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'''Jeff:''' ''Probably. But that's an easy fix. One line of dialogue. "[[As You Know|Thank God we invented]] the, you know, [[Phlebotinum|whatever device.]]"''
'''Nick:''' ''Of course.'' }}
* In the book ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', in order to travel to a plot-important location, Harry and Dumbledore must sneak out of the school to a completely deserted street in a nearby village, from which they can then [[Teleporters and Transporters|Apparate]]. In [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|the film]], the following time-saving exchange occurs:
{{quote|'''Dumbledore:''' ''Take my arm.''
'''Harry:''' ''Sir, I thought you couldn't Apparate [[Magic A Is Magic A|within Hogwarts]].''
'''Dumbledore:''' ''Well…Well... being me has its privileges.'' }}
** A reasonable interpretation would be that he wrote the spells involved, so he left himself a backdoor.
*** That is actually explicitly stated later in the book; the spell preventing Apparition within Hogwarts (the Anti-Apparition Jinx) is under the control of the headmaster and can be temporarily deactivated. That's how Hogwarts is able to hold Apparition lessons inside the Great Hall; it was a scheduled activity and the Headmaster switched off the protections in the Great Hall for the duration.