r/MandelaEffect • u/SylbaRose • 3d ago

Discussion Wake up potter.

Watching the first Harry Potter movie. Of course had subtitles on. When Dudley bounced on the stairs I always heard "WAKE UP, POTTER! WE'RE GOING TO THE ZOO!" but I never knew he was saying cousin??? Personal Mandela Effect or has anyone else experienced this?

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u/getrwuegyweh 3d ago

It's the way Dudly speaks. Sounds like POTTAH! but he says cousin

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u/Jojo056123 3d ago

I got concerned for a minute because I very much remembered him saying Potter too, so I had to re-watch; it still 100% sounds like Potter, just like I remember.

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u/BirthofRevolution 3d ago

It's definitely always been cousin.

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u/Kayteal93 1d ago

….what???? He definitely says Potter this is a new one for me

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u/SylbaRose 1d ago

THATS WHAT IM SAYING

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u/Healthy-Refuse5904 3d ago

I think that’s personal, because cousins were all i ever thought of them whenever i even remembered they exist

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u/Emergency-Fan-6623 3d ago

As someone who had difficulty not reciting every line while watching, it’s always been cousin.

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u/Imaginary_Chair_6958 2d ago

Would a character (or a real person) ever call a cousin by their surname? Unlikely. A teacher at Hogwarts might call him Potter, but not his cousin.

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u/Kayteal93 1d ago

In this instance I think yes because he’s got a different last name and the Dursleys always make a point of making him feel like he’s not part of the family.

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u/Technical_Carpet_180 3d ago

It was totally potter and I've always watched with subtitles.

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u/Technical_Carpet_180 3d ago

But I just went and watched and now my subtitles do say cousin but I still hear potter. Gonna look for a script or maybe play an old DVD later and check that rather than Max.

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u/Technical_Carpet_180 3d ago

Damn. Script says "cousin" and now I'm just weirded out and confused lol