Line #40 Theatre/PuffsThePlay


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Hiiiii! "''[[note]]From left to right: the [[InteractiveNarrator Narrator,]] Ernie Mac, J. Finch-Fletchley, Cedric Diggory, Megan Jones, Wayne Hopkins, Oliver Rivers, Hannah Abbot, Susie Bones, Leanne, and Sally Perks.[[/note]]]]
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4	-> ''"For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too."''
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6	''Puffs'' or ''Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic'' is an Off Broadway comedy by Matt Cox that takes its name from the Hufflepuff House of [[Franchise/{{HarryPotter}} Harry Potter]] fame and tells the story of some of Harry's forgotten peers.
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8	With an early run at the People’s Improv Theatre, the show moved to the Elektra Theatre, then to New World Stages, where it ran until August 18, 2019. A proshot can be found on Broadway HD.
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10	During the COVID-19 pandemic, three other stories within the Puffs universe were released by Matt Cox and the cast of Puffs. These are ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' or ''There and Back Again: A Puffs Tale Parts 1 and 3'', a parody of [[Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild Cursed Child]]; ''Dude, Where's my Fantastic Friends?'', a parody of [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Fantastic Beasts]]; and ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'', an original story that ties the entire Puffs universe together, Avengers-style. Those can be found on [=YouTube=].
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13	!! ''Puffs the Play'' contains examples of:
14	* AdaptedOut: Due to adapting a series with numerous characters, this was inevitable.
15	* AgonyBeam: Like in the original, the Cruciatus Curse fulfills this. Used in the show when [[spoiler: Xavia asks Megan to perform it on Wayne and Oliver to prove she's no longer a Puff. She refuses.]]
16	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: %invoked% The show is centered around this. Apart from Cedric, who is more a comically exaggerated version of his book counterpart, pretty much all the Puffs that were named and given personalities in the books are almost completely different characters here, and the non-Puffs also has some rather different takes on them.
17	** J-Finch has none of the UpperClassTwit tendencies of his book counterpart and has picked up a ThirdPersonPerson style of talking.
18	** Susie Bones was a bit of a FlatCharacter in the books; here her main character trait is that she's TheEeyore who's morbidly obsessed with death.
19	** Ernie Mac, while still a bit of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold (with the heart of gold much more prevalent than the jerk) in both incarnations, is more of a "too cool for school" type and a SmallNameBigEgo, rather than the slightly pompous but extremely diligent student from the books who could give Hermione a run for her money with how seriously he took schoolwork.
20	** Hannah has NoSocialSkills and is extremely awkward, which was not the case in the books.
21	** Zach Smith has gone from a {{Jerkass}} and DirtyCoward with very few redeeming qualities to a much more heroic (if still somewhat dickish) JerkWithAHeartOfGold and an excellent [[TheStoryteller storyteller]].
22	** Harry is less a troubled kid chucked into a war and more an InnocentlyInsensitive Chosen One who steals the spotlight and doesn't bat an eye.
23	** Draco is less a tortured kid caught between his parents and his conscience and more a kid deemed most likely to throw white wine in your face.
24	** Subverted with Dumbledore: while he's a lot more open about his [[MagnificentBastard plans]], he is [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire the literal definition of calm right now.]] %%invoked%%
25	* AlwaysSecondBest: Played with with the Puffs. They're always ''fourth'' best, leading to their aspirations of "Third or Nothing."
26	* AmbiguouslyBi: Wayne has a canon attraction to both Ginny and Sally Perks, but many of his interactions with Cedric are written and performed similarly.
27	* AscendedExtra: Other than Cedric, the entire main cast of Puffs count as this. Special mention goes to Wayne, Megan, and Oliver, who were never mentioned in the books but were in Rowling's initial lineup of students, known as the [[https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/the-original-forty Original Forty]].
28	* AWizardDidIt: Wayne wonders out loud why Hermione's in so many classes at the same time. He, Megan, and Oliver figure it out a second later: "Oh, magic." Bonus points in that they're all ''actual wizards.''
29	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Wayne and Oliver get pretty banged up and bruised during the final battle, but Megan doesn't.
30	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Oliver's return during the final battle.]]
31	* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The cootie catcher from the first Sorting returns at the end of the show to sort Little Wayne as he goes to Hogwarts.]]
32	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Much of the Narrator's dialogue is delivered this way.
33	* BreakTheCutie: The universe seems to be determined to kick Wayne when he's down. The moment he experiences any success at all, [[spoiler: he dies in battle.]] Of course, if you've watched [=Puf3s=], you know that [[spoiler: this is a plot point.]]
34	* ButtMonkey: The Puffs. At one point Cedric reveals a list coming down from the ceiling of all of the curses they can expect thrown at them in their first days.
35	* CatchPhrase
36	** "Hiiii!" - The Puffs
37	** "We are not a threat, please be our friends." - The Puffs
38	** "We're wizards!!!" - Leanne
39	** "Oh. My. Wizard. God." - Megan. Doubles as a ShoutOut to ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''.
40	* ChekhovsGag: Happens at least in the original/recorded version. During the summer before third year, Wayne mentions ''Film/FreeWilly'' in his letter to Megan and Oliver. Much later during the seventh year, part of Music/MichaelJackson's "Will You Be There" (the theme from ''Free Willy'') plays right after Wayne yells, "Puffs Emergency Formation #10!" and the Puffs gather together to defeat a creature. Wayne's Patronus/"Expectation Animal", a killer whale, then appears in the background.
41	* ChekhovsSkill: Oliver's math smarts come to use in the final battle, when he figures out the perfect angle to hit the Death Buddies.
42	* TheClan: The Jones family is ''the'' Puff family, although both Megan and her mother, Xavia, desired something different. [[spoiler: By the end of the show, they both come to peace with the fact that they're both true Puffs.]]
43	* CloudCuckooLander: '''Several''' characters qualify as this, but the most obvious examples are Leanne and Harry Potter himself.
44	* CovertPervert:
45	** When asked how he would deal with a cockatrice, Cedric says he would use magic. When asked how he would deal with a veela, he says he would chat her up. Then use magic.
46	** Implied as the Puffs as a whole. Their dorms don't have the anti-mingling spells the other Houses have, allowing more freedom in ''interacting''. Sally drags Wayne back to the girls dorm.
47	* CrosscastRole: Harry Potter. Also Draco Malfoy, and Dumbledore during the first two years.
48	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Leanne during the final battle. She breaks out the kung-fu and double wand style, and takes out an entire squad of Death Buddies.
49	** For bonus points, the Puffs soundtrack lists the underscoring for this moment as "Crouching Leanne, Hidden Puff."
50	* DareToBeBadass: Just before the final battle, when the Puffs decide to take out more Death Buddies than the Braves or Smarts:
51	--> '''Ernie:''' So then, [[ArcWords third or nothing?]]
52	--> '''Wayne:''' No. ''First'' or nothing.
53	* DeadGuyJunior: Megan and Oliver named their son [[spoiler: Wayne, after their fallen friend.]]
54	* DeathByOriginStory: Wayne's an orphan, his parents having died in a freak chocolate frog accident - don't ask. [[spoiler: His Uncle Dave's death is even more of an example, as it continues his motivation to be remembered in the wizarding world.]]
55	* DeathByPragmatism: [[spoiler: Wayne is trying to round up the Puffs and get them to the common room to regroup. He doesn't make it there.]]
56	* DeliberateUnderPerformance:
57	--> '''Oliver:''' Oliver Rivers - I'm just here to keep my head down and get a fundamental understanding of wizarding basics.
58	--> '''Puffs:''' Hiiiii!
59	* DrowningMySorrows: Wayne's first appearance after Cedric's death is [[DrunkOnMilk wasted on Butterbeer.]]
60	* EvilMatriarch: An interesting subversion with Xavia Jones. She has the elements of distancing from her daughter and being part of an evil conspiracy, but [[spoiler: when she comes to the school in sixth year, it's only to get her daughter to renounce the Puffs and join her and the Death Buddies.]]
61	* FailureHero: The epitome of the Puffs. Sure they fail a lot, they fail magnificently, and [[spoiler: many, including our main character, die this way]], but in the words of Cedric Diggory:
62	---> '''Cedric:''' Failure is just another form of practice, Wayne. As long as you just keep trying.
63	* {{Foreshadowing}}: During fourth year, when the "real Mr. Moody" is teaching about the not-forgivable curses, [[spoiler: he delivers the line about the Green-Light Curse directly to Wayne.]]
64	** Also Wayne's whole speech after [[spoiler: his Uncle Dave dies, about not wanting to die unremembered.]]
65	* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted by the main characters, who are very insistent on avenging Cedric. [[spoiler: Continued to be averted in the epilogue, where Megan and Oliver go out of their way to make sure Wayne is remembered, even [[DeadGuyJunior naming their son after him.]]]]
66	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The dementor that shows up at the beginning of third year is implied to have this impact, as the narrator [[NoFourthWall gives the front row of the audience Rolo candies]] after its appearance.
67	* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The book Wayne makes for Cedric to prepare him for the first task.
68	* GroupHug: The Puff Hug.
69	* GoodIsNotDumb: The Puffs.
70	* GoodIsNotNice: This characterization of Harry, while seldom outsight mean, comes across as extremely shallow and self-centered with his InnocentlyInsensitive moments being taken up to eleven, to the point where it's arguably his main character trait in this story. Although it's implied that Harry's limited interactions with the Puffs make him come across this way, and the Puffs trio even sympathize with him during the climax.
71	* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Megan has colored hair, black make-up, and is usually seen wearing darker clothing. She also proves herself to be an exceptionally talented witch.
72	* HalfHeartedHenchman: [[spoiler: Xavia Jones ''cannot'' manage to cast the Green-Light Curse.]]
73	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Megan's mother starts as a devoted follower of Voldemort, but she changes sides pretty quickly when she finds out that killing isn't as fun as she thought it would be.]]
74	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mentioned in the climax; Harry may be the Hero, but Wayne is the hero of his own life.
75	* {{Improv}}: Utilized several times throughout the show. The most prominent example of this is Puff sports captain Zach Smith going on a long and bizarre monologue before team tryouts.
76	** The actor is allowed to say whatever he likes during this scene. Frequently, you can see other members of the cast onstage Corpsing to the monologue.
77	* HufflepuffHouse: [[InvertedTrope Inverts]] the TropeNamer by presenting the series from the perspective of Harry's Hufflepuff peers. Notably, Ron is represented by a mop held by actors (though they react as if "he" can talk), and Hermione is a wig on a stand except during third year, when the play pokes fun at her using the Time-Turner to take extra classes.
78	* IronicEcho: Early on, the Puffs' goal is "Third or nothing!" regarding the House Cup. After Wayne's attempt at a RousingSpeech in the seventh year, it becomes "First or nothing!" regarding taking down more bad guys than the Braves or Smarts.
79	* IsThisThingStillOn: Done twice in a row by Voldemort in seventh year right after he demands via megaphone that Harry be turned over to him. First he says that he thinks his ultimatum went well and asks if anyone brought board games or snacks, but finds out the megaphone is still on. He again asks for Harry to be brought to him, then says, "Okay. The megaphone is now definitely off." It isn't, as he goes off on a tangent (the script gives nine options) before realizing the megaphone is ''still'' on.
80	* LetsGetDangerous: Leanne's SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the final battle. %%invoked%%
81	* LiteralMinded: A justified example occurs after Cedric offers to train Wayne during fourth year when the latter says they'll be like "a wizard [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman and Robin.]]" Having no knowledge of muggle pop culture, Cedric asks, "Which half is the bat?"
82	* MoodWhiplash: Throughout the show, there have been multiple jokes hinting at Cedric's death in the third task, all PlayedForLaughs. When his death is played completely seriously, it's the first hint that this hilarious parody play will take a dramatic turn.
83	** Played even straighter later in the show, when [[spoiler: Bippy's death (a TakeThat to the movie made even more outrageous by Jessie Cannizzaro's commitment to the Bippy voice)]] is immediately followed by [[spoiler: Wayne's [[KilledOffForReal honest-to-goodness death]] at the hands of the Death Buddies.]]
84	* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Viktor Krum to a tee.
85	* MuggleFosterParents: Wayne was originally raised as a muggle by his uncle as a parallel to Harry's backstory.
86	* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[spoiler: After Oliver returns in seventh year, he helps fight in the final battle...by figuring out ''the exact angle at which to point his wand for maximum damage.'']]
87	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Wayne after acting like an [[{{Wangst}} angsty asshole]] after Cedric's death. %%invoked%%
88	--> '''Wayne:''' Can we just go back to being friends?
89	* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: the same actor plays Cedric and post resurrection Voldemort. As in to how Voldemort considered Cedric a backup if Harry hadn't gotten to the Portkey.]]
90	* NarratorAllAlong: The Narrator, who has been on stage for much of the play, is revealed towards the end to actually be [[spoiler:Megan and Oliver's son, who then heads off to school and is sorted]].
91	* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] and spoofed during third year when Hermione is played by a different actor in each depicted elective class. The three iterations bump into each other, gasp, and groan, "Oh, honestly."
92	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Potions Teacher is ''very'' obviously an Alan Rickman impression.
93	* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: "Don't worry! This is the only time our lives will be in danger here. [[TemptingFate Ever.]]"
94	* ParodyMagicSpell: The play has several parody versions of spells from the canon series, including "Stupidify" (Stupefy), "Olive Gardium Leviosa" (Wingardium Leviosa), "Avada Kedabra" (Avada Kedavra), "Asio" (Accio), Snake Spell (Serpensortia), "[[Creator/AlanRickman Rickman]]sempra" (Rictusempra), "Locomotor Legs" (Locomotor Mortis, despite having a different effect as noted in the script), and "Tarantula Jelly" (Tarantallegra).
95	* PlotIrrelevantVillain: The show gets plenty of use out of Voldemort, even though he isn't really there to battle the Puffs. His biggest scene is just a joke about the infamous Voldy hug from [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows Part 2.]] That is, until he [[spoiler: [[KilledOffForReal kills Wayne]] during the final battle.]]
96	* PrecisionFStrike: Oliver, after [[spoiler: Bippy the House Elf]] dies.
97	** Even more of a case in the proshot, where all but the aforementioned f-word were cut in order to not warrant an R rating.
98	* ReadingIsCoolAesop: Mocked when Megan takes up reading out of nowhere in 2nd year, only to abandon it the second school closes.
99	* RememberTheNewGuy: Mockingly discussed by Wayne and Megan in seventh year. Only to be joined by Bippy the House Elf, their old friend who did not appear in the show up to that point. This is all a massive shot at the film adaptations, which had Dobby suddenly appear in the seventh movie after not being seen for four films.
100	** Played with with Wayne, Megan, and Oliver, who didn't appear in the books or movies, whereas almost all the other named characters in the play are renamed canon characters. The names of the former three are listed in Creator/JKRowling's [[https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/the-original-forty Original Forty]].
101	* SawItInAMovieOnce: Wayne uses the movie Film/FreeWilly as a metaphor for his own attempt at finding history-making adventures in the wizarding world.
102	--> '''Wayne''': I just have to find my own adventure. I just have to [[ThatCameOutWrong free my own Willy.]]
103	* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Done during the battle in seventh year after the Puffs decide to stay and fight.
104	* ShirtlessScene: "Now let's all watch this seventeen-year-old boy take a bath!" Cue the removal of Cedric's towel.
105	* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler: Much like in the books, after Wayne's death, the Headmaster gives him some advice about the power of love before sending him...on.]]
106	* SycophanticServant: The Death Buddies.
107	* TakeThat: The play takes multiple jabs at the movies:
108	** In the third year, Oliver notes that the Headmaster suddenly looks different. No-one else notices or cares.
109	** In the fifth year, there is a random aside that they no longer are required to wear robes.
110	** From the third year onward, everyone keeps saying that J. Finch-Fletchley, who didn't appear in any of the movies after the second (aside from his name being on the "Dumbledore's Army" parchment in the fifth movie), is "imaginary".
111	* TheAbridgedSeries: The show takes seven books/eight movies worth of material and condenses it into a ninety minute play.
112	* ThirdPersonPerson: J. Finch-Fletchley constantly refers to himself this way.
113	* ThisIsASong: The dancing portion of the Yule Ball scene in year four has "A Really Short Slow Dance Song", which consists of a few seconds of music and the title words being sung once before it ends. Oliver TitleDrop[=s=] it, mildly surprised at its briefness.
114	* TokenNonHuman: Bippy the House Elf seems to consider themself to be this.
115	* TooHappyToLive: Cedric is the eccentric yet kind mentor to the Puffs. He seems to have a ball with life and decides to share his wealth of magical knowledge with Wayne. So naturally, he dies.
116	* TotallyRadical: Oliver calls Megan "neat-o" during the school dance.
117	* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Harry runs past Wayne during the final battle. Voldemort shouts "Avada Kedavra!" from the back of the stage. The whole stage is flooded in green light...and then Wayne falls to the ground, Megan and Oliver calling out his name before the stage [[FadeToBlack fades to black.]]]]
118	* WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison: An interesting variation, in that [[spoiler: the death in question happens before this conversation. After Wayne dies, he confronts the Headmaster:]]
119	--> [[spoiler: '''Wayne:''' This is so unfair - I just watched some of my friends die, and now me? What was even the point?]]
120	* WritingAroundTrademarks: Instead of Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, the four houses are referred to as Puffs, Braves, Smarts, and Snakes respectively. Likewise, some characters only use one part of their names (Moody instead of Mad-eye Moody), while others are only referred to by their profession (Dumbledore is referred to as The Headmaster).
121	** The Mirror of Erised[[note]]"Desire" backwards[[/note]] is shown to be named Rorrimdriew[[note]]"Weirdmirror" backwards[[/note]] instead.
122	** Instead of "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry", the promotional material calls it the "H School of Magic and Magic", while the narrator says it is "a certain school of female spellcasting and male spellcasting".
123	** Voldemort's Death Eaters are referred to as Death Buddies.
124	** In the script, Wayne's Patronus is referred to as an "Expectation Animal".
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126	!! The sequels contain examples of:
127	* BadFuture: Subverted in ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', when [[spoiler: Little Wayne ends up in the "bad future" from Cursed Child. While it's still ruled by Death Buddies, and Cedric is still a bad guy, there is one bright spot: after Harry's death, the role of "savior of the wizarding world" was taken up by Wayne Hopkins himself. (Also, somehow, in that universe ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' [[TakeThat was the best movie in the series]].) Little Wayne is devastated when he has to go back.]]
128	* BigBad: The First Witch in ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus''.
129	* {{Catchphrase}}:
130	** Neville, whenever he shows up, always says "me and Hannah got married," without any thought to whether the person he talks to knows this or not. Good thing he's hot.
131	** "Eddie Redmayne" in ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'' will always say "Oh, Eddie!" whenever he messes something up. Which is frequent.
132	** "Surprise Johnny Depp" in the same production will, without fail, say "Will we die...just a little?" whenever he's revealed. For most of his appearances it's the ''only'' thing he says.
133	** Oliver's parallel-world counterparts in ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'' all share a MadLibsCatchphrase revolving around their passions. Whenever a parallel Oliver shows up, he'll at some point say: "Oliver Rivers loves <thing that either rhymes with or sounds vaquely like "math">!"
134	* TheClan: ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'' reveals that the Hopkins family, Wayne's family, is this; [[spoiler: the ending even reveals the reasoning for the family's split between England and New Mexico.]]
135	* CompilationMovie: ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'' is composed of multiple short films.
136	* CosmicRetcon: In ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', due to it being a parody of Cursed Child, this was inevitable. [[spoiler: The connection to the Puffs is in Little Wayne being dragged into the alternate timelines...and meeting his namesake, who gives them a method to communicate. At the end of the show, two things has changed in the present: One, Bippy the house-elf is alive. And two, Little Wayne is a Puff.]]
137	* FatalFamilyPhoto: In the first scene of ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'', while talking about the unnamed wizards depicted, the narrator says, "You can tell just by looking at them that they've got pictures of their families in their wallets" ''just'' before they're murdered.
138	* ForgottenFallenFriend: Like the original show, the characters in the sequels seem determined to avert this: the clearest example is [[spoiler: the end of ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', when Little Wayne sets up a memorial for Craig in his new dorm room.]]
139	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Parodied with Eddie in ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends?'' He ''does'' have a certain affinity for animals and magical beasts, but he doesn't understand them nearly as well as he ''thinks'' he does. The entire quest to get Frank the Thunderbird back to his home is actually done against Frank's will, because Eddie never gets Frank's desperate attempts at conveying that he doesn't need his help and could manage to fly home on his own.
140	-->'''Eddie:''' See, Frank's the reason why I'm here. I'm taking him back to his home -- good old Arizona! Isn't that right, Frank?\
141	'''Frank''': Oh, man... come on, man, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm from ''Wisconsin!'' And, and, how can I make you realize I don't need you to take me there? I can fly! From here! I've got these big wings, remember? Come ''oooooon''...!\
142	''(We hear what this actually sounds like to Eddie: "CAW! CAW! CAW!")''\
143	'''Eddie:''' Oh, Frank! Come on!\
144	'''Frank:''' Oh... oh, no, he's coming in for a hug again -- oh -- oh, man! It's, it's, I get it, Eddie, you got personal stuff, people don't get you, you don't get people, you just get us, but... but there's a point where you just got to give humankind a chance and let us be for a bit -- oh, this is a big hug. Come on man, what's she new guy gonna think of me? I'm supposed to be majestic, ''come on man!''
145	* GeekyAnalogy: [[spoiler: No matter how badass alternate-timeline-Wayne is, he's still the total nerd we know and love:]]
146	--> [[spoiler: '''Wayne:''' I became a real Luke Skywalker type, but, you know, a wizard...I know, they refer to Jedi as sorcerers in A New Hope, you don't have to tell me.]]
147	--> [[spoiler: '''Little Wayne:''' Awesome.]]
148	* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: Megan and Oliver.]]
149	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'', Oliver takes a fatal spell to save Megan. [[BackFromTheDead At the end of the story, he's brought back by a time-traveling Zack Smith]]... though it's more than hinted that the Oliver who was brought back is actually from one of the alternate realities.]]
150	* InnocentBystander: Craig from ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' counts as this. He gets more characterization than he did in Cursed Child, so [[spoiler: his death at Delphi's hands is way more heartbreaking. Little Wayne starts ''sobbing,'' and when he's finally able to make out a word, he just whispers...[[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife "Why?"]] ]]
151	* InternalReveal: In ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', just before [[spoiler: Little Wayne is dragged back to his original timeline:]]
152	--> [[spoiler: '''Wayne:''' One question - what am I like in your timeline?]]
153	--> [[spoiler: '''Little Wayne:''' Well, you, uh...you died...in the battle...]]
154	--> [[spoiler: '''Wayne:''' And Potter lived? He beat the Dark Lord...Figures...I guess your reality might be his story. This one? I think it's mine.]]
155	* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler: The lineup for ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' doesn't include Zac Moon (Wayne), and Matt Cox points out that there's no way he could possibly be in the show because of Wayne's death at the end of Puffs. [[LyingCreator This is a lie;]] Moon does make an appearance as an alternate-universe Wayne, referred to as [[MemeticBadass Badass!Wayne]], who basically takes Harry's place as the savior of the wizarding world.]]%%invoked%%
156	* TheMultiverse: In ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'' the plot heavily revolves around parallel realities and alternate timelines. A RunningGag is that none of Oliver's parallel universe counterparts share his passion for math -- instead, there's one who loves meth, one who loves moths, one who loves baths, one who loves ''Series/{{MASH}}''...
157	* NewsParody: In ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'', a variation so technologically complicated it ''broke the stream.''
158	* RealityBreakingParadox: The setup of ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus''. The SerialEscalation of the HP universe is getting too much for reality to handle, and if it isn't stopped, it'll mean the end of reality as we know it.
159	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: After Little Wayne winds up in 1998, he realizes he can try and save his namesake once and for all. It doesn't go as planned.]]
160	* TakeThat:
161	** As ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' and ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'' are parodies of some of the most controversial entries in the HP universe, there was bound to be this.
162	** When [[spoiler: Little Wayne]] makes friends with Craig, Craig expresses surprise that [[WeHardlyKnewYe he isn't interrupted before he can say multiple sentences.]]
163	** Grindelwald is exclusively referred to as "Surprise Johnny Depp," and he constantly uses the infamous line from the first movie - [[{{Narm}} "Will we die...just a little?"]] %%invoked%%

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