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Hey, all you cool witches and wizards! I know that a lot of you Magical Pandas are huge fans of the Harry Potter movies. If you’re like me, you can’t wait for someone to mention The Boy Who Lived because it’s the perfect moment to share all of your in-depth Wizarding World knowledge (yeah, I’m a geeky Ravenclaw—what gave it away?).

There are tons of delightful details, exquisite Easter Eggs, and interesting inside jokes hidden throughout the HP movies. We’re pretty sure that you might know a few of these, dear Readers, but some of the details we found honestly blew our minds.

So cast Descendium to scroll down and Wingardium Leviosa to upvote your fave Harry Potter details collected by our keen-eyed Bored Panda Aurors. Let us know in the comments what other hidden movie details you’ve found! Oh and when you’re done with this list, check out our post about an artist who drew several powerful scenes from the books that were missing from the movies.

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When Harry Reveals That He's Alive In Deathly Hallows Part 2, George Turns To Excitedly Tell Fred, Who's Normally Always Next To Him

When Harry Reveals That He's Alive In Deathly Hallows Part 2, George Turns To Excitedly Tell Fred, Who's Normally Always Next To Him

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Snape's First Encounter With Harry And His Secret Message

Snape's First Encounter With Harry And His Secret Message

"One of the questions Snape asks is if Harry knows what would result in adding the powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood. Harry doesn't know the answer, but that's not the important part.
This is actually a coded comment that would be lost on all viewers that don't have an extensive knowledge of Victorian-era flower symbolism. Asphodel is a lily, which means demise under the Victorian flower code, while wormwood reflects loss and absence. Snape is actually referencing Harry's mother Lily with this comment"

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In The Harry Potter Films, Voldemort’s Robes Faded In Colour Every Time A Horcrux Was Destroyed, To Give The Impression He Was Slowly Fading Away

In The Harry Potter Films, Voldemort’s Robes Faded In Colour Every Time A Horcrux Was Destroyed, To Give The Impression He Was Slowly Fading Away

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Small details like the Cheeri-Owls cereal and how the Beauxbatons students are dancing the Macarena were completely new to me. Though I knew some of the other bits of trivia from having watched dozens of YouTube videos about HP theories, things people might have missed, and unusual interpretations of the source material. (Don’t go down that rabbit hole if you plan on doing anything productive today. Trust me.)

Fun fact, the scene where a wizard’s reading Stephen Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time’ in The Prisoner of Azkaban inspired a very popular piece of fanfic, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, about an ultra-logical and super geeky version of the Boy Who Lived.

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In Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (2001), You Can See A Portrait Of Anne Boleyn Hanging In The Staircase. Anne, A Wife Of Henry Viii, Was Accused Of Being A Witch, And Subsequently Executed

In Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (2001), You Can See A Portrait Of Anne Boleyn Hanging In The Staircase. Anne, A Wife Of Henry Viii, Was Accused Of Being A Witch, And Subsequently Executed

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Henry Viii" would probably behead the author of that autocorrect algorithm :D

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Harry Potter Intros Become Darker Every Year, Just Like The Movies

Harry Potter Intros Become Darker Every Year, Just Like The Movies

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always loved this about the movies in general. The entire color palette changes from one movie to the next.

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The End Credits Of 'Goblet Of Fire' Feature This Magical Disclaimer: 'No Dragons Were Harmed In The Making Of This Movie'

The End Credits Of 'Goblet Of Fire' Feature This Magical Disclaimer: 'No Dragons Were Harmed In The Making Of This Movie'

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I have to read through all the credits, searching for 'dragøns trained by', and see if anyone got fired for it :)

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Even though the Fantastic Beasts movies are [ahem] not as Stupefying as the originals, they’re still fun to watch. The 3rd FB film should come out in November 2021. We’re still unsure about the plot but we do know that at least some of the action will take part in Brazil.

I don’t know about you, but I like to binge-watch all of the HP movies at least once a year. And with everything that’s going on this year, I think it’s about time for some magical escapism and to Accio ourselves some popcorn. It might be the 100th time we’re watching the movies but this time, we’ll keep an eye out for hidden details. You’d better watch out, You Know Who!

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In 'The Sorcerer's Stone' Scene Where Neville Gets A Remembrall, He Can't Remember What He's Forgotten — But It's Probably His Robe, As He's The Only One Not Wearing One

In 'The Sorcerer's Stone' Scene Where Neville Gets A Remembrall, He Can't Remember What He's Forgotten — But It's Probably His Robe, As He's The Only One Not Wearing One

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In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' You Can See Mcgonagall's Name On The Quidditch Trophy Right Next To James Potter

In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' You Can See Mcgonagall's Name On The Quidditch Trophy Right Next To James Potter

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#9

The Ways Harry, Ron, And Hermione Wear Their Scarves And Ties Reflect Their Personalities

The Ways Harry, Ron, And Hermione Wear Their Scarves And Ties Reflect Their Personalities

In Sorcerer's Stone, Hermione's scarf is tied neatly and completely around her neck, Harry's is loosely thrown over his shoulder, and Ron's is just laying flat and open and not wrapped at all. Often with their ties, Hermione's is tied perfectly and tucked in, Harry's is loose but tucked in like he's been messing with it, and Ron's is completely untied.

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#10

In Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002) Before Harry Gets Sucked Into Tom Riddles Diary, He’s In A Candle Lit Room. When He’s In The Diary, Everything Is In Black And White Yet, We Can Still See The Candle Light Flickering On His Body

In Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002) Before Harry Gets Sucked Into Tom Riddles Diary, He’s In A Candle Lit Room. When He’s In The Diary, Everything Is In Black And White Yet, We Can Still See The Candle Light Flickering On His Body

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#11

In 'The Goblet Of Fire,' A Reflection Of Nagini Slithering Can Be Seen In The Warner Bros. Logo

In 'The Goblet Of Fire,' A Reflection Of Nagini Slithering Can Be Seen In The Warner Bros. Logo

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#12

In Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007), Harry Wears Button Down Sweaters At Da Meetings Similar To What Professor Lupin Would Wear. This Was Daniel Radcliffe's Idea As He Thought Harry Would Want To Emulate His Favorite Dada Teacher

In Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007), Harry Wears Button Down Sweaters At Da Meetings Similar To What Professor Lupin Would Wear. This Was Daniel Radcliffe's Idea As He Thought Harry Would Want To Emulate His Favorite Dada Teacher

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And also Lupin was probably the only real father figure he actually had. Sirius was good to him but only really wanted a James replacement.

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#13

The Title Of The Second Film In The Fantastic Beasts Franchise, “The Crimes Of Grindelwald” Contain The Deathly Hallows

The Title Of The Second Film In The Fantastic Beasts Franchise, “The Crimes Of Grindelwald” Contain The Deathly Hallows

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#14

In The Background Of The Cafe In Deathly Hallows Part I, There’s A Poster For The Play “Equus” — A Real Play That Starred Daniel Radcliffe And Richard Griffiths

In The Background Of The Cafe In Deathly Hallows Part I, There’s A Poster For The Play “Equus” — A Real Play That Starred Daniel Radcliffe And Richard Griffiths

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#15

In 'Prisoner Of Azkaban,' Newt Scamander Appears On The Marauder's Map

In 'Prisoner Of Azkaban,' Newt Scamander Appears On The Marauder's Map

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In Snape’s Death Scene, There's A Gryffindor Scarf Hanging Up In The Background, A Reference To His Bravery And Dumbledore Saying He “Sometimes Thinks They Sort Too Soon” In The Books

In Snape’s Death Scene, There's A Gryffindor Scarf Hanging Up In The Background, A Reference To His Bravery And Dumbledore Saying He “Sometimes Thinks They Sort Too Soon” In The Books

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#17

Hermione's Hair Grows Throughout Deathly Hallows Part 1 To Show How Long She, Ron, And Harry Have Been Traveling In Search Of Horcruxes

Hermione's Hair Grows Throughout Deathly Hallows Part 1 To Show How Long She, Ron, And Harry Have Been Traveling In Search Of Horcruxes

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#18

In 'Prisoner Of Azkaban,' A Wizard — Played By Stone Roses Frontman Ian Brown — Is Reading Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History Of Time'

In 'Prisoner Of Azkaban,' A Wizard — Played By Stone Roses Frontman Ian Brown — Is Reading Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History Of Time'

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#19

In 'Order Of The Phoenix,' There's A Wizarding World Version Of Cheerios Called Cheeri-Owls

In 'Order Of The Phoenix,' There's A Wizarding World Version Of Cheerios Called Cheeri-Owls

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want these. They probably taste like rubbish though as food in the wizarding world is very limited. It’s either made of pumpkin, sugar or copious amounts of meat. Yuk.

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In 'The Half-Blood Prince,' When We See Tom Riddle's Childhood Bedroom There Are Seven Rocks On The Windowsill In That Bedroom, Foreshadowing Riddle Splitting His Soul Into Seven Horcruxes

In 'The Half-Blood Prince,' When We See Tom Riddle's Childhood Bedroom There Are Seven Rocks On The Windowsill In That Bedroom, Foreshadowing Riddle Splitting His Soul Into Seven Horcruxes

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In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Snape Is Still Helping The Order Of The Phoenix When He Re-Directs Mcgonagall's Spells To His Fellow Death Eaters

In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Snape Is Still Helping The Order Of The Phoenix When He Re-Directs Mcgonagall's Spells To His Fellow Death Eaters

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never noticed that! Poor snape when I first read book 7 I felt so bad for hating on him :(

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When Oliver Wood Releases The Snitch While Teaching Harry How To Play Quidditch, He Immediately Loses Sight Of It, But Harry Keeps His Eye On The Snitch, Highlighting His Future Talent As A Seeker

When Oliver Wood Releases The Snitch While Teaching Harry How To Play Quidditch, He Immediately Loses Sight Of It, But Harry Keeps His Eye On The Snitch, Highlighting His Future Talent As A Seeker

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i always assumed that it was his bad acting with the CGI Snitch :D

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#23

Chamber Of Secrets Has A Post-Credits Scene That Reveals The Fate Of Gilderoy Lockhart

Chamber Of Secrets Has A Post-Credits Scene That Reveals The Fate Of Gilderoy Lockhart

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In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' The Actor Who Played Lord Voldemort Is Credited As 'He Who Must Not Be Named'

In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' The Actor Who Played Lord Voldemort Is Credited As 'He Who Must Not Be Named'

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#25

In The Deathly Hallows Part 2, You Can Spy Lucius Malfoy's Azkaban Prisoner Number Tattooed On His Neck

In The Deathly Hallows Part 2, You Can Spy Lucius Malfoy's Azkaban Prisoner Number Tattooed On His Neck

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In The Chamber Of Secrets, You Can Spot Gilderoy Lockhart's Second Wig On His Desk

In The Chamber Of Secrets, You Can Spot Gilderoy Lockhart's Second Wig On His Desk

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In Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004), A Courtyard Fountain Has Statues Of An Eagle Eating A Snake. This Is A Reference To The Mexican Flag. Director Alfonso Cuaron Wanted To Pay Tribute To His Mexican Heritage.

In Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004), A Courtyard Fountain Has Statues Of An Eagle Eating A Snake. This Is A Reference To The Mexican Flag. Director Alfonso Cuaron Wanted To Pay Tribute To His Mexican Heritage.

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The Ministry Of Magic's Access Code Is 6-2-4-4-2, Which Spells Out M-A-G-I-C

The Ministry Of Magic's Access Code Is 6-2-4-4-2, Which Spells Out M-A-G-I-C

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How soon before someone comes on to claim that’s their number?

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In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' You Can See Aunt Petunia Dying Dudley's Old Clothes Gray For Harry's School Uniform, Which Was A Scene In The Books

In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' You Can See Aunt Petunia Dying Dudley's Old Clothes Gray For Harry's School Uniform, Which Was A Scene In The Books

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a full deleted scene of this where Harry complains that he'll look like he's wearing bits of old elephant skin, right before he gets the post. It also explains why Dudley is wearing his ridiculous uniform in this scene.

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In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' Harry's Scar Burns Because Quirrell Has His Back To Him, Meaning Voldemort, On The Back Of Quirrell's Head, Is Facing Him

In 'The Sorcerer's Stone,' Harry's Scar Burns Because Quirrell Has His Back To Him, Meaning Voldemort, On The Back Of Quirrell's Head, Is Facing Him

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In 'Chamber Of Secrets,' One Of The Options On Molly Weasley's Magical Clock Is 'Prison'

In 'Chamber Of Secrets,' One Of The Options On Molly Weasley's Magical Clock Is 'Prison'

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know what else, there is one for dentist too, even though in a later movie hermione has to explain what dentists are

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He’s obsessed with muggle stuff so he probably just put it there cause he liked the word😂😂

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dentist, however, doesn't make sense. Various pureblood wizards have to have what a Dentist is explained to them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So they do have dentists, but seemed amazed when Hermione is explaining what her parents do.

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Hana Šmachová
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why they have a dentist option on the MAGIC clock when they don't know about dentis??

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought wizards didn’t know anything about dentists. As I recall Hermione explaining it to the class in Half blood Prince

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they dont know what the dentist is (as denoted by Hermione's awkward conversation with Slughorn) then why is it on the clock....

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

JK Rowling always worked a few books ahead (evidenced by The Deathly Hallows symbol Easter egg in the fourth movie despite the book not having been released), so JK probably thought it would be entertaining to throw it in there

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the fact that the twins never seem to separate, even on the clock.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well Mrs. Weasley probably figured Fred and George would always be together.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought Wizards didn't know what Dentists were. Hermione explained to Slughorn's guests that they fix teeth. Does this dentist mean something else Or are they with Hermione's parents? Does Dentist mean possibly somethi g else to Wizards?

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James Lewis
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LOL and in that image ron fred and george are pointing towards prison!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is a good practice to always consider every possibility

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Kaylee W
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that Ron, Fred, and George are all in prison ☠️☠️☠️...hol up

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty sure that was her way of being funny and saying they were at home. She’s still a mom with a ton of kids😂😂😂

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, one of the options is Dentist, which begs the question: Why didn't people in the Slug Club know about this occupation?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny that it has dentist on there. I thought I recalled Arthur Weasley being fascinated that Hermione’s parents were dentists.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it also says dentist who knew wizards went to muggle dentists when they can accio them right out of their teeth

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol I noticed and when I pointed it out to my mom she started to laugh

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Jenny Li
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fred's fell off after he died, George wears the hand now.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just gonna say this in this normal text thing, because it'll take forever to explain to everyone that mentioned this: the reason why Ron was so amazed about dentists was probably because he either wasn't aware that muggles used tools and whatnot, and never thought about how they did it, because wizards probably use magic to look in there and fix it in five minutes, or he wasn't aware that muggles had dentists in the first place, thinking that the only way was to use magic

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strange that 'dentist' is an option, when in Half-Blood Prince nobody at Slughorn's little party knows what a dentist is when Hermoine explains what her parents do for a living.

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In The Chamber Of Secrets, Sherbet Lemon Is The Password Into Dumbledore's Office. Then, In The Half-Blood Prince, The Candy Can Be Seen On Dumbledore's Desk

In The Chamber Of Secrets, Sherbet Lemon Is The Password Into Dumbledore's Office. Then, In The Half-Blood Prince, The Candy Can Be Seen On Dumbledore's Desk

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because it's his favourite muggle sweet. He offers McGonagall one in the first chapter of the first book.

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In 'Goblet Of Fire,' We Catch A Shot Of The Deathly Hallows Symbol Way Before We Even Knew What They Were

In 'Goblet Of Fire,' We Catch A Shot Of The Deathly Hallows Symbol Way Before We Even Knew What They Were

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In Prisoner Of Azkaban, The Bartender Makes A Bottle Disappear

In Prisoner Of Azkaban, The Bartender Makes A Bottle Disappear

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also the guy in the bottom right stirring something with his finger is Ian Brown from The Stone Roses.

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In The Sorcerer's Stone, School Children Wearing Green School Uniforms Walk By The Reptile Room. This Is A Nod To Slytherin's House Color Being Green And Their Symbol Being A Snake

In The Sorcerer's Stone, School Children Wearing Green School Uniforms Walk By The Reptile Room. This Is A Nod To Slytherin's House Color Being Green And Their Symbol Being A Snake

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