20 Easter Eggs In Harry Potter Films You Didn’t Notice
18. Neville's Passion
Warner Bros.Film: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
After a woeful start in Herbology class after collapsing from the screech of a baby Mandrake, the green-fingered wizard actually grows up to become a phenomenal Herbologist. Not only did he attain the much-coveted grade of Outstanding in his O.W.L exam for the subject but even more impressively after the events depicted in the film Neville eventually becomes Hogwarts professor of Herbology.
Intriguingly the Longbottom surname found its genesis in J.R.R Tolkiens Lord of the Rings trilogy. In Tolkiens richly detailed Middle Earth, Longbottom is a region of the Shire responsible for growing the best pipe-weed money can buy. Thus Longbottom is both the name of this region renowned for growing plants and the surname of the boy with a penchant for magical gardening. This cannot be dismissed as a coincidence J.K Rowling is known for filling her writing with Easter Eggs like this.