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** A lot of fanfics ended up being victimized when it turned out Ginny is not a shorthand for Virginia Weasley, but Ginevra. Which could have been seen coming, considering that Ginevra is a British name (and an old one at that, as is popular among wizards) while Virginia is mostly an American one besides people like [[Virginia Woolf]].
* [[Trope Namer]]: These books named the following tropes:
** [[Draco in Leather Pants]] (via the fanfic ''[[
*** [[Ron the Death Eater]], a species of [[Character Derailment]] associated with the above.
** [[Golden Snitch]]
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** Who knew [[Takaya Hashi|Muno, Brock's father]] taught at a magic school?
** [[Batman Beyond|Terry McGinnis]] used be be a Keeper for Gryffindor.
** [[Urara Takano|Bellatrix]] is... [[Pokémon (
** [[Masashi Ebara|Voldemort]] is [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Van Hohenheim]] and [[Naruto|Might Guy]].
** [[Satoshi Hino|Cedric]] is [[Naruto|Sai]].
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** Ron is [[Shrek|Arthur]].
** Argus Filch is [[Powerpuff Girls|Mojo Jojo]] and [[DCAU|Lex Luthor]].
** Hagrid is [[The Incredibles|Mr. Incredible]] and [[Monsters, Inc.|Sully]].
** Flitwick is [[Pokémon (
** Snape is [[Film/Antz|Weaver]].
** Umbridge is [[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White]].
* Yes, that is [[Robert Pattinson|Edward]] [[Twilight (
** People who saw ''[[Twilight (
** [[Gary Oldman|Sirius]], in addition to being [[The Dark Knight Saga|Commissioner Gordon]], is also [[Bram
*** [[Call of Duty: Black Ops
*** [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead|And he's frequently not been on boats.]]
*** [[The Legend of Spyro Trilogy|He's also been a wise red dragon.]]
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* Watch the film adaptations and then watch ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''. The stuttering man that delivers the opening and closing words of the play at the end is same actor that plays Mr. Weasley, Mark Williams.
** And the cheerful comic relief nurse? Professor Umbridge.
* [[Die Hard
** What's [[Dogma|The Metatron]] doing being so mean to kids?
* The Dursleys are entertaining [[Father Ted|Bishop Len Brennan]] at the beginning of Chamber of Secrets.
* Professor McGonagall is [[Hook
** Not to mention turn-of-the-century [[Deadpan Snarker]] [[Downton Abbey|Dowager Lady Grantham]]
* Voldemort is [[Schindler's List|a Nazi]]. But you knew that already, we mean [[Ralph Fiennes]]. Besides [[Schindler's List|Amon Goeth]], he's also [[The English Patient|Count Laszlo]] and [[Clash of the Titans|Hades]].
** [[The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas|Lupin]] and [[Valkyrie
*** In the case of Lockhart, [[Swing Kids|twice.]]
*** Lupin is also [[The Big Lebowski|Knox Harrington, the video artist]].
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* [[Sweeney Todd|Beadle Bamford]] is Wormtail, and he's ''still'' working for Judge Turpin.
** In his previous life, [[Timothy Spall|Wormtail]] was a [[Winston Churchill|famous Muggle Prime Minister]] [[The King's Speech|who faced]] [[Adolf Hitler|the Muggle Voldemort]].
* Rufus Scrimgeour is Viktor from ''[[Underworld (
** He's also [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Davy Jones]]. It's almost hilarious to watch ''Deathly Hallows'' and imagine Davy Jones reciting his lines, because he uses almost the exact same voice.
** It's easy to see why he got Minister of Magic, he has [[Shaun of the Dead|fought zombies]] and had [[Hot Fuzz|police experience]]. There's rumors that he's also a [[Love Actually|pop star]].
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** Also, after serving as headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore used a Time Turner to become [[The King's Speech|King George V]].
*** While Uncle Vernon became [[Pirates of the Caribbean|King George II]].
* Aunt Marge is [[Matilda (
* Hermione mind-wipes [[Game of Thrones
* [[Rome|OUR BELOVED FATHER, GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR]] is Dumbledore's brother.
* [[Boardwalk Empire|Margaret Schroeder]] is the Grey Lady.
* [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bellatrix]] and [[Tom Felton|Draco]] have both appeared in the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' franchise. The ''Apes'' film featuring Bellatrix came out the same year at the first ''Potter'' film while the [[Rise of the Planet of
* Dumbledore eventually changes his ways, travels to the future, and becomes [[Doctor Who|Space Scrooge.]]
* [[True Blood|Marnie Stonebrook]] is Aunt Petunia and [[The Road to El Dorado|Miguel]] is Gilderoy Lockhart.
* You may remember Runcorn [[The Departed|being interrogated by the Boston PD...]] and getting his [[Braveheart|crazy Irish on]] with Alastor Moody.
* Uncle Vernon and Madame Maxime are [[The History Boys
==== Specific Tropes: ====
* [[Contractual Purity]]:
** [[Daniel Radcliffe]] invoked a wave of moral outrage when he appeared on London's West End as Alan Strang in a production of ''[[Equus]]''. It's an incredible (albeit disturbing) role that any actor would be insane to turn down the chance to play. The [[Moral Guardians]], however, only saw Naked![[Harry Potter (
** There was some uproar about Clémence Poésy (Fleur Delacour) appearing topless in a French movie, even though it was before she was even cast in the film.
** [[Emma Watson]] has let it be known that she's willing to do nudity in other films, which means it's just a matter of time before the Moral Guardians scream about Hermione Granger showing her [[Carrie|dirty pillows]] in some movie or another. Watson has also berated by [[Moral Guardians]] for the shocking crimes of… [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|going to a nightclub and drinking]]. There's also a Paris Hiltonesque crotch shot, which those guardians must been specifically looking for in order to find it.
** Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe) got this in 2009 after being arrested for possession of marijuana, even though Crabbe isn't a particularly "wholesome" character to start with. Worse still, Crabbe was ''written out of the last two films because of this''. Insanity, especially because Crabbe {{spoiler|dies in the book}}. In the films, {{spoiler|Goyle dies instead of Crabbe.}}
** On the other side, it seems pretty much no one cares that [[Rupert Grint]] acted in ''[[
** Harry Melling, who plays Dudley, has lost a huge amount of weight over the years (to the point of having to wear a fat suit for the final movie) and is barely recognizable from his younger self. He's publicly stated he is happy about this so he can avoid this issue in his adult career as an actor.
* [[Fake Brit]]: Almost averted, by fiat of Rowling herself. The cast is from the UK, with a few Irish actors such as the original Dumbledore, Richard Harris, Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley, and Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood (who is presumed British, though Lynch uses her natural accent).
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** Evanna Lynch. She made her own radish earrings!
** Rupert Grint, as he had an obsession over ''being'' Ron once he realized how many similarities he had to the character.
* [[Romance
** [[Tom Felton]] and his girlfriend Jade Olivia. She was a stunt assistant on the series and after they began dating, she was cast as Draco's wife in a case of [[Actor Allusion]].
** Bonnie Wright and Jamie Campbell-Bower (who plays young Grindelwald), now engaged.
* [[So My Kids Can Watch]]:
** Both the late Richard Harris and Michael Gambon took the role of Dumbledore at the insistence of their grandchildren. Also [[Gary Oldman]], especially since [[Typecasting|almost his entire career]] consists of [[True Romance|him]] [[The Professional|playing]] [[Air Force One (
** The line "my children/younger relatives begged me to take the part" and/or "my children/younger relatives would never forgive me if I refused the role" shows up with distressing regularity in cast interviews.
*** Yep, [[Emma Thompson]] too.
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*** [[Drop Dead Fred|Rik]] [[The Young Ones|Mayall]] had a role in the first film playing prankster poltergeist Peeves, but it ended up on the cutting room floor, never to be seen again.
*** David Thewlis, who would eventually play Lupin, originally auditioned for the part of Professor Quirrell.
*** [[
** ''Chamber of Secrets''
*** Hugh Grant was cast as Gilderoy Lockhart, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
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*** [[Pushing Daisies|Anna Friel]], David Thewlis' long-time girlfriend, lobbied hard for the part of Nymphadora Tonks.
** ''Half-Blood Prince''
*** [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Bob Hoskins]] was nearly cast as Horace Slughorn.
*** [[Naomi Watts]] was rumored to have been cast as Narcissa Malfoy, but was later revealed that she had never even been considered.
** ''Deathly Hallows''
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