History Fanfic / OhGodNotAgain

* CasualDangerDialog: Harry uses this (along with a great deal of [[SarcasmMode sarcasm]]) every time he and Voldemort have a showdown.

* BreakingPointSwearing: When Cedric hears the first task of the Playoffs will be to steal an egg from [[MamaBear a nesting dragon mother]], he takes a deep breath and just says, "Shit."

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. There are several instances of Americanisms even though the series takes place in Britain -- several characters use the American cuss word "ass" as opposed to its British counterpart "arse", and Luna makes a reference to Hogwarts not being a "public school", most likely referring to a government-funded school, when [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage in Britain]], this phrase refers to a type of school which Americans would call a "private school".[[note]]Ironically, J.K. Rowling has stated that Hogwarts is, contrary to popular fan belief, funded by the Ministry of Magic, making it a "public school" via American definitions.[[/note]].

* PrecisionFStrike: When Cedric hears the first task of the Playoffs will be to steal an egg from [[MamaBear a nesting dragon mother]], he takes a deep breath and just says, "Shit."

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: After being transported to the graveyard, Cedric, Fred, & Harry discuss what to do (in place of 'run like hell') before Harry stands up to face Voldemort's minion.
* TricksterArchetype: The first thing Harry does when meeting the Weasley twins (again) is trick them into starting a rumor, stunning them and Ron. He later encourages others to try to lose the House Cup, calling it a "Suck-up" Cup. Then there's, well, everything else he does...

* IfYouEverHurtHer: Averted.

* WhamLine: When Harry realizes what caused [[spoiler:Sirus to escape early]]
-->[[spoiler:He knew what had happened now, why things had changed. '' Sirius had also fallen through the Veil ''.]]

** In a rare serious example in Chapter 48, [[spoiler:Harry has to tell himself that it's worth it to be obnoxious to Voldemort even when he's being hit by yet another Cruciatus

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. There are several instances of Americanisms even though the series takes place in Britain -- several characters use the American cuss word "ass" as opposed to its British counterpart "arse", and Luna makes a reference to Hogwarts not being a "public school", most likely referring to a government-funded school, when [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage in Britain]], this phrase refers to a type of school which Americans would call a "private school".[[note]]Ironically, J.K. Rowling has stated that Hogwarts is, contrary to popular fan belief, funded by the Ministry of Magic, making it a "public school" via American definitions.[[/note]]

** In a rare serious example in Chapter 48, [[spoiler:Harry has to tell himself that it's worth it to be obnoxious to Voldemort even when he's being hit by yet another Cruciatus Curse]].
* WhamLine:
** [[spoiler:Sirius had also fallen through the Veil.]]

* Wham Line:

Wham Line:
[[spoiler:Sirius had also fallen through the Veil.]]

* TheCaligula: {{Parodied|Trope}} with Neville's Boggart, which is Harry as Minister for Magic in this timeline instead of Snape. Since this is a humor fic, Minister-Harry is less "feed people to lions because he's bored" and more "ban Monday because it's too depressing and let people pay to not register as Animagi".

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4536005/1/ Oh God Not Again!]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/ Sarah1281]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/4701869/chapters/10736366 ao3 link here]]. An adult Harry [[PeggySue gets sent back in time]] and makes it his goal in life to [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong save as many lives from Voldemort as he can]]. Okay, [[BlatantLies that's a lie, actually]]. Not to say he doesn't do that, but he spends most of his time [[ItAmusedMe enjoying himself]] and [[RuleOfCool wreaking as much havoc as possible]]. Also an AffectionateParody, so people and events are looked at and discussed from a different perspective when deemed appropriate. Or [[RuleOfFunny funny]].

Not to be confused with the trope OhNoNotAgain

* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Harry remembers that this was a problem for Cho Chang in recovering from Cedric's death. She needed therapy, but had to edit her story because there weren't any wizarding therapists.
* AlwaysSecondBest: As Harry miserably notes, Gryffindor will never lose the House Cup as long as he is at Hogwarts because he is Dumbledore's favorite student, making every other house this by default. The only year where this is justified as ''not'' due to Dumbledore's favoritism is Third Year, where the fault lies on [[spoiler:Sirius]] for giving fifty points to whoever called Voldemort ... well, "Voldemort". Gryffindor, being the House of the Brave and all, was the one who had the biggest advantage -- even Ron, one of the few Gryffindors who had issues saying the name, stopped flinching upon hearing it by Christmas. That didn't stop Harry from being stubborn and avoiding saying the name himself (unfortunately for him, he slipped up at the End of the Year Feast and was promptly awarded last-minute points).

* ArtifactOfAttraction: [[spoiler:Sirius]] starts to put on the [[ArtifactOfDoom Slytherin Horcrux ring]] despite Harry warning him that it would kill him. He manages to stop himself when Harry says, "[[spoiler:Sirius, if you put that on, then Snape will have to save your life. ''SNAPE''.]]"

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: When Sirius's innocence is inevitably proven, Harry browbeats Fudge (who is conveniently right there) into issuing the official pardon immediately. Legal pardons in the UK are issued only to those who are "morally innocent" -- i.e, people who are definitely legally guilty of the crime, but have been judged not to have done anything actually ''wrong''. Cases like Sirius's would be handled by a different process -- given that he was imprisoned without a trial and therefore was probably never actually convicted of any crime, Fudge could have simply rescinded the order for his arrest.
* AttentionWhore: This time, the claims that Harry enjoys his fame and seeks out attention are ''absolutely true''. Partially so he can make money off of his celebrity status and put that money to good use, and partially because, well ... [[ItAmusedMe it's fun]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Harry is much more of a CloudCuckoolander this time round, causing the general population to view him as somewhere between [[ObfuscatingInsanity batshit insane]] and just full of it, but he's -- usually -- a nice guy, employing Dumbledore's tactics of destroying his foes through politeness and snark. Sometimes, though, he strays right into MagnificentBitch territory:
-->'''Pansy:''' ''[After Rita Skeeter's Pentawizard Playoffs article]'' Stunningly pretty? GRANGER? What was she judged against -- a chipmunk?\\

--->'''Molly:''' This is much better gossip than last year's 'Albus Dumbledore was madly in love with Gellert Grindelwald.' Honestly, you'd think Rita Skeeter would learn to stop making up such sensational stories. Obviously Dumbledore was struck speechless by the blatant lies and thus couldn't be bothered to deny it.

--->'''Snape''': Is there a reason you felt the need to go running off on a suicidal rescue mission without informing a responsible adult, first?\\
'''Harry''': I did get a responsible adult. Professor Lockhart is a Hogwarts Professor and surely Professor Dumbledore wouldn't have hired him if he didn't have complete faith in him.
* BornLucky: Harry gives this impression to those around him, since everything seems to work out for him. Of course, he has an unfair advantage they don't know about ...

* TheCaligula: Parodied with Neville's Boggart, which is Harry as Minister for Magic in this timeline instead of Snape. Since this is a humor fic, Minister-Harry is less "feed people to lions because he's bored" and more "ban Monday because it's too depressing and let people pay to not register as Animagi".

* {{Chickification}}: Inverted, but not to the extent of {{Xenafication}}. Fleur does considerably better in the Triwizard Tournament. WordOfGod (God for this universe, not Rowling) says that this is because the reasons for her lowered points in canon (attacked by Grindylows, the dragon breathing fire on her) were chance events not likely to be repeated.

** Harry gets Hermione a copy of ''Hogwarts: A History'' for Christmas in first year. In second year he mentions this when he asks her why she wants to borrow a copy from the library.

** In third year Divination class Ron sees in his crystal ball a vision of Harry and [[spoiler:Fred]] competing in the Pentawizard Playoffs the following year (not that he knows what he's seeing). When Harry and [[spoiler:Fred]] get selected, Neville reminds Hermione of this.
* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: In the final battle, Sirius hits [[spoiler:Voldemort]] from behind.

'''Harry:''' ''[shrugs]'' I'll have fun trying.
* DeadlyEuphemism: {{Parodied}}:

* DeathbringerTheAdorable: Averted, much to Harry's dislike. In the original timeline, he and Ginny got a rabbit, and she refused to accept his name suggestion of "Mega Ultra Flame Deathsman", instead going with a more standard "Flopsy".
* DeathByAdaptation: Mrs. Norris ends up killed by the basilisk during second year.

* ADogAteMyHomework: One of the papers Lupin tries to grade was chewed up by the textbook Hagrid assigned.

* DoubleStandard: Neville points out to Hermione that attributing their obsession with Quidditch to their gender could be considered sexist.
* DraggedIntoDrag: Sort of. Draco gets a photo of Harry in a dress ([[ItMakesSenseInContext technically a boggart Neville made less frightening]]) and sells them to students as collectibles. Harry negotiates for a cut of the profits and is okay with signing them.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: About dragons being the first task in the Pentawizard Playoffs. Bagman is not pleased that "the champions (and [[spoiler: George]]) all spectacularly failed to react":
-->'''Bagman''' [''Annoyed'']: Oh come on,you could at least pretend to be surprised!\\
'''Harry''' [''Obliging'']: Gosh, this has got to be the most unexpected event I've ever encountered! Dragons? I don't think I've even '''seen''' a dragon!\\
'''Cedric''': That's a little over-the-top, don't you think?\\
'''Harry''': I'm reacting for six people here; take it or leave it.

** Parodied when Luna asks Snape if he is a "living-ist" -- someone who prejudges based on whether a person is dead or alive.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A subtle clue to who Barty Crouch Jr. is impersonating this time around happens when [[spoiler: Percy offers Crouch Sr. a drink at the quidditch cup. Mr Crouch declines because he has brought his own drink before taking a sip from his flask.]]

* GrammarNazi: Harry trademarked SPEW for his Grammar Nazi organization 'Stop People Abusing Words.' He chose to spell 'Abusing' with an E to be [[{{Irony}} ironic]] (and make it [[FunWithAcronyms fit the acronym]]).

* HardTruthAesop: In-universe. Sirius tells his History of Magic class the story of Voldemort's parents and asks them what the moral is; Lavender suggests, "Don't assume the guy you're feeding love potions is in love with you and stop."

* HarmfulToMinors: Neville [[spoiler:kills Quirrell in the Chamber of Philosopher's Stone]] and is understandably shaken by it. Albus and Harry try their best to comfort him.
* HarsherInHindsight: An in-universe example. Mentally being an adult lends Harry a different perspective on many incidents, such as now being horrified at Neville's HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood. [[invoked]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Also in-universe, Harry finally gets that Lockhart was joking when he implied he was more famous than Harry. [[invoked]]

* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Ginny to Harry upon facing the third year Gryffindor vs. Slytherin quidditch match:
--> "...[I]f you die, can I have your broom?"
* IfYouEverHurtHer: Averted.
-->'''Remus''' [''Dazed'']: Aren't ... you going to warn me about breaking [Tonks'] heart?...\\
'''Sirius''': Why, are you planning on breaking her heart?\\
'''Remus''': Well, no, but--\\
'''Sirius''': Then she can handle herself. She is well on her way to becoming an Auror, after all; and I'm sure she could [[GroinAttack castrate you]] far better than I ever could.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Harry does this a lot in order to explain how he knows certain facts that he shouldn't know yet or when he's messing with people.
* InsistentTerminology: Harry keeps calling their group "The Trio [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Plus Neville]]" because "The Quartet" sounds too much like they should be musicians.

** In a lighthearted version of this, [[spoiler: Sirius chooses to pretend he was in Majorca instead of Azkaban for over a decade]]. Everyone pretty much goes with it.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Lucius Malfoy]] gets away with everything he does. Again.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When presented with a headline reading "Harry Potter and the Pentawizard Playoffs", Harry muses that it sounds like [[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase the title of a book]] ...

** Fred Weasley gets entered into the Pentawizard Playoffs and George wants to enter as well. [[spoiler: Solution: Have him change his name to George "Fred" Weasley and both can participate!]]

* LovePotion: Discussed. When [[spoiler: Sirius]] explains Voldemort's backstory and asks his class what the moral is, Lavender says, “Don't assume the guy you're feeding love potions [to] is in love with you and stop?" Seamus is disturbed by this.
* TheMasquerade: At the Yule Ball, Luna namechecks the wizarding world's policy of hiding from the muggles.
* MauveShirt: Some readers thought Cedric Diggory was being set up for this, again. "When I was rereading [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire GoF]] I noticed how ridiculously likable [Cedric] was. Seriously, it's like JKR did that just so everyone would be sad when he died…"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4536005/45/Oh_God_Not_Again]] [[spoiler: He's promoted to a supporting character. And doesn't die.]]

* NoodleImplements: Narcissa Malfoy doesn't like to be around Sirius after the Marauders pranked her while she was on a date using "a frog, a bottle of pink hair dye, and a trampoline."

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted twice. Moaning Myrtle was killed during her "time of the month", which she offers as an explanation of why she's emotionally volatile all the time. In third year Lavender receives bad news from home that [[spoiler:her pet rabbit has died]] on the date seemingly foretold by Professor Trelawney, and that, worse, her period has also just begun (a revelation which causes the male Gryffindors to make hasty excuses to leave).
* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: Harry doesn't really bother to hide that he knows things he really, really shouldn't. HE's just as likely to claim that his scar told him as he is to tell the true source, and he often namedrops future/previous-timeline events (like how Dobby "took a knife for him once"). Since everyone thinks he's completely insane, he gets away with it.

-->'''Sirius''': If it were any other student potentially in danger, they would probably be highly concerned, but you go after trolls because you're bored.\\
'''Harry''': That was only the one time!

* PrecisionFStrike: When Cedric hears the first task of the playoffs will be to steal an egg from a nesting dragon mother, he takes a deep breath and just says, "Shit."

* RefugeInAudacity: The main way Harry gets away with everything that he does? Do it with total confidence and zero shame. And make sure that whatever "it" is, it's as over-the-top and ridiculous as humanly possible. Most people are so stunned (or so exasperated) that they just ... ''let'' him.
* ReplacementGoldfish: After Mrs. Norris is killed by the basilisk (the only casualty in that incident), Harry has Mrs. Figg send Filch a kitten, to [[spoiler:Sirius]]'s horror. The new cat is seen working alongside Filch like Mrs. Norris did and he seems to like her.
* TheRival: Draco for Harry, but in a way that is far more friendly than in canon. Neither likes the other's friends and they sometimes don't speak to each other, but generally they are on rather good terms. It may be best described as a cross between this and VitriolicBestBuds.

--> The students hesitated for a few moments in case someone ELSE wanted to take that opportunity to ask someone to the Yule Ball. When no one did, the applause became thunderous and girls swarmed in on the only three with dates to press for details.

** Harry's "Oh, that reminds me, Cedric? Graveyards," and Cedric reflexively responding, "Run like hell."
* SarcasticConfession: Harry occasionally tells the truth about how he knows certain things, stating specifically that no one would believe the truth. In chapter 19, he recaps the entirety of the original timeline to a disbelieving Dumbledore.

** Moody mentions The Dark Side, unintentionally referencing ''Franchise/StarWars'' to Harry's amusement.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Everyone, except Mrs. Norris and Voldemort. Also, Professor Binns' ghost gets exorcised by Sirius and moves onto the after life but he was already dead.]]

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Harry occasionally uses these to earn money by betting on highly improbable events. The most obvious of these is during the third year Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff when dementors show up out of nowhere to crash the match, despite not being stationed at the school. Cedric catches the Snitch, at which point Harry gets a large payout from students that he'd bet (through a proxy, of course) about the outcome of the match with.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Played for laughs a couple of times.

-->'''[[spoiler:Sirius:]]''' Top box. It was part of my reparation. Of course, the rest of it went to buying Harry a Firebolt, but ...\\

'''[[spoiler: Sirius:]]''' ... Let's go with that, sure.

'''Charlie:''' ... Let's go with that.

* TricksterArchetype: The first thing Harry does when meeting the Weasley twins (again) is trick them into starting a rumor, stunning them and Ron. He later encourages others to try to lose the House Cup, calling it a "Suck-up" Cup. Then there's, well, everything else he does ...

* VitriolicBestBuds: Draco and Harry. See "The Rival" above.
* AWizardDidIt: A couple times, when someone asks how Harry knows something, he says it's “Magic” and refuses to elaborate.

** In a rare serious example, [[spoiler:Harry has to tell himself that it's worth it to be obnoxious to Voldemort even when he's being hit by yet another Cruciatus Curse]].

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: After Voldemort is defeated for good after a short-lived resurrection, Harry lies to the public that the resurrection ritual was botched and only created a golem. Hearing that Voldemort didn’t actually die the first time and was brought back once, however briefly, would stoke fears that he may return again and cause public panic and mistrust. Fudge cares too much about his own reputation to allow something like that to happen under his term, especially when there isn’t irrefutable proof, and would instead try to turn public opinion against anyone claiming Voldemort had actually been brought back by his followers. While they could calm the public and prove that Voldemort will never return again by revealing he created horcruxes that have all been destroyed, it would be too dangerous for [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique that kind of information]] to become public and just encourage people to make their own.]]

* PowerTrio: DoubleSubverted. Though Harry, Ron, and Hermione become friends like before, Neville is added to the ranks right from the get-go, making them a Power Quartet. However, Ron, Hermione, and Neville end up more of a unit without Harry, making them a Power Trio and Harry more of the Draco to their Crabbe and Goyle.

* CassandraTruth: See BlatantLies. Though, in this case, it's unknown whether Rita mamaged to piece this together through other sources or [[AccidentalTruth if she was just making things up after somehow learning about Dumbledore and Grindelwald's friendship and accidentally hit the mark full on]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4536005/1/ Oh God Not Again!]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/ Sarah1281]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/4701869/chapters/10736366 ao3 link here]]. An adult Harry [[PeggySue gets sent back in time]] and makes it his goal in life to [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong save as many lives from Voldemort as he can]]. Okay, [[BlatantLies that's a lie, actually]]. Not to say he doesn't do that, but he spends most of his time [[ItAmusedMe enjoying himself]] and [[CrazyAwesome wreaking as much havoc as possible]]. Also an AffectionateParody, so people and events are looked at and discussed from a different perspective when deemed appropriate. Or [[RuleOfFunny funny]].

** In a rare serious example, [[spoiler:Harry has to tell himself that it's worth it to be obnoxious to Voldemort even when he's being hit by yet another Cruciatus curse]].

* HarmfulToMinors: Neville [[spoiler:kills Quirrell in the Chamber of Philosopher's Stone]] and is understandably shaken by it. Harry and Dumbledore try their best to comfort him.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Harry and Draco. See "The Rival" above.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Harry points out that Draco and Ron's rivalry looks suspiciously like "UST" (Hermione finds it hilarious, whereas the acronym goes right over Ron's head). He later thinks Ron and Hermione's relationship clearly falls under this as well.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Harry points out that Ron and Draco's rivalry looks suspiciously like "UST" (Hermione finds it hilarious, whereas the acronym goes right over Ron's head). He later thinks Ron and Hermione's relationship clearly falls under this as well.

Well written and hilarious, this story is completed and comes [[FanficRecs/HarryPotterPeggySue highly]] [[FanficRecs/HarryPotterHumorCrack recommended]].

[[Funny/OhGodNotAgain Has a Funny page.]] This is going to be huge.

Has a darker counterpart in ''FanFic/{{Sisyphus}}''. This fic has also been described as the anti-Sisyphus, and nine out of ten tropers recommend reading this to cope with that fic.

* {{Foreshadowing:}} One subtle one to who Barty Crouch Jr. is impersonating this time around [[spoiler: when Percy offers Crouch Sr. a drink. Mr Crouch declines and says he brought his own before taking a sip from his flask.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Everyone, except Mrs. Norris.]]