Random Harry Potter Plot Holes (14 items)

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  (#4) The Death Eaters Just Walk Into Hogwarts

  The entire plot of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince centers around Malfoy fixing the Vanishing Cabinet so the Death Eaters can break into Hogwarts. He succeeds and a battle ensues, with students and teachers fighting Death Eaters in the halls of the school.

  Except in the movie, this doesn't happen. Yes, the Death Eaters are brought in, but they're literally allowed to walk through the school blowing everything up. Instead, the violence happens at the Weasleys' house, which makes no sense. It's not like Voldemort's whole plan was to commit arson against one wizarding family.
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  (#10) Expelliarmus Does One Thing!

  In the books, the Expelliarmus spell disarms people, and it's Harry's go-to battle move. In the movies, everyone uses it all the time, and it always seems to have a different effect. Sometimes it simply disarms someone, but more often than not, it blasts people off their feet and sends them flying across the room. They always do drop their wand when this happens, so technically it works. But still!
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  (#1) Harry Uses Magic Willy-Nilly Outside Of School

  The opening scene of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is unforgivable. In the scene, Harry is in his room at 4 Privet Drive using the Lumos charm to read at night. There's just one problem – he's an underage wizard using magic outside of school, an act that's explicitly forbidden. What's more, he's using magic in a Muggle house. The Ministry of Magic would be on him like young Neville on a chocolate frog.
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  (#8) Harry Is Allowed To Nap At The Death Eater Attack

  When the Death Eaters attack the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chaos breaks out until nothing remains but a wasteland of burnt tents. Oh, and Harry lounging in the dirt in the middle of said wasteland after getting knocked out. How does he make it out alive, seeing as how he's Voldemort's number-one target?
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  (#2) Does Polyjuice Potion Change Your Voice Or Not?

  Characters in the Harry Potter movies use Polyjuice potion numerous times. Whenever they do, they physically transform into someone else, but their voice remains their own. Except for one huge instance: Barty Crouch, Jr.

  Given the rules established in the films (and only the films) about voices remaining the same, Mad Eye Moody in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire should have, at the very least, a slightly different voice than the real Mad Eye.
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  (#3) Movie Dumbledore Is Dumb

  Many fans think Richard Harris was an amazing Dumbledore who captured the character perfectly. Michael Gambon, on the other hand... not so much.

  The writing of this scene in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is probably the real culprit, but nothing Dumbledore says is consistent with the book. First, after they learn that a young Tom Riddle was indeed seeking guidance on making multiple horcruxes, Dumbledore says, "This beyond anything I ever imagined." Uh, no it isn't. In the novel, it's precisely what Dumbledore imagines. He had actually suspected Riddle's diary was a horcrux all along, and that there might be more given how careless he was with it.

  Then Dumbledore goes on to say the horcruxes "could be anything. The most commonplace of objects." Wrong again. They are only objects Voldemort viewed as extremely significant or important, another thing book Dumbledore understood about him.

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