Is Crookshanks just a cat?

Crookshanks was Hermione Granger's pet cat. He is half-Kneazle, as evidenced by his lion-like appearance, ability to solve problems on his own without aid or teaching, and clear dislike of and ability at recognising untrustworthy persons (even if they are transfigured).

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Is Crookshanks a human?

Crookshanks was a half-Kneazle and half-cat in the Harry Potter books. He was the pet of Hermione Granger. He was very intelligent and could tell if a person was in disguise and if they could be trusted.

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Is Crookshanks part cat and part?

Crookshanks is not a regular cat. Instead, he is part Kneazle, a cute magical creature that resembles a cat.

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What kind of creature is Crookshanks?

Description. Crookshanks is a half-kneazle orange cat with a distinctive squashed face and is the beloved pet of Hermione Granger.

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Was Crookshanks Lily Potter's cat?

None at all. The theory that Crookshanks used to belong to the Potters was created by fans after we learned that the Potters did, in fact, have a cat at the time they died.

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How do we know Crookshanks is a Kneazle?

Crookshanks was Hermione Granger's pet cat. He was half-Kneazle, as evidenced by his lion-like appearance, ability to solve problems on his own without aid or teaching, and clear dislike of and ability at recognising untrustworthy persons (even if they are transfigured).

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Was Crookshanks working with Sirius?

Crookshanks met Sirius Black in his Animagus form of Padfoot on the Hogwarts grounds several times, and stole the passwords to Gryffindor Tower from Neville Longbottom to help him get into the castle. Crookshanks helped Sirius lure Harry, Ron and Hermione into the Shrieking Shack.

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Why is Crookshanks half a cat?

While Scabbers' intelligence is explained when his true nature is revealed, Crookshanks' intelligence can only be inferred to be the product of his being a cross-breed with a Kneazle. Being half-cat, Crookshanks is always armed, and is clearly not afraid to use his claws and teeth when he feels the need.

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Who did Crookshanks belong to before Hermione?

Crookshanks is actually Lily Potter's cat.

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Is Mrs Norris a Kneazle?

Mrs. Norris seems exceptionally smart for a cat, to the point that we might think her a cat / Kneazle cross like Crookshanks, an Animagus, or Filch's familiar, it those existed in this world. However, the author has stated that she is just a highly unpleasant cat.

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Why was Crookshanks with Sirius?

Yes, Crookshanks was helping Sirius Black. Crookshanks was a highly intelligent cat, and he knew that Scabbers was an Animagus in disguise and couldn't be trusted. Therefore, he decided to help Sirius catch Scabbers after he realized that Sirius was trustworthy.

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Is Crookshanks half?

Crookshanks is half-Kneazle, which is a mythical creature that looks like a cat.

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Why is Crookshanks called Crookshanks?

Crookshanks is a Scottish surname for a family on the banks of the Cruick River. Some believe the name first began as Cruickshank. Shanks is a term for a peak of a hill. However, others believe that the name comes from a nickname for someone with bowed–or crooked–legs (or shank).

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Was Lily Potter an Animagus?

Animagus. Lily's animagus form is a Doe, coupling with her husband, James Potter who is a Stag. Severus Snape's animagus is also a Doe.

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How did Hermione get Crookshanks?

Originally Answered: How did Hermione get cookshanks in the books? She bought him at the pet shop in Diagon Alley. Crookshanks had something to do with Sirius Black in the sense that the cat was very smart, quickly figured out who Black was and who Scabbers was, befriended Black and helped him to chase Scabbers.

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What happened to Pigwidgeon?

Pigwidgeon travelled with Ron to and from Hogwarts during his years in school, although he stayed at The Burrow when Ron skipped his final year at Hogwarts to accompany Harry and Hermione on the hunt for horcruxes. During the 2020s, Pigwidgeon appeared as a Foundable during the Calamity.

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Where was Crookshanks in Deathly Hallows?

During the Horcrux Hunt Crookshanks stayed with the Weasleys at the Burrow. Hermione retrieved him following the end of the war. It isn't specified at the end of Deathly Hallows, but it isn't specified in the book that Hermione retrieved her parents from Australia either.

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Who is Hermione descended from?

Though nominally a Muggle-born witch, Hermione is descended from the Dagworth-Granger family through her father's squib heritage.

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Where did J.K. Rowling get the name Crookshanks?

Crookshanks – "Crook" comes from "crooked," meaning "bent or not straight," and a shank is a "leg or a leg-like part." J.K. Rowling said herself that she gave Hermione's cat "bandy-legs," and Crookshanks is often described as being "bow-legged." Cuthbert (Binns) – Cuthbert is an unusual first name but a common surname.

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How did Sirius talk to Crookshanks?

It may have been through typical animal language (meow, woof) or perhaps a certain magical language. Everything is very different in the wizarding world, maybe magical animals have their own language. They certainly communicated through 'notes' though, or rather Crookshanks gave Sirius a list of passwords.

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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.

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What is a half Kneazle?

Newton and Porpentina Scamander had three pet Kneazles, Hoppy, Miller and Mauler. Crookshanks was a half-Kneazle, half-cat who was adopted by Hermione Granger.

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Did Lupin love Sirius?

It turns out (naturally) that Sirius was framed, and even after their twelve-year separation he and Lupin remain fiercely devoted to each other. By book 5, the two of them are living together in secret.

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Did Malfoy know Sirius was a dog?

Yes he did. Snape explicitly tells this to Sirius in Order of the Phoenix. The real question is how he could possibly recognise him.

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What helpful thing did Crookshanks do after Ron was dragged away by the dog?

Harry and Hermione dart after them and watch as the dog pulls Ron down inside the Whomping Willow, breaking his leg in the process. They follow him, but only after Crookshanks surprises them by pressing a hidden knot on the tree, causing it to quiet its branches.

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