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* BaitAndSwitchComment: At the end, with Harry and Ron in Dumbledore's office, Dumbledore is telling them he could expel them for the sheer number of rules violations they committed in saving Ginny's life and defeating the person who had been petrifying students all year long.
--> Therefore it is only fitting that you both receive --''{{Beat}}'' -- special awards for services to the school.

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** When Ron is belching slugs, Hagrid says "This calls for specialist equipment". He then produces an ordinary bucket.
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At the end, with Harry and Ron in Dumbledore's office, Dumbledore is telling them he could expel them for the sheer number of rules violations they committed in saving Ginny's life and defeating the person who had been petrifying students all year long.
--> ---> Therefore it is only fitting that you both receive --''{{Beat}}'' -- special awards for services to the school.
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* DramaticCurtainToss: Lockhart reveals the Cornish Pixies by whipping a cloth from their cage, just as he says "I must ask you not to scream, it might PROVOKE THEM!"
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* DistressedDrinkJitters: When Harry and Ron visit Hagrid just before he's arrested by Fudge, Hagrid first greets them with a loaded crossbow, and then when he tries to pour tea for them, his hands are clearly shaky and he overfills one of the cups.
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** Penelope Clearwater is eliminated as a victim of the basilisk, but she has a cameo earlier in the film in which she's seen walking next to Percy and identified as "Miss Clearwater." Notably, the book had a whole subplot about Percy and Penelope secretly dating, setting up Percy as a RedHerring, but in the film, it appears they're just open about their relationship.

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** Penelope Clearwater is eliminated as a victim of the basilisk, but she has a cameo earlier in the film in which she's seen walking next to Percy and identified as "Miss Clearwater." Notably, the book had a whole subplot about Percy and Penelope secretly dating, setting up Percy as a RedHerring, but in the film, it appears [[AdaptationalSecrecyDowngrade they're just open about their relationship.relationship]].
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* LostPropertyLiveDrop: The events that lead to [[LivingMemory Tom Riddle's diary]] being planted on [[spoiler: Ginny Weasley]] proceed slightly differently than they did in the original novel: here, instead of just slipping the diary into the recipient's cauldron while nobody's looking, [[spoiler: Lucius Malfoy]] briefly removes one of the schoolbooks under the pretense of wanting to take a look at it. Then, once he's finished, he returns the textbook - which really ''is'' the recipient's property - though [[FreezeFrameBonus sharp-eyed viewers]] will notice that he returns another book alongside it.
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* ShadowDiscretionShot: Used when Fawkes takes out the basilisk's eyes.

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* ShadowDiscretionShot: Used when Fawkes takes out the basilisk's eyes. Justified as Harry was trying to avoid looking the basilisk in the eyes, avoiding being petrified.

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* CallBack: The OST's final track is called "Harry's Wondrous World," as was the second track on the previous film's OST.

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** As they're following the spiders into the forest Ron says "I don't like this...I don't like this at all", repeating Hermione's line from the first film when they first entered the chamber with the giant Wizard's Chess set.
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** The most significant story beats cut from the movie are the de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, and Lockhart's Valentine's Day celebration, with the post Chamber exposition scene in Dumbledore’s office getting cut as well. The deathday party got as far as concept art before the decision was made to not include it in the film.

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** The most significant story beats cut from the movie are the de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, and Lockhart's Valentine's Day celebration, with the post Chamber post-Chamber exposition scene in Dumbledore’s office getting cut as well. being significantly trimmed. The deathday party got as far as to the concept art stage before the decision was made they decided to not include it in the film.exclude it.
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* BatmanGambit: Harry's ploy to trick Lucius Malfoy into freeing Dobby is pretty simple: he counts on him handing off the diary to Dobby, who'll then see the sock inside.
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* ShoutOut: A rather stealthy one to ''Film/HomeAlone2'', the scene where Ron tries to warn Harry about the surrounding spiders mirrors the same scene where Marv tries to warn Harry about the Pigeons preparing to attack them. Bonus points for not only having both characters say the name "Harry" in a similar nervous tone, as well as both movies being sequels to their respective firsts, and finally all four movies being directed by Creator/ChrisColumbus.

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* ShoutOut: A rather stealthy one to ''Film/HomeAlone2'', ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'', the scene where Ron tries to warn Harry about the surrounding spiders mirrors the same scene where Marv tries to warn Harry about the Pigeons preparing to attack them. Bonus points for not only having both characters say the name "Harry" in a similar nervous tone, as well as both movies being sequels to their respective firsts, and finally all four movies being directed by Creator/ChrisColumbus.
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** The most significant story beats cut from the movie are the de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, and Lockhart's Valentine's Day celebration. The deathday party got as far as concept art before the decision was made to not include it in the film.

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** The most significant story beats cut from the movie are the de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, and Lockhart's Valentine's Day celebration.celebration, with the post Chamber exposition scene in Dumbledore’s office getting cut as well. The deathday party got as far as concept art before the decision was made to not include it in the film.
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* VoicesAreMental: Unlike in the book, the Trio keep their own voices when using Polyjuice Potion, instead of having the voices of the people they transformed into.
--> '''Ron, as Crabbe:''' Bloody hell!\\
'''Harry, as Goyle:''' We still sound like ourselves. You need to sound more like Crabbe.\\
'''Ron:''' Uh... ''(puts on a deep voice) Bloody hell.''\\
'''Harry:''' Excellent.
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** In [[PacifiedAdaptation an inversion]], the confrontation between the Malfoys and Harry/the Weasleys in Flourish and Blotts does not escalate to a physical conflict.
* AdaptationalContextChange: The scene where Draco calls Hermione a Mudblood and the subsequent explanation of the term is played for far more drama in the film version. In the book Hermione doesn't know what the word means and the scene is an explanation of the general prejudice pure blood wizards have against Muggle borns. In the film, Hermione already knows what the word means.

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* AdaptationalContextChange:
** In [[PacifiedAdaptation an inversion]], the confrontation opening scene at the Dursley house, it's shown that Harry no longer sleeps in the cupboard under the stairs and has moved into Dudley's second bedroom. In the ''Philosopher's Stone'' book, Vernon moved Harry into this room in an attempt to keep him from receiving his Hogwarts letter, which was specifically addressed to the cupboard, but this scene was omitted from [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the previous film]]. In this film, Vernon implies that Harry moved into the room during the summer between the Malfoys and Harry/the Weasleys in Flourish and Blotts does not escalate to a physical conflict.
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The scene where Draco calls Hermione a Mudblood and the subsequent explanation of the term is played for far more drama in the film version. In the book Hermione doesn't know what the word means and the scene is an explanation of the general prejudice pure blood wizards have against Muggle borns. In the film, Hermione already knows what the word means.


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* PacifiedAdaptation:
** In the book, Harry and the Weasleys' confrontation with the Malfoys at Flourish and Blotts escalated to a physical fight between Arthur and Lucius, which was broken up by Hagrid. In the film, no such fight occurs.
** After Draco calls Hermione a mudblood, the other members of the Gryffindor team don't attack him as they do in the book. Only Ron's botched slug spell is kept.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN OPENED.\\
ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE.'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''THE [[caption-width-right:350:''[[CouldntFindAPen THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN OPENED.\\
ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE.'']]]]'']]
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** The most significant story beats cut from the movie are the de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, and Lockhart's Valentine's Day celebration. The deathday party got as far as ConceptArt before the decision was made to not include it in the film.

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* AdaptedOut: Cuthbert Binns does not appear in the movie. His explanation about the history of the Chamber of Secrets is instead given by [=McGonagall=].

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Cuthbert Binns does not appear in the movie. His explanation about the history of the Chamber of Secrets is instead given by [=McGonagall=].[=McGonagall=].
** The most significant story beats cut from the movie are the de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, and Lockhart's Valentine's Day celebration. The deathday party got as far as ConceptArt before the decision was made to not include it in the film.
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** At the end of the film, after Harry tricks Lucius into freeing Dobby, and Dobby defends Harry from Lucius attacking him, Dobby asks how he can repay him for freeing him. Harry responds ''Just promise me something. Never try to save my life again.'' [[spoiler:Its not until several movies later in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 , Dobby does just that, but at the cost of his own life.]]

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** At the end of the film, after Harry tricks Lucius into freeing Dobby, and Dobby defends Harry from Lucius attacking him, Dobby asks how he can repay him for freeing him. Harry responds ''Just promise me something. Never try to save my life again.'' [[spoiler:Its not until several movies later in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 , 1, Dobby does just that, but at the cost of his own life.]]

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