A scenario in which the primary protagonist (especially an eponymous one) of a fictional work is one of the least interesting of the main cast. Named after the Harry Potter series of books in which Harry himself is the most uninteresting out the ensemble of characters.
"I was reading a book the other day and all of the side characters had a lot of personality, but the main didn't have any; it was a bad case of Harry Potter syndrome."
by Kiro Osex XIII July 25, 2017
It’s the military privilege of post war syndrome that make people think pictures move and past time is established.
by Samantha Jo November 8, 2019