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* [[Genius Bonus]]: When Hermione takes out a post box in the Hogsmeade owl post station, she gets box 314 -- ''pi'' to 2 places. (In fact, any number that gets associated with Hermione by outside sources -- numbers she ''doesn't'' pick for herself -- has some kind of special meaning.)
* [[Shout-Out]]: ''The Arithmancer'', ''Lady Archimedes'' and ''Annals of Arithmancy'' are ''rife'' with shout-outs, primarily because Hermione is [[One of Us]] and seems to make at least one per chapter. Here is a large (but in no way ''exhaustive'') list:
** When Hermione first enters the Great Hall for her sorting, she estimates the number of floating candles to be [[Over 9000]].
** Upon learning about the curse-breaking profession, she likens it to being [[Indiana Jones]].
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** When Georgina Vector becomes Hermione's apprentice, Hermione addresses her as [[Revenge of the Sith|"my young apprentice"]], prompting George to laugh at the reference.
** The giant tribe which fought for Voldemort, and from which Hagrid's mother came much earlier, was Tribe [[The Bible/Source/Ezekiel|Gogmagog]].
** In chapter 11 of ''Annals of Arithmancy'', Hermione finally gets to say [[Doctor Who|"I'm the Doctor"]] and get the reaction she wants, even if it's only from some children.
** [[Sherlock Holmes|"Elementary, my dear Weasley,"]] said in ''AA'' chapter 13.
** Hermione initially introduces Georgina as [[The Phantom Menace|"Darth Maul"]] at CERN, just for fun (and as a [[Call Back]] to the "young apprentice" line a few chapters earlier).
** Dobby, thanks to coaching from Hermione, does a [[The Lord of the Rings|Gollum]] impression at Christmas 2002:
{{quote|"Ooh, ''sockses''. We likes them, don't we, my Precious."}}
* [[What Might Have Been]]: In a note at the end of chapter 6 of ''Annals of Arithmancy'', the author mentions that originally Hermione was to join Luna and Neville on a nighttime expedition and discover [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|that nargles were, in fact, real.]] However, as the plot developed, there became no place where the scene fit. It's included as an extra on that chapter, and careful reading will reveal bits and pieces that were recycled into the story as written -- such as the description of nargles as inch-high green pixie-like creatures, which was recycled for use in the scene where Hermione first visits the Lovegood home in ''The Arithmancer''.
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