Answering Google's TOP 50 Harry Potter Questions | Harry Potter Explained

[@samstaples6766]

I really think they should’ve let Hagrid continue his magical studies after his name was cleared in Chamber

[@sarah7586]

It’s never mentioned in the series, but I like to think that Hagrid was technically able to continue studying magic after CoS but chose not to because he was happy with where he was

[@riluna3695]

Now there's a question. What happens to those who've been expelled and had their wands snapped, but are later cleared? You can't exactly replace that... Do they just have to buy a new one? And what if someone who had theirs brokens TRIES to buy a new one? Does someone alert Ollivander that so-and-so isn't allowed a new wand? (As a writer I have a vested interest in the answer to these questions)

[@joshuapirolo6263]

This has always made me wonder, if the trace is removed at 17, whos to stop Hagrid from obtaining a new wand? What about homeschooled students? Do you have to pass the OWLs to be able to get your trace removed at 17? The books state the its illegal/impossible to track wizards after 17. What happens if you don't pass your OWLs? Do you get chucked out? So what constitutes a student being able to become magically "certified"? So many questions surrounding this "rule". What if you're parents are ex-pats and live somewhere far from magical institutions? Do you still have a trace on you if you grew up in Brazil? I doubt Olivander (and all the other wand makers in the world) have some central database in which they can track who can and cannot legally obtain a wand.

[@snophund]

He still had a dangerous creature in the castle.. Think the expulsion was fair. But Azkaban was wrong.

[@riluna3695]

@@snophund Haha. Very true, very fair.

[@adde9506]

Sirius laughed because he believed that Peter blew up the street, 12 muggles, and HIMSELF. It was a hysterical reaction to the irony of Peter essentially killing his best friends to save his own life, and then accidentally committing suicide a few hours later. Sirius wouldn't have sat quietly in Azkaban for 12 years if he didn't think Peter was dead. He recognizes the rat as Peter in the photo in the Daily Prophet, and then connects the dots as to what happened when he sees the rat is missing the toe Peter cut off as evidence of his "death".

[@Sway22]

While reading the book for the first time I was like 99% sure that they will explain that it had something to do with the Tickeling Charm since they mention it so much throught the book and learn it in the same year... but then it never happened :O

[@ahsoka_tano_98]

I'm sorry, but that's not true, I've looked it up. Sirius says in Prisoner of Azkaban: "I had to do something. I was the only one who knew Peter was still alive." He knew Peter was alive from the beginning, but when he saw the picture in the Prophet he realised Peter was in the perfect position to harm Harry if Voldemort regained power, that's why he decided to act. It's all in the chapter "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"

[@dunyacaliskan7495]

@@ahsoka_tano_98 How exactly does that quote disprove what was said?

[@HauntedAtoms]

@@dunyacaliskan7495 The knowledge of Peter's death seems to be the determining factor, in the arguments.

[@ahsoka_tano_98]

@@dunyacaliskan7495 Sirius never believed Peter actually died, he knew what had really happened straight away. So he did sit in Azkaban for 12 years knowing Peter wasn't dead

[@Brigadier88]

Hagrid likes Harry so much because he reminds him of himself, and orphan, an outcast, good hearted, and misunderstood.

[@Ranger1812]

Or they're why he likes Harry anyway, regardless of Harry being like him.

[@helenamirian908]

He loved Harry's parents, and rescued baby Harry from the burning wreckage himself. That's a pretty big bond.

[@broadwaydm1150]

oops shouldn't have said that

[@jar-jarsforceghost1352]

Hagrid likes Harry because he’s quite literally one of the only students who is consistently nice to him. No one else goes to have tea with hagrid except ginny like once, and Harry/Ron are the only two who actually like hagrid as a teacher and think he’s good

[@Ranger1812]

@@jar-jarsforceghost1352 Luna did, as did most others.

[@FifthPromise]

The fact that Sirius spent more time in Azkaban than with James makes his comment "good one, James" so much more heart breaking.

[@corithia]

@@Mixitup1108 James and Lily were 21 when they died. Sirius only knew James 10 years before spending 13 in Azkaban.

[@FifthPromise]

@@Mixitup1108 They met at the Hogwarts express, September 1, at 11 years old. James and Lily died at the age of 21, in October. So they knew each other for a little more than 10 years. Sirius spent 12 years (not 13) in Azkaban. So yeah, the math.

[@anvime739]

Why do you do this to me? :(

[@allahnah]

Why’d you have to tell me this 💔. He really loved James.

[@bees_nail_art82]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@TeTaongaKorora]

8:49 that's kinda right that Ron listened to the radio for info about the outside world, but what he very specifically wanted was to see if any of his friends or family were on the list of people who died that day

[@libbyann78]

in the movie, yes, but in the book he is trying to find the underground radio program for Harry and Hermione to hear, because it was so encouraging

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I answered as he wanted to make sure he never heard his family members names so that he’d know they were safe

[@mikep490]

@@libbyann78 Yes and the radio show in the book was exceptionally hard to tune into. Basically, someone who trusted you had to tell you of the show and its password. Then you could not miss a single show (which might skip several nights) to get the next password.

[@Amateur.Nail.Art.1]

Also with Narcissa lying to Voldemort is just another instance where a mother’s love saves Harry’s life.

[@ArniesTech]

Mommys just love Harry 😁

[@katywolffis7678]

Ron also listens to the radio because he wants to make sure his family is okay.

[@Hondenzijngevaarlijk]

Yes, I think that was his main reason for listening.

[@xero1048]

This. I’m pretty sure he got the question incorrect

[@wizardeye6212]

Yes, i think he even said it himself in the books. When he is angry he says something like I listen if there names come up on the radio so I know they are not dead.

[@Serafiniert]

The better question is: Why is the radio used by wizards? Who are infamously bad at grasping the basic muggle items.

[@helios9025]

@@wizardeye6212 That's in the movie.

[@becwinsen2153]

I read a cool theory: Peter used a cheering charm to make Sirius laugh hysterically. During third year Flitwick is teaching them cheering charms and says if performed incorrectly can cause uncontrollable laughter. Usually what the golden trio learn correlates to other plots in the books. I think Peter performed it incorrectly on purpose to force Sirius’s laughter. That and with the fact Peter bested him, is why he laughs.

[@candylover1232]

That makes much more sense than hysteria, which is the only other explanation.

[@riluna3695]

This is absolutely fascinating. And you're right that those minor school moments do tend to be foreshadowing for something or other. Like when we learn during one of Harry's exams that failing to perform a silencing charm causes a frog to swell up. And what did Harry say before accidentally blowing up Aunt Marge? "Shut UP!" He subconsciously went to silence her with magic, but botched it.

[@balil7677]

How do you intentionally perform a spell incorrectly tho

[@riluna3695]

@@balil7677 It might be as simple as having that specific effect in mind when you cast it, but there are other possibilities as well. Maybe he wanted the real cheering charm for some reason (to make Sirius calm down and listen, or to seem happy about Peter's death to the onlookers), but messed up due to panic. Or maybe when he was learning the spell in school he could never get it right, and so he knew he had a "spell" ready to cause intense laughter, by knowingly (but not intentionally) casting it wrong. He would attempt to cast it correctly, knowing that he'd fail it anyway and get that alternate effect. ...Could have sworn there was another example of someone casting wrong on purpose in Harry Potter, but since I can't think of it I'll instead compare it to an early Katara from Avatar screwing up an ice spell by sending it backwards instead of forwards, and then just turning around and doing exactly the same motion again to hit her target.

[@SkyPerson]

@@balil7677I don’t think it’s hard to do something incorrectly on purpose, like you can purposefully press the wrong button to make something bad happen. I suppose it’s just a matter of knowing what you did to perform it incorrectly and then purposefully repeating said “mishap” to get a desired effect?

[@Lordpooz09]

One of my favorite things I read somewhere about Ginny is the only reason book Ginny would have done the awkward shoe tying scene would have been to tie his laces together so he'd trip.... lol

[@dutchkel]

sounds bout right

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

That is so true! Omg! 😂😂

[@eeeepsilon]

"Why does Hermione like Ron" because Ron is always the one who stands up for her when she's being ridiculed and humiliated by people. Harry is a good friend for her but he usually is silent when people mocked Hermione. The movie doesn't portray it well, though.

[@proudindian2945]

No. This was just a little forced. Ron and Hermione do not make sense

[@eeeepsilon]

@@proudindian2945 Well, I don't think so¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Romione makes perfect sense to me since Goblet of Fire. Harmione doesn't make more sense to me. But to each their own.

[@deadfish3789]

"The movie doesn't portray it well." When Snape calls Hermione a know-it-all, the movie completely changes Ron's reaction from yelling "Why ask a question if you don't want to know the answer?" at Snape to saying "He's got a point, you know." Absolute butchery.

[@deadfish3789]

I think also the levity Ron brings to her life is something she probably needs.

[@eeeepsilon]

@@deadfish3789 that was the scene I had in my mind when I wrote this comment

[@OverWims]

Ron listens to the radio so that he knows if any of his family die. He doesn't want to hear their names but at the same time if their names are to be said, he has to know.

[@adde9506]

Trelawny actually teaches the students to identify and meet unfair expectations using creative thinking. And since "the sight" is a rare gift, she KNOWS that her students have to make up their answers. Harry and Ron get the best grades when they play into the "ever more dramatic ways to die" example she sets in class.

[@electrobrendan2059]

hey bro i’m really interested in maybe a deeper dive into what you’re saying? if you have time of course, i just would like some more detail to better understand trelawnys methods. thank you!

[@adde9506]

@@AaronBlake-in3wk In the books, Hermione is VERY rude to Trelawny, who does eventually lose her temper, but she puts up with Hermione's attitude pretty well for months. In the books, you're supposed to be on Hermione's side, not Trelawny's; you're supposed to think Trelawny is an idiot, but when it's proved that she's not, you start wondering what she's actually been up to with that class.

[@obi501]

@@AaronBlake-in3wk mate every teacher ever has lost their temper.

[@UmbraKrameri]

I think Hermione is kind of right in that Trelawny is totally fake. She teaches a subject that basically cannot be taught and she knows it. Also, she comes from a line of people with sight, but it's kind of weak in her so she only had 2 true prophecies in her entire life and even that was totally out of her control and she didn't remember afterwards. So I would think she's having a perpetual case of imposter syndrome as well, since she doesn't really know that she actually had those true prophecies, one was the most important prophecy of their lifetime. Nevertheless that doesn't make divination as a form of magic in itself fake, as we can see with the centaurs, there are forms of it that rely less on innate talent and are more objective, but those also give more vague prophecies usually.

[@SkyPerson]

@@UmbraKrameriwe also see what a *truly skilled Seer* can do in the form of Grindawald in the Fantastic Beasts films, clearly Divination is real form of magic that can be put to use skilfully, it’s just that only a select few have the ability to use it at all. If you ask me, I don’t think anyone who isn’t a Seer (i.e. they have “the sight”) can do any form of Divination, so no matter how many times Lavander and Parvati stare at brown gunk in their teacups, they’re never gonna be able to see the future. If *I* was running Hogwarts I’d make Divination some kind of extracurricular activity for people who have been identified as Seers (somehow)

[@evelynrowenadawn]

Changing the student's attire to muggle clothing definetly was not a good idea. Having it show characterization does make sense, but each character's uniqueness was shown while they were wearing robes in earlier movies. For example, in the Sorcerer's Stone, Ron's tie is tied horribly, Harry's is crooked, and Hermione's is perfect. Their scarfs mirror this. Ron's scarf is just thrown around his shoulder's, Harry's is tied basically, and Hermione's is tied in a fasionable, funcional manner. This easily represents that Ron is a little careless, and liekly won't care about his appearence. Harry does care, but not enough to take extra time to do something especially well. Plus, how could he perfectly tie a tie after living with the Durselys for so long? Then, Hermione, of course, looks perfect because she's Hermione. I realize that I just wrote two paragraphs about two sentences in the video that weren't even on topic, but I'm a Ravenclaw, so I can't just not do it.

[@Boundwithflame23]

I think perhaps they realized it would be too expensive to keep making the robes/uniforms for all of the child actors (they were getting older and taller with each movie after all) and thats why they switched to muggle clothes. Less of a problem for the adults.

[@zoltan139]

@@Boundwithflame23 this was one of the highest grossing movie franchises in history and it was a huge success starting from the first movie. I doubt it that they did this because of financial reason.

[@Boundwithflame23]

@@zoltan139 yeah good point. Hmm Another thought is that it was very time consuming. You have hundreds of kids you have to have fitted for new robes when they have sudden growth spurts during filming.

[@haltata]

Ravenclaw Pride

[@evelynrowenadawn]

@@Boundwithflame23 Good ideas!

[@artloveranimation]

I thought Ron making it snow in the movie made sense, Harry would unintentionally cause magical things to happen when he was angry. Ron didn't do that when he was angry, but going through a breakup was a new thing for him to go through emotionally.

[@deadfish3789]

He does it in the book too (though more out of distraction than emotional upheaval).

[@bibliomania.express]

My theory about why Harry has to compete in the Triwizard Tournament is that he doesn't - Crouch is under the Imperius Curse in this moment and (in the book) Dumbledore defers to Crouch because he trusts him. Thus, Crouch is forced to lie and the lie goes unchallenged.

[@riluna3695]

This is an absolutely amazing theory and I have instantly accepted it as my headcanon.

[@MDev1997]

That's what I always thought too!

[@alisonremusandlil]

I’d definitely watch a SCB video on Crouch being Imperiused

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

That makes sense! Unless there's something saying it on pottermore or something you're idea makes the most sense

[@frostyskeletons8950]

This was always my thought as well! Part of the scene is Crouch making the “final call.”

[@swearfreegamer]

This is a nice evolution of the “Google Autofill” series from years ago! I’d love to see more stuff like this!

[@davidalan6701]

"Why does Snape hate Harry?" I always thought it was because, in Snape's mind, Harry could have/should have been his kid. And to your point, the fact that Harry looks so much like James really hammers it home the fact that he's not Snape's.

[@blorpobingus]

also harry is the reason lily (and james) die

[@shika15]

That’s still pretty bad

[@blorpobingus]

@@shika15 not saying it isnt! just saying there's a lot of reasons

[@Thunderbender18830]

Not to mention he has Lily’s eyes so every time Snape looks at Harry he’s reminded of Lily and James’ union. Reminded that the love of his life chose his tormentor over him.

[@jgamez106]

@@Thunderbender18830 yup I think that’s the most logical reason. The original comment is a little far reaching

[@marielaluisa7273]

I’ve always loved the theory that a mothers love has saved Harry from death many a time. Obviously, Lily sacrifice is the first example. But also, after Harry saves Draco from the fiend fire, it could be possible that Narcissa was bound by a mother’s gratitude for saving her child. This, even more than just her disloyalty to Voldemort, is what pushes her to protect Harry.

[@Keyboardje]

The thing is, is that Narcissa doesn't know about what happened with the fiend fire. She doesn't even know if Draco is still alive, that's why she asks Harry if he is.

[@marielaluisa7273]

@@Keyboardje Voldemort didn’t know he created an extra horcrux in Harry. Lily didn’t know that her literal self-sacrifice would create blood protection. It’s magic! I like to think it was something like that

[@Keyboardje]

@@marielaluisa7273 I think she did lie on purpose. To her as a mother, her son was much more important than Voldemort. She wasn't a Death Eater. And even he was "cured" as soon as Voldemort began treating him bad for letting the prophecy break.

[@me034]

I think she thought that Harry had won, that he could not be killed and picked what she thought the winning side on the spot. Asking if Malfoy was alive was to know whether it was worthwhile to keep living. IMO

[@Ami-zi6si]

Lillys sacrifice, and Narcissas love for Draco but not cause shes gratefull he saved him cause she doesnt know that, but Draco is alive and alone and unprotected at the castle and the best way for her to get to him and protect her baby boy is to say Harry is dead. Hes also inadvertedly saved by Mrs Crouchs mothers love for Bart crouch jr letting him escape so he can go on to teach Harry how to cast of the impreious curse, one could also make an argument for Andromeda Thonk's mothers love providing a safe spot for her daughters rescue mission even tho neither Andromeda nor Ted being part of the order of the phoenix, Molly Weasleys mothers love having her kill Belatrix in response to almost killing Ginny which rattles Voldemort right before the final duel. More interesting to me tho is that Harry is also saved, in a way thats much more commonly overlooked, by a sisters love as Petunia takes him in and gives him a home with Lillys blood relatives extending the sacrificial protection which among other things saves his life in the first book.

[@moarmygene7310]

"Why did Dumbledore hire Lockhart?" FOR THE LAUGHS

[@BingQilin]

"I hope Harry kills this one too"

[@phtuber5469]

Yeah, he basically just ruined a whole year of DADA for every single student in the school, just to teach Harry a lesson. It's an insane decision when you think about it and not fair to other students, especially to students from 5-7 year who have to learn more and more complex magic but they don't have a competent teacher to teach them.

[@RedDoom33]

Why does Harry says "It's alright Ginny. It's over. It's just a memory"? When it's clearly not over for Ginny, she still has the memories of being possessed by Voldemort, killed some chickens, almost killed students and her love of her life almost dies. Sure Harry, everything is alright.

[@moarmygene7310]

@@RedDoom33 I think he was just referring to the fact that young Voldemort (a memory stored in diary) has now 'died' and that they don't have to worry about fighting him (in that form) anymore

[@mailyak442]

I’ve seen ‘cos he had a crush on him’ 😂😂

[@Sailor_Enchantix]

Hermione has never thought very highly of Fleur, especially in Goblet of Fire. I think Emma Watson knew how Hermione felt about Fleur, and her saying “ze grindylows” like that was Hermione mocking Fleur for her ineptitude at the 2nd Task. I don’t know if she was directed to read the line like that, or if it was her own interpretation and choice to read it that way.

[@Keyboardje]

I'm not sure, but I think someone made a video that shows Emma is saying something else in the movie (they showed close-ups of her lips), and that it is her voice-over saying that line, so it must have been the director not liking it the way it originally was, and making her do it over. Even after shooting was over already. Or maybe she had been told to say it that way and she forgot, and they only found out afterwards.

[@emmadow4880]

I always just imagined Fleur coming up to the surface early shouting/complaining about “ze grindelows” that ruined her performance in the trial and that hermione, not liking her anyway, would roll her eyes at this. Hence then mocks her later to Harry.

[@thieuthieu]

I think we learned that 'why Snape hates Harry' deserves many good answers in a video of it's own from all of this. Simple question, many interesting answers in the comments.

[@alanhensley865]

Was gonna like this comment but it had 69 likes already and I didn't wanna break that

[@randalgraves6979]

😐 someone broke it. It wasn’t me.

[@adde9506]

Until books six and seven were released, the prevailing theory was that Snape was treating Harry badly on purpose to stay in Voldemort's good graces.

[@3SailorMartin]

I think there are several reasons Shape hated Harry 1. He lived and Lily didn't 2. He looked like James 3. He was James' son and not Snakes And my personal opinion 4. He NEEDED Harry to hate HIM. let me explain As penance for what he did and for getting Lily killed, he needed to see the hatred he was sure Lily would feel for him and since Harry's eyes were just like hers he got his wish every time he saw Harry. I've always maintained that Snape was an extremely complicated man and the only one who completely understood him was himself

[@failurenotsorry6600]

Yeah. the red-headed daughter thing and lily being stolen from snape thing are both really gross and untrue reasonings for that questions.

[@erikamohrmann7986]

I feel like Hermione liked Ron cause he was talented but also fun…he showed her that school work is not everything. I think Ron is such a good guy. He has his moments, but I can’t imagine being the sixth brother with everything to prove but also no recognition. What Hermione says about him living in Harry’s and the Weasley brothers’ shadows is true. And by and large he is such a humble, loyal friend. You see Harry getting all hurt when Ron is made prefect or when Ron gets attention for stuff, and Ron has to deal with that all the time. For the most part he deals with it really well, other than that time in Goblet of Fire…I guess I’m just rereading the series rn and finding a whole new appreciation of Ron

[@imogenmcarajames]

Take a shot every time Ben says “I agree with you completely”

[@zlayne357]

He also constantly said “like”

[@suzyeide2320]

“Nailed it”

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

Looking for someone to comment this exact thing

[@ihatewerewolves1832]

I'm stationed in the hospital due to alcohol poisoning now, thanks a lot

[@lozlover8107]

You’ll be dead before you know it

[@kmbehrens14]

Whenever J ran out of time, it was mostly because he got caught in side explanations and complications. 😂

[@libbyann78]

or repeated the question haha

[@Alex-cw3rz]

13:23 and 20:20 I believe it was also meant to be a subversion of expectations, as normally the lead guy, gets with the lead girl. For example people who haven't finished or read the books or watched the movies often presume Harry and Hermione would be a couple due to the trope.

[@thethreerailwayengines825]

Also Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione both work so much better Harry/Hermione Harry/Hermione are basically siblings

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Rowling said that she identifies most with Hermione and she liked funny boys in that age, so it’s more what made sense to her from personal perspective.

[@lunavioleta001]

@@thethreerailwayengines825 I see Ron and Hermione more as siblings than Harry and Hermione. I think Ron would make more sense with Draco than with Hermione.

[@adde9506]

Forget the trope, Harry and Hermione actually like each other. Subverting the trope would have been for NONE of them to wind up together.

[@lunavioleta001]

@@adde9506 Hermione and Nevil, Harry and Luna, and Ron and Draco. No one would of expected that.

[@balajiiyer230]

On the “Percy has more OWLs than Hermione and therefore he had to have a Time Turner” point - OWL rules are never discussed. But there’s nothing to suggest that you actually have to take the classes to take the OWLs. A wizard or witch could simply self-study and pass the tests for the additional OWLs beyond the number of classes actually taken. And wizards and witches like Hermione and Percy are studious, disciplined and hardworking enough to actually self-study.

[@Huff-and-Puff]

I’ve never thought of it this way! This is such a good idea and seems perfectly aligned with the way Hogwarts works and Dumbledore runs things. Yes!!!

[@silvercoronet]

I don’t think you know how long I’ve wanted the return of the Google auto fill games. I can’t wait for this one.

[@michaelhayes8519]

Snape hates Harry because he sees both Lilly and James in him, he also knows Harry's alive because Lilly is dead and for awhile Snape blames Harry

[@matt0198922]

Yeah, Harry is the reason Lily is dead. She sacrificed herself to save him. Without Harry, Lily would still be alive. So when Snape sees Harry, he sees the cause of her death.

[@missnight0wl333]

I think it's a pretty big oversimplification to say: "Snape hated Harry because he reminded him of James, and James STOLE LILY FROM HIM". Most importantly, we should remember that James bullied Snape for years, long before James and Lily were a thing. He humiliated him in "Snape's Worst Memory" by exposing his underwear. Also, Harry was kind of a reason why Lily died. Of course, it wasn't Harry's fault by any means, but still. Both of those reasons are quite petty, but in my opinion, it's simply more complex than: "James stole a girl from him".

[@williamhutton1752]

Most answers in this video are oversimplification

[@LastMemoriesMusic]

Snape was the reason Voldemort heard of the prophecy in the first place so i’m sure he blames himself more for that than he blames Harry

[@junokalita_]

Yk, you can't explain all that in 15 secs

[@RoaringMind]

James’s bullying wasn’t as one-sided as most people say... Snape was also mean to James, James just usually won. And we see the memories from Snape’s perspective. He wasn’t that nice and sweet of a dude.

[@HaifaaAmni]

@@RoaringMind I mean it seems so in the books too. They bullied him as a group which is way worse and not what anyone deserves.

[@arie-zoot]

For the one about Ron listening to the radio, it's actually because he wanted to listen to make sure hos family's weren't a part of those names listed as dead.

[@thegrandfinallie8829]

the nostalgia for the google autofill days…

[@floydselkin899]

These socks are amazing

[@p_e_a_r_s_e660]

And I will see you in another life brother

[@heylolp9]

Never open the door!

[@mailyak442]

YES

[@saanvitammana271]

They use to do google autofill all the time

[@Saimeren]

17:40 Is that it? I always took it as the opposite. The bird goes to Borgin and Burkes and is killed by Fenrir and sent back through the cabinet showing that the teleportion of it actually does work now. Draco then breaks down knowing that he has to go through with the plan. There's no more stalling. This is the time. And he's not ready.

[@UmbraKrameri]

I think you are right actually. Wasn't it a thing that before that the birds just disappeared into the void, because the connection between the two cabinets was faulty?

[@Saimeren]

@@UmbraKrameri Yep, you're exactly right. When the link between cabinets wasn't functioning properly, the birds never came back.

[@ryanvadis]

I think "Why does Harry Potter have a scar?" Is a valid question. After all, the killing curse usually leaves no trace on the victims body!

[@philipbutler6608]

Harry has the scar because Voldemort fulfilled the Prophecy by marking Harry as his Equal.

[@jar-jarsforceghost1352]

My head canon is that since the horcrux spell has long been hinted to involve cannibalism, the scar is from the beginning of the horcrux ritual and maybe also the opening Voldemort’s soul invaded through

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

The scar is because the horcrux is inside of it.

[@AndrewJGaming]

My theory is that the scar has nothing to do with the Killing Curse, but instead something to do with a part of Voldemort's soul entering Harry's body. That would explain why Harry's scar of all things hurts when Voldemort is angry.

[@philipbutler6608]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 there were no scars on the other horcruxes. The prophesy you clearly states that Voldemort would Mark the child as his equal.

[@InfiniteLives]

I thought Ron was listening to the radio because he was hoping not to hear his family's names

[@jazzcazzbazznazz4778]

Well yes he was, but that’s just a more specific answer. So you’re not wrong but neither is J.

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

I love the irony of one of the wealthiest pureblood wizarding families dressing like wealthy muggles.

[@jackl3in]

Feel like this could be a good introduction to the channel, like it gives u a whole bunch of other videos to watch based off the questions u have and also shows how entertaining yall are

[@Acerthorn]

*"Snape was in love with James ... there's a thin line between love and hate."* Sooooo ... future video on this channel? I mean ... you've sold me on stranger things before!

[@mailyak442]

#snames

[@saanvitammana271]

# Jape Snape and James

[@adamscott9120]

And maybe he doesn’t hate James, he just resents that James chose Lilly over him.

[@marycallen8428]

I’d say He loves Ginny because she looks like Lily. Red head, talented witch, member of dumbledore’s army, and he has exposure to her through her being his best friend’s sister

[@adriannelson4214]

Harry Potter and the Oedipus Complex

[@TheEternalPheonix]

@@adriannelson4214 Bwahahahahahahaha!

[@rainynight02]

That's just... No.

[@UmbraKrameri]

I always thought that it was a little weird he ended up with Ginny who had a very noticeable crush on him when she was a 10 year old girl. I guess he found the fangirl thing flattering.

[@rainynight02]

@@UmbraKrameri Except that he paid her no attention until she started to ignore him and pursue others. It was only after her "fan girl phase" that he started to view her romantically

[@eosbeneder977]

Luna's earrings aren't actually radishes, but a fruit / vegetable that, according to the book "look like small, orange radishes" and enhance intelligence, or are at least rumored to. It's explained in deadly hallows when they visit Xenophilius, he is trying to recreate Ravenclaws diadem and uses the radish-like thingies for said intelligence boosting property, as Ravenclaws diadem is said to have had enhanced the intelligence of the one who wears it.

[@emilykeepsmiling9465]

I love so many things about this channel but I think my favourite is that J & Ben grew up with all the standard sibling rivalries and yet in their adult years are so close, even making a living together. It's just so wholesome! Yes I may have had a glass of wine or 2 😂 love you you ❤️

[@purkie103]

He didn't want the elder wand to go to Snape, because dumbledore choose the time and manner of his death the elder wand would have not be WON by Snape and as such it would lose its power. That back fires when Draco unintentionally wins the wand.

[@PerovNigma]

I remember hearing a theory that Hermione Obliviated her parents long before _The Deathly Hallows,_ which is why she stops going home for the holidays. Maybe you could do a video on that?

[@Boundwithflame23]

Idk. There are explanations, at least for the Christmas holidays Goblet: Yule Ball Order: Mr Weasely is attacked and that emergency was probably more important in her mind Half-Blood: Slughorn’s party It’s been a hot minute since I read the books but I recall she goes on a trip with her parents at one point but decides to leave early.

[@lilih8478]

@@Boundwithflame23 Hermione actually does go home for Christmas in Half Blood - at this point in the book she is not talking to Ron due to his relationship with Lavender, so she goes home to her parents and Harry, Ron and Ginny go to the Burrow 😊

[@Boundwithflame23]

@@lilih8478 oh right. The party was before that

[@kevinmattsson5718]

Hey this reminds me of the Google auto fill series, man I've been subbed to this channel a long time now... I miss those

[@thegrandfinallie8829]

same 😭

[@unstablespinach]

omg i miss that! i was literally binging that playlist the other day

[@SuperDora150]

Yeah i miss those too. And the "100%ish accurracy"

[@skylerbrown5495]

Same here!

[@jamma.77]

19:15 I've always said that someone finding the Resurrection Sone would've been a much better/actually good premise for the Cursed Child - you wouldn't even have to change the idea that they want to save Cedric (I mean, I still would, but it could still work with this premise).

[@90BabyLove09]

I'd say the reason Tom hates muggles is because he views them as weak, which he despises. He thinks his mother's a muggle because she died so easily and when he found out it was actually his father he starts to resent them

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I think them having power over him and his father being one (and he never starts to see his father as a victim but thinks he abandoned him like diary Riddle says) solified the hate. But being weak would have made him look down on them.

[@adde9506]

Also, every muggle he ever knew contributed to his absolutely wretched life or was overpowered by Riddle (a literal child during the time he formed this opinion). His childhood is like the demented, psychopathic version of Annie.

[@BRDNN]

Yup yet 1 gunshot and Tom dead

[@Stars4Theseus]

I think he hated muggles because of the abandonment issues his *muggle* father gave him

[@Chimeraiam]

Alternative Title: "Ben says I agree with you completely for 30 minutes."

[@zlayne357]

Better than his usual “like” “like” “like” “like”

[@Alex-cw3rz]

All I can imagine now is Nagini with udders and wormtail sitting on a little stool and bucket milking her and then voldy in his mini me form is drinking it from a glass and gets a venomy milky moustache.

[@CrystallineSpyder]

TIHI

[@khadijasenghor286]

Gulps unsee juice

[@IronsideGaming1]

Same

[@Luvcatz88]

Why must you hurt me

[@sternentigerkatze]

XDDD

[@emmamays]

25:07 “Emma Watson has a bad friend accent” - she was literally born in France 😂

[@biljanapopovic7656]

11:31 not only that, Dumbledore is also afraid that Voldemort might realise how close the two are and try and use it against them (the same way he used Harry's love for Sirius to set up a trap)

[@JC-xz4ec]

I don't think Hermione obliviates her parents because she's worried about them giving up crucial information, but to help prevent Voldemort from finding them to use them as bait to draw Hermione and likely, Harry, out of hiding.

[@libbyann78]

I think its both, and that they wouldn't be found/tortured for information if they left and didn't remember who they were. in the book they move to Australia and she tells Ron and Harry that she had unforgettable told them too much about Harry.

[@onedirectioner123432]

“Can I answer all of these?” “Oh yeah I have total faith” “Ok I believe you” … J in disbelief

[@jamiesbond007]

I like how at the beginning of every question, J gives a little pleasantly surprised "Oh?"

[@Pajamajeans007]

Glad to hear that Ben agrees with J completely :)

[@Emerald12347]

Aragog doesn’t try to kill Harry and Ron, but tells his children they can. He could have stopped them though.

[@MordechaiHershoffyoutube]

Hagrid also likes Harry because he liked his parents and Hagrid lives in a hut because he's a gamekeeper and he probably wanted to have distance between him and the other students after he was expelled and later he was simply used to it and didn't want to go into the castle for he liked a "bit o'fresh air ya know", BUT NOT because he wanted to save money for he could have gotten a room in the castle for it's huge with many empty classrooms (proof Firenze with classroom 11 on the main floor).

[@laurenvorreiter544]

Harry and Ginny are together because Ginny understands the Voldemort stuff after the whole diary situation. They’re eventually trauma bonded

[@werderlebenslang4576]

I think the scar question at the end is meant like: why does being hit by a curse produce a scar on your forehead? It's not like he gets cut by the curse.

[@herbert6113]

well actually the curse never touched harry it bounced of him which means the scar comes form the horcrux/soul entering him

[@bentleysoup]

@Latest Obsession The lightning shape is because of the movement of the wand when Avada Kedavra is cast

[@DneilB007]

I always just assumed that he had a scar from surviving the spell. Many people who are struck by lightning have massive scars that look kinda like lightning (google lightning scars for a look). I just assumed that Harry had something like that. I was disappointed when the movies went with the ‘lightning icon’ scar instead of an actual lightning scar. The real deal is way cooler.

[@adde9506]

You have far more faith in humanity than I do. But your question is the CORRECT version.

[@adde9506]

@@bentleysoup Source?

[@anada47]

And for Hermione getting the time turner, the thing isn't even just her taking way too many classes, it's the schedule layout. They have 3rd-year Arithmancy and 3rd-year Divination (or whichever two classes it was) at the same time, so even if those were your only two electives, you would still be double-booked for that hour, unless they have two different classes for each grade and subject, which wouldn't be likely based on demand.

[@UmbraKrameri]

Hogwarts. Giving students time travel device instead of making a better timetable, or opting to do extracurricular classes with them like a normal teacher would.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@UmbraKrameri They don't teach *math* at wizard school, and I doubt arithmancy is designed with non-magical efficiency in mind.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Harry's lightning scar is exactly where the killing curse hit him and shape of the Avada Kadavra wand motion. Voldemort literally aimed at a baby's face to kill it.

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@cjtillinghast1804 And yet if you stop having little people, there is suddenly a shortage of big people.

[@jar-jarsforceghost1352]

Ok but the curse is repeatedly said to not leave a mark on its victims… if it works, shouldn’t it leave an similar/even more pronounced scar? I think the scar came from the beginning of the horcrux making process (long hinted to involve cannibalism)

[@ceterumcenseocarthaginemes1086]

@@cjtillinghast1804 lol

[@HaifaaAmni]

he went for the head

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@jar-jarsforceghost1352 Well, Voldemort did sort of explode himself.

[@XxTeddyBear425xX]

Also, a small note about the radish earrings. The actress that played Luna stated that they are actually dirigible plums but because Harry was raised in the Muggle world, he assumed they were radishes.

[@dansattah]

Is this the glorious return of "Google Autofill"? One of your best series EVER!

[@luxoron3737]

I loved those

[@HGolde]

Question 35 Answer: Harry heard the story of Sirius laughing at the scene of the thirteen deaths was told by Ernie and Stan when he was on the Knight Bus. Knowing their nature for getting information from the people they pick up on their travels, it is the most likely answer that someone was embellishing the story to Stan and Ernie, and they believed them, letting the notoriety of Sirius' crimes overshadow the actual events. Question 42 Answer: In HBP, this actually happened in the books, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in the Charms after Harry found out about Horcruxes, and they were practicing magic, then Ron made it snow without intending to, because he was focusing on what they were talking about, while also in the process making Lavender jealous when Ron brushed snow out of Hermione's hair. As a complete HP book nerd, I absolutely loved how you made it clear of the lesser known characters who weren't really in the movies, like Marietta and Millicent.

[@KelliAmandaHoward]

So the radio question about Ron. I think it's more then just hearing about the outside world that they are far removed from at the moment. He is the only one of the 3 who has family directly involved in the war. Hermiones family and memory wiped and living in Australia in relative safety and harry has none. But for Ron he has a large family all targeted and invested in the war he is listening for their names hoping not to hear them listed with the dead or missing. Also I believe Fred and George hosted the broadcast he was fond of listening to and hearing their voices must have been comforting

[@slothoverlord4388]

Honestly I think the Weasley family is one of the things the movies handled the worst in Deathly Hallows. Ron leaving hinges entirely on him believing not only that Harry had led Hermoione, the woman he loves, out into the thick of defeating Voldemort with literally no plan or direction whatsoever (changing "we thought you knew what you were doing" to "I thought" in the movie undermining this entirely) but also because, in Ron's point of view, Harry was being VERY dissmissive about the Weasleys - upon learning that Ginny was sent to the Forbidden Forest Harry just laughs it off because he's been lucky enough to experience the best of that place, whilst Ron understands how dangerous it can be. Having Ron say "Your parents are dead!" instead of "Mine could be going the same way!" once again undermines the legitimacy of Ron's concerns and reduces him to a "moody boy" instead of showing how the Locket is bringing up Ron's worst fears to the surface, especially because he was already recuperating from losing a chunk of his arm due to splinching.

[@CLCSIfreak]

I would love to see more videos in this style! What if you did it like when you did the pottermore sorting? Where someone asks you the questions separately and we can see how differently you answer?

[@SanguineSidereal]

Ah yes we're gonna have the entire school lose a years worth of Defense Against the Dark Arts Education to teach Harry a personal lesson. That is the kind of terrible abuse of power that I expect of Dumbledore.

[@Marcedonia]

You do realize he was the ONLY person who wanted and applied for the job, and dumbledor never abuses her s power

[@sylvy16]

@@Marcedonia but i don’t actually believe there wasn’t anyone else qualified and willing to teach. The whole order of the phoenix is right there and snape desperately wanted the job. Even dumbledore could have just taught the class. The thing is that lockhart is worse than not having a teacher at all. I think they would be better off just learning from the book rather than spending money buying his books and wasting time listening to his mostly made up stories.

[@Marcedonia]

@@sylvy16 this was before the order was like going in again, like voldemort’s been dead for like a decade at this point, and dumbles knew the position was cursed so he didn’t want snape to die, and dumbledore’s headmaster, he’s got so much more duties, and he’s also the head of the wizengamont or something like that.

[@Joseph_Roffey]

@Latest Obsession yes this, it’s like having a year studying Shakespeare in English… Nobody is saying you should write all of your formal writing in iambic pentameter, speak in complex old fashioned English and write all your love letters as Shakespearean sonnets (although feel free)… Gilderoy’s books were bestsellers in the non-fiction Defence against the Dark Arts genre at the time and they contained actually useful creative solutions to problems that were no doubt worth reading, but you could learn almost as much about what NOT to do with Defence against the Dark Arts by watching Professor Lockhart hopelessly trying to demonstrate them… Indeed arguably Harry would’ve had a lot less success forming the DA if they’d had excellent Defence teachers every year as his main strengths were Lockhart’s main weaknesses and vice versa:- Harry wasn’t exceptionally knowledgeable and hadn’t memorised huge numbers of situations and how to handle them almost perfectly, but what he did know he could reliably execute well and he knew what it was like to actually be there and use them whereas Lockhart couldn’t demonstrate anything and could only pretend to have been in the situations he described.

[@JuanMataCFC]

the single fact that Dumbledore denied Voldemort the job is sufficient to say that he didn't "abuse" his powers (or atleast his hiring ones).

[@indianspartan76]

23:55 He does make it smooth in the book as well. Only it happens in one of their classes after Ron and Lavender are broken up, and the trio are sitting together, and Ron absent mindedly makes it snow

[@ljunggren__1429]

I have a hunch that Ben is agreeing completely

[@AstroPC96]

Thanks

[@Lokear]

Correction: Sirius was subjected to the dementors for *twelve* years, not thirteen. So much better, right?

[@יוחאיהורביץ]

Ron in a "moody" because Harry is a horcrux, and they spend so much time together like that time Harry was carrying the horcrux in book 7...

[@Stepbrohelp]

Love to see you guys back on a Harry Potter binge recently, it’s the main reason I subbed!

[@libbyann78]

ditto

[@Obilee]

Maybe the better question at 27:35 should be "Why does Harry Potter have a scar - when Avada Kedavra doesn't leave a mark?" Or why does it cause damage to objects that are in the way of the curse like a silver shield or moving statues? Why don't dust particles or molecules in the atmosphere stop spells? What kind of objects can stop curses or other spells from reaching their target? What determines when a spell can bounce off a surface?

[@luigicappetta348]

What if Harry decided to break the magical contract with the Goblet? Would it really kill him even though he was a Horcrux? Can the Goblet of Fire destroy Horcruxes?

[@alisonremusandlil]

This would make a great SCB video!

[@JuanMataCFC]

i assume putting ur name into the Goblet of Fire is equivalent to making an Unbreakable Vow that u WILL compete in the Tournament. so i wonder if Harry breaking said vow would've resulted in Barty Crouch Jr's death instead of his own, since Harry wasn't the one to put his name into the Goblet to begin with.

[@luigicappetta348]

@@JuanMataCFC Yeah! Wow! I didn't see that. That's a good point.

[@captainspaulding5963]

I never understood why Harry didn't just purposefully fail the first challenge

[@j1407bmoon]

@@captainspaulding5963 Because he's a survivalist by nature. He just doesn't give up on anything easily.

[@chl0e_74]

One of the reasons I think Hagrid likes Harry is because he relates to Harry! Orphan at a young age and has a different upbringing to usual kids! Hagrid also feels like Harry deserves way better and so does he!

[@vendyp01]

Really love this new format, I think it's very fun.. It also makes me question things I have taken just as facts in the harry potter universe..

[@captainspaulding5963]

Not a new format for them really, look up SCB autofill :)

[@secretiveraven9547]

#Justice4ChoHAWTLIPSChang Also I love how in depth you get when I would have, and some of the rest of us if I have to guess would have used a shorter answer like “He loved Lily”

[@thescarletteve]

Wow it’s been a long time since SCB answered Google questions and I’m so excited 😊

[@kght222]

trelawny's main problem seems to be that she focused so much on learning about divination that she really doesn't know anything else, which causes her to be unable to properly interpret her inner eye. but maybe a knowledge of current events would dim it and she knew that from studying divination so much. but she certainly has a true inner eye and as this channel has pointed out several times including in this video, every prediction she ever makes in the series comes true. not just the two big ones, EVERYTHING. it just wasn't always in the context she stated or was stated with her missing information. while rowling isn't likely to be on my christmas list i think she was really clever to make a fortune teller character that everyone considers a fraud who also happens to always predict true even if those predictions cannot be confirmed or really understood until after the prediction comes true, and once it comes true it can be confirmed that her predictions weren't random nonsense, they definitely related to that event even if she didn't understand them enough to give guidance.

[@alisonremusandlil]

I’d love to see other videos in this format and more Harry Potter discussion videos too! Have you ever done a video about the impact of Harry Potter fanfiction? That could be fun!

[@l1ama.]

“Why does Harry like Ginny?” Me: sHe hAS nICe sKiN

[@vinogr00nko93]

Ron makes it snow in both movies and books, but in the books he actually does it with his wand by a mistake, he points it up in the air, he doesnt't have his arms crossed like in the movie

[@larada7549]

and I think it's in a charms class, not in the great hall

[@ericcarr4356]

For the “why does Hermionie like like Ron” question, to quote Ron in the books “animal magnetism”

[@ezswen216]

Hagrid likes Harry because he sees himself in Harry in some ways, and wants to take on a role for Harry that he didn’t have when he was Harry’s age. There’s a scene in the books where Hagrid tells Harry that they’re alike.

[@RoaringMind]

Y’all did a great job answering these questions :) I would add some info to a few of them, like why does Harry love Ginny, there are a lot more concrete reasons. Obviously, she’s beautiful, great at quidditch, popular (all the reasons he also likes Cho), looks like Lily, witty, clever, not weepy, skilled at magic, daughter of Molly whom he also loves as a mother, the list goes on.

[@RandomJes]

"Why does Hermione say ze grindylows?" - She is clearly mocking Fleur. I picked that up on first reading. No ambiguity there.

[@Mutaburasaurus]

@@solongandgoodnight1820 Because why would she do that? And also, why is it weirdly dubbed over the footage in the scene?

[@TheBabylane2]

"Why does Ron make it snow."....Clearly because he doesnt have enough money to make it rain.

[@piniatafullofblood]

1:55 Ron said that they had found him in their moms flowerbed, he was originally Percy’s.

[@DhanushV2206]

I don't get why any of them considered that for a non-magical pet to be alive for more than a DECADE is NOT NORMAL?

[@johnkrappweis7367]

When Harry asks why Ron listens to the radio, Hermione says “It’s not that he WANTS to hear someone’s name called. It’s the names he does NOT want to hear.” You know, like his parents or his brothers and sisters added to the list of the disappeared.

[@phoenixpwcrafting]

So like. Harry says the power of the elder wand will die with him. That is assuming he can go his entire life without being disarmed. We know that he disarmed Malloy who was using an entirely different wand an the elder wand transitioned to Harry because of this. Wouldn’t it hold the same for him even if he is using his phoenix core wand

[@ramshasafeelali6415]

And as an Auror, he was bound to get disarmed at some point by some random criminal.

[@quietinsound8087]

Or if Harry practices with his children Expelliamus and one of them disarms him it will then be back in play at school if they then get disarmed.

[@Hogg342]

The only thing that the movies got right is him braking the Elder Wand and throwing it off the bridge I liked that other then putting it back in Dumbledores tomb

[@sms17762000]

My question about Harry's scar is this: I posit that the Killing Curse doesn't cause any marks or cuts (because a cut only scars after it has time to heal). Therefore it isn't the Killing Curse but the Horcrux that causes the Scar. Either that or there actually was some kind of unknown rune magic that Lily performed that did something. Don't know, wondering if you have any thoughts.

[@Knator-nm3cd]

J: WHO KEEPS A STRAY RAT?! Me: Linguini

[@viiusa2128]

Love these kind of videos!❤️

[@Helmer54]

The entire time the timer is clicking all I can hear is Snape, Snap, Severus Snape

[@helenamirian908]

Dumbledore!

[@pinkajou656]

LMTO

[@ktge5050]

Ron “rides the night” is a heck of a T-shirt idea

[@wedantil]

I love how like half of these questions already have an SCB video explaining them

[@mrdrock]

I thought Ron making it snow was a side effect of using a Bezoar to cure his poisoning.

[@avationmusic]

3:24 it’s also a reference to the memory of james and sirius bullying snape. when james casts levi corpus (forgive me if i spelled that wrong) on snape, sirius remarks, “Nice one James!”. This obviously came after, in the half blood prince, but i like to think it was planned out :) even if it wasn’t, it’s a nice touch

[@adde9506]

Earlier in the movie, Molly is mad that Sirius doesn't act as much like a parent as she does. She claims that Sirius forgets that Harry isn't James. Sirius later calling Harry James is supposed to confirm this assessment of Sirius as reckless and out of touch with reality.

[@jefftalley7036]

Dumbledore: After all this time? Snape: Always Dumbledore: Pfft...incel

[@annasommergruber7613]

I acutally have 2 Minerva McGonagall-Questions for you guys: 1. why does she know how to unscrew the chandelier peeves is trying to loosen (there HAS to be an amazing backstory!! :D) and 2. where did she get her giant chessboard from? :D

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

1. It's possible she had to tighten it or any other member of staff did and then spoke about it so she'd know how to loosen it. 2.She probably transfigured it into existence of made a regular chessboard from the wizarding world bigger

[@hollymacnamara9986]

I also like to think that the answer to number one was definitely marauders related and she loved the boys so much that even years later she still remembers specific details of their pranks such as which way the chandelier unscrews

[@jave3406]

"why does she know how to unscrew the chandelier peeves is trying to loosen" probably because she can see that he is trying to unscrew it the wrong way. or because most screws turn to the left to loosen.

[@shreberry5164]

Well the chessboard is transfigured but OMG THE CHANDELLIER

[@MyNameHandle]

27:12 I think J answered that pretty good but I like to add she probably thinks that Harry will ultimately win. Voldemort has at this point tried to kill Harry multiple times and even used the death curse at him TWICE and he still lives.