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title: "3.12 The Patronus"
date: 2021-05-03T06:00:44-04:00
draft: false
tags:
- Prisoner of Azkaban
episodeTitle: "The Patronus"
episodeSubtitle: "He felt drained and strangely empty, even though he was so full of chocolate. Terrible though it was to hear his parents' last moments replayed inside his head, these were the only times Harry heard their voices since he was a very small child. But he'd never be able to produce a proper Patronus if he half wanted to hear his parents again..."
episodeLength: 75205640
episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/prisoner/312ThePatronus.mp3
episodeDuration: 1:44:25
episodeSeason: 3
episodeNumber: 12
featuredImage: /pottermore/312.webp
---
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It's Monday, and we're back after a week off with an extra-long episode of Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done book by book, chapter by chapter.
On this week's episode, we cover chapter twelve of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, "The Patronus!" In this chapter, Harry begins his anti-Dementor lessons with Professor Lupin, but he hesitates when he realizes that blocking out the Dementors might block him out from ever hearing his parents' voices again. Harry and Ron's feud with Hermione over the Firebolt continues, and just when they're about to make up, Ron finds a crime scene in his bedsheets with no sign of Scabbers.
We make a number of references to outside sources and popular culture, which are listed below:
- *Misery*, *The Eyes of the Dragon*, *Carrie*, *It*, and *The Stand* by Stephen King
- *House of Leaves* by Mark Z. Danielewski
- *The Road* by Cormac McCarthy and the 2009 film adaptation
- The ["Misery Business" episode](https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/punch-up-the-jam-596992/episodes/misery-business-by-paramore-32240950) of [Punch Up the Jam](https://headgum.com/punch-up-the-jam)
- *1Q84* by Haruki Murakami
- *Teen Titans*
- *Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter* by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003)
- *Second Act* (2018)
- [Patronus](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/patronus/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon
- The [Patronus Charm](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Patronus_Charm#Etymology) on the Harry Potter Wiki
- [Blue Peter Interview with J.K. Rowling](http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0720-bluepeter.html) (20 July 2007)
- ["Expecto Patronum"](https://totallyknuts.bandcamp.com/track/expecto-patronum) by Totally Knuts
- [AOL Live Interview with J.K. Rowling](https://www.cesnur.org/2001/potter/march_03.htm) (19 October 2000)
- *Bloodborne* (2015)
- The [Hurling Hex](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/hurling-hex/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon
- The [Math Lady meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/math-lady-confused-lady)
- [Odd's bodkins](https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/odd%27s+bodkins) on The Free Dictionary
Our Spell of the Week this week is — you guessed it — Expecto Patronum, Harry's second favorite spell!
You can hear more from our guest, TK Lawrence, by following them on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/totallyknuts) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/totallyknuts/). Be sure to also check out their [incredible wizard rock](http://totallyknuts.bandcamp.com/) over on Bandcamp and [support them on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/totallyknuts)!
<img class="chapterArt" src="/chapter/312.webp" />