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Harry Potter began as a series of seven fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling and later expanded into a multimedia franchise. We have separate pages for its book, film, and video game incarnations; this one is a disambiguation page to help you locate the more specific one you were looking for.

• The novels, the 1997-2007 book series consisting of 7 novels, 3 spinoffs, and a theater play sequel:
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
  • Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix
  • Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince
  • Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • Quidditch Through the Ages
  • The Tales of Beedle the Bard
• The play Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and its novelization
• Harry Potter films, the 2001-2011 series of film adaptations on the aforementioned books.
  • The Fantastic Beasts film trilogy, which takes place decades before the original books.
• Harry Potter video games, a series of video games, most based on straight adaptions of the films, although including some original titles.
  • LEGO Harry Potter a duology of Lego Adaptation Games.
  • Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, an Augmented Reality Game released in 2019.
  • Hogwarts Legacy, a 2023 Action-RPG set in and around Hogwarts in the late 1800s.
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, immensely popular recreations of Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley to be found at various Universal theme parks.

Also see A Very Potter Musical and its sequel, a popular set of fan musicals; Potter Puppet Pals, another famous fan production; the notoriously bad fanfic My Immortal, as well as the notoriously good fanfic Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

Not to be confused with Harry Palmer.

Harry Potter is the Trope Namer for:

• Secret Keeper

The following tropes are common to many or all entries in the Harry Potter franchise.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.

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  • It's implied that part of the reason that Harry Potter develops a crush on Cho Chang is that she nearly knocks him off his broom while they play Quidditch. Gryffindor Captain Wood screams at Harry to not be a gentleman as Harry swerves to avoid Cho. While on a date several books later, Cho recounts the match and finds it hilarious how competitive Wood was.
  • Hagrid's sweet crush on Madame Maxime at first is because they're both half-giant, and she understands what it means to be an outsider. As he recounts in Book five, she impressed him with some fast spellwork to save them both from hostile giants. The reason why their relationship didn't continue is she didn't think his rescuing his brother Grawp was a good idea, but Hagrid understood it was dangerous to transport a full giant and let her go.
• Draconic Demon: Dragons from the world of Harry Potter are among the most dangerous magical creatures due to their aggression and strength, which varies from species to species. The most dangerous is the black, spiky Hungarian Horntail, which is hostile and ferocious even by draconian standards. In Goblet of Fire, Harry is (naturally) pitted against one during the first part of the Triwizard Tournament, where he's tasked with stealing a golden egg that she's very protective of.
• Pet Owl: Owls are a common pet in the franchise, and are often employed as the setting's equivalent to postmen. Harry's snowy owl Hedwig is the most prominent example, serving as a beloved companion until her death at the hands of a Death Eater's killing curse.
• Wizards Live Longer: Between their more robust nature and magical healing, wizards and witches appear to regularly reach and pass their century marks.