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Harry Potter Theory

5 MASSIVE Plot Holes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter Theory · Jun 15, 2026 · 24:17

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Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. So far in this PLOT HOLE series we’ve covered every book up to this point — Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and Order of the Phoenix. And now we arrive at Half-Blood Prince.



Topics Covered In This Video:


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince plot holes explained

Biggest Harry Potter plot holes and continuity errors

Half-Blood Prince lore mistakes and unanswered questions

Wizarding World inconsistencies explained

Why Half-Blood Prince creates major worldbuilding problems

The Weasley family clock dentist plot hole

Why wizards don’t understand dentists in Harry Potter

Felix Felicis / Liquid Luck explained

Why Liquid Luck breaks the logic of Harry Potter

Why Voldemort and the Order don’t use Felix Felicis more often

The Unbreakable Vow explained

Why Voldemort doesn’t use Unbreakable Vows on Death Eaters

Snape, Narcissa, Draco, and the magical contract problem

Draco Malfoy’s mission in Half-Blood Prince explained

The Vanishing Cabinet and Hogwarts security failures

The Room of Requirement and Marauder’s Map inconsistencies

Harry Potter magic system problems and theories

Harry Potter lore analysis, theories, and explanations




Questions Answered:


Are there plot holes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

What are the biggest Half-Blood Prince plot holes?

What are the biggest Harry Potter continuity errors?

Does Half-Blood Prince contradict Harry Potter lore?

Why does the Weasley clock say “dentist”?

Why don’t wizards know what dentists are?

Is the dentist plot hole only in the Harry Potter movies?

How does Felix Felicis actually work?

Why doesn’t everyone use Liquid Luck all the time?

Why didn’t Voldemort use Felix Felicis?

Why didn’t Dumbledore or the Order use Felix Felicis?

Does Liquid Luck break Harry Potter’s magic system?

What is the Unbreakable Vow?

Why didn’t Voldemort use Unbreakable Vows on his followers?

Why didn’t Voldemort force Snape to swear loyalty?

How did Draco repair the Vanishing Cabinet unnoticed?

Why didn’t Hogwarts security catch Draco Malfoy?

Why didn’t Dumbledore stop Draco sooner?

How did Death Eaters get into Hogwarts?

Are Felix Felicis and the Unbreakable Vow real plot holes?


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