A Very Potter Musical



""I'm Harry freakin' Potter and I'm the man!""

- Harry Potter's Alternate Character Interpretation in a nutshell.

A Very Potter Musical and its appropriately named sequel, A Very Potter Sequel, are musical parodies of the Harry Potter books that were written and performed by Team Starkid (a group of former and current students of the University of Michigan) and released as a series of videos on their YouTube channel. The plots mash together a lot of elements from all the books in the series, but the musicals are very much their own work, with unique subplots and very unique takes on the characters, so unique that a character page can be found here. They run on Rule of Funny and Rule of Cool almost exclusively, and definitely aren't afraid to take Refuge in Audacity.

A Very Potter Musical (performed and later released in 2009) begins with Harry's second year at Hogwarts. Professor Quirrell, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, reinstates the House Cup Tournament, and a champion from each House is chosen to compete. But when Voldemort uses the tournament to fulfill a plot to return to his body, things take a turn for the grim for Harry and his friends, who must find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes before it's too late. The story takes most of its elements from books 1, 4, 6, and 7.

A Very Potter Sequel (performed and released in 2010 ) begins immediately after the events of the first story, when Lucius Malfoy decides to use a time turner to go back to Harry's first year at Hogwarts and kill him before he can defeat Voldemort. As Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy and the rest of the characters meet for the first time, Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban and the Ministry of Magic responds by sending Delores Umbridge to the school to watch out for Harry, and Remus Lupin also comes to Hogwarts to take up the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Its story is mostly from books 1, 3, and 5.

If you are a fan of this work, it is highly recommended you also check out Little White Lie, Me and My Dick, and Starship which were also written and produced by Team Starkid. You can visit the Team StarKid store to get the soundtrack of A Very Potter Musical for free, as well as links to where you can buy some of their other music or totally awesome t-shirts.

Recently, Team Starkid announced their plans for a third Very Potter Musical. Their intention was to stage and premiere the threequel in the four-and-a-half months between Starship and the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2. However, the availability of Darren Criss (who plays Harry and writes the majority of Team Starkid's music) was in question since he was cast as a regular on Glee, and the project was indefinitely postponed... until it was announced at the StarKid Funtastic Slamaganza that it has been rescheduled for some point in 2012.

The musicals have a Character Sheet.

A Very Potter Musical
""Join me next week, where my guest will be a pterodactyl.""
 * The Ace: Cedric Diggory, who looks and sounds exactly like the typical Disney prince.
 * Affably Evil: Voldemort and Quirrell.
 * Affectionate Parody: The affectionate-est.
 * Air Vent Passageway: The plan to get the Death Eaters into Hogwarts.
 * Almost-Dead Guy: Subverted when dies just before divulging important information.
 * Alter Ego Acting: Joe Moses now has a YouTube channel where he interviews people in-character as a Cloudcuckoolander version of Severus Snape.

"Voldemort: I know, Quirrell! I hear everything you hear!"
 * American Accents: Dumbledore, Molly, the exposition newsies, and some of the extra Death Eaters all have Jewish New Yorker accents. Cho has an over-the-top Dixie accent, and Lavender Brown speaks like a Valley Girl.
 * Artistic License Astronomy: Okay, all the stuff with Pigfarts is just pure Rule of Funny, but for the sake of being nitpicky...
 * Despite Draco's statement to the contrary, Mars has an atmosphere. It's not one humans could breathe in, being mostly carbon dioxide, but hey.
 * Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: Draco wants a "galaxy-traversing rocketship" to get to Mars. It's... sort of unnecessary to need a ship which can traverse the entire galaxy when you're going to a planet in the same solar system as Earth.
 * Ass Kicks You: When Draco tries to horn in on Harry and Ron's Man Hug, Ron does this to him.
 * As You Know: Lampshaded, repeatedly.

"Cedric: Tell me more about this Pigfarts. I find it to be very interesting."
 * Attending Your Own Funeral: Ginny wishes to do this.
 * Attractive Bent Gender: A meta-example, did somebody say Draco Malfoy!
 * Beam Me Up, Scotty: Cedric's accentuation of the word "find". He actually only says it once.
 * He only says the word "find" by itself once. The rest of the time he works it into the conversation.

"Dumbledore: Severus Snape and I share a kind of love that I don't think you will every fully understand, Harry. I would give him the clothes off my back. I would share my bed with him. If a snake bit him, I would suck out the poison. Even if that snake happened to accidentally bite him on the wiener.
 * Beta Couple: Cho and Cedric, who despite being initially set up as a Love Triangle scenario with Harry and Ginny, are actually a very happy and loving couple... for the time being.
 * Betty and Veronica: Harry (Archie), Ginny (Betty), and Cho (Veronica). Cho (Archie), Harry (Betty), and Cedric (Veronica). Hermione (Archie), Ron (Betty), and Draco (Veronica). Voldemort (Archie), Bellatrix (Veronica), and Quirrell (Betty-Just Friends though...maybe).
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Big Eater: Ron has a different snack in every scene.
 * To the point where, when he complains about not having a snack in one scene, he is promptly handed one by the pianist.
 * Big Man on Campus: Harry. Cedric would be this if he wasn't a Hufflepuff.
 * Bi the Way: Voldemort
 * Well, most likely. Quirrell/Voldemort is under the banner of bromance, but right down to the language they use they're fooling no one. We never do see Voldemort lusting after another guy, though, while he definitely mentions other women besides Bellatrix. Could be a case of If It's You It's Okay.
 * Book Ends: "Back to Hogwarts" is the opening song and is also played over the credits.
 * Bowdlerization: Apparently, there is a version that is somewhat raunchier than what was put up on the internet. They didn't cut a whole lot and the play will by no means stop being hilarious without it, though admittedly one of the scenes cut was probably the funniest.
 * They did put it on the internet, but took it down and replaced it with the family-friendlier version after it started to go viral and kids were watching it. Of course, some of us had already downloaded the original by then... It includes such gems as:

Several scenes later, after Snape takes a snake to the... well, trouser snake.

Harry: Well, someone's gotta suck out the poison.

Ron and Draco: Ohh.. no. Nope. No.

Snape: I wish Dumbledore were here...

Harry: Okay, I mean, well - Hermione, do your thing.

Ron: No, no, no, no! I think we should just let Snape die - sorry - and go on with our lives."

"Snape: Can anybody tell me what Foreshadowing is?"
 * Butt Monkey: "Thanks, Hermione."
 * Draco and Ginny as well.
 * Hufflepuff House.
 * Cast Incest: Not here, but in Me and My Dick a lot of viewers were squicked out because Ron and Ginny are a couple.
 * There's a Catch Phrase and it's totally awesome.
 * Ginny's "Wowee! Harry Potter!" certainly counts.
 * And let's not forget Snape's "What the devil is going on here?"
 * "Did somebody say (name of the character)?"
 * And there's always Snape's "That's ABSURRRRRD."
 * Draco consistently delivers the word "Mars" as "Maaaaaaaaaaars."
 * "(Number-usually twenty) points from Gryffindor." Even when it's Draco's fault.
 * And "Jelly-legs Jinx!"
 * "I can't believe the counter curse was just unjellify!"
 * Character Development: A surprising amount of it (Harry, Draco, Ron, Ginny, Voldemort...), and part of what makes the show not just a good parody but a great story.
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * Chekhov's Classroom: Snape's pop quiz about Portkeys, which is blatantly lampshaded.

"Magic. Ahh. *shields eyes*"
 * Clark Kenting: Dumbledore's fake brown beard (which he pops on over his own beard...) makes him utterly unrecognizable.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: No shortage of them. Draco, for example, is always slithering everywhere, always talking about some school called Pigfarts... on Mars... run by a lion... who can talk... named Rumbleroar.
 * The writhing on the floor was remarkably reminiscent of Tobias Funke's 'falling and then pretending it was deliberate by assuming strange position'. Some of the deliveries on Cedric's lines also had the Tobias vibe to them. It could be a small homage to Arrested Development by using some of the absurd but hilarious slapstick that worked for AD.
 * I thought the lounging was referencing Draco's tendency to lounge on any available trees/couches in the movies. Either way, it's hilarious.
 * Lauren, the girl who plays Draco, actually said that the tripping and rolling around on the ground is how she portrayed how Draco is; always trying to make himself look cool, eventually tripping over himself but tries in the end to make it look like it was intentional.
 * The Cuckoolander Was Right:
 * Coconut Superpowers: Floo Powder consists of running in a circle shouting "Floo Powder Power!", while Portkeys are running in a circle shouting "Portkey!"
 * Disapparating involves shouting "Disapparate!" and running offstage while everyone looks confused about where you went.

"I can't believe the counter-curse was just "Unjellify!"."
 * The Jelly-Legs Jinx works similarly.

"Draco: But [Snape]'s not doing anything.
 * In the films, the conjoined Voldemort/Quirrel was portrayed using CGI. In this show, it's portrayed by... the two actors standing back-to-back beneath a gigantic robe.
 * Composite Character: Draco has some elements of Luna Lovegood. Snape also takes the place of Peter Pettigrew. Cho and Malfoy take the place of Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum during the House Tournament, and Quirrell fufills the role of Barty Crouch Jr. Lavender Brown and Pansy Parkinson become Ravenclaws in order to give Cho her Girl Posse.
 * Draco also semi-fulfills the Victor Krum role by getting into a love triangle with Hermione and Ron during the Yule Ball.
 * Counterpoint Duet: "Granger Danger", with Draco and Ron realizing faux-ugly Hermione was Beautiful All Along and Cleans Up Nicely.
 * Crosscast Role: Draco Malfoy, a Large Ham, paradoxically a walking Running Gag and very funny. Crabbe as well. Also, technically, one third of the Hungarian Horntail.
 * Curse Cut Short: Mostly averted, but used in one scene when Harry's frustrated:

Harry: That's because he's dead you dumb motherf..."

"Next year, you bet, gonna get out of here,
 * Dark Mistress: Bellatrix. And, unlike her literary counterpart, she actually is Voldemort's girlfriend.
 * Dark Reprise: Inverted. "Different As Can Be" was peppy enough the first time, but the reprise is absolutely euphoric (even though they're singing about murdering Harry.)
 * It's really more of a subversion. "Different As Can Be" was a song about a quirky relationship between two people who just happen to be villains. The reprise is about the happiness of them learning to get along, except they still just happen to be evil.
 * A more straight example of the "sarcastic echo" variant occurs during Draco's solo in "Back To Hogwarts". Everyone else is thrilled to be back, but he's switching the solo melody to a minor key and singing about his future takeover of the world. Needless to say, it's played for laughs.

The reign of Malfoy is drawing near

I'll have the greatest wizard career

And it's gonna be totally awesome.

Look out, world, for the dawn of the day

When everyone will do whatever I say!

And Potter won't be in my way

And then I'll be the one who is totally awesome!"

"Hermione: Shh! Someone's coming.
 * Death by Adaptation: Cornelius Fudge. His ultimate fate is unknown in the books, but he was alive in his last appearance. In the musical he's killed by Voldemort in his takeover of the Ministry, making this version of Fudge a Composite Character of Fudge and Rufus Scrimgeour.
 * Spared by the Adaptation: Musical!Quirrell is a Composite Character of Quirrell and Barty Crouch Jr. Canon!Quirrell died and Crouch Jr. had his soul sucked by a dementor, but musical!Quirrell avoids both those fates and is just sent to Azkaban.
 * Death of the Hypotenuse: Subverted. Cedric dies, leaving Cho available. But by then Harry's pretty much over her.
 * Description Cut: Done several times when Dumbledore assures people of Snape's true allegiance.
 * Devil in Plain Sight: Done for laughs with Quirrell's turban. Also, Snape in general, especially in act 2 thanks to a certain incident.
 * Deus Ex Machina: Dumbledore's will.
 * Mrs. Weasley
 * Did Not Do the Bloody Research: Draco, one of the few characters that actually had a British accent, mentions that  would fold his knickers. Although knickers means pants in the US, in Britian it's used to refer to ladies underwear
 * Although he is played by a woman.
 * Did Not Do the Research: Hermione's proud claim that her results are A's means she's only an 'Acceptable' witch
 * This may, however, have been part of the way the play was Americanized.
 * Distant Duet: "Missing You"
 * Dope Slap: Ron uses an unusual Dope Slap where he slaps his hands together right in front of Ginny's face whenever he berates him. Apparently he gets it from his mother, who can do it so well that it cascades down her line of children.
 * Double Entendre: (Sadly censored from the current version)

Ron: IT'S NOT ME, I SWEAR!"

"Crabbe: I thought I heard a Double Entendre."
 * Lampshaded by Crabbe.

"Lavender: Professor? Can, like, a person be a Portkey?
 * Though there's also one that wasn't cut:

Snape: No, that’s absurd. Because then if a person were to... touch themselves... (looks at Ron)"

"Hermione: Snape just happened to pick you out of hundreds if not five possible Gryffindors."
 * Economy Cast

"Harry:"
 * All the students that aren't Gryffindors or Draco double as miscellaneous death eaters. Draco and Cho Chang are also the dragon Harry fights. Molly and Pansy are the same actress, Cedric reincarnates as Cornelius Fudge, Goyle is also, and the newspaper-sellers are Bellatrix, Cho, Lavender Brown, and Goyle.
 * Epic Song: "Get Back to Hogwarts" and "Voldemort is Going Down".
 * Equal Opportunity Evil: Unlike their movie counterparts, the Death Eaters have much more women and other minorities among their ranks.
 * Everybody's Dead, Dave: Inverted to a certain degree in the end.

"Molly: I came down here with the rest of the Order; Lupin, Tonks, Mad-Eye Moody, Sirius, and your brother Fred.
 * Also:

Ron: Oh awesome, where are they?

Molly: They're all dead."

"Goyle: "I can't believe I couldn't figure out that the countercurse was just Unjellify!""
 * Mr. Fanservice: Voldemort after he gets his body back. Even before you get a look at those abs there were plenty of comments saying "Voldemort is...hot?"
 * Especially Zoidberg -
 * "Even my Zefron poster?" "ESPECIALLY your Zefron poster!"
 * Even the Guys Want Him: "Everyone knows that I like Zac Efron the most!"
 * Subverted slightly in that only the guys want Zefron.
 * Everyone Is Bi: One could asume this about almost all of the male characters. Every male character gets at least 1 Ho Yay moment with another male character. The only named and not one-scene male character who escapes this is probably Cedric.
 * Evil Brit: The nice guys keep the actors' American accents and the bad guys have Fake Brit ones.
 * Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Most of the spells used are performed, not by saying magic words, but by saying the name of the spell.

"Voldemort: I'm willing to offer you positions in my new world order... [aside] ...as my slaves."
 * Extra! Extra! Read All About It!: The opening of Act 2.
 * Faking the Dead:
 * False Reassurance:

"Voldemort: Okay, just relax with the "Dark King"... I watch you wipe your butt daily. You can call me Voldemort. We're there. We've reached that point."
 * Final Love Duet: The very end of the show, when . Subverted in that it's not the two of them singing, but the rest of the company.
 * First-Name Basis: You know how Voldemort usually insists everyone call him "Dark Lord" or something to that effect? Quirrel's the exception.

"Voldemort: "We're there! We've reached that point!"
 * Five-Man Band:
 * The Hero: Harry. Was he ever going to be anything else?
 * The Lancer: Draco. Constantly trying to be as cool as Harry and failing. He has a heart but he doesn't show it off often. He also serves as the Sixth Ranger as he joined the group later and teased with being evil beforehand.
 * The Smart Guy: Hermione. She is the Only Sane Man after all. And she's the only person to study at Hogwarts at all.
 * The Big Guy: Ron. He can also be considered The Lancer but he is definitely the group's muscle.
 * The Chick: Ginny. In addition to being the Love Interest, she genuinely cares for everyone in the group (even Draco, who no one else can stand) and inspires Harry when no one else can.
 * Flat Earth Atheist: Fudge tells Voldemort to his face that he doesn't believe he's back, and insists his death by Avada Kedavra is a heart attack.
 * Foot Popping: Ginny does this during her and Harry's first kiss.
 * Foot Focus: Quirrell is barefoot
 * Foreshadowing: Considering the play wastes no time in Lampshading the practice of Foreshadowing with Snape's pop quiz on Portkeys and dramatic devices, it's impressive just how much effective foreshadowing there is: to name two examples.
 * After the whole 'Dark King' business.

Quirrel: "Yes my... Voldemort.""

"Snape: Here you are, Headmaster. Bomb appetite! I mean, bon appetite!"
 * "Have you ever seen my room? I've got some pretty kickin posters."
 * Forgotten Fallen Friend: Cedric, of course.
 * Freudian Slip: When Snape gives Dumbledore the bomb sandwich.

"Harry: No way this year anyone's gonna die!"
 * Quirrell when talking about a Deathday party, nearly says "Nearly headless dick." (may have been unintentional)
 * Friendship Moment: Many, many between Voldemort and Quirrell. Ron and Harry have one after the Horcrux is destroyed, and Ron and Hermione coming to join in on the "Not Alone" song counts as well.
 * Genki Girl: Ginny. Cho has her moments.
 * Genre Blind: Oh, Harry.

"Harry: Hey Ron, let's go hang out with Hagrid; he can teach us how to dance and we can get in our dress robes!
 * But he gets better as the show goes on.
 * The Ghost: Hagrid.
 * Girl Posse: Cho is almost constantly followed by her fellow Ravenclaws, Lavender and Pansy.
 * Good Costume Switch:
 * Good Is Not Nice: The heroes are still heroic but act like major douchebags in their time off, while Voldemort himself is actually a very personable guy when he's not putting on a threatening facade.
 * Gotta Get Your Head Together: Draco during "Granger Danger".
 * Groin Attack: Snape gets one with a snake, in a twist of his original death.
 * Ham to Ham Combat: Act 2, part 2 has Draco, Voldemort, and Snape together on one stage -- this scene was the original inspiration for the trope, in fact.
 * Harmless Villain: Considering how much everyone hates and makes fun of Draco, it's worth noting that up until the point where he he never actually does anything that evil. He just snarks at Harry's group, calls them names and is a general nuisance. True, one of those names was a racist slur but it was still just a name (and he gets his comeuppance for it immediately). It's no wonder he does a Face Heel Turn when you consider how everyone has treated him up to that point.
 * He Who Must Not Be Seen: Despite being mentioned, Hagrid never appears onstage. A couple other characters get this treatment as well (i.e. The Patil twins).
 * Moaning Myrtle is referenced in both musicals. She seems to be the ultimate standard against which uncoolness is measured.
 * Lupin, Tonks, Made-Eye Moody, Sirius, and Fred, are mentioned but are already dead by that time.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Quirrell and Voldemort take this trope to its logical extreme.
 * Hilarity Ensues
 * Even off-stage it's implied to happen

Ron: Well that could only lead to disaster and hilarity. Let's go!"

"Cedric: Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders!
 * Historical In-Joke: "So you're Thomas Jefferson and I'm your Sally Hemings, is that it?!"
 * Hook Hand:  It is, of course, thoroughly ridiculous.
 * Hufflepuff House: Lampshaded of course! Ravenclaw also gets this treatment but nowhere near to the extent of Hufflepuff.

Dumbledore: What the hell is a Hufflepuff?"

"Hermione: Now let's go leave these big, baby, childish jerks alone.
 * Hulk Speak: Goyle uses this.
 * Hypocritical Humor: Harry tries to stand up to Draco, who immediately orders his brute to defend him, dives under a bench (hanging under it upside down) and declares "Not so tough now, are you, Potter?"
 * Quirrell mocks Harry while manipulating him via the Imperius Curse, for looking like a girl. It would be funny enough with Quirrel's prior characterization if not for the fact that moments later, Voldemort spins him as part of their dance routine.
 * When Voldemort laughs at Malfoy's potential plan to get into Hogwarts before hearing it he tells him mockingly that the idea better not be a giant slide or a trampoline... Because they've already tried that and know it doesn't work
 * "I Am" Song: "Different as Can Be"
 * Implausible Deniability: Fudge refuses to believe that Voldemort is back. Even when he's right in front of Fudge.
 * Ignored Epiphany:
 * I Meant to Do That: Word of God says this is the reason Draco rolls around on the floor. He strikes a pose to look cool, messes it up...then tries to make the messing up look like part of the plan.
 * Improbable Age: Despite the romantic subplots and the fact that his actor is obviously college age, Harry says, on multiple occasions, "I'm just a twelve-year-old kid!" It probably references that it's supposedly happening during Harry's second year. For those who haven't seen the movies, it's also a refference to the obvious difference between the actor(Daniel Radcliffe)'s age and that of Harry, the character he plays. Take a look at the obvious five-o-clock shadow on that "15" year old kid.
 * Inadvertent Entrance Cue:

Draco: (swooping in) Did someone say DRACO MALFOY?"

"Hermione: Is that sandwich ticking?!
 * Incoming Ham:
 * Snape in every scene he appears, most memorably "WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON HEEREEEE?!?!".
 * Draco's "Did someone say DRACO MALFOY?"
 * (No one had.)
 * Dumbledore makes his entrance by sustaining the word "Welcome" for an impressively long time.
 * "Did somebody say...Ron Weasley?"
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: In regards to the bomb sandwich.

Dumbledore: I'd say it's "licking". Finger licking good!"

"Voldemort: Yes, nobody must know any of that."
 * Incredibly Long Note:
 * As stated above, this is how Dumbledore starts off his intro song.
 * Quirrel gets one in "Different as Can Be", on the phrase "And Jane Austen novels!", though it's mostly drowned out by Voldemort's part.
 * Info Dump: Lampshaded after Quirrell explains how Voldemort is still alive and plotting against Harry aloud for the audience.

"Hermione: What is the point of this quiz?

Snape: Oh no point at all, just important information that EVERYONE should know...*points to the audience* Especially YOU."

"Ginny: Yeah but the whole point of Spider-Man 2 was that Peter and MJ could be together.
 * Institutional Apparel: Quirrell wears black-and-white horizontal stripes and a ball and chain.
 * It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Lampshaded, of course, between Harry and Ginny, including explicit references to all three Spider-Man movies.

Harry: Yeah but the whole point of Spider-Man 3 is that that all goes to shit! And I don't want my life to be like Spider-Man 3, I hated that movie."

"Ron: I know I've been a real Jerkass lately..."
 * "I Want" Song: "Get Back to Hogwarts" has elements of this, especially Draco's part. Draco tries to sing a more standard one about Pigfarts, but Musicalis Interruptus prevents us from hearing more than a couple lines. Also,"Granger Danger"
 * Jerkass/JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ron, Dumbledore, and even Harry to a subtler extent display some (hilariously) jerkish behavior, especially toward Hermione and Ginny. However, it's all for humor and a major part of why the play works...it's much more poignant when they do act nice. Ron in fact acknowledges this behavior:

"Goyle: Dancing is for pansies.
 * Jewish Mother: Molly Weasley
 * Large Ham: Voldemort, Draco, and especially Snape. Dumbledore slips into this occasionally.
 * Late Arrival Spoiler: The musical spoils a bunch of major plot points in the series.
 * Probably the best example of this is during Mrs. Weasley's scene where she kills Bellatrix, who just killed Snape, and then proceeds to spoil almost every major death in the series.
 * Leaning on the Furniture: Draco. All the time.
 * Left the Background Music On: The sappy music the pianist plays before Voldemort threatens him.
 * Literal Minded:

Draco: You there, what's your name?

Pansy: Pansy.

Draco: Perfect! You're going to the dance with me."

"Harry: You guys are my best friends, and I love you all. Except you, Draco, I can't fucking stand you."
 * Love Redeems: And  too, sort of.
 * Love Triangle: The show has a couple with Ron and Draco being in love with Hermione, pining from afar. The other relationship is slightly more complicated with Ginny liking Harry who likes Cho who is dating Cedric. It's resolved once . Bellatrix and Voldemort are previously involved before Voldemort loses his body, and an attempt is made to rekindle the relationship that fails due to Voldemort's new, ahem, friendship with Quirrell.
 * Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number: "Get Back to Hogwarts", "Voldemort is Going Down".
 * Meadow Run: At the very end of the second act with.
 * Meaningful Echo: "You're Harry Potter! You're the Boy Who Lived!"
 * Also, "You never tell a girl that you like her, it makes you look like an idiot."
 * Medium Awareness: From time to time, characters will refer to parts of the stage, or interact with the band.
 * Milking the Giant Cow: Parodied by having Quirrell do it turned around, while Voldemort is singing during "Different As Can Be".
 * Misfit Mobilization Moment: In song form! 'Voldemort is Going Down' serves as one of these.
 * Mondegreen: A dialogue example. Many viewers first thought Dumbledore's line "Why'd you have to invite the fatties?" was "Why'd you have to invite the faggies "
 * Mood Whiplash: several, most of them from Act 2. A notable one is when Voldemort kills, the mood surprisingly dark and dramatic for the play. It goes back to humour the minute the kill is over.
 * Most of the deaths are with humor undercutting the scene to try to avoid this but you will get major whiplash during Dumbledore's. Immediately following is a comical scene that leads up to probably the saddest song in the show: Missing You. Your neck will ache.
 * Hell, that song itself is an epic Mood Whiplash. Harry's verse is excellent at conveying his loneliness, while Quirrell's part is mainly played for laughs.
 * There's also, late in Act 1, the scene where Quirrel Ouch.
 * Right before Harry's Heroic Sacrifice, he has the most heartwarming, tearful Friendship Moment, which lapses into comedy.

"Voldemort: Well, I believe everything has it's place. Muggles have their place... Mudbloods have their place... and So. Do. Your. Clothes! Namely, A DRESSER!"
 * Moral Guardians: After the musical became popular, its creators edited a few lines out of it to tone it down to a more PG-13 tone. Some of the trope entries here refer to the old version of the play.
 * Mr. Exposition - Dumbledore and Snape at times; Rita in the sequel is a very glaring example given how awkwardly forced it sounds in context.
 * Musicalis Interruptus: Draco -- twice.
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Voldemort keeps mispronouncing Draco's last name.
 * Neat Freak: Lord Voldemort, even though Quirrell is the sissy in their relationship.

"Harry: There's gotta be one person, one thing in your life that you miss that you regret. (sad music plays)
 * Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: If Malfoy is to be believed, Pigfarts is a wizard school on Mars and the headmaster is a wizard lion named Rumbleroar.
 * Who can TALK.
 * And lets good students  ride on his back.
 * No Fourth Wall: This trope rears its head a few times, the most Egregious example being Ron getting a snack from one of the musicians.
 * An almost literal example is in Act 2 when the students barricade the door to the castle. Voldemort just walks around it.
 * He about a minute later then threatens one of the musicians when they're playing sad music to make him feel remorse.

Voldemort: Well... Maybe there's one... NO! (points wand at musician, who raises his hands in surrender) There isn't!"

"Ron: * Dope Slap* RACIST sister!"
 * Snape points to the audience and adresses them directly in the begining of the show.
 * Non-Indicative Name: Ginny assumes the only Asian girl in the cast is Cho Chang. Turns out that's Lavender Brown and Cho is a white girl with an extremely Southern accent.

"Hermione: You know, every day everyone is trying to put me down, and on the one day I actually feel like a person, YOU'RE TRYING TO RUIN IT!
 * Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Draco and Snape (See Large Ham above) are the only ones with British accents. Many characters have funny American Accents, though.
 * Considering that certain props and allusions make it clear that this version is set in the present day, and "freshman year" is mentioned, it can be assumed that the musical both modernizes and Americanizes the books in order to create humor.
 * Snape and Draco aren't exactly trying either - Snape in particular sometimes sounds less like he's British and more like he's constantly passing a kidney stone.
 * Snape sounds like Stewie Griffin. Who is supposed to sound like Rex Harrison, so there you go.
 * Not Quite Dead:
 * Now or Never Kiss: Ron and Hermione's version of this must be seen to be believed.
 * Oblivious to Love: Harry, unfortunately for poor Ginny.
 * As is Hermione in regards to Draco. At one point she even overhears him openly state he wants her only for her to go off and hook up with Ron.
 * Odd Couple: Voldy/Quirrell. Quirrell lampshades this as the cue for their song.
 * Oh Crap:
 * Oh Crap:

Ron: [taken aback] Holy shit."

"Draco: Could you really say that what happened was my fault?
 * Oh My Gods: "Oh my wizard god!" "Oh my Rowling!"
 * One-Scene Wonder:
 * Molly Weasley shows up just to do her scene with a Jewish accent.
 * Only Sane Man: Hermione, at the beginning, but Harry gets his turn at the beginning of act two.
 * Original Cast Precedent: Sometimes played straight (Lupin's mustache and Lucius' long blond hair, for instance, are carried over from the films) and sometimes subverted (Neville is blond, as the book character is according to Word of God, rather than dark-haired like in the movies).
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Dumbledore's beard (worn over his normal beard), Quirrel's turban, and the sparkly, hot pink Invisibility Cloak, which almost covers the Trio's shoulders.
 * Parody Magic Spell: Several.
 * Perpetual Smiler: Cedric Diggory. Seriously, you could probably see his smile from  Mars.
 * Phrase Catcher: Thanks, Hermione.
 * Playing with Puppets: Voldemort and Quirrell Imperio Harry into dancing during the song "To Dance Again".
 * The Power of Show Tunes: How Harry.
 * Precision F-Strike: "I love you all. Except you Draco, I can't fucking stand you."
 * Race Lift: Cho Chang is a southern white girl (played for humor because of her name.) Likewise, Lavender Brown is now an Asian girl.
 * Bellatrix is played by a black actress, but it doesn't alter how the character is portrayed.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: "No! There isn't! The joke's on you Potter, I don't care about anybody!" "I know. And that's why you're such a piece of shit."
 * Rhetorical Question Blunder:
 * Rhetorical Question Blunder:

Ron: Yes.

Hermione: Yeah.

Harry: Absolutely."

"Draco: You know, I thought that destroying a Horcrux would be harder.
 * Romantic False Lead: Bellatrix, and Cho to a lesser extent.
 * Rousing Speech: Made by Ron, leading up to "Voldemort Is Going Down".
 * Running Gag: Several, most of which are repeated in the sequel.
 * "Thanks, Hermione"
 * Ron eating
 * Malfoy rolling around inexplicably
 * "Schlongbottom"
 * "I'm bleeding!"
 * "You never tell a girl that you like her, it makes you look like an idiot!"
 * Pigfarts.
 * Wizards of Waverly Place.
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Quirrell and Voldemort, respectively.
 * Shave and a Haircut: The sting is played when one of the musicians breaks the fourth wall and hands Ron a snack.
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts: Cedric and Cho.
 * Slouch of Villainy: Possibly what Draco is constantly attempting to do.
 * The sequel inplies that he's actually trying to
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Draco is a petite blonde soprano who struts around bragging about the most nonsensical of things, while attempting to strike cool poses and failing epically. His overall manner is so bizarre that Harry and friends have trouble responding to his bullying.
 * Smooch of Victory: After defeating Voldemort, Harry and Ginny have a moment of wild abandon. Ron is totally okay with it.
 * Southern Belle: Cho Chang
 * Stealth Pun: "No, that's behind me now..."
 * Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion: "You're tall and fun and pretty, you're really really skinny... Cho Chang!"
 * "When I rule the world, I'll have flowers!" "When I rule the world I'll have... snakes!"
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial: Draco would never, ever take Hermione to the Yule Ball. Ever. Not even if they were the last couple on Earth and she looked so beautiful in her ballgown that every time he looked at her he got butterflies in his tummy. Not even then.
 * The Song Before the Storm / The Eleven O'Clock Number : "Voldemort is Going Down"
 * Strange Minds Think Alike: The attach-a-snake-to-wiener spell.
 * Squirt? Only Harry Potter likes that.
 * Take That: Towards the original work.
 * The Horcruxes take it pretty hard, and so do Hufflepuffs.

Ron: Yeah. When you think about it, Horcruxes are just stupid."

"Ron: If I had a Horcrux, I would drop it in the bottom of the ocean. Or I would put it in a pyramid with King Tut and all of his jewels. Or I would blast it into space with a monkey who knew nothing about Horcruxes.
 * Also the Great Camping Debacle:

Hermione: Or it could be hidden somewhere around the mundane British countryside. Our search could entail months of depressing camping, breaking into Gringotts, and drinking boatloads of Polyjuice Potion.

Harry: Well, the medallion says that's dumb, so we're not gonna do that."

"Hermione: Kind of like a Triwizard Tournament!
 * They don't pull any punches on Polyjuice Potion either. Or the Time-Turner.
 * Quirrell has a subtle one at the Triwizard Tournament from the book... in reference to there being two teams from Hogwarts:

Quirrell: Yes, sort of like the Triwizard Tournament, except no, not like that at all…There are four houses, how can it be the Triwizard Tournament with four teams?"

"Harry: Well, looks like all the professors so... Butterbeers on me!"
 * There's digs at other works too, such as the Spider-Man movies and Lost.
 * Talking the Monster to Death: In this case, singing: When Harry confronts the Hungarian Horntail he summons his guitar and sings "The Dragon Song" to lower its guard...and then promptly puts it into a headlock, counts to three and declares victory.
 * This Is for Emphasis, Bitch: In addition to a paraphrase of Mrs. Weasley's famous line, we get "Voldemort out, bitches!"
 * Title Drop: Not with the play, but with the company and, perhaps accidentally, the company's YouTube account. When Draco is going on about Harry having a rocketship he says, "Moonshoes Potter? Starkid Potter."
 * Too Dumb to Live: Cornelius Fudge.
 * Transparent Closet: Dumbledore. He says Scarf of Sexual Preference called him "gay as the Fourth of July".
 * Truck Driver's Gear Change: At the end of "Missing You".
 * Three Teacher School: The only teachers we see are Snape, Quirrell, and Headmaster Dumbledore. And all end up leaving the school.

"Dumbledore: Harry, do you know what a love shield is?
 * Two-Act Structure: Despite the light-heartedness of the whole show, there's a noticeable change in tone for the second act that comes from following the events of the books.
 * It is probably unintentional but the structure of the two acts seems to be an invert of the structure of Rent. In Rent, the first act is set on one night and the second is an entire year. In this show the first act is set in the first half of a school year (from arrival to Christmas) where the second act takes place on one day.
 * This somewhat mirrors the events in the final book, where the first 25 chapters (roughly just more than half of the book) encompass nearly nine months, and the last 11 chapters comprise two days of action.
 * Unholy Matrimony: Voldemort and Bellatrix had this relationship, though it's seriously strained due to
 * Unnecessary Combat Roll: Minus the combat. Basically, Draco is always trying to strike a cool pose but instead ends up falling on the ground. He then acts like he did it intentionally and ends up looking even more hilariously ridiculous.
 * Villainous BSOD: Voldemort spends most of the second act in one over, though he's surprisingly casual about it.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Voldemort and Quirrell are a mild version of type two
 * Villains Out Shopping: Voldemort's first scene has him bickering with Quirrell about laundry.
 * Villain Song: "Dance Again", which starts with Voldemort tap dancing and ends with a Death Eater kick line.
 * Draco's solo during "Goin' Back To Hogwarts" ("This year you bet I'm gonna get outta here / the reign of Malfoy is drawing near"), though not really any other times he sings, as he's nicer by that point.
 * Visual Pun: Another possible interpretation of what it is Malfoy's always doing: "slitherin'".
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: Voldemort after he gets his body back.
 * Was It All a Lie?: Quirrell wonders this about Voldemort.
 * The Watson: Ginny fulfills this role, what with the trio and the others being in their second year and well-established.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Neville using the Disarming Spell to pants Malfoy.
 * What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway??:

Harry: No, but it sounds kinda fruity."

"Voldemort: Quirrell, we are going to get you laid."
 * What Is This Feeling?: Draco during "Granger Danger". Ron goes through it too but it's not nearly as noticable.
 * What Would X Do?: "What would Harry do?" and "What would Zac Efron say at a time like this?" (Answer: We're all in this together!)
 * World of Ham
 * You Need to Get Laid:

A Very Potter Sequel
"Harry: ...I make weird covers of Disney songs, who does that?"
 * Actor Allusion: Darren Criss refers to his actual hobby of covering Disney songs.

"Lily: "You're such an asshole... that's so charming.""
 * Harry also gets sorted as Metrosexual which is quite amusing considering how Camp Straight Darren Criss actually is.
 * Both in A Very Potter Sequel and Me and My Dick Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Mathathia's character leaves in the end of the play, and even uses the exact same piece of dialogue: "I could travel the world. I've always wanted to see Venice."
 * Actress Brittany Coleman plays Dean Thomas, who sounds just like Gary Coleman.
 * Affectionate Parody: Word of God says that Hermione's song "The Coolest Girl" is supposed to be a send up to female power ballads that every girl uses as an audition song a la "On My Own" and "Part Of Your World".
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Mocked with Lily

"Draco: I am Draco Malfoy. I am a racist, I despise gingers and mudbloods, I hate Gryffindor house and my parents work for the man who killed your parents. Do you want to be my friend?
 * Alpha Bitch: Cho.
 * Anguished Declaration of Love: Unfortunately,, but fortunately he finds a Second Love in
 * Arc Words: The idea of "going back to Hogwarts" goes from a callback to the original musical, to an allusion to all the time travel, to a final speech about returning to Hogwarts each year that highlights the specialness of Harry Potter and Starkid fandoms themselves.
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Done with Harry and Draco for laughs.

Harry: You hate Gryffindor house? Get out of my face, Malfoy!"

"Harry: We spent time here, we made friends here, and that's a part of us. 'Cause Hogwarts is bigger than us, it's bigger than any of its founders. And it's gonna be around long after we're gone. Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day. That's the thing about Hogwarts: no matter how long you're away from it, there's always a way back."
 * Attractive Bent Gender: The best way to do this trope... THE UMBRIDGE WAY! Okay, who put the extremely well muscled, very handsome guy into the short, tight pink dress with cut-off sleeves? Don't look at me like that, his muscles ripple through the shirt! This costume for Umbridge is almost as distracting as his shirtless costume for Voldemort!
 * Author Filibuster: Brilliantly used at the end before "Get Back to Hogwarts" to provide praise for the source material. Think of Hogwarts as a metaphor for the Harry Potter series.

"Umbridge: Guess who gets to be Headmaster/Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher now?
 * Ax Crazy:
 * Beyond the Impossible: Ron gets a Bertie Botts bean...with the flavor of defeat. As a meta example, Joe Walker managed to make Umbridge popular. Don't believe me? Check the youtube comments section.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate:  Their agendas are initially unrelated, but they eventually team up to kill Harry.
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Blatant Lies: "... Yes! Probably the work... of that infamous Hogwarts jaguar."
 * Black Comedy Rape/Victim Falls For Rapist:
 * Book Ends: A "Back to Hogwarts" song -.
 * Brick Joke: "600 elves die in toilet related accidents every year."
 * Butt Monkey: Once again, HERMIONE, even more so than in her second year. And also Draco again. Neville is beaten up by Harry and the other students, because Cho is crying. Harry explicitly attacks Neville without any belief that he's responsible simply because it's simpler than finding out why.
 * Snape might also qualify, as he seems to get shot down at every opportunity, in addition to being repeatedly called a "butt trumpet".

Snape: Me?!

Ron: Snape?

Umbridge: No! Me! Your mama! UMBRIDGE!"

""I've got it down to Gilderoy Lockhart, Mad-Eye Moody, and some fella named SQUIRREL! Now I don't want anyone dangerous, so I think I'm gonna go with the Squirrel.""
 * Call Back / Call Forward: Many to the original. Such as:
 * "My friends... I think we're going back!"
 * "Did somebody say Ron Weasley?"
 * "What the devil is going on here?"
 * The Scarf of Sexual Preference and the Sorting Hat are set up for their wedding and honeymoon.
 * Sirius is the one to tell the boys to never tell a girl you like her, it makes you look like an idiot.
 * At the end, Dumbledore discusses the candidates to replace Lupin as DADA teacher.

"Harry: * Sigh* I'll make it work."
 * 's absence in the original is explained.
 * There are some jokes about Pigfarts and Rumbleroar, which are left unexplained when Draco tries to pass them off as
 * Dumbledore invites Umbridge to take a dip in Hogwarts' secret swimming pool; this is after the waiter at a restaurant refers to them as two "Strapping young gentlemen."
 * Dumbledore's first line is "Draco, ya little shit!"
 * Shortly followed by "Call me Dumbledore, or else."
 * The blue headband Ron wore in AVPM is used by Harry to cover his scar. He later gives it to Ron.
 * Spider-Man is used again as an example during some heart-warming dialogue between Ron and Hermione.
 * Harry, Ron, and Hermione, this timed joined by Yaxley, yet again call out less mainstream character names in order to figure out a mystery. In the first musical, it was who betrayed Hogwarts. In the sequel, it's
 * Ron says the line "We are in such a pickle."
 * Dumbledore restores the Zefron poster to it's place of glory at the end of the show.
 * Complete with Voldemort sticking his head through it. "It's good to be back."
 * "From now on, boy, you and me - we're tight."
 * Unlike Crabbe, Goyle and, knows that the countercurse to the Jelly-Legs Jinx is just "Unjellify!"
 * "I'm bleeding!"
 * Draco wants you to know that "He's really nice now!"
 * "Well chocolate frogs! Harry Potter did it y'all!"
 * In her first scene, Umbridge promises the girls that this year is gonna be "totally awesome".
 * Using magic to do something mundane: Ron using "Accio" on a double-stuff Oreo; Lupin using "Alohamora" to open his flask.
 * Cho also says "Lumos" while pulling out a flashlight.
 * The reprise version of.
 * The sting from Seinfeld playing whenever Ron enters a scene.
 * Harry and Ron insist that you can't have more than two friends, providing an explanation for why they were so reluctant to include Ginny in their adventures in AVPM. Ron also pushes away from the Trio when they make contact just like he did with Ginny in AVPM.
 * Draco thinks Hogwarts is "going to the dogs".
 * Dumbledore is yet again described by Gryffindor students as "the wisest, kindest, most beautiful wizard."
 * Draco tries to sing a song again only for the stage lights to go down and him be cut off again.
 * Jim Povolo yet again plays a talking non-human who asks some characters to jump on his back before wistfully saying "To *insert wizarding school name here*!"
 * In his self-introduction, Malfoy admits that he's "a racist." That'd explain his "Go home, terrorist!" comment when he first meets Quirrel in AVPM.
 * The Cameo: Ginny and the Weasley boys.
 * Camp Gay: Scarfy, but it's played ironically with the joke being that he is unbelievably and unabashedly stereotypical in every way.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Ron's feelings for Hermione. But luckily we know how it works out for them.
 * Cardboard Boxes: Full of torture equipment. Knocked over, rebuilt, and knocked over again.
 * Catch Phrase: "Did you get my text?"
 * Not to mention an extension of a line from the original: "I'm bleeding!"
 * "That's absurd!"
 * "...well you didn't text me back!"
 * Chekhov's Classroom:
 * Chekhov's Gun:  What can't they do?
 * Anything with Big/Little D.
 * The.
 * To a lesser extent,
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: So, did Cedric Diggory meet and fall in love with Cho Chang between her first and second year, in some Grease-like summer fling which continued on after he transferred to Hogwarts? (We know, of course, that it's because his actor is playing Lucius but still needs a mention).
 * Well, it could make sense, seeing as Harry doesn't know who Cedric Diggory is at the start of the original.
 * And where did Seamus and Dean disappear to during their second year?
 * Cluster F-Bomb: Lupin. Oh my god, Lupin.
 * Dumbledore, too, much more so than in the original.
 * Umbridge: "you chubby little f* ck!"
 * Coconut Superpowers: Apparently,  works by spinning around in place. Unlike Floo Powder, Apparation, and Portkeys, you don't have to yell
 * Continuity Nod: It's not mentioned but Dumbledore can be seen wearing his G-Unit bling
 * Crazy Homeless People: The kids initially mistake Lupin for one.
 * Lupin loudly protests that he is not homeless (anymore).
 * Crosscast Role: In addition to the examples from the original, Dolores Umbridge is played by Joe Walker, the actor who played Voldemort. Dean Thomas is Britney Coleman who played Bellatrix Lestrange. When the kids go back in time, all their "past selves" except Ron are crosscast, which in Draco's case makes it a guy playing a girl playing a guy. Hermione was played by Richard Campbell,or Neville Longbottom, Harry was played by Sango Tajima, or Lavender Brown, and Draco was played by Jim Povolo or Goyle. Also, most of the Weasley boys are cross cast in their cameo, as they just cast all of the extra actors according to their height.
 * The Dandy: Metrosexual!Harry
 * Crosscast Role: In addition to the examples from the original, Dolores Umbridge is played by Joe Walker, the actor who played Voldemort. Dean Thomas is Britney Coleman who played Bellatrix Lestrange. When the kids go back in time, all their "past selves" except Ron are crosscast, which in Draco's case makes it a guy playing a girl playing a guy. Hermione was played by Richard Campbell,or Neville Longbottom, Harry was played by Sango Tajima, or Lavender Brown, and Draco was played by Jim Povolo or Goyle. Also, most of the Weasley boys are cross cast in their cameo, as they just cast all of the extra actors according to their height.
 * The Dandy: Metrosexual!Harry
 * The Dandy: Metrosexual!Harry

"Snape: Where did the poster of headmaster Zefron go?
 * Dead All Along:
 * Death by Adaptation:
 * Demoted to Extra: Ginny goes from main Love Interest to cameo character, as she wasn't a student that year. Her actress, Jamie Lyn Beatty, plays Rita Skeeter instead.
 * Even though he had a small enough role in the original, Neville's stagetime is now divided between him, Dean, and Seamus.
 * Averted with Tyler Brunsman. In AVPM, Cedric sings one verse of a song, dies before the end of the first act, and is little more than a rival with Harry for Cho's love. In the sequel however, he has no less than two songs and is a regular scene stealer as Lucius Malfoy.
 * Did Not Do the Research: The Sandman DID NOT kill Uncle Ben.
 * Wasn't it retconned that he did in Spider-Man 3 though?
 * That was just in the movie, which Team Starkid already said sucked. In canon, Uncle Ben was killed by an ordinary burglar.
 * Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: Harry to Umbridge: "You can't hurt me! You're a teacher! Do your worst!" Cue Umbridge's Slasher Smile.
 * And "See you in hell, Harry Potter"
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty: Umbridge.
 * Drowning My Sorrows: Snape after the "Guys Like Potter" scene.
 * Mr. Fanservice: Lucius with his long hair, pants that are tighter than what scientists thought possible, and an army of death eaters stroking him sensually. Then there's the centaur... and Lupin who at one point lies on the ground coated in blood and wearing nothing but tight briefs.
 * As mentioned a number of times on this page, Joe Walker as Umbridge. Has his own fangirl brigade, which is kind of understandable. They keep putting the very attractive, well-muscled guy in tight/revealing clothing, even if it is Attractive Bent Gender of him.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Snape draws the line when Umbridge replaces the Zefron poster with one of Taylor Lautner.

Umbridge: I don't care for Zac Efron. Taylor Lautner's my man.

Snape: What do you want, you horrid b*tch?!"

"Remus Lupin: Oh shit! You guys are kids! I've got to watch my damn mouth around you little bastards! I'm sorry... Shoot! I've got to watch my damn mouth around you little bastards."
 * Possibly earlier, when he replaced "Mama's Little Love Hand" with a feather.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Cho.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Harry.
 * Evil Laugh: Umbridge. Although it's pretty weird, too.
 * Eyepatch of Power: Yaxley
 * Fan Disservice: The thought of Draco (or Lauren) being spanked is very hot. The thought of Draco being spanked because he has a messy diaper is not.
 * Fandom Nod:.
 * It's explained why Dumbledore was able to Dissapperate inside Hogwarts in the first Musical when Umbridge questions it after his escape- he never did, he just seems to say "Dissapperate" whenever he leaves a room.
 * Fantastic Arousal: Firenze seems to have a case of this when Ron runs his hand down his mane and back.
 * Fille Fatale: Cho
 * Flanderization: Cho, though it could be attributed to her personality being younger and more immature. Surprisingly averted with other characters.
 * Freeze-Frame Bonus: When Harry caught the snitch he went between two pillars and posed for a few seconds. If you pay attention, he is posed the same way as the (American) cover for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
 * Freudian Excuse: Draco and Umbridge.
 * Friendly Enemy: Ron & Snape, even more so than in the original. Even though he repeatedly says how much he hates Snape, they dance together and exchange high-fives during "Hermione Can't Draw", Snape leaps into Ron's arms when Sirius breaks into the castle, and Ron later tells Hermione that she may not be "...as fun as Harry, or as hot as Cho, or as cool as Snape..." in his Pet the Dog moment. He also asks "Snape?" hopefully both times Umbridge asks "Guess who the new Headmaster/Defense teacher is?"
 * Funny Background Event: In Act 1 Part 4, at the beginning of the scene between Snape, Lupin, and Harry, you can see Ron steal the candy trolley.
 * Gag Penis: Centaurs. Ron has to see it for himself.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: At the end: . Draco earlier said "In case you were wondering, the D stands for
 * Gosh Dang It to Heck: Lupin has to repeatedly Bowdlerize himself around the children.

"Firenze: MY CHEST!"
 * Groin Attack: Attemped, in a centaur, it fails

"I need to interview for the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. I've got it down to Gilderoy Lockhart, Mad-eye Moody and er, somebody called Squirrel. I don't want anybody dangerous though so I think I'm gonna go with the Squirrel."
 * Half-Human Hybrid:, being the offspring of a woman and a house-elf.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Horrible Judge of Character: Dumbledore.

"Mama Umbridge: Do you love them enough, to kill them?
 * Humiliation Conga: Literally, Hermione is humiliated and all the guys conga out of the room, singing about how she can't draw.
 * Hypocritical Humor:

Umbridge: Yeah... I think I do."

"Umbridge: But how am I supposed to kill the kids? I don't want to hurt them."
 * A few seconds later:

"Snape: Come on, Harry, don't make me the only one who drinks it.
 * Also:

Harry: Okay. *touches one*

Snape: Don't touch that, it's mine!"

"Umbridge: Did you get my text?"
 * "I Am" Song/"I Want" Song: "The Coolest Girl."
 * I Call It Vera: Umbridge has a paddle with a bunch of nails sticking out of it. She calls it "Momma's Little Love Hand."
 * Incompatible Orientation: Dumbledore and Umbridge.
 * Incoming Ham: "WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?!?!"
 * "What the devil is going on here?!"
 * Umbridge gets this and doesn't even say anything. All we hear are her footsteps.
 * She is later often announced by texting.

"Dean: *to Crabbe and Goyle* You don't like Umbridge? I thought you two would get along, seeing as she's a bitch and you guys are dicks.
 * Insult Backfire:

Crabbe: That's what I was thinking, but no such luck!"

"Draco: My name is Draco Malfoy. I am a racist. I despite gingers and mudbloods. I hate Gryffindor House, and my parents work for the man who killed your parents. Do you want to be my friend?
 * I Take Offense to That Last One: When Draco introduces himself.

Harry: You hate Gryffindor House? Get out of my face, Malfoy!"

"Lucius: Surrender yourself Potter, or I'll torture your friend.
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Umbridge has a whole scene with the girls for this purpose but the moment that really does it is when she makes fun of Harry's parents.
 * Lucius crumpling up the drawing Draco gave him.
 * After Lucius' big revelation to Draco, he tries to torture him, but instead hits Hermione. After seeing how much this affects Draco, he continues to torture her simply to spite Draco.
 * Also, earlier in that scene
 * After Lucius' big revelation to Draco, he tries to torture him, but instead hits Hermione. After seeing how much this affects Draco, he continues to torture her simply to spite Draco.
 * Also, earlier in that scene

Draco: Daddy! Daddy, it's me! Would you really torture your own son?

Lucius: Draco? ...Surrender yourself Potter, or I'll kill your friend!"

"Remus Lupin: (coughs) Lupin shouldn't have to pay for that."
 * Lame Excuse: When Rita Skeeter finds him in in his underwear and covered in deer blood, next to a freshly eviscerated deer, Lupin claims that it's a Gryffindor Quidditch tradition. He then forces a crying Neville to eat some of it to reinforce this.
 * Later he claims a jaguar is what caused all the damage the werewolf did... including messing up his office.

"Harry: [sombre] But this is all so sad, I mean, my Mom and Dad were killed long ago...
 * Lampshade Hanging: Constantly. There's even a bit of a metafictional one at the start, when Lucius laments that there "literally" isn't any way to move forward. This might refer to the writers being stuck in a corner by writing so much of Deathly Hallows into the first show without expecting to do a sequel, so they have to do (more or less) a prequel instead.
 * Large Ham: Snape, Lucius, Umbridge, Arthur, Rita Skeeter, and to a lesser extent, Firenze.
 * Luke, I Am Your Father: Draco's real father is.
 * Magic Skirt: Despite all the dancing & spinning, we never get a look at what Joe Walker is wearing underneath that dress.
 * Make Wrong What Once Went Right : Lucius' plan, basically.
 * Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number:
 * "Harry Freaking Potter"
 * "Days of Summer", which morphs into a reprise of at the end.
 * Metaphorgotten: During Ron's speech to Hermione about Spider-Man.
 * Mood Whiplash: Snape tells Dumbledore that "My actions caused the death of the only person I ever loved...", to which Dumbledore replies "Well my story's a hundred times funnier than that!"
 * In "Harry Freakin' Potter":

Cheery background chorus: Long ago, they died!"

"Snape: "So many assholes in this place; so many assholes in my face!"
 * After Lucius destroys Draco's picture, he exits by trust-falling into the arms of (and being dragged out by) a death eater.
 * At the end of "Stutter" when Harry
 * "Guys Like Potter" has a very sad subject matter (Snape's worst memory) but the lyrics are hilarious.

Lucius: "But now you're alone, left to pout and moan, 'cause you were totally pwned.""

"Umbridge: Now that Dumbledore's gone, guess who gets to be Headmaster now?
 * During the  we start with a touching song, slip into a few quick spell jokes in the middle then its back into the, now, even more heartwarming song.
 * Mr. Exposition: Ron and Rita Skeeter both play this role in "Harry Freaking Potter".
 * Musicalis Interruptus: If you listen when the gang is singing, "Lupin Can't Sing", Lupin tried singing, "I'm Remus Freaking Lupin".
 * Also, once again Draco tries to sing a solo before the big quidditch game, but only is able to sing a few notes.
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Type C. During their first year, nobody can get Hermione's name right, and the variations they come up with are quite hilarious. Harry finally gets it right while assuring Hermione that they really are friends, only to forget it again immediately once he realises this.
 * In their defense, "Hermione" is a hard name to pronounce. This troper used to pronounce it "HER-moyne" until book 4.
 * Lucius apparently doesn't know how to pronounce Draco's name. Unless, of course, Lucius is pronouncing it correctly and Draco is getting it wrong.
 * Mythology Gag: Since Sirius's Animagus ability is never mentioned in the musical, Rita Skeeter's description of him as a "murderous dog" is this instead of foreshadowing.
 * Never My Fault: "Look what you've done now Potter!!", says Draco after ripping his own drawing (that he had given to Harry to make fun of him, and then stolen back).
 * Non Identical Selves: When the kids go back in time and they see themselves in the past, they're all played by people in the play who look nothing like them. Draco is played by the tallest guy in the show Hermione is played by a husky man, Ron is played by a much skinnier guy , and Harry is a petite Asian girl in an afro wig.
 * Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Once again, almost everyone--Draco, Snape, and Lucius being exceptions. Also, Seamus Finnigan, whose main character trait in the books is being really really Irish, is played with an over-the-top cockney accent (intentionally for humor, of course). Rita Skeeter's accent also veers from Southern to New York, with a little English mixed in.
 * Not His Sled:
 * Not So Different: Umbridge sees a younger version of herself in Hermione. This revelation causes Hermione to break down crying.
 * Obvious Object Could Be Anything: Hermione gives Ron and Harry a gift that is obviously a book, but they conclude it's a puppy.
 * Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Joe Moses (Snape) drops his over-the-top British accent during "Guys Like Potter" when he says "I don't need help from a filthy little Mudblood like her!" during Although it might have been on purpose, i.e., he only became the bizarre and eccentric model we now see because
 * Overly Long Gag: When Harry goes into the train compartment with Professor Lupin, he opens the (imaginary) door, walks in and shuts it. A few moments later Ron comes along and engages in a complicated routine involving vault locks, thumbprint and retinal scanners, codes, door chains, more locks, keycards and two sets of doors to get into the same compartment. The routine is topped off when he finally makes it into the compartment and the sting from Seinfeld plays.
 * Paedo Hunt: When Umbridge accuses Lupin of doing inappropriate things with his students (teaching them about Patronuses) he exclaims "Cho, I was only joking!"
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: The Death Eaters when they try and kill Harry on the train and the Quidditch field. They even keep the distinctive Death Eater mask.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: Draco's first scene has him casually admitting that he's a racist (who hates gingers, mudbloods, and Gryffindor house).
 * Power-Up Food: In a Running Gag, Red Vines are Ron's Power-Up Food, and every other character respects their awesome power.
 * Precision B Strike: "Nothing. Just bitches ruining my life."
 * The most memorable line from "The Coolest Girl," also qualifies.
 * Precision F-Strike: Lucius.
 * Harry: "A year ago, I was a Muggle doushebag living under some stairs. But now, I can fly, turn invisible... and I just travelled the f*ck back in time!"
 * Product Placement: "Red Vines: What the hell can't they do?"
 * Promoted to Love Interest:
 * Pure Awesomeness:  -- "I hope you're wearing diapers, 'cause you're about to shit your pants!"
 * Really Gets Around: Cho
 * Red Herring:
 * The Red Stapler: Red Vines
 * Running Gag:
 * (Phone rings) "Oh that's me!"
 * "Did you get my text?" "Yes." "Well you didn't text me back."
 * "As James's best friend..."
 * Draco "learning to use the potty".
 * Someone insulting someone else in a ridiculously silly fashion, and then asking the insulted party if they feel foolish. (Usually Lupin.)
 * "Who looks stupid now? You do!"
 * Lupin's swearing causes all the kids to gasp and cover their ears... despite the fact pretty much everyone else swears.
 * People misidentifying Lupin in  form as another kind of monster.
 * Lupin  calling Snape a "butt trumpet" (which he even admits to having in one scene).
 * Crookshanks popping out of nowhere.
 * People calling Hermione a "night troll".
 * Seamus's cursing. He keeps "Bloody" in there, but only uses the traditional "hell" once. He then follows it up with ass, tits, bitch, etc.
 * Snape trying to take empty jobs; he tries to get both  jobs, but they are both taken by Umbridge.

Snape: Me?

Ron: Snape?

Umbridge: NO! Me! Your mama, Umbridge!"

"There's no way we're gonna leave it up to chance,
 * The Scream: Dumbledore's reaction to finding out Umbridge is a woman.
 * Screw Yourself:
 * Series Continuity Error: In AVPM, Lavender Brown & Pansy Parkinson were Ravenclaws, part of Cho Chang's Girl Posse. Here, Lavender is wearing a Gryffindor necktie and Pansy is wearing a Hufflepuff necktie. This could possibly be because without Cedric (whose actor is playing Lucius) the house is unrepresented.
 * Actually given that Dumbledore says in A Very Potter Musical that he put "everyone who looked like a good guy in Gryffindor, everyone who looked like a bad guy into Slytherin and the other two can go wherever the hell they want," it kind of makes sense that they could switch places to be in the same house as Cho and join her Girl Posse, rather than stay in Hufflepuff House.
 * Ship Tease: Ron and Hermione, a strange example since we already saw them hook up.
 * Lupin and Cho, of all people, get some.
 * Also,
 * Remus and Sirius.
 * Slasher Smile: Umbridge, after Harry tells her to do her worst. The only thing that could've made it creepier was if Joe Walker was capable of rotating his head 180 degrees.
 * The Slow Path: Draco, at the end.
 * Something Else Also Rises: Ron's broomstick, when Hermione hugs him.
 * The Song Before the Storm / The Eleven O'Clock Number : "No Way".

There's no damn way we're gonna go without a fight!"

"Dumbledore: Quidditch is a special sport just for wizards, and boy, is it silly!"
 * Smoking Hot Sex: After Firenze, he has a cigarette the next time we see him.
 * Which simply has to be weed. Just look at the guy!
 * Stable Time Loop: The kids' first year at Hogwarts, according to . It was totally the same before and after before he got involved in time-travel; it just didn't make any sense until living it the second time through.
 * There's even a Stable Time Loop within a Stable Time Loop.
 * Stealth Pun: Cho Chang is upset that since she's not allowed to flirt, Flitwick will fail her. Flitwick teaches Charms.
 * Those Red Vines that Ron keeps eating and eventually uses to cast a spell, they're licorice wands.
 * Stock Femur Bone: One gets thrown into a cauldron.
 * Strange Minds Think Alike: "In case you were wondering... the "D"/"d" stands for my weiner!"
 * Take a Third Option: Umbridge asks the Sorting Hat if he's Team Edward or Team Jacob. He instead says he's Team Dumbledore!
 * Dumbledore has to either kiss the dementors or Umbridge. He decides neither and magically disappears!
 * Take That: "Let's get rid of that piece of trash!"
 * "Charms sucks, Potions sucks, Transfiguration sucks!" "Yeah, but Satanic Rituals, that one's cool."
 * Additionally, in the spirit of the originals, there are one or two at canon itself.
 * Additionally, in the spirit of the originals, there are one or two at canon itself.

"Cho: How am I supposed to remain abstinent when I've got a reputation to maintain? [begins to cry] Professor Flitwick is gonna fail me now."
 * Tastes Like Friendship: In their very first meeting, Harry and Ron bond over... Red Vines.
 * Teacher-Student Romance: Lupin hits on Cho in a "he's only joking if she's not up for it" way. Later she expresses disappointment they won't be able to act on it.
 * Also:

"Umbridge: ‎Tell me, Sorting Hat, are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?
 * Terminator Twosome: Lucius and.
 * That Makes Me Feel Angry: In a nod to Capslock!Harry from the books and the narmy scene from the third movie: "I'M IN A RAGE!... THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!"
 * Hilarious, since he is, at worst, mildly peeved.
 * That Poor Cat: Harry throws Crookshanks to distract the werewolf.
 * This Is Reality:

Sorting Hat: I'm Team Dumbledore!

Umbridge: What? Dumbledore ain't a fictional character!"


 * Those Two Guys: Seamus and Dean.
 * Throw the Dog a Bone: In spite of, Draco finds a in , who also
 * Time Travel: The plot involves the Death Eaters of the present running around the previous year.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Yaxley, twice falling for the exact same trick.
 * Took a Level In Badass: . Not only does he not stumble around as much as he did in his first and second years, he also became ruler of the centaurs and freed Sirius Black. Oh, and he also carries around a sword in his robe and a revolver in his sock.
 * Totally Radical: Umbridge promises the girls that having her as a teacher is going to be (with fingerquotes) "Totally awesome!"
 * Training From Hell: Umbridge plans to whip the girls into shape "The Umbridge Way", which includes doing 500 push-ups a day, and a diet consisting of "protein shakes, falcon eggs, and ROCKS!"
 * Tyrant Takes the Helm: Professor Umbridge. (But now with a Woman Scorned Backstory.)
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal: Inverted.
 * Verbal Tic: Umbridge pronounces "Children" as "Chillens".
 * Villain Opening Scene
 * Villain Song: "Stutter" and "It's Not Over Yet."
 * Villainous BSOD: Umbridge, after Firenze defeats her.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: Lupin wears only his underwear after transforming.
 * And Firenze, who never wears a shirt
 * Walk This Way: Snape pulls this on the boys.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy:, overlapping with Toilet Humour.
 * We later find out that he's trying to please.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?: Crabbe & Goyle's bullying of Hermione & Ron consists entirely of shaking them.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: .   briefly mentions that he's bedridden with heartache in Slytherin dorms when he first appears, but he is never seen again, even when the year ends... unless that's him being friendly and singing with the Trio at the end.
 * Lampshaded at the end of the sequel:
 * Writer Revolt: It seems the writers/creators have mixed thoughts about their decision to censor and edit A Very Potter Musical to something worthy of a PG-13 once it caught on with younger audiences online. Though censored F-bombs and edits appear in the sequel too, Lupin and other new characters seem to been written specifically with Cluster S Bombs and similar frequent (but PG-13-appropriate!) profanity sewn into their personalities, and in a sly nod to the original censorship, the kid characters (now only eleven!) cover their ears anytime Lupin swears.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Cho freakin' Chang.