JK Rowling’s epic book series is so
magical it’d be impossible to include it
all on screen welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten differences between the
Harry Potter novels and movies hmm
difficult very difficult
for this list we’re looking at
characters stories are pretty much
anything else that was left out when the
Harry Potter books became movies since
we’re talking about major plot points
and characters you might want to put
your extendable ears away and do some
light reading and watching this is liked
X spoiler Armas meant by that we mean
spoiler alert
funny spoiled everything number 10 look
there’s uh Sphinx in the maze movie no
Sphinx the Harry Potter novels offer
some great riddle solving that
unfortunately didn’t make the final cut
for example in the Philosopher’s Stone
Hermione has to solve a potions riddle
to help Harry confront Professor
Quirrell tell me
what do you see JK Rowling once again
threw a puzzle at her character’s in the
Goblet of Fire but here Harry has no
help trapped alone in a hedge maze
during the Triwizard Tournament while
the movie version only has Harry
escaping from some scary shrubbery the
book’s maze houses menacing creatures
one such creature is a sphinx that will
only let Harry pass if he correctly
answers a riddle this character
inclusion reminded readers of Rowling’s
background in mythology while also
suggesting that maybe Hermione rubbed
off on Harry me books happiness now more
important things friendship and bravery
Harry just be careful number 9 book and
a mage eye are explained movie and a
mage eye are not really explained please
sir an animagus is a wizard who elects
to turn into an animal a werewolf has no
choice do you know the difference
between a werewolf and an animagus if
you’ve only seen the third Harry Potter
movie Hermione’s explanation is all you
get however the books go into greater
detail about the process of turning into
an animal and the laws surrounding it we
also learned that James Potter Sirius
Black and Peter Pettigrew became
unregistered and a mage eye to accompany
Remus Lupin whenever he transformed into
a werewolf and that they created the
marauders map to help sneak out of
Hogwarts messes Moony Wormtail Padfoot
and prongs are proud to present the
Marauders man we had so much so if you
didn’t read the books spit might have
been confusing when Pettigrew became a
rat serious a dog and even McGonagall a
cat though you know she did it legally
that was bloody brilliant oh thank you
for that assessment mr. Weasley
understanding what an animagus is even
give significance to the Potter family’s
patronesses
since James became a stag no more
Patronus is a stag
right yeah endless number eight look
Peter Pettigrew is strangled to death by
his Silver Hand movie Peter Pettigrew
does not die
remember when Voldemort gives Peter
Pettigrew a shiny new hand after he
sacrifices his real one to revive his
master the books prove that this wasn’t
just a gift as Harry and company tried
to escape from Malfoy Manor in the
deathly hallows Pettigrew is all that
stands in their way
good back he briefly stops himself from
killing the son of his best friend but
this proves to be his downfall as he’s
then strangled to death by his own hand
since he defied his master Voldemort in
the movie Pettigrew is easily put out of
commission by Dobby who only disarms him
but does not kill him guess some things
are too dark for the silver screen huh
who gets his wand number 7 book Harry
replaces the Elder Wand in Dumbledore’s
Tomb movie Harry breaks the Elder Wand
and throws it away he killed a wizard
with whom he had once corals
drunk with the power that the Elder Wand
had given him he bragged of his
invincibility here’s a moment that made
all Potter fans gasp in both the book
and the film Harry is revealed as the
elder wands true master after he disarms
its previous master draco malfoy it’s
what he does with it in the movie that
lurks Potterheads to this day after the
Battle of Hogwarts in the final film
Harry does what probably no one with an
all-powerful wand would do he snaps it
into and throws it off a bridge in the
book however Harry uses it to fix his
own wand which he always preferred then
returns it to Dumbledore’s grave so that
when Harry finally dies the wand will
have no allegiance to anyone else well
that makes more sense she thinks you’ll
the chosen one hey sorry I’m getting
number six book house elves are
mistreated but play vital roles movie
house elves are mostly unimportant
unseen why do you wear that thing Dobby
fish’ tis a mark of the house shelves
enslavement Harry Potter deals with many
issues but one that’s glossed over in
the movies is the mistreatment of house
elves we do see Dobby as a slave to the
Malfoy’s I’ll do with you later but he
has much more purpose than the movies
let on for example he’s the one who
gives Harry the gillyweed in the Goblet
of Fire
not Neville you’re sure about this
Neville absolutely for an hour well
slightly something else the movies don’t
show is that Dobby and other house elves
are given proper employment in the
Hogwarts kitchens plus the film’s don’t
include the female house elf Winkie who
cares for Barty Crouch jr. gets fired
and is then employed at Hogwarts man
house elves deserve more credit just ask
the creator of spew the Society for the
promotion of elfish welfare Hermione
Granger that is the general idea it’s
brilliant
number 5 look Harry and Hermione miss
Ron movie Harry and Hermione slow dance
to cheer up
when Harry Ron and Hermione search for
the Deathly Hallows their relationship
slowly becomes strained Ron in
particular is affected as he has to wear
the Horcrux locket which forces his most
negative feelings to surface you think I
don’t know how this fail you don’t know
how it feels your parents are dead you
have no family
Ron soon can’t deal with it and leaves
his two friends alone in the Deathly
Hallows Part 1 Harry and Hermione are
wallowing in despair while listening to
the radio when a soothing song pops on
the two then begin to dance with each
other sharing a brief moment of
cheerfulness they hadn’t felt for quite
some time but as the song finishes it’s
back to reality this scene doesn’t
appear at all in the books but is a nice
moment between friends
number four book Voldemort dies like a
human movie
Voldemort dies like a supernatural
creature in both the books and the
movies Harry and Voldemort are having
their final duel and their wands connect
as they’d done in the Goblet of Fire
Voldemort uses the Elder Wand even
though it doesn’t have allegiance to him
but doesn’t realize that he’s actually
fighting its real master the Elder Wand
refuses to harm Harry and rebounds
Voldemort’s killing curse back towards
him the book does not afford Voldemort
the grandiose death he wanted instead he
dies like a human in a purposefully
anticlimactic way in the movie however
Baltimore just sort of breaks apart and
fades away which is visually stunning
but doesn’t have that same finality and
affords him more power than he deserves
number three book peeves Ludo bagman
Charlie Weasley and Teddy Lupin all
exist movie peeves Ludo bagman
Charlie Weasley and Teddy Lupin don’t
appear whoa it’s multi-way bowtie
oh and bang I mean better watch
out for me when any book series is given
the film treatment some characters don’t
make the cut because they interfere with
the pace but we missed a few peeves the
poltergeist a pesky ghoul who pulls
pranks on staff and students at Hogwarts
is a fan favorite the Ministry of Magic
said of the division for magical games
Ludo bagman appears in the Goblet of
Fire book but not the film on-screen the
Weasley family’s second eldest Charlie
is only mentioned and shown in pictures
my parents decided to go to Romania to
visit my brother Charlie he’s studying
dragons there but an especially
upsetting omission is Teddy Lupin son of
Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks by the
way wait till you hear the news right
man time for a cosy contact later this
book character represents the tragic
cyclical nature of the series as he’s
orphaned in the Battle of Hogwarts and
essentially becomes his generations
Harry and Remus hey you son others will
tell him what his mother and father died
for one day he’ll understand they even
cast the character happy so you like
doing your own thing and you’re suddenly
independent number two look various
characters visit st. Mungo’s Hospital
for magical maladies movie st. Mungo’s
never appears yep even the wizarding
world needs a hospital in the books
several Wizards are injured enough to be
sent to st. Mungo’s including Arthur
Weasley after he’s attacked by a Nagini
some patients are there permanently like
Gilderoy Lockhart who suffers from a
backfired memory charm that you forgot
about him who are you um run Weasley
really
and Who am I other long-term residents
or nevels parents who were tortured into
insanity with the Cruciatus curse by
Voldemort’s minions
parents they suffered a faked was the
death you ask me this scene not only
shows the terrible effects of the first
Wizarding war it also flushes out
Neville’s tragic backstory highlighting
the fact that the Longbottom’s history
of defying the Dark Lord may have made
Neville the chosen one
instead of Harry but it may have just
been too hard to watch when the long
bottoms don’t recognize their own son
I’m quite proud with Essen before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions oh there you are
Harry Hermione and Ron are already at my
death day party
to fire bolt busts bruising the world
Hey but who sent hollows this came with
it
how dare you steal the car number one
book half-blood Tom Riddle was conceived
thanks to a love potion movie
Voldemort’s parentage is largely glossed
over Oh father I’m willingly give him
when Dumbledore takes Harry through
Voldemort’s past in the movies we
learned a little about how he went from
orphan boy to the Dark Lord I can make
things move without touching me
I can make animals dude I want without
training them I can make bad things
happen to people who mean to me the
books however tell the full story
Voldemort is the son of the witch metal
be gaunt and the muggle Tom Riddle my
rope I fell in love with Tom Riddle and
with the help of a love potion she
married him and became pregnant Rowling
has said it’s important that Voldemort
was conceived as a result of force
rather than real love as it explains why
he cannot feel love Merapi eventually
stopped using the potion hoping riddle
actually loved her
unfortunately he abandoned both Merapi
and their unborn son this explains
Voldemort hatred of muggles as well as
half-bloods as he himself is one
surely you didn’t think I was going to
keep my filthy muggle father’s name do
you agree with our list where we put
under a confundus charm when we made
this Harry I brought pirate chief which
are named a couple of the fire guys one
of the oldest students to do it for us
yeah absolutely sure yes sir
for more magical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com I think it is clear that
we can expect great things from you
after all
He Who Must Not Be Named did great
things
magical it’d be impossible to include it
all on screen welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten differences between the
Harry Potter novels and movies hmm
difficult very difficult
for this list we’re looking at
characters stories are pretty much
anything else that was left out when the
Harry Potter books became movies since
we’re talking about major plot points
and characters you might want to put
your extendable ears away and do some
light reading and watching this is liked
X spoiler Armas meant by that we mean
spoiler alert
funny spoiled everything number 10 look
there’s uh Sphinx in the maze movie no
Sphinx the Harry Potter novels offer
some great riddle solving that
unfortunately didn’t make the final cut
for example in the Philosopher’s Stone
Hermione has to solve a potions riddle
to help Harry confront Professor
Quirrell tell me
what do you see JK Rowling once again
threw a puzzle at her character’s in the
Goblet of Fire but here Harry has no
help trapped alone in a hedge maze
during the Triwizard Tournament while
the movie version only has Harry
escaping from some scary shrubbery the
book’s maze houses menacing creatures
one such creature is a sphinx that will
only let Harry pass if he correctly
answers a riddle this character
inclusion reminded readers of Rowling’s
background in mythology while also
suggesting that maybe Hermione rubbed
off on Harry me books happiness now more
important things friendship and bravery
Harry just be careful number 9 book and
a mage eye are explained movie and a
mage eye are not really explained please
sir an animagus is a wizard who elects
to turn into an animal a werewolf has no
choice do you know the difference
between a werewolf and an animagus if
you’ve only seen the third Harry Potter
movie Hermione’s explanation is all you
get however the books go into greater
detail about the process of turning into
an animal and the laws surrounding it we
also learned that James Potter Sirius
Black and Peter Pettigrew became
unregistered and a mage eye to accompany
Remus Lupin whenever he transformed into
a werewolf and that they created the
marauders map to help sneak out of
Hogwarts messes Moony Wormtail Padfoot
and prongs are proud to present the
Marauders man we had so much so if you
didn’t read the books spit might have
been confusing when Pettigrew became a
rat serious a dog and even McGonagall a
cat though you know she did it legally
that was bloody brilliant oh thank you
for that assessment mr. Weasley
understanding what an animagus is even
give significance to the Potter family’s
patronesses
since James became a stag no more
Patronus is a stag
right yeah endless number eight look
Peter Pettigrew is strangled to death by
his Silver Hand movie Peter Pettigrew
does not die
remember when Voldemort gives Peter
Pettigrew a shiny new hand after he
sacrifices his real one to revive his
master the books prove that this wasn’t
just a gift as Harry and company tried
to escape from Malfoy Manor in the
deathly hallows Pettigrew is all that
stands in their way
good back he briefly stops himself from
killing the son of his best friend but
this proves to be his downfall as he’s
then strangled to death by his own hand
since he defied his master Voldemort in
the movie Pettigrew is easily put out of
commission by Dobby who only disarms him
but does not kill him guess some things
are too dark for the silver screen huh
who gets his wand number 7 book Harry
replaces the Elder Wand in Dumbledore’s
Tomb movie Harry breaks the Elder Wand
and throws it away he killed a wizard
with whom he had once corals
drunk with the power that the Elder Wand
had given him he bragged of his
invincibility here’s a moment that made
all Potter fans gasp in both the book
and the film Harry is revealed as the
elder wands true master after he disarms
its previous master draco malfoy it’s
what he does with it in the movie that
lurks Potterheads to this day after the
Battle of Hogwarts in the final film
Harry does what probably no one with an
all-powerful wand would do he snaps it
into and throws it off a bridge in the
book however Harry uses it to fix his
own wand which he always preferred then
returns it to Dumbledore’s grave so that
when Harry finally dies the wand will
have no allegiance to anyone else well
that makes more sense she thinks you’ll
the chosen one hey sorry I’m getting
number six book house elves are
mistreated but play vital roles movie
house elves are mostly unimportant
unseen why do you wear that thing Dobby
fish’ tis a mark of the house shelves
enslavement Harry Potter deals with many
issues but one that’s glossed over in
the movies is the mistreatment of house
elves we do see Dobby as a slave to the
Malfoy’s I’ll do with you later but he
has much more purpose than the movies
let on for example he’s the one who
gives Harry the gillyweed in the Goblet
of Fire
not Neville you’re sure about this
Neville absolutely for an hour well
slightly something else the movies don’t
show is that Dobby and other house elves
are given proper employment in the
Hogwarts kitchens plus the film’s don’t
include the female house elf Winkie who
cares for Barty Crouch jr. gets fired
and is then employed at Hogwarts man
house elves deserve more credit just ask
the creator of spew the Society for the
promotion of elfish welfare Hermione
Granger that is the general idea it’s
brilliant
number 5 look Harry and Hermione miss
Ron movie Harry and Hermione slow dance
to cheer up
when Harry Ron and Hermione search for
the Deathly Hallows their relationship
slowly becomes strained Ron in
particular is affected as he has to wear
the Horcrux locket which forces his most
negative feelings to surface you think I
don’t know how this fail you don’t know
how it feels your parents are dead you
have no family
Ron soon can’t deal with it and leaves
his two friends alone in the Deathly
Hallows Part 1 Harry and Hermione are
wallowing in despair while listening to
the radio when a soothing song pops on
the two then begin to dance with each
other sharing a brief moment of
cheerfulness they hadn’t felt for quite
some time but as the song finishes it’s
back to reality this scene doesn’t
appear at all in the books but is a nice
moment between friends
number four book Voldemort dies like a
human movie
Voldemort dies like a supernatural
creature in both the books and the
movies Harry and Voldemort are having
their final duel and their wands connect
as they’d done in the Goblet of Fire
Voldemort uses the Elder Wand even
though it doesn’t have allegiance to him
but doesn’t realize that he’s actually
fighting its real master the Elder Wand
refuses to harm Harry and rebounds
Voldemort’s killing curse back towards
him the book does not afford Voldemort
the grandiose death he wanted instead he
dies like a human in a purposefully
anticlimactic way in the movie however
Baltimore just sort of breaks apart and
fades away which is visually stunning
but doesn’t have that same finality and
affords him more power than he deserves
number three book peeves Ludo bagman
Charlie Weasley and Teddy Lupin all
exist movie peeves Ludo bagman
Charlie Weasley and Teddy Lupin don’t
appear whoa it’s multi-way bowtie
oh and bang I mean better watch
out for me when any book series is given
the film treatment some characters don’t
make the cut because they interfere with
the pace but we missed a few peeves the
poltergeist a pesky ghoul who pulls
pranks on staff and students at Hogwarts
is a fan favorite the Ministry of Magic
said of the division for magical games
Ludo bagman appears in the Goblet of
Fire book but not the film on-screen the
Weasley family’s second eldest Charlie
is only mentioned and shown in pictures
my parents decided to go to Romania to
visit my brother Charlie he’s studying
dragons there but an especially
upsetting omission is Teddy Lupin son of
Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks by the
way wait till you hear the news right
man time for a cosy contact later this
book character represents the tragic
cyclical nature of the series as he’s
orphaned in the Battle of Hogwarts and
essentially becomes his generations
Harry and Remus hey you son others will
tell him what his mother and father died
for one day he’ll understand they even
cast the character happy so you like
doing your own thing and you’re suddenly
independent number two look various
characters visit st. Mungo’s Hospital
for magical maladies movie st. Mungo’s
never appears yep even the wizarding
world needs a hospital in the books
several Wizards are injured enough to be
sent to st. Mungo’s including Arthur
Weasley after he’s attacked by a Nagini
some patients are there permanently like
Gilderoy Lockhart who suffers from a
backfired memory charm that you forgot
about him who are you um run Weasley
really
and Who am I other long-term residents
or nevels parents who were tortured into
insanity with the Cruciatus curse by
Voldemort’s minions
parents they suffered a faked was the
death you ask me this scene not only
shows the terrible effects of the first
Wizarding war it also flushes out
Neville’s tragic backstory highlighting
the fact that the Longbottom’s history
of defying the Dark Lord may have made
Neville the chosen one
instead of Harry but it may have just
been too hard to watch when the long
bottoms don’t recognize their own son
I’m quite proud with Essen before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions oh there you are
Harry Hermione and Ron are already at my
death day party
to fire bolt busts bruising the world
Hey but who sent hollows this came with
it
how dare you steal the car number one
book half-blood Tom Riddle was conceived
thanks to a love potion movie
Voldemort’s parentage is largely glossed
over Oh father I’m willingly give him
when Dumbledore takes Harry through
Voldemort’s past in the movies we
learned a little about how he went from
orphan boy to the Dark Lord I can make
things move without touching me
I can make animals dude I want without
training them I can make bad things
happen to people who mean to me the
books however tell the full story
Voldemort is the son of the witch metal
be gaunt and the muggle Tom Riddle my
rope I fell in love with Tom Riddle and
with the help of a love potion she
married him and became pregnant Rowling
has said it’s important that Voldemort
was conceived as a result of force
rather than real love as it explains why
he cannot feel love Merapi eventually
stopped using the potion hoping riddle
actually loved her
unfortunately he abandoned both Merapi
and their unborn son this explains
Voldemort hatred of muggles as well as
half-bloods as he himself is one
surely you didn’t think I was going to
keep my filthy muggle father’s name do
you agree with our list where we put
under a confundus charm when we made
this Harry I brought pirate chief which
are named a couple of the fire guys one
of the oldest students to do it for us
yeah absolutely sure yes sir
for more magical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com I think it is clear that
we can expect great things from you
after all
He Who Must Not Be Named did great
things
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