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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Dudley trapped PS 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dudley trapped in the snake tank.]]
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[[File:Dudley_trapped_PS_1.png|thumb|200px|Dudley trapped in the snake tank.]]
 
*The [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' identifies this zoo as the London Zoo. This is where the scene was filmed.<ref name="pts56">''[[Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey]]'', p 56</ref> However, this cannot be considered canon as when [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] takes Harry from the Dursleys to get his school supplies in the novel, it's stated that Harry had never been to [[London]] before.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 5 (''Diagon Alley'')</ref>
 
*The [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' identifies this zoo as the London Zoo. This is where the scene was filmed.<ref name="pts56">''[[Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey]]'', p 56</ref> However, this cannot be considered canon as when [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] takes Harry from the Dursleys to get his school supplies in the novel, it's stated that Harry had never been to [[London]] before.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 5 (''Diagon Alley'')</ref>
 
*In the book, Dudley and [[Piers Polkiss|Piers]] jump back when the glass vanishes. In the film, Dudley falls into the tank and is trapped when the glass reappears.<ref name="PS2"/><ref name="PSfilm">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''</ref>
 
*In the book, Dudley and [[Piers Polkiss|Piers]] jump back when the glass vanishes. In the film, Dudley falls into the tank and is trapped when the glass reappears.<ref name="PS2"/><ref name="PSfilm">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''</ref>

Revision as of 22:11, 17 October 2013

"Wake up, cousin! We're going to the zoo!"
Dudley Dursley yelling to Harry Potter.[src]

There was a zoo in Surrey, where the Dursleys took Dudley on his eleventh birthday, along with Piers Polkiss and, against their will, Harry. While at the zoo, they bought ice cream treats, saw a gorilla that reminded Harry of Dudley, ate at the zoo restaurant, and visited the reptile house. At first, Dudley found the place boring because none of the reptiles were moving around much, but when no one was watching Harry discovered that he was able to speak to snakes when he realised a boa constrictor understood what he was saying. When Dudley and Piers realised the snake was moving around, in their rush to the get to the cage Dudley pushed Harry out of the way. In Harry's anger, he made the glass of its cage vanish, unknowingly using Underage magic.[1]

Behind the scenes

Dudley trapped PS 1

Dudley trapped in the snake tank.

  • The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone identifies this zoo as the London Zoo. This is where the scene was filmed.[2] However, this cannot be considered canon as when Hagrid takes Harry from the Dursleys to get his school supplies in the novel, it's stated that Harry had never been to London before.[3]
  • In the book, Dudley and Piers jump back when the glass vanishes. In the film, Dudley falls into the tank and is trapped when the glass reappears.[1][4]
  • It is possible that this zoo is meant to be Chessington's World of Adventure, a zoo and adventure park located in real-world Surrey. Chessington's World of Adventure has a reptile house and a family of gorillas, like the zoo featured in J.K. Rowling's book.

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