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Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
In book four, during Priori Incantatem, Voldemort's victims came out in reverse order. BUT, James came out BEFORE Lily. That would mean that James died after he killed Lily and it said all over in the books that he killed James first. (Fixed in later versions of the book.)
After Hermione dropped Muggle Studies, she said she had the same amount of subjects as Ron and Harry. But she still had (besides the mandatory ones) Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, and Ancient Runes. Which is more then Harry and Ron who each had only Divination and Care of Magical Creatures.
Arguable: When Dumbledore was telling everybody about the Triwizard Tournament during the start of term speech he said: "We have worked hard over the summer to ensure that this time, no champion will find himself or herself in mortal danger." Don't you think facing a Hungarian Horntail that breathes fire forty feet would classify as 'mortal danger'? Even if there were trained hit wizards nearby, you catch one of those flame-bursts and you're a corpse before the wizards can do anything.
In the second book it says that Moaning Myrtle haunts the U-BEND of the toilet. But in book four, it says that she haunts the S-BEND of the toilet.
Possible Mistake: On page 264, Hagrid says "Never thought I'd live ter see the Triwizard Tournament played again!" However, Dumbledore says earlier: "...an event which has not been held for over a century." If Hagrid was expelled in his third year, 50 years ago, he must be 63, so he could not have seen a Triwizard Tournament before. However, Hagrid might have meant that he didn't think he'd live to see the tournament played again, in relation to when it was played before, not to when he last saw it.
When Fudge, Dumbledore, and Moody are talking about Crouch, instead of Fudge yelling to Dumbledore, it says: "said Crouch angrily". He wasn't in the room...they were talking about him, not with him.
On page 701 (American version), toward the middle of the page, it says "...the warmth of the feather matress." Matress should have 2 't's: mattress.
Portkeys are supposed to transport whoever is touching the portkey at a prearranged time. But, Harry and Cedric were transported to Voldemort and the Death Eaters the second they touched the Triwizard cup. Don't you think that sounds a little bit too...coincidental? Also, couldn't Moody/Crouch have just made Harry's pillow or something a portkey and transported him when he went to sleep at night? Wouldn't that have been a little easier then guiding him through the whole Triwizard Tournament?
On page 256 (UK version) when Harry is writing a letter to Sirius telling him about the Triwizard Tournament he says "I don't who put my name in the Goblet of Fire because I didn't." It should say "I don't know who put my name in..."
Sirius says, "You three and Dumbledore are the only people who know I'm an Animagi." But Snape and Lupin know too.
In Goblet of Fire, page 229 (english version), Dumbledore speaks to Fred and George after they've tried to cross the Age Line: "'I suggest you both go up to Madam Pomfrey. She is already tending to Miss Fawcett, of Ravenclaw, and Mr Summers, of Hufflepuff, both of whom decided to age themselves up a little, too.'" But on page 371, at the Yule Ball, it says: "'Ten points from Hufflepuff, Fawcett!' Snape snarled, as a girl ran past him." Possible Explanation: Fawcett in Ravenclaw has a brother/sister/cousin in Hufflepuff.
On page 618: "I will settle, in the short term," said Dumbledore, with a bite of impatience in his voice, "for lack of hostility. You will shake hands. You are on the same side now. Time is short, and unless the few of us who know the truth stand united, there is no hope for any us." The "of" is missing in the last sentence.
How does Dumbledore know to summon Winky to Moody's office when he doesn't yet know that Moody is really Barty Crouch Jr in disguise? Possible Explanation: Dumbledore realised after Moody took Harry that it wasn't actually Moody, but it's unlikely he knew exactly who it was.
In one of Harry's letters to Sirius he mentions that Dudley got angry and chucked his Playstation out of the window. However, the playstation was not out at this time. GoF is set in 1994; the Playstation came out in 1995
In Chapter 31, page 617 (American version, hardback) Mrs. Weasley "...reminisced at length about the gamekeeper before Hagrid, a man called Ogg." However, Hagrid became the gamekeeper when he was 13 years old, which would have been 52 years before the 4th book. Mrs. Weasley (being the mother of a 23 year-old and a 13 year-old) could not have been more than 55 years old at the time. So, it seems highly unlikely that she even knew the gamekeeper before Hagrid, let alone was able to reminisce at length about him. | |
