Oops! Mistakes
from:
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire
WARNING!!!
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK, DON'T READ THIS PAGE!! IT'LL SPOIL
THE BOOK!!!
Note:
I've had some complaints about the Mistake pages saying that it's
an insult to J.K. Rowling to plaster pages with mistakes she or
the editor made. I never meant to give that impression, as I am
very aware that she has her hands full with raising a child, etc.
If you agree with the complaints, email me here, and if I get
lots of emails, I will take off the Mistakes pages. -Whitney
Mistake... Mr. Weasley says that Portkeys
are "objects used to transport wizards from one spot to another
at a
prearranged time." But the Triwizard Cup (which was
supposed to be a portkey) transported people whenever it was touched,
there was no "prearranged time."
Mistake... In the beginning of the book it
states Dudley threw his Playstation out his window. Since Harry
was born in 1980, the year would be 1994, so Sony Playstation
wasn't released yet.
Mistake... When Harry is in the Prefect bathroom,
he makes a comment about breathing, and Moaning Myrtle is upset
that he talked about breathing in front of her, since she hasn't
done so for years. Then it says that she "buried her head
in her handkercheif and SNIFFED loudly." Isn't sniffing a
form of breathing?
Mistake... In the UK edition on page 345...
'I suppose there's always Moaning Myrtle,' he said gloomily, referring
to the ghost who haunted the girls'toilets on the second floor'...
in the UK edition of Book 2 on page 101... 'She haunts the girls'
toilet on the first floor,' said Hermione...
Mistake... In Book 4 (British version), pg.
344 Hermione is saying something about a girl named Eloise Midgeon.
Then on pg. 348 it talks about her again, and it spells her name
Eloise Midgen (no "O" between "E" and "N").
Did J.K. write this by accident or was it a publishing mistake?
Mistake... When the 'echoes' of the people
Voldemort has killed come out of his wand, Cedric Diggory comes
out also. But in the chapter before that, Pettigrew kills
Cedric, because Voldemort commands him to 'kill the spare'.
Mistake... When Voldemort's wand releases
the spells he has done in reverse order, Harry's father, James,
comes out before Harry's mom, Lily, meaning he was killed after
Lilly. But doesn't this contradict Book 3 when Harry hears his
father yelling, "I'll hold him off" and the fact that
Lily protected Harry until she was killed and then Voldemort went
right on to Harry -- and being immediately defeated?
Mistake... During the year at Hogwarts, they
were still giving out and tallying away points for the Inter-House
Cup but they never gave a cup! What was the point of the
points?
Mistake... In Book 2 [US] the password to
Dumbledore's office was "Lemon Drop" ("Sherbet
Lemon" in the UK edition). In Book 4 they say it is
"Sherbet Lemon" in the American edition. Apparently
"Sherbet Lemon" was not translated from the UK edition
in Book 4 as it was in Books 1 and 2.
Mistake... In book 2, it says that Moaning
Myrtle haunts the U-BEND of the toilet. In book four, it says
that she haunts the S-BEND of the toilet. [US edition says U-Bend.]
Mistake... In Book 2 it was stated that Tom
Riddle was poor BUT in book 4, chapter 1, it said that The Riddle
Family was a rich and high class family. [Correction: Voldemort
and his dad have the same name, Tom Riddle. Once his dad
found out that his wife was a witch he fled to his parents house.
They were very rich. Then years later Tom Riddle Jr. comes
along and kills them all].
Mistake... It clearly states in the first
chapter of Book 4 that Frank Bryce was " very deaf,"
yet he hears that entire conversation.
Mistake... In book 3, Dumbledore
says that he gave evidence at sirius's trial, but in book four,
Sirius says he didn't get a trial.
Mistake... In book 4 it
says that they banned flying carpets because they were a muggle
thing, but what are brooms? Muggle things!
Mistake... At the end of
Book 3 Ron recieved an owl, for keeps as a present, from Sirius
Black and Harry and Hermione were both there to see it. Then near
the beginning of the 4th book Ron sends Harry a letter with the
bird and Harry seems as if he had never seen it before!
Mistake... In Book 4 [UK
version page 503] Fudge, Dumbledore, and Moody are talking about
Crouch. But instead of Fudge yelling to Dumbledore, it says:
"said Crouch angrily". He wasn't even in the room...
they were talking about him but not with him.
Mistake... Mad-Eye Moody
says that Lily and James Potter were killed by "Avada Kedavra".
When (others) were killed using that curse they fell to the ground
and were just dead. In Book 1 [page 53 US version] Aunt Petunia
remarks that her sister got herself "BLOWN UP" and Hagrid
said in the same chapter that the house was in ruins. If Lily
was killed with Avada Kedavra she would have just died. Myabe
J.K forgot how she described the house in Book One?
Mistake... When Harry recieved
his letters from Hogwarts in Book 1 they poured out of the fireplace.
But in Book 4 Mr. Weasley was unable to get through it as it was
an electric fireplace.
Mistake... It says that
Harry's dad came out of the wand first and said his mother was
coming soon, but later on, we find out that it sent out the people
in reverse order. Shouldn't Lily have come out first, since she
was killed after James? (Not all versions have this mistake. The
American version has it right.) -Thanks to DrGoofy06
Mistake... In chapter two,
Harry wakes up with his scar burning in the early morning.
That same day he receives a letter from Ron that says they will
pick him up on Sunday at 5 p.m. He replies to Ron, saying
"see you tomorrow", which means his scar hurt on a Saturday.
But he tells Ron and Hermoine at the Burrow that he woke up on
Sunday morning with his scar burning, when it was actually Saturday
morning!
Mistake...In book 1, the fireplace is in
the kitchen when the envolopes pour out of it, but in
book 4, the fire place was in the living room. Thanks to Clemy13
Do
you know of any more mistakes? E-mail me at: hprocks22@hotmail.com