--- title: "3.7 The Boggart in the Wardrobe" date: 2021-03-15T06:30:22-04:00 draft: false tags: - Prisoner of Azkaban episodeTitle: "The Boggart in the Wardrobe" episodeSubtitle: "A few curious looks were exchanged as the class put away their books. They had never had a practical Defense Against the Dark Arts before, unless you counted the memorable class last year when their old teacher had brought a cageful of pixies to class and set them loose." episodeLength: 44240702 episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/307TheBoggartintheWardrobe.mp3 episodeDuration: 1:01:24 episodeSeason: 3 episodeNumber: 7 featuredImage: /pottermore/307.webp --- {{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/307TheBoggartintheWardrobe.mp3" >}} Another Monday, another episode of Podtrificus Totalus, the best Harry Potter podcast in the known galaxy! This week, we cover chapter seven of *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, which puzzles us with Shrinking Solutions and Boggarts. We face each of our worst fears to give you plenty of background knowledge, analysis, and discussion of the chapter. We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below: - *The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe* by C.S. Lewis - *Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter* by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003) - [Shrinking Solution](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/shrinking-solution-shrinking-potion/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - [GadgetGirlKylie's *Wonderbook: Book of Potions* Let's Play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0uvpzNlg-8) on YouTube - [Tiny Hermione](http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=303) on Hark! A Vagrant - *Love Actually* (2003) - [Waddiwasi](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Waddiwasi) on the Harry Potter Wiki - [Waddiwasi](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/waddiwasi/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - [Boggart](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/creature/non-corporeal/boggart/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - S01E03 of *The X-Files*, "Squeeze" - [Scholastic Interview with J.K. Rowling](http://web.archive.org/web/20080623145514/www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/interview2.htm) (16 October 2000) - The [Boggart-Banishing Spell](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Boggart-Banishing_Spell) on the Harry Potter Wiki Our Spell of the Week for this episode is Riddikulus, which the third-year students use to banish the titular Boggart in the wardrobe.