The Last Four "Harry Potter" Movies Were Hella Dark, But *Filled* With Magical Details That Are Beyond Brilliant

Neville wears the same clothes as his dad in the Battle of Hogwarts.

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In the new Harry Potter reunion special on HBO Max, the original cast and crew got together to discuss behind-the-scenes facts, filming the movies, and storylines that were poignant to them and the series as a whole.

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When it came down to the fourth movie, Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell declared there was a noticeable shift in the movie series when Cedric Diggory died, with everything becoming significantly darker.

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So, in honor of the last four movies in the Harry Potter series (or the "darker" movies), here are some brilliant details from Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows — Part 1, and Deathly Hallows — Part 2.

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Dumbledore's Army: All the girls are wearing skirts except Ginny (3rd from left) who is wearing pants; probably a hand-me-down from her brothers. (Good going costume department) from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the details on Professor Umbridge’s bows and cuffs are actually golden skulls with diamond eyes from MovieDetails

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Neville Longbottom uses the same spell on a Death Eater, in Order of the Phoenix, that Hermione used on him in Philosopher's Stone. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Luna Lovegood is holding the quibbler upside down to see the answer to a riddle. This was not explained in the movie, but the producers still left it in to make her seem loony. from MovieDetails

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in Harry Potter and the Order Of Phoenix(2007): while training we see that Hermione's patronus is an otter and Ron's patronus is a Jack-russell terrier. this is a hint to their future relationship as jack russell terriers are known for chasing small animals like otters. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Umbridge's outfits become a darker shade of pink as she becomes more powerful. Official fact from the "Warner Bros Studio Tour". from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter: TOOTP (2007) the girl in white can be seen recoiling in the background; this is because she has bumped into a Thestrel connected to the carriage. from MovieDetails

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In "Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix" (2007) the article "Meeting with Muggle Prime Minister scheduled For next Month" is shown at the very end of the movie. The next installment/book "The Half-Blood Prince" starts with the Muggle Prime Minister meeting with Cornelius Fudge from MovieDetails

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Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix: Harry and Cho’s first kiss occurs after a mistletoe starts to grow above them, suggesting the Room of Requirement is fulfilling at least one of their needs to kiss. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, after Harry disarms Lucius, Sirius praises Harry by saying "nice one, James!" In a flashback, after James Potter disarms Snape, a young Sirius can be heard saying the same line. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Hermione was able to stun two Death Eaters with a single stunning spell after the first death eater ricochet her spell into the second one. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry wears button down sweaters at DA meetings similar to what Professor Lupin would wear. This was Daniel Radcliffe's idea as he thought Harry would want to emulate his favorite DADA teacher from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ron points out that Hermione has a bit of toothpaste on her face after they greet Harry. Later, in Potions Class, she smells toothpaste in Slughorn's love potion, confirming her love for Ron. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, "Sherbet Lemon" is the password into Dumbledore's office. In the Half-Blood Prince, there's a bowl of them on Dumbledore's desk. from MovieDetails

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In HP and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Luna wears a bracelet with a hare on it to Slughorn's Christmas Party. This is a reference to her patronus. Also, the bracelet was made by Evanna Lynch, the actress who plays Luna. from MovieDetails

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The harp used to put Fluffy to sleep in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) can be seen next to the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement when Harry and Ginny get rid of the Prince's Potions Book, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince, Dumbledore reaches for a Tom Riddle memory dated 1938. He tells Harry this is the first time he met Tom, but to the left there is a memory labled Tom Riddle that is dated 1937. from MovieDetails

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In HP and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), a newspaper states that a witch named Amelia Bones was found murdered at her home. She was the witch that defended Harry in The Order of The phoenix (2007). from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), while Horace Slughorn is disguised as an arm chair, you can visibly see his feet (I added brightness because the scene is so dark) from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince (2009). Cormac McLaggen is the only one of the Gryffindor fans not clapping and cheering for Ron Weasley, as he lost his place on the team to Ron in the Quidditch tryouts. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), child Tom Riddle had a photograph on the wall of his room at the orphanage he was at. This location was later travelled to by Harry and Dumbledore and found to be a location of a horcrux. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, you briefly see Leanne nervously tapping her fingers on her glass, hinting that she felt something was up with Katie Bell getting the package with the Opal Necklace from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), the spell books on the shelves in Dumbledore's office are actually Yellow Pages covered with old-looking bindings. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, behind Albus Dumbledore there's a billboard advertising the perfume 'Divine Magic' with the slogan "Tonight, Make a Little Magic With Your Man..." from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, luna’s hat actually is alive. You can see it blinking and making small expressions. from MovieDetails

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When Dumbledore visits a young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a brief close up shows 7 rocks meticulously organized on Tom’s windowsill, foreshadowing Voldemort’s plan to split his soul into the seven Horcruxes. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I (2010), Dobby dies by breaking the promise he made to Harry in the second movie (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), to "never try to save his life again." from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010), after Hermione mentions Voldemort's name, only 10 seconds pass before the 2 undercover Death Eaters enter the café. from MovieDetails

"For those who don't get it, saying Voldemort's name out loud from the start of the seventh book is like a sonar for death eaters, due to a spell being cast on it."

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 (2010), Dolores Umbridge's cat coat collar also closely resembles the head and body of a snake, signifying her evil demeanor and implicit loyalty to Lord Voldemort. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), the animated sequence shows the flight of Death. Translated to French, “flight of death” becomes “vol de mort”. Voldemort. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), the photo of the muggle family in the newspaper isn't moving like the rest of the photos in that paper. This is because that photo was taken with a muggle camera. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 (2010), there is a poster for the play “Equus”. It starred Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley). from MovieDetails

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Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom wore similar clothes, during the Battle of Hogwarts, to their fathers in an old picture. (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, 2011) from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Draco’s wife was played by Jade Olivia, Tom Felton’s real-life girlfriend at the time. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), Harry, Ron and Hermione easily navigate past a troll, spiders, a werewolf and dementors. These are all antagonists of the first 3 films and demonstrates how powerful our protagonists have become from MovieDetails

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In the movie - Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows part 2 (2011), Professor Slughorn appears to be drinking some Felix Felicis, the liquid luck potion! from MovieDetails

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In the Harry Potter series, Harry refuses to call Snape “Professor.” In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Harry refers to him as “Professor Snape” once he has learned the truth from the Pensieve. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: part 2 (2011) in this scene Ron and Hermione conered by the Nagini. Thinking they will die now, Ron used green spell. As we all know its avada kedavra. The spell they never used even in hard fights. But in the face of death he though this was their last chance from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows part 2 (2011), Oliver Wood (the boy who got Harry into quidditch) has an uncredited cameo during the battle of Hogwarts. He hadn’t appeared since Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). One of the Giants weapon, in the Battle of Hogwarts, is a broken Quidditch Goal Post. from MovieDetails

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 2, Snape is still helping the Order of the Phoenix when he re-directs McGonagall’s spells to the Death Eaters behind him from MovieDetails

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Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) - You can see Bellatrix dancing and twirling happily as they cross the bridge into Hogwarts while everyone else, even Voldemort walks solemnly from MovieDetails

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[Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Parts 1&2] Voldemort’s robes begin fading away as more horcruxes are destroyed symbolizing his life fading as well as his clothes. from MovieDetails

Let's change things up a bit: What's a brilliant Harry Potter movie detail from the "brighter" films, aka Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, or Goblet of Fire? Let us know in the comments below!

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