#40 Public Transit Woes | PoA 3, The Knight Bus

Potter Revisited Episode #40 Public Transit Woes AKA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 3 "The Knight Bus"

• This entire chapter can be summarized as Harry thinking he has been expelled from school and is on a run from the government ... as a 13 year old 
• Harry's plan actually isn't that bad for him being a Gryffindor and a minor
• Great foreshadowing and information about Sirius this chapter
• We love how the Knight Bus is very chaotic and so different from everything else we've seen in the Wizarding World so far
• Shay is not a fan of beds being on the Knight Bus
• We are introduced to Stan Shunpike - the first young adult we've met in the series so far
• How did Stan get the conductor job? Is it something he is passionate about? Or just a job since he is done school?
• Why are Ern and Stan not concerned that Harry is obviously a minor and is on his own in the middle of the night?
• Both of thought the Knight Bus sounded so cool and fun as kids (who didn't grow up with public transit) but now both as adults who primarily use public transit to get around - you could not pay us to use the Knight Bus
• How does the magic of the Knight Bus work? How can the Muggles not see or hear it?
• Harry giving the name Neville Longbottom to Stan and Ern is very funny - especially since this is the first book that introduces us to prophecies
• Why didn't Harry come up with a fake name or alias? 
• Stan says the Knight Bus can go anywhere on land... does that mean Harry could have gone anywhere in central europe if he didn't need to go to Gringotts?
• Do Wizards really not know what guns are? If most Wizards live in the Muggle World, wouldn't they see it in media at the very least?
• Stan explains the Sirius Black backstory on how he got arrested - Shay wonders why everyone seemed to think Sirius was Voldemorts #2 in Command
• Why was Peter Pettigrew made a Death Eater? He obviously didn't have a very clear alliance to either side, just self preservation 
• Why was Sirius laughing when he was caught? We talk a bit about the events that lead to Sirius' arrest and the headspace he could have been in 
• Lots of foreshadowing to the "Azkaban Guards" - which give Ern the "Collywobbles" 
• Harry is really thinking he may be sent to Azkaban if caught
• Harry runs right into Cornelius Fudge - the way he is treated by Cornelius in this book compared to OOTP is night and day
• If Sirius hadn't escaped and Fudge wasn't being criticized would Harry has received some kind of punishment for Aunt Marge? What if he wasn't Harry? 
• Why does no one care about Harry's relationship (or lack there of) with the Dursley's? Such a red flag
• Again, this is all Dumbledore's fault
• Shay explains the meaning of Number 11 - the room number Harry is staying in at The Leaky Cauldron
• Harry is being allowed to stay at The Leaky Cauldron - by himself- for the last 3 weeks of summer holidays. This would be any young teens dream, but is it actually a good solution? 
• Harry asking the literal Minster of Magic to sign his Hogsmede permission form gives Tori so much second hand embarrassment. Just forge the signature! 
•  Shay compares in to asking Canadian Prime Minister for a sick day

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

 

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