History Theatre / PuffsThePlay

* BadFuture: Subverted in ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', when [[spoiler: Little Wayne ends up in the "bad future" from Cursed Child. While it's still ruled by Death Buddies, and Cedric is still a bad guy, there is one bright spot: after Harry's death, the role of "savior of the wizarding world" was taken up by Wayne Hopkins himself. ([[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Also, somehow, in that universe]] ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' [[TakeThat was the best movie in the series]].) Little Wayne is devastated when he has to go back.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: The cast contains a total of eleven actors. The four actors who play the roles of Wayne, Oliver, Megan, and the Narrator generally stick to those roles (with a couple of small exceptions). One actor mainly focuses on playing Cedric for the first half, and then [[spoiler: Voldemort]] in the second half. The other six actors play the rest of the roles, including the other Puffs, the professors, other students, the founders of Hogwarts, various fantastic beasts, death buddies, ghosts, and even a talking bathtub at one point.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The line in third year when one of the Puffs theorizes that Sirius Black is hiding as a flowering shrub seems like an invention of the show, right? Nope. It's an [[ShownTheirWork actual quote from]] [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'', Oliver takes a fatal spell to save Megan.[[BackFromTheDead He gets brought back by a time-traveling Zack Smith]]... though it's more than hinted that the Oliver who was brought back is actually from one of the alternate realities.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'', Oliver takes a fatal spell to save Megan.]]

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* TheMultiverse: In ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'' the plot heavily revolves around parallel realities and alternate timelines. A RunningGag is that none of Oliver's parallel universe counterparts share his passion for math -- instead, there's one who loves meth, one who loves moths, one who loves baths, one who loves ''Series/Mash''...

* TheMultiverse: In ''[=Puf3s=]: Eventfulness Maximus'' the plot heavily revolves around parallel realities and alternate timelines. A RunningGag is that none of Oliver's parallel universe counterparts share his passion for math -- instead, there's one who loves meth, one who loves moths, one who loves baths...

** Oliver's parallel-world counterparts in ''Puf3s: Eventfulness Maximus'' all share a MadLibsCatchphrase revolving around their passions. Whenever a parallel Oliver shows up, he'll at some point say: "Oliver Rivers loves <thing that either rhymes with or sounds vaquely like "math">!"

* TheMultiverse: In ''Puf3s: Eventfulness Maximus'' the plot heavily revolves around parallel realities and alternate timelines. A RunningGag is that none of Oliver's parallel universe counterparts share his passion for math -- instead, there's one who loves meth, one who loves moths, one who loves baths...

'''Frank:''' Oh... oh, no, he's coming in for a hug again -- oh -- oh, man! It's, it's, I get it, Eddie, you got personal stuff, people don't get you, you don't get people, you just get us, but... but there's a point where you just got to give human kind a chance and let us be for a bit -- oh, this is a big hug. Come on man, what's she new guy gonna think of me? I'm supposed to be majestic, ''come on man!''

'''Frank'': Oh, man... come on, man, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm from ''Wisconsin!'' And, and, how can I make you realize I don't need you to take me there? I can fly! From here! I've got these big wings, remember? Come ''oooooon''...!\\

* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler: The lineup for ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' doesn't include Zac Moon (Wayne), and Matt Cox points out that there's no way he could possibly be in the show because of Wayne's death at the end of Puffs. [[LyingCreator This is a lie;]] Moon does make an appearance as an alternate-universe Wayne, referred to as [[MemeticBadass Badass!Wayne]], who basically takes Harry's place as the savior of the wizarding world.]]

** Grindelwald is exclusively referred to as "Surprise Johnny Depp," and he constantly uses the infamous line from the first movie - [[{{Narm}} "Will we die...just a little?"]]

* BadFuture: Subverted in ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', when [[spoiler: Little Wayne ends up in the "bad future" from Cursed Child. While it's still ruled by Death Buddies, and Cedric is still a bad guy, there is one bright spot: after Harry's death, the role of "savior of the wizarding world" was taken up by Wayne Hopkins himself. Little Wayne is devastated when he has to go back.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: For "Surprise Johnny Depp" in ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'': "Will we die...just a little?"

* CosmicRetcon: In ''Nineteen-ish Years After'', due to it being a parody of Cursed Child, this was inevitable. [[spoiler: The connection to the Puffs is in Little Wayne being dragged into the alternate timelines...and meeting his namesake, who gives them a method to communicate. At the end of the show, one thing does change with Wayne's future: he becomes a Puff.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler: The lineup for ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' doesn't include Zac Moon (Wayne), and Matt Cox points out that there's no way he could possibly be in the show because of Wayne's death at the end of Puffs. [[LyingCreator This is a lie;]] Moon does make an appearance as an alternate-universe Wayne, referred to as [[MemeticBadass Badass!Wayne]], who basically takes Harry's place as the savior of the wizarding world.]] %%invoked%%

* TakeThat: As ''Nineteen-ish Years After'' and ''Dude, Where's My Fantastic Friends'' are parodies of some of the most controversial entries in the HP universe, there was bound to be this.
** When [[spoiler: Little Wayne]] makes friends with Craig, he expresses surprise that [[WeHardlyKnewYe he isn't interrupted before he can say multiple sentences.]]
** Grindelwald is exclusively referred to as "Surprise Johnny Depp," and he constantly uses the infamous line from the first movie - [[{{Narm}} "Will we die...just a little?"]] %%invoked%%

* GoodIsNotNice: This characterization of Harry, while seldom outsight mean, comes across as extremely shallow and self-centered with his InnocentlyInsensitive moments being taken UpToEleven, to the point where it's arguably his main character trait in this story. Although it's implied that Harry's limited interactions with the Puffs make him come across this way, and the Puffs trio even sympathize with him during the climax.