Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."J.K. Rowling's latest published work is the full play script for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," a stage production co-authored by Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. The story followsHarry Potter's youngest son Albus and his best friend Scorpius Malfoy as they mess with time travel and interact with characters both old and a new.While reading through the script, we found several moments and lines that were references to scenes or events from the original seven "Harry Potter" books. Scroll down for a look at the fan-service moments we spotted.Harry gives his young daughter, Rose, the exact same advice Mrs. Weasley gave him in "Sorcerer's Stone."In the opening scene of "Cursed Child," Harry and Ginny coach theiryoungest children (Albus and Lily) before they walk through the magicalPlatform 9 for the first time. While doing so, they use the exact same words Mrs. Weasley said to Harry when he needed to access the Hogwarts Express for the first time."Not to worry," Mrs. Weasley told Harry in the first book. "All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."And here's the dialoguefrom "Cursed Child.""All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten," Ginny tells Lily. "Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important," Harry chimes in right after."Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."Professor McGonagall reports that two ingredients used for making Polyjuice Potion were stolen from Hogwarts.In Act One, Scene 12of "Cursed Child," now Minister of Magic Hermione Granger asks a gathered group of people if they've noticed anything strange lately."It did look like the potions stores had been interfered with when we returned from summer break, but not a huge amount of ingredients were missing, some Boomslang skin and lacewing flies, nothing on the Restricted Register," McGonagall reveals. "We put it down to Peeves."Diehard "Harry Potter" fans would have immediately realized something fishy was up. Boomslang skin and lacewing flies are two of the ingredients needed to brew a Polyjuice Potion, as explained by Hermione in "Chamber of Secrets."Later it's revealed that Delphi, the daughter of Lord Voldemort, has made polyjuice potion to fulfill her dastardly plan. She must have been sneaking into Hogwarts long before Albus and Scorpius realized.There's an implied role-reversal when it comes to Hermione and Harry's magical abilities.After taking the Polyjuice potion, Delphi transforms into Hermione and Scorpius takes the form of Harry Potter. When trying to break into the real Hermione's office, Scorpius comes to the rescue.Delphi(disguised asHermione)tries and fails to pull open the door, using physical forces instead of magic. Then Scorpius (disguised as Harry) says: "Stand back. Alohomora!"This is an odd reversal of what happened between the real Harry and Hermione in "Sorcerer's Stone." When Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Nevilleare on the run from Filch, they encounter a locked door. Harry and Ron panic and can't get into the room, but Hermione comes to the rescue."Oh, move over," Hermione snarled. She grabbed Harry's wand, tapped the lock, and whispered, "Alohomora!"See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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