Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is the second part of a two-part film adaptation (released 2011) of the 2007 novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, directed by David Yates. Like the other films in the series, it features Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as an All-Star Cast.

After destroying one Horcrux and discovering the significance of the three Deathly Hallows, Harry, Ron and Hermione continue to seek the other Horcruxes in an attempt to destroy Voldemort, who has now obtained the powerful Elder Wand. The Dark Lord discovers Harry's hunt for his Horcruxes and launches an attack on Hogwarts, where the trio return for one last stand against the dark forces that threaten both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds.

The tropes listed below are those specific to this film or altered from those found in the original book. Please see that page for those tropes common to both versions.

"I know who he is! I know what he's done! He defiled it! With dark magic!!!"
 * Adaptation Correction: In a rare case of a Harry Potter film adaptation fixing a plot hole, Harry actually snaps the Elder Wand in two instead of placing it back into Dumbledore's tomb. In the book, both Harry and Dumbledore somehow come to the conclusion that if Harry dies a natural death, the Elder Wand will no longer have a master, when according to the universe's internal consistency, the next person to defeat Harry in battle (a not-unlikely event) would in fact become the Wand's next master.
 * Adaptation Expansion
 * The final fight between Harry and Voldemort. In the books, Harry appears from beneath his invisibility cloak in the midst of the battle to deliver a Shut UP, Hannibal to Voldemort, just before the Dark Lord . In Deathly Hallows Part 2, the fight sprawls the entire breadth of the castle, from Voldemort stalking him in the hallways, battling in the Astronomy Tower, and pulling a Superman-esque midair fight before landing in the courtyard, where they engage in a Beam-O-War duel which Harry wins when his Expelliarmus reaches Voldy. Yes, it is just as epic as it sounds.
 * To a lesser degree, also . In the book, . In the film, . Yes, also extremely satisfying.
 * We also get to see Ron and Hermione enter, showing a scene only referred to in the books.
 * Adaptation Explanation Extrication:
 * The explanation of what the Horcruxes might be that was cut from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is re-introduced in several ways in this film: merely knowing that Bellatrix was afraid of what they might have taken from her vault lets him know a Horcrux is there, and once they get inside, Harry's scar gives him a Spider Sense, letting him track down the object in question . This same ability allows him to, and later to sense the presence of in , hidden.
 * Dumbledore is set up over the course of Deathly Hallows parts one and two as not being as kind and fatherly as he appeared. Now, in the book, all of this finally comes together and Dumbledore is revealed to still have been a good man who in the end . But in the movie, most of is cut, and the subplot is left dangling.
 * Remus and Tonks announce their marriage in a blink-and-you-miss-it scene in Deathly Hallows - Part 1, and Tonks is apparently about to announce her pregnancy too, but is interrupted. Their relationship is not mentioned again, until the resurrection stone scene when Harry is magically aware of Teddy's existence.
 * Adaptation-Induced Plothole:
 * The film removes Dumbledore's explanation of why, leaving a mystery with no "movie-canon" explanation. While it does explicitly explain why the  in the film (and  could be explained simply by that), and InfoDumpledore also mentions that  is now gone, (implying it might have served as Plot Armor), a question mark is still left behind on the completeness of the answer compared with the book's.
 * Krum has Mind Control Eyes while under the Imperius Curse in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In this film, the curse is portrayed more like in the book; the Gringotts goblin just has a vacant smile. This could be Hand Wave'd by the fact that it was Harry who put the goblin under the curse, and he doesn't have as much experience at casting it, so it can't exert as much control on someone as Crouch did.
 * Adaptational Badass: Harry is able to hold his own during a protracted duel with Voldemort during the climax of the eighth film. Such a feat would be completely beyond him in the books, where Voldemort held off multiple veteran wizards simultaneously.
 * Adorkable: The awkward moment near the end of the film, where Neville and Luna sit beside each other and grin goofily.
 * Back for the Finale: Pomona Sprout, Ollivander, the Sorting Hat, even the Chamber of Secrets and the Basilisk (though only in skeletal form).
 * Berserk Button:
 * Harry mentions Tom Riddle's name to the Grey Lady and what he did with her mother's diadem, the up-to-then serene ghost becomes enraged:

"* starting to run after Draco, Goyle, and Zabini* That's my girlfriend, you numpty!!"
 * Also in this film Ron has a minor one in the Room of Requirement when Hermione is attacked:

"Harry: C'mon Tom. Lets finish this the way we started. Together."
 * Beware the Nice Ones:
 * Harry invokes this to Voldemort before chucking them both off of a cliff.

"Harry: You're lying, Dolores. And you mustn't tell lies."
 * Not to mention his refusal to help Dolores Umbridge;

"Ron: I learnt that from Harry -- he talks in his sleep, did you know that? Hermione: (looking a bit flustered) No...of course not!"
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * The Big Damn Kiss: Between Ron and Hermione.
 * Big No: Ginny Weasley cries a couple of rather impressive ones, when it is believed that Harry, whom she's been deeply in love with through the whole series, is dead.
 * Bloodless Carnage: Played straight as spells don't leave bulletholes, but averted for effect when
 * Body Horror: In a departure from the books, every time a Horcrux is destroyed, Voldemort is weakened. He realizes what's going on after the Cup has been destroyed - and once he's only left with anchors to keep him alive, his body starts necrotizing…
 * Bond Villain Stupidity: In the climax of the film, . This may, however, qualify as a result of
 * Book Ends:
 * A musical variation: The film ends with the exact same music that the first film ended with.
 * Combat Tentacles: During the final fight between Harry and Voldemort, Voldemort briefly uses the longer parts of his robes to ensnare Harry.
 * Compressed Adaptation: Can't really be helped, though: there's just too much plot to stuff into a movie, even with splitting it across two films.
 * Curb Stomp Battle: The duel between McGonagall and Snape, which was moved to the Great Hall. Snape barely puts up any resistance as opposed to the book where the duel only ended because the other Heads of House interrupted. McGonagall also defeats the Carrows in the same duel.
 * Deflector Shields: Hogwarts is surrounded by one during the Battle of Hogwarts.
 * Disney Villain Death: . Neither were killed in the book.
 * , to an extent.
 * Dissonant Serenity: Neville gets this after waking up from Voldemort's knock-out blow. It's so bad, he's actually completely oblivious to another fighter being thrown back not more than three feet from where he is.
 * Did we mention that the guy getting thrown back was on fire?
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?:
 * Possible as another Nazi-esque reference, Lucius' Azkaban number is tattooed on his neck.
 * Ron opens the door to the Chamber of Secrets with some Parseltongue.

"Griphook: I said I'd get you in. I didn't say anything about getting you out."
 * Exact Words/Loophole Abuse: In Bellatrix's vault:

"Hermione: We've got to plan, we've got to figure it out! Harry: Hermione, when have any of our plans ever actually worked? We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose."
 * Foreshadowing: The music that plays at the very beginning while Snape is looking over a decrepit Hogwarts is.
 * For the Evulz: Presumably the only reason the Death Eaters torch the Quidditch pitch in the assault on Hogwarts.
 * Full Name Ultimatum: "Harry Potter, you listen to me right now!"
 * Good Old Fisticuffs: When Harry and Voldemort are fighting in the Astronomy Tower, Voldemort is so angry that he resorts to slapping Harry around and kicking him as he tries to recover.
 * Gory Discretion Shot: . Even then it's a Nothing Is Scarier moment as we see only a view through a dirty window, but can hear clearly the sound of.
 * I Always Wanted to Say That: Said by Professor McGonagall of all people, after using the Piertotum Locomotor spell. Considering what it does, can you blame her? Especially cute is the schoolgirlish giggle she gives after delivering the line.
 * Lampshade Hanging:

"Molly: Not my daughter, you bitch!"
 * Last-Minute Hookup: Neville declares that he's crazy about Luna; elsewhere, Luna notes to Harry that she thinks she might fancy Neville. This is contrary to what J.K had happening to the two characters.
 * Literally Shattered Lives:.
 * Million-Mook March: Averted. When Voldomort's men think they've won they just shuffle wearily across the bridge to Hogwarts, exhausted after fighting all night.
 * Multi-Part Episode
 * Mundane Made Awesome: The way the film handles . If it wasn't for the slow motion, lack of sound, and the Visual Effects of Awesome, it probably would have turned out much more embarrassing than it looked.
 * Musical Spoiler: Whenever the Slytherin locket is influencing someone's behavior, there is a characteristic, high-pitched noise.
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Voldemort vs Harry in the expanded fight scene. As Voldemort's wand won't work, he retorts to using his fists to give Harry a pummelling.
 * No Body Left Behind:
 * Oh Crap: has a an Oh Crap look on his face when.
 * Oh Crap: Snape, when he realizes that
 * One-Woman Wail: Lily's new Leitmotif.
 * Out-of-Character is Serious Business: When gentle Cloudcuckoolander Luna Lovegood yells "Harry Potter! You listen to me right now!", you know she really means it.
 * Perma-Stubble: Lucius Malfoy.  His dishevelment symbolizes how far he's fallen from Voldemort's graces.
 * Pietà Plagiarism: The memory of.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: Molly's famous line before she :

"HEH-HEH-Heeehhh!"
 * Precision F-Strike: As mentioned just above this sentence, Molly Weasley's line from the novel is kept intact.
 * Putting on the Reich: The way the students at Hogwarts are marching at the beginning of the movie evokes this. The students. Some of whom are eleven.
 * Sad Battle Music: "Courtyard Apocalypse", accompanied by watching the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix fight to the bitter end.
 * Scenery Gorn: The half-destroyed Hogwarts.
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
 * Several of Voldemort's men noticeably disapparate the moment Harry turns out to be Not Quite Dead.
 * As the final battle of Hogwarts begins, Narcissa and Draco are calmly, but quickly, walking away from Hogwarts as Lucius tries to catch up with them.
 * Shirtless Scene: Harry and Ron changing into dry shirts after the trio emerges from the lake.
 * Smooch of Victory: Ron and Hermione finally snog after destroying the cup Horcrux.
 * Sphere of Power: The Protego Maxima shield charm that envelops Hogwarts, which not only.
 * Spider Sense: Harry seems to use his scar and its sensitivity to the presence of Voldemort to recognize horcruxes. This plugs the Plot Hole caused by cutting dialogue from an earlier film where Dumbledore theorized what they might be.
 * Stock Footage: Scenes from the other seven are used for.
 * Tempting Fate: After Griphook, Ron commented that at least they still had Bogrod. Bogrod was then.
 * Tranquil Fury:
 * As.
 * Harry's basic resting-state throughout the movie. Beware the Nice Ones indeed.
 * Trash the Set: Hogwarts gets utterly destroyed.
 * Un Evil Laugh: Voldemort has an evil, spiteful chuckle after announcing to a crowd. It's... less than satisfactory and is becoming the stuff of Memetic Mutation.


 * Unskilled but Strong: Harry is able to stand toe to toe with Voldemort by this film due to this, though without Voldemort's knowledge and experience he is left running away much of the time. This is notable because up until this point anyone Voldemort has battled has been slaughtered, . Dumbledore, described by most characters as the most powerful wizard alive is only able to fight him to a stalemate, making Harry's strength all the more remarkable.
 * Villainous Breakdown: It's safe to say that this happens to Voldemort as the movie progresses . This results in him randomly killing when he asks Voldy if he's alright. Of course, the murder is completely in line for the guy. By the end of the night, though, even Bellatrix is tip-toeing around him.
 * Voice of the Resistance: Sends out the message to Remus and company: "Abrupt weather report; lightning has struck! I repeat, lightning has struck!"
 * Why Won't You Die?:.
 * You and What Army?: Neville completes his transformation into a badass when he says this to taunt the Death Eaters when they try to get past the protective enchantments It's all the more awesome considering Neville says this to about a thousand Death Eaters who are inches away from attacking.
 * Word of Saint Paul: The end of the film suggests a romance (or at least a pair of reciprocal one-sided crushes) between Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, which is a widely fanon supported couple, but not one that happens in canon. Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville, asserted the two had a brief fling, but ended up marrying their canonical partners.