5 MASSIVE Plot Holes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. So far in this PLOT HOLE series we’ve covered every book up to this point — Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and Order of the Phoenix. And now we arrive at Half-Blood Prince.

Topics Covered In This Video:

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince plot holes explained

• Biggest Harry Potter plot holes and continuity errors

• Half-Blood Prince lore mistakes and unanswered questions

• Wizarding World inconsistencies explained

• Why Half-Blood Prince creates major worldbuilding problems

• The Weasley family clock dentist plot hole

• Why wizards don’t understand dentists in Harry Potter

• Felix Felicis / Liquid Luck explained

• Why Liquid Luck breaks the logic of Harry Potter

• Why Voldemort and the Order don’t use Felix Felicis more often

• The Unbreakable Vow explained

• Why Voldemort doesn’t use Unbreakable Vows on Death Eaters

• Snape, Narcissa, Draco, and the magical contract problem

• Draco Malfoy’s mission in Half-Blood Prince explained

• The Vanishing Cabinet and Hogwarts security failures

• The Room of Requirement and Marauder’s Map inconsistencies

• Harry Potter magic system problems and theories

• Harry Potter lore analysis, theories, and explanations

Questions Answered:

• Are there plot holes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

• What are the biggest Half-Blood Prince plot holes?

• What are the biggest Harry Potter continuity errors?

• Does Half-Blood Prince contradict Harry Potter lore?

• Why does the Weasley clock say “dentist”?

• Why don’t wizards know what dentists are?

• Is the dentist plot hole only in the Harry Potter movies?

• How does Felix Felicis actually work?

• Why doesn’t everyone use Liquid Luck all the time?

• Why didn’t Voldemort use Felix Felicis?

• Why didn’t Dumbledore or the Order use Felix Felicis?

• Does Liquid Luck break Harry Potter’s magic system?

• What is the Unbreakable Vow?

• Why didn’t Voldemort use Unbreakable Vows on his followers?

• Why didn’t Voldemort force Snape to swear loyalty?

• How did Draco repair the Vanishing Cabinet unnoticed?

• Why didn’t Hogwarts security catch Draco Malfoy?

• Why didn’t Dumbledore stop Draco sooner?

• How did Death Eaters get into Hogwarts?

• Are Felix Felicis and the Unbreakable Vow real plot holes?

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