Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Corrected entry: When Lupin's class are facing the Boggart in the wardrobe, the wardrobe shakes violently. However, in the scene with Harry's Patronus lesson, we see a Boggart in a suitcase, and the suitcase is perfectly still.

Correction: The reason the wardrobe shakes is because the Boggart senses all the different people in the room and is "riled-up" by all the energy and of the different thoughts of what scares them the most, but when it is in the suitcase there is just Harry and Lupin so it isn't so bombarded with different energy and fears.

troy fox

Corrected entry: In the last shot of the choir, near the end of the trailer, a girl in the second row, to the right of the screen, can be seen looking directly at the camera.

Correction: In the first shot of the choir, it can be seen that they're being conducted, apparently by Professor Flitwick, from a position immediately in front of them - i.e. roughly where the camera is in the final shot. It doesn't seem totally unreasonable that some of the singers might actually be looking at the conductor.

Tailkinker

Corrected entry: When boarding the knightbus, the back of Harry's jacket is wet from when he fell on the ground. but moments later when it shows him walking through the bus, his top is bone dry. (00:08:40)

josie

Correction: This was already noted earlier.

Corrected entry: When Peter Pettigrew is seen on the Marauder's Map, his dot's footprints are displayed as that of a human's even though he is in his rat form. However, during the credits Sirius' dot is shown changing from human footprints to dog pawprints and back again. Either Peter's prints should've shown up as rat prints or Sirius' should have consistently been shown as human prints.

Correction: That was just something cute they did for the credits, it isn't meant to be taken as film canon. The Marauder's Map shows what is truly there; Peter Pettigrew is a human whatever shape he may take, so his footprints appear on the map as a human's.

Phixius

Correction: This is not trivia for this film.

Corrected entry: When the Hogwarts Express stops and Ron turns to look out the window, Hermione says "Ouch Ron, that was my foot". However, in the next shot, Ron's feet are nowhere near Hermione's. He would have had to have been leaning in order to reach her foot, and he's sitting up pretty straight, too fast for it to change in one shot.

Correction: It's pretty dark and Hermione might have mistaken a big shape for Ron.

Correction: Ron was scooting over to the window and whilst doing that accidentally kicked Hermione.

lionhead

Corrected entry: When Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius, there is a continual ticking sound heard right through until they catch up with themselves in the hospital.

roboc

Correction: Yes, but since everyone can hear it clearly for themselves while watching the movie, it's not really trivia.

Twotall

Corrected entry: When Harry firsts receives the Marauder's Map and says "Is that...?" and one of the twins answers "Dumbledore in his study...", the shot shows us Dumbledore's footsteps. But the name above the steps say 'Albvs Dumbledore' rather than 'Albus Dumbledore' or 'Albvs Dvmbledore'.

s.ounder

Correction: The name on the floating ribbon, near the stairs, is spelled correctly as ALBVS DVMBLEDORE.

Super Grover

Corrected entry: Professor Lupin tells Harry that he recognised him the first time he saw him because he had his mother's eyes (and didn't have to be told who he was). The first time Lupin saw Harry, Harry had passed out and his eyes were shut - and Hermione was using Harry's name before he came round.

Correction: Hermione was only saying 'Harry', Harry Potter is not the only person in the world called Harry. Lupin didn't realise that this Harry was 'Harry Potter' until he'd come round and opened his eyes.

Kara

Correction: Lupin didn't know this was Harry Potter who was passed out. And everyone was talking about Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban, not just Harry and his friends. The "first time" he saw him, Lupin was chasing off the dementor and when he turns around, he first saw Harry.

MovieFan612

Correction: I think Remus was lying about recognizing Harry from his eyes. When Lupin was asleep in the compartment the trio sat in, Harry told them that Sirius Black is after him. And heard him because he was pretending to be sleeping but he heard everything. So no he knew he was Harry when he heard his story.

Corrected entry: Just before Hermione gets struck in the chest by the branch of the Whomping Willow, if you play the scene in slow motion you will notice Hermione has padding underneath her pink jacket. (01:25:25)

Hamster

Correction: Slow motion mistakes are not allowed under site's rules.

Sacha

Deliberate mistake: When Harry drops the Monster Book of Monsters, in the first shot facing Harry's feet as the book chomps at him, he runs backwards a few steps and he stands at the foot of the bed. However, in the shot facing the fireplace, there is actually plenty of floorspace now, much more than other shots, between the rug and bed for Harry to continue to run backwards. (00:15:15)

Super Grover

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Sirius Black: Sorry about the bite. I reckon that twinges a bit.
Ron: A bit? A bit? You almost tore my leg off!

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Trivia: Actor Tom Felton's Hogwarts' robes' pockets had to be sewn shut to prevent him from taking food on set.

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Question: Why does Dumbledore purposely hit Ron's injured leg?

Answer: This didn't happen in the book. It appears to be done purely for comic effect in the movie, showing Dumbledore's eccentric and quirky nature. He's seemingly oblivious to what he's doing and how it affects Ron.

raywest

Answer: Ron had previously bragged to Hermione about how bad his leg was injured, and had lied and said his leg might be chopped off. When Dumbledore later hits Ron's leg, he is saying that a child's voice no matter how honest and true. He is giving Ron a little payback for exaggerating.

Highly unlikely Dumbledore knew what Ron told Hermione at the Whomping Willow. Ron's leg was seriously hurt, so he wasn't "bragging" about it, nor did he lie. Ron, who is a bit of a hypochondriac, was simply embellishing to be more dramatic and to gain Hermione's sympathy. Hardly anything Dumbledore would consider worth giving him "payback" by inflicting pain.

raywest

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