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* In Chapter 17, McGonagall discusses the recent disastrous employments of two Defense professors, [[Anita Blake|Professor Blake]] (who was caught with THREE fifteen-year-olds in a broom closet) and [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Professor Summers]] (who failed to teach material correct in the ''Harry Potter'' universe).
* In chapter 18 Harry examines a [[User Friendly|large dust ball with eyes and feet]] preserved in a jar.
* One evil individual mentioned in passing in chapter 19 is named Mornelithe Falconsbane, a reference to the dark wizard who is the main villain of [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s [[Heralds of Valdemar|''Mage Winds'' trilogy]].
* Quirrell mentions a list he made that is suspiciously similar to the [[Evil Overlord List]].
* In Chapter 20 we learn that mindflayers were exterminated by [[Harold Shea]]. This matches with the original making allusions with historical wizards.
* ''"[[Dune|Gom jabbar]]!"''
* And now -- to ''[[Death Note]]'', or should we say, ''Tragedy of Light''. And to ''[[Gargoyles]]''. Both of which are apparently children's stories in the Wizarding World, meant to teach young Slytherins about a cunning bussinessman named [[Trope Namer|Xanatos]].
* In chapter 23, Harry makes an analogy involving an invisible dragon that is taken almost verbatim from ''[[Carl Sagan|The Demon-Haunted World]]''.
* According to [[Word of God]], the line "And then Janet was a Squib" was not intended to be a reference to the last line of ''[[Doom: Repercussions of Evil]]'', but it's an amusing coincidence nevertheless.
* Chapter 27: [[The Demolished Man|Mr. Bester]] is the [[Babylon 5|Legilimens]] hired to train Harry. Harry creates an alternate persona in his mind to try to foil Bester's Legilimency; this persona is Kimball Kinnison of the ''[[Lensman]]'' series.
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