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Ron Weasley is a redhead

Harry Potter is white

At least one named character from the book has their race changed

Snape is black

An actor who acted in the movies returns for the show

Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s actors will all be British

Fred and George are twins irl

Hagrid is played by an actor who is under 6'4"

Harry Potter doesn't cast a single spoken, working spell in the first episode

Dumbledore casts a spell (spoken or wordlessly)

McGonagall performs an animagus transformation (human2cat or cat2human)

A character cut from the movies appears (ie Theodore Nott)

Ron Weasley doesn't cast a single, spoken, working spell in the first two episodes

A History of Magic lesson is shown on screen

Premieres in 2027

Malfoy has white blonde hair

Quirrel is wearing a head covering when Harry first meets him

There’s a scene set before Harry is born

JK Rowling is credited as both an executive producer and original writer

The potion riddle guarding the Stone will be featured

Peeves is a reoccurring character

It's woke

Cornelius Fudge is shown on screen

Harry first sees Hogwarts castle in episode 2

A scene depicts Voldemort trying to kill baby Harry

Hagrid says "You’re a wizard, Harry"

mandrake root on screen

Arthur Weasley is shown on screen

80% or higher on rotten tomatoes

Hermione’s parent(s) shown on screen

Homosexual interaction between some characters will be presented

Arabella Figg is mentioned by first or last name

Hermione is white

Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, or Cedric Diggory are mentioned by first or last name, or are in the credits

A house elf is shown on screen

Hagrid ties Vernon’s gun into a knot

Premieres on strongly symbolic date (like July 31, 21.12)

It will be torrentfreak.com's "Most Pirated" TV show for its year of release or the following year

Harry is shown holding more than three different wands at Ollivander’s

An actor who appeared in any of the Jackass films receives a credit on IMDB related to the show

At least one named character from the book has their gender swapped

The Quibbler is shown or mentioned

Harry visits Diagon Alley in episode 1

Goblins are still represented as anti-semitic caricatures

Harry visits Platform 9 3/4 in episode 1

It ends on a cliff hanger

The Weasley's Ford Anglia is seen flying

An Astronomy lesson is shown on screen

The intro theme song will have at least one obvious English word

The Flying Ford Anglia is seen.

Harry first sees Hogwarts castle in episode 3

Hagrid presents a cake with writing on it to Harry and the writing has no misspellings

"Voldemort" has a silent "t"

Harry only reaches Hogwarts in the last 10 minutes of the first episode

VOLDEMORT HAS A NOSE

Dobby makes an appearance

At least one of the actors is transgender

Any Harry Potter fanfic is referenced (either explicitly as judged by market creator, or confirmed by someone who works on the show)

Quirrel shakes Harry’s hand during their first meeting

90% or higher on rotten tomatoes

Premieres in 2026

Harry Potter doesn't cast a single, spoken, working spell in the first three episode

We see a wizarding school other than Hogwarts

Features an explicitly transgender character

JK Rowling makes a cameo appearance

Zendaya is cast in the show

Voldemort is a woman

Hagrid is played by an actor with a cognitive disability

Hermione is black

Hermione is Indian

Smartphone shown within Hogwarts

Awkwafina is cast in the show

Keir Starmer is in it

There will be seven CGI dwarves

set in 2025

set in the 2020s

Rita Skeeter will have an explicit trans identity

Gandalf is black

Yudkowsky makes an appearance

We get AGI before it premieres

Hagrid is black

Fred and George have the same actor

HPMOR is referenced

One or more of Hermione, Ron, and Harry have their genders swapped.

YES

YES

YES

Yes, it will be Certified Fresh (75% or higher)

No, but it will Non-Certified Fresh (60%-74%)

No, it will be Rotten (Less than 60%)

YES

YES

NO

NO

That Man From Rio

Masque of the Red Death

The Housemaid

NO

NO