Why was the Fat Lady's portrait slashed?

For the exact reason given in the book, except he was trying to kill Peter Pettigrew, not Harry. Sirius was indeed trying to break into the Griffindor tower. When the Fat Lady did not let him enter without the password, he sliced the portrait either to gain entry forcefully or because he was angry.
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Why did Sirius cut the Fat Lady?

Sirius didn't exactly improve matters when he tried to sneak into the Gryffindor dormitory by slashing the Fat Lady's portrait. We later discovered that Sirius wasn't a bloodthirsty murderer at all, and simply wanted to get revenge on the real villain of the piece – the not-at-all-dead Peter Pettigrew.
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Why did the Fat Lady change in Harry Potter?

When Alfonso Cuaron signed on as director for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he recast the Fat Lady and gave the part to British television comedian Dawn French.
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Why did Sirius standing over Ron with a knife?

His breakin to the Gryffindor common room was the closest Sirius ever got to actually catching and killing Pettigrew/Wormtail/Scabbers until near the very end when he really did catch him. That's why he was standing over Ron's bed holding a knife.
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How did Sirius break into Hogwarts?

The break-in

Using his Animagus form, Sirius was able to enter the castle undetected. He made his way unseen all the way up to the entrance of Gryffindor Tower and changed back to his true form. However, The Fat Lady would not let him in without the password. Frustrated, Black slashed her portrait and fled.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- Flight of the Fat Lady



What is Page 394 Harry Potter?

If you turn to page 394 in the actual book (Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban), it shows when Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Lupin and Pettigrew were in The Shrieking Shack. Only, couple a pages close to Lupin's werewolf confession.
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How did Lupin know Sirius was innocent?

1 Lupin Believed Sirius Was Guilty

He believed this throughout Prisoner of Azkaban, only understanding he was innocent when he saw Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder's Map.
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Was Sirius ever a Death Eater?

Sirius was never a Death Eater and, in this last moment before the big reveal, the audience is being clued in.
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Why was Draco made a Death Eater?

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Draco is uncomfortable being coerced into helping the Death Eaters enter Hogwarts. He was forced to do it because of his father's failure to retrieve the prophecy from the Ministry of Magic.
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Why does Lupin give Harry chocolate?

So to quote the late great Remus Lupin, who without hesitation offered Harry Potter a bar of chocolate to ward off the effects of a dementor attack, "Eat this, you'll feel better." It's hard to argue with the man who could arguably be called the greatest defense against the dark arts teacher Hogwarts ever had, huh? ( ...
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Who slashed the Fat Lady?

In The Prisoner of Azkaban, the escaped convict Sirius Black enters Hogwarts. When denied entrance to the Gryffindor Tower, he slashes the portrait of the Fat Lady (who is then replaced by Sir Cadogan).
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What is the Ravenclaw password?

Ravenclaw Tower

Instead of a password, a conundrum was posed: Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? Answer: A circle has no beginning.
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What was the first Gryffindor password?

An iconic moment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone boasted the very first utterance of a Gryffindor password. It was 'Caput Draconis' which is Latin for 'dragon's head' and that definitely fits as a straightforward password for the common room.
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Did Snape know Sirius was innocent?

No one knows the truth about Sirius Black yet, not even Severus Snape. At that time, he didn't know that Sirius Black was innocent. At that time, he knew what everyone else thought they knew - that Sirius was a dangerous criminal that was out to get Harry Potter and that was said to be Voldemort's right-hand.
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Is Sirius Black Slytherin?

At Hogwarts, rather than be sorted into Slytherin like the rest of his family, Sirius was placed in Gryffindor. In contrast to his home life, Sirius greatly enjoyed life at Hogwarts, where he was inseparable from his best friend, James Potter.
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Did Dumbledore know Sirius was innocent?

They could have learned it at Hogwarts. Dumbledore did know that Sirius was innocent, because he is the one who set up the fidelius charm and the Potters almost chose Sirius, but Sirius thought it would be obvious, so he suggested pettigrew to be the secret keeper.
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Is Draco hot?

Yesss agree, Draco isn't hot while Tom Felton is. However Draco is still (in my opinion, based on how I visualize him) attractive, but not like aggressively so. Whereas Tom Felton is agressively attractive. I think Draco's appearence is based on ones relationship with him.
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What book did Draco rip page out of?

The paper that Draco Malfoy ripped out in Chamber of Secrets | Fandom.
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How many owls did Draco get?

8 Draco Malfoy

Perhaps this is why Draco only has three O.W.L.s., including one in Transfiguration, Potions, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.
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Is Nymphadora Tonks Hufflepuff?

Tonks attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1984 to 1991 and was Sorted into Hufflepuff House. She was in the same year at Hogwarts as Gryffindor Charlie Weasley.
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What would happen if Harry lived with Sirius?

Therefore, if Harry had gone to live with Sirius while he was still underage, he would not be safe from Voldemort. The miserable years he spent with the Dursleys would have been for nothing and he would be without the protective shield of his mother's blood.
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What did Sirius give Harry in the Order of the Phoenix?

The mirror shard was a gift from Sirius given to Harry in “Order of the Phoenix.” The mirror is part of a set that allows people to communicate with each other. After Sirius' death, Harry put it in his school trunk and forgot about it.
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Did Dumbledore know Moody was an imposter?

The only time he acted out of Moody's character was when he took Harry out of Dumbledore's sight in the aftermath of Voldemort's return, and Dumbledore immediately noticed it as such and realized he was an imposter, which is how he saved Harry's life (again) at the end of Goblet of Fire.
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Did Sirius think Remus was a spy?

In Prisoner of Azkaban, when Sirius and Remus reunite, the dialogue between them all but admits that Sirius suspected Remus of being the spy. The reason for this is unclear, but we can assume this was feasible, regardless of Remus and Sirius' relationship for a number of reasons: 1.
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How did Sirius not become a werewolf?

The fact that Sirius did not turn into a werewolf after the above encounter seems to indicate that either Remus didn't actually bite Sirius even though he tried to, or Remus didn't bite Sirius because werewolves prefer and seek out full humans to bite.
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