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Characters

Playable

PC Version

(All characters start of with Alohomora, Depulso, Lumos, Spongify, and Rictusempra.)

• Harry Potter: The Marauder's Map he later obtains acts as a minimap and serves to guide the players by outlining the terrain and showing where Harry, Ron and Hermione are. The spells he learns during the game are Expecto Patronum, and Glacius (PC only).
• Hermione Granger: She learns both Draconifors, and Lapifors.
• Ron Weasley: He only learns one spell during the game: Carpe Retractum

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Console Version

(All characters start off with Flipendo and Expelliarmus.)

• Harry Potter: Harry is the only one who can jump and he is the fastest at running. The Marauder's Map he later obtains acts as a minimap and serves to guide the players by outlining the terrain and showing where Harry, Ron and Hermione are. He learns Carpe Retractum and Expecto Patronum.
• Hermione Granger: Hermione is the only one who can crawl through small spaces and she knows the most spells; Glacius, Reparo, Draconifors, and Snufflifors.
• Ron Weasley: Ron is the only one who can find secret passageways, search bookcases and use stink pellets and dungbombs. He only learns Lumos Duo.
• Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Parvati Patil, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin students are all playable in the Dueling Club mini-game. The only spells they know are Flipendo and Expelliarmus.

Non-playable

• Albus Dumbledore: the headmaster of Hogwarts. Dumbledore is hardly seen in this game; but he tells you the House point totals every now and then (in versions besides the PC).
• Minerva McGonagall: Head of Gryffindor House and Transfiguration teacher.
• Remus Lupin: the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Lupin was a good friend of Harry's father, James Potter.
• Rubeus Hagrid: a kindly half-giant who teaches Care of Magical Creatures.
• Filius Flitwick: the Charms teacher.
• Sirius Black: the "Prisoner of Azkaban". Wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen people and sent to the Wizarding prison, Azkaban, about twelve years before the events of Prisoner of Azkaban take place.

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Cast

• Stephen Fry - Narrator
• Harry Robinson - Harry Potter
• Harper Marshall - Hermione Granger
• Greg Chillen - Ron Weasley
• Jonathan Kydd - Albus Dumbledore
• Ève Karpf - Parvati Patil/Slytherin Girl/Hufflepuff Girl
• Adela Cutting - Cho Chang
• Ben Johnstone - Rubeus Hagrid
• Lewis Macleod - Fred & George Weasley/Draco Malfoy/Slytherin Prefects
• Nicky Gummer - Pansy Parkinson
• Chris Lang - Neville Longbottom/Dean Thomas

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Plot

For a complete synopsis see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry, Ron and Hermione learns that a dangerous man, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizarding prison, Azkaban, and is supposedly after Harry. The trio masters the spells necessary to confront Black. However, Black is not all he seems: He was convicted of the murder of thirteen people nearly thirteen years ago, but the real murderer, Peter Pettigrew, is hiding in the disguise of Ron's pet rat, Scabbers. Together with Professor Lupin and Black, Harry, Ron, and Hermione unmask Pettigrew, only to have him escape when Lupin turns into a Werewolf. Using Hermione's Time-Turner, Harry and Hermione go back in time and rescue Hagrid's Hippogriff, Buckbeak, and use him to rescue Black. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Sirius Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname Wormtail, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into another article. ... A German woodcut from 1722 A werewolf (also lycanthrope or wolfman) in folklore is a person who shapeshifts into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Trivia

• The musical score for the game, created by Jeremy Soule, was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Score, Game Music Category [1]
• This is the first Harry Potter game where you get to play as Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, not counting the Chamber of Secrets Game Boy Color game.
• The password to get into the Gryffindor common room is different depending on which character you are playing as. Harry and Hermione both say "Fortuna Major"
• If the character you are playing as gets hit by one of your friends, the life loss doesn't count.
• On the last day of school you can still fly a Hippogriff but it will be red, yellow or black.

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Glitches

• On the PC version of the game on the last day of school, when you go down to the dungeons you can talk to Snape. If you cast a spell on Snape he will sound like Sir Cadagon and say: "Get back you Scurvy Braggards!"

External links

• Amazon.com Official Harry Potter Store