Revelio! We Uncover the Most Significant Plot Holes in the 'Harry Potter' Universe

Apr. 21 2023, Published 10:08 a.m. ET

One of the most recognizable, if now not the most recognizable, pieces of modern day IP is Harry Potter. Many of us are now not enthusiasts of J.K. Rowling after her transphobic rhetoric came to mild, but we’ve found techniques to continue to like Harry’s magical world without supporting her. Even nonetheless, HBO made up our minds to develop a new Harry Potter series with one season per e book, so we'd like to keep in mind each plot hole.

Between the sequence’ seven books and 8 movies, there’s a huge IP to keep track of, so it’s no wonder that JKR had some plot holes and retroactive continuity. And in a magical world the place it kind of feels like anything else is conceivable, Harry Potter has some lovely significant plot holes. So here are some of the most well liked and outstanding plot holes in the Harry Potter series.

Plot hole #1: Harry’s oldsters didn’t need to die; the story we know and love will have never existed!

The entire premise of James and Lily Potter’s loss of life got here when their “buddy,” Peter Pettigrew, betrayed them. Peter used to be their Secret Keeper, tasked with maintaining their location a secret so that nobody may find them. But in Deathly Hallows, Bill and Fleur are each other’s Secret Keepers, which minimizes the need for a 3rd birthday celebration. The Harry Potter series would have never came about if James and Lily merely did that instead of trusting Peter!

Plot hole #2: The Trace may be very inconsistent.

The Trace is explained all over the seven Harry Potter books as some way for the Ministry of Magic to track underage magic. However, in Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore explains to Harry that it may’t in reality tell who carried out the magic, simply that there was magic performed around an underage wizard. Harry handiest will get in trouble the use of underage magic with Dobby in The Chamber of Secrets and when he plays the Patronus in Order of the Phoenix.

The Trace makes it nearly unattainable for Harry to travel around with out Voldemort’s fans realizing in The Deathly Hallows. But in the movies and books, several wizards and witches use magic round Harry. For instance, Hagrid uses magic to present Dudley a tail (hilariously, after all) in Sorcerer's Stone, and each Harry and Hagrid will have to had been clocked by means of the ministry, however they weren't.

Plot hole #3: If a gaggle of 11-year-olds can get to the sorcerer’s stone, indubitably an achieved darkish wizard can do it.

The professors laud Harry, Ron, and Hermione for taking down an absolutely grown mountain troll, so they really must no longer underestimate 11-year-olds. With just a little of interest and a few fundamental spells, 3 first-year Hogwarts scholars can get to the sorcerer’s stone. They surpass the maximum tricky demanding situations set by way of the professors in only a few hours. Dumbledore will have to have done somewhat more to protect that stone.

Plot hole #4: Colin Creevey is using muggle generation at Hogwarts.

In The Goblet of Fire, we be informed that muggle generation doesn’t work at Hogwarts, which explains why students can’t name their oldsters or communicate by way of e-mail. But if that have been the case, Colin’s muggle digital camera shouldn’t work at Hogwarts either. It's plausible that his digital camera does not paintings, even if it could be foolish to faux to make use of a dysfunctional camera. Perhaps a professor enchanted it to make him really feel more at house?

Plot hollow #5: How come no person else noticed Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder’s Map?

You’d assume that Fred and George would understand their brother drowsing with a person named Peter Pettigrew each and every night on the Marauder’s Map. But no, not till they give Harry the map does somebody realize that Peter’s been wandering the citadel for years. Perhaps Fred and George aren’t that observant, however considering their pastime for teasing Ron and immense interest, we imagine they'd have seen Peter at some point.

Plot hole #6: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ doesn’t need the Triwizard Tournament. And Dumbledore may have stored Harry (and Cedric).

The Goblet of Fire is the epitome of “it could were an e-mail.” We love that Voldy and Barty Jr. create this elaborate plot to enter underage Harry into the Triwizard Tournament, lead him to victory, after which portkey him to Tom Riddle Sr.’s graveyard. But let’s be honest, Barty as Mad-Eye Moody already received Harry’s confidence and can have simply as simply led him to a portkey without the event.

Not to mention, the plan of getting into Harry into the match isn’t an excellent one. What was once the punishment for disobeying the magical contract forcing Harry to compete? Dumbledore is the biggest wizard in the world, and he is aware of that other folks want Harry dead; no doubt he may have discovered a option to pull Harry out of the event.

Plot hole #7: The Order of the Phoenix picks the worst conceivable plan to move Harry to the Burrow.

To steer clear of The Trace, the Order makes a decision to change into seven Harry Potters through taking Polyjuice Potion. While we beloved seeing Daniel Radcliffe sing their own praises his performing talents, it could had been much more effective to become Harry into a random muggle and put him on the Tube (London's underground metro). Imagine Death Eaters seeking to navigate the Tube machine—they are able to carry out a few of the most intricate spells, but when faced with a map of London, we doubt they could navigate it.

Bonus plot holes: Many of the wizarding international’s issues may well be solved with magic that already exists!

Part of what makes plot holes so commonplace in Harry Potter is that magic can clear up everything! For example, the Ministry's whole debacle of no longer realizing who followed Voldemort and who used to be underneath the Imperius Curse will have easily been solved with Veritaserum, the truth-telling serum. If Umbridge can justify the use of it on scholars, no doubt the Ministry can justify the usage of it on attainable Death Eaters!

It’s additionally surprising that Polyjuice Potion wasn’t extra broadly used (and secure towards). If Barty can Polyjuice himself into Mad-Eye, couldn’t Voldemort have Polyjuiced himself into any individual to get into Hogwarts and take out Harry? Also, what’s to forestall anyone from simply taking a little bit Polyjuice Potion and strolling into the Ministry of Magic? There are so many possibilities.

We suggest that as an alternative of a remake, HBO simply offers us a Polyjuice Potion-fueled Freaky Friday-esque plot.

Of path, the Time-Turner could also be a big point of contention in the books. If Harry and Hermione had get entry to to go back in time, why not return to when Harry’s parents were killed? Why didn’t Dumbledore use one to prevent Voldemort from rising? J.Okay. Rowling later mentioned that the Time-Turner did give her more issues than it solved, so she stated that in canon, all the Time-Turners had been destroyed by the Ministry.

But that nonetheless doesn’t answer why Dumbledore thought it essential to give one to Hermione for her categories but to not use one to save lots of hundreds of lives.

Regardless, no matter how many plot holes there are inside the magical world of Harry Potter, we nonetheless can’t assist however be enchanted via it.

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