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Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.

Today we're going to once again be discussing plot holes from the Harry Potter movies.

Why did Harry lie to Hedwig and what mysterious hawkrucks should have been destroyed?

We'll answer those questions and more when we take a look at some big and small plot holes from the Chamber of Secrets film.

8. You don't need glasses with Polyjuice.

Polyjuice potion is one of those classic concoctions that seems to open itself up to a ton of tiny plot holes.

And when we look at how the magical potion was used in the Chamber of Secrets, this trend continues.

At one point, Harry and Ron chugged down a draft of polyjuice and

transform into copies of crab and goyle, but there's a small inconsistency with the whole scene.

When Harry transforms, he forgets to take off his glasses, which doesn't really make sense.

Since it's been long established that eyesight is one of the traits that transforms after

you consume polyju potion, then Harry should have immediately noticed that he didn't need

his glasses.

Unless, Malfoy's lackeys also suffered from poor vision and simply never wore glasses

because they were too vain, and didn't want to be teased by Draco.

7. Harry lied to Hedwig.

Long before Harry had any inkling that a basilisk lived in the dungeons of Hogwarts, he was

busy, suffering through the summer months amongst the muggles.

At one point while sitting alongside Hedwig, the owl seemed to make a gesture towards

Harry, almost as if she was

asking to be released from her cage, so she could enjoy a quick flight. But Harry didn't

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