513: Why is Hufflepuff's Professor Sprout So Absent From the Harry Potter Series?

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Welcome Slug Club member, Franzi! Main Discussion: Professor Sprout & Herbology’s Role in the Harry Potter Series To start off, the hosts test their skills in a new game: Potter Plant or... Pokemon? What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of Professor Sprout? What does Sprout's name origin tell us about her character? Miriam Margoyles shined in her limited screen time in the Potter films The Chronicles of Sprout and McGonagall are canon - should it be a spin-off series? Laura dishes on some good Sprout fan fictions as we revisit the Splitwick publishing controversy! Does Professor Sprout's character suffer from lack of representation? How would we rank her in comparison to other heads of house? Does the connection between Professor Sprout and Hufflepuff house get lost on the reader? Is she not that memorable for the average reader? Do Sprout (Hufflepuff) and Flitwick (Ravenclaw) suffer from not being focal points of Harry’s story and attention? Top Sprout Moments in the Potter series include devil's snare, mandrakes, keeping Hogwarts open and more Sprout, Snape, and Neville: we discuss Herbology's role in the series and its relationship to Potions Quizzitch: What is the common name of the family of flowering plants, solenacaeae, which include tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, bell and chili peppers? Visit MuggleCast.com/Quizzitch to submit your answer! This week’s episode is sponsored by ThirdLove (Visit ThirdLove.com/MuggleCast for 20% off your perfect fitting bra) and Quip (visit GetQuip.com/muggle to get a free plastic gum dispenser with any refill plan). Support us on Patreon and receive magical benefits, like access to our recording studio, Bonus MuggleCast, a personalized thank you video from one of the hosts and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.0	On today's episode, we're going to be talking about Sprout and Herbology
0:55.0	as Sprout's birthday is this month, so we will celebrate Sprouts.
0:59.0	We're going to have a couple interesting discussions about her.
1:02.0	And I think we're going to unveil a list of every single quasi-significant moment
1:08.0	from Sprout in the series.
1:10.0	Oh, so many.
1:11.0	It's a short list.
1:12.0	It's actually kind of fascinating.
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