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Hhhhmmm....I wonder....
- when Harry, Ron and Hermione are in the trophy room they find Tom Riddle's name on a medal for magical merit and a list of Head Boys. Ron says "[Riddle] sounds like Percy," also, both Riddle and Percy were/are poor and power hungry Could this be a hint of what might become of Percy in the future?
- is Ginny a parselmouth?
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Incidentally...
- The Weasleys (who all have red hair) live in 'The Burrow', Weasles (who have red fur) live in burrows
- Mundungus Fletcher (the law breaking trouble maker in the Order of the Phoenix) tried to put a hex on Mr. Weasley during a raid
- Sir Nicholas died on October 31st
- when the bludger hit Harry, it broke his right arm
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Forewarned is forearmed...
- Chapter "The Very Secret Diary" "Snape had given them so much homework, Harry thought he was likely to be in sixth year before he finished it." Harry finished with Snape in his sixth year
- Percy makes Ginny take Pepper Up Potion, because he thinks she looks pale
- when Harry and Ron are being told off by Snape for the flying car it says "This wasn't the first time Snape had given Harry the impression of being able to read minds..." in book 5 it is revealed that Snape is very good at legilimency (reading minds)
- when Malfoy is bugging Harry about handing out signed photos Ron says "eat slugs Malfoy"
- with regards to Tom Riddle's diary, when Harry Ron and Hermione are discussing what he might have done to get the special services award Ron says "maybe he murdered Myrtle"
- when he's obsessing about the diary Harry notices that "the name Tom Riddle [seems] to mean something to him, almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he ws very small, and half forgotten."
- after Hermione and Penelope Clearwater are attacked Percy sits in the common room looking pale and stunned
- Harry is a descendant of Godric Gryffindor. When talking with Dumbledore after defeating the Basilisk Dumbledore says that "only a true Gryffindor" could remove the sword
- Throughout the book there are indications that Ginny is opening the chamber of secrets
- on the way to King's Cross station they had to go back for Ginny's diary
- after the attack on Mrs. Norris Ginny is described as being "very disturbed by Mrs. Norris' fate"
- after the attack on Colin Creevey ginny was "distraught...and having nightmares."
- she didn't find it amusing when Fred and George joked about Harry being the heir of Slytherin
- when Harry received his Valentine and Malfoy was holding up the diary Ginny "was staring from the diary ot Harry, looking terrified."
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After the attack on Hermione and Penelope Clearwater Ginny "[was] very subdued in the common room"
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Celluloid vs cellulose...
- book- Arthur Weasley repaired Harry's glasses when he returned from Knockturn Alley
Movie- Hermione repaired Harry's glasses when he returned from Knockturn Alley
- book - when transformed into Crabbe and Goyle, Harry and Ron sound like Crabbe and Goyle
movie - when transformed into Crabbe and Goyle Harry and Ron sound like Harry and Ron
- book - parselmouth
movie - parseltongue
- book - Ron took Lockhart to the Hospital wing
movie - Ron sent the owl to Azkaban to get Hagrid back
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Oopsy Daisy!
- a house elf needs clothes to be set free but Ron says that Mrs. Weasley would like to have one to do the ironing.
- after blocking the gateway to platform 9 3/4 Dobby had to iron his hands. When he saw Harry in the infirmary it was November and his hands were still bandaged. Unless house elves heal exceptionally slowly his hands should not still have been bandaged nearly 3 months later
- it is mentioned that Tom Riddle's shield is burnished gold. Gold doesn't tarnish, it never loses its shine so Ron wouldn't have had to polish it
- Madam Pomphrey announced that the mandrakes were getting moody and secretive. should (probably) be Madam Sprout
- Riddle says that both he and Harry are half bloods. Harry isn't a half blood, his mother was a witch and his father was a wizard
- Dumbledore says that Voldemort is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin. Actually he's the last remaining descendant
- when Lucius Malfoy enters Dumbledore's office he says "you're come back..." (regarding Dumbledore's return to Hogwarts) it should be "you've come back..."
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File it under E for everything...
- when taunting Dudley (before the Mason's come over) Harry says some nonsense words to scare Dudley, among those words is 'jiggery pokery' which means, slangily, trickery or underhanded. 'Hocus Pocus' of course is a common term used by muggle magicians and 'squiggly wiggly' well just sounds cool.
- When everyone is examining Mrs. Norris Harry notes that Snape appeared to by "trying not to smile" Makes ya wonder why
- would Hermione, who deifies books, really tear out the page about the basilisk?
- when Dobby 'cracks' he disappears. Is this the same as apparating? If so why can he do it in the school?
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The Shrieking Shack //
Snape's Dungeon //
The Gallery //
The Library
The Library Annex //
The Theatre //
What's New
The Floo //
The Kitchen //
The Marauder's Map
