Why was Crookshanks with Sirius?

He was affectionate with those he liked and acted as a shield to Sirius, when Harry Potter was planning to kill him.
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How did Crookshanks know Sirius?

He could have found out from Sirius (as a dog) at Hogwarts.

Crookshanks was able to communicate with Sirius when Sirius was in Animagus form. Once he'd earned Crookshanks's trust, Sirius was able to tell him what he wanted and get his help. “He's the most intelligent of his kind I've ever met.
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What did Crookshanks successfully steal in Prisoner of Azkaban to help Sirius Black?

Crookshanks helped Sirius lure Harry, Ron and Hermione into the Shrieking Shack. During the scuffle between Harry and Sirius, Crookshanks attempted both to steal Harry's wand and attack Harry, and when both failed, set himself over Sirius' heart.
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Is Crookshanks Sirius?

It was Crookshanks who helped Sirius gift Harry his Firebolt. Sirius tasked the cat with taking the broomstick order to the Owl Office in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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Is Crookshanks Lily's cat?

In The Deathly Hallows, when the trio are in Grimmauld Place, Harry reads a letter hand-written by Lily.
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Crookshanks Origins Explained: Who Is He Really ?



Was Aunt Petunia a squib?

The fan asked the author if Aunt Petunia was a Squib (a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent) and Rowling replied: "Good question. No, she is not, she is not a Squib. She is a Muggle.
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What happened to Crookshanks after the war?

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 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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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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Why did Sirius rip the Fat Lady?

Sirius didn't exactly improve matters when he tried to sneak into the Gryffindor dormitory by slashing the Fat Lady's portrait. We later discovered that Sirius wasn't a bloodthirsty murderer at all, and simply wanted to get revenge on the real villain of the piece – the not-at-all-dead Peter Pettigrew.
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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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Is Mrs Norris an Animagus?

Conclusion: Mrs Norris not an animal.” After discounting the theory that she is an Animagus (a human, like Professor McGonagall, that can shift into an animal by choice), the YouTube video says she must be a Maledictus, who was a witch before being permanently turned into a cat.
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How did Crookshanks stop the tree?

Crookshanks darted forwards. He slithered between the battering branches like a snake and placed his front paws upon a knot on the trunk. Abruptly, as though the tree had been turned to marble, it stopped moving.
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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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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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What is Hermione's Patronus?

Otter (Hermione Granger)

Hermione's talent with a wand was clear from her earliest lessons – swish and flick, it's all in the wrist. Her Patronus, the otter, is a clever and dexterous animal; some have even been known to juggle small rocks.
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Did the Potters have a cat?

Loyalty. 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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Why is Crookshanks the best?

You see, after Crookshanks aided Hermione and her best friends through the incident, he also led them back safely to the Hogwarts castle. Apparently, not only does he resemble a lion but his fearlessness in protecting those whom he trusts make him highly akin to one.
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How is Petunia not a witch?

Since Petunia's sister, Lily, was a Muggle-born witch, both girls must have a wizarding ancestry, however distantly. This means that Petunia was still related to wizards, even if she pretended she did not have a sister.
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Did Petunia want to be a witch?

Petunia wanted to be a witch: Rowling reveals that, “Petunia had some latent feelings of guilt about the way she had cut Lily (whom she knew, in her secret heart, had always loved her) out of her life.” She also says that Petunia always held out hope that she would show signs of magic “and be spirited off to Hogwarts.”
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Does Dudley have a magical child?

5 J.K. ROWLING ALMOST GAVE HIM A MAGICAL CHILD

Rowling talked about how she almost gave Dudley a magical child himself. She considered having him be at Platform 9 ¾ during the epilogue. However, she decided not to do so because she thought Vernon's DNA would have killed out any trace of magical blood.
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