History ChekhovsGun / HarryPotter

** Sadly, the cloak also comes with its load of BadWriting. It's claimed that Harry's cloak has unique properties, but no other cloak was ever presented "on-screen" (as it were) to compare it with. But the key element in the cloak's importance was that Harry inherited it from his father, so YourMileageMayVary on whether Rowling's mistake was in [[InformedAbility not setting up the cloak's special powers]], or in [[AssPull believing it had to have them at all]].

* When Harry is attacked by [[spoiler:Quirrel/Voldemort]] in the Forbidden Forest and is rescued by Firenze, the other centaurs object, citing "the stars." Even Firenze himself mentions to Harry that he hopes that he and his fellow centaurs have been misreading them. Considering the fact that centaurs are particularly gifted at astrology, they're probably seeing [[spoiler:Harry getting killed by Voldemort in the Forbidden Forrest at the end of [[HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Book 7]], and don't want to interfere with destiny]].

** To add to that, the [[spoiler:Room of Requirement itself. Draco was using it, specifically the Room of Hidden Things, to try and find a way to kill Dumbledore. The room is revealed in Book 7 to be the location of one of the Horcruxes, and Draco comes close to foiling Harry there because of how much experience he has with that room - as he says, "I virtually lived in the Room of Hidden Things last year." He knows how to get in. And let it also be known that this troper went and looked up the exact quote in her own copy of the book.]]

* Dumbledore's brief look of triumph when he is told that Voldemort used Harry's blood to resurrect himelf. It is one of the reason why Harry survived the Killing Curse in hte final book.

* The snake Harry released from the zoo [[spoiler:was actually Voldemort's final horcrux, and pet, Nagini.]]

* The snake Harry released from the zoo [[spoiler:was actually Voldemort's final horcrux, Nagini.]]

If the ChekhovsArmory in ''[[{{Literature/HarryPotter}} Harry Potter]]'' were an actual army, it would curbstomp everyone in a massive ZergRush. Please list examples by book:

** Trelaweny also predicts that Hermione drops out of Divination class by Easter. Even if she probably did not know it herself at the time.

** This book also contains an example of what happens when you overuse Chekhov's Gunmen. When Harry refers in passing to a Mark Evans while speaking to Dudley. This is a throw-away character who is never mentioned again, but many assumed he would have some importance in the future because he had the same last name as Harry's mother. JK Rowling ''publicly apologized'' for that last one.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: Books two and six pretty much parallel each other and they are essentially the same basic plot, only six is much quieter and softer, and the roles of Harry and Ginny are apparently reversed. In the second book, Ginny harbored strong feelings for Harry and had a bewitched diary which was able to take control of her. This book was destroyed by Harry to save Ginny's life. In the sixth, [[spoiler:it is Harry's turn to pine for Ginny. Moreover, Ginny was possessed by Riddle's diary in the second book, which is now revealed to be a horcrux. Harry has a mysterious potions book which, while it doesn’t actually posses him, has something of an addicting quality for him. Ginny throws away the diary after it possess her, and Harry hides the potions book after it gets him in trouble. Tom Riddle is introduced in the second book, and his past is revealed more fully in the sixth.]] Finally, there is the matter of, of all things, the numbers of the books. In total, there are seven books. Numbers two and six are the first and last even numbers in a sequence of seven.

* ChekhovsGift: The Invisibility Cloak, which Harry gets for Christmas, which not only helps him throughout the series but turns out to be one of the [[spoiler:titular Deathly Hallows]] in Book 7.

* The bezoar mentioned briefly in Harry's first potions class is later used [[spoiler: to save Ron after he accidentally drinks a bottle of poisoned mead intended for Dumbledore.]]

* [[spoiler:Harry's snitch, Dumbledore' Deluminator (aka the Put-Outer), Godric Gryffndor's [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement sword]], dragons at Gringotts, the poem [[TooDumbToLive warning thieves at Gringott's]] entrance, the eye Harry sees in Sirius's Mirror, the locket in the House of Black, Wormtail's hand, Voldemort's claim about Wormtail's loyalty, Wormtail's debt to Harry, Harry's invisibility cloak, and the Basilisk's fangs.]]

* The beazor mentioned briefly in Harry's first potions class is later used [[spoiler: to save Ron after he accidentally drinks a bottle of poisoned mead intended for Dumbledore.]]

** ->[[spoiler:Ron: So...you're gonna suffer...but you're gonna be happy about it...]]

** [[Spoiler:Ron: So...you're gonna suffer...but you're gonna be happy about it...]]
** Just a few sentences later we also know that [[Spoiler:Harry will work for the ministry (As an auror, none the less), get unexpected fortunes (from winning the triwizard tournament the next year) and die. Even if it happens a lot later (And under different circumstances) than expected]].

** Just a few sentences later we also know that [[Spoiler:Harry will work for the ministry (As an auror, none the less), get unexpected fortunes (from winning the triwizard tournament the next year) and die. Even if it happens a lot later (And under different circumstances) than expected.]]
** Trelaweny also predicts that [[Spoiler:Hermione drops out of Divination class by Easter]]. Even if she probably did not know it herself at the time.

** [[Spoiler: Ron: So...you're gonna suffer...but you're gonna be happy about it...]]
** Just a few sentences later we also know that [[Spoiler: Harry will work for the ministry (As an auror, none the less), get unexpected fortunes (from winning the triwizard tournament the next year) and die. Even if it happens a lot later (And under different circumstances) than expected.]]
** Trelaweny also predicts that [[Spoiler: Hermione drops out of Divination class by Easter]]. Even if she probably did not know it herself at the time.

** [[Ron: So...you're gonna suffer...but you're gonna be happy about it...]]
** Just a few sentences later we also know that [[Harry will work for the ministry (As an auror, none the less), get unexpected fortunes (from winning the triwizard tournament the next year) and die. Even if it happens a lot later (And under different circumstances) than expected.]]
** Trelaweny also predicts that [[Hermione drops out of Divination class by Easter]]. Even if she probably did not know it herself at the time.

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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Books two and six pretty much parallel each other and they are essentially the same basic plot, only six is much quieter and softer, and the roles of Harry and Ginny are apparently reversed. In the second book, Ginny harbored strong feelings for Harry and had a bewitched diary which was able to take control of her. This book was destroyed by Harry to save Ginny's life. In the sixth, [[spoiler:it is Harry's turn to pine for Ginny, though being sixteen and fifteen, respectively, rather then twelve and eleven, allows them to act more maturely about it. Harry as well is now in possession of a mysterious potions book which, while it doesn’t really posses him, still has something of an addicting quality for him. This book is hidden by Ginny out of concern for Harry's well being and the ultimate fate of the book is unknown. Also there is how Tom Riddle was introduced in the second book, and how his past is fleshed out in book six. Along those lines are the diary, which turns out to have been the first Horcrux, a concept that has to wait until book six to be properly explained.]] Finally, there is the matter of, of all things, the numbers of the books. In total, there are seven books. Numbers two and six are the first and last even numbers in a sequence of seven.