The Harry Potter saga continues to fascinate fans thanks to all the clues hidden in the episodes. An innocuous object from the first film turned out to be crucial to the end of the plot.
Harry Potter continues to be a magical saga that has enchanted generations of viewers. If the youngest will discover Hogwarts and its wizards for the first time during the rebroadcast of the first film, this Tuesday, October 24 on TF1, many fans will also be in front of their screens to dive back into their favorite universe and detect the many references hidden eyes and clues for the rest of the saga.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, released on December 5, 2001 in theaters, is indeed full of elements that can be considered anecdotal on first viewing, but which lay the foundations for key plot points for the end of the franchise. This proves that JK Rowling had planned her entire saga from her first work!
One of the elements of the film which will prove to be major for the end of the series is visible during the first match of Quidditch, the famous imaginary sport practiced by apprentice sorcerers. Harry Potter accidentally swallows the Golden Snitch, the game’s magic ball, giving victory to Gryffindor versus Slytherins.
Anecdotal you say? On the contrary: it is thanks to this that he will manage to get his hands on one of the deathly hallows from the seventh episode. Spoiler alert: before his death, Albus Dumbledore actually hid the Resurrection Stone in the Snitch itself, which he gave as an inheritance to Harry.
Harry Potter did not know that this object had a physical memory: he finally managed to open it and take out the magical artifact by pressing the Golden Snitch against his lips.
Thanks to the Resurrection Stone which will be found with the Snitch, Harry will be able to summon his deceased loved ones: his parents, but also Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. The information and encouragement from the latter will give him the courage to go and sacrifice himself in front of Voldemort, so that the latter destroys the last Horcrux (a part of Voldemort’s soul): Harry himself.
Fortunately, thanks to his selfless sacrifice, Harry will manage to survive and destroy Voldemort once and for all.
Other clues in the film
The rest of the first episode also distils other clues about the end of the saga and lays foundations that will prove to be major for the rest of the plot. At the end ofHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s StoneHarry actually asks Dumbledore why Voldemort is trying to kill him at all costs.
The headmaster of Hogwarts refuses to answer, and for good reason: it is in the fifth film that we discover the existence of the prophecy which suggests that between Harry Potter and Voldemort, only one can survive. Another element which proves thatHarry Potter remains one of the best sagas of recent years.