Hiro Hamada and the Magic Kingdom
is a fanfic series by givelove1morechance that reimagines Harry Potter using Disney characters, lore and settings from across the films and theme parks, with the characters, lores of various other works crossing over into it.
The series so far:
- Hiro Hamada and the Magic Kingdom: Hiro Hamada has never flown on a robot. He has never worn an invisibility helmet, befriended a displaced giant, or built a magic snowman. All he knows is an average, dull life with his ordinary Aunt Cass. He has never known for eleven years that he was not normal, never knew that he was special. But that is all about to change when a letter appears on his doorstep: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he not only finds new friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but answers about his own hidden past…if he can survive the encounter.
This page is a work in progress.
You're a Troper, Hiro!
- Academy of Adventure: The Magic Kingdom, here represented by the famous castle logo. This fic makes it out to be as elaborate as Hogwarts.
- Adaptational Intelligence: The Troll. It can talk and reason unlike its HP counterpart, but it speaks almost monosyllabically and is manipulated by Cassandra into attacking the castle as a distraction with the promise of getting to eat whoever he comes across.
- Adaptational Superpower Change:
- Hiro is an eleven-year-old tech genius. Here he not only can wield magic but can understand the language of droids.
- While Wart has changed into animals before, they were always done with Merlin's intervention. This time he can do it of his own volition. So far he's changed into his bird and squirrel forms from The Sword in the Stone.
- Age Lift:
- Played with in regards to Hiro and his friends. As the series is essentially a retelling of Harry Potter, like the cast in that series and unlike in their respective films and tv shows (in which they're already teenagers or only seen as children), Hiro and his friends begin attending the Magic Kingdom and start off the story at the age of 11 and grow into teenagers as the series goes on.
- Armor-Piercing Question: Hiro is determined not to let Zhan Tiri get to him...until she asks if he wants to know what really happened the night his parents died.
- Big Damn Heroes:
- Baloo and Bagheera appear to save Hiro and Wart from being attacked in the forest and bring them to safety.
- Elsa, summoned by Wendy's whistle, bursts from the water riding the Nokk to rescue Peter from the polyps.
- Baymax joins Hiro's confrontation against Zhan Tiri and plays a major role in helping him defeat her.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Appropriately, the Genie during his musical number cameo.
- Brick Joke:
- The toilet seat gag from Philosopher's Stone is replicated in Magic Kingdom, in exactly the same manner.
- Wendy is introduced helping Christopher Robin look for Winnie the Pooh, who's wandered off. After Ralph brings everyone to the castle, he asks if anyone lost a stuffed bear and reunites them.
- Baymax's introductory scene has him state that Hiro has fallen, to which Hiro sarcastically replies "You think?" Later, when Baymax flies in to save Hiro from Zhan Tiri, Baymax matter-of-factly states that this is a dangerous situation Aunt Cass wouldn't approve of, and Hiro has the same response.
- When Hiro's train is leaving the station, Aunt Cass makes him swear to call her when he can and return home for the holidays, but when she reminds him to change his underwear he shouts "I make no promises!" He, unfortunately, fails to keep the first two promises, but when he sees her again for the summer, the first thing he says is he remembered to change his underwear.
- The Cameo: All over the place. See Shout-Out for a full list.
- Chekhov's Gun:
- The whistle Elsa gives Wendy as thanks for recovering Olaf.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Elsa.
- Composite Character: Aunt Cass takes on the role of the Dursley family, but unlike them, she is much more considerate and loving of Hiro.
- Flora teaches Charms and takes care of students in the infirmary, making her both Professor Flitwick and Madam Pomfrey.
- Damsel in Distress: Happens to Wendy twice in the Halloween chapter of Magic Kingdom; first she's attacked by the troll, then Peter saves her from falling to her death after the floor cracks.
- Decomposite Character:
- Severus Snape's role is divided between Lilith and Yzma.
- Neville's bad luck and clumsiness is split between Milo Murphy and Wart.
- Instead of goblins, Fidelity Fiduciary Bank is run by two factions: humans, led by Dawes Jr. (and presumably Dawes Sr.) see to financial matters and deal with their clients, while the Seven Dwarfs take care of the underground vaults and mine for diamonds on behalf of the bank.
- The Sorcerer's Hat. The Genie provides the song, though according to Edric and Emira Blight, there's a different performer every year. The actual sorting is done by the House founders, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Pete, whom the students see when they put the hat on.
- Then there's the Sundrop and Moonstone. Like the Philosopher's Stone, they're sought-after [[Macguffins]] but only one of them can provide eternal life.
- Demoted to Extra: Ichabod Crane, despite him filling in for Quirrel for the most part.
- Establishing Character Moment:
- Wart first appears staggering under the weight of Kay's school things before falling over with the same yell from his movie.
- Sasha is the only one to laugh at Hiro's insult towards Kay while he and Boscha are appalled, though she tries to hide it.
- Tinkerbell emerges from Peter's trunk angry at him for unwittingly locking her in and she lets him know it.
- Like Hermione, Wendy is introduced helping someone look for a lost animal and then chattering excitedly about everything she's learned so far from what she's read, much to Peter's consternation.
- Crossover: This fic crosses so many separate works of all genres and mediums to count them all individually, even if we exclude those done for the sake of cameos or one-off gags.
- Ironically, it is NOT a Harry Potter / Disney crossover despite being labeled as such. It just retells the HP saga with Disney characters.
- Establishing Series Moment: Magic Kingdom opens with Aunt Cass going about her usual daily routine, making it seems like it's going to be a straight-up retelling of the Harry Potter saga with Disney characters. But then the sight of characters such as Panchito and Jose just casually appearing on the streets tells readers that this setting will not be having have a masquerade.
- Fictional Country: Many of them, though none are created specifically for this series, and some of them actually have their home franchises taking place in a different time period or even in Constructed Worlds. Examples include Corona, Arendelle, The Boiling Isles, etc.
- Fatal Fireworks: Wendy sets these off during the Questing match to "save" Hiro from Lilith. They do the trick in knocking her and Ichabod off their feet and even helping Mus escape the dogs pursuing them. Cassandra also gets partially burned by them, stopping her attempt to kill Hiro.
- Foregone Conclusion:
- Lilith took Snape's role in being mistaken for a servant of Maleficent (who takes Voldermort's place) in Magic Kingdom. That alone should clue you in to the fact that Lilith is actually innocent. The twist being that, despite Ichabod Crane seemingly taking Quirrel's place, the true culprit is replaced by a student, specifically Cassandra.
- Foreshadowing:
- The dark mark on Hiro's scar arm gleams moments before he uses his new wand, which was made from the remains of Maleficent's staff.
- Before the Questing match, Cassandra warns Hiro to be careful of who he trusts. Returns as an Ironic Echo in the final chapter when it's revealed she's the one who attempted to kill him during the match.
- Ralph admits they tried to get a three-headed dog to guard the third-floor corridor, but relations with the Underworld are a bit iffy at the moment. Come The Stinger and we see why - Hades is working with Maleficent!
- After Eda nearly comes to blows with Lilith after she punishes Hiro for sneaking out, she has to drink one of her elixirs, hinting at her curse.
- One of the pictures in Hiro's photo album at the end has a teenage boy in a baseball cap posing with his parents. Now, who's a member of Hiro's family that hasn't been introduced yet...
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Hiro has a mess of scars that look like a tangle of thorns climbing up his arm, all stemming from a cold black mark at the base of his wrist.
- Go Out with a Smile: Moments before Peter sacrifices himself in the giant Maelstrom game, he smiles to Hiro and Wendy and lets out a triumphant crow.
- Hidden Depths: Flighty, laidback Peter Pan knows a shocking amount about ships and easily beats everyone at Maelstrom (the story's equivalent to wizard chess).
- Shy, clumsy Wart excels at animal transformations.
- Improvised Weapon: Wendy sets off a bunch of fireworks in the arena during the Questing match to distract Lilith and give Hiro a chance to climb back on Baymax.
- Interface Spoiler: Non-video game example. The AO3 version of Magic Kingdom gives away two major reveals in its tag list. The tags in question are "Cassandra", "Zhan Tiri", "Demonic Possession", and "Hades".
- Invisibility Cloak: Maemi's kabuto note grants this ability to its wearer and anyone who is touching them as they don it.
- Magic Versus Science: It also puts him at odds with technology-hating Lilith.
- Massive Multiplayer Crossover: The story incorporates characters and lore from a wide plethora of Disney works as well as ones it owns, including Pixar, Star Wars and The Muppets.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Cassandra attempts to break free from Zhan Tiri's control and destroy her with the Moonstone after the demon possesses her and tries to kill Hiro. It doesn't work.
- Mythology Gag: Hiro still loves gummy bears.
- Named by the Adaptation: While unnamed in the film and tv show, Hiro's parents go by their comic counterparts' names, Tomeo and Maemi.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Zhan Tiri.
- Nebulous Evil Organization: The Villains, a group of Disney villains united under Maleficent to dominate their worlds.
- Nose Shove: While fighting off the troll, Hiro winds up flying up his nostril and getting stuck there for a bit.
- Not His Sled: Some of the twists from the Harry Potter books are either partially or completely altered due to them being too easy to predict for anyone familiar with the books. For example, the Big Bad of Magic Kingdom (the Philosopher's Stone counterpart) becoming a student controlled by a demon instead of a teacher.
- One-Steve Limit: Subverted. There are two characters called Cass, but one is Cassandra and the other, Aunt Cass, is referred to as "Cassidy" once.
- Original Character: Mrs. Effgee, Hiro's former babysitter who is mentioned in passing.
- Post-Modern Magik: Unlike Harry Potter and other wizarding world stories, much of the magic world here has largely integrated muggle technology into their lives or is in the process of doing so.note
- Post-Stress Overeating: Cass has a habit of indulging in snacks when she's stressed out.
- Put on a Bus: Ichabod leaves the school at the end of Magic Kingdom as a result of Cassandra's bullying throughout the year regarding the trials surrounding the Sundrop and Moonstone, and pressure from Lilith.
- Red Herring
- Lilith is not the villain of Magic Kingdom despite all the clues pointing her out to be one. Then again, you have already saw this coming from miles away due to her basically doing what Snape did in Philosopher's Stone.
- Taking the above into consideration, you'd think Ichabod Crane would be behind everything since he fills Quirrel's role for the most part... you'd be wrong.
- Related in the Adaptation: Aunt Cass was adopted by Hiro's paternal grandparents when she was a baby.
- Hunter is adopted by the Blights.
- Rewatch Bonus:
- Setting Update: The Harry Potter books and films took place in the 1990s. Though smartphones, laptops and 3-D printers exist, the presence of robots and space travel makes when the story is set more ambiguous.
- Shout-Out: Has its own page.
- Take That!:
- There's a roast of Staten Island early on.
- Eda remarks on how the school points system makes no sense, since defeating a fully-grown troll is somehow worth only five points, and breaking curfew is worth minus-fifty.
- She also points out how leaving a baby who's considered their world's messiah on the doorstep of someone who's ill-prepared to look after him is a bad idea.
- Bait-and-Switch: Magic Kingdom seems to set up Lilith as a Red Herring while Ichabod goes after the Sundrop and Moonstone much like Snape and Quirrel in Philosopher's Stone which makes the reveal of Cassandra and Zhan Tiri as the true villains even more surprising.
- The Stinger:
- Magic Kingdom: Two people watch Hiro and his aunt leave the station from an undisclosed location and comment on Zhan Tiri's failure to destroy him and the Magic Kingdom. The first, who is revealed to be Hades, wonders what their next move will be. The second - who's implied to be Maleficent - tells him that not everyone in her legion is dead and they will come after Hiro if she can't find a way to revive herself first.
- Teleporter Accident: Briefly alluded to in "Magic Kingdom". The teleporter in question was part of a demo by X-S Tech; considering what happened in the ride that's from, it's a good thing Hiro didn't get to witness it at the showcase...
- Unrelated in the Adaptation: Aunt Cass is the adopted sister of Hiro's father in this story, rather than his mother's biological sister.
- Wham Episode: The series has several that surprises the readers by altering the twists from the Harry Potter books.
- In Magic Kingdom, although it's clear that Lilith is not the Big Bad (due to her taking Snape's role), it's still surprising that Cassandra and Zhan Tiri are.
- The final lines of the chapter reveal that Hades is watching Hiro, and he's aligned with someone heavily implied to be Maleficent in order to destroy him.
