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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: In the [=GBC=] version, the jingle that plays just before a Magical Encounter sounds exactly like the opening notes to ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 Donkey Kong Country]]'''s intro.
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* ContestedPrequel: The sixth-generation games are either disliked for being heavily recycled from the previous year's ''Chamber of Secrets'' game on the same systems, or appreciated for being a step up from the previous PC and [=PS1=] games in most aspects.
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* ContestedPrequel: The sixth-generation games are either disliked for being heavily recycled from the previous year's ''Chamber of Secrets'' game on the same systems, or appreciated for being a step up from the previous PC and [=PS1=] games in most aspects. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqcTsfu3U8 Flandrew's review]] comparing the five games sums up both arguments pretty well.
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Dumbledore didn't even suspect Voldemort had Horcruxes until finding out about Riddle's diary.
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** In the end of the book, when Harry is recuperating in the hospital wing, he, Ron and Hermione suggest that Dumbledore deliberately led them towards trying to get the stone, which was very dangerous. While his mother's sacrifice kept him safe from Voldemort, he still had to overcome a lot of other dangerous obstacles that could have killed him just as well. Given the reveal in ''Deathly Hallows'' that [[spoiler:Harry was an unintentional Horcrux of Voldemort and, were it not for Voldemort's use of Harry's blood to build his new body in ''Goblet of Fire'', would have had to die for Voldemort to be defeated]], it's very possible that Dumbledore did this with at least some hope that Harry would actually be killed (or that since the blood protection was in effect, that he would gain the experience of fighting Voldemort without the risk of getting killed).
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* GoddamnedBats: Gnomes in the PC version are annoyingly fast, hard to dodge, and steal your beans if they hit you. They also have high-pitched, [[UnintentionalUncannyValley unnervingly human]] voices. Thankfully, they were toned down in the sequel, where they can actually be useful by turning Horklumps into beans.
* GoddamnedBoss: The fight against [[spoiler:Quirrell's]] Gytrashes in the next-gen version. The boss is just like any fight against Gytrashes earlier in the game except they can spit out projectiles at you, are plentiful and very resilient. Even worse, every once in a while, [[spoiler: Quirrell]] will resurrect one which you can thankfully stop by throwing a flipendo at him. Unfortunately, with everything that's going on, you could be way too late to stop him, making the fight drag on longer than it's supposed to be.
* NarmCharm: In the GBC version, Malfoy duels Harry Potter on the train. When defeated, he turns tail and runs away like any other enemy. This is unintentionally hilarious, yet at the same time, ''[[CatharsisFactor absolutely awesome to see Malfoy get his arse kicked so hard]]''.
* GoddamnedBoss: The fight against [[spoiler:Quirrell's]] Gytrashes in the next-gen version. The boss is just like any fight against Gytrashes earlier in the game except they can spit out projectiles at you, are plentiful and very resilient. Even worse, every once in a while, [[spoiler: Quirrell]] will resurrect one which you can thankfully stop by throwing a flipendo at him. Unfortunately, with everything that's going on, you could be way too late to stop him, making the fight drag on longer than it's supposed to be.
* NarmCharm: In the GBC version, Malfoy duels Harry Potter on the train. When defeated, he turns tail and runs away like any other enemy. This is unintentionally hilarious, yet at the same time, ''[[CatharsisFactor absolutely awesome to see Malfoy get his arse kicked so hard]]''.
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* SoBadItsGood: The voice acting, especially the Finnish dub of the PC and [=PS1=] version. The latter gets a special mention due Dumbledore's voice changing randomly from a old man voice into [[VocalDissonance a sinister voice]].
* SpecialEffectFailure: If you look closely at some of the fountains in the greenhouse in the PC version, you'll see that the water streams are flowing upwards instead of downwards.
* ThatOneBoss:
** The GBC version of the Mountain Troll fight, particularly for the unprepared. Not only does it hit harder than anything you've seen before and have a suitably large amount of health, but the method Ron used to clobber it in the book doesn't work. And it's part of a sudden PlotTunnel, with no way to level grind or prepare in other ways after you've entered it.
** Chasing Malfoy in the PC version, mainly because the game doesn't bother to tell that you actually have to go fastest speed to damage Malfoy. The [=PS1=] version at least shows you have to press the Square button to damage him.
** [=PS1=] has a minigame where you chase a peacock so that you get three feathers from it. Frustating part is that there is a time limit and the peacock is quite fast.
* ThatOneSidequest: In the [=PS1=] version, getting the Wizard Cards in Gringotts is particularly tricky. Specifically, you have to complete the already somewhat tricky mine cart minigame, while also collecting every bonus gem. Miss one gem, and the entire minigame needs to be repeated, and that’s without mentioning that missing a single coin on the strings that reveal gems will cause the gems to not spawn. The amount of precision needed to successfully grab every gem in looping patterns is a fair bit higher than what the game usually demands. Also, if you complete the coin collecting, but don’t get the gems, while you are given the choice to try again for the gems, if you leave, the vault will lock, and [[PermanentlyMissableContent you won’t have another chance at going for the Wizard Card]].
* UnderusedGameMechanic: In the [=PS1=] game, the last two spells you learn end up this way. Defence Against The Dark Arts teaches Verdimillious, a spell that makes transparent platforms become solid for a short time. After using it in the class, there is one other set of platforms in the entire game, which happen to be in the next room you’re intended to go to. After crossing those platforms and entering the next area, the spell goes unused for the remainder of the game. Avifors, from the Transfiguration class, fares slightly better, in that there are two statues to cast the spell on after the class, but again, these are both in the very next rooms you’re intended to go to, [[PlotTunnel and are locked into]], and once they’re both sorted, the spell goes unused for the rest of the game.
* SpecialEffectFailure: If you look closely at some of the fountains in the greenhouse in the PC version, you'll see that the water streams are flowing upwards instead of downwards.
* ThatOneBoss:
** The GBC version of the Mountain Troll fight, particularly for the unprepared. Not only does it hit harder than anything you've seen before and have a suitably large amount of health, but the method Ron used to clobber it in the book doesn't work. And it's part of a sudden PlotTunnel, with no way to level grind or prepare in other ways after you've entered it.
** Chasing Malfoy in the PC version, mainly because the game doesn't bother to tell that you actually have to go fastest speed to damage Malfoy. The [=PS1=] version at least shows you have to press the Square button to damage him.
** [=PS1=] has a minigame where you chase a peacock so that you get three feathers from it. Frustating part is that there is a time limit and the peacock is quite fast.
* ThatOneSidequest: In the [=PS1=] version, getting the Wizard Cards in Gringotts is particularly tricky. Specifically, you have to complete the already somewhat tricky mine cart minigame, while also collecting every bonus gem. Miss one gem, and the entire minigame needs to be repeated, and that’s without mentioning that missing a single coin on the strings that reveal gems will cause the gems to not spawn. The amount of precision needed to successfully grab every gem in looping patterns is a fair bit higher than what the game usually demands. Also, if you complete the coin collecting, but don’t get the gems, while you are given the choice to try again for the gems, if you leave, the vault will lock, and [[PermanentlyMissableContent you won’t have another chance at going for the Wizard Card]].
* UnderusedGameMechanic: In the [=PS1=] game, the last two spells you learn end up this way. Defence Against The Dark Arts teaches Verdimillious, a spell that makes transparent platforms become solid for a short time. After using it in the class, there is one other set of platforms in the entire game, which happen to be in the next room you’re intended to go to. After crossing those platforms and entering the next area, the spell goes unused for the remainder of the game. Avifors, from the Transfiguration class, fares slightly better, in that there are two statues to cast the spell on after the class, but again, these are both in the very next rooms you’re intended to go to, [[PlotTunnel and are locked into]], and once they’re both sorted, the spell goes unused for the rest of the game.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: The film's changing Ron keeping a cool head in the Devil's Snare to ''Hermione'' keeping a cool head while Ron panics uselessly isn't so bad on its own -- Ron gets his chance to shine in the chess match later -- but it marked a disturbing trend in later films where Ron's moments of courage and intelligence were changed to Hermione or Harry's moments of courage and intelligence, while Ron ended up more the comic relief.
* GeniusBonus: In the film, the chess endgame is designed so that checkmate could be achieved by sacrificing either Harry or Ron, which adds some extra pathos to Ron's decision to sacrifice himself.
** Also in the film, avid chess players may recognize Ron's opening move as the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense Scandinavian Defense]], in which White taking the early pawn is entirely expected. Doing this lets the trio check what's going to happen when White captures while leaving them with a perfectly playable position. For bonus points, the Scandinavian allows Ron to more easily deploy the queen so that he can keep the three of them relatively safe (note that at the end of the game, the black queen is gone but most of the other non-pawn pieces are intact until Ron sacrifices a rook and himself to set up the checkmate).
* GeniusBonus: In the film, the chess endgame is designed so that checkmate could be achieved by sacrificing either Harry or Ron, which adds some extra pathos to Ron's decision to sacrifice himself.
** Also in the film, avid chess players may recognize Ron's opening move as the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense Scandinavian Defense]], in which White taking the early pawn is entirely expected. Doing this lets the trio check what's going to happen when White captures while leaving them with a perfectly playable position. For bonus points, the Scandinavian allows Ron to more easily deploy the queen so that he can keep the three of them relatively safe (note that at the end of the game, the black queen is gone but most of the other non-pawn pieces are intact until Ron sacrifices a rook and himself to set up the checkmate).
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** In the end of the book, when Harry is recuperating in the hospital wing, he, Ron and Hermione suggest that Dumbledore deliberately led them towards trying to get the stone, which was very dangerous. While his mother's sacrifice kept him safe from Voldemort, he still had to overcome a lot of other dangerous obstacles that could have killed him just as well. Given the reveal in ''Deathly Hallows'' that [[spoiler: Harry was an unintentional Horcrux of Voldemort and, were it not for Voldemort's use of Harry's blood to build his new body in ''Goblet of Fire'', would have had to die for Voldemort to be defeated]], it's very possible that Dumbledore did this with at least some hope that Harry would actually be killed (or that since the blood protection was in effect, that he would gain the experience of fighting Voldemort without the risk of getting killed).
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** In the end of the book, when Harry is recuperating in the hospital wing, he, Ron and Hermione suggest that Dumbledore deliberately led them towards trying to get the stone, which was very dangerous. While his mother's sacrifice kept him safe from Voldemort, he still had to overcome a lot of other dangerous obstacles that could have killed him just as well. Given the reveal in ''Deathly Hallows'' that [[spoiler: Harry [[spoiler:Harry was an unintentional Horcrux of Voldemort and, were it not for Voldemort's use of Harry's blood to build his new body in ''Goblet of Fire'', would have had to die for Voldemort to be defeated]], it's very possible that Dumbledore did this with at least some hope that Harry would actually be killed (or that since the blood protection was in effect, that he would gain the experience of fighting Voldemort without the risk of getting killed).
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** Harry talking to the snake at the zoo after accidentally freeing it is treated as another whimsical magical event. [[spoiler: Turns out how Harry got this ability and its historical usage is anything ''but'' whimsical.]]
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** Harry talking to the snake at the zoo after accidentally freeing it is treated as another whimsical magical event. [[spoiler: Turns [[spoiler:Turns out how Harry got this ability and its historical usage is anything ''but'' whimsical.]]
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* OneSceneWonder: As expected with this franchise, but the literal examples are John Hurt as Ollivander and Creator/JohnCleese as Nearly Headless Nick.
* OutOfTheGhetto: The film. As with its literary counterpart, ''Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone'' broke through with a kid-skewing fantasy story that managed to pull in audiences of all ages and genders. Before then, fantasy films centred around and aimed at children typically had low budgets, indistinguished casts aside from maybe a notable actor or two who wanted a new house, and seldom had a story and world comparable to more higher-age fare. Warner Bros. was so skittish over the idea of the film falling into the ghetto that they bandied around ideas to make it palatable for American audiences, from moving the film to the U.S., aging up the characters into teenagers, making it an animated film, or making sure there was a reputable name behind the camera (Steven Spielberg emerging as a strong candidate) and in front (recent Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment was a highly rumored name for an Americanized version). J.K. Rowling, however, vetoed their ideas and strongly insisted the film stay true to the source and its British roots. As a result, WB threw all its weight behind that focus, spending blockbuster resources, grabbing cutting-edge effects houses, a laundry list of British acting legends (the main child characters, though, would be largely unknowns), legendary composer John Williams, and highly successful director Chris Columbus. Hewing close to the beloved novel and marketed with an all-out blitz, the film was a massive success, scoring the biggest opening weekend of all time and finishing with the second-highest worldwide gross ever, even beating fellow ghetto-busting fantasy ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' at the money till. This opened a wave of more fantasy and YA adaptations with more resources behind it, as well as kicking off one of the most profitable series in cinematic history.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film. Julianne is the blonde girl next to Dean Thomas during the Quidditch match. Derek is the Ravenclaw boy walking behind Hermione when she's preparing to leave for Christmas.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student. She's the girl seated next to Oliver Wood in the shot that appears after Hermione exclaims, "We're tied with Slytherin!"
* OutOfTheGhetto: The film. As with its literary counterpart, ''Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone'' broke through with a kid-skewing fantasy story that managed to pull in audiences of all ages and genders. Before then, fantasy films centred around and aimed at children typically had low budgets, indistinguished casts aside from maybe a notable actor or two who wanted a new house, and seldom had a story and world comparable to more higher-age fare. Warner Bros. was so skittish over the idea of the film falling into the ghetto that they bandied around ideas to make it palatable for American audiences, from moving the film to the U.S., aging up the characters into teenagers, making it an animated film, or making sure there was a reputable name behind the camera (Steven Spielberg emerging as a strong candidate) and in front (recent Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment was a highly rumored name for an Americanized version). J.K. Rowling, however, vetoed their ideas and strongly insisted the film stay true to the source and its British roots. As a result, WB threw all its weight behind that focus, spending blockbuster resources, grabbing cutting-edge effects houses, a laundry list of British acting legends (the main child characters, though, would be largely unknowns), legendary composer John Williams, and highly successful director Chris Columbus. Hewing close to the beloved novel and marketed with an all-out blitz, the film was a massive success, scoring the biggest opening weekend of all time and finishing with the second-highest worldwide gross ever, even beating fellow ghetto-busting fantasy ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' at the money till. This opened a wave of more fantasy and YA adaptations with more resources behind it, as well as kicking off one of the most profitable series in cinematic history.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film. Julianne is the blonde girl next to Dean Thomas during the Quidditch match. Derek is the Ravenclaw boy walking behind Hermione when she's preparing to leave for Christmas.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student. She's the girl seated next to Oliver Wood in the shot that appears after Hermione exclaims, "We're tied with Slytherin!"
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* SignatureLine: "Yer a wizard, Harry."
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: On the whole, the effects in this film are some of the weakest throughout the series, and served as the only film to use either Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks, Creator/RhythmAndHues or Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop (all of whom were going through slumps at the time, combined with the rush to get the effects done). More specific examples include:
** The Mountain Troll scene from the film adaptation. It's incredibly obvious that a CGI double was used for most of the shots where Harry was clinging to the Troll's body.
** Only one of the shots of Scabbers in the train scene uses a real rat; the others use a puppet with very mechanical-looking movements.
** The Quidditch match is home to a lot of obvious green screen compositing and digital doubles.
** The Mountain Troll scene from the film adaptation. It's incredibly obvious that a CGI double was used for most of the shots where Harry was clinging to the Troll's body.
** Only one of the shots of Scabbers in the train scene uses a real rat; the others use a puppet with very mechanical-looking movements.
** The Quidditch match is home to a lot of obvious green screen compositing and digital doubles.
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** While Malfoy's scene is debatable, Dudley receiving a pig's tail in the book is nothing short of Unintentionally Sympathetic, especially since Hagrid said he was actually trying to turn him into a pig. In that scene, Dudley hadn't even done anything- [[SinsOfOurFathers it was Vernon]] who insulted Dumbledore. The film subverts this by having Dudley eat Harry's cake, though even that comes across as DisproportionateRetribution.
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** While Malfoy's scene is debatable, Dudley receiving a pig's tail in the book is nothing short of Unintentionally Sympathetic, especially since Hagrid said he was actually trying to turn him into a pig. In that scene, Dudley hadn't even done anything- [[SinsOfOurFathers it was Vernon]] who insulted Dumbledore. The film subverts averts this by having Dudley eat Harry's cake, though even that comes across as DisproportionateRetribution.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: The film's changing Ron keeping a cool head in the Devil's Snare to ''Hermione'' keeping a cool head while Ron panics uselessly isn't so bad on its own -- Ron gets his chance to shine in the chess match later -- but it marked a disturbing trend in later films where Ron's moments of courage and intelligence were changed to Hermione or Harry's moments of courage and intelligence, while Ron ended up more the comic relief.
* GeniusBonus: The chess endgame is designed so that checkmate could be achieved by sacrificing either Harry or Ron, which adds some extra pathos to Ron's decision to sacrifice himself. Also, avid chess players may recognize Ron's opening move as the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense Scandinavian Defense]], in which White taking the early pawn is entirely expected. Doing this lets the trio check what's going to happen when White captures while leaving them with a perfectly playable position. For bonus points, the Scandinavian allows Ron to more easily deploy the queen so that he can keep the three of them relatively safe (note that at the end of the game, the black queen is gone but most of the other non-pawn pieces are intact until Ron sacrifices a rook and himself to set up the checkmate).
* OneSceneWonder: As expected with this franchise, but the literal examples are Creator/JohnHurt as Ollivander and Creator/JohnCleese as Nearly Headless Nick.
* OutOfTheGhetto: As with its literary counterpart, ''Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone'' broke through with a kid-skewing fantasy story that managed to pull in audiences of all ages and genders. Before then, fantasy films centred around and aimed at children typically had low budgets, indistinguished casts aside from maybe a notable actor or two who wanted a new house, and seldom had a story and world comparable to more higher-age fare. Warner Bros. was so skittish over the idea of the film falling into the ghetto that they bandied around ideas to make it palatable for American audiences, from moving the film to the U.S., aging up the characters into teenagers, making it an animated film, or making sure there was a reputable name behind the camera (Steven Spielberg emerging as a strong candidate) and in front (recent Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment was a highly rumored name for an Americanized version). J.K. Rowling, however, vetoed their ideas and strongly insisted the film stay true to the source and its British roots. As a result, WB threw all its weight behind that focus, spending blockbuster resources, grabbing cutting-edge effects houses, a laundry list of British acting legends (the main child characters, though, would be largely unknowns), legendary composer John Williams, and highly successful director Chris Columbus. Hewing close to the beloved novel and marketed with an all-out blitz, the film was a massive success, scoring the biggest opening weekend of all time and finishing with the second-highest worldwide gross ever, even beating fellow ghetto-busting fantasy ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' at the money till. This opened a wave of more fantasy and YA adaptations with more resources behind it, as well as kicking off one of the most profitable series in cinematic history.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film. Julianne is the blonde girl next to Dean Thomas during the Quidditch match. Derek is the Ravenclaw boy walking behind Hermione when she's preparing to leave for Christmas.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student. She's the girl seated next to Oliver Wood in the shot that appears after Hermione exclaims, "We're tied with Slytherin!"
* SignatureLine: "Yer a wizard, Harry."
* SpecialEffectsFailure: On the whole, the effects in this film are some of the weakest throughout the series, and served as the only film to use either Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks, Creator/RhythmAndHues or Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop (all of whom were going through slumps at the time, combined with the rush to get the effects done). More specific examples include:
** The Mountain Troll scene. It's incredibly obvious that a CGI double was used for most of the shots where Harry was clinging to the Troll's body.
** Only one of the shots of Scabbers in the train scene uses a real rat; the others use a puppet with very mechanical-looking movements.
** The Quidditch match is home to a lot of obvious green screen compositing and digital doubles.
* FranchiseOriginalSin: The film's changing Ron keeping a cool head in the Devil's Snare to ''Hermione'' keeping a cool head while Ron panics uselessly isn't so bad on its own -- Ron gets his chance to shine in the chess match later -- but it marked a disturbing trend in later films where Ron's moments of courage and intelligence were changed to Hermione or Harry's moments of courage and intelligence, while Ron ended up more the comic relief.
* GeniusBonus: The chess endgame is designed so that checkmate could be achieved by sacrificing either Harry or Ron, which adds some extra pathos to Ron's decision to sacrifice himself. Also, avid chess players may recognize Ron's opening move as the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense Scandinavian Defense]], in which White taking the early pawn is entirely expected. Doing this lets the trio check what's going to happen when White captures while leaving them with a perfectly playable position. For bonus points, the Scandinavian allows Ron to more easily deploy the queen so that he can keep the three of them relatively safe (note that at the end of the game, the black queen is gone but most of the other non-pawn pieces are intact until Ron sacrifices a rook and himself to set up the checkmate).
* OneSceneWonder: As expected with this franchise, but the literal examples are Creator/JohnHurt as Ollivander and Creator/JohnCleese as Nearly Headless Nick.
* OutOfTheGhetto: As with its literary counterpart, ''Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone'' broke through with a kid-skewing fantasy story that managed to pull in audiences of all ages and genders. Before then, fantasy films centred around and aimed at children typically had low budgets, indistinguished casts aside from maybe a notable actor or two who wanted a new house, and seldom had a story and world comparable to more higher-age fare. Warner Bros. was so skittish over the idea of the film falling into the ghetto that they bandied around ideas to make it palatable for American audiences, from moving the film to the U.S., aging up the characters into teenagers, making it an animated film, or making sure there was a reputable name behind the camera (Steven Spielberg emerging as a strong candidate) and in front (recent Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment was a highly rumored name for an Americanized version). J.K. Rowling, however, vetoed their ideas and strongly insisted the film stay true to the source and its British roots. As a result, WB threw all its weight behind that focus, spending blockbuster resources, grabbing cutting-edge effects houses, a laundry list of British acting legends (the main child characters, though, would be largely unknowns), legendary composer John Williams, and highly successful director Chris Columbus. Hewing close to the beloved novel and marketed with an all-out blitz, the film was a massive success, scoring the biggest opening weekend of all time and finishing with the second-highest worldwide gross ever, even beating fellow ghetto-busting fantasy ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' at the money till. This opened a wave of more fantasy and YA adaptations with more resources behind it, as well as kicking off one of the most profitable series in cinematic history.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film. Julianne is the blonde girl next to Dean Thomas during the Quidditch match. Derek is the Ravenclaw boy walking behind Hermione when she's preparing to leave for Christmas.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student. She's the girl seated next to Oliver Wood in the shot that appears after Hermione exclaims, "We're tied with Slytherin!"
* SignatureLine: "Yer a wizard, Harry."
* SpecialEffectsFailure: On the whole, the effects in this film are some of the weakest throughout the series, and served as the only film to use either Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks, Creator/RhythmAndHues or Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop (all of whom were going through slumps at the time, combined with the rush to get the effects done). More specific examples include:
** The Mountain Troll scene. It's incredibly obvious that a CGI double was used for most of the shots where Harry was clinging to the Troll's body.
** Only one of the shots of Scabbers in the train scene uses a real rat; the others use a puppet with very mechanical-looking movements.
** The Quidditch match is home to a lot of obvious green screen compositing and digital doubles.
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* ContestedPrequel: The sixth-generation games are either disliked for being heavily recycled from the previous year's ''Chamber of Secrets'' game on the same systems, or appreciated for being a step up from the previous PC and [=PS1=] games in most aspects.
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** It's said that Quirrell was as timid during his childhood as he is appeared to be until the final confrontation. But was the more confident persona he presented at the end his own (from years of Voldemort's tutoring), or was it a side effect from having Voldemort "attached" to him?
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JeremySoule of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' composed the soundtrack for the console and PC versions before Music/JohnWilliams did, yet it ''still'' manages to capture the same mystical themes regardless.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JeremySoule AwesomeMusic/JeremySoule of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' composed the soundtrack for the console and PC versions before Music/JohnWilliams did, yet it ''still'' manages to capture the same mystical themes regardless.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The composer for the console and PC versions is Music/JeremySoule, who would become ''far'' more well known for his work on ''Franchise/GuildWars'' and ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The composer for the console and PC versions is AwesomeMusic/JeremySoule, who would become ''far'' more well known for his work on ''Franchise/GuildWars'' and ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JeremySoule of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' composed the soundtrack for the console and PC versions before Music/JohnWilliams did, yet it ''still'' manages to capture the same mystical themes regardless.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The sixth-generation game tends to receive this reaction from fans due to rather blatantly rehashing much of its content from ''[[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' (which was released the year before) to the point of being a MissionPackSequel.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JeremySoule of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' composed the soundtrack for the console and PC versions before Music/JohnWilliams did, yet it ''still'' manages to capture the same mystical themes regardless.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The sixth-generation game tends to receive this reaction from fans due to rather blatantly rehashing much of its content from ''[[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' (which was released the year before) to the point of being a MissionPackSequel.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The composer for the console and PC versions is Music/JeremySoule, who would become ''far'' more well known for his work on ''Franchise/GuildWars'' and ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [=PS1=] and PC versions have obvious jank to them ([[SpecialEffectsFailure particularly when it comes to graphics]]), but are fondly remembered by many.
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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [=PS1=] and PC versions have obvious jank to them ([[SpecialEffectsFailure particularly when it comes to graphics]]), but are fondly remembered by many.
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* MemeticMutation: Two words: [[https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fmq5riv5wxkz21.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D5ed2e82c41139aea816bf37d5d5add4285e57eae PS1 Hagrid]].
* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [=PS1=] and PC versions have obvious jank to them ([[SpecialEffectsFailure particularly when it comes to graphics]]), but are fondly remembered by many.
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** It's also ''extremely'' obvious that only one of the shots of Scabbers in the train scene uses an actual rat, the rest featuring a puppet with very mechanical-looking movements.
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** It's also ''extremely'' obvious that only Only one of the shots of Scabbers in the train scene uses an actual rat, a real rat; the rest featuring others use a puppet with very mechanical-looking movements.
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* {{Squick}}: Dumbledore's experience with the Every Flavor Beans. He lost his liking to them a long time ago because of a ''vomit''-flavored one, and when we see him actually try another, it was ''earwax''-flavored. If that isn't disgusting enough, George Weasley claimed to have eaten a ''booger''-flavored bean.
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* {{Squick}}: Dumbledore's experience with the Every Flavor Beans. He lost his liking to them a long time ago because of a ''vomit''-flavored one, and when we see him actually try another, it was it's ''earwax''-flavored. If that isn't disgusting enough, George Weasley claimed to have eaten a ''booger''-flavored bean.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Dumbledore's final altering of Gryffindor's points. While the house's students did pull off quite a heroic feat and are worthy of the points, it still comes across as a huge dick move to only award them these points after you've just announced Slytherin has won, and then proceed to take away their victory.
** Book only example: Hagrid. While it's unclear whether or not he knows about Dudley's bullying of Harry [[note]] although his surprise at the Dursleys having kept Harry in the dark would suggest he doesn't [[/note]], he calls the overweight eleven-year-old "yeh [[DehumanizingInsult great lump]]", a "[[DehumanizingInsult great puddin']]", and, [[RevengeByProxy for Vernon's insult to Dumbledore]], grows Dudley a [[DehumanizingInsult pig]]'s [[BalefulPolymorph tail]], [[WouldHurtAChild causing him to]] "howl with pain". Tellingly, the film [[AdaptationalNiceGuy omits]] Hagrid's remarks, and re-stages the pig's tail as painless retribution for uninvited sampling of Harry's birthday cake.
** Book only example: Hagrid. While it's unclear whether or not he knows about Dudley's bullying of Harry [[note]] although his surprise at the Dursleys having kept Harry in the dark would suggest he doesn't [[/note]], he calls the overweight eleven-year-old "yeh [[DehumanizingInsult great lump]]", a "[[DehumanizingInsult great puddin']]", and, [[RevengeByProxy for Vernon's insult to Dumbledore]], grows Dudley a [[DehumanizingInsult pig]]'s [[BalefulPolymorph tail]], [[WouldHurtAChild causing him to]] "howl with pain". Tellingly, the film [[AdaptationalNiceGuy omits]] Hagrid's remarks, and re-stages the pig's tail as painless retribution for uninvited sampling of Harry's birthday cake.
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** Dumbledore's final altering of Gryffindor's points. While the house's students did pull off quite a heroic feat and are worthy of the points, it still comes across as a huge dick move to only award them these points after you've just announced Slytherin has won, and then proceed to take away their victory.
**Book only example: Hagrid. While it's unclear whether or not he knows about implied that he's unaware of Dudley's bullying of Harry [[note]] although his surprise at the Dursleys having kept Harry Harry, in the dark would suggest he doesn't [[/note]], he book Hagrid calls the Harry's overweight eleven-year-old "yeh preteen cousin [[DehumanizingInsult yeh great lump]]", lump" and a "[[DehumanizingInsult great puddin']]", and, [[RevengeByProxy "great puddin'"]]. Furthermore, Dudley's the target of Hagrid's RevengeByProxy for Vernon's insult to Dumbledore]], grows Dudley a [[DehumanizingInsult pig]]'s [[BalefulPolymorph tail]], Vernon insulting Dumbledore, and [[WouldHurtAChild causing is grown a pig's tail that causes him to]] to "howl with pain". pain"]]. Tellingly, the film [[AdaptationalNiceGuy omits]] the film omits Hagrid's remarks, remarks]] and re-stages reframes the pig's tail as painless retribution for Dudley's uninvited sampling of Harry's birthday cake.
** Dumbledore's final altering of Gryffindor's points. While the house's students did pull off quite a heroic feat and are worthy of the points, it still comes across as a huge dick move to only award them these points after you've just announced Slytherin has won, and then proceed to take away their victory.
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* SignatureLine: "Yer a wizard, harry."
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** Malfoy's first interaction with Harry and Ron can come off as this. This is Draco's big EstablishingCharacterMoment, marking him as the stuck-up, mean, SpoiledBrat that he is, but Ron ''did'' invite a reprisal by rudely snickering at his name after Malfoy introduced himself to Harry. On the other hand, when Malfoy had already met Harry, he'd been incredibly rude about Hagrid, and making fun of Ron's family and appearance was DisproportionateRetribution to say the least.
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** Malfoy's first interaction with Harry and Ron can come off as this. This is Draco's big EstablishingCharacterMoment, marking him as the stuck-up, mean, SpoiledBrat that he is, but Ron ''did'' invite a reprisal by rudely snickering at his name after Malfoy introduced himself to Harry. On the other hand, when Malfoy had already met Harry, he'd been incredibly rude about Hagrid, Hagrid and unintentionally insulted Harry's dead mother, and making fun of Ron's family and appearance was DisproportionateRetribution to say the least.
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** When Vernon is forced to admit he knew about Harry's magic powers, he dismisses it as "nothing a good beating wouldn't have cured". [[spoiler:In ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', we learn that using corporal punishment to suppress a young wizard's magic is a really, ''really'' bad idea.]]
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** When Vernon is forced to admit he knew about Harry's magic powers, he dismisses it as "nothing a good beating wouldn't have cured". [[spoiler:In ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', we learn that using corporal punishment to suppress a young wizard's magic is a really, ''really'' bad idea.idea; only the fact that [[ObliviouslySuperpowered Harry was in the dark about his powers]] prevented the [[PersonOfMassDestruction worst-case scenario]].]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Vernon Dursley's acquisition of a rifle (a shotgun in the movie) to protect his family while at the Hut-on-the-Rock is more alarming from a British perspective due to the more strongly regulated firearm ownership in the [=UK=]. Rifles and shotguns can be owned by British citizens with a certificate provided that the firearm in question meets certain specifications. However, gun ownership explicitly for personal protection has been banned since 1938, and use of a firearm in a self defence situation is generally illegal. Petunia, Dudley, and Harry are all shocked when Vernon reveals the rifle to them.
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** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student.
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film. Julianne is the blonde girl next to Dean Thomas during the Quidditch match. Derek is the Ravenclaw boy walking behind Hermione when she's preparing to leave for Christmas.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student. She's the girl seated next to Oliver Wood in the shot that appears after Hermione exclaims, "We're tied with Slytherin!"
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student. She's the girl seated next to Oliver Wood in the shot that appears after Hermione exclaims, "We're tied with Slytherin!"
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film.
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** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for thefilm.film.
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student.
** Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the
** Just prior to her leading role on ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Dani Harmer appears in this film as a background Hogwarts student.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JulianneHough and Creator/DerekHough both appear in the movie as background Hogwarts students. Although American, they were living in Britain at the time, and the students at their performing arts school were recruited as extras for the film.
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* EpilepticTrees: The very first UK edition had on its back cover [[https://www.thomastaylor-author.com/harry-potter-and-the-mysterious-wizard/ an illustration of an adult wizard]] who didn't match up to any of the main adult characters. He was later replaced by the same artist with an illustration that's clearly Dumbledore, so editions with him are considered a bit rare. Fans thus wondered who this wizard could be, with some thinking he could be Nicolas Flamel (due to having a bulge in his pocket, thus the titular Stone), or else Dumbledore but erroneously drawn much younger. The illustrator confirmed years later that he just intended to draw a random wizard, based on his own father.
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* EpilepticTrees: The very first UK edition had on its back cover [[https://www.thomastaylor-author.com/harry-potter-and-the-mysterious-wizard/ an illustration of an adult wizard]] who didn't match up to any of the main adult characters. He was later replaced by the same artist with [[https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/12ng087/my_son_has_two_copies_of_the_first_harry_potter/ an illustration that's clearly Dumbledore, so editions with him are considered a bit rare. of Dumbledore.]] Fans thus wondered who this wizard could be, with some thinking he could be Nicolas Flamel (due to having a bulge in his pocket, thus the titular Stone), or else Dumbledore but erroneously drawn much younger. The illustrator confirmed years later that he just intended to draw a random wizard, based on his own father.
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* EpilepticTrees: The very first UK edition had on its back cover [[https://www.thomastaylor-author.com/harry-potter-and-the-mysterious-wizard/ an illustration of an adult wizard]] who didn't match up to any of the main adult characters. He was later replaced by the same artist with an illustration that's clearly Dumbledore, so editions with him are considered a bit rare. Fans thus wondered who this wizard could be, with some thinking he could be Nicolas Flamel (due to having a bulge in his pocket, thus the titular Stone), or else Dumbledore but erroneously drawn much younger. The illustrator confirmed years later that he just intended to draw a random wizard, based on his own father.
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* MemeticMutation:
** [[IncomingHam TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!]] [''beat''] [[DissonantSerenity I thought you oughtta know.]] [''fainted''][[note]]It's memetic enough for someone to claim that after she texted her boyfriend that she was bored in her English class, said boyfriend didn't text her back but instead [[RefugeInAudacity came bursting to her classroom while yelling this and]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity then]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity collapse to the floor in the similar way Quirrell did.]] Apparently, the English teacher laughed so hard that he allowed his students to go home early.[[/note]]
** "Wingardium Leviosa!" and "It's Levi-OH-sa, not Levio-saaah."[[note]]A reference to Hermione's InsufferableGenius correction of Ron's pronunciation.[[/note]]
** "...Before you two come up with another bright idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled!"[[note]]A reference to Hermione's SkewedPriorities, seemingly prioritizing continued enrollment in Hogwarts over her own life[[/note]]
** The exchange of Harry and Dumbledore about what the mirror does is recently gaining its popularity.
** "Yes, yes, well done Slytherin, well done Slytherin - ''[[DeusExMachina HOW]][[SuddenlyShouting EVER!]]''"[[note]]A reference to Dumbledore's last minute reversal of Slytherin's victory in the House Cup.[[/note]]
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** [[IncomingHam TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!]] [''beat''] [[DissonantSerenity I thought you oughtta know.]] [''fainted''][[note]]It's memetic enough for someone to claim that after she texted her boyfriend that she was bored in her English class, said boyfriend didn't text her back but instead [[RefugeInAudacity came bursting to her classroom while yelling this and]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity then]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity collapse to the floor in the similar way Quirrell did.]] Apparently, the English teacher laughed so hard that he allowed his students to go home early.[[/note]]
** "Wingardium Leviosa!" and "It's Levi-OH-sa, not Levio-saaah."[[note]]A reference to Hermione's InsufferableGenius correction of Ron's pronunciation.[[/note]]
** "...Before you two come up with another bright idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled!"[[note]]A reference to Hermione's SkewedPriorities, seemingly prioritizing continued enrollment in Hogwarts over her own life[[/note]]
** The exchange of Harry and Dumbledore about what the mirror does is recently gaining its popularity.
** "Yes, yes, well done Slytherin, well done Slytherin - ''[[DeusExMachina HOW]][[SuddenlyShouting EVER!]]''"[[note]]A reference to Dumbledore's last minute reversal of Slytherin's victory in the House Cup.[[/note]]
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** [[IncomingHam TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!]] [''beat''] [[DissonantSerenity I thought you oughtta know.]] [''fainted''][[note]]It's memetic enough for someone to claim that after she texted her boyfriend that she was bored in her English class, said boyfriend didn't text her back but instead [[RefugeInAudacity came bursting to her classroom while yelling this and]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity then]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity collapse to the floor in the similar way Quirrell did.]] Apparently, the English teacher laughed so hard that he allowed his students to go home early.[[/note]]
** "Wingardium Leviosa!" and "It's Levi-OH-sa, not Levio-saaah."[[note]]A reference to Hermione's InsufferableGenius correction of Ron's pronunciation.[[/note]]
** "...Before you two come up with another bright idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled!"[[note]]A reference to Hermione's SkewedPriorities, seemingly prioritizing continued enrollment in Hogwarts over herMemeticMutation: [[Memes/HarryPotter Has its own life[[/note]]
** The exchange of Harry and Dumbledore about what the mirror does is recently gaining its popularity.
** "Yes, yes, well done Slytherin, well done Slytherin - ''[[DeusExMachina HOW]][[SuddenlyShouting EVER!]]''"[[note]]A reference to Dumbledore's last minute reversal of Slytherin's victory in the House Cup.[[/note]]
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** [[IncomingHam TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!]] [''beat''] [[DissonantSerenity I thought you oughtta know.]] [''fainted''][[note]]It's memetic enough for someone to claim that after she texted her boyfriend that she was bored in her English class, said boyfriend didn't text her back but instead [[RefugeInAudacity came bursting to her classroom while yelling this and]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity then]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity collapse to the floor in the similar way Quirrell did.]] Apparently, the English teacher laughed so hard that he allowed his students to go home early.[[/note]]
** "Wingardium Leviosa!" and "It's Levi-OH-sa, not Levio-saaah."[[note]]A reference to Hermione's InsufferableGenius correction of Ron's pronunciation.[[/note]]
** "...Before you two come up with another bright idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled!"[[note]]A reference to Hermione's SkewedPriorities, seemingly prioritizing continued enrollment in Hogwarts over her
** The exchange of Harry and Dumbledore about what the mirror does is recently gaining its popularity.
** "Yes, yes, well done Slytherin, well done Slytherin - ''[[DeusExMachina HOW]][[SuddenlyShouting EVER!]]''"[[note]]A reference to Dumbledore's last minute reversal of Slytherin's victory in the House Cup.[[/note]]
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* SignatureScene: Harry seeing his deceased parents for the first time in the Mirror of Erised, one of the series' biggest tear jerkers.
