Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)/Funny

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Draco Malfoy the Amazing Bouncing Ferret.
  • Harry Potter's secret heartache? What's ailing you now?
  • Re: Arthur Weasley's eccentricities:

Molly Weasley: Your father thinks very highly of Mad-Eye Moody.
Fred Weasley: Yeah, well, Dad collects plugs, doesn't he?

  • Divination homework, doing a month's worth of self-predictions filled with every human misery possible. "You seem to be drowning twice." "Oh am I? ... I'd better change one of them to getting trampled by a rampaging hippogriff." Made even better by the fact that Professor Trewlaney loved it.
    • Made even better, when you realize that all of his made-up predictions come true (in a matter of speaking) during the course of the book.
      • Harry never got trampled by a rampaging hippogriff, though.
      • However, he did almost drown twice. Guess you don't get any points for redos.
  • Just after Harry opens the egg and it emits a horrible screeching noise: George: "I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing. Maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower."
    • Hilariously so, he would be more or less right a year ago.
  • Dumbledore meets Rita Skeeter:

Skeeter: How are you? I hope you saw my piece over the summer about the International Confederation of Wizards' Conference?
Dumbledore: Enchantingly nasty. I particularly enjoyed your description of me as an obsolete dingbat.

  • Another case, where Harry and Dumbledore are trying to cheer up Hagrid after Skeeter writes about his being half-giant:

Harry: Really, you shouldn't worry about what that Skeeter cow- er, sorry Professor.
Dumbledore: I have gone temporarily deaf and have no idea what you just said, Harry.
Harry: Erm... right.

  • The old wizard Archie, who, attempting to pass as a Muggle, wears Muggle clothing... which, unfortunately, happens to be a nightgown.

Ministry wizard: Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these.
Archie: I'm not putting them on. I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks.

  • When Harry meets Percy at the Yule Ball and Percy mentions how he's been promoted "As if he were announcing his election as supreme ruler of the universe."
  • After Fred mentions the Yule Ball:

Ron: Who're you going with, then?
Fred: Angelina.
Ron: What? You've already asked her?
Fred: Good point. (calling across the room) Oi! Angela!
Angelina: What?
Fred: Want to come to the ball with me?
Angelina: All right, then.
Fred: (to Harry and Ron) There you go, piece of cake.

    • Especially funny compared to Harry's agony over asking Cho.
  • Surprised no one has mentioned how the Bulgarian Minister of Magic played like he couldn’t understand English just to play a joke at the British Minister of Magic’s expense. Who knows how long he did that before he finally let it slip he did know english.
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