20 Easter Eggs In Harry Potter Films You Didn’t Notice
17. Hagrid & Hades
Warner Bros. / DisneyFilm: Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone
Fluffy is of course the three headed dog that guards the trapdoor leading to the Philosophers Stone on the forbidden third floor. Harry, Ron and Hermione stumble upon the hyper-aggressive beast in a near fatal encounter as the film reaches its climax. The Fluffy shown in the film created with some technical CGI wizardry is based on the appearance of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
It comes as no surprise that the three headed hound belongs to Rubeus Hagrid who is renowned as having a penchant for collecting dangerous beasties. When being verbally grilled by the three young wizards, Hagrid boasts about how he acquired the guard-dog from a Greek chappie he met in the pub. It then becomes clear that Fluffy is intended to be Cerberus of Greek Mythology the three headed dog which guards the gates of hell.
Who knew that Hades drank at The Leaky Cauldron?