It’s Monday and that means a new episode of Podtrificus Totalus, the universe’s favorite Harry Potter podcast!
In this week’s chapter, Harry finds a mystery diary that belonged to a T.M. Riddle fifty years ago – the same amount of time that has passed since the Chamber of Secrets was last opened. A Valentine’s Day disaster ends up revealing the diary’s secrets, and Harry learns who opened the Chamber last time.
We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:
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Buster’s Breathless, an episode of Arthur
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Philoctetes, a character in Disney’s Hercules (1997)
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Gimli, a character in The Lord of the Rings
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Armando Dippet on the Harry Potter Lexicon
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Thomas (name) on Wikipedia
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“Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare
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The Revealing Charm on the Harry Potter Wiki
Our Spell of the Week is Aparecium, which Hermione uses on the diary in attempt to reveal its secrets.
