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This article is about Harry Potter references on The Simpsons. For the character, see Harry Potter (character).

Harry Potter is a series of children's and young adults novels, written by British author J. K. Rowling. It has been adapted to film too and referenced in many ways in The Simpsons.

References to Harry Potter in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
	12	266	"Trilogy of Error"	Ned Flanders was reading a bland, modified version of Harry Potter in which Harry Potter goes to hell for using magic.
250px	13	270	"Treehouse of Horror XII"	The "Wiz Kids" segment is a parody of the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter 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 caused Kirk Van Houten to be thrown in jail, Bart told Milhouse that if he told anyone the truth, he would tell the world about how Milhouse wet his pants watching Harry Potter. Milhouse responded by saying that he wasn't scared, he was just peeing.
	18	386	"The Haw-Hawed Couple"	Headmaster Greystash is a parody of Albus Dumbledore. Malicious Krubb is a parody of Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy. Professor Skizzletwitch is a parody of Remus Lupin.
	The Simpsons Movie	Homer renamed Plopper the pig to Harry Plopper.
	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.
	21	445	"Treehouse of Horror XX"	The Werewolf dresses up as Harry Potter.
	453	"Boy Meets Curl"	Moe and other people in the bar were watching Harry Potter and complimenting Harry's broomwork, but also commenting that he shouldn't be playing Quidditch as there are still 4 of the 7 Horcruxes to be found.
	463	"The Bob Next Door"	Sideshow Bob described his plan to kill Bart 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. The Angelica Button series is seen again, a parody of the Harry Potter series. Bart says that Patty has read enough fiction to strangle a Hippogriff. Patty says "I'm in" in Parseltongue. Comic Book Guy is seen dressed up as a Rubeus Hagrid-type character. The story they came up with about an orphan who went to a magical school is a reference to Harry Potter.
	495	"Holidays of Future Passed"	Homer mentions that he'll be safe, because he has his invisibility cloak.
	24	520	"Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"	Severus Snape appears in the movie Love, Indubitably.
	522	"Gorgeous Grampa"	During the song "High to Be Loathed", Mr. Burns mentions Lord Voldemort, and makes his shadow, among lots of other villains.
	25	540	"Married to the Blob"	At the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con costume contest, Kumiko dresses as Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon and Comic Book Guy dresses as a Stargate from Stargate SG-1. Kumiko then jumps though the Stargate and is dressed as a Gryffindor student from Harry Potter.
	544	"The Winter of His Content"	The name of The Scary Potters is a reference to Harry Potter.
	26	574	"Mathlete's Feat"	Willie "parodies" the sorting hat by using his hat to "tell" Squeaky-voiced teen which college will he go to.
	28	608	"The Great Phatsby: Part One"	One of the lines of the song "CEO of Obsidian" is "You're Hufflepuff, I'm Slytherin."
	29	619	"The Serfsons"	Bart tries to cast a spell using a stick similar to how Harry Potter uses his wand. The Polyjuice Potion appears.

Video games

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons: Hit & Run	In Level 7, Springwart's School of Magicry makes a reappearance.
	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	In the "Treehouse of Horror" event, Spooky Wall and Wailing Wall from "Treehouse of Horror XII"'s segment "Wiz Kids", are released, starting from Treehouse of Horror XXIV.
	The whole of the "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" event is a magic event, with items from various magic episodes, mainly "Treehouse of Horror XII"'s segment "Wiz Kids", parodying Harry Potter, releasing: Lord Montymort, Slithers, Wizard Lisa, Wizard Bart, Magic Academy, Lord Montymort's Lair and Magical Essence Sucker.

Comics

Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Bart Simpson #28	Lisa the Vampire Croaker	Lisa reads the book Harry Potter and the Enormous Royalties.
Bart Simpson #30	The Book That Ate Springfield!	The book Larry Snotter and the School For Monsters is a parody of Harry Potter
Simpsons Comics #67	Growing Pains!	The book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Kidney Stone is a parody of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone of the Harry Potter series, known in the USA as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Simpsons Comics #171	To the Bookmobile!	When the Simpsons were going on a 12-hour car ride, Lisa wanted to listen to Harry Potter, but Homer wouldn't allow it.
Simpsons Comics #237	Bartmangirl!	A lookalike of J. K. Rowling was signing copies of Harry Potter and the Mid-Life Crisis when Book Crook and his book schnooks was going to steal the money from the crowd.
The Wonderful World of Lisa Simpson #1	Lisa's Lending Library	Homer borrow's all of the Harry Potter books from Lisa's library to make a beer table out of, and tells her to call him Homer Simpson and the Goblet of Reachable Beer (referring to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).

Books

Picture	Book	Reference
	Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic	Harry Potter (Hp) and Parseltongue (Pt) are elements in Lisa's Table of Geeky Delights.

Common cast and crew

Picture	Name	Role in Harry Potter	Role on The Simpsons
	Daniel Radcliffe	Played Harry Potter in all eight films.	Voiced Edmund in the the season 22 episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI", Diggs in the season 25 episode with the same name, and himself in the season 29 episode "No Good Read Goes Unpunished".
	J. K. Rowling	Is the author of all seven Harry Potter books.	Voiced herself in the season 15 episode "The Regina Monologues".

External links

The Harry Potter series at Wikipedia

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