Chapters 111–120
Promises and Politics
Draco’s quote is actually paraphrased from Tom Clancy’s novel “Hunt for Red October”, only it’s babies and their lollipops in that context, not witches and broomsticks.
Bells and Kneazles
Cruddass explanation about the ability of young kneazles walking through walls simply because they don’t know yet that they are supposed to be solid is a nod to the novel “The Cat Who Walks Through Walls” by Robert A. Heinlein. I expect that adult kneazles will be able to Apparate like house-elves. That would definitely explain Mrs. Norris uncanny ability to show up from one second to the next.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
The title of this chapter is a stage direction from “The Winter’s Tale” by William Shakespeare.
And If Thou Wilt, Forget
The title of this chapter refers to the poem “Song” by Christina Georgina Rossetti, which is also quoted in the chapter. The long string of insults is from an online insult-generator.