‘Wednesday’ became the big Netflix phenomenon of 2022, bringing the ‘The Addams Family’ character to the top of other big hits on the platform like ‘Stranger Things’. Its success could be explained by many factors, be it the popularity that the Addams brought with them, Tim Burton’s stamp in directing or even the viral phenomenon that sparked one of his scenes on TikTok to the tune of ‘Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga. Even if we are sure of it how much he could drink from the saga of a certain wizard also had something to do.
The 8 details of ‘Wednesday’ that remind us of ‘Harry Potter’
one Are we at… Hogwarts?
To begin with, the fact that Nevermore is an academy where supernatural beings meet behind the backs of the real world already invites us to evoke the “Harry Potter” universe. If we add to this that it is a place full of passages and secrets, that it is surrounded by a forest where the most diverse creatures and mysteries meet, that there is a town nearby or that even Christina Ricci’s character with her carnivorous plants refers us to Pomona Sprout with its herbology courses, it is inevitable to think how much this place has in common with Hogwarts.
2 The Triwizard Tournament?
Not only in the world of ‘Harry Potter’ there are competitions where students use their magical skills to fight for a cup, as happened in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ where the young wizard faced international wizarding schools in the Triwizard Tournament. Also in the ‘Wednesday’ universe, during the second episode of the series we can enjoy a similar event called Poe Cup, where even the tests refer too much to what Harry, Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum or Fleur Delacour had to do during the events of the fourth installment of the saga. You just have to see that in both cases the prize is a cup, a test is to cross a lake, creatures like mermaids come into play or that the aesthetics of the competition are practically identical.
3 that dance sounds familiar
The Triwizard Tournament comes to mind in what is perhaps the most iconic scene from the first season of “Wednesday”: The Nevermore Ball from the fourth episode. The similarities to the Christmas event where the Wizarding Schools meet in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” are more than obvious, for while the Hogwarts event didn’t end in a bloodbath or become viral on the Internet with Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary”, its gala atmosphere or how dazzling Jenna Ortega looks with her creepy black dress, it automatically refers us to the elegance of the Great Hall during the event or to the charisma with which Hermione Granger impressed us on her date with Viktor Krum. In fact, there’s a scene with Wednesday walking down the stairs to the ball that’s identical to Hermione’s appearance at the Hogwarts event.
4 Normies and Muggles
The way the students of Nevermore address all who do not make up their supernatural world also refers to the organization of JK Rowling’s universe. While there they used the name “Muggles” to address those non-magical people, in ‘Wednesday’ we speak with the same approach as “norms”. And, of course, it seems obvious that there was some inspiration in novels about young wizards.
5 magical creatures
There may not be a troll in the dungeons or a basilisk roaming the pipes of Nevermore, but there’s no denying that “Wednesday” draws on many of the creatures we’ve seen in JK Rowling’s work and in scenes similar to those we’ve seen. .. that we have seen in the ‘Harry Potter’ films. The most obvious case is Enid’s transformation of the wolf, the faithful companion of Jenna Ortega’s character who, like Lupine in “The Prisoner of Azkaban”, enters his supernatural state on a gloomy night in which many mysteries come to light. In fact, there are even fans creating their own fanfictions and crossovers with Enid being the daughter of Lupine and Tonks.
6 prophecies
If Harry Potter was surrounded by a prophecy, Wednesday Addams would not have been outdone. However, while the former was expected to be the key to defeating Lord Voldemort, the protagonist of the Netflix series has to settle for a more catastrophic prediction. And it is that, as we are given to understand from the first episode, the character of Jenna Ortega seems destined to destroy Nevermore.
7 Don’t miss the secret clubs
Secret gangs of students are a classic in high school youth stories, and just like “Harry Potter” had Dumbledore’s Army stand up to Dolores Umbridge and prepare for the threat from Lord Voldemort, in ‘Wednesday’ we meet the Belladona Club, an association formerly created by Goody Addams with the aim of standing up to society and claiming that these renegade cool people lived on an equal footing with the “norms”. In the series we see how his legacy is continued by the Addams’ daughter and her Nevermore classmates meeting at a secret location in the academy, which is comparable to how Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest of their allies at Hogwarts they used the Room. of Need to avoid getting caught.
8 return of the dark lord
Finally, Joseph Crackstone, the villain of ‘Wednesday’, gives us many reminiscences of classic horror characters, but it cannot be denied that the aura of Lord Voldemort also surrounds his story. And that’s it a villain from the past who returns with the intention of wreaking havoc in the present daywith a ritual involved and Christina Ricci playing Peter Pettigrew, it’s very hard for us not to think about the return of the dark lord in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’.
Watching ‘Wednesday’, it’s hard not to think that this drama starring Jenna Ortega was inspired in a certain way by the ‘Harry Potter’ universe, both in terms of art and plot. And is that there are many details of her amazing world and her mysteries that seem similar or identical, such as her academy, the villain, the creatures, the competitions and even the enigma surrounding the fate of its protagonist. Or maybe someone hasn’t thought of Hogwarts, the Triwizard Tournament or their Christmas gala ball?
Obviously, inspiration and references are welcome as long as they bring back things we love from our other favorite franchises. And if you do it with respect, as a tribute and it also makes us relive our emotions, there is no fault. And Netflix and Tim Burton’s “Wednesday” seems to have more than met those criteria, as evidenced by his stratospheric audience data.
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