To really answer the flaw of the 7 potters plot hole you have to remember that Dumbledore told Snape he had to give the Death Eaters the real plan... This means no matter what the plan was it would get interrupted.

Sirius wasn't given a trial. He was thrown straight into Azkaban by Crouch senior.

Actually, the one about the death eaters' wands is a really good point. Bellatrix's wand is specifically used as identification, unless we're meant to believe she re-registered her replacement wand at Gringotts following her escape? When she was a fugitive? I don't think Charlie's wand was one that chose him, either, it probably belonged to one of Molly's brothers, but to Ron it was "Charlie's old wand".

McGonagall told Umbridge exactly how many years she'd been teaching in Order of the Phoenix. She was put in the Fantastic Cashgrabs movies as a memberberry, and also to pretend that Dumbledore was the DADA teacher instead of Transfiguration, which was revealed in Chamber of Secrets.

I think some people confuse plot holes with characters not making the perfect decisions, because they’re human.

For the polyjuice potion voice, it's easy, from a film perspective didn't do that because they wanted the audience to remember it's a disguise. As for Barty as Mad-Eye, he clearly disguised his voice willingly to maintain his cover. It doesn't need overthinking.

I'd guess that Charlie's original wand was already a hand-me-down, so as soon as Charlie got a job and could afford it, he finally bought his own wand, giving the hand-me-down back to the family. Then Charlie's old wand was the one in the family pile that worked best for him.

I can't remember where I heard this fan theory, but when you are sorted into a house, it's not based on your personality it's based on what you value most, e.g Neville wasn't brave but he strived to face his fears and meet his peers expectations.

Why is ‘impirio’ an UNFORGIVABLE CURSE so regulated but love potions that have similar effects to it?

One plot hole that’s always interested me is how Aunt Petunia didn’t know Harry wasn’t allowed to use magic outside of school the summer between his first and second year. Lilly was a witch, so shouldn’t she know that she wasn’t allowed to use magic? I guess you could say she was so jealous of Lilly that she didn’t pay enough attention to her to notice, but it always had my mind wondering.

Voldemort tried to abolish the sorting system, so that was one thing he may have had the right idea about.

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a plot hole, but it's ridiculous that Victor Krum catches the snitch when down 160 to lose the game for his team. He could have defended the snitch from being caught by the Irish seeker or played on offense to help his team get into striking range before catching it. It would be like when a team goes empty net at the end of a hockey game. You wouldn't just give up when there's still a chance to win.

The thing with Rons hand-me-down wand also was the case with Neville, Neville had his fathers wand for years.

I think Ron and Hermione definitely used Broomsticks to get out of the Chamber of Secrets because when they met up with Harry again Ron carried one with his arm.

In Prisoner of Azkaban doesn’t Snape say he saw Lupin on the map, wouldn’t that mean people other than the marauders see the marauders on the map

For plot hole 3 - In the books, they did multiply their food, and Hermione also pointed out that while she could multiply it, it wasn't creating any more nutrition in the food so it was only to satiate their hunger, but the nutrients were still being split in thirds. For the plot hole of Ron and Hermione getting out of the Chamber of Secrets - they used the flying broom that was in the room with the keys. As far as the sorting, the houses are much more nuanced than those brief descriptions. Slytherin is not evil, it is for those who will put their ambitions above all else and nurtures that, which, to be fair, does tend to turn out evil tendencies. Thank you for this fun video!

With Ron and Hermione entering and exiting the Chamber of Secrets, at least in my edition of Deathly Hallows, Ron is described as having a broomstick under his arm, so there you go, not a plothole, they used the broomstick to at least exit the Chamber.

The cursed child is gonna take up 31 of all plot holes

"Leading to his capture and eventual death..." Sirius using his animagus form didn't have anything to do with his death. He was never actually captured either. He voluntarily went to the Ministry with the rest of the Order to save Harry. His form isn't even mentioned during that battle. It was him not taking Bellatrix seriously that caused his death. It's never even confirmed that the Malfoy's know about or saw Sirius's form. The 'dogging' remark from Draco is the only hint. And Draco's never exactly been subtle with his digs at the group.

15:01 The Sword of Gryffindor wasn't a Horcrux. The locket that Ron, Hermione, and Harry pilfered from Umbridge was the horcrux

for the Dennis Creevey one, I think it's just because Umbridge is stupid and only paid attention to the older students, the ones she thought might be a threat to the ministry.

Also, with the 7 Harries plot, it was imperative for lord Voldemort to put his trust on Snape 100%. And he achieved this by giving lord Voldemort the right date the order was moving Harry.

I love these kind of videos! They're super interesting and it's always nice to listen to you, an expert on Harry Potter, talk about the story, the plot holes, the characters and whatever that's from the wizarding world.

1) For James & Lilly being the secret keeper. If they were their own secret keepers who would have got information to them from the order? Is this why they trusted their friends! 2) The trace doesn’t show in OFTP because the trace isn’t on Tonks so wouldn’t flag up to the ministry? Love your videos !

About wands for Death Eaters - I think that other Death Eaters could easily stole some wands for them or kill enough people. Then Bellatrix and the others could easily kill more people, so the wands of those new victims accepted Death Eaters as their masters. Plus later on, they kidnapped Ollivander - and as he said, he made new wands at least for some of them.

Considering Ron did not know that Sirius 'betrayed' the Potters or that the Longbottoms lost their minds too torture, we can assume that Molly and Arthur sheltered their children from the horrors of the war. They never heard about any of that no more than about 'Peter the tragic hero'. So if the twins ever saw him on the map, it was just some random name amongst many others to them.

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1. Secret Keepers: Remember that they have to be fully hidden, and no one else can enter or even see it till the secret keeper tells them. So by guess is the spell work in a particular way that someone has to be outside to see the place. 3. Multiplying food: Book mentions this, you can’t just make stuff. Physics! 6. Polyjuice potion: Takes a while to make, a long while, 7. Veriteseruim: Really? It’s illegal. So illegal to use that Umbrige uses it in secret. If you could use it on anyone, then anyone can use it on the people in the Ministry. Nothing is scarier then that power being used back against you. It’s also hinted in book four that if you believe it enough you can lie to others cause you believe it is true. 8: Potters… Really, muggle transport is slow… 10: Liquid Luck: Slughorn says to take it too much can be poison, to much of a good thing. Same reason to make it using it. Remember, it simply increases your odds, it doesn’t make them perfect. If everyone used it in the battle, it would very likely cancel out. Here is a real plot hole. WHY COULDN’T HARRY SIMPLY FORFEIT THE TOURNEMENT? Fleur outright dropped out of the second one, and no one was looking for Harry even with him missing.

It’s funny, the thing with truth serum is that they make a point of saying that truth serum would make even Voldemort tell the truth. If they hadn’t added that, it could have been like a lie detector test in real life, with how some people can beat it.

17:33 i recall the books saying that they had one broomstick with them when they met up with Harry after he was in Ravenclaw’s common room.

the reason the ministry couldn't find tonks using magic at the dursleys was because she didn't have the trace coz she was adult in the wizarding world. her trace had been removed when she turned 17 just like the trio could use magic during horcrux hunt in the remotest places and the ministry didn't know about it

the reason the order members could use magic is because they were all over 18

29 of these will be from the Fantastic Beasts series, I’m sure.

Actually I think the book DID say they used broomsticks to get out of the Chamber of Secrets in The Deathly Hallows

In regards to Minerva McGonagall the possible answer to how Minerva was present in the 1910's despite being born in the 1930's is that it was her Great Grandmother who happens to also be named Minerva though her name is Ross not McGonagall, unless she for some reason took on the last name of her granddaughter's husband's last name. Wizards also live a long time so her Grand Mother could very much have still been alive by the time McGonagall was born.

1:08 All part of Dumbledore's Big Plan unfortunately. He has been manipulating the timeline since the 40s. The Potters had to die for plot convivence and because of the prophecy. Of course, nobody knew which boy was to be marked, and the gamble sort of paid off.

The reason Tonks was able to do that magic at the Dursley's is probably one of 2 reasons, either, the ministry detected the fact that there weren't any muggles around at the time, so it didn't matter, because the times harry did, there were muggles around, or, it got interfered as if it was a magical location because there were lots of wizards there so it couldn't tell who did it. Also are you a seer Morgan, because I was legit going to upload a video myself today where I debunk some Harry Potter plot holes.

for the felix felicis one, i could swear that there's some piece of info out there that if too many people drink it in a close proximity, the luck would either negate itself or cause a really bad case of bad luck. i wanna say it's somewhere in quidditch through the ages because they go over a rule about why players are forbidden to drink liquid luck, but i'm not entirely sure for the peter pettigrew one, i wouldn't be surprised of peter spent most of his time away from ron, especially at night. rats are naturally nocturnal and while peter is human, i think some rat traits started to sneak into him. so peter could've been far away from ron at night instead of "sleeping in his bed" (i don't think anywhere in the books said ron sleeps with his rat anyway). prisoner of azkaban movie kinda helps with this theory since peter was seen on the map at night, even tho this scene wasn't in the books. but we always see peter active at night anyway; i don't think he has many scenes where he's seen in the daytime.

Interesting video. I am a HUGE (capital letters on huge) harry potter fan and movieflame fan. I agree to all ur points and I am happy to sag that I was able to debunk all of these potholes like you. Continue making fun videos

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For "Why could order members use magic at dursely's?", isn't it because they were adults and didn't have the trace on them while Harry was a minor and Dobby was a house elf.

To be fair, I don't count the Fantastic Beasts films as cannon. So in my ignorant bliss, those films don't exist

For the battle of seven potters one i think the reason is when mundungus said "I've toldjer, I'd sooner be a protector" Moody replied "shut it" "As I've already told you, you spineless worm, any Death Eater we run into will be aiming to capture Potter, not kill him. Dumbledore always said You-know-Who would want to finish Potter in person. It'll be the protectors who have got to worry about, the Death Eaters'll want to kill them" So besecly Harry staying as himself would give him a better chance of staying alive, but for the part of them taking the muggle transportation that is kind of a smart idea but obviously you cant take the muggle transportation to Andromeda's house or the burrow, so they would either walk to it which is risky, take brooms which is the same plan as before or they would apparat to the safe house which will probably tell the ministry (which was run by Death Eaters and Harry was the most wanted person at the time) where Harry is. So the original plan is much better For the poly juice potion voice theory When they made the second film the forth book wasn't obviously released yet so when they made Ron and Harry's voice the same when they were disguised as Crabbe and Goyle they weren't planning for the whole Moody thing in the forth movie When the time came to make the forth movie they probably relised that if they made Moody have the voice of barty crouch Jr it would probably be too obvious. I think for the deathly hallows tho it didnt matter that they have Mafalda, Runcorn and cattermole's voices But it would have probably been easier if they just sticked to the books

In the book, Hagrid said that he couldn't use magic now that he had Harry, which was why they didn't fly. But then again, if he took the bike or a thestral to the island but not to Diagon Alley, did he just leave it there on the island? I just thought of that question just now.

3:58 he also watched Quirrell die in the first book? Edit: I forgot that in the book he passed out before Quirrell actually died!

17:39 they do get broomsticks from the room of requirement in the book

Sirius wasn't captured. Harry only thought he'd been captured.

Snape hated Sirius too much to help him with the polyjuice potion.

Bold of you to assume that Fred and George would spend their time watching Ron in his dormitory-where Peter Pettigrew spent nearly all his time as a rat

In the first book Harry says to Ron that he just saw "a bunch of green light" and said that he doesnt remember much else

The portkey thing can be answered by saying that not every portkey is the same. Some are made with timers, some aren't. Some are made to be one-way, some aren't.

I think for how Ron and Hermione got back out of the Chamber of Secrets is that they could’ve used the spell Ascendio. Harry used the spell in the Goblet of Fire when he was in the lake which propelled him upwards and out of the lake. I suppose that this spell also works outside of water which perfectly explains how they could’ve gotten out. Although, it also makes sense if they used brooms.

@13:50 Slughorn didn't make a small amount. He made a cauldron full! He just gave the small amount as prize.

I heard a theory on the port key one by Supercarlinbrothers: Voldemort specifically made the port key to go both ways because he planned to use polyjuice potion to turn into Harry, and sneak into Hogwarts using the cup so he could kill Dumbledore and take over the school.

Thanks for another great video! Enjoyable as always! For the Pettigrew map issue, it's definately a plausable theory you had. I myself had always thought that since the dormitories are places where lots of people are in cooped up in one small area, so the map would have had so many dots in one pace you can't see properly, but your explaination was even better But for Sirius being captured in OoP ... where did you get that from? He is never caught in the book; he goes straight from hiding to the fight in the department of mysteries where he dies. The part with Sirius being taken by Voldemort was only a false vision Voldemort put into Harry's head As for Bellatrix's wand - When the Death Eaters kidnapped Ollivander, they would have been really foolish not to take the wands with them. Aside from the questioning about the Elder Wand, the other point with kidnapping him was to prevent the good guys from getting wands, so I believe they took all the wands to make sure all the Death Eaters got good wands and the others had to order wands from less skilled wandmakers And the education - even though there is no collage, the ministry does have post-graduation education for the more advanced jobs. The auror education, for example, is three years of studying after Hogwarts

Why doesn't Harry ever use his cloak during summer break? Think of all the times it would have come in handy. After he left the house following the Aunt Marge incident, it would have been dumb not to keep it on his person. Or in book 4 his scar started hurting him after he woke up from the dream involving Frank Bryce wouldn't he want to keep it with him, especially since he knows he's going to be among wizards again the next day? Book 5 he hides from the Dursleys to listen to the news without them noticing. Would be a lot easier with a cloak. And it would still be wise to have it with him since he just literally saw Cedric getting killed! Book 6 he's fine. Dumbledore tells him to keep it with him at all times.

17:26 they used a broom. It was shown in the book

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It was already established in the first book that spells could be cast on locks to make them immune to the alohamora charm, so of course they used that on the locks that they used to keep Sirius out.

OHHH BOY HERE WE GO!!!!! About the food duplication. Yes if you got one sandwich, you could duplicate it for everybody to feed on. But that doesnt mean that the food wont go bad. So yeah one sandwich might feed those 3 for a couple of days at most. So why didnt they duplicate canned food? Carrying a single can of food with you surely isnt too much to carry and its not like it would expire anytime soon. The problem with that i believe is that the food would have to be taken out of the container, putting them in a similar situation than before. Okay about the Veritaserum. When using such an absolute potion in an official court case, it puts the accused above all doubt, meaning whatever they say will be seen as the truth and complete truth, their word would be without contestation. However a memory altering spell would have made even Lord Voldemort under the influence act like a Hogwarts Student. Meaning that the power of the truth serum would quickly become the ministrys demise. Even if they got the Dark Lord in their court room, if he tells them under the influence, that he was studying for his owls the entire year instead of attacking Hogwarts. They couldn't say anything against him. Polyjuice not changing voices. Yes Polyjuice changes the voice of the user as well. Im almost certain that the rule was changed for Moody, because he was a Villain in disguise, his reveal was supposed to be a surprise. Also Harry, Ron and Hermionie not changing voices during the movies, most likely was done for viewer understanding, Chamber of Secrets was aimed at a very young audience and at that time all shows which featured body swap or transformation even for just one episode also wouldn't change the characters voice, to keep things simple and easy to understand what is going on. How did Ron and Hermionie leave the chamber of secrets, i am 100% certain that in the books the entrance was described to have a ladder going down into the chamber, which Harry and Ron climbed down after shoving Lockheart in. Voldemort not using the unbreakable vow. His arrogance might have been another huge factor and it potentially deterring some people to become his followers. Voldemort took basically anyone into his ranks as long as they were pureblood, but he only had a hand full of people in his ranks he truly trusted. Usually after they showed him a great deal of loyalty. Snape offing Dumbledore for example. But the main reason he didnt use the unbreakable vow in my opinion, is that he had nothing to fear or any secrets to be exposed by those around him, because he didnt share his long term plans or his weakness with anyone, not even those he trusted. So what if someone tells the Ministry what he is up to. The Minister of Magic figuratively pissed himself just by people mentioning that Voldemort is back. Azkaban Escapees getting their wands back. I will be honest, i am not sure they actually got their wands back. They might have just rolled up to Ollivanders and buy a new wand. Possibly that was one of the reasons why he was abducted even. Its more of a head canon than an actual explanation I really love the it's always monday plothole xD never thought of it before

Veritserum can probably be resisted or overcome, like it only works on weak-willed or injured people. Also it's probably easier to resist if you're aware you've been dosed with it. At least that's what makes sense to me.

Marauders Map Plot Hole: Snape was able to spot Remus Lupin on the Map when he entered Lupins office to give him the potion. He was not part of the Marauders. How was he able to see Lupin ? Maybe the Marauders Map only shows the Marauders if the Marauders are activating the map but still everybody can see them. Charlies Wand Plot Hole: After school Charlie got to work with dragons. His wand core was made out of unicorn hair. Maybe the interest into dragons also changed his compatibility with another wand core. Maybe a wand with dragon heart string was more suitable for him for his new job ? Wands with Unicorn Core also can die / lose power after time. They don't last forever. Maybe Charlies wand just got worse and worse overtime and he thought it was time for a new wand and because the Weasleys were poor they thought it would be a good idea to give Ron Charlies old wand ? Ron basically got the worst deal ever: a wand that belonged to another wizard (unicorn hair usually remains loyal to the original owner) and a wand with a core that might have lost all the power at that time. No wonder why Ron's magic in the first years was mediocre.

The Weasels couldn’t afford to buy Ron a new wand. They had to buy second hand everything for Ron.

About the paintings, Dumbledore collected memory's very frequently, telling Harry because he forgets. As for the powerful wizard that he is, wouldn't be completely unthinkable for him, as he would know that he was going to die, he never collected them because he otherwise forgets but planned to add those memories some how to his painting.

I do find it a bit funny that Dumbledore basically cloned himself by talking to a painting.

5:53 That theory is bullshit because if only the Mauraders could see each other on the map then how the fuck did Snape see Lupin on the map? Of all the people they would want not to see them on the map, Snape is probably at the top of that list.

My head canon for Ron inheriting his brother's wand is that Charley never got a wand of his own when he started and was given a family wand (maybe one of Molly's brothers that died or something)

They did multiply their food. the book said that multiplied food however would go down in quality and nutrition as it was multiplied so they would only multiply it once.

In the fiddles charm thing, remember how worm tail and sirius kept visiting them? They probably chose to do it the way they did so they could keep contact to their friends. What do you think?

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Regarding the Marauder's Map: Not only was Scabbers with Ron, but with Percy before that. That means that, even if they weren't in the habit of checking out Ron's dorm, they certainly would've checked out Percy's when the first got the Map.

He never had the opportunity to spot them since his first year he was with Hagrid , his second he didn’t even go on the train

These sorts of videos are my favorite, and whilst I haven’t watched the video yet, I know it won’t disappoint. Thank you Morgan for the continued amazing content ❤

3:20 I agree. It would sort of be something like having generation loss when copying a picture and printing a copy of each copy. After so many times, the copies start to lose their detail to the point where the original picture is unrecognizable. 5:50 The problem with that is that Snape claimed to have seen Lupin running towards the willow after the Golden Trio on the map, which was accidentally left open on his desk, while entering to deliver the Wolfsbane potion. 27:00 I honestly believe that it is both a writing convenience as well as the versatility of how portkeys are created. The ones that had timers on them were made specifically for wizards to travel to the Quiddich World Cup at a specific time, sort of like a one-way flight that tries to stay punctual. Also, the Tri-Wizard Cup was specifically made to be a trap for Harry and was likely made by fake Moody to stay open as long as possible until Harry got there. As for it being two-way: it is very possible that Voldemort's intended plan was to kill Harry after being resurrected and then use the cup to apper in front of the whole crowd with all his followers around him and Harry's dead body at his feet in a sort of grand return that would cause mass panic.

I've always thought Scabbers found a way to get the Twins to guess the Map's password because it amused him.

31:49 I see what you did there Morgan, I see what you did there 🤣🤣

29:35 To explain this plot hole, there is a Anti Alohamora spell that was invented by Blagdon Blay. This was first introduced in Harry Potter: Wonderbook of Spells, and it would make sense that the Hogwarts staff used them. Now for the Philosopher’s Stone door… 😬

6:38 don’t poly juice potions were off eventually? If so that’s probably why Sirius didn’t use them.

As far as the paintings one, I could be wrong but I remember reading something about the more of yourself you put into the painting the more life like it becomes. Basically, the more magic you use to imprint your existence into the painting the more like you it becomes. I do think also the more time you spend with the painting the more it can learn through you. We also see the same level of awareness in the painting of nigellus in the books, he's pretty self aware.

As far as all of the wand issues, it sounds like you're assuming they only buy one wand in their entire lifetime, which is silly if you think about it. Of course they upgrade their wands as they get older and more advanced. Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters used their old wands, just like Ron and Neville got hand-me-downs.

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Regarding multiplying food. Maybe it would make sense to multiply only long term preservables like canned food, as it lasts longer. What's the point for instance of creating 100 steaks, of you can eat only one, while the rest will inevitably rot. I doubt they had a fridge with them

The books answer the question of if education goes on. Once each child decides what they want to do they go to training for that job.

In Goblet of Fire during the duel between Harry and Voldemort the priori incantatem effect happens and we see the previous curses of Voldemort in reverse order. In that scene Harry's father appears befor his mother eventhough he died befor her and should have come out after

I believe Hermione does multiplie their food in the Deathly Hallows book, but the issue is the taste and nutritional value becomes lessened the more you multiplie the food with magic, which is why it wasn't going to sustain the three of them for long

16:45 to 18:00 I do agree that maybe they had broomsticks at the entrance of the cave and used those. However, another thing they could have done is swim back up. After destroying the Hoarcrux, the Basilisk room was flooded with water so maybe they used the fact the Chamber was flooded to swim out. Morgan’s theory is the most likely one honestly. I just wanted to suggest my own thoughts Edit: My thoughts are based on the movie, not the book. I don’t know if the chamber flooded in the book.

"Minerva Plothole" actually can be explained. McGonagall Family.

Harry's eyes were closed when Cedric died, so technically he didn't see that death.

17:52 - the room of requirement was already in use. They came back in carrying basilisk fangs. What more likely happened is Hermione and Ron used the levitating charm to lift themselves up.

Marauders Map theory doesn’t work. Snape saw Lupin on the map when he went to bring him wolfsbane potion. That’s how Snape knew where to go.

17:34 Maybe Hermione still remember Professor Flitwick about Wingardium Leviosa 😂

If Bagman was commenting on the maze, why didn't he see Harry and Cedric disappear, or Krum cruciate Fleur?

I have a theory with the McGonagal one: That isn't Mcgonagal, thats her mother who probably used to teach at Hogwarts.

6:00 wait but snape saw lupin go into the whomping willow with the map so how does that work?

On the Alohomora theory, there is a charm called the Anti-Alohomora charm which has the ability to counteract the spell. I think it's safe to assume that Hogwarts would have maximum security locks on all their doors (except the one leading to Fluffy because of plot reasons). Fun fact, apparently this spell was invented by Bladon Blay after his house was broken into 19 times with the Alohomora charm.

I believe that Salazar didn't trap himself in the Chamber of Secrets, so there was a way out, even if it wasn't shown in the books.

3:27 I figured that the food would go off eventually, even if it was multiplied

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For the horcrux theory, I think that Harry is not a true horcrux so that is another reason why the part of Voldemort’s soul was not destroyed.

about sorting into the houses, I saw a short on youtube about it and it made a lot of sense to me. Basically, the idea is that children are sorted according to their values, like, what they value in life, not actual character traits. It works especially well with the fact that there are a lot of examples when wizarding families got sorted into one house, and that happens not because they are all the same, but because they share the same values that their parents taught them.