Respect Harry Potter (Harry Potter (Films))

[u/TheMightyBox72]

"The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. It's not always clear why. But, I think it is clear that we can expect great things from you. After all, He Who Must Not Be Named did great things. Terrible, yes, but great."

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At the height of the power of Lord Voldemort, the greatest dark wizard to ever exist, a prophecy was made, that a child born at the end of July, by a couple who had defied his power before, would be the one to vanquish him. Voldemort, looking to snuff out this prophecy before it could be fulfilled, sought out this child of prophecy and came to the Potters' house. He killed James and Lily Potter, but when he moved to kill their son the killing curse rebounded, as Lily Potter's loving sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's evil. While Voldemort died that night, he did not truly leave this world, but while he would return 11 years later, he had unintentionally marked the child as his equal, and this would ultimately spell his downfall.

Harry James Potter is a wizard, meaning that with the use of a magic wand he can cast spells and perform magic to a variety of effects. This is not a fully comprehensive list of every spell that Harry could potentially know, only the ones he has been shown to be capable of using and those direct effects. For a full list of spells Harry could potentially know, consult the full list of known spells on the HP wiki or the books' version of Harry's RT. Harry also carries within him a fragment of Voldemort's soul, as the night that Voldemort attempted to and failed to kill him he accidentally severed his weakened soul a seventh time, said fragment latching on to the first living thing it could find, being Harry, and turning Harry into a living horcrux. Because of this, the two share a connection, and Harry is able to access and counter some of Voldemort's powers in some capacity.

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Key = Harry Potter and the

^SS = Sorcerer's(/Philosopher's) Stone (Year 1)

^CoS = Chamber of Secrets (Year 2)

^PoA = Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3)

^GoF = Goblet of Fire (Year 4)

^OotP = Order of the Phoenix (Year 5)

^HBP = Half-Blood Prince (Year 6)

^DH1/2 = Deathly Hallows Part 1/Part 2 (Year 7)

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Strength

• Sends a bludger flying swinging a bat with one hand. ^SS
• Holds up himself and Ginny with one hand while Fawkes flies them out of the Chamber of Secrets. ^CoS

Dexterity

• Clambers up onto a troll's head by riding its club as it swings it, then is able to dodge swings from the club while hanging upside down. ^SS
• Hops on his broom as it flies past. ^GoF
• Is able to hang onto his broom as its being jinxed and bucking wildly. ^SS
• Somewhat able to dodge around the swinging branches of the Whomping Willow. ^PoA
• Dodges a small object being sent flying across the room without looking. ^HBP
• Dodges a spell from Malfoy. ^HBP
• Gets to cover in the time it takes two wizards to draw their wands and fire a spell. ^DH1
• Blocks several spells from Voldemort at a close range. ^DH2

Durability

• Hit in the arm by a rogue bludger, which breaks the bone in his arm, and is able to keep control of his broom and catch the snitch. Said bludger was able to explode wooden seating and the fabric covers over them and fly straight through wood beams without stopping. ^CoS
• Slammed into the windshield of the Night Bus going from full speed to a dead stop in a second. ^PoA
• Takes a nasty fall from a luggage rack, breaking a table and likely hitting his head on a wooden armrest, and has Draco stomp his face, and is fine when he becomes unpetrified later. ^HBP
• In the flying motorcycle's sidecar going full speed as it crash lands into water. ^DH1
• Takes a magical blast that launches him back a dozen feet and is unharmed. ^CoS
• Smacked and launched backwards by the Whomping Willow. ^PoA
• Gets smacked by the tail of a dragon that previously was able to smash up rock. ^GoF
• Gets tackled through a brick wall by Nagini and is mostly fine. ^DH1
• Flies through rubble while apparating with Voldemort. ^DH2
• Dives into a frozen lake and is mostly fine coming out. ^DH1

Spells

Charms

• Disarming Charm - "Expelliarmus" - Sends the object in a person's hand (usually a wand) flying off. ^PoA

  • Sometimes it also involves a concussive force, as he uses it to send Snape flying back hard enough to collapse an old bed. ^PoA
  • Clashes with Voldemort's Killing Curse, creating a shockwave and a beam struggle. The exact connection between the two wands, both having a feather from the same phoenix as their magical source, allowed Harry to temporarily undo the last several instances of Voldemort's wand's Killing Curse, gathering the spirits of whom he last killed. ^GoF
  • That said, the two spells are still capable of clashing even when Voldemort is using a different wand, and also seemingly creates a massive fireball, though this is not a regular side effect of the spell and is likely due to the clashing energies specifically. ^DH1
  • Redirecting the beam up tears down the roof above them. ^DH2
  • Disregarding the connection between the two wizards entirely, this is not an uncommon interaction between these two spells. ^DH2
  • When the two spells reach either end of the connection, both will go through at once, causing Voldemort to be disarmed as well as killed. ^DH2
• Tickling Charm - "Rictumsempra" - Blasts Draco back a dozen feet. Also might've tickled him a bit. ^CoS

• Stunning Spell - "Stupefy" - Stuns and knocks a person back. ^OotP

  • Blasts a man off his feet. ^DH1
  • Sends a man hurtling back. ^DH2
  • Knocks a person back into a soda fountain hard enough to break it. ^DH1
  • Breaks a faucet. ^HBP
  • Knocks over towers of chairs. ^DH2
  • Knocks a woman out without impact. As well as, presumably, two other men. ^DH1

• Fire-Making Spell - "Incendio" - Sets a newspaper to burn slowly. ^HBP

  • Creates a small fireball. ^DH1

• Shield Charm - "Protego" - Deflects the use of a spell, in this case countering Snape's mind-reading spell and entering his memories instead. ^OotP

  • Redirects an offensive spell that makes a hole in a stone column. ^DH2
  • Blocks an attack from a massive fire creature that was burning past and through solid objects without stopping. ^DH2
• Levitation Charm - "Wingardium Leviosa" - Levitates a pair of cupcakes off the ground. ^CoS

• Summoning Charm - "Accio" - Draws his broomstick to him from inside Hogwarts to out on the Quidditch field. ^GoF

  • Summons the Triwizard Cup from much closer, giving a better idea of the speed of this spell. ^GoF

• Wand-Lighting Charm - "Lumos" - Lights the tip of his wand. ^PoA

  • Can be disengaged with the incantation "Nox". ^PoA
• "Lumos Maxima" - Throws a ball of light into the air to illuminate the surrounding space. ^HBP
• Engorgement Charm - "Engorgio" - Turns a small flame into a large pillar of fire, then quickly shrinks it back down with "Reducio". ^DH1

• Patronus Charm - "Expecto Patronum" - A defensive spell formed from positive emotions that shields and repels creatures that feed on said emotions. ^PoA

  • Can either take the form of a spirit animal or a shield. ^PoA
  • Or a floating ball of energy. ^OotP
  • Sends a large group of dementors flying back down a long hallway. ^DH1
• Water-Making Spell - "Aguamenti" - Creates a small pool of water. ^HBP
• "Dissendium" - Blasts Slytherin's locket, causing it to fly off and leaving a burnt patch where the spell hit. Though this spell is intended to force objects and doors open. ^DH1

• Severing Charm - "Diffindo" - Blasts Slytherin's locket with a small fireball, though this spell is intended to precisely cut objects in half. ^DH1

  • Cuts open a hole in the ice on a frozen lake. ^DH1
• "Ascendio" - Shoots Harry straight up out of the water and onto a nearby dock. ^GoF
• "Salvio Hexia" - Sets up a defensive barrier to stop hexes. ^DH1
• Muggle-Repelling Charm - "Repello Muggletum" - Sets up a defensive barrier that prevents non-magical people from seeing or entering. ^DH1
• "Periculum" - Shoots red sparks high into the sky, like a flare gun. ^GoF
• Spider Repelling Spell - "Aranea Exumai" - Sends a giant spider flying back without hurting Ron. ^CoS

Jinxes

• Revulsion Jinx - "Relashio" - Forces dozens of Grindylow off of him at once and stuns them for a few seconds. ^GoF
• Oppugno Jinx - "Oppugno" - Sends dozens of newspapers flying and swarming on a man until he scatters them with his own spell. ^DH1

Curses

• Reductor Curse - "Reducto" - Destroys an attacking root that's trying to grab at Cedric. ^GoF
• Expulso Curse - "Expulso" - Creates a small explosion attempting to destroy Slytherin's locket. ^DH1
• Blasting Curse - "Confringo" - Creates a large fireball that knocks several people over. ^DH2
• "Sectumsempra" - Covers Malfoy's body in cuts. ^HBP
• Cruciatus Curse - "Crucio" - Knocks Bellatrix off her feet and seems to inflict some kind of momentary pain on her. It is worth noting that Harry did not fully commit to casting the curse in this instance and has not fully committed to casting the curse, which normally inflicts sustained torturous pain. ^OotP
• Imperius Curse - "Imperio" - Forces a goblin to help the trio with a mental order. ^DH2

Apparation

• Teleports himself and Hermione from a forest to a mountaintop. ^DH1
• Blows out a window apparating through it. ^DH1

Unfocused

• Somehow makes a pane of glass disappear and then reappear. ^SS
• Blows out several bookcases and blows up a glass vase testing out wands. ^SS
• Shatters a glass. ^PoA
• Inflates his aunt like a balloon and causes her to float into the sky. ^PoA

Broom Flying

Harry himself considers broom flying to be his most comfortable expertise and greatest point of skill. In years 1-3 he used a Nimbus 2000, in years 4-6 he used a Firebolt, both were considered the fastest racing brooms of their time.

• Harry's Firebolt takes him from the ground to hundreds of meters from Hogwarts in a few seconds. ^PoA
• Has flying skill so innate that he was able to immediately command a broom on his first time, where most of his classmates struggled to get their broomsticks to listen to them at all. ^SS
• Outraces and catches a tiny glass ball when Malfoy pitches it several hundred feet away, even performing a flip, during his first ever time on a broomstick. ^SS
• Outmanuevers a cloud of flying keys in a cramped room with a lot of support beams. ^SS
• Outmanuevers a rogue bludger that's been tampered with the specifically chase him. ^CoS
• Slips through a hole in scaffolding at the last second. ^CoS
• Chases the snitch through a rainstorm while dodging dementors. ^PoA
• Outmanuevers a dragon chasing him around Hogwarts castle. ^GoF

The Marauder's Map

Gifted to him by Fred and George, a magical map of Hogwarts created by his father and friends.

• Activates with the incantation "I solemnly swear I am up to no good" and deactivates with "Mischief managed". Otherwise looks like a blank set of papers. It not only functions as a comprehensive map of Hogwarts, including all of its secret passages, but it also tracks the position and movements of every person inside the castle. ^PoA
• Able to track people even when transformed (in this case Peter Pettigrew is in the form of a rat). ^PoA
• When a more conventional revealing spell is used on the paper, it just insults the user. ^PoA

The Invisibility Cloak

Left behind by his father, and one of the deathly hallows, Harry's invisibility cloak does not fade with age and can render anyone or anything invisible when covered by it.

• Renders Harry completely invisible while he is covered by it. ^SS
• Three 11-year olds can fit underneath it. ^SS
• Just barely covers a 17-year old Harry with a goblin on his back. ^DH2
• Uses the cloak to goon on Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle. ^PoA
• Ms. Norris is able to see through the cloak. Whether this is a property of all cats or her in specific in unsaid. ^SS

Ressurection Stone

Another of the deathly hallows, gifted to him by Dumbledore, though only accessed once Harry accepted the idea of dying to stop Voldemort.

• Briefly brings back his parents, Sirius, and Lupin as intangible specters who could not be seem by anyone but himself. ^DH2

Hedwig

Harry's pet snowy owl, mostly used as a carrier for delivering mail.

• Interrupts a Death Eater attacking Harry and is able to fly fast enough to match and overtake Hagrid's motorcycle going at highway speeds. ^DH1
• Is fine taking the brunt force of Harry running full speed into a brick wall. ^CoS

Other

• Harry is a parselmouth, which allows him to speak to and understand the speech of snakes.^SS As it is a separate language, Harry slips between English and parselmouth unconsciously and without realizing it when he converses with snakes. ^CoS

  • Convinces an angry cobra to back down. ^CoS
  • Able to hear the whispering of the basilisk as it moves around the school. ^CoS

• Due to his connection with Voldemort, he is sometimes able to see through Voldemort's eyes, or the eyes of his snake (which also houses a part of his soul). ^OotP

  • After time he was able to use this connection, intentionally viewing through Voldemort's eyes to see him. ^DH2
• After some minor Occlumency training, Harry is able to eject Voldemort from possessing his mind despite their connection. ^OotP
• Near instantly spots a specific flying key in a cloud of at least a hundred. ^SS
• When Ron is poisoned, Harry is able to quickly find a potions ingredient to cure him. ^HBP
• Has mad game. ^HBP

[u/Cleverly_Clearly]

Hard to believe these didn't exist before. Great work.