Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Doesn't Make Sense?

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[@rrickydanby]

It’s 1994. You’re rocking your sweet new wizard robes, Omnoculars ready. Your dad spent your NEWT fund to get tickets for the Quidditch World Cup. It’s a giant blowout that is over in 30 minutes. You are accosted by drunk Death Eaters afterwards. Life isn’t great.

[@amanekabbaj]

rrickydanby poor weasleys and any poor families out there

[@marina.chayka]

@@amanekabbaj Mr. Weasley got free tickets! For himself, five of his kids, two friends of one kid but not for his wife 😂

[@jeremyjasona]

To be fair, he did get the tickets for free from work haha

[@marina.chayka]

He had like the least respected position ever, it makes zero sense that he got 8 free tickets lol

[@amanekabbaj]

Marina Romanelli true but, I’m just saying that it’s still a shame that it was so short

[@emmamitchell66]

The triwizard tournament is literally the worst spectator sport of all time😂

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

Not just spectator sport. It is the worst Sport Ever.

[@altromonte15]

worse than golf? I doubt it.

[@amatherly81608]

I think watching plants grow is a great spectator sport 🤣🤣

[@joshpeterken8514]

I mean it's not really a spectator sport when two-thirds of it are unable to be seen by the spectators

[@henryd98]

But what about when life became an spectator sport. I launched my fragance called Integrity I... sell the fact, that I can't be bought. Have I told you all about the time that I got sucked into a hole?

[@frikativos]

Voldemort: accio glasses! And that is how you make your mortal enemy blind.

[@dLzzzgaming]

holy fucking shit how did I not ever think of this?

[@nont18411]

That was super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@hunternelson4320]

y’all obviously don’t wear glasses😂

[@TheSlammurai]

@@jamesbechtel7241 Lucius: Just... Take his glasses. Voldy: *backhands Lucius*

[@ikazuchioni]

@@nont18411 Nice reference! Lol'd!

[@kyanchambers260]

The tri wizards tournament is the worst sport to watch ever "Guess well stare at this lake for a while" "Let's all watch the maze and see who comes out"

[@solisglam]

You just opened my eyes. Like... what the ***

[@pattycamacho3155]

IS THAT THEM!!!....no it's just the breeze.

[@theduelist92]

Let's hang out in a pit with a GODDAMN DRAGON and hope for the best.

[@propheinx2250]

Watch the 1st event and leave is the best way to approach it.

[@theduelist92]

@@propheinx2250 I can only imagine the collateral damage of a big ass crowd surrounding an angry dragon.

[@Onering80]

Schrodinger's maze: Every student who enters the maze is both dead and alive until an instructor can confirm a students state of life or death.

[@angelikabatwoman]

hahaha awesome! :D

[@HeatherAnne10]

Love this. Makes me think of big bang theory.

[@poorlake8107]

Best comment I’ve seen this year

[@junior523]

If one student comes out alive then the other is dead and vice versa

[@danasalinger5247]

Or couldn't Molly have just looked at her clock and seen that they were in mortal peril?

[@merphynapier42]

Oooo good point!!!

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

Exactly. Huh! Thank you for making a similar point as mine.

[@cameronoberg7760]

maybe she did in the half blood prince the clock was on mortal peril just because Voldemort was back yet they weren’t about to die so she could have thought they were

[@PatheticApathetic]

I read this while she was talking about the Quidditch World Cup result and I was like “nooooo, that’s... what?”

[@Angelica_Rodriguez39]

Came to the comments to see if someone said this. Thank you.

[@tifftargaryen490]

The reason muggle parents are ok with hogwarts is cause they don't get the daily prophet

[@JD867]

"How do you parents not pull you out of school? You almost died three times!" "Psh, you think I tell them anything? They'll make me go to *non*-magical school! I hear they do math there!"

[@lshe97]

@@JD867 I think there is a line in Half-Blood Prince which is pretty much the same. "I would've thought your parents wanted you to go home [after Katie almost got murdered]." "Oh, my parents don't have a single clue about what is going on at Hogwarts, and I'm not so stupid that I would tell them."

[@georgeprchal3924]

What would've made sense: Harry did you put your name in the goblet? Harry: No. Snape: I believe him. Has Potter ever shown talent enough to circumvent the goblet's barrier? So then how did his name appear? Harry: I dunno. Voldemort maybe, he's only been trying to kill me for years. Dumbledore: In light of these events we shall postpone the Tournament until we can conduct an inquiry.

[@caiobarros7946]

lol brilliant. honestly brilliant.

[@SCP.343]

Except that the cup is a magical relic, that would've somehow punished them for not competing, probably by killing everyone whose name was drawn.

[@jakubmike5657]

@@SCP.343 No it would not, there is nothing stopping Harry from simply failing the task. OMG a dragon- nothing I can do- 0 points OMG I have no idea what to do about the egg- 0 points OMG I am afraid of this maze and can instantly call for a teacher to extract me- 0 points. It would be even seen as fair play by other schools since Hogwart already had a representative

[@SCP.343]

@@jakubmike5657 it is an ancient relic whose original purpose was never plainly stated. Dumbledore does say that the magical contracts created by the Goblet are unbreakable. Bart Jr decided that the best way force Dumbledore's hand was through manipulating the Goblet instead of the Tournament rules for a reason.

[@kintsuki99]

They can't post pone the tournament. The chalice is a magical artifact that fix a contract. It must be fulfilled.... Also part of the contract is likely to give an honest attempt at the tasks so Harry could not just give up.

[@lilitudeluna6296]

“Dumbledore being Dumbledore” is my new explanation for the entirety of this series

[@kevinhedman2314]

For me the whole series is summarized by J.K. Just kidding I actually mean this. Or I this plot hole is filled with this random explanation. It’s an okay children’s story that has so many plot holes and unexplainable moments that has turned into something big. JK pretends to have explanations for things but the real answers are she didn’t think of it and she isn’t that great of a writer and things happen just because.

[@joshhoffman5233]

Kevin Hedman she got very lucky the diary fit so well with the horcruxes because she def didn’t think of that till book 5-6

[@jessicawatson7360]

Joshua Hoffman she fully admits that she got lucky but, also put. On allot of work.

[@joshhoffman5233]

Jessica Watson did she say that? I had no idea

[@jackthegreek6092]

I always thought it was weird that Harry's relationship with Mad Eye started out with an imposter instead of the real guy. Not a plothole just weird.

[@dLzzzgaming]

it's weirder that OUR relationship with moody started as an imposter. Did any of us have a completely clean slate when we saw Moody in Book5 onward? Nope. We already liked him and knew who he was, we already admired him. So fucking weird.

[@IceRiver1020]

Oh yeah, that was wigging me out the whole time when I last read the books.

[@avryantoinette]

I've always thought that was odd too. Harry thinks of Moody as a friend because he feels like he knows him pretty well, but Moody is probably thinking "who the heck is this kid and why does he think he knows me?"

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Perhaps the story would've been better off if Moody was already dead in Goblet. Barty only needed his hair and you only require a tiny piece for each batch of the polyjuice potion.

[@dLzzzgaming]

@@ThePreciseClimber because this is a low fantasy series, we can like, justify it easily by thinking stuff like maybe th piece of someone that you need for the potion needs to come from a living being, or it won't work, also it needs to be added to the potion within X ammount of time after you took it away from the person, you know because there's changes in the actual cells or living organisms of the piece of the person if you wait, or if you take it from a person who's dead rather than alive

[@zombiegaby]

It always annoyed me too how Fleure was bassicaly dismissed during the whole book. She was awesome!

[@DearSis]

Peter Ang the movie isn’t cannon. Also, it wasn’t true to the book and doesn’t show us a lot of what actually happens

[@Aromatherapist_tris]

She was also dismissed in later books too. Remember when she marries bill and they all call her Phlegm? Like what was her reasoning for being so hated? Cause she was a pretty girl? Otherwise she was quite brilliant and the cup chose her for a reason. But all the Harry Potter crew can’t see past good looks apparently.

[@dLzzzgaming]

@@Aromatherapist_tris Ginny calls her that, not everyone. She and Harry joke about it for a bit, which seems on characters for Ginny, being a funny and witty young girl who liked Tonks better as an alternative for her brother's gf. It's not like everyone in the family hates her and calls her that, only Ginny does

[@Aromatherapist_tris]

dLzzz. Judas Ezekiel molly hated her with a burning passion and as I recall Hermione didn’t much like her either. In fact none of the women liked her much because all they saw was some pretty half Veela and never valued her for her brains or personality.

[@Aromatherapist_tris]

Peter Ang yesss Molly finally started treating her decent then. Still crazy that it took something that extreme to make them realize there was more to Fleur

[@brytaniegovea8269]

I’ve always really disliked how fluer was portrayed during the tournament. You have to be a good witch/wizard to make it into the tournament, and they just kinda made her meh. I wanted to see her being a badass.

[@Katielovegood44]

Brytanie Govea one character that improves with the films... I feel! The line.. “I’m more of a fairy princess than her” said a lot!

[@2xKH]

I totally agree!!! Fleur was not portrayed as the way it should have. I was disappointed too.

[@broadwaybutterfly310]

Didn't you just have to put your name in the goblet to get in? It was luck of the draw? I didn't like how Rowling made the only girl that got picked the weak one.

[@bauhaus1961]

@@Katielovegood44 Sure it did. But her, Cedric and Krum didn't nearly get enough character development in that movie.

[@angelikabatwoman]

@@broadwaybutterfly310 i agree so much!! it was so sad, really made me pissed.

[@shane2799]

You forgot to mention that the BEST way Barty Crouch Jr could think of to get Harry Potter to the graveyard was to get Harry to win the Triwizard Tournament. Even if the only way he could get Harry to the graveyard was by portkey, Barty could have just asked Harry to stay after class with him one day, and asked Harry to fetch something for him. Harry then could grab the thing he was asked to fetch, and get sent to the graveyard. Like, how could winning the Triwizard Tournament POSSIBLY be the best way to get Harry to the graveyard!!!

[@merphynapier42]

Yeah I thought it seemed excessive too. So many ways to get him there. Including just stunning him and taking him there 🤷

[@to.ri.3]

@@merphynapier42 hmnnnn... probably because barty was waiting for the right moment for voldy to be ready for the ritual? Or that he'd blow his cover if he did something to harry directly and in turn had to go into hiding with a baggage while voldy was not ready for the ritual yet? Idk though... i'm just trying to think of an excuse 🙈

[@notimetoread9609]

This... has ruined what was previously my favourite book in the series. Good job!

[@shane2799]

@@to.ri.3 If Barty was waiting for the right moment, I imagine the right moment still wouldn't be incredibly time sensitive. Like, I feel there could have been at least a window of a week's time during which the graveyard events could have taken place. I don't really see why Voldemort could only return on the exact same day as the last Triwizard task. And even if it did have to be the exact same day, again, Barty could have used a different strategy to get Harry to the graveyard.

[@sophiepopemccright5430]

I think the whole point of using the tournament as a cover was so that Voldemort could return in secret. If Harry was killed and then sent back to the maze, his death could easily be explained as a result of the danger of the task, and no one would be any the wiser as to Voldemort's return, giving him a huge advantage. If Moody had sent Harry off to the graveyard earlier then there would be no cover story for his disappearance.

[@LiveHedgehog]

J.K. Rowling doesn't strike me as someone who ever watches sporting events. The rules of Quidditch itself is testament to that.

[@MissEasyPeasySleasy]

LiveHedgehog she admitted this in an interview

[@David_Alvarez77]

It is pretty clear that she doesn't know much about sports.

[@PhilBagels]

Yes. Quidditch itself makes no sense, so it should come as no surprise that the Quidditch World Cup makes no sense. And in addition, how is it that Viktor Krum, who is still in the equivalent of wizard high school, is a professional quidditch player on a national team? You don't see high school students in the NBA or NFL.

[@christiancardenas2975]

@@PhilBagels In México you see Secondary School students in Olympic teams...

[@Heroshii15]

I’ve heard that Quidditch was actually written as a giant “fuck you” to sports, as she had just had a bad breakup with an avid sports fan.

[@JohnBradford14]

WHY DIDN'T ARTHUR JUST RIDE THE EAGLES TO MRS WEASLEY?!?!?

[@cbalan777]

Fly you fools!

[@ghyslainabel]

John Bradford, because Arthur was not on a quest for the betterment of mankind.

[@merrickbaskie7941]

Arthur was not part of the Maiar, simply couldn't communicate with the eagles like our fellow Grey Pilgrim had been able to

[@mikehunt3688]

Well, just think about it, if Arthur and Harry had climbed onto the great eagle and it brought them back to the burrow, the great eye of voldemort would have quickly spotted them in the sky and they would have been shot down by orcs and voldemort would have gotten the ring.

[@carolinesch.]

In my head the cup was already portkey that would take the winner to the beginning of the Maze and that where was put a kind of second layer on it to transport them into the graveyard

[@zombiegaby]

Yeah I think so to, that's why people where happy to see them when they teleported at the mazes entrance

[@theanimeaccountant1472]

Bingo

[@ashleyguillot8986]

I never thought about that, but it makes so much sense!

[@sophiathedandilioness]

I never would have made this connection tbh. I don't think we were ever told something like that was possible?

[@bobbysingh5666]

Makes sense cause if it wasn’t a portkey, let’s say Harry gets to it. Is he supposed it find his way out even when they closed the entrance? Or does he shoot up sparks? Cause if it’s either of those then someone could attack him and take it from him while he shoot up sparks or is looking for the way bavk

[@Tuotzie]

"Dumbledore asked Harry quietly: DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?"

[@jrhgaming503]

Im guessing you mean calmly

[@edienandy]

So sick of people bringing this shit up. The movie was different from the books. *gasps* Well *I* never..

[@19TheFallen]

@@edienandy Well, in my book, it's more the fact that Michael Gambon refused to read the books, get to know the character he was portraying, his motivations or why he was the way he was, and portrayed a guy who was described as a calm, cool headed and kind man as a raving, temperamental, angry one on my part, even more or less saying "I'm playing the role my way! I don't care about the source material, and I'm not going to familiarize myself with it!" Note that he did a complete 180 from Professor Angrydore after Order of the Phoenix, because I think it was there that he *finally* understood where the story was going with his character. Compare that to Allen Rickman, who not only read the books that were out when he got the role of Severus Snape, but also befriended J.K. Rowling and asked her to tell him everything about his character's backstory, including the stuff that hadn't yet been published, because he wanted to know those things so he could play the character as best, and as accurately to the source material as possible. Yes, as an actor, it's important to make the character your own, but if you stray too far from the traits, qualities and morals that make the character what they are, you're only gonna anger people......It's a fact! Don't get me wrong! I think Michael Gambon did a pretty good job playing the role, and was unfairly overshadowed by his predecessor, Richard Harris......but he had those moments where I could not help but think "That's *not* Dumbledore......."

[@edienandy]

19TheFallen I just don’t think it’s that big of a deal.

[@passingliaison]

@Edie &Andy It's really not. It's just people being petty. The man had one out of character moment out of what, 4 or 5 movies? It's not like his entire character was portrayed out of character for 8 entire movies the way Hermione, Ginny, and Ron were. Yet somehow this one inconsistent moment seems to get so much attention whenever the differences between the books and movies get brought up.

[@maxbaugh9372]

New Ministry of Magic dress code: short-sleeve shirts only

[@rockchik631]

Right!?

[@martophrenia]

I mean, come on, Quidditch as a sport just in general doesn't make that much sense

[@austinh7539]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you 😂😂😂

[@merphynapier42]

So true

[@abbys6260]

Not possitive but I seem to remember JK Rowling admitting that she should have made catching the snitch less points in hindsight but wanted to put more importance on Harry's role.

[@PDComicBookNetwork]

The problem isn't even so much that the snitch is worth too many points. It's that Quidditch is a complete game without the snitch, and the snitch isn't really integrated into it. The seekers are playing a separate game altogether. It's like two people playing a game of one-on-one basketball in the middle of a soccer match, except that whoever scores the first basket wins the soccer game.

[@michaelplowman8674]

It's like Rowling said, "I want it like soccer, but on brooms, and also, one player from each team playing capture the flag."

[@shabsjourney]

Okay here's a thought. Harry was a horcrux, right? So was it ever even POSSIBLE for him to die from natural causes?? like.. horcruxes have to be destroyed in really specifix circumstances, so if you make a living horcrux, could they just up and die when crossing the street one day? Probably not, right? So was Harry like invincible during the whole series?? And if dumbledore knew that, maybe that's why he wasn't really bothered with protecting harry during the triwizard tournament.

[@merphynapier42]

Hm, I dig this theory

[@benghis_kaan]

Huh, that would actually explain a ton of things about Dumbledore's behavior throughout the series

[@dLzzzgaming]

Is it possible for nagini to die of natural causes? Yes, therefore, yes harry can die normally and then idk what happens to Voldy's soul. It's a cool af theory, but it's wrong man

[@shabsjourney]

@@dLzzzgaming IS it possible for negini to die of natural causes? I mean was that ever clarified?

[@benghis_kaan]

@@dLzzzgaming I could argue Nagini didnt die of natural causes, but instead from Godric's sword which is certainly powerful enough in the right hands to destroy a horcrux. I dont think your statement disproves this theory

[@jonathanfitzharris4196]

I'm really surprised you didn't talk about how convoluted a plan it was to get harry to touch the cup, which was a portkey. If the cup can become a portkey, why not anything else in the school Moody/Crouch: "Harry pass me that quill" Harry: "Sure" *Picks up quill that is a portkey. Boom! Sent to Voldy

[@g.t.werber4476]

I'm surprised too. I stopped watching the video after seeing this comment. Thanks for saving me some time. Some people come up with lots of excuses, but it's just dumb. The plan could have go wrong in so many ways. Barty could have attack harry, leave him unconcsious , carry him out of the castle and then use the portkey. Or some other way. Many ways he could have done it. I love Harry Potter, but this is a huge issue.

[@OnlyHopeAwaits]

I'm currently reading the Harry Potter series for the first time ! (I'm 22 so this is extremely late) and I'm waiting for my goblet of fire book to arrive. Then I'll read and THEN ILL ACTUALLY WATCH THIS VIDEO. SEE YA IN A MONTH 😜

[@shcheerchic1011]

Charcoal I just read the series for the first time too at 22 😅

[@OnlyHopeAwaits]

@@JessWest118 totally agree ! 💞

[@-__-Red-__-]

I’m 19 and I just read it for the first time, so it’s not too late!

[@oilcanjavi]

Have any of you guys listened to Potterless? Super fun for a first time reader!

[@oilcanjavi]

There’s also a great theory video by the Super Carlin Bros about why the portkey works twice if anyone is interested

[@keithrodgers5010]

I expected you to spend a lot of time on how Vldemort and Barty Crouch Jr. thought the best way to get Harry Potter to touch a portkey was to enter him in a six month tournoment, guide him through it and turn the cup for the third task into a portkey. And trust that no one else would win the tournament (as Cedric almost did) and Voldemort would only have Fleur Delacour who would be useless to him. There are thousands of easier plans to get Harry to touch a portkey. Fake Moody even meets him in Hogsmeade, where apparation is allowed, and could have grabbed him and apparated. The whole basis for the story makes no sense. Also, Dumbledore never suspects Moody is an imposter for about 8 months, then when Moody takes Harry to his office after he is injured Dumbledore is certain Moody is an imposter? And, since it is so easy to impersonate someone with polyjuice potion why aren't there more safeguards against polyjuice potion to insure people are who they appear to be?

[@merphynapier42]

I thought that was really odd too. Seemed like a ton of unnecessary hoops to jump to through

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@merphynapier42 I believe it was mainly so Voldemort could continue to exist in the shadows with a new body. He wasn't planning on being revealed right away like he did. He probably would have spent a good three to four years influencing things from secret before taking control like he eventually did in Deathly Hallows.

[@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda]

Between polyjuice ingredients been somewhat difficult to obtain (and probably on the expensive side), the potion takin so long to be ready and with some degree of difficulty to its preparation, the short period where it takes effect, the need to keep a captive person alive to be able to get the hair and the supposedly excruciating pain of the transformation itself one could see why no one at the Ministery would thought of putting in place some measures to avoid its abuse

[@aberdeen0107]

I think the point was to make it seem like Harry died by accident Bc of the tournament. If he would have just suddenly disappeared people would have known something is up and Voldemort didn’t want that!

[@Namorat]

@@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda That is true, but impersonating someone else for one day only could have devastating and far reaching results. Getting the thing going is easy enough for a bunch of school children, so using it to steal something or create an international incident for example, seems easy enough to me.

[@shawnn7502]

Great job. Again, you brought up points except for the veritaserum that I hadn't even thought of. Some of my favorite illogical points in the story- 1. Gillyweed - Considering everything else they can do, one would think that breathing underwater would be a SIMPLE thing. And yet, Hermione not only doesn't know how to do it, but her extensive search of the library also yields her nothing because Neville apparently took out the only book in the whole damn library to talk about gillyweed. 2. The 2nd Task nearly starts without Harry - Huh? How does that make any sense? Harry didn't even choose to compete. Remember he has to because his name spitting out of the Goblet of Fire constitutes a magical contract, forcing him to compete in all 3 tasks. And yet, they can start an event without him? Then why doesn't he just be late or skip all three? Haha... crazy stuff. 3. Moody (Barty) can see through the invisibility cloak - Hahaha... come on. Plot hole. Death can't see through the cloak but Moody's special eye CAN. Moody is more powerful than death.

[@Angryoyster]

One thing that bothers me is the ball and how rude Harry and Ron were to the girls.

[@nameless-sn3tj]

They never wanted to be there in the first place. A forced date is never going to end well.

[@86upsmaya]

And why havent the only two brown girls werent asked out by anyone,until Harry n Ron went to them as a LAST RESORT?

[@Katielovegood44]

I reread the books for the first time in years, I’m now 27, married got kids and my god... there r elements that stand out now! That is one! Haha

[@pyroshayniac1090]

I hated that. Pavarti and Padma were both very sweet, and Ron and Harry were totally jerks to them all night.

[@CarloVeraSoliz]

A 14 year old being a jerk?, gee imagine my shock

[@davisrunner8881]

And why would anyone even show up to "watch" the second task? An hour of just staring at the lake.

[@benghis_kaan]

Ha! I never thought of this, but you are right.

[@dLzzzgaming]

Excuse me but if you've never hang out near a lake with your friends with some edibles you're missing out. If you think those students weren't baked watching that , idk what to tell you lmfao

[@Katielovegood44]

Early morning at the weekend too right? Sod that, stay in bed haha

[@bluegreen5377]

Probably because they didn't know what second task would actually be.

[@csarmii]

Why would people watch Formula-1 or Tour de France. Especially in person. It's a social occasion. The hang around, drink and eat, gamble, make predictions and have general fun.

[@marcchoronzey3923]

"Welcome to the Tri-Wizard Tournament, the game where everything's made up and the points don't make sense."

[@robertgronewold3326]

Of course the points make no sense. Karkaroff was giving biased points, Ludo Bagman wanted to win a lot of gold in a bet, and Crouch was under the Imperius Curse. Those were pretty stacked odds.

[@jettqk1]

Lol. The points don't matter.

[@frankbrooks1393]

QI watcher!

[@PHSDM104]

Whose Spell Is It Anyway?

[@tunesmelodia]

Hahaha

[@fall_in6738]

With the honorable mention: we know that there are unregistered animagi (Mauraders) so I wouldn't find it surprising if there were other unregistered people/items/etc.

[@joshpeterken8514]

In Deathly Hallows, the Order sets up portkeys to get to the Burrow, and I highly doubt those were registered with the Ministry, since that would defeat the entire point.

[@marina.chayka]

In Order of the Phoenix Dumbledore literally makes an illegal portkey in front of Fudge to take Harry from the Ministry to Hogwarts and Fudge is like Dumbledore I'm the minister you can't do that lol I doubt there would be a way to detect those things, but it must be hard to make one.

[@livie3726]

@@joshpeterken8514, it's been a while since I've read through them and I forget details really quickly. Thank you for reminding me though.

[@86upsmaya]

Dumbledore makes a portkey in front of Fudge at the ministry and he proteats, "you know you need to get authorization for that?"

[@propheinx2250]

I feel like the Ministry of Magic is actually a rather recent entity and hasn't quite gotten its bearings. Plus it's been slowed down from getting its bearings due to rampant corruption.

[@Sises]

Am I the only one who has an issue with Harry being in the tournament at all? Like they put the age line in for people that are 17, which is the age of maturity in the wizarding world, basically you have to be an adult to enter. So why was Harry allowed to stay? Bagman says that Harry is simply obliged to play. Crouch says anyone who comes out of the Goblet has to play. Imposter Moody says its a binding magical contract But 1). Harry is a minor, is he bound by a contract when he is only 14? 2). Harry didn't enter. What happens if he doesn't play? Wouldn't the contract effect the person who entered the parchment? Not just the name? 3). Does that mean anyone who was 17 could have just entered random names into the Goblet? like first or second years, and if they came out they would have been forced to play? This whole contractual obligation tied to the Goblet is problematic.

[@tonel.9967]

The age limit was a rule the ministry of magic and the headmasters set, the Goblet of Fire didn't take that into account, so anyone who was drawn would have to compete. It is a magical contract, so I'm guessing the consequense of not competing would be somewhat simular to the consequense of breaking an unbreakable vow? Witch is another wierd contractual obligation who can be made of anyone.

[@davidcarney1533]

I agree. Harry being made to compete when he didn't consent to enter is the magical equivalent of fraud

[@Scbunchy]

Also to piggyback off your point I don't see how being obliged to play would prevent Harry from deliberately throwing each of the events. He says he doesn't wanna compete and a decent chunk of the school thinks he's an asshole who cheated his way into the tournament. Pretty much everyone would respect him if he just deliberately and ostentatiously forfeited the tournament.

[@jakubmike5657]

There is much easier answer to this problem. Just do nothing. Go and score your honest 0 points. The end.

[@audiorage82407]

Maybe I'm thinking of the movie, but I thought Dumbledore told Harry to go through with it because he suspected there was a darker plot and wanted to see who was behind it

[@TheIbberman]

Wow, the Fleur point-thing is so true! I always thought it annoying that she apparently was so bad compared to the others in all the tasks, I feel a little better now, except she still didn`t get credit.

[@merphynapier42]

She was totally ripped off 😔

[@LexTime89]

I feel like the points are also based on how impressive the magic was that they used. So Cedric transfiguring something into a dog is a lot more difficult than whatever Fleur did. Harry calling a broom from that distance is difficult and also creative. Krum got more points because reasons?

[@DelFeeny]

I feel like Rowling had issues writing any girl who wasn't Hermione. There wasn't even one good female friendship (Hermione and Ginny were linked by the guys, really).

[@TheIbberman]

Feeny B You are so right! The series does lack some more `normal` girls. And there is a whole side of Hermione`s day-to-day Hogwarts experience we have no idea of, because her relationship with the other girls from their year in Gryffindor (who she must share her dorm with) is mentioned about once. You would think she developed a bit of a friendship with them

[@dLzzzgaming]

@@DelFeeny Hum... Katie Bell and Angelina from the Quiditch team? They had a decent relationship with harry. As much as the other male side characters did, anyway.

[@dominikac.5506]

"People disagree with this"? I mean... they should agree because you are 100% right with this quidditch thing. It's just stupid because quidditch rules are mostly stupid.

[@MarMi00]

Fun fact: rules of any sport are stupid to anybody who isn't interested in a given popular commercial sport.

[@Clawdragoons]

@@MarMi00 I hate most sports but the rules generally seem to make sense to me for most of them, and they create an understandable game. I can see why most people like real sports, even if they are intensely, catastrophically boring to me personally.

[@zahouialan4521]

@@MarMi00 JK Rowling explains that some aspects of the Quidditch are a joke. the system of point doesn't make any sense. The rules doesn't make any sense. One of the rule asserts that you can't cut off you opponent head with a axe.

[@sourabhdatta3706]

If you think quidditch is a joke DO NOT READ IT.

[@moluther2826]

Regarding the Dark Mark on the arm: wasn't it supposed to be a secret? When Harry told Sirius about the discussion between Snape and Karkaroff, that Karkaroff had wanted to see Snape's arm, Sirius didn't understand what that was all about. I think nobody was supposed to know about it.

[@sophiathedandilioness]

I have a hard time believing the secret could possibly been kept tho. I think JK just fucked up that entire thing. If you think about it, Death Eaters were being caught, tried, and imprisoned during Voldimorts reign, HOW could ALL those Death Eaters possiblity gotten through the system with NO ONE seeing a dark mark? Like, they get put in chains, that means robe sleeves would have to be pushed back for the chains to be put in place, and be taken off. I don't see how logically this could have been avoided. I think JK just doesn't think logically for enough of her writing, and that is what ruined the entire series for me xD

[@moluther2826]

@@sophiathedandilioness I admit, you've got a point with regards to JK and her writing...

[@danieli2872]

This doesn't quite fix the hole, but my interpretation was that only Voldemort's inner circle had the dark mark, he certainly had followers that would not have been trusted on that level who were probably also arrested, so not having one wouldn't be a sure way to rule out someone, and there is the opposite problem with many witches and wizards having the imperius curse cast on them, and some death eaters who had the mark (Lucius Malfoy) claimed they were not in fact death eaters, and it was against their will.

[@danieli2872]

@@phoneguy4637 Your point was excellent, and I was not responding to it, I was offering Sophia something ADDITIONAL to what you and Mo Luther had already said, as you had stated yourself the book doesn't mention it.

[@passingliaison]

@Dani Eli That whole dark mark thing never made much sense to me. But I want to point out that from the books themselves we know non-Death Eaters can see the Dark Mark. Snape shows Fudge the one on his arm at the end of the Goblet of Fire when Dumbledore tries to convince Fudge that Voldemort has returned. Fudge of course panics, even accuses Dumbledore of trying to cause hysteria and destroy the peace the wizard community has enjoyed. Which is why the Dark Mark never made much sense to me.

[@alysonserenastone2917]

The fact that Fluer really didn't get a chance to shine has always bothered me with this book.

[@pyroshayniac1090]

Especially with her being the only female champion, and the author is a woman. You'd think she'd at least have a fighting chance.

[@johanivanswarts7503]

Cup was already registered as a portkey to take the winner back to The beginning point. Moody / crouch put another layer of portkey on top of it. Which was no problem because the object already was registered as a portkey. Voldy would probably have sent Harrys dead body back with the cup. If everything went to plan. Bigger doesnt make sense is why James comes out of voldys want before Lilly James was killed first.

[@Piotrek_90]

I believe the order in which those "sort of ghosts" show up was fixed by JKR in later editions, the version I read had it corrected with a note from the translator saying so.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

I don't think he would send the body back.

[@mysticalarchives7821]

The veritaserum could have been solved as a plot hole by simply saying that it is either difficult to make and produces very little each batch like liquid luck, or just by saying that the ministry can't administer it to a person for legal reasons.

[@hansgruber9457]

Yet Snape has a bottle casually lying around in book 5 that can be used for dozens of students. As for the ministry holding back because of legal reasons: They just came out of a devastating war. I think they could have rewritten some laws for those who told them they had been 'under the influence'. I don't think you are wrong here, that would be the kind of reasoning I expect from J. Rowling. But I still think she should have put more effort into explaining these things in the books.

[@dansharp2860]

I believe that J.K tried to get round this by explaining that there is at least one potion and/or spell that will counter the effects of veritaserum so wizard courts wont accept it as evidence. How long this spell/potion lasts hasn't been explained putting into question the most obvious solution to this. Of course the real reason many of the Death Eaters (notably Lucius Malfoy) were able to escape punishment was because they were from rich Pureblood families and they bribed their way out of trouble.

[@katetickner7141]

Another possibility would be veritaserum being invented more recently, after the war or even as a result of not being able to determine the truth during the Death Eater trials.

[@MarMi00]

@@hansgruber9457 And did people "rewrite some laws" for Nuremberg trials, after "a devastating war"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsequent_Nuremberg_trials

[@midnightwind8067]

when adult logic is applied to childrens stories you get these problems.

[@wwe12153]

It is a children’s book not animals book 😂

[@philipmalaby8172]

I love that you call him ‘Voldy’

[@MajkaSrajka]

"Don't speak his name!" >Goes and dabs n the looser

[@ZombieChylde]

The fact that Death Eaters all get branded with the Dark Mark that gets more prominent the stronger Voldemort gets also creates a plothole for book 5 when Harry tries to tell everyone that Voldemort is back. Not only is he being ignored, but being called a liar and physically tortured by Umbridge because of it. All the Ministry of Magic would have needed to do was take a look at all the arms of the imprisoned Death Eaters which would have shown them that Harry was right all along.

[@juliakeeton6953]

This isn’t a plot hole. At the end of book 4, Snape DOES show fudge his dark mark that’s become very clear and dark and tries to say that this is proof of Voldemort’s return. Fudge just brushes him off as mad. People will choose what they want to believe even when faced with enormous mounds of evidence. That’s the whole point of book 5.

[@ZombieChylde]

@@juliakeeton6953 Oh yes, you're right! I forgot that Snape showed his arm to Fudge. Thanks for the reminder. In this case Fudge is simply being delusional. LOL

[@michaellovegrove9467]

One word my guy: denial.

[@jubalterrell6260]

“Hey nice to meet you, pull up your sleeve.” 😂

[@redhunter8731]

Seriously though they NEVER do this. It's foolproof and freaking obvious but they never do it.

[@smutsigare]

@@redhunter8731 many of the people doing things for Voldemort was under the inperio curse and would therefore not have the mark.

[@redhunter8731]

@@smutsigare after the war it would have prevented a lot of problems going forward. For example Harry would have had his Godfather if they had just checked him for a mark.

[@thedarkknight9153]

18:50 is my favorite chapter in the whole book. The Egg and The Eye. Loved the interactions between Snape and "Moody" and rereading it after knowing the ending was even better. It was so easy to trust and like "Moody" afterwards. Plus there was tons of tension. I was bummed it wasn't in the movie.

[@tomgasan]

I always interpreted Krum's catch as a selfish act. He put aside his team and went for the singular glory of catching the snitch. It made me dislike him during the whole Hermione/Ron triangle.

[@conors4430]

Also, I don’t think J.K. Rowling or her editors/publishers ever envisaged tens of millions of nerds dissecting every word for complete logical consistency in a fantasyland

[@advmx3]

Nah the problem here is that she did a book for kids. Because of that she never actually wrote about the world and rules first and then wrote the story. She decided that since it's a child's book she could write and create the world at the same time. And I have to say: if you want to make seven books you need to take your time and create the world and world story and character bio before you start the story. If possible you should also write a timeline just to be sure. It was her first boom she did release and I understand the inconsistency but what I dont understand is why she never came out and said: look the book has tons of inconsistency throughout the entire series and I can't fix it without redoing the entire story. So you can complain all you want but if you want to enjoy Harry Potter you need to cope with it and ignore the plot holes. But she tries to protect it as if we would ban the book for not being perfect. that's what makes me mad.

[@FIN791998]

@@advmx3 Yeah when you are the targeted audience you certainly dont notice these things. As you keep returning to this series even after 15 years or so, you really start to notice how flawed this thing actually is. The thing I absolutely cant get over is how badly planed out the series is and not only because of these plot holes. You can clearly see that most of the books were not meant to have any sequel at all and had one purely because the previous etry was succesful. There were just so many annoying moments when Rowlling just basically said "Um actually it was like that the whole time". One of the first examples that comes to mind was Rons and Harrys sudent desire for Hermione and Ginny. I was always very keen to see if there was any foreshadowing or buildup in previous books but no there was none. Yet in the story its retrospectively implyed that it has been the case for the whole time. And that feels like to be the case with every major event or reveal in the series and not to mention all the tweets and other stuf that happened years after the last book was published and is expected to be taken as cannon. I mean if it was only ocasional like the reveal of Snapes backstory for example that was legitimately built up probably since book 4 or so it would have been fine. But Rowling does that all the time and acts as if it was established from book one. Thats just a massive flaw when it comes to a series... All these beads needs to be carefuly thought out and planted since day 1 and not when writing a sixth book. With that being said its probably still fine as its a children book and they wont notice these flaws... Its just us overgrown children who care for them and judge them by adult fantasy standards.

[@Eagle45678910]

That's literally an author, editor, and publisher's job

[@mariebourgot4949]

@@FIN791998 Hermione and Ron was actualy pretty obvious for me (and I was a kid) since the third book (even questioning for the second book) and it isn't a fucking shipping bias as I hate this couple. Ron doesn't deserve Hermione at all and is too much of an arsehole. But their constant bickering stand out for me immediatly as this "old maried couple" trope/collective representation that we have and I knew. And for Harry/Ginny, I don't know what JKR said but yeah, for Ginny it's since the first, but for Harry it's cleary only in the 6th.

[@YMasterS]

What are you talking about, that is literally their jobs?!

[@hannahsonnenburg7718]

I found your channel trough your Harry Potter videos and I really enjoy them! I‘m really looking forward to the halfblood prince book because it‘s my favourite!

[@merphynapier42]

I'm glad you're enjoying them!

[@atinity6749]

YASSS, finally another soul who appreciates half-blood prince. 😄 Most people rank it lowest, saying it's boring, or just filler, or most ridiculous claim of all; that nothing happens! We get the cute exchange between the ministers, I thought that was fun to read, also a first sneak peek into Voldie's inner circle. And we get Voldemorts backstory and Slughorn (finally a more nuanced Slytherin who isn't just evil), and of course the big and tragic ending that really shook me when I first read it. And we still get lots of basic Hogwarts fun, quidditch matches, hagrid... Also all the drama with Harry's classmates, and Ginny becomes more realized character in this book. So much interesting shit happens how can anyone say it's boring or just filler, I'll never understand!

[@dLzzzgaming]

@@atinity6749 HBP is probably my favorite, def top3

[@paulala8655]

@@atinity6749 I never knew people rated it so low! I love Half blood prince so much!

[@GarrettMerkin]

Same here. I love Half Blood Prince. I'll sometimes just pick it up and go through it here and there to take a little break from other books I'm reading. I do it with 5-7, basically.

[@amblynnn]

“Maybe they’re safe. Maybe they’re dying” 😩😂😂 I love how you display three different editions of GoF during this 😍

[@rhystaylor6939]

As a teacher: Hogwarts is the most terrifyingly unsafe school just on a day to day basis, let alone with the magic shenanigans.

[@jasonlang9074]

Its probably the same with every magical school. Like a bunch of hormonal teenagers with magical powers who occasionally use them on each other for various reasons on top of dealing with magical animals that can kill the students whenever 😭😭😂😥😢

[@rhystaylor6939]

@@jasonlang9074 I don't even mean the students, the staff (and not just the ones who turn out to be homicidal dark wizards) are horrifyingly incompetent.

[@klaudiagrob]

Also because students who get bullied don't have protection. Not like they have much protection at real life schools. Speaking from experience.

[@flaro38]

Besides the Veritaserum plothole, which I thought of too, I found another serious plothole you did not mention: owls. At first Harry uses Edvige to communicate with Sirius, then he tells Harry to use a regular owl. So, apparently, a random owl is able to locate an addressee even if they are hiding and the sender does not know where they are. Then why doesn't the Ministry send an owl to Black and follows it? JK Rowling even addressed this issue in an interview telling that wizards can make themselves unreachable; but then how did Evdige and other owls find Sirius?

[@michaellovegrove9467]

That’s a good point

[@dakusouru5491]

Wasn't the final task a winner take all, but based on the points, you were allowed to enter in order of who had the most points? So Fleur got into the maze last based on her placing.

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

That's true, but earlier in the book, it was stated that whoever acquires the most points wins the tournment

[@cassandraalastair7179]

never does harry once say "err, actually I don't wanna do this!! I didn't put my name so y'all better figure out how it got there, 'cause I aint doing this"

[@jmmb6348]

They explain that there's no way of NOT competing once your name is taken out of the Goblet. They explain it is an life betting arrangement, if you don't compete you die

[@hindygreenwood8115]

Totally agree with your opinion on the triwizard tournament, I feel the exact same way! Not too mention I was literally screaming inside my head for Harry to use accio when he dropped the egg and the map, so frustrating!

[@mcyt7539]

I love your Harry Potter videos! It's so funny to me that the Triwizard Tournament has spectators because with the lake task and the maze task, no one in the stands could see anything! They were just looking at the surface of the lake and some really tall hedges the whole time. Also, re: Arthur and the patronus, it's possible that he didn't learn how to use a Patronus to communicate yet. Because in OOTP, didn't someone say that the Order had a special way of communicating with each other, referring to the Patronuses? So maybe Dumbledore taught everyone in the Order how to do it after Voldemort came back and the Order was reestablished. Also, in OOTP, Dumbledore makes a Portkey using the "Portus" charm, so I think anyone who knows/is powerful enough can do it? Although I think they mention that Dumbledore is making an illegal/unregistered portkey, which isn't allowed. Edit: Actually, when they’re discussing how to transport Harry at the beginning of OOTP, they mention that they can’t make an unregistered portkey: Lupin says “it’s more than our life’s worth to set up an unauthorized Portkey.” So they could do it, it’s just really illegal.

[@Piotrek_90]

The Ministry must know somehow if a Portkey is created though, otherwise they'd have no way of controlling that - just like they are notified every time an underage wizard performs magic outside of school (well, or somebody does it around him/her :)). But I like what someone wrote above - that the cup was supposed to be a Portkey to the beginning of the maze and the Ministry knew about it, they just didn't realize it was "double-Portkeyed" by Barty Crouch Junior.

[@lbwnova6654]

I always thought that the cup was meant to be a port key that took the winner out of the maze. Since it has to be registered with the Ministry, there could be something that notifies the Ministry whenever something is turned into a port key. So fake Moody had to mess with the cup and make it take Harry to the graveyard. It could’ve been two way just because fake Moody didn’t remove the original purpose of the port key; once it took Harry to the graveyard it was still enchanted for transport outside of the maze, hence why Harry could use it again

[@Saimeren]

I love these types of videos. I like breaking down certain scenes or concepts in our favourite media and talking about the things that don't make sense, or that stand out as a little weird.

[@James_Wisniewski]

Having recently reread the book myself, I think it's strongly implied that people just didn't know about the Dark Mark being branded on Death Eaters' arms last time. Like, it just wasn't known to the general public. Given that, it makes a little more sense that people wouldn't jump to checking others' arms to see if it's there.

[@ivalenamiteva]

As a Bulgarian I've only read the translated HP books. Now seeing pages from your book, I realise how funny the Bulgarian accent is written! :D It's not accurate at all, but I imagine how hard it is to write an accent for an unpopulat foreign language. And of course, having a Bulgarian characted in Harry Potter is so awesome for us! Our country barely gets any representation in western pop culture (no reason why it should) and all of a sudden, we are in Harry Potter!

[@Themi.]

About the dragon task: I think the points also depended on other things like how long it took you and how impressive it was overall. I think it was mentioned that Harry was fastest which might explain why he got more points than Fleur (maybe she took really long). While Harry didn't do a lot of cool magic his flying abilities must have been really impressive. That still doesn't explain why Fleur didn't get higher scores than Cedric though. But it makes sense that Krum also wins because he and Harry both have a judge each that's really biased towards them while Cedric has none and Fleur only has Madame Maxime but she gives fair marks to the others so it doesn't make a whole lot of a difference.

[@evilgenius4213]

Dumbledore's definition of "safe", in the words of Arthur Dent, "Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' I that I wasn't previously aware of."

[@gowzahr]

What bothers me is that it's 10 points for each quaffle and 150 for the snitch. Why not 1 point for a quaffle and 15 for the snitch? Do wizards just have some kind of obsession with bigger numbers?

[@lilchaos9212]

Honestly, I think JK just wanted Harry to be super important and the only way his team could win while playing so she made it so that his job was legitimately the most important and deciding factor of the game.

[@VinnieMF]

​@@lilchaos9212 That has nothing to do with the point.

[@christinatallman8971]

I just discovered these videos. I LOVE your reviews. I recently became a Harry Potter fan. It’s awesome to hear another fan speak so in depth about these wonderful books. Way to go!!! :)

[@mackenzies.g.9862]

This has made me realize something about Voldy's character that no one really talks about... He's theatrical. Like total drama queen. Thank you for helping me come to this conclusion!

[@diddl03]

Yes he is. He always was. That’s also why he chose those objects for his Horcruxes, while he could just use objects that aren’t so obvious.

[@chaseduke5322]

Please keep this series going - the review + what doesn’t make sense for each book. You’re going a great job!

[@robertgronewold3326]

I think the Cup Portkey was two way because they were going to deliver Harry's dead body back to the school, so that they could make it look like he died tragically in an accident and Voldemort would have remained in the shadows that much longer. Also, I think Fleur got shortchanged in the first task because not only was Karkaroff pulling points against her, but so was Ludo Bagman to a degree, because his bet with the goblins where he needed Harry to win outright, and Barty Crouch Sr, because he was influenced by the Imperius Curse.

[@dLzzzgaming]

Not a bad theory on the Cup, but I like this better: The cup was always a portkey to the begining of the maze, so everyone would be certain of whom grabbed it first, but crouch jr. just "added" a location, the graveyard, to the portkey's "destinations".

[@thafoehammer143]

“We don’t know how portkeys are made” *in literally the next book- dumbledore: “Portus”

[@TeamSky01]

On your point on the Veritaserum, for me, truth is subjective. What's true for one person wont be true for someone else, and if wizards psychology worked even slightly like human psychology, you can turn any lie into a truth just by telling yourself that it is true.

[@dylannun9696]

Hi @Merphy Napier - Great video, really enjoy the series. You're right it is winner take all for the last task. But the 1st and 2nd task gave away points so that 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th could be decide. The tri wizard champion in 1st place gets to enter the maze first and then each member has a couple of minutes delay. It is a very long and futile way to decide who goes in the maze first but makes for a great couple of chapters. Keep up the great content :)

[@DelFeeny]

You catch so many things, and they're really interesting points. You're my HP expert now.^^ BTW, Fleur is pronounced like "flirt"(without the "t). ;)

[@definitelynotjim2336]

I love hearing you talk about this, I don’t have many Potter heads to talk to

[@gustavokrieger9610]

As to the whole portkey thing, I believe that the cup was already a portkey, that would transport the winner from the center of the maze to the outside, into the cheering crowd's view, and the Crouch Jr just added a "leg" to the trip. Because, when you think about it, the Ministry probably tracks portkeys, so they would know if an object that wasn't already a portkey, became one. However, if the cup had already been made into a portkey, I do not think they would have any way of knowing. As to the point system in the Tournament, I always assumed it was to give each contender a more priviledged starting point in the maze, kinda like a F1 grid.

[@Courfeyracc]

I have just finish a reread of the series today and the point you brought up about Harry not using accio the retrieve the map is such a great point. I personally found reading all the books this time that this happens a lot. There are spells they can very easily use, and have before, to get out of situations or help which they just don't. For no seemingly good reason. I just have to ignore it or I get really frustrated.

[@nedelina4]

Oh My God, that scene when harry drops the egg and the map!!! I've literally screamed at him, every single time when I read the book, JUST USE ACCIO! He can be really daft sometimes....

[@sophiathedandilioness]

Saaammeee, it is infuriating!

[@elephant35e]

The egg might have had an anti-summoning charm put on it to prevent the champions from summoning it during the first task.

[@nedelina4]

@@elephant35e No, I get the egg. But the map! The map can be summoned, I'm pretty sure we've seen it being done.

[@ewilliams4410]

I don't think Harry could do non-verbal spells at this point. So the fact that there were teachers around would be enough to make him stay silent even with the wailing egg.

[@nedelina4]

@@ewilliams4410 good point I always thought that there were not people around him at first, only that Mrs Norris saw him and started meowing

[@nikkireigns]

The Triwizard Tournament - the original wizarding Hunger Games

[@PorciniOmelet]

Dumbledore makes a portkey at the end of the 5th book and Fudge basically tells him off that he doesn't have registration for the creation of a portkey so my assumption is that it's illegal to make one without ministry approval, but the actual act itself doesn't require anything other than knowing the spell.

[@GayAnnabeth]

about the portkeys thing: it is worth noting that the portkey didn't take Harry back to the centre of the maze, but instead to right in front of the spectators. One theory I've heard is that Voldemort intended to portkey straight to Hogwarts, surprise everyone and eliminate basically all the powerful people who would oppose him, like Dumbledore and Fudge.

[@Caeljharden]

I’ve agreed with every “doesn’t make sense” video you’ve made. Including this one. The only part I would disagree about, would be the dark mark tattoo on the death eaters. Even though, like you said, it could be a situation where we don’t have enough details, but I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility to say they most likely have ways of concealing them if they’re in the presence of everyone else. Hell, maybe they do like we do and use makeup lol. But I would say there’s a very good chance they can make them temporarily disappear and conceal them if needed

[@what9460]

“I have a bunch of things” There is actually only one thing, *calmly*

[@Jamie_Miles]

After reading the books back prior to finishing the series, one major thing stood out to me and still does; How come Moody/Crouch Jr. wasn't accosted for performing not one, but ALL THREE Unforgivable Curses in front of Harry's class!? Yes, The Ministry knew that Dumbledore was bat shit crazy and was somewhat lenient with what he allowed his staff to do at Hogwarts, and yes, he was using Moody's wand at the time, but they're still illegal curses and it's mentioned in the same chapter that use of ANY of those curses will get you locked up in Azkaban, let alone all of them! Regardless of the reasons for using these, you'd think The Ministry would send someone to Hogwarts to find out why an "Ex-Auror" is showing a bunch of 14 year olds how to perform these spells! It may not be a plot hole as such, but it's something to definitely ponder.

[@lucassilveira1027]

17:40 First of all, the spell to make the Portkey is pretty easy (the spell is Portus, we learn it in the fifth book when Dumbles enchants the wizard statue's head to take Harry over to Hogwarts), the real problem is that it's illegal to make it without the Ministry's permission. You can make it, but you're not allowed to, something Barty Crouch Jr. wasn't really worried about at that point. And I think the Portkey took Harry back not because JK suddenly changed Portkey rules, but because it had been previously enchanted to take someone over to the entrance of the maze. So Barty Crouch Jr. took Harry to the graveyard and someone else's spell took him to the entrance, and only then the Cup ceased to be a Portkey. You know that's what happened because the Portkey doesn't actually take him back to where he left, as many people say, but to the entrance of the maze. If the Cup had taken him back to the start point, he would've appeared in the center of the maze, but he didn't, which means the spell that took Harry back was the one under Crouch's spell. Now, how the hell Harry figured out that there was a second Portkey spell under the first, which is what led him to Accioing the Cup, is a whole different question I can't answer

[@kyleward3914]

Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly, but didn't the contestants with the most points get a head start on the last task? Even if the points don't matter, better placement in the first two tasks gave them an advantage on the third.

[@dLzzzgaming]

OP's issue with the points was how they were distributed, by whom (clearly biased judges), or the books not telling us how many points Fleur got, not how they affected the tri tourney per se

[@lynxaway]

dLzzz. Judas Ezekiel I think this commenter is referring to the criticism of the “winner takes all” aspect of the tournament, which would (according to OP’s argument) make the first two tasks meaningless

[@kallielukas4367]

Yes that's right because if you have more points to get to start first and the others have to wait till it's their turn you have a better chance to get through the maze before someone else

[@NawiTheCore]

18:18 I think only the Headmaster can create portkeys at Hogwarts (as he does in The Order of Phoenix when Mr. Weasley is injured). The TriWizard Cup was probably intended as a portkey from the beginning. It was supposed to take the winner to the crowd, but I believe Barty Crouch Jr. somehow managed to alter its course so it takes the winner, Harry, to the graveyard.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

5:25 As with most issues in these books: Because she was writing them as she went; she did not have the world built in her head before writing. I have always said that book 4 is when she realized that she was going to need to tie everything together to make the story work. Books 1-4 are very obviously separate, almost completely stand-alone books. 5:55 Oh, she established that the patronus communication existed already? Then it's the other problem with these books: Rowling just isn't a good writer. She's the idea person, she should have worked with someone else to write these books.

[@krishnahemminger]

Thank you so much for having the courage to say this. I've been saying this since Half-Blood Prince came out, and my dislike of the series started. After Hallows I sold my series and never returned to it again, unless it was for videos like this about how the story doesn't make sense or how JK is now "ruining" the HP series, RETCON anyone??? Also proof JK just isn't a good writer, is that she couldn't make it with a Pen Name after she was done with HP. Despite writing in a popular genre she just didn't sell, and the books still didn't make her much more money when it was revealed it was her writing them. She had no choice but to go back to HP and ruin what she had created, noted that HP wasn't perfect, but she has now destroyed everything she created. I'll be honest, book 4 was my favorite, but listening to this makes me appreciate my approach to story telling, where I plan out my series before starting with the first book. Anyways, got long winded here, thanks agian for posting this, it is much appreciated.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@krishnahemminger I knew there were more of us! I'm usually met with unanimous dislike.

[@thedarkknight9153]

I mean, Harry Potter sold more copies than the Bible so in spite of the flaws I'm pretty sure it's considered a worldwide success.

[@juanmarodriguez6010]

I forgot that the spectators saw almost anything of the tournament hahaha

[@Keyboardje]

I love how you lovingly pick out the odd things, the plot holes and the plain stupid things Rowling someteimes wrote, just as I myself did and do every time I re-read the books, but that nobody else ever mentioned

[@JP-rh1xj]

I was under the impression in Book 5 that Dumbledore, having invented the talking Patronus, only taught it to order members which at the time of Book 4 did not include the Weasleys. Additionally, I thought Barty Jr said some line to Harry along the lines of he wasn't supposed to come back alive. I always thought that after Voldemort was resurrected, he would kill Harry and Harry's body would just appear outside the maze with the cup with no one being quite sure what happened. That strikes me as a very Voldemort type move

[@gabrieltorresdasilva5872]

I saw a really good theory about the port key of the tournament that Voldemort planned to sent Pettigrew back to Hogwarts transfigured as harry to have no suspects that he was back

[@SydCar]

That’s too risky. Voldemort would never trust Pettigrew with such an assignment. He only used him as much as he did because his options were limited. Pettigrew is way too weak and cowardly to ever pull off acting as Harry and lying to trained eyes like Dumbledore and Snape. Hell, I’d wager Ron and Hermione would be able to figure him out.

[@thiadesg]

Regarding the portkey, it was registered with the Ministry, I believed. The original "design" of the third task was that whoever got to the cup first would get transported to the spot where everyone was waiting for them, but Barty Jr added an in-between step (the graveyard). Also, didn't Voldemort say he intended to send back Harry's body once he killed him? I always assumed that was why the portkey was still active.

[@edwardg1999]

I'll try to give explanations to some of your points. 1. The Irish seeker was about to catch the snitch whilst Krum was hurt during the game with blood on his face. Krum knew that Bulgaria would not catch up in the points, so he flew off and caught the snitch first, to even out the scores. His intentions were not to win, but the end the game on his terms. 2. Arthur should've sent a Patronus, but remember that this happened late in the night. Molly was sleeping whilst this happened. And if Molly was worried, she could've used her clock to see how the family is doing during the quidditch cup...and send a Patronus if she was awake. Arthur made sure that they went back to the Burrow first thing in the morning, so he expected to tell all of this to Molly in person. 3. The first thing that Fudge did when learning that Barty Crouch Jr's was responsible for those events, he ordered a dementor to enter the school and suck out Crouch's soul, without even wanting to hear his confession. Fudge would not have wanted to listen to Harry either since he expected Harry to suffer from hallucinations due to Rita Skeeter's article about him. This meant that Fudge would not have cared to use veritaserum or that memory extraction technique on Harry, as Harry's memories, according to Fudge, were not real. 4. Again, revealing the dark mark would not have meant anything to the close-minded Fudge. 5. Dumbledore speaks mermish and is in good terms with the merpeople. I am confident that the mer-people would have helped if Harry was actually drowning (a point that you mentioned, which I think is true). 6. I was surprised that the third task included creatures, such as the sphynx, acromantula and a blast ended screwt. These creatures might have killed the champions so I assume that teachers were asked to patrol areas where these monsters were in. And I don't think that Dumbledore would have expected one student to cause fatal harm to another. 7. I assume that Fleur took the longest to get her egg. 8. Anyone can charm an object and make it a portkey. In order of the phoenix, dumbledore created a portkey twice to send people away from or to Hogwarts. And i don't think that the 7 portkeys used in deathly hallows were registered with the infiltrated ministry either. 9. The charm needed to enchant an object and make it a portkey is tricky. it's one thing to create a portkey that teleports you to a different location at a pre-planned time, but it takes more advanced magic to enchant an object so it works as a portkey twice, and can be used at a random time. I think that Crouch enchanted the portkey to work twice, since he wanted Voldemort to use Harry's corpse for polyjuice potion, transforming into Harry and arriving in Hogwarts to kill Dumbledore, whilst disguised as Harrt, This is someone else's theory by the way.

[@Reggie1408]

nope

[@laurenmungaray3912]

@@Reggie1408 "no" What?

[@jrjackson1616]

The way I always thought about the portkey in the end scene was that it had two enchantments: The first had been set by Dumbledore (or whomever) to transport the student who grabs it back to the maze entrance. The second was put on my Barty Crouch, and it superseded the former. After being transported to the graveyard, the trophy was still a portkey back to the entrance of the maze because it had not been yet used as such. Still, you're 100% right about all the registration stuff not making sense for Barty Crouch's enchantment to take them to the graveyard in the first place.

[@RedQuill567]

The message Patronus is used only by Order of the Phoenix members and Arthur wasnt in the Order during the first war, probably didn't know how to use it yet.

[@mikenguyen911]

I've always wonder how Ron explained to the Weasleys how he got Pigwigeon? Sirius got it for him at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban to replace Scabbers. But the Weasleys didn't know of Sirius innocence until the end of Goblet of Fire. How Ron went a whole year, been getting mail no doubt via Pigwidgeon whereas the rest of family uses Errol, without them wondering where he got Pigwidgeon from? If they can't afford a new owl, he definitely can't.

[@nanoff815]

Dudley had a PlayStation in 1994.

[@zombiewarfighter7196]

The time travel in book 3 actually makes perfect sense. They can only do what's already been done. As they are about to go back in time they are also already about to come back. This is how harry realizes he saves himself becuase he already did it. Now why she doesnt go back and take charms is covered by the cursed child. The time Turner's can only go back a certain amount of time, this implies her nap was long enough to make time travel impossible, also it makes 2 Hermione's, one that is going to be woken up by ron and harry and this obviously cant be done if she then freaks out about a class she missed then goes back making it so from Ron's perspective she was in class, suddenly not with them, then napping, then freaking out about the class she just missed. Now in the cursed child that time travel is a garbage fire.

[@waynicliz]

I think quidditch should have been written better.

[@sophiathedandilioness]

A lot of JKs writing could and should have been better written. My theory is that she was so determined to get the books out fast, she sacrificed quality for quantity. I can't believe a good editor would have let half the stuff JK put out fly. I know of authors who took 7 or so years for ONE book, JK did what, 7 books in how many years?? I think she didn't put enough time into them, possiblity because she cared more about being done and getting money than she actually did about the story and the readers. It explains the Cursed Child "collaboration" garbage.

[@waynicliz]

@@sophiathedandilioness She had allot of pressure to write books, they would come out after one year or the highest three years.

[@sophiathedandilioness]

@@waynicliz that's kinda my point I guess, she let that pressure get to her and she sacrificed the quality of the books as a result. I don't respect her as an author because of that.

[@elephant35e]

Exactly! Here are ways I could have improved it: Way #1: The snitch is worth way less than 150 points (maybe 30 - 50??) and there is a minimum time the quidditch game lasts so that it won't end if the player catches the snitch very quickly (say, 5 minutes or less). The minimum time could possibly be one hour. If the snitch is caught in less than an hour, the seekers will quit playing and the the game will end once the hour is up. If the game lasts longer than an hour, it will end once the snitch is caught Way # 2: The quidditch game will last a certain time, and instead of there being a single golden snitch for the seekers to catch, there will be several small objects flying around the field (not necessarily golden snitches) for the seekers to find and catch. Each of these objects will be worth maybe 20 points. Once an object gets caught, it will return to the case that stores all of the quidditch items (ex: quaffle and bludgers). If all of the objects are caught before the time is up (which won't be super likely) the seekers will leave the game. Way #3: get rid of the seekers and just have chasers, keepers, and beaters.

[@waynicliz]

@@elephant35e 👏👏👏 Way better sounds like a sport that people will actually watch or play !

[@bubblehulk7647]

I didn’t quite get it the first time I read it, but I just finished the audiobook and it blew me away that Krum caught the snitch. I was like wait…that’s a stupid bet Fred and George did with Bagman.

[@gaber.24]

For me, the biggest plothole of the book is that the whole story could have taken place in a week instead of an entire school year. Once Barty Crouch, Jr was able to impersonate Moody and get on Hogwarts grounds, all he needed to do was, on the first day of classes, say "Harry Potter! I've heard so much about you! Come by office later." Then when he's alone with Harry, stupefy him and get him to the graveyard (I know wizards can't apparate on Hogwarts grounds, but I'm sure Crouch, Jr was smart enough to have found a way to smuggle Harry's body out of the school via his chest, or invisibility cloak, some other way, and then use Floo Powder, or a Portkey, or apparate with the body once off the grounds). Yes, Dumbledore might have gotten suspicious, but it's still better than what actually happened. There was no need to involve Harry in the Tri-Wizard Tournament at all, or to have Crouch Jr masquerade as Moody for an entire school year; if the objective was just to capture Harry and get him to the graveyard, he could have done it in a week at most.

[@dansharp2860]

Except that Dumbledore would have known right away that Voldemort was behind it and that he was back. Voldemort wanted to remain in the shadows so he could lowkey take over the Ministry before anyone realised what was happening, especially Dumbledore. Having Harry appear to have died during the 3rd task would not have raised any suspicions.

[@LivyTresa]

The cup being a port key that could also go back to the school could have been to make it look like an accident, like harry just happened to die right when he reached the cup which could have been caused by any number of things in the maze. If Harry was simply taken away by mad eye there was no may of making it look like an accident so people would know about Voldemort coming back.

[@TheBrothergreen]

Your score during the first 2 tasks determines what order you enter the maze. Dumbledore makes a portkey in book 6, I believe. It's a pretty simple spell. I think the ministry controls them because they are a security risk, moreso than that they are dangerous (although making portkeys into volcanos as a laugh is probably a thing). As for why crouch Jr set up the portkey as he did, SuperCarlin Bros hypothesized that voldemort's plan was to return to Hogwarts in harry's place using polyjuice potion, either to assassinate Dumbledore or to retrieve/move the diadem. Alternatively, the reason offered by the books was that maybe he just wanted to send harry's corpse back to D as a message announcing his triumphant return. You can't apparate in Hogwarts, but you can portkey in, apparently. Third option Voldemort portkeys in, and "protego demonica" or whatever that stupid spell was from FB2 instantly kill anyone who doesn't join him. So many options.

[@manaalsidd]

No one talks about Winky! She wasn’t in the movie and she was also aided Crouch Sr. And Crouch Jr. in their plans!

[@nonfictionfeminist]

I feel like the points on the first task depended on how entertaining it was for the audience. As for Portkeys, I'm assuming it's like any law-related thing where some people make them and ignore the law. Kind of like anyone can be an Animagus if they have the talent for it, but it's up to them to register themselves, and many of them just keep it a secret and don't go in to register.

[@kiracaos]

I always have though that the first 2 rounds of the tri wizard tournament were elimination rounds, whoever failed got eliminated at that point.

[@QuarterLifeCrises]

The Dark Mark thing is pretty obvious, I think. A lot of spells, disillusionment charms could be used to cover it up, hell even simple make up could be used. And it's not a very good start to a relationship to force someone to show their arm and do a battery of spells on them to reveal any dark marks. Creates distrust and resentment. And Snape, iirc, mentioned to Fudge in the second to last chapter that the Mark was slightly faded from when Voldemort summoned the death eaters. So I think it can go faint even when Voldemort is in power. But most importantly, not everyone knew about the Mark, not even people in the Order. Sirius didn't seem to know what Harry was talking about when he mentioned that Karkaroff was showing Snape his arm. He could be pretending to not know that this could be about the Dark Mark, but I don't see why he would do that. And Sirius was considered a death eater even without the Dark Mark. So I think very few people outside death eater circles knew about the Dark Mark. As for the Triwizard tournament, at least it in the second task, it seemed to me that Dumbledore took precautions to make sure students were safe even if he couldn't see them. That's what I gathered from not just the Mercheiftainess, but a bunch of merpeople following Harry to the surface. They would have helped if Harry couldn't do it or if anyone was in risk of drowning. Harry describes Dumbledore as looking relieved but that doesn't mean he thought they would die. Fleur was probably told her sister would be safe but still she was worried, because she couldn't help it. (Speaking of Fleur, her not being the top scorer in the first task and the narrative not caring about her performance in the tournament, having her be there only one to disqualify from the last two tasks early on, all speaks to the latest sexism in these books. But that's just imo. JK created some good female characters but her books weren't free of sexism). One 'mistake' about the tournament I want to add to the ones you've mentioned is: what the hell are they watching? The first task was pretty exciting to watch, maybe, but the second and third tasks? They're just looking at a lake and an entrance to a maze, since we know people didn't know what happened during those tasks. Why were the people so excited about this tournament? There's nothing fun except the first task and the Yule Ball. I guess meeting students from other schools could be exciting but we didn't get much of that after the start. I mean, at times I forgot there were other Dumstrang and Beauxbaton students there (speaking of which, what about those students' classes and is it really necessary for these schools' headmasters to be away from school all the time?). One thing you mentioned in the previous video which I think could go here: Crouch-Jr-as-Moody teaching Harry to resist the Imperius. Kinda doesn't make sense and Harry being able to resist it, even marginally, on the first try, seems to be a case of chosen-one-itis, when even experienced aurors like the real Moody couldn't resist it. But I kind of have a headcanon about why Crouch taught Harry to resist the curse - he's just passionate about teaching DADA. I mean, he did seem to be interested in teaching students, and not just Harry's class. Like, if circumstances had been different, I can imagine him as a good teacher like Lupin.

[@usmanshahid4714]

"That excellent clock of hers." Mrs. Weasley's clock would have indicated her family in mortal peril, but she chose to worry about them instead...