25 Things You MISSED in Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone

Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. This is part 1 of a video series where I’ll be diving in to the Harry Potter books and taking a look, chapter by chapter, at all of the mistakes that were made. Starting with book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.



I’m going to be placing a particular focus on instances in which factual errors were made or canon was somehow contradicted. Trivial errors like typos / grammatical issues will not be focused on this video.



I should also mention that I’m not making this video to CRITICIZE the books, but rather, take a look out of my own curiosity. Authors are only human and nearly every book series has mistakes like these made in them.



Topics Covered In This Video:


Things you missed in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Strange details in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone mistakes explained

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone mistakes explained

Book 1 Harry Potter continuity errors

Philosopher’s Stone canon contradictions explained

Details in Philosopher’s Stone that do not make sense later

Harry Potter book mistakes and corrected editions

Early Harry Potter lore inconsistencies

The original Philosopher’s Stone cover mistake

Why Harry is wearing a Gryffindor scarf before being sorted

The wrong dates in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

November 1st 1981 timeline mistake explained

The missing 24 hours with Hagrid and baby Harry

Why McGonagall was waiting outside the Dursleys’ house

Dumbledore’s strange journey to Privet Drive

Hagrid and Sirius Black’s motorbike inconsistency

The Vanishing Glass mistakes explained

The boa constrictor winking mistake

Harry’s incorrect 11th birthday date

Hagrid’s “not a wizard who went bad” Slytherin quote explained

Why Peter Pettigrew contradicts Hagrid’s statement

Hagrid becoming Hogwarts gamekeeper explained

Armando Dippet, Dumbledore, Hagrid, and Ogg timeline issue

Hagrid flying to the Hut-on-the-Rock explained

How the Dursleys left the island after Hagrid took the boat

Harry’s Hogwarts supply list wand mistake

The dragon liver pricing mistake in Diagon Alley

Ollivander’s wand shop timeline mistake

Aunt Petunia and Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Mrs. Weasley’s strange platform question explained

Hogwarts castle location inconsistency

The Sorting Hat ceremony mistake

Why Ron should have known about the Sorting Ceremony

The Sorting order error in Philosopher’s Stone

Nearly Headless Nick’s “400 years” mistake explained

Harry Potter class start date mistake

Charlie Weasley and the Gryffindor Quidditch timeline

The troll in the dungeon mistake explained

Why sending Slytherins to the dungeon was dangerous

The Mirror of Erised contradiction explained

Harry’s mysterious Hogwarts broomshed

Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback timing mistake

The Astronomy class and Charlie’s letter inconsistency

The giant chess match mistakes explained

Ron’s chess strategy and the bishop/rook confusion

The potion challenge and Quirrell’s path to the Stone

Why Dumbledore flew to the Ministry instead of Apparating

Quirrell’s troll diversion explained

Dumbledore and Lily Potter’s sacrifice explanation

How Harry got the Philosopher’s Stone from the Mirror

The Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans timeline mistake

Dumbledore’s age and Bertie Bott’s Beans explained

Hidden Harry Potter details fans missed

Strange early details in the Wizarding World

Harry Potter book 1 errors explained


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