Hagrid Goes Off To The Leaky Cauldron

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Hagrid Goes Off To The Leaky Cauldron, also known as Hagrid Fucks Off To The Pub, refers to a line from the PlayStation 1 video game Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in which the game's infamous rendering of Hagrid tells Harry that he's going to the Leaky Cauldron. The line was popularized on TikTok in mid-2022 and has since been used in skits in which people use filters to make their faces look as blocky as PS1 Hagrid's, pairing the sound with humorous captions and skits.

Origin

On May 20th, 2022, the TikTok account @psmemories^[1] posted a scene from the PlayStation game Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in which Hagrid informs Harry that he's headed to the Leaky Cauldron, a wizarding pub and inn located in the series' universe. They captioned the clip, "Hagrid fucks off to the pub and leaves a child to do his work." The clip gained over 347,000 likes in one month (shown below).

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Over the following month, TikTokers lipsynced to the clip using a filter to make their face reminiscent of PS1 Hagrid's, usually pairing the performance with a caption describing an embarrassing scenario where they feel they have to leave. For example, on June 15th, 2022, TikToker whatthehecknoahneck69 posted a clip with a caption about catching their friend making out with a stranger at the club, gaining over 459,000 likes in one week (shown below, left). On June 12th, TikToker yourmum6789998212 posted a joke about clocking out of work early, gaining over 113,000 likes in 10 days (shown below, right).

As of June 22nd, 2022, the TikTok^[2] sound was used in over 6,100 videos on the platform.

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