--- title: "3.2 Aunt Marge's Big Mistake" date: 2021-02-08T06:00:47-04:00 draft: false tags: - Prisoner of Azkaban episodeTitle: "Aunt Marge's Big Mistake" episodeSubtitle: "'Knocking the stuffing out of me won't make Aunt Marge forget what I could tell her,' he said grimly." episodeLength: 59920189 episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/302AuntMargesBigMistake.mp3 episodeDuration: 1:22:30 episodeSeason: 3 episodeNumber: 2 featuredImage: /pottermore/302.webp --- {{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/302AuntMargesBigMistake.mp3" >}} It's Monday, and that means it's time for another episode of Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book. In this chapter, Harry continues to spend a painful summer with the Dursleys, with the notable inclusion of Vernon's sister Marge. Harry struggles to maintain his cool as Marge berates him, with explosive results. We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below: - *The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl* and the sequel, *Goth Girl Rising*, by Barry Lyga - *Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu* by Junji Ito - ["Death penalty in the UK suspended 50 years ago"](https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2015/nov/09/death-penalty-uk-fifty-years-1965-capital-punishment) from The Guardian - [Marge Dursley](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/marge-dursley) on Wizarding World - ["Harry Potter and the source of inspiration"](http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-dailytelegraph-demetriou.htm) from The Daily Telegraph (Danielle Demetriou; July 2000) - *Matilda* by Roald Dahl and the 1996 film adaptation - *A Series of Unfortunate Events* by Lemony Snicket - [The Inflatus Jinx](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Inflatus) on the Harry Potter Wiki You can hear more from our guest, Angel, on the [Mysteries and Urban Legends Podcast](http://maulpodcast.podbean.com/). Follow the podcast [on Twitter (@MaulPodcast)](https://x.com/MaulPodcast) and [Instagram (@maulpodcast)](https://www.instagram.com/maulpodcast/), and [check out Angel on Instagram as acute.angel.jpeg](https://www.instagram.com/acute.angel.jpeg/).