Top 10 Harry Potter Movie Mistakes Spotted By the Fans
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Rainbow
Obviously, when it comes to adapting books to movies, there will be inevitable differences between the two mediums. Harry Potter is certainly no exception. I have a few more things to note:
- Chamber of Secrets is my favorite in the series (both book and movie. In the theatrical cut of the movie, Harry and Ron are shown discovering about the Basilisk thanks to a page that Hermione was holding when she was petrified. That's a very good scene, as it's fascinating how Harry and Ron piece the whole mysteries behind the Chamber of Secrets together. If you look closely at the page, it mentions that a rooster's crow is fatal to the Basilisk. However, what they didn't mention in the theatrical cut (but only implied in the extended cut because of a scene with Hagrid) is that Riddle made Ginny kill the roosters when she was possessed by the diary.
- The First Task of the Triwizard Tournament in the movie was very inaccurate to the book, because if the dragon broke off of its chains, the event would've been stopped.
- The attack on the Burrow in the Half Blood Prince movie wasn't in the book. You can't just add things that aren't in the book. It doesn't affect the story at all when it really should've.
- They ruined all sense of suspense in the movie for the scene when Ron is poisoned and almost dies, with him saying These girls, they're gonna kill me! In the book, the chapter ended with Ron lying perfectly still. They could've very easily done the same thing in the movie so it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.
- Snape's reveal as the Half Blood Prince didn't have the same buildup to it like it did in the book. And when Snape orders Harry to show him his books after catching him using Sectumsempra on Draco, Harry goes to hide the Half Blood Prince's book in the Room of Requirement. This is how Harry discovers the location of Ravenclaw's diadem in Deathly Hallows.
- The opening of Deathly Hallows (the book and the Part 1 movie) shows that Hermione altered her parents memories so that they wouldn't be targeted by Voldemort and the Death Eaters. However, in the movie, she used Obliviate to erase herself from their memories, to make it seem like they never even had a daughter. But in the book, Hermione simply used a False Memory Charm, then she could recover everything once it was all over.
I watched MovieFlame's Books VS Movies Comparison series for Harry Potter, and I absolutely loved it. Go check it out if you haven't already.
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Obviously, when it comes to adapting books to movies, there will be inevitable differences between the two mediums. Harry Potter is certainly no exception. I have a few more things to note:
- Chamber of Secrets is my favorite in the series (both book and movie. In the theatrical cut of the movie, Harry and Ron are shown discovering about the Basilisk thanks to a page that Hermione was holding when she was petrified. That's a very good scene, as it's fascinating how Harry and Ron piece the whole mysteries behind the Chamber of Secrets together. If you look closely at the page, it mentions that a rooster's crow is fatal to the Basilisk. However, what they didn't mention in the theatrical cut (but only implied in the extended cut because of a scene with Hagrid) is that Riddle made Ginny kill the roosters when she was possessed by the diary.
- The First Task of the Triwizard Tournament in the movie was very inaccurate to the book, because if the dragon broke off of its chains, the event would've been stopped.
- The attack on the Burrow in the Half Blood Prince movie wasn't in the book. You can't just add things that aren't in the book. It doesn't affect the story at all when it really should've.
- They ruined all sense of suspense in the movie for the scene when Ron is poisoned and almost dies, with him saying These girls, they're gonna kill me! In the book, the chapter ended with Ron lying perfectly still. They could've very easily done the same thing in the movie so it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.
- Snape's reveal as the Half Blood Prince didn't have the same buildup to it like it did in the book. And when Snape orders Harry to show him his books after catching him using Sectumsempra on Draco, Harry goes to hide the Half Blood Prince's book in the Room of Requirement. This is how Harry discovers the location of Ravenclaw's diadem in Deathly Hallows.
- The opening of Deathly Hallows (the book and the Part 1 movie) shows that Hermione altered her parents memories so that they wouldn't be targeted by Voldemort and the Death Eaters. However, in the movie, she used Obliviate to erase herself from their memories, to make it seem like they never even had a daughter. But in the book, Hermione simply used a False Memory Charm, then she could recover everything once it was all over.
I watched MovieFlame's Books VS Movies Comparison series for Harry Potter, and I absolutely loved it. Go check it out if you haven't already.
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msmojo
Am I the only one who noticed the glaring error in Harry Potter involving the fact that Voldemort was set up to fail? So in the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort tracks down the Elder Wand so he can kill Harry. The problem is that Harry was the true master of the Wand, and the Wand will not kill the one whom it views as its true master (Or so I've read. In other words, Voldemort never would have been able to kill Harry, due to the fact that the wand he was using wouldn't (and didn't) allow it. And for anyone who wants to try the Well, Voldemort was able to use the Killing Curse against him in the forest when Harry went to confront him excuse, the Wand was targeting the soul shard within Harry, not Harry himself. That, or J. K Rowling doesn't pay attention to her own lore.
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Am I the only one who noticed the glaring error in Harry Potter involving the fact that Voldemort was set up to fail? So in the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort tracks down the Elder Wand so he can kill Harry. The problem is that Harry was the true master of the Wand, and the Wand will not kill the one whom it views as its true master (Or so I've read. In other words, Voldemort never would have been able to kill Harry, due to the fact that the wand he was using wouldn't (and didn't) allow it. And for anyone who wants to try the Well, Voldemort was able to use the Killing Curse against him in the forest when Harry went to confront him excuse, the Wand was targeting the soul shard within Harry, not Harry himself. That, or J. K Rowling doesn't pay attention to her own lore.
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RGD
The biggest mistake of all is that, there is this creature that was only visible to harry and luna. The creature that can fly, which also carries a cart. Yeah so luna said this creature can only be seen by people who have seen someone dying. And in order of the Phoenix, (5th movie) Hermione, ron, neville, ginny, harry and luna flies to london to try and save sirius. They fly on THAT CREATURE WHICH HERMIONE, RON, NEVILLE AND GINNY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE! HOW DID THEY FLY ON IT?
ive searched it up, and the creature's name was 'thestrals'.
It also says that Hermione, ron, ginny and neville witnessed the death of 'cedric diggory' but they actually didnt see him dying did they? No. So that will be counted as a big mistake!
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The biggest mistake of all is that, there is this creature that was only visible to harry and luna. The creature that can fly, which also carries a cart. Yeah so luna said this creature can only be seen by people who have seen someone dying. And in order of the Phoenix, (5th movie) Hermione, ron, neville, ginny, harry and luna flies to london to try and save sirius. They fly on THAT CREATURE WHICH HERMIONE, RON, NEVILLE AND GINNY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE! HOW DID THEY FLY ON IT?
ive searched it up, and the creature's name was 'thestrals'.
It also says that Hermione, ron, ginny and neville witnessed the death of 'cedric diggory' but they actually didnt see him dying did they? No. So that will be counted as a big mistake!
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Shayne
at the 38: 26 mark of the Prisoner of Azkaban, after Harry lands with Buckbeak and Malfoy ignores Hagrids warning earlier about insulting hippogriffs, Malfoy is injured and Hermione walks up and says he needs to be taken to the hospital wing, when she is saying this she does not have her robe on and for a brief time, you can see the time turner she has been using in the movie, but she is supposed to keep it hidden so others do not find out how she is getting to classes, this is only instance where you see the device until she and Harry uses it near end. Don't know if she was supposed to display it for all to see or not but doubt it
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at the 38: 26 mark of the Prisoner of Azkaban, after Harry lands with Buckbeak and Malfoy ignores Hagrids warning earlier about insulting hippogriffs, Malfoy is injured and Hermione walks up and says he needs to be taken to the hospital wing, when she is saying this she does not have her robe on and for a brief time, you can see the time turner she has been using in the movie, but she is supposed to keep it hidden so others do not find out how she is getting to classes, this is only instance where you see the device until she and Harry uses it near end. Don't know if she was supposed to display it for all to see or not but doubt it
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Jennifer
In every single one of these videos, why is there never a single mention of the battle with the death eaters following the death of Dumbledore as they try to escape Hogwarts? In the movie, it showed the death eaters basically power walking to the exit unnoticed, whereas if they had followed the source material, could have been an undeniably epic scene. It's hard to pick whether this or the changes to the labyrinth in Goblet of Fire was a worse sin.
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In every single one of these videos, why is there never a single mention of the battle with the death eaters following the death of Dumbledore as they try to escape Hogwarts? In the movie, it showed the death eaters basically power walking to the exit unnoticed, whereas if they had followed the source material, could have been an undeniably epic scene. It's hard to pick whether this or the changes to the labyrinth in Goblet of Fire was a worse sin.
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badbiker666
I only ever noticed two of these, and NOT on first viewing! I noticed Harry changing table sides in the first movie pretty early on. I don't know why, just one time it just hit me. Also, the inconsistencies of a lot of the magic, including the Expelliarmus spell and the different ways different directors treated the Polyjuice Potion. I chalked that one up to the Director's egos getting in the way of making things match up from movie to movie.
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I only ever noticed two of these, and NOT on first viewing! I noticed Harry changing table sides in the first movie pretty early on. I don't know why, just one time it just hit me. Also, the inconsistencies of a lot of the magic, including the Expelliarmus spell and the different ways different directors treated the Polyjuice Potion. I chalked that one up to the Director's egos getting in the way of making things match up from movie to movie.
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Jason
1. The fang of a basilisk is known to destroy horcrux's. Harry is a horcrux so when the basilisk bit him, it should have killed Harry.
2. Students are never permitted to do magic outside of Hogwarts as they're being monitored by the Ministry Of Magic 24/7. When Hermione first meets Harry and Ron, she tells them that she did a few basic spells. Strange that the Ministry Of Magic doesn't punish her or rescind her attending Hogwarts.
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1. The fang of a basilisk is known to destroy horcrux's. Harry is a horcrux so when the basilisk bit him, it should have killed Harry.
2. Students are never permitted to do magic outside of Hogwarts as they're being monitored by the Ministry Of Magic 24/7. When Hermione first meets Harry and Ron, she tells them that she did a few basic spells. Strange that the Ministry Of Magic doesn't punish her or rescind her attending Hogwarts.
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Perla
Is nobody going to mention that Harry cant do magic outside of school, but in the third movie he uses Lumos Maxima in bed without receiving a howler or, indeed, anything happening? They took a LOT of liberties in the movies Not to mention creating a crapload of plotholes while doing it. You dont have to be a fan to spot a cameraman or microphone, by the way.
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Is nobody going to mention that Harry cant do magic outside of school, but in the third movie he uses Lumos Maxima in bed without receiving a howler or, indeed, anything happening? They took a LOT of liberties in the movies Not to mention creating a crapload of plotholes while doing it. You dont have to be a fan to spot a cameraman or microphone, by the way.
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Jordan
I dont know if this is a mistake, but on the six movie, the half blood prince. Draco Malfoy, says on the train, Hogwarts what a pathetic excuse for school I think rather pitch myself off the astronomy tower. Then handled another two years. Isnt there only seven years of class at Hogwarts? I dont know if those are the correct wordS but something like that
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I dont know if this is a mistake, but on the six movie, the half blood prince. Draco Malfoy, says on the train, Hogwarts what a pathetic excuse for school I think rather pitch myself off the astronomy tower. Then handled another two years. Isnt there only seven years of class at Hogwarts? I dont know if those are the correct wordS but something like that
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Elizabeth
Expelliarmus can knock over an opponent because intention play a role in how a spell works. If you only intend to knock a wand out of a hand or knock them down is up to the caster. It can be used for both. Knocking out of the hand happens in school because the kids are weaker magic and as to knock allow injury of the kids.
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Expelliarmus can knock over an opponent because intention play a role in how a spell works. If you only intend to knock a wand out of a hand or knock them down is up to the caster. It can be used for both. Knocking out of the hand happens in school because the kids are weaker magic and as to knock allow injury of the kids.
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Moosa
For those who have the book Harry potter and the goblet of fire. look up page 178.
It is chapter mad eye moody
In it Lavender Brown gets an unexpected planet and Professor Trelawney says that it is the planet Uranus and Ron says to Lavender Brown 'Can i have a look at Uranus, too, Lavender? '
Ron was SUS and horny af
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For those who have the book Harry potter and the goblet of fire. look up page 178.
It is chapter mad eye moody
In it Lavender Brown gets an unexpected planet and Professor Trelawney says that it is the planet Uranus and Ron says to Lavender Brown 'Can i have a look at Uranus, too, Lavender? '
Ron was SUS and horny af
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Eylina
Okay so is no one gonna mention the dragon in the goblet of fire flying free around the school and no dragon tamer around, no safety precaution taken?
Also, the use of imperius curse? You can't tell if someone is under imperius curse but Krum was shown with whitish eye as in to show he under imperius curse
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Okay so is no one gonna mention the dragon in the goblet of fire flying free around the school and no dragon tamer around, no safety precaution taken?
Also, the use of imperius curse? You can't tell if someone is under imperius curse but Krum was shown with whitish eye as in to show he under imperius curse
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Alpha
2 bonus mistakes people miss
1st movie: when harry is showing Ron the mirror you can see the invis cloak as a green screen for a split second.
3rd movie, when harry is being told about Sirius, a number (i think is 300) pops up just after Arthur says Harry
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2 bonus mistakes people miss
1st movie: when harry is showing Ron the mirror you can see the invis cloak as a green screen for a split second.
3rd movie, when harry is being told about Sirius, a number (i think is 300) pops up just after Arthur says Harry
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Khng
It came to my attention that in Episode 2 (The chamber, the Weasleys' clock has a word Dentist. But in Episode 6, Sir Slughorn asked Hermione about her parents' job as if he knew nothing about Dentists. Of course, this is just a mistake in the movies.
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It came to my attention that in Episode 2 (The chamber, the Weasleys' clock has a word Dentist. But in Episode 6, Sir Slughorn asked Hermione about her parents' job as if he knew nothing about Dentists. Of course, this is just a mistake in the movies.
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Deniz
2 aint a mistake. If Voldemort himself even chooses to say the T at the end, regardless of the inspiration of the name, he can say his nickname anyway he wants. Since he is English, it makes sense he wont just make a french pronounced nickname.
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2 aint a mistake. If Voldemort himself even chooses to say the T at the end, regardless of the inspiration of the name, he can say his nickname anyway he wants. Since he is English, it makes sense he wont just make a french pronounced nickname.
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Trina
I can't believe that in the Fantastic Beasts timeline, McGonagall is depicted as a full grown woman running around Hogwarts, despite the fact that the second movie is set in 1927, eight years before her official birth year of 1935.
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I can't believe that in the Fantastic Beasts timeline, McGonagall is depicted as a full grown woman running around Hogwarts, despite the fact that the second movie is set in 1927, eight years before her official birth year of 1935.
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Puzzle
I read that when they filmed the first movie, they tried to give Daniel Radcliffe contacts to make his eyes look green but the contacts irritated his eyes too much so they scrapped it and just went with his natural eye color
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I read that when they filmed the first movie, they tried to give Daniel Radcliffe contacts to make his eyes look green but the contacts irritated his eyes too much so they scrapped it and just went with his natural eye color
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Lilly-Marie
The Dumbledore asked calmly scene is NOT a mistake. It's a change, a weird one, but it is. The other things on this list, like the eyes or the camera man, these are mistakes but the Dumbledore scene is simply a change
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The Dumbledore asked calmly scene is NOT a mistake. It's a change, a weird one, but it is. The other things on this list, like the eyes or the camera man, these are mistakes but the Dumbledore scene is simply a change
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Kait
There are way more. Lets not forget Harry practicing lumos maxima in bed. No punishment letters sent by owl. But with Dobby, and again with the Dementors, he gets owls from the MOM either giving a warning or expelling him.
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There are way more. Lets not forget Harry practicing lumos maxima in bed. No punishment letters sent by owl. But with Dobby, and again with the Dementors, he gets owls from the MOM either giving a warning or expelling him.
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SymphonyBrahms
Hagrid's moving hut. In the first two films, Hagrid's hut is shown near the school across a grassy lawn. But in film three and film six it is shown as being down a steep slope out of sight of the school.
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Hagrid's moving hut. In the first two films, Hagrid's hut is shown near the school across a grassy lawn. But in film three and film six it is shown as being down a steep slope out of sight of the school.
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Sab
Bruhh that wingardium leviosa thing between Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone would always be my favorite and the way Ron comaplains about it later on to Harry and Neville
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Bruhh that wingardium leviosa thing between Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone would always be my favorite and the way Ron comaplains about it later on to Harry and Neville
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SymphonyBrahms
As to the mystery of Harry's broken wand, when Ron returns to the tent in Deathly Hallows, Part 1, he gives Harry a wand that he took from a snatcher, to replace Harry's broken wand.
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As to the mystery of Harry's broken wand, when Ron returns to the tent in Deathly Hallows, Part 1, he gives Harry a wand that he took from a snatcher, to replace Harry's broken wand.
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Lauren
Re. Polyjuice potion not changing their voices. Surely that choice was made so the audience could follow along more easily and know which character was which while they were in disguise?
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Re. Polyjuice potion not changing their voices. Surely that choice was made so the audience could follow along more easily and know which character was which while they were in disguise?
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Elizabeth
Dumbledore was very angry when Harry's name came up. There were things going on before the audience knew at that moment. Dumbledore also has the power to know when someone is lying
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Dumbledore was very angry when Harry's name came up. There were things going on before the audience knew at that moment. Dumbledore also has the power to know when someone is lying
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Mark
In Azkaban, when loopin saved harry from the boget, I know Im screwing the names up, Harrys scar has always been on the right side of his head but this time its on the left side. Hmmm
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In Azkaban, when loopin saved harry from the boget, I know Im screwing the names up, Harrys scar has always been on the right side of his head but this time its on the left side. Hmmm
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Idolboy09
Harry snapping the elder wand made more sense as he was the owner of it and eventually an auror. At some point, he would be disarmed and that person would be the new owner.
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Harry snapping the elder wand made more sense as he was the owner of it and eventually an auror. At some point, he would be disarmed and that person would be the new owner.
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Steve
On the subject of Harry's wand, toward the end of the Deathly Hallows book Harry used the elder want to fix his wand. Then he returned the elder wand to Dumbledore's tomb.
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On the subject of Harry's wand, toward the end of the Deathly Hallows book Harry used the elder want to fix his wand. Then he returned the elder wand to Dumbledore's tomb.
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Keira
I had hoped we wouldve seen Voldys Mum in the 6th film but I know they couldnt add everything, not to mention Peeves! We didnt see much of the ghosts after the 2nd film.
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I had hoped we wouldve seen Voldys Mum in the 6th film but I know they couldnt add everything, not to mention Peeves! We didnt see much of the ghosts after the 2nd film.
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GEO
The actress of young Lily should have some sort of eye lenses that can look like Daniels. That way wouldnt feel immersion breaking.
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The actress of young Lily should have some sort of eye lenses that can look like Daniels. That way wouldnt feel immersion breaking.
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Elizabeth
Professor Quirrel's form was changing and he was becoming more disheveled throughout the story including losing his hair.
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Professor Quirrel's form was changing and he was becoming more disheveled throughout the story including losing his hair.
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