Season News

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

Dumbledore casts a spell (spoken or wordlessly)

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

McGonagall performs an animagus transformation (human2cat or cat2human)

Hermione’s parent(s) shown on screen

A History of Magic lesson is shown on screen

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

Premieres in 2026

Cornelius Fudge is shown on screen

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

Quirrel is wearing a head covering when Harry first meets him

Malfoy has white blonde hair

The potion riddle guarding the Stone will be featured

Arthur Weasley is shown on screen

There’s a scene set before Harry is born

Peeves is a reoccurring character

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

It's woke

Hagrid says "You’re a wizard, Harry"

Harry first sees Hogwarts castle in episode 2

A scene depicts Voldemort trying to kill baby Harry

mandrake root on screen

80% or higher on rotten tomatoes

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

Arabella Figg is mentioned by first or last name

An Astronomy lesson is shown on screen

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

Homosexual interaction between some characters will be presented

The Quibbler is shown or mentioned

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

Hagrid ties Vernon’s gun into a knot

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

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

Goblins are still represented as anti-semitic caricatures

The Weasley's Ford Anglia is seen flying

The Flying Ford Anglia is seen.

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

"Voldemort" has a silent "t"

Harry first sees Hogwarts castle in episode 3

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

Harry visits Diagon Alley in episode 1

VOLDEMORT HAS A NOSE

It ends on a cliff hanger

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

Harry visits Platform 9 3/4 in episode 1

Dobby makes an appearance

At least one of the actors is transgender

90% or higher on rotten tomatoes

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

Quirrel shakes Harry’s hand during their first meeting

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

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

Hermione is Indian

We see a wizarding school other than Hogwarts

Features an explicitly transgender character

Hermione is white

JK Rowling makes a cameo appearance

actor in the show wins an Emmy for acting

Premieres in 2027

Zendaya is cast in the show

Smartphone shown within Hogwarts

Awkwafina is cast in the show

Hermione is black

Voldemort is a woman

Hagrid is played by an actor with a cognitive disability

There will be seven CGI dwarves

Rita Skeeter will have an explicit trans identity

Keir Starmer is in it

set in 2025

set in the 2020s

Yudkowsky makes an appearance

Harry, Ron, and Hermione will all be transgender

We get AGI before it premieres

HPMOR is referenced

Hagrid is black

Gandalf is black

Adolf Hitler is mentioned

Fred and George have the same actor

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Kansas

Missouri

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Mauro

Rengoku

Tagin

Pavelnaum

Keller

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Cyano

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Chase

Object Capture

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Territory Capture

Hide and Seek

Line Drawing