Harry Potter

:This article discusses Harry Potter references on The Simpsons. For the character, please see Harry Potter (character).
Harry Potter is a media franchise, originally a book series written by British author J. K. Rowling, which spawned a subsequent film series by Warner Bros., about a young boy who discovers he is a wizard and goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It has been referenced in many ways in The Simpsons.
== Citations ==
=== Episodes ===
Image	Season	Episode number	Date 	Episode name 	Description
 	12 	266 	April 29, 2001 	"Trilogy of Error" 	Ned is reading a soppy, modified version of Harry Potter in which Harry Potter and his friends go to hell for their magic. Because it came before the first Harry Potter movie was released, this is a reference to the book series.
 	13 	270 	November 6, 2001 	"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.
 	15 	4 	November 23, 2003	"The Regina Monologues" 	Lisa asks J. K. Rowling what the ending of Harry Potter was and the author replies "He married you, is that what you want. Lisa then says "Yeeeeessss."
 	16 	344 	February 13, 2005	"Pranksta Rap" 	After Bart accidentally causes Kirk 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.
 	18 	386 	December 10, 2006	"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.
* Angelica Button (Harry Potter)
* Lord Evilton (Lord Voldemort)
* Headmaster Greystash (Albus Dumbledore)
* Malicious Krubb (Severus Snape or Lucius Malfoy)
* Professor Skizzletwitch (Remus Lupin)
Also, the series' author, T. R. Francis, is a parody of J. K. Rowling.
 	N/A 	N/A 	July 27, 2007 	The Simpsons Movie 	Homer renamed Spider Pig the pig to Harry Plopper.
 	19 	415 	March 30, 2008 	"Smoke on the Daughter" 	There are several references to Harry Potter.
*The Angelica Button series is seen again, a parody of the Harry Potter series.
*Homer is dressed as Lord Evilton, a parody of Lord Voldemort of Harry Potter.
*Comic Book Guy is seen dressed up as a Rubeus Hagrid-type character.
*The book Angelica Button and the Teacup of Terror is a parody of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
*The book Angelica Button and the Deadly Denouncement is a parody of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
 	19 	416 	April 13, 2008 	"Papa Don't Leech" 	As the rest of the family sings Lurleen's new song, "Daddy's Back", Lisa says, "Keep it down! I'm reading Harry Potter!"
 	20 	428 	December 7, 2008 	"The Burns and the Bees" 	Several billionaires are playing Quidditch in the Billionaire Camp.
 	21 	451 	January 10, 2010 	"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 	February 14, 2010	"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 	May 16, 2010 	"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 	November 20, 2011	"The Book Job" 	There are several references to Harry Potter.
*The Angelica Button series is seen once again, a parody of the Harry Potter series.
*Bart says that Patty has read enough fiction to strangle a Hippogriff. A Hippogriff is a large eagle-like bird in Harry Potter.
*Patty says "I'm in" in Parseltongue.
*Comic Book Guy is seen dressed up as a Rubeus Hagrid-type character again.
*The story they came up with about an orphan who went to a magical school is a reference to Harry Potter.
*The series' author T. R. Francis is seen again, a parody of J. K. Rowling.
 	23 	495 	December 11, 2011	"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 	520 	February 10, 2013	"Love is a Many-Splintered Thing"	Snape is shown in a scene, saying "Love is more powerful than all my magic".
==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.
== External Links ==
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*Harry Potter at Harry Potter Wiki
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