- This article discusses Harry Potter references on The Simpsons. For the character, please see Harry Potter (character).
Harry Potter is a book and film series written by British author J. K. Rowling about a young boy who discovers he's a wizard and goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It has been referenced in many ways in The Simpsons.
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12 | 266 | "Trilogy of Error" | Ned Flanders is reading a soppy, modified version of Harry Potter in which Harry Potter and his friends go to hell for their magic. | |
13 | 270 | "Treehouse of Horror XII" | The "Wiz Kids" segment is a parody of the Harry Potter series. Harry is also a character in the segment, appearing as one of the students in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom in the school Springwarts School of Magicry, a parody of Hogwarts. Lord Montymort and Slithers are parodies of Lord Voldemort and Nagini, respectively. | |
16 | 386 | "Pranksta Rap" | After Bart accidentally causes Kirk Van Houten to be thrown in jail, Bart tells Milhouse that if he told anyone the truth, he would tell the world about how Milhouse wet his pants watching Harry Potter. Milhouse responds by saying that he wasn't scared, he was just peeing. | |
The Simpsons Movie | Homer renamed Spider Pig the pig to Harry Plopper. | |||
18 | 386 | "The Haw-Hawed Couple" | The book series Angelica Button is a parody of the Harry Potter series and has some character names that are parodies of characters from the latter.
Also, the series' author, T. R. Francis, is a parody of J.K. Rowling. | |
19 | 415 | "Smoke on the Daughter" | There are several references to Harry Potter.
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19 | 416 | "Papa Don't Leech" | As the rest of the family sings Lurleen Lumpkin's new song, "Daddy's Back", Lisa says, "Keep it down! I'm reading Harry Potter!" | |
20 | 428 | "The Burns and the Bees" | Several billionaires are playing Quidditch in the Billionaire Camp. | |
21 | 451 | "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" | Lisa reads a book Angelica Button and the Infinite Armoire, which is a parody of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. | |
21 | 453 | "Boy Meets Curl" |
Moe and other people in the bar were watching Harry Potter and Lenny was complimenting Harry's broomwork, but Moe thought that he shouldn't be playing Quidditch as there are still 4 of the 7 Horcruxes to be found. | |
21 | 463 | "The Bob Next Door" | Sideshow Bob described his plan to kill Bart at the Five Corners as "the greatest murder since Snape killed Dumbledore", a reference to the sixth book and movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. | |
23 | 492 | "The Book Job" | There are several references to Harry Potter.
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23 | 495 | "Holidays of Future Passed" |
Homer mentions that he'll be safe, because he has his invisibility cloak. The invisibility cloak appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. | |
? | 24 | 21 | Love is a many-splintered thing | Snape is shown in this scene. |
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Parodies[]
- The Angelica Button book series.
- All characters who appear in the book series.
- The series' author T. R. Francis.
Others[]
- Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter in the films, was a guest star in the Season 22 episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI".
- The writer of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, appeared in The Regina Monologues as herself.