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– The paper mice that carry office memos around the MACUSA seem to be the American equivalent of the paper planes that do the same in the Ministry of Magic. Petrificus Totalus got a lot of play in the Harry Potter books, especially in the first one, which sees The Golden Trio use it on Neville when he tries to stop them from sneaking out after curfew. – Newt uses Petrificus Totalus on the bank employee who comes upon him breaking into the fault. – The walls of the magical speakeasy are covered with “wanted” posters reminiscent of the ones we se ein Prisoner of Azkaban featuring Sirius Black. Yeah, I’m leaning hard on that cat connection. Squibs we meet in the Harry Potter series include Hogwarts cat-loving caretaker Argus Filch and Harry’s cat-loving neighbor and Arabella Figg. – Graves wrongly believes Credence to be a Squib, a non-magical person who is born into a magical family. The big change in Hagrid and Newt’s situations is that Newt is seemingly allowed to keep a wand, while Hagrid had to keep his hidden within a pink umbrella. In both cases, Dumbledore argued on behalf of the student, but was overruled. In Newt’s case, it is unclear what was at fault. In the case of Hagrid, Aragog the spider was not actually at fault for the student death it was actually the basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets. – We learn that Newt was expelled from Hogwarts in a very similar manner to the way Hagrid was expelled: as a result of a magical creature harming another student. He will be forced from office in 1939 after not taking the Grindelwald threat seriously enough. Things are going to get worse for Fawley before they get better. – During the gathering of international wizards at the MACUSA, we briefly see the M inister of Magic Hector Fawley, who served the British office from 1925 to 1939. We see the scarf when a customs officer opens up Newt’s case as he’s coming into New York City. Even though Newt was expelled from Hogwarts, he still packs his Hufflepuff scarf with him on his round-the-world journey. – There’s a lot of subtle Hufflepuff pride in this movie. This is also Harry Potter’s adult profession. – Tina Goldstein is a former Auror, which is the wizarding equivalent of an FBI detective. The clock lets its viewer know where all of the Weasley family members are at any given time, as well as if any of them are in “mortal peril.” – The MACUSA’s giant clock-like monitor of the current level of danger the American wizarding world is under has some things in common with the Weasley clock that hangs in the Burrow. – Did you catch the not-so-subtle Quidditch inside joke Newt makes? When Mary Lou asks Newt: “Are you a seeker?” He responds: “I’m more of a chaser, really.” Both seeker and chaser are positons in Quidditch.
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