Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

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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.

Tropes used in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 include:

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.

  • 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 tosses a killing curse at him, which backfires horribly. Again. 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 the fight between Neville and Nagini. In the book, Neville decapitates her without resistance from her in a moment of surprise, albeit whilst on fire. In the film, he decapitates her mid-launch at a helpless Ron and Hermione. Yes, also extremely satisfying.
    • We also get to see Ron and Hermione enter the Chamber of Secrets, 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 (a cup, theoretically Helga Hufflepuff's but maybe anybody's). This same ability allows him to learn that Nagini is a Horcrux, and another is connected to Rowena Ravenclaw, and later to sense the presence of the diadem in the Room of Requirement, hidden in a velvet jewel box instead of sitting on a warlock statue.
    • 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 essentially arranges Voldemort's downfall. But in the movie, most of his conversation with Harry at King's Cross 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 Voldemort's Killing Curse in the forest failed to work on Harry, leaving his survival (and why it had to be Voldemort himself who cast the curse) a mystery with no "movie-canon" explanation. While it does explicitly explain why the Elder Wand wouldn't work properly for Voldemort in the film (and the failure of the Killing Curse could be explained simply by that), and InfoDumpledore also mentions that Voldemort's Soul Fragment 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:

I know who he is! I know what he's done! He defiled it! With dark magic!!!

    • Also in this film Ron has a minor one in the Room of Requirement when Hermione is attacked:

*starting to run after Draco, Goyle, and Zabini* That's my girlfriend, you numpty!!

Harry: C'mon Tom. Lets finish this the way we started. Together.

    • Not to mention his refusal to help Dolores Umbridge;

Harry: You're lying, Dolores. And you mustn't tell lies.

  • Big Damn Heroes: Neville jumping out to kill Nagini with the Sword of Gryffindor.
  • The Big Damn Kiss: Between Ron and Hermione after destroying the Hufflepuff's Cup Horcrux and being engulfed in a torrent of water caused by it.
  • 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 Voldemort walks across a floor strewn with blood and the bodies of the guards and goblins who let Harry steal his Horcrux from Gringotts.
  • 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 two anchors to keep him alive, his body starts necrotizing…
  • Bond Villain Stupidity: In the climax of the film, Voldemort has Harry tied up in his robes. When we get back to the duo after a cut to the hunt for Nagini, he is just slapping him. Harry, the boy he had set out to kill, is defenseless in front of him, and he's resorting to slapping when he could kill him at any time with the Elder Wand. This may, however, qualify as a result of his Villainous Breakdown.
  • Book Ends:
    • A musical variation: The film ends with the exact same music that the first film ended with.
  • Bullet Time: A "wand time" variant shows up at several points.
  • Call Back: There's a callback to Prisoner of Azkaban, where Sirius tells Harry "The ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here." *points at Harry's heart*

Harry: "He won't be able to see you?"
Sirius: "No. We're here, you see." *points at Harry's heart*

  • 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: Fenrir and Scabior. Neither were killed in the book.
    • Goyle, to an extent. He falls into the fire.
  • 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.

Ron: I learnt that from Harry -- he talks in his sleep, did you know that?
Hermione: (looking a bit flustered) No...of course not!

Griphook: I said I'd get you in. I didn't say anything about getting you out.

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.

  • 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: An enraged Molly Weasley casts a curse on Bellatrix that freezes her in place and dessicates her... followed by a blast that shatters her into a million pieces.
  • 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 Neville killing Nagini. 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: Bellatrix, Nagini, and Voldemort.
  • Oh Crap: Neville has a an Oh Crap look on his face when the barrier around Hogwarts fades, and hundreds of Voldemort's mooks come rushing towards the bridge he's guarding.
  • Oh Crap: Snape, when he realizes that Voldemort believes that Snape is the true master of the Elder Wand and thus Voldemort must kill him to gain the wand's allegiance. It ends badly for him.
  • 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 Snape cradling Lily's dead body.
  • Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: Molly's famous line before she kills Bellatrix who was attacking Ginny:

Molly: Not my daughter, you bitch!

  • 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 deflects bombardment for a while, but actually disintegrates humans that try to breach it.
  • 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 Horcrux flashbacks and Snape's Pensieve memories.
  • Tempting Fate: After Griphook abandoned the Golden Trio, Ron commented that at least they still had Bogrod. Bogrod was then burned to death by a dragon.
  • Tranquil Fury:
    • As Professor McGonagall calmly and silently completely overwhelms the Carrow siblings as well as Snape at the Great Hall, knocking out the former and forcing the latter to flee.
    • 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 Harry's "death" to a crowd. It's... less than satisfactory and is becoming the stuff of Memetic Mutation.

HEH-HEH-Heeehhh!

  • 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, like the goblins and workers in Gringotts, or the human guards at Azkaban. Dumbledore, described by most characters as the most powerful wizard alive (for awhile, anyway) 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 as his Horcruxes are destroyed. This results in him randomly killing Pius Thicknesse 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?: Voldemort's reaction after everybody finds out Harry has survived the killing curse again.
  • 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 and three of them end up disintegrating. 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.


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