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However you feel about the Harry Potter movies, the one thing all Potterheads can agree on is that they have some pretty hilarious dialogue! From Hermione's iconic correction of Ron's pronunciation of "Leviosa" to Snape's sarcastic one-liners, there's more laughs in the world of Harry Potter than even a "Riddikulus" spell could conjure. Without further ado, let's dive into 31 of the funniest Harry Potter movie quotes!
Top 6 Funny Harry Potter Quotes
- "It's Levi-OH-sa, not Levi-oh-SA!"
- "She really needs to sort out her priorities!"
- "But I am the Chosen One."
- "Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure!"
- "Dumbledore got style."
- "Obviously."
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Hermione Granger drops this iconic correction in The Sorcerer's Stone. In the first film, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley are in Charms class learning a levitation spell. The spell is "Wingardium Leviosa," but Ron can't seem to say it right. Hermione then corrects him, but it's not her line so much as the way the actress, Emma Watson, delivers it that gets it such big laughs.
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Ron Weasley says this about Hermione in The Sorcerer's Stone. After Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover a huge, fearsome three-headed dog in Hogwarts, Hermione says the scathing line, "Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed—or worse, expelled." Note that she ranks getting expelled from Hogwarts worse than getting killed! After she walks away, Ron remarks about her needing to sort out her priorities.
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Harry jokingly points out the obvious in The Half-Blood Prince. In the sixth movie in the series, Hermione and Harry are in the library talking about a girl named Romilda Vane who has a crush on Harry. Hermione informs Harry that Romilda is only interested in him because he's the Chosen One—the boy destined to defeat the dark lord Voldemort. Deciding to be cheeky, Harry quips, "But I am the Chosen One." Hermione then smacks him on the head with the paper in her hand.
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Dobby the House Elf says this hilarious line in The Deathly Hallows Part 1. In the penultimate Harry Potter movie, Dobby helps Harry, Hermione, and Ron escape Malfoy Manor by unscrewing a chandelier from the ceiling. The chandelier falls and provides a distraction, but it also almost crushes Bellatrix Lestrange. Lestrange shouts, "You could have killed me!" Then Dobby says his most famous line in the whole series, which is, "Dobby didn't mean to kill anyone. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure!"
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Kingsley Shacklebolt compliments Dumbledore in The Order of the Phoenix. After accusing Albus Dumbledore of starting a rebellion against the Ministry of Magic, Minister Cornelius Fudge and his agents, including Shacklebolt, try to arrest the wise headmaster. But Dumbledore is too wily for them and disappears in a burst of fire. Both shocked and impressed, Shacklebolt drops this unforgettable quip: "You may not like him, Minister, but you can't deny Dumbledore's got style."
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Severus Snape says this sarcastically in The Order of the Phoenix. In the fifth movie, Dolores Umbridge asks Snape about his past efforts to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. For context, Snape teaches the Potions class, but has always wanted to lead the other class instead. Snape and Umbridge have the following hilarious and sarcastic exchange. It's followed by Ron snickering and Snape smacking him on the back of the head with a book:- Umbridge: "You applied first for the Defense Against the Dark Arts post, is that correct?"
- Snape: "Yes."
- Umbridge: "But you were unsuccessful?"
- Snape: "Obviously."
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Minerva McGonagall utters this funny spell in The Chamber of Secrets. In the second Harry Potter movie, Professor McGonagall tells Harry to follow her to Dumbledore's office to see the headmaster. They approach what looks like the dead end of a corridor with a statue of a griffin in it. Then McGonagall raises her hands and says, "Sherbet lemon!" This is the name of a candy that Dumbledore likes, but it's also the funny spell for revealing his inner sanctum! As soon as McGonagall speaks the password, the statue spins around, revealing a staircase that leads up to Dumbledore's office.
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Molly Weasley scolds Ron, Fred, and George in The Chamber of Secrets. At the beginning of the movie, Ron and his twin brothers, Fred and George, use their family's flying car to rescue Harry from the Dursleys' house. When they get back home the next morning, their mother, Molly, scolds them with this hilarious speech:- "Where have you been?! How wonderful to see you, dear [to Harry]. Beds empty! No note! Car gone! You could've died! You could've been seen!"
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Ron and Hermione talk about feelings in The Order of the Phoenix. In this funny scene, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are talking about Harry's first kiss with Cho Chang. Harry explains that Cho was crying while they were kissing. Then Ron and Hermione have the following dialogue, after which they all have a good laugh at themselves:[1] X Research source- Ron: "You'd think a bit of snogging would cheer her up."
- Hermione: "Don't you understand how she must be feeling? Well, obviously, she's feeling sad about Cedric, and therefore confused about liking Harry, guilty about kissing him, conflicted because Umbridge is pressing to sack her mum from the Ministry, and frightened about failing her OWLs because she's so busy worrying about everything else."
- Ron: "One person couldn't feel all that. They'd explode."
- Hermione: "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon."
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Hagrid regrets saying too much in The Sorcerer's Stone. In the first movie, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are talking to Hagrid about a fierce three-headed dog they discovered that's guarding something in Hogwarts. While trying to convince them not to meddle in things that ought not to be meddled with, Hagrid accidentally reveals that the thing the dog is guarding is strictly between Dumbledore and someone named Nicholas Flamel. After he makes his slip, Hagrid famously says, "I shouldn't have said that. I should not have said that."[2] X Research source
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Dumbledore eats earwax-flavored candy in The Sorcerer's Stone. At the end of the first film, Harry and Dumbledore are talking about Harry's misadventures finding the Sorcerer's Stone and defeating Professor Quirrell. In a moment that shows his silly side, Dumbledore decides to try one of Harry's Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Before eating it, he comments that he once had the misfortune to get a vomit-flavored bean. Then he pops it in his mouth, chews it, and remarks, "Alas! Earwax!" This implies that his bean was, in fact, earwax-flavored!
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Luna Lovegood tries to reassure Harry in The Order of the Phoenix. In the fifth movie, Harry arrives at Hogwarts and prepares to get in one of the horseless carriages that pull themselves. Much to his surprise, however, the carriage is, in fact, being pulled by some sort of strange creature, but his friends can't see it. Another student named Luna Lovegood can, though, and she tells Harry, "You're not going mad. I see them, too. You're just as sane as I am." This quote is humorous because Luna is reading a magazine upside-down. She also isn't wearing shoes, so it's not clear if she's actually sane![3] X Research source
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Ron moans about his love life in The Half-Blood Prince. Ron usually has trouble getting a date, but in The Half-Blood Prince, he decides to strike up a romance with a fellow student named Lavender Brown. The only problem is that Lavender is obsessed with Ron and always wants to kiss him. Ron complains about this to Harry, saying, "All she wants to do is snog me. My lips are getting chapped. Look!" He tries to show Harry how chapped his lips are, but Harry isn't very interested or sympathetic to Ron's problems.
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Ron complains about having to follow spiders in The Chamber of Secrets. In the second movie, Hagrid is put under arrest for (allegedly) allowing a terrible creature to roam throughout the school and petrify some of the children. Before he goes to prison, he hints to Harry and Ron that to find the truth and clear his name, all they would need to do is follow the spiders. The boys track some spiders into the Forbidden Forest, where Ron, who's afraid of arachnids, says in a trembling voice, "Why spiders? Why couldn't it be 'follow the butterflies'?"[4] X Research source
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Fred and George play a joke on their mother in The Sorcerer's Stone. When Harry arrives at the train station in the first film to go to Hogwarts for the first time, he meets the Weasley family, who are also trying to get to the train to the school. To do so, they must run through a brick wall that's really a magic barrier to Platform 9 ¾, where the train will depart. Molly Weasley tells her son Fred to go through, but his identical twin brother says, "He's not Fred, I am!" Then Fred adds, "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother." Molly tells Fred, "Oh, I'm sorry, George." Then, right before he runs through the brick wall, Fred says, "I'm only joking, I am Fred!"
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Arthur Weasley asks Harry this funny question in The Chamber of Secrets. Ron's father, Arthur, is obsessed with Muggles (non-magical people) and the objects they use. In the second movie, he addresses Harry at the breakfast table in the Weasleys' house, saying, "Now, Harry, you must know all about Muggles. Tell me, what exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" It's humorous because the Muggle object Arthur is so curious about is really just a simple bath toy![5] X Research source
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Professor McGonagall gets exasperated in The Half-Blood Prince. Throughout the Harry Potter series, Harry, Ron, and Hermione constantly find themselves involved in other characters' evil plots and schemes. After witnessing another student get cursed, the three friends go before Professor McGonagall to explain what they saw. Upon seeing them, the professor asks in frustration, "Why is it that when something happens, it is always you three?" Ron answers, "Believe me, Professor, I've been asking myself the same question for six years."
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George makes Harry and Ginny's kiss awkward in The Deathly Hallows Part 1. In the second-to-last Harry Potter movie, Harry is visiting the Weasleys to attend Ron's brother Bill's wedding. The morning before the wedding, Ron's younger sister, Ginny, asks Harry to zip up the back of her dress for her. He does so, and then they share a kiss in the kitchen. While they're snogging, George Weasley sneaks in and pours himself a cup of tea. When they finally notice him, George smirks and says, "Morning," in a slow, suggestive tone of voice. It's one of the bright spots in what is otherwise a very serious film.
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Professor McGonagall protects the school in The Deathly Hallows Part 2. In the last movie in the franchise, Hogwarts is about to be attacked by the dark lord Voldemort and his evil forces. It falls to Professor McGonagall to set up the school's defenses. She does so by uttering a spell that causes the statues surrounding Hogwarts to come to life. After she does so, in a brief moment of humor, she exclaims, "I've always wanted to use that spell!"
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Snape expresses disgust with Harry in The Order of the Phoenix. While Voldemort is at large in the fifth film, Harry must learn how to control his thoughts and close his mind so the Dark Lord can't control him. Dumbledore asks Snape to teach him this skill, which the professor does reluctantly because he's always disliked Harry. During one lesson, Harry remembers a tender moment with his godfather, Sirius Black. Snape, who detests Black even more than Harry, says, "I may vomit." His frank admission contrasts with the happy memory and creates a moment of wry humor.[6] X Research source
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Luna remarks on her sleepwalking habit in The Half-Blood Prince. In the sixth movie, Harry asks Luna Lovegood to be his date at an exclusive party hosted by Professor Slughorn. On their way into the party, Luna says, "I've never been to this part of the castle. Well, not awake. I sleepwalk, you see. That's why I wear shoes to bed." This scene shows Luna at her best: hilarious, eccentric, and always endearing.
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Snape sarcastically comments on poisoning Harry in The Order of the Phoenix. When Dolores Umbridge catches Harry and his friends forming a secret rebellion against her, she summons Snape to her office to ask for more Veritaserum. Veritaserum is a potion that makes whoever drinks it answer any question truthfully. Snape says she used up all of the potion he had left on Cho Chang. Then he adds sarcastically, "Unless you wish to poison Potter—and I assure you I would have the greatest sympathy if you did—I cannot help you." This quote shows Snape's dislike of Harry, but it's also a funny demonstration of his snappy wit.
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Hermione enjoys a bit of rebellion in The Order of the Phoenix. Hermione is a well-known stickler for rules. So when she, Harry, and Ron decide to found a secret group called Dumbledore's Army to oppose Dolores Umbridge, she feels excited to rebel for once. She comments, "It's sort of exciting, isn't it? Breaking the rules," to which Ron responds humorously, "Who are you, and what have you done with Hermione Granger?"[7] X Research source
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Dumbledore asks Slughorn if he can borrow a magazine in The Half-Blood Prince. Early in the sixth movie, Dumbledore and Harry go to a Muggle neighborhood to convince a wizard named Horace Slughorn to return to his former position as Potions teacher at Hogwarts. While standing in the house where Slughorn is hiding out from Death Eaters, Dumbledore picks up a Muggle magazine about knitting. Then he asks Slughorn, "Do you mind if I take this? I do love knitting patterns." This is a great example of how good Dumbledore is at lightening a serious topic with his little eccentricities.- How well do you know Harry Potter? Take our Harry Potter Trivia Quiz to find out!
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Slughorn attempts a profound observation about life in The Half-Blood Prince. After drinking a little bit of Liquid Luck, Harry invites Professor Slughorn to go with him to visit Hagrid in his hut. While they're there, Slughorn and Hagrid start drinking and get a bit tipsy. Then Slughorn, who's finally relaxed, tells the story of a fish he once had that vanished from its bowl. At the end of his story, he tries to compare the way the fish disappeared with the way of life. Read the hilarious exchange below:- Slughorn: "I once had a fish… Francis. He was very dear to me. One afternoon I came downstairs and… it vanished. Poof."
- Hagrid: "That's very odd, isn't it."
- Slughorn: "Yes, doesn't it? But that's life! I suppose, you - you go along with and suddenly… poof."
- Hagrid: "Poof."
- Harry: "Poof."
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Hagrid brings Harry a squished birthday cake in The Sorcerer's Stone. On Harry's 11th birthday, the Hogwarts groundskeeper, Rubeus Hagrid, finds Harry living with the Dursleys and invites him to attend Hogwarts to learn magic. He also brings Harry a birthday cake. In Hagrid's typical clumsy fashion, he accidentally sits on the cake and squishes it along the way. Despite this, he's still confident it tastes just as good!
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The Weasley twins joke about looking alike in The Deathly Hallows Part 1. To protect Harry from Voldemort's Death Eaters and move him to a safer location, the members of the Order of the Phoenix drink polyjuice potion so they'll resemble him. That way, the Death Eaters won't be able to tell which one is the real Harry Potter. Fred and George Weasley also drink the potion, and when they've both transformed into Harry facsimiles, they say, "Wow—we're identical!" They're already identical twins, so this quote is them being sarcastic.
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George makes a bad joke after he's injured in The Deathly Hallows Part 1. While ferrying Harry to safety, George takes a hit from a Death Eater, and his ear is blown off. As he's recovering on the couch at the Weasleys' house, George tells Fred that he's saint-like. "I'm holy, Fred, you get it?" he says, pointing at the hole where his ear used to be. This quote shows that even in their darkest moments, Fred and George still find a way to be funny.
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Hermione shows how much of a bookworm she is in The Sorcerer's Stone. One of Hermione's biggest strengths throughout the Harry Potter series is her love of reading. In the first movie, she discovers what Fluffy the three-headed dog is guarding after reading a passage in a book about Nicholas Flamel, the creator of the Sorcerer's Stone. The book in question is a massive tome. But when she shows it to Harry and Ron, she says, "I checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading." Ron looks at the book's size and exclaims, "This is light?" Hermione simply glares at him in reply.[8] X Research source
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Ron clumsily asks Hermione to be his date to a dance in The Goblet of Fire. In the fourth movie, Ron and Harry are discussing their gloomy prospects for the Yule Ball. No one they've asked to be their dates has accepted them yet. In desperation, Ron turns to Hermione and says, "Oi, Hermione. You're a girl," as if he's just noticed this for the first time. Hermione sarcastically replies, "Very well spotted."
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McGonagall warns students to behave at the ball in The Goblet of Fire. With the Yule Ball coming up, McGonagall wants the students in Gryffindor to be on their best behavior. Before teaching them how to dance, she gives a speech in which she says, "The house of Godric Gryffindor has commanded the respect of the wizard world for nearly ten centuries. I will not have you, in the course of a single evening, besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons!" Fred and George Weasley immediately start whispering to each other, challenging themselves to say "Babbling, bumbling band of baboons" five times fast.[9] X Research source- Take our Hogwarts House Quiz and find out where you would be sorted if you attended the famous wizarding school!
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This article was co-authored by Will Giffard and by wikiHow staff writer, Elaine Heredia, BA. Will Giffard is a Harry Potter content creator. With over 10 years of experience, Will shares traveling to Harry Potter film locations, merchandise, film studio tours, and more. He has been a lifelong fan of the series, from having the books read to him as a child, to building a fun community of over 210k Harry Potters fans online.
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