Join hosts Ev, Sam, Sierra, and guest Liz Wade Stueckle as they discuss chapter 5 from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Weasleys Wizard Wheezes.
In this episode:
- Fred semantics, walking that thin line of Muggle baiting
- “No other word for it… cool”
- The true meaning of wheezes
- Justice for Veelas
- The worst thing Ginny has ever done
- The man, the myth, the legend: Barty Crouch
- Cauldron bottom themed songs
- It all comes back to the butt
- Dumbledore and Dobby sock exchange
- Pig adopted Ron
- Lupin is in Tibet handling his moon sickness
The pub’s jukebox:
Telling the Dursleys to just “take a breath” before reacting? Weren’t you just extolling the Gryffindor virtue of acting before thinking?
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I interpret Ginny naming Pigwidgeon as more: Ron was pondering names, she made a suggestion, and Pig refused to answer to anything else. Less sibling-gazumping, and more of the little guy having some agency.
Oops, someone else had the same idea later in the episode. I should have known…
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Wizards should beware meddling with natural selection; they could be breeding kneazle-resistant gnomes!
Sam, you fool.
I started with *a movie*, and then immediately went to read the books. So when you say I started with the movieS, you are indeed horribly wrong, and how dare you?
Ev’s “and even if we were your mum…” may be the sexiest transition we’ve ever had on the show.