--- title: "1.13 Nicolas Flamel" date: 2019-05-27T07:00:00-04:00 draft: false tags: - Philosopher's Stone episodeTitle: "Nicolas Flamel" episodeSubtitle: "Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her." episodeLength: 28694593 episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/stone/113NicolasFlamel.mp3 episodeDuration: 36:03 episodeSeason: 1 episodeNumber: 13 featuredImage: /pottermore/113.webp --- {{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/stone/113NicolasFlamel.mp3" >}} Mysteries are solved and soundboards are abused this week on Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione at last discover who Nicolas Flamel is and Cassie relives childhood fears. After giving a bullied Neville a Chocolate Frog card, Harry remembers where he first heard Nicolas Flamel's name. Hermione pulls out a giant book and the trio finally uncovers what Fluffy is guarding. Snape referees Gryffindor's Quidditch match, and Harry overhears a foreboding conversation. We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below: - *Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter* by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003) - [Nicolas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel) and [Perenelle Flamel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perenelle_Flamel) on Wikipedia - [The Book of Hieroglyphic Figures](http://www.levity.com/alchemy/flamel.html), attributed to Nicolas Flamel (1612) - [Sir Isaac Newton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton) - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* by Victor Hugo (1831) - *The Da Vinci Code* by Dan Brown (2003) - *As Above, So Below* (2014) - *Fullmetal Alchemist* (2001-2010) - *The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel* by Michael Scott - The [Leg-Locker Curse](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Leg-Locker_Curse) on the Harry Potter Wiki - *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* on the PlayStation 2 - A [bolas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas), a thrown weapon used to capture animals by their legs - A [deleted scene from *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmB4pOjMWI), in which Neville hops into the Great Hall after being jinxed Our spell of the week for this episode is Locomotor Mortis, or the Leg-Locker Curse, which Draco uses on Neville and which lives eternally embedded in Cassie's memory.