History Trivia / HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire

* IKnewIt: Not many people were surprised to find out that Snape was once a Death Eater. Even Harry seems more concerned that Snape might have been a FakeDefector rather than about the fact that he was revealed to be a Death Eater in the first place.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire page]].

* DeletedRole: John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander.

** The Hogwarts students have three weeks of dance lessons to prepare for the Yule Ball scenes. Daniel Radcliffe however only had three days, which worked in his favour since Harry is supposed to be an awkward dancer. This is also the reason Harry is only filmed from the waist up during the dancing, to hide his fumbling feet.

* TropeNamer:
** PensieveFlashback
** WronskiFeint

*** There's a scene that explains the very abrupt transition from the Yule Ball's opening waltz to the Weird Sisters: originally, the waltz was supposed to finish with Professor Flitwick appearing to announce the band (calling them "the band that needs no introduction!" [[ScrewedByTheLawyers likely due to the lawsuit over their name]], followed by an extended performance of "Do The Hippogriff”.

*** There's a scene that explains the very abrupt transition from the Yule Ball's opening waltz to the Weird Sisters: originally, the waltz was supposed to finish with Professor Flitwick appearing to announce the band (calling them "the band that needs no introduction!" [[ScrewedByTheLawyers likely due to the lawsuit over their name]], followed by an extended performance of "Do The Hippogriph”.

*** There's a less abrupt transition from the Yule Ball's opening waltz to the Weird Sisters, followed by an extended performance of "Do the Hippogriff". There's an introduction given by Flitwick, calling them "the band that needs no introduction!" likely due to the lawsuit over their name.

** Creator/JasonIsaacs spaced on the spell he was supposed to say when Harry tricks him into freeing Dobby. So he went with the first one that came to mind, The Killing Curse. The director decided to leave it in.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/HarryPotter subpage]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The film adds a scene where the teachers discuss what to do about Harry's name being in the Goblet - and Snape pragmatically suggests to let him compete to ultimately see what the greater plan would be. This seems to be an attempt to address the complaints that Harry has to compete in the tournament with very little argument. [=McGonagall=] is likewise shocked at the suggestion that Harry be offered up as bait. She points out that he's a boy, not "a piece of meat!"
** It's been noted in the 2020s that the description of Rita Skeeter and her excessive fakery is somewhat trans-coded (especially with JK Rowling's controversial stance towards trans women). Retroactively, the film removes any of the problematic elements to Rita's character; where she's played by a cisgender actress and her appearance is merely FashionVictimVillain.
** Another retroactive example. The film does not reveal like the book that Hogwarts employs several house elves, and doesn't go into detail about their culture. Hermione's SPEW subplot is completely removed. This eliminates the uncomfortable slavery parallels - as the only appearance of house elves in the films is Dobby from ''Chamber of Secrets'', with the film emphasizing how cruel he's treated. And with him not reappearing until the ''Deathly Hallows'' film, it just looks like he was freed and lived his life. Likewise it's never said in the films that Harry inherited Kreacher from Sirius, making Kreacher just look like an OldRetainer instead of someone magically bound to be a slave.

* ImageSource:
** OurMermaidsAreDifferent (right side)

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The film was skipped over during several months' worth of ''Harry Potter'' marathons on Creator/{{Freeform}}. Now ''Order of the Phoenix'' has taken its place as this.

** The dance practise scene with [=McGonagall=] would've gone on for longer, with more students joining in.

*** There's a less abrupt transition from the Yule Ball's opening waltz to the Weird Sisters, followed by an extended performance of "Do the Hippogriff". It's given by Flitwick, calling them "the band that needs no introduction!" likely due to the lawsuit over their name.