Harry Potter's Biggest Plot Holes

Let's talk about some of the most frustrating parts of the series, the plot holes! Say hi in the comments and subscribe for more from the Vault!

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Level 1: 00:00
Level 2: 21:49
Level 3: 39:37
Level 4: 53:05

[VaultLore]

Am I crazy or does the Basilisk just not make any sense..

[spiderboi]

Something that has gripped me was in the 3rd one, all the kids make fun of Harry for being scared of the 10 foot tall flying soul sucking demons that literally feast on happiness

[pabloweap]

The biggest plot point to me was always the judicial system in Harry Potter. They have truth serum, they have spells that reveal the last spells casts, they have all kinds of methods to find out the truth and examine memorys, but all they do is just... ask the people on trial?
How on earth can innocent people ever get sent to aszkaban?

[Walmut]

Havent watched the whole video yet, but "40000 WIZARDS at the World Cup couldnt beat 15 Death Eaters" has always been my biggest gripe

[SawyBoy]

I think the actual simplest solution to Ron’s mom “not knowing” the platform number is that she was actually just making sure the kids knew 😂

[emceemonsterbat]

she could’ve so easily covered the peter pettigrew plot hole by having fred and george mention that ghosts appear on the map. therefore mention other ghosts like nearly headless nick roaming around somewhere at night, even mention the ghost that haunts ron and they think it’s funny, etc. not only is it foreshadowing, but it is SUCH AN EASIER WAY to explain it away than what she said lmao

[sophiescott]

Regarding Molly "Forgetting" the platform number: I always interpreted that "now what's the platform number?" line being her leading her young daughter to say the number, not having forgotten it herself.

[clarimm]

The Basilisk thing also never made sense to me. However, regarding the snake "slime": Snakes aren't slimy at all, they are very smooth but have a dry cold feeling to them

[renediffie]

"there should be snake slime everywhere"

There is no such thing as snake slime. Snakes aren't slimey at all.

[schutzenhaus]

Platform 9 3/4; Molly wasn’t asking for her information; she was asking to make sure her kids (or specifically Ron) had been paying attention.

[kutilsima]

The puzzles protecting the philosophers stone didn't make sense to me either. Imagine protecting your home with a chess game instead of a lock.

[dm]

Nobody noticing his name on the map is honestly the least weird part of Ron having a pet rat for 10+ years before JKR retroactively decided that the rat had been a middle aged man the entire time.

[juanmanuelblancogori]

45:56 Krum playing for the national team at 18 years old is not a plothole nor a crazy stretch, it's mostly a cultural difference between america and other parts of the world.

Kylian Mbappe, one of the most talented football players in the world, debuted on France's national team at only 18 years old as well. He was also a key player in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he became one of the youngest world champions in history at only 19 years old.

Krum playing for his national team at 18 years old would be very rare, but I would hardly call it a plothole.

[fernandocaballero]

Harry mentions that Dudley has a PlayStation in book 4. But Book 4 is supposed to take place in 1994. The PlayStation wasn't available in the UK until 1996.

[iamlordapollo]

In book 3 the entire impetus for lupin taking Sirius' side in the shack was because he saw peters name. That's what made him go to the shack in the first place. "More rat than man" would be nice, but his name being on the map is crucial for the plot.

[ThePluckiestDuck]

It doesn't matter whether the twins knew Peter or not. It would still be weird that another "kid" was in the same bed as Ron. And they knew that Ron primarily hung out with Harry and Hermione. I would think if they saw Harry, Ron, Hermione and Peter on the map, when they got to them and didn't see Peter they would ask "where's Peter and who is he btw?"

[lukestewart]

I can’t get enough of these Harry Potter iceberg videos keep up the great work

[RNS_Aurelius]

Rowling's absolute insistence she had it all planned out from the start just makes the plot holes seem more stupid

[gretsky]

Victor being 18 makes sense in terms of European soccer. Messi and Ronaldo were already being regarded as best in the world at 18.

[KalkuehlUncut]

Dude, your theory with pettigrew becoming harry sickens me in some way.
The thought that pettigrew acts like harry next to hermione and ron, while harry lies dead underground, makes me dizzy.
This has some psychological horror potential.