Fantastic Beasts: 28 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

12. The Dumbledore Reference

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As revealed in the trailers, when Newt Scamander is arrested at the Magical Congress and Graves takes him in for questioning (before horribly passing down the worst possible sentence), his file reveals that when he was expelled from Hogwarts a young teacher vouched for him.

That teacher? Albus Dumbledore - who has clearly always had a thing for collecting promising broken toy characters.

It's a nice call back to him, and also a tease to Graves' real appearance. Maybe he reacts so badly to him immediately because his great enemy liked him?

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