#16 Tickle The Squid | PS 16, Through The Trapdoor

Potter Revisited Episode #16 | Tickle The Squid Aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 "Through The Trapdoor"

• Harry, Ron and Hermione sit their exams, including making a pineapple tapdance (Charms), turn a mouse into a snuffbox (Transfiguration) and brew a forgetfulness potion (Potions)
• Shay loves the idea of Fred and George tickling the Giant Squid. Tori compares the Squid to Therapy Dogs 
• Interesting comparison to Harry writing his History of Magic exam expecting Voldemort to burst in, and writing his History of Magic OWL in book 5, where he has a vision about Voldemort and Sirius
• Hermione studied the 1637 Werewolf Code of Conduct - could this be a hint to her being the first to discover Prof Lupin out in POA?
• We discover Shay is like Hermione - wants to do a post-op on an exam, where Tori is like Ron and just wants to forget about it
• Harry is able to clue things together very quickly despite having the wrong person
• Our first mention of The Hogs Head
•  Shay worries about Hargid's drinking - and brings up the serious discussion on Giant anatomy and if Hagrid's liver is ok
• "...Up to something..." Shay reads this in Alan Rickman's voice- don't we all?
•  Harry's scar has been hurting more frequently since the Forest - he is able to pick up very quickly that it means something
•  Dumbledore leaving for the Ministry seems too convenient - couldn't he see through it? Or did he leave intentionally?
• Harry quickly goes from caring a lot about House Points and how his peers view him, to not caring at all and putting the state of the world on his shoulders - he is 11! 
•  Ron stating that him AND Hermione will join him comes back around in the later books. This small moment seals all their fates together.
• What lead Neville towards standing up to Harry, Ron and Hermione? 
• If they had the time to explain what they were up to, would Neville join them?
• Hermione fully binds Neville - seems a bit extreme
• "There's no wood!" Hermione is not good under pressure
• How would they have dealt with the Troll if Quirrell didn't leave it unconcious? 
• Snape picks a logic-based task instead of a magical one - what does that say about his character?
• We love how this chapter leads off and opens in the next!
• Theory: Dumbledore wanted Harry and co to save the stone. 
• Shay discusses a fan theory from Super Carlin Brothers where Dumbledore intends for Harry and friends to rescue the stone, and the events in the book that were him manipulating or setting Harry up for this
• Did Dumbledore instruct each professor to make their obstacle a certain way, keeping Harry in mind?
• Was Hagrid revealing how to tame Fluffy a part of Dumbledore's plan?
•  Did Dumbledore want Harry to rescue the stone and face Voldemort as a test?

Email any thoughts, questions or theories to discuss on future episodes to potterrevisitedpodcast@gmail.com

Music:

Shelter Song by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Links:

Super Carlin Brothers Dumbledore theory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-wyaMp4LU&list=PLLHeqkcn5RTcbxi40YpdLla30rsxtizc7&index=100&ab_channel=SuperCarlinBrothers

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