Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing a few new Harry Potter plot holes, looking specifically at The Philosopher’s Stone. Before we begin untangling the debut novel of our beloved HP series, however, I just want to highlight that this video is one in a series of Plot Hole videos that I’ve done. So, if you haven’t done so yet, be sure to watch my previous thoughts on Harry Potter plot holes in: 10 HUGE Harry Potter Plot Holes (RANKED) - Harry Potter Explained 10 HUGE Harry Potter...
Sep 21, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing 10 things you missed in the Deathly Hallows part ONE. By the time the Deathly Hallows rolled into theaters, the general public was already well versed in the lore of the Harry Potter world. But even the most knowledgeable Potterheads were liable to miss some of the smallest details in the film. With nuanced decisions from filmmakers, as well as small callbacks to previous Potter books, there is plenty to unearth in the Deathly Hallows - Part...
Sep 20, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing Harry’s ‘death’ at the hands of Voldemort in the Deathly Hallows. More specifically, we’re going to be diving in and dissecting the nuances of HOW it happened, WHY it happened, and HOW Harry was able to come back to life. To set the scene – we’re in the Forbidden Forest and Harry comes face-to-face with Voldemort once again. However, unlike previous confrontations – from his meeting with a fragmented Voldemort attached to Professor Quirrell,...
Sep 17, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we're discussing the 10 most HATED characters in Harry Potter. Who TOPS the list? Umbridge? Malfoy? Pettigrew? Comment YOUR list below! Now, let me preface this list by saying that not all of these people are evil- in fact, some of them aren’t evil at all. We must remember that being evil isn’t the only prerequisite for being hated- some of these characters are just outright ANNOYING and OBNOXIOUS. Some of them made it on to the list for evil acts, and some of them made it on the list for ...
Sep 15, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing 10 things you might have missed in the Half-Blood Prince MOVIE. The Half-Blood Prince introduced us to a whole new side to Voldemort that we had rarely seen before: Tom Riddle’s past. Thanks to Dumbledore’s memories, and Professor Slughorn’s recollection, we were granted a glimpse into Voldemort’s early years as a wizard… and how he eventually learned the secrets of creating Horcruxes. Throughout the film, though, you might have missed some...
Sep 15, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing 10 crazy details you probably missed from the Deathly Hallows book. I’ve already done a video on this for the FILM version, so if you haven’t seen that, then go and have a look afterwards. The Deathly Hallows is perhaps the darkest entry in the entire Harry Potter series. Filled with war and death, the book follows the final moments of Harry Potter’s quest to destroy the horcruxes that Voldemort hid around Britain. With so much lore, and so ...
Sep 12, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, starting with the Deathly Hallows Part 2, we're going to be discussing the things that you’ve probably never noticed in the Harry Potter films. As the culmination of a decade of lore, this movie is filled with interesting lore and trivia, and it’ll be a blast to look through every scene with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...
Sep 10, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going discussing 10 THINGS you probably missed while you were watching the Philosopher’s Stone FILM. I’m also going to be doing a separate video highlighting 10 things you probably missed in the BOOK, but today, let’s focus on the films. Hunting for Easter Eggs and interesting tidbits within the Harry Potter films is one of my favorite past times. There’s just something so special about looking through the halls of Hogwarts, and discovering something y...
Sep 08, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing Harry and Voldemort’s final showdown in the Deathly Hallows part 2; the day that Lord Voldemort’s tyrannical regime finally came to an end. We’re also going to be discussing why every time Harry and Voldemort meet and engage in combat (which happens a fair bit), they resort to using the same spells over and over again- with Voldemort using Avada Kedavra and Harry using Expelliarmus. We see this in their graveyard duel in the Goblet of Fire, ...
Sep 06, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing Severus Snape, Voldemort, and Horcruxes. More specifically- we’re going to be discussing whether or not Snape was aware of the fact that Voldemort had created horcruxes- Voldemort’s key to immortality. Voldemort’s creation of Horcruxes- which are arguably one of the darkest and most twisted forms of magic- started off with just a misguided young boy, unsure of his place in the world. Tom Riddle was an orphan, abandoned by his mother at Wool’...
Sep 04, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re going to be discussing wizarding prisons. Everyone knows Azkaban, but do you know the other 7? A few months back I broke down all of the known SCHOOLS in the international wizarding community, and today, similar to that, I’m going to be pivoting to international prisons. Let’s dive in to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/...
Aug 31, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing Harry Potter, Dumbledore’s Phoenix- Fawkes, wandlore, and Lord Voldemort. More specifically, we’re going to be addressing a couple of things. 1. WHY Fawkes’ Phoenix Feather CHOSE Voldemort & 2. WHY Fawkes’ Phoenix Feather Chose Harry. We know that Fawkes’ supplied the tail feather for both Harry AND Voldemort’s wands, and I’ve got a sinister theory for why. Harry first picks up his wand in Ollivander’s wand shop right near the beginning ...
Aug 29, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing Hogwarts Potions Professor, and later Headmaster Severus Snape, and his most powerful spells and abilities. Now, one thing that I want to mention right out of the gate is that Snape is one of the most powerful wizards in the wizarding world- and what was most impressive about him is that he wasn’t even that old when he died. Snape died at the tender age of 38, and though he wasn’t quite at the level of Voldemort or Dumbledore, he was getting...
Aug 27, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing wands, wand shops, and wand makers. More specifically- we’re going to be discussing every known wandmaker in Harry Potter. There isn’t a TON of information out there on this topic, so the level of information is going to vary from wandmaker to wandmaker, but I hope you enjoy what I’ve put together. Considered to be a ‘complex and mysterious branch of magic’- wand-making refers to a ‘wandmaker’ using wand cores and woods to construct wands fo...
Aug 23, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing Wormtail AKA Peter Pettigrew. Wormtail gets a bad wrap, and has arguably the worst reputation of the entire franchise, with perhaps the exception of Umbridge. No one, not even Wormtail’s allies, held him in a very high regard, and one of the reasons that people looked down on him was that they saw him as submissive and weak. Voldemort and the death eaters disrespected him, never truly giving him the time of day. Wormtail was instrumental in...
Aug 20, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing Severus Snape, Gellert Grindelwald, Spell Creation, the Qilin, and the latest Fantastic Beasts film: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Okay- the title has probably confused you to no end. But, to be fair, it probably should- because the topic today’s video is centered around is all over the place. The focus of today’s video is a scene from the Secrets of the Dumbledore that contradicts Harry Potter canon as we know it. Well, at least that’s what i...
Aug 19, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing Voldemort’s reign in the second wizarding war, Hogwarts, Hogwarts FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, and wands. Let’s dive in to it. Voldemort’s regime during the second wizarding war really flipped the wizarding world on its axis. Where once there was peace, now there was heartbreak, separation and destruction. He had successfully taken over the ministry of magic, torn apart Diagon Alley, and EVEN managed to breach the walls of Hogwarts School of Witchc...
Aug 16, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing Dumbledore and 9 AWFUL things he did in the name of ‘the greater good’. Albus Dumbledore was the greatest Wizard of the 20th century… but he was also, strangely, one of the most reckless. In fact, if you took a look at a full list of the headmaster’s decisions, you’d find yourself shaking your head quite a lot, wondering how someone so smart, could simultaneously be so awful. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of these choices. We’ll ...
Aug 15, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing life in the Harry Potter universe AFTER the Battle of Hogwarts and Deathly Hallows...A time AFTER Voldemort's defeat. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley’s marriage produced three children. Unlike their parents, most of the Potter children lived a peaceful, quiet life. But surprisingly… one of them… an ugly duckling sorted into Slytherin… nearly resurrected Lord Voldemort and destroyed the wizarding world as we know it. So… Who exactly were Harry...
Aug 11, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing some popular fan theories pertaining to Severus Snape. I’m going to discuss 5 theories in total, some good and some bad. I’ve got 5 more ready for a part 2! Let’s get started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 09, 2022•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing WIZARDING WEALTH. It’s a hot topic- people want to talk about. Why is Harry so RICH? Why do the Lestrange's have a vault full of gold? Who is the RICHEST family? These are all questions I’ve answered in the past. However, what I’ve never properly answered is how the Malfoy family were able to amass THEIR wealth. The wizarding world has an economy just like our own with mediums of exchange and a system of finance. And they also of course have...
Aug 08, 2022•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Which of Hogwarts’ founders lived the most tragic life? You might be tempted to answer with Salazar Slytherin… But if we take a second look at the four co-founders, we’ll find that Rowena Ravenclaw, might have suffered the greatest tragedy of all. What was it? And why was it so awful? Join us, and find out, as we take a look at the life and times of Rowena Ravenclaw. Rowena Ravenclaw, just like her other co-founders of Hogwarts, represented a unique part of the Br...
Aug 05, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing Voldemort, the wizarding war, and the magical community in the REST of the world. Voldemort was, perhaps, the most powerful dark wizard in the history of the wizarding world… He possessed an almost unbound mastery of magic. In one on one combat, he was able to effortlessly slice an opponent’s throat without uttering a word, and when his own mortality was put to test, he could evade death time and time again. So… if Voldemort was such a mena...
Aug 03, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing a few new Harry Potter plot holes. But for this video – rather than me theorizing these plot holes myself, I’m going to be covering my favourite ones that you – Harry Potter Theory fans – have come up with! As you may know, I’ve previously released a video on the topic of 10 HUGE Harry Potter Plot Holes (RANKED). At the end of the video, I requested, as I do in all my videos, for you to share your thoughts in the comments below. Some of you...
Aug 01, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing Harry Potter, Voldemort, and the special connection these two characters share. On one fateful late October evening (October 31st to be specific) in the year 1981, Lord Voldemort, at the height of his power, travelled to Godric’s Hollow and the home of the Potter’s. It was on this night that the course of history changed, as Voldemort had travelled there with one goal in mind: kill the boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Jul 29, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re going to be discussing Potioneers. Now, Potion making was no easy feat. It required years of studying, and dedication to the craft. Becoming an expert potioneer was a rare achievement, and unlike spellcraft, only a handful of potion makers are famous enough to earn spots within history texts at Hogwarts. While some became potion makers for money, others devoted their lives to the craft out of pure love. Today, we’re going to take a look at both types ...
Jul 28, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing spells. Specifically, the VISUAL aspects of spells.. Now, there are all sorts of spells and all kinds of different incantations, but one thing is for certain, the colour of a spell always attracts a lot of attention. Voldemort’s avada kedavra- just wouldn’t be the same without that sinister looking jet of green light emanating from his wand, and nor would Harry’s bright red expelliarmus. But, what I want to discuss today is- what do these di...
Jul 26, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing the Hogwarts Express and the UK national rail network. WIth a platform that’s invisible / inaccessible to muggles, and a rail line that heads to a magical school in the Scottish highlands, you probably won’t be surprised to hear me say that the railway trip out to Hogwarts is unusual to say the least. Trains play a pivotal part in Harry Potter, with platform 9 ¾ and the Hogwarts Express both playing a crucial role in Harry’s first trip AWAY ...
Jul 23, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing why Hermione Granger should have been with Harry Potter instead of Ron Weasley. For those of you who are primarily fans of the Harry Potter novels, or enjoy both the books and the movies, I imagine that this particular sentiment sparks outrage at the very mention of the idea. On the other hand, for all you movie loyalists out there, I’m fairly certain many of you are likely nodding your heads along in agreement. And it is for this EXACT reas...
Jul 21, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing Albus Dumbledore, the Half-Blood Prince, Voldemort & the vicious curse with which Dumbledore was afflicted. Albus Dumbledore was the most powerful wizard of his era. And the sudden, tragic news of his death sent shockwaves throughout Britain. But while many mourned, others rejoiced. With Dumbledore out of the picture, Voldemort and his Death Eaters had removed the single, largest obstacle in their rise to power. And even though Severus S...
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