Malfoy's statement making Ron realize he does want her, as part of the Stable Time Loop.
    • He doesn't seem to care too much about the Stable Time Loop when he talks to Hermoine alone right before the final scene. If she returned his feelings (which he clearly hopes she does) the loop would be interrupted.
    • Umbridge has a whole scene with the girls for this purpose but the moment that really does it is when she makes fun of Harry's parents.
    • Lucius crumpling up the drawing Draco gave him.
    • During the Pensieve Flashback, Lily telling James "You are such an asshole! ...And so charming." and accepting a date with him, after he tormented Snape (and before Snape called her "Mudblood"). I don't think the creators like Lily..
    • After Lucius' big revelation to Draco, he tries to torture him, but instead hits Hermione. After seeing how much this affects Draco, he continues to torture her simply to spite Draco.
  • Lame Excuse: When Rita Skeeter finds him in in his underwear and covered in deer blood, next to a freshly eviscerated deer, Lupin claims that it's a Gryffindor Quidditch tradition. He then forces a crying Neville to eat some of it to reinforce this.
    • Later he claims a jaguar is what caused all the damage the werewolf did...including messing up his office.
    Remus Lupin: * Cough, Cough* Lupin shouldn't have to pay for that.
  • Large Ham: Snape, Lucius, Umbridge, Arthur, Rita Skeeter, and to a lesser extent, Firenze.
  • The Libby: Cho.
  • Luke I Am Your Father: Draco's real father is Dobby the House Elf.
  • Magic Skirt: Despite all the dancing & spinning, we never get a look at what Joe Walker is wearing underneath that dress. And I suppose it would've been nice to have a peek up Cho's schoolgirl skirt as well.
  • Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number:
    • "Harry Freaking Potter"
    • "Days of Summer", which morphs into a reprise of "Get Back to Hogwarts" at the end.
  • Metaphorgotten: During Ron's speech to Hermione about Spider-Man.
  • Missed Moment Of Awesome: The fact that Umbridge didn't say, "Umbridge out, bitches!" at the end of her announcement seems to have touched a nerve with quite a few viewers, if the comments are to be believed. (And in their defense, it would have been hilariously awesome.)
  • Mood Whiplash: Snape tells Dumbledore that "My actions caused the death of the only person I ever loved...", to which Dumbledore replies "Well my story's a hundred times funnier than that!"
    • In "Harry Freakin' Potter":
      Harry: [sombre] But this is all so sad, I mean, my Mom and Dad were killed long ago...
      Cheery background chorus: Long ago, they died!
    • After Lucius destroys Draco's picture, he exits by trust-falling into the arms of (and being dragged out by) a death eater.
    • At the end of "Stutter" when Harry tries to save Sirius from the Dementors.
    • "Guys Like Potter" has a very sad subject matter (Snape's worst memory) but the lyrics are hilarious.
      Snape: "So many assholes in this place; so many assholes in my face!"
      Lucius: "But now you're alone, left to pout and moan, 'cause you were totally pwned."
    • During the Mirror of Erised we start with a touching song, slip into a few quick spell jokes in the middle then its back into the, now, even more heartwarming song.
  • Mr Exposition: Ron and Rita Skeeter both play this role in "Harry Freaking Potter".
  • Musicalis Interruptus: If you listen when the gang is singing, "Lupin Can't Sing", Lupin tried singing, "I'm Remus Freaking Lupin".
    • Also, once again Draco tries to sing a solo before the big quidditch game, but only is able to sing a few notes.
  • My Name Is Not Durwood: Type C. During their first year, nobody can get Herman's Hermione's name right, and the variations they come up with are quite hilarious. Harry finally gets it right while assuring Hermione that they really are friends, only to forget it again immediately once he realises this.
    • In the original, Voldemort keeps mispronouncing Draco's last name.
  • Never Live It Down: Draco wears diapers! And Hermione can't draw! And Lupin ate shit!
  • Never My Fault: "Look what you've done now Potter!!", says Draco after ripping his own drawing (that he had given to Harry to make fun of him, and then stolen back).
  • Nightmare Fuel: The scene with Mama Umbridge. Dear god.
    • Heck, every scene with Umbridge qualifies.
  • Non Identical Selves: When the kids go back in time and they see themselves in the past, they're all played by people in the play who look nothing like them. Draco is played by Goyle's actor  * , Hermione is played by the dude who plays Neville  * , Ron is played by Seamus' actor  * , and Harry is Lavender Brown  * in an afro wig.
  • Not Even Bothering With The Accent: Once again, almost everyone—Draco, Snape, and Lucius being exceptions. Also, Seamus Finnigan, whose main character trait in the books is being really really Irish, is played with an over-the-top cockney accent (intentionally for humor, of course.)
  • Not His Sled: Ron deliberately points out Scabbers during his first scene and mentions in a painfully offhand manner that his parents found the rat on the same night Harry's parents were killed. Everyone knows the "twist" that's coming, right...? Wrong. Scabbers has been dead for years and Peter Pettigrew was somehow hiding in a poster of Taylor Lautner.
  • Not So Different: Umbridge sees a younger version of herself in Hermione. This revelation causes Hermione to break down crying.
  • One Scene Wonder: He's only there for about two seconds, but at the very end, Voldemort pops out through the Zefron poster.
    • Umbridge's mama.
  • Paedo Hunt: When Umbridge accuses Lupin of doing inappropriate things with his students (teaching them about Patronuses) he exclaims "Cho, I was only joking!"
  • Paper Thin Disguise: The Death Eaters when they try and kill Harry on the train and the Quidditch field. They even keep the distinctive Death Eater mask.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: Draco's first scene has him casually admitting that he's a racist (who hates gingers, mudbloods, and Gryffindor house).
  • Precision B Strike: "Nothing. Just bitches ruining my life."
  • Precision F Strike: Lucius. "Haven't you always wondered why you're afraid of the potty? Or why your "d" is so small? IT'S BEACUSE YOU'RE A FUCKING ELF!"
  • Product Placement: "Red Vines: What the hell can't they do?"
  • Promoted To Love Interest: Luna.
  • Pure Awesomeness: Time Travel — "I hope you're wearing diapers, 'cause you're about to shit your pants!"
  • Rape As Comedy/Rape Is Love: Umbridge being taken as Firenze's mate, and falling for him.
  • Really Gets Around: Cho
  • Red Herring: Scabbers
  • Running Gag:
    • (Phone rings) "Oh that's me!"
    • "Did you get my text?" "Yes." "Well you didn't text back."
    • "As James's best friend..."
    • Draco "learning to use the potty".
    • Someone insulting someone else in a ridiculously silly fashion, and then asking the insulted party if they feel foolish.
    • Lupin's swearing causes all the kids to gasp and cover their ears...despite the fact pretty much everone else swears.
    • People misidentifying Lupin in werewolf form as another kind of monster.
    • Lupin (and Sirius) calling Snape a "butt trumpet" (which he even admits to having in one scene).
    • Crookshanks popping out of nowhere.
    • People calling Hermione a "night troll".
    • Seamus's cursing. He keeps "Bloody" in there, but only uses the traditional "hell" once. He then follows it up with ass, tits, bitch, etc.
  • The Scream: Dumbledore's reaction to finding out Umbridge is a woman.
  • Screw Yourself: After using the Time Turner, Harry's first thought upon seeing his past self is "Oh my God, I think I'm in love!"
  • Series Continuity Error: In AVPM, Lavender Brown & Pansy Parkinson were Ravenclaws, part of Cho Chang's Girl Posse. Here, they're both wearing Hufflepuff neckties. This could possibly be because without Cedric (whose actor is playing Lucius) the house is unrepresented.
  • Ship Tease: Ron and Hermione, a strange example since we already saw them hook up.
    • Lupin and Cho of all people get some.
    • Also, Draco and Luna.
    • Remus and Sirius.
  • Shout Out: Goyle's first three lines - "WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?!", "GET OVER HERE!!", and "IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!!".
    • Upon seeing Umbridge for the first time, Ron remarks that "...they say she can't be killed, they say she drinks blood!"
    • When commenting on her repulsive ugliness, Lupin calls Hermione "Boo Radley".
    • Hedwig tells a distraught Draco that "...another talking animal once said, "All fathers care for their sons.""
    • When telling the other kids an Urban Legend about Sirius Black, Seamus claims that Sirius killed Flitwick's little brother when he was hiding in a storm drain, dressed as a clown.
    • When teaching the students about Patronuses, Lupin tells the children that they need a happy thought, which they reply in unison "Any happy little thought?"
      • In the same scene, Lupin complains that the DADA textbooks are so old, they still refer to "Dementors" as "Ring Wraiths".
    • Avatar The Last Airbender: Lucius telling his son that banishment was too merciful (Day of Black Sun Part 2) and Hermione telling Draco that she can't forgive past him but can forgive future him (The Southern Raiders).
      • "That's rough, buddy."
    • "Get those happy thoughts ready and don't cross the streams!" is another Ghostbusters reference.
    • When Umbridge reads Dumbledore's note to her:
      Umbridge: Dear Umbridge... That's me!
    • Although he doesn't make any direct references, Lucius Malfoy appears to be modelled on Jareth from Labyrinth.
    • The voice Joe Walker uses for Umbridge sounds like the one John Travolta used for Edna Turnblad.
      • Her inflections also resemble Carol Channing.
      • She also licks Lavender Brown's tears like Eric Cartman did in "Scott Tenorman Must Die".
    • Ron and Harry's first Red Vines conversation, which cements them as best friends, is a riff on a conversation with the exact same structure and purpose of bonding in Step Brothers. The variation is that here, each question has the same answer.
    • The running joke of Lupin and Sirius sniping over who really was James's best friend seems reminiscent of Barney and Marshall doing the same thing (over who is Ted's best friend) on How I Met Your Mother.
    • At one point, Dean says "Wat'choo talkin bout?".
    • Umbridge first scene references Jurassic Park, with the sound of her footsteps proceeding her appearance. This is also a reference to Mad-Eye Moody's entrance in Goblet of Fire.
    • The patronuses are Harry's stag, Boba Fett, the Green Lantern, and the genie from Aladdin.
    • Cho telling Lupin "I could have been your greatest adventure" was lifted straight from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
    • Scarfy sounds a lot like Paul Lynde.
    • This one's a long shot, but parts of "It's Not Over Yet" sound extremely similar to "Ewigkeit" from Tanz Der Vampire.
    • "The "D" stands for my weiner" is pretty similar to "The hammer is my penis".
    • Umbridge tells Harry to "Sit on it, Potsie!", though in this case, she's telling him to sit on a knife.
    • A bit of a stretch, but in the Shrieking Shack, Harry says "Herman, you're the monster?!"
    • Calling Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans "candy beans" is a reference to this scene (among others) from Arrested Development.
    • In "Harry Freakin' Potter," when the cast sings the word "superstar," they all fall to one knee and throw the peace sign in the air with both hands, much like Mary Katherine Gallagher.
    • One from the other musical Team Star Kid did, Me And My Dick, when at the end Sirius says he's always wanted to see Venice, just like The Old Snatch, the character Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia played in the other musical.
      • Also: The pizza box with a hole in it? Anyone else getting MAMD Flashbacks?
  • Slasher Smile: Umbridge, after Harry tells her to do her worst. The only thing that could've made it creepy was if Joe Walker was capable of rotating his head 180 degrees.
  • The Slow Path: Draco, at the end.
  • Something Else Also Rises: Ron's broomstick, when Hermione hugs him.
  • The Song Before The Storm / The Eleven O Clock Number : "No Way".
    There's no way we're gonna leave it up to chance,
    There's no damn way we're gonna go without a fight!
  • Smoking Hot Sex: After Firenze takes Umbridge to be his mate, he has a cigarette the next time we see him.
  • Squick: Lupin accidentally eating a shit flavored candy bean.
  • Stable Time Loop: The kids' first year at Hogwarts, according to Future!Draco. It was totally the same before and after before he got involved in time-travel; it just didn't make any sense until living it the second time through.
    • There's even a Stable Time Loop within a Stable Time Loop. Snape saves Harry and the others, allowing them to travel a few hours back in time, whereupon Harry convinces Snape to go and save his past self. There's also the bit about Lucius running right by the place where past!Harry and co. are hiding because he's seen future!Harry and co. a little ways on.
  • Stealth Pun: Cho Chang is upset that since she's not allowed to flirt, Flitwick will fail her. Flitwick teaches Charms.
    • Those Red Vines that Ron keeps eating and eventually uses to cast a spell, they're licorice wands.  *
  • Strange Minds Think Alike: "In case you were wondering... the "D"/"d" stands for my weiner!"
  • Take A Third Option: Umbridge asks the Sorting Hat if he's Team Edward or Team Jacob. He insteads says he's Team Dumbledore!
    • Dumbledore has to either kiss the dementors or Umbridge. He decides neither and magically disappears!
  • Take That: "Let's get rid of that piece of trash!"
    • Harry baits the Moral Guardians by saying that his favorite class is Satanic Rituals.
  • Teacher Student Romance: Lupin hits on Cho in a "he's only joking if she's not up for it" way. Later she expresses disappointment they won't be able to act on it.
    • She also implies that she flirts with her professors to get good grades.
  • Tear Jerker: Anything with Snape and Lily.
    • Sirius and Harry 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 seeing Lily on her own before the lights fade.
  • Terminator Twosome: Lucius and Draco.
  • That Makes Me Feel Angry: In a nod to Capslock!Harry from the books and the narmy scene from the movie: "I'M IN A RAGE!... THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!"
  • That Poor Cat: Harry throws Crookshanks to distract the vampire werewolf.
  • Those Two Guys: Seamus and Dean.
  • Throw The Dog A Bone: In spite of Hermione ultimately rejecting Draco, Draco finds a Second Love in Luna, who also wears diapers and knows about Pigfarts.
  • Time Travel: The plot involves the Death Eaters and Draco of the present running around the previous year.
  • Too Dumb To Live: Yaxley, twice falling for the exact same trick.
  • Took A Level In Badass: Future Draco. Not only does he not stumble around as much as he did in his first and second years, he also became ruler of the centaurs and freed Sirius Black. Oh, and he also carries around a sword in his robe and a revolver in his sock.
  • Totally Radical: Umbridge promises the girls that having her as a teacher is going to be (with fingerquotes) "Totally awesome!"
  • Training From Hell: Umbridge plans to whip the girls into shape "The Umbridge Way", which includes doing 500 push-ups a day, and a diet consisting of "protein shakes, falcon eggs, and ROCKS!"
  • The Umbridge: With, well, Umbridge herself. (But now with a Woman Scorned Back Story.)
  • Verbal Tic: Umbridge pronounces "Children" as "Chillens".
  • Villain Song: "Stutter" and "It's Not Over Yet."
  • Villainous BSOD: Umbridge, after Firenze defeated her.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Lupin wears only his underwear after transforming.
    • And Firenze, who never wears a shirt
  • Well Done Son Guy: Draco, overlapping with Toilet Humour. Your Mileage May Vary on how funny this actually is.
    • We later find out that he's trying to please the wrong father.
  • What Do You Mean Its Not Heinous: Crabbe & Goyle's bullying of Hermione & Ron consists entirely of shaking them.
  • What Happened To The Mouse?: Year 1 Draco. Future Draco briefly mentions that he's bedridden with heartache in Slytherin dorms when he first appears, but he is never seen again, even when the year ends... unless that's him being friendly and singing with the Trio at the end.
  • The Woobie: Lavender Brown cries when she's scared, so she might qualify.
    • Draco, who just wants his Daddy 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.
  • Writer Revolt: It seems the writers/creators have mixed thoughts about their decision to censor and edit A Very Potter Musical to something worthy of a PG-13 once it caught on with younger audiences online. Though censored F-bombs and edits appear in the sequel too, Lupin and other new characters seem to been written specifically with Cluster S Bombs and similar frequent (but PG-13-appropriate!) profanity sewn into their personalities, and in a sly nod to the original censorship, the kid characters (now only eleven!) cover their ears anytime Lupin swears.
  • Zettai Ryouiki: Cho freakin' Chang.

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