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  • The Harry Potter books also contain an assortment, such as the Hungarian Horntail that pursued everyone's favorite boy wizard in The Goblet of Fire, but the movie versions don't dwell on them.

    'How to Train Your Dragon' breathes fire into the film genre 2010

  • Dragon Challenge: Formerly the Dueling Dragons coaster, rethemed to center on flying either a Hungarian Horntail or Chinese Fireball, featuring “many iconic elements from the Triwizard Tournament.”

    The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Details, Concept Art, Videos Revealed | /Film 2009

  • So why does his explanation make me hotter than a Hungarian Horntail?

    ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Strays From Book, Adds Scene » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • Pigwidgeon plummeted twelve feet before managing to pull himself back up again; the letter attached to his leg was much longer and heavier than usual - Harry hadn't been able to resist giving Sirius a blow-by-blow account of exactly how he had swerved, circled, and dodged the Horntail.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • As he soared upward, as the wind rushed through his hair, as the crowd's faces became mere flesh-colored pinpnicks below, and the Horntail shrank to the size of a dog, he realized that he had heft not only the ground behind, but also his fear ....

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance would be a cinch compared to taking on a Hungarian Horntail.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • Now that the Horntail had been taken away, Harry could see where the five judges were sitting - right at the other end, in raised seats draped in gold.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • This was just another Quidditch match, that was all ... just another Quidditch match, and that Horntail was just another ugly opposing team.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • Harry plummeted just as the Horntail opened its mouth, but this time he was less lucky - he missed the flames, but the tail came whipping up to meet him instead, and as he swerved to the left, one of the long spikes grazed his shoulder, ripping his robes --

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • Five of Charlie's fellow keepers staggered up to the Horntail at that moment, carrying a clutch of huge granite-gray eggs between them in a blanket.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

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