Crookshanks

[Angela Boyko]

No: HPFGUIDX 14348


> > Has anyone covered this yet? Can Crookshanks be an animagi like
> Scabbers? What about Pigwidgeon? (I mean, he was sent to Harry by
> Sirius) Or even Hedwig?
> >
> In GoF when Lupin describes watching the marauders map and seeing
> Peter Pettigrew, the description of what he sees kind of implies that
> Crookshanks does not show up on the map, whereas Peter and Sirius(the
> animagi) do.  Seems from this that animagi would show up, but beasts
> wouldn't.
> 
> Interestingly, when Harry is first given the map he does see Mrs
> Norris on it.  Does this imply something about Mrs Norris, or is it a
> inconsistancy, or did Lupin see Crookshanks on the map, but not
> mention it knowing he was just a pet.

Something I noticed from my recent reread of PS/SS:

"Filch owned a cat called Mrs Norris, a scrawny, dust-coloured creature
with bulging, lamplike eyes just like Filch's."

It made me wonder if Mrs Norris is an animagi relative of Filch's, stuck
in cat form. She has eyes just like his, and as we know, the animal
forms of animagi often share characteristics with the human forms ...

Angela