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* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: As a child
** A good case can be made that she still wants to be special even as an adult and that she is just overcompensating her "normal life" because she is fully aware of it, which also leads to her treatment of Harry, {{spoiler|which she is later implied to regret like Dudley.}}
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: When Harry and the Dursleys part for the last time, there's a moment when Petunia looks like she wants to say something kind to Harry, but ultimately she can't do it and just continues on out the door. In a [[Deleted Scene]] from [[Harry Potter
* [[Meaningful Name]]: In the language of flowers, petunias symbolise anger and resentment.
* [[Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher]]: Petunia seems to have the idea that her teenage son is just an oversized toddler and treats him accordingly. Dudley doesn't seem to mind, as it makes her easy to manipulate. He just has to act upset in front of her and she'll give her "Diddykins" whatever he wants.
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* [[Kids Are Cruel]]
* [[Large and In Charge]]: "Piers, Dennis, Malcolm, and Gordon were all big and stupid, but as Dudley was the biggest and stupidest of the lot, he was the leader."
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: He's the one who gets favored.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Dumbledore makes the interesting case that what the Dursleys have done to Dudley is actually worse than what they did to Harry.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Especially in the film version of
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
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** There was a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFbbc_kd-Tw scene shot] for ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1]]'' which would have shown that Dudley had grown up and rejected his parents' hatred of Harry, but it was left out of the film.
== Marjorie "Marge" Dursley (Pam Ferris) ==
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