The perfect Harry Potter drinking game would combine the lovable characters, impossible to remember spells, and bewildering magic of the series. And even though Harry Potter has changed many lives, I haven't been satisfied with any of the wizard and witch themed drinking games I have encountered, so I wanted to create my own, specialized by movie. Now that "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has been released, the need for a way to celebrate Harry Potter is even more pressing. Presenting...The Ultimate Harry Potter Drinking Game. I seriously hope you get magically ridiculous!
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
Drink when:
- There's a close-up of Harry's scar
- Hermione quotes or reads from a book
- Hagrid says, "I shouldn't have told you that"
- Someone tells Harry not to say Voldemort's name out loud
- A staircase moves
- Professor Quirrell stutters
- Trevor the toad appears or is mentioned
- Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspect Snape of something
- Malfoy screams
- Gryffindor wins or loses points
CHUG:
- Seamus lights something on fire
- Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised
- Hermione says, "Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed, or worse expelled."
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"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
Drink when:
- Someone speaks Parseltongue
- Tom Riddle is mentioned
- Dobby tries to tell Harry something
- Malfoy says "Potter"
- Moaning Myrtle flirts with Harry
- Professor Lockhart brags about his accomplishments
- Harry hears the Basilisk
- The word "mudblood" is used
- Someone mentions one of the founders of Hogwarts
- Ron says the word "spiders"
CHUG:
- Someone gets petrified
- Lucius Malfoy says something condescending
- The phrase "Heir of Slytherin" is used
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Drink when:
- Professor Trelawney makes a prediction
- "Lumos" is used
- Ron asks Harry if he saw Hermione come in to the class
- Someone says the word "werewolf"
- The Daily Prophet picture of Sirius in Azkaban is shown
- Dementors appear
- Someone says "mischief managed"
- Harry passes out
- Peter Pettigrew is mentioned
- Someone turns into an animagi
- There's a shot of the Womping Willow
- Wizard candy gets eaten
CHUG:
- Snape says, "page 394"
- Hermione punches Malfoy
- The Patronus charm is used
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Drink when:
- Harry and Cho Chang make eye contact
- Someone asks someone else to the Yule Ball
- There's a shot of all four champions together
- Victor Krum looks surly
- Mad Eye Moody looks at someone through his magical eye
- Filch sets off the cannon early, signaling the start of a task
- Rita Skeeter writes with her Quick-Quotes Quill
- Someone says the word "tournament"
- Cedric Diggory smiles
- Fred and George make a joke
- Someone tries to help Harry with a task
CHUG:
- Dumbledore yells "DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?"
- Ron tries on his dress robes
- Malfoy gets turned into a ferret
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Drink when:
- Harry looks in a mirror
- "Expelliarmus" is used
- Someone references "The Order"
- There's a shot of the thestrals
- Umbridge makes a new Educational Decree
- Sirius gives Harry advice
- Tonks changes something about her appearance
- Snape says "obviously"
- Harry teaches Dumbledore's Army a new spell
CHUG:
- Harry kisses Cho Chang
- Umbridge clears her throat in that annoying way
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
Drink when:
- Snape mentions James Potter
- Harry stares at Ginny
- Professor Slughorn gets someone's name wrong
- Lavender and Ron interact
- Malfoy cries
- The Dark Mark appears
- Luna wears an eccentric outfit
- Lilly Potter is mentioned
- Professor Slughorn says "Merlin's beard!"
- Cormac McLaggen looks seductively at Hermione
CHUG:
- Harry goes into a memory in the Pensieve
- McGonnagall says, "Why is it that when something happens, it is always you three?"
- Ron talks about Romilda Vane
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2"
Drink when:
- Someone says the word "horcrux"
- Harry sees into Voldemort's mind
- The sign of the Deathly Hallows appears
- Someone apparates
- There's a kiss
- Nagini slithers about
- Someone mentions the Deathly Hallows
- Hermione takes something out of her little beaded bag
CHUG:
- Neville does something awesome
- Voldemort gives Malfoy the most awkward hug of all time
- A horcrux gets destroyed
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Or, if you just want one set of rules that covers all the movies...
Any Harry Potter movie:
Drink when:
- There's a scenic shot of Hogwarts
- Malfoy mentions his father
- Someone significant dies
- Ron says "bloody hell"
- Harry catches the snitch
- Someone receives or sends mail by owl post
- A painting talks
- Dumbledore makes a speech or gives advice
- There's an interior shot of the Great Hall
- Something unfortunate happens to Neville
- The invisibility cloak is used
- Someone says "wicked"
- Fred and George do something mischievous
- Someone uses the term "half-blood"
- There's an interaction with a magical creature
- Hermione raises her hand in class or answers a question
- Someone tells Harry he has his mother's eyes
CHUG:
- Voldemort is mentioned by name
- Sexual tension between Ron and Hermione
- Harry's scar hurts
- Hedwig's theme plays
- Harry is referred to as "The Boy Who Lived"
- An unforgivable curse is used or mentioned
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