Who was Crookshanks true owner?

Crookshanks was purchased on 31 August 1993 by Hermione Granger from the Magical Menagerie, who had originally gone there seeking an owl.
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Who is Crookshanks named after?

The name Crookshanks seems to refer to the cat's bandy legs, from crook, meaning "a bend", and shank, a term for the lower part of the legs. It is likely to be derived from the Scottish surname 'Cruikshanks', which is pronounced in exactly the same way.
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What was Hermione pet before Crookshanks?

He was half-Kneazle, which meant he had the ability to detect untrustworthy individuals. The magical pet was also highly independent which made him the perfect pet to take along to Hogwarts. Hermione originally went to Magical Menagerie to pick out an owl.
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Did they use a real cat for Crookshanks?

Which Harry Potter Actor Had a Real Life Crookshanks? Crookshanks may have been Hermione Granger's feline friend in the Harry Potter series of book and movies, but it was cast member Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) who has a Crookshanks in real life.
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Did Sirius own Crookshanks?

Crookshanks was purchased on 31 August 1993 by Hermione Granger from the Magical Menagerie, who had originally gone there seeking an owl.
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Harry Potter Theory: Who Was Crookshanks Original Owner?



Is Crookshanks Lily and James cat?

In The Deathly Hallows, when the trio are in Grimmauld Place, Harry reads a letter hand-written by Lily.
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Who was Hermiones cat?

2. Crookshanks – “It was either a very big cat or quite a small tiger,” Harry remarked the first time he met Hermione's squashed-faced, bowlegged ginger cat Crookshanks. Half-Kneazle, he was intelligent, rambunctious, and the perfect companion for a night by the fire in the Gryffindor common room. I was pretty jealous.
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Is Regulus Black Crookshanks?

Crookshanks Is Actually Regulus Black

We know now that Crookshanks is canonically half kneazle, but the evidence about him being a secret animagus as well is quite compelling. For starters, you can't throw a rock into the Harry Potter universe without hitting an unregistered animagus.
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How did Crookshanks know Scabbers was an animagus?

Yes, Crookshanks was half-kneazle and had a sense of what Scabbers truly was. Sirius actually explains that after he gained Crookshank's trust he was able to communicate to what "Scabbers" actually was.
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What were Sirius last words?

Sirius Black

"Come on, you can do better than that!" Black loses his battle with Bellatrix and just like that, another member of Harry's makeshift family has died. Photo: Warner Bros.
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What ever happened to Crookshanks?

Last confirmed location was at the Burrow when Hermione left with Harry to hunt Horcruxes. The wiki page for crookshanks says "During the height of the Second Wizarding War, Crookshanks stayed at the the Burrow.
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Is Mrs Norris an Animagus?

Mrs Norris seems exceptionally smart for a cat, to the point that many have suspected she is a cat/Kneazle cross like Crookshanks or an Animagus. However, J. K. Rowling has stated on her website that she is just a highly unpleasant cat.
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Is Crookshanks part Kneazle?

Crookshanks is half-Kneazle, which is a mythical creature that looks like a cat. Fans might soon know more about Kneazles when Rowling's screenplay for the Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits the big screen in November of 2016.
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What is Sirius Black's Boggart?

Sirius Black's boggart was himself, yet with subtle changes. A black cloak over his head, the dark mark proudly displayed on his pale skin and a malicious smirk gracing his lips. He feared becoming the future his parents desired of him. Peter Pettigrew's boggart was Lord Voldemort.
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What does Sirius Black's wand say?

The symbols say "more or less human". The wand prop replica used in the films was a medium brown colour and had a twisting design along the length of the wand and rune-like engravings at the base.
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What would Regulus animagus be?

Fittingly, as the name Regulus is the brightest star in the Leo constellation. His animagus form is a black cat with a white mark across its chest - a likeness to the small scar Regulus bears after a particularly bad fight he had with Sirius as a child.
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Is Crookshanks a animagus?

Crookshanks is part-kneazle, and particularly clever, but not an animagus.
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What is Hermione's favorite spell?

And the third favorite Wingardium Leviosa, used for levitation, and known, perhaps most memorably, for Hermione Granger's pronunciation of it in Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone.
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Was Lily Potter an Animagus?

James Potter

James's Animagus form was that of a stag, which earned him his nickname, Prongs. Strikingly, Harry's Patronus was a stag and his mother Lily's was a doe, a female deer, showing that the family's characters were in harmony and formed part of the same animal group.
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Where was Crookshanks in Deathly Hallows?

The last we see of Crookshanks is at the Burrow in Deathly Hallows before the trio are forced to make a hasty exit. We don't know where he ended up after the Battle of Hogwarts but here's hoping he was reunited with Hermione and led a happy, purr-ceful life.
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What happened to Harry Potters cat?

The Potters' cat was a pet of the Potter family. This cat was mentioned in Lily Evans' letter to Sirius Black that Harry had nearly killed it while flying on Sirius' birthday present to Harry, a toy broomstick. It is currently unknown if it died when Lord Voldemort attacked the Potters, or escaped unharmed.
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