What If Harry Never Called The Knight Bus? | Harry Potter Film Theory 

I've got the ultimate seven-part theory idea: What if the troll killed Hermione? The series would be completely different without her.

By far the most impressive part of this channel is the ability to create Harry Potter content YEARS after its conclusion. It is the perpetual motion machine of content. They’ve found the golden goose for RU-vidrs.

The silver lining is that Harry and Sirius have a true friendship/ godfather-son relationship. The fact that Harry and Sirius spend so little time together was always the most heartbreaking part of Sirius's death; they mostly communicated by letters and fire talk (?) Harry says to Dumbledore, "It's just hard, knowing I'll never get another letter from him."

I like to imagine that Wizarding world is real and Harry, Hermione, and Ron binge watch these theories whenever they meet up

Something I think would be interesting is what if Sirius took Harry the night his parents died instead of Hagrid

I can't imagine Sirius willingly going to live at Grimmauld Place. He hates the place. I'm sure he could afford to buy himself and Harry a nice place to live with his inheritance.

I literally never realized what a lucky coincidence it was that Scabbers ended up as the Weasley family's pet, of all families. Like, imagine if they got to the big climactic confrontation at the end and it turned out Scabbers belonged to some fifth year Ravenclaw back up at the castle lol

Can we have a theory where Sirius never dies? Either a continuation of this theory or simply just not dying fighting Bellatrix. His death was always the one I hated the most and I so wished that he had lived so that Harry had someone who cared for him.

My question is, Did Harry ever consider the Dursley’s as home? From the way they treated him I’d say no, but I’m curious to what others think.

You should do what if harry accepted lupins help in deathly hallows

"Look at this cool dog I found!" "WHY IS THE GRIM TRYING TO KILL MY RAT??"

I'd like to imagine that when Pettigrew is revealed, Sirius just barges in in dog form, growling at Pettigrew. Pettigrew realizes who this is, and terrified for his life, try to pin blame back on Sirius. He's escorted out, Harry tells Sirius it's safe, and he transforms, making all the Ministry members flinch while Mrs. Weasley screams, all while Sirius justs looks cooly at the Ministry. Quickly enough everything is understood and Sirius is pardoned for the crime he didn't do. He then hugs Harry fiercely, and thanks him

When J delivers the dark, serious "Hey brother" instead of singing it, you know it's about to go **down**

You really don't have to have Sirius die in your what-if scenario. It doesn't make sense to assume that when things are different, they have to wind up the same. With Wormtail captured and Sirius proven innocent, the situation at the Ministry might be totally different. Fudge might be discredited and step down, or he might wise up and realize the threat of Voldy's return, and be ready to acknowledge it when it happens. As a result, Umbridge never comes to Hogwarts, the dementor attack on Little Winging never happens. Maybe Sirius is hired as the DADA teacher. Maybe he teaches ALL his students the patronus charm. Or maybe someone else competent becomes DADA teacher. Maybe Moody - the real one this time. Yes, Sirius could still die, but it would be more likely that he'd die in the final battle at Hogwarts. But he has at least as good a chance of surviving as anyone else.

At the end of Prisoner, while Harry is in the hospital prior to going back in time, they talk to Fudge and try to explain to him that Sirius is innocent and that it was Peter Pettigrew, which fudge in usual style brushes off without even consideration. And this also serves as the point where Fudge goes from being supportive of Harry to starting to doubt everything Harry and Dumbledore say, considering harry to be a bit delusional, an opinion that only gets stronger the next year after the tournament. In this alternate series of events however Harry and Dumbledore are proven to be correct, Fudge can't ignore it, and it doesn't give Fudge any reason to be immediately as doubtful about their claims. Meaning next year when Voldemort may still come back, Fudge may not dismiss the possibility right away. Given the ministry was just shown that it had had the wrong prisoner for 12 years, there's be more pressure to not mess up another major decision. Furthermore with Sirius being proven innocent, the Ministry can't effectively handwave all the terrible happenings afterward (like the Azkaban breakout) as being done by him. I think in this series of events, the Ministry is not in as much of denial about Voldemort's return, and may actually provide some aid or resistance to Voldemort's rise. If Harry was also around Grimauld place, the dementor attack that happened at the beginning of Order of the Phoenix likely doesn't happen, or if it does happens in an area where Sirius is likely to be able to be a witness as well. Personally I feel it wouldn't have happened at all, it's a overall more crowded area, with at least a few magical people in the area, plus the place would have been protected, it'd be harder for Umbridge to hide her involvement most likely. Furthermore Umbridge had so much power because she continued to try convincing Fudge that Dumbledore was after his position, a position Fudge already believed, a claim that given the current standing of Dumbledore and Harry may not be as effective. Even if it did occur, the farce of a trial was done so mostly to discredit Harry and Dumbledore further, again not as easy considering their new standing, having helped them capture Pettigrew. All of this I feel means Voldemort won't be as easily able to rise to power. The order won't have to be as secretive in it's missions to avoid the ministry catching wind, the ministry itself may ramp up searches and act on odd intel they'd otherwise ignore. Harry's testimony on the Death eaters he saw in the graveyard may be more respected and looked into. The ministry may have started taking the idea that it could have been infiltrated more seriously, which may help prevent the collapse of the ministry as quickly. Voldemort may still rise to power, but it'd be much more difficult for him this time. The order may have even informed the ministry about Voldemort's plans for the prophesy, making it harder to get ahold of it. Overall I feel Voldemort would get back to power slower in this scenario, and many of the faithful death eaters may have been caught, and it'd have been more difficult for the others to go around recruiting people to the death eater's side, meanwhile being easier for the order to go about recruiting people. Furthermore Dumbledore wouldn't have had to go into hiding and could have been active in the events preceding the battle, including being there right off the bat if a battle even occurred at all, meaning he may have stepped in to fight Voldemort and defend Sirius like he did with Harry in the books. With Dumbledore still in the picture Voldemort may have not even gone to the ministry. Considering it was Dumbledore who went through and effectively tied the death eaters up with magic prior to fighting Voldemort, Bellatrix would have most likely been included with the other captured death eaters. But personally I struggle to see why there's even be a battle at all, if there's higher ministry presence, Dumbledore is still in play, the order likely being larger, and Voldemort's forces likely not as well setup yet, I don't see Voldemort going to the Ministry, and Harry having been told of the prophesy and knowing how the mirror works wouldn't be tempted to go there either, so neither party that can remove the prophesy would end up going to the Ministry, which means the battle likely never even takes place, which of course would have it's own major consequences, like the Malfoy's not being super punished by having Draco being forced to kill Dumbledore, so who knows how Half-Blood prince would Happen. If I have one criticism of several of your what if theories, it's that you seem to arbitrarily choose plot points that should still happen and then force the story to go in that direction even if it's the least organic option. A small change could likely alter major parts of the story into being unrecognizable, trying to force the story to follow similar plot beans despite these major changes just feels forced, it feels unnatural, really odd or weird decisions or events are done by the characters in order to move closer to connecting the desired plotlines. Sometimes this even involves creating new information or items/people/creatures/magic etc. out of thin air despite there being no basis for them in established lore, or even sometimes contradicting established lore(*cough* several things in the what if Harry was in Slytherin videos *cough*)

I really like this version of events. Nice one! PLEASE do What if Neville was the boy who lived next....I know it probably would be a 7 parter again and a lot of work, but I think it could be really awesome. I actually started on my own version of this scenario, but I´d just love to hear your take on it.

What If Draco Malfoy went to get his wand instead of his mother the first year ? Harry wouldn’t have met him at the robe shop (giving him a negative view of slytherin, so he may not have asked the hat to not put him there) and how strong of a wizard would Draco actually be if the wand chose him, instead of using whatever his mom picks for him.

I haven't watched the video yet, but I perdict that if Harry hadn't called the Knight Bus, then he would have met Sirus and the whole book would have been Harry trying to convince everyone that Sirus is innocent and/or he tries to go on the run with Sirus because he thinks that he is already expelled from Hogwarts.

What if Hermione was sorted into Ravenclaw? I think there's a chance that almost nothing super important changes, but maybe she's not in class with the Gryffindors for her to hear Ron call her a nightmare. That means she doesn't cry in the bathroom before the news about the troll gets out. So she never has a reason to befriend the boys. I can't really think beyond year 1, but that's what I got so far.

I feel like Dumbledore's animagus would be a lion. Not only would it go with him being a Gryffindor, lions have an air of "regal-ness" that would fit Dumbledore. Or, a platypus since it's an unusual animal and is deceptively dangerous.

I’m really enjoying the What if Harry Potter series. Really enjoyed the what if Harry was put in the Slytherin House. It’d be nice if you could put it fanfic written form

what if ron was given the half blood princes book? alot could change, even affecting deathly hallows, as harry would not be close to slughorn.

One question though: _Would_ Sirius have revealed himself to Harry? because I i rememeber correctly, at the end of the book he states: "I just wanted to _see_ you, before i went north" I'm not sure he would have revealed himself at all. Sirius can be very singleminded when he has something he wants to do and he might have thought that revealing himself might delay and/or stop him from enacting revenge. Also, he has to asssume that Harry knows who he is _and_ thinks he was the one responsible for his parents murder, so revealing himself might be a dangerous play

Wouldn’t Cedric survive in this scenario, since Harry probably did much better in the tournament due to Sirius’ help and him being animagus, so he gets to the cup first

But would Cedric really die? If Harry gets help with the tournament from Sirius, shouldn't he get a better score?

Ever since the what if Harry Potter was in Slytherin series i get so excited when I see a new what if theory from SCB

There's no way Harry, Ron and Hermione could become Animagi in less than a year. It took Harry's Dad - as well as Sirius and Pettigrew - the better part of three years. Not even Hermione, as brilliant as she is, could have done it in less than a year.

Also, if Harry was living with Sirius, He would probably be taught actual occlumency instead of what happens in order of the phoenix with snape forcefully entering his mind. Sirius probably would have been the one to teach him as well, because of his family up until him aside from Dorea Potter Née Black being a dark aligned family. Being aligned with the dark arts, his family likely taught him occlumency. Or any pure blood family teaches the young ones occlumency to protect family magics. Either way, Harry probably had a proper teacher for occlumency as opposed to Snape.

I can't understand why Harry never noticed Peter right next to Ron when ever he looked at the map.

I can't wait for the next episode of "Parallel Universe Potter." These are always so fun. ^_^

So far my only issue is that Sirius, when he comes across Harry, has recently escaped Azkaban, and with the trauma of regular prison mixed with the extreme emotional trauma that comes from having lived for 12 years with dementors (even though he was able to stave off *completely* breaking because of his innocence) he would still be a bit more... crazy, at least would seem so to Harry. I think even most of the year later, when they actually do meet, you can see how crazed Sirius is, still recovering from that. I imagine Harry could still be convinced somehow, but I think Sirius might not have had all his faculties well enough to present himself calmly to Harry

If Sirius still dies Harry has to go back to the Dursley's meaning we still get the 7 Potters, but this time Harry doesn't recognize Stan meaning he doesn't give himself away and it becomes very likely that several more people die because Voldemort doesn't leave the main battle to chase down Harry. He also doesn't learn that using another wand doesn't work and doesn't start pursuing the elder wand.

Nobody can lift or move prophecies except for the people whom they're about though. But the image of Neville flopping uselessly magikarp style is hilarious and I'm gonna hang on to that 😂🐟

I loved all the jokes in this episode! Neville as a goldfish is brilliant!

"How many people had to die for the boy who lived?" The one and only truth in cursed child.

The scene at 2:26 of Harry with his luggage crossing the street after fleeing from Privet Drive always makes me think of one of those old movies from the 80s or 90s. As Harry's walking with his luggage through the dark street, I just have that deep voiceover in my head saying something like, "Before long Harry's life had spiraled out-of-control. He was addicted to magic mushrooms, magic hat tricks, and constantly playing Magic the Gathering". 😂😂

In reality, that’s why they should do a prequel series of the marauders. That would’ve been so awesome to watch.

I'd be super curious to hear the Carlin Brothers take on mid-book theories. Basically an in-depth look at the Mystery presented by each book, the clues leading to the correct answer, and all the red herrings along the way. What clues were there to implicate Quirrel and exonerate Snape? Who were the candidates for Heir of Slytherin? Who put Harry's name in the Goblet? Questions like that, with a deep look at all the options presented, and how we could potentially have guessed the reveal before it happened.

I never really understood how Sirius (or really any non-criminal, e.g. Hagrid) could even end up in Askaban. There is truth serum in the Harry Potter stories, so why don't they use it to get confessions out of criminals (or you know... find out that they weren't guilty after all...)? Then again, I only know the movies mostly, just started reading the third book :)

Harry would’ve just asked for his permission slip to Hogsmeade to be signed 😂

This was a question posed by Wizarding World for Snape's birthday on the 9th and it really blew my mind. What if the books were told from his POV instead of Harry's? How would the story change with Snape as the hero all along?

I just had the idea that since Wormtail is not there to help with fighting Madeye Barty Crouch jr might never attack him and so Moody is actually teaching for the year while Barty jr will have to polyjuice into his dad for the whole year and in the end maybe even survive since he would actually have to be in the graveyard to do the ritual to recover Voldemort’s body.

What if Dumbledore was aware of Serious’ innocence but because of Harry’s magical protection while at the Dursleys, he decided to help frame Serious for the murders. That way Harry is safe from Voldemort and his legal guardian is out of the way for “Dumbledore’s Big Plan”

You've already done "what if Harry was in Slitherin" but what about "what if Hermione was in Ravenclaw" or even better. "What if Nevel was in Hufflpuff?"

Do "What if Sirius didn't die" for a change 😂

Let’s not forget: Trelawney would never get that pay raise for making her second ever real prophecy “he will return tonight…”

I will forever be upset that The Super Carlin Brothers didn't get the chance to write Fantastic Beasts 2-5

Imagine Harry asking Aunt Petunia could stay there at least some. Also, what do you think that Harry thought when he saw Snape's memories in the Pensive toward the last of DH and found out that the "awful boy" that in OP Aunt Petunia said she overheard describing Azkaban was Snape instead of his father?

These Harry potter what ifs are actually well thought out. Not too many sudden twists to make the story too different like I've seen some others try making. Keep it up boys.

I am always delighted to find another Harry Potter theory video from SCB! I'm really hoping to get an analysis of Fred and George's true wizarding abilities, because despite their achievement of only three O.W.L.s they're gifted wizards, especially at Divination -- or perhaps they're just naturally good Seers. Also, where do Dementors come from? Is a Dementor just the physical form of an Obscurus?

The Nevile turning into a goldfish is reminding me the how to become an anamagus video where Ben became a fish at the end.

I love your "What if" ideas. You always do such a great job exploring the possibilities without ignoring the rules set up in the books. So much fun to watch!

If Harry spends a lot of time in Grimmauld Place... maybe he recognizes the locket before they have to drink the soup in the cave, or in worst case know exactly where to look when the time comes as he knows RAB's room.... effectively making Harry and Voldemort flatmates.

Loving these WHAT IFS? !!!!!!

Lol Neville being a goldfish makes me think of him as a magikarp just flopping around blubbing.

“I know them, they’re like my best friends, what are the odds?” Honestly, while not explicitly stated, it’s been my head canon that A) Peter chose a family that was close to the order because he knew that 1) It was unlikely for Black to get out and 2) it might offer him some more protection than being in a random wizard/muggle’s family. And Additionally B) Mrs. Weasley, being someone from the order, KNEW that Harry was entering his first year, and intentionally tried to find him outside of platform 9 3/4 so that him and Ron might kick things off. I believe B more strongly than A, but it does lessen the odds somewhat.

I NEED TO WRITE THIS! Maybe then, I can move Sirius past his lack of emotional and psychological development and actually LIKE him again! It worked for Jayne from Firefly/Serenity!

I have an idea for an interesting series. What if instead of Harry and Ron sitting together on the train, Harry sat in Dean and Seamus’. This would throw everything off and would make it so that the trio was them instead of Ron, Hermione, and him

Oh man J gets me every time. “Someone hold my polyjuice potion. I’ll show them how it’s done” lol omg!

i love all the what if videos, alternate timeline videos are some of my favourite things on the internet

Oooooh, I wonder if the reveal about James and his friends being a bullies would sting even more! Now that Sirius and Harry can have proper chats and Sirius is stuck a bit in the past, of course he's going to regale Harry with their adventures at Hogwarts and it'd be rose-tinted. If Sirius ever mentions dealing with Snape at school, he'll make Snape sound like the absolute worst. Harry would believe him, too; he already thinks his father is amazing and Snape is horrible. And then he sees Snape's memory and he'll realize that all of those fun stories where the Marauders "got back" at Snape were them being bullies, plane and simple.

J’s impression of annoyed Barry Crouch Jr. was hilarious and amazing. Very good “annoyed British person” impression

i always wondered this thank you for doing a theory about it!

Why are these so good!?!? I love how you tie in the deaths that need to happen. Keep the what ifs coming!!

But what about Witherwings?! Sirius rides off with him into the sunset. And also, Bertha wasn't important for Triwizard info. She told Peter about Barty Jr. BJ wouldn't have broken free in time if it wasn't for Peter coming in to put the imperius charm on dad.

Man, these theory episodes are absolute FIRE My GOD, man, don't you guys ever get tired of being awesome?

The snack that smiles back, Longbottom!

“The Marauders reborn” warmed my heart like nothing else

The messed up thing is that the books imply that becoming an unregistered animagus is automatically a lifetime sentence to Azkaban so he'd actually be sent right back there if they knew.

i always wondered why voldemort didnt think that peter may have set him up the night he killed lily and james. he gets disembodied and peter is a known turncoat. especially since peter didnt look for voldemort right away.

I just wanted to say, that since I started watching this channel years ago I still cannot read it as “knight bus” it’s forever “kuh- night bus” for me now 😂😂😂

Missed the normal Hey Brother! However, imagining Neville flopping around as a goldfish is pretty hilarious. That would be an interesting theory in general - what animagus is each character? Lockhart as a peacock maybe?

Neville can’t produce a corporeal patronus, meaning his patronus doesn’t have a designated form, but he is still able to do the wispy shield-like thing. The fact that so many of the DA can produce corporeal patronuses (patroni?) is supposed to be a testament to the talent within the DA rather than another example of something Neville can’t do right.

Peter knew the Weasley's because they both were on the Order, so he hides with them because of the possibility to listen to news from Voldemort or Harry and knowing that they are humble he wouldn't be in danger

15:10 Ten out of Ten Doctors on that impression there, J!

13:27 I thought I did something that made the video loop...But, then I laughed when I realized it took him several takes, and the videos was still going forward.

So, Barty Crouch would go to Albania to rescue Voldemort and bring him back to Little Hangleton, and there (without Wormtail), he has to nurse Voldemort. That means he can't go to Hogwarts to put Harry's name in the Cup, because Voldemort needs constant feeding and care to keep his feeble body intact and Wormtail is in Azkaban. Probably he contacts one of the other Death Eaters like Malfoy to tend to him while Barty Crouch Jr goes to Hogwarts disguised as Moody, but which one? He can't really trust any of them, all of them have betrayed him and pretended to the Ministry they were under the Imperius curse. He's terribly weak and none of them would stick out their necks for a wizard who's lost his powers. Not exactly loyal those Death Eaters!

A what if series of a detailed 1-7 books if Duddly Dursley was a wizard would be a great series especially from your guys prospective

i love these what if videos keep em coming!!

i honestly thing the timer for the ad is amazing thing you guys add to the video

Possible 7 part series. What if Voldemort went after the Longbottoms instead of the Potters?

How about this for an on going series, What if Harry was raised by Sirius books 1 through 7

Keep up the what if’s and I’ll keep watching! You guys really have a talent for it!

Can I just say, I absolutely love these SCB what if videos. I've fallen in love with the hairy and Slytherin videos. I would love to see these animated in some fashion. ;) Either way, Jay, Ben, and crew... Please keep pumping these out. We love them so much. Excellent work.

Am I the only one that thought that the Weasley's were in Egypt up until they meet Harry in Diagon Alley? I mean I feel that Fudge would've sent Harry to live with them for the remainder of the summer instead of letting him wander about. Or Molly would've shown up herself and dragged him to the burrow.

Here's a What If Scenario: What if Snape had been allowed to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts earlier? (Maybe as a reward for his protection of Harry during Philosopher's Stone, so he'd get the job instead of Lockhart)

Love these what if videos, could you do one where Harry accepts Lupins help in the 7th book?

The only reason Lupin knew Petegrew was still alive was because of the marauders map right? So they would have had no reason to suspect a random rat if Harry hadn’t gone to school and gotten the map from the twins. So that would prolong the hunt for Serius and, if harry still goes to school, he could still encounter a death eater and learn the patronus charm. He would definitely tell his friends about pettigrew and they would try to gather evidence that he was the traitor (still assuming he was dead) until harry obtains the marauder’s map, but it’s likely the rat would overhear something at some point and not even be in the castle at that point. Everyone would continue to believe Pettigrew was dead and have to find some other way to prove Serius’ innocence.

I love the idea of the golden trio becoming animagus! Harry and Ron would be chatting it up in the common room about how awesome it would be, Hermione would turn around and talk about how dangerous it would be if instructions aren't followed to the letter. Ron says, "Well it's a good thing we have the brightest witch of the age to help us." Hermione blushes and shows a book on the subject because she too was really wanting to do it all along.

Huh, Snape's animagus form being a bat would fit, but I think a black cat might fit as well. I mean, black cats are often misunderstood and seen as unlucky despite not doing anything, somewhat like how everyone sees Snape as the bad guy. Cats were also considered like royalty in Egypt and Snape is the Half-Blood Prince after all. But also they have somewhat heightened senses, like Snape does, being able to almost know that Harry was there under the invisibility cloak. Plus they tend to lash out when threatened, like Snape sometimes does, this behaviour is seen when he causes a cut on James's face, calls Lily a mudblood by accident and starts throwing things at harry when he sees Snape's worst memory. And cats not getting along with dogs and attacking rats also could be similar to his relationship with Sirius and Pettigrew. Cats also are known for preferring solitude and quiet, dark places, like Snape does.

What if Harry wakes up in his cupboard under the stairs at the end of the last book still 11 years old and thinks: "Well that was a weird dream!"?

Just wanted to point out a major plot point you've forgotten which messes up your what if story. All of the Weasleys are in Egypt during the summer before the third year, which is where the picture that Sirius saw was taken and they didn't return until the last couple of days of the summer. And Harry knows this as Ron sent him the clipping with his letter.

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It's amazing that you guys have still so much HP content, I love it

I'm so glad Lavender gets to live this time, I was heartbroken when she died. Saddest part of the whole series.

"So, no Stan Shuntpike in this timeline" *A small price to pay for Sirius*

I think its sweet you leave a self deletion message to your brother, it gets me wondering who I'll meet and where, when it comes to that time.

Love the what-if’s! Keep ‘em coming!

These fan fiction theories are surprisingly entertaining. Makes me wish that you folks would head up the writing room in a reboot of the original movies.