The Giant Squid Explained AT LAST | Harry Potter Theory

[@xiupingliu7343]

The only thing I remember is that Lily would rather go out with the giant squid than James

[@conlon4332]

I guess it must have turned her down then.

[@gachya1781]

🤣

[@SamTheDoodle]

Same

[@JMuddy-kb9wl]

😂😂

[@manasvichawla8041]

Me too

[@MrSpartaco1999]

Giant Squid: "What is my purpose?" J.K. Rowlling: "You pull boats." Giant Squid: "Oh my god."

[@Bear-gy6sf]

Lol, butter bot.

[@TheScarvig]

Giant Squid: "like the kraken?sooo cool! do i get to eat the people inside when i have pulled the boats into the lake?" J.K.Rowling: "what? NO! you pull the boats ACROSS the lake! dont you dare to harm the students... " Giant Squid:" awwww, man...." *later when george pokes him with a stick* Giant Squid *grumbeling*: "i should have pulled him down..."

[@The_Alt_Vault]

Jk "squid your soul objective is to bring first years across the lake" Squid "why what is the point, will I ever get referenced in the movies?" Jk "no now stop talking or I'll retcon you to be gay"

[@kingkartabyo6206]

@@The_Alt_Vault Squid be like: I'm a companyless asexual anyway, don't bother

[@Pumpkin0_0]

Maybe they keep the giant squid well fed in exchange. A squid that big must need a whole lot of food.

[@MasterTMO]

Average class size: 40 students per boat: 4 student boat count: 10 tentacles on squid: 10 Hagrid sitting in boat #11: I'll jes' paddle meself then, shall I?

[@MerkhVision]

Hagrid could covertly move his own boat with magic. The 1st years wouldn’t notice.

[@gummibarmassacker2061]

Year, but what if there is an rare year when they might have 42 students or more?

[@robinwaal-borrebaek6442]

@@gummibarmassacker2061 Hogwarts just excludes the extra students, cause why not

[@landonletterman831]

Methinks someone needs to increase their math budget. Though, when I was trying to picture it mentally at first, I don't see why the squid isn't just hauling all the boats attached from the bottom by long ropes connected to a long pole or harness, so that the boats all get towed together and don't beat against one another. They could attach as many boats to the rod as possible, for however many students they had that year, plus one for Hagrid, and still free up a bunch of the squids tentacles to, say, save a child that had fallen out of the boat, because he's not hauling ten/eleven boats, he's hauling a long pole with however many boats attached

[@theobserver3753]

@@gummibarmassacker2061 They swim.

[@zarbixii]

"The kids are definitely gonna get up close to the werewolf tunnel." "No, I don't think so." "Are you kidding me? They're kids, of course they're gonna go near the giant magic punchy tree." "Oh, I'm not questioning their curiosity, I just think you're underestimating how good at punching this tree is."

[@Icelandic_Sand]

*Slaps trunk of tree* "This baby can punch away 5 kids at any given time."

[@zarbixii]

@@Icelandic_Sand *Tree slaps back*

[@Emrys91]

@@zarbixii TREE SLAPS BACK

[@UnorthodoxSoundwave.]

Hermione: *_O O F_*

[@lillypop6192]

Meanwhile, during all this, we hear 5 kids dying inside

[@wizardlizardstudios2097]

I watched this to get away from biology homework, and then he hits me with an osmosis lesson

[@rickyly3654]

Lol. I paused the vid to explain to my sis why the squid couldnt live in fresh water. (I love bio) before the vid explained why.

[@ottoettema9281]

Karma

[@maileruiz9948]

Let’s go AP bio osmosis diffusion hypertonic isotonic hypotonic water potential solute potential

[@dreamtween1495]

You can NEVER escape Biology!! 😂😂

[@nannasrensen7674]

Watched this to get away from studying for my exam on kidney physiology (spoiler: Osmosis is heavily featured).

[@EllaIngram]

what I love about these videos is how whenever I come across them I’m just like “I have literally never ever in my life pondered over the answer to this question but now you mention it I have to know” 😂

[@shadowshade904]

Same😂

[@natashajones5004]

@@shadowshade904 you know warrior cats?????

[@shadowshade904]

@@natashajones5004 Yep! I've been a warriors fan for years

[@Erik-pu4mj]

Ceremonial squid ride. Totally safe, unlike everything else in the Wizarding World.

[@__njz]

Did he say good.noooses 🤣

[@jamesaditya5254]

Much safer than demon jerky horse coach ride

[@plotholedetective4166]

If you didn't wear your safety gear you would be a squid squidding on a squid...

[@05productions37]

Welcome to defense against the dark arts where we teach future Death Eaters how to torture the innocent

[@sadieharris686]

The squid could be there to guard the water entrance to the lake.

[@meghna4613]

Actually a good point. Otherwise, Voldemort could have just magicked himself into the lake like Durmstrang did Maybe nobody can do that unless the squid lets them

[@nahor88]

It would also need to leave the lake to hunt... unless it eats merpeople and grindylows, nothing to sustain itself.

[@heated5y]

I actually thought that

[@damienbae2998]

Smart!

[@slevinchannel7589]

Endangering someon elses life is totally fine if you're a Teacher and even something cool if you're the Headmaster! Though, if you are just a little student, no one will allow it! You'd get expelled! Mark my words, kiddo!

[@kekejo1718]

I always believed that the giant squid was put in the lake by the Hogwarts Founders and was enchanted by them to help protect the school. Kinda like a guard dog in the water.

[@joshuaogawa5705]

Hold up. I can't remember. If the giant squid was fighting at the Battle of Hogwarts, that would be awesome.

[@csch1510]

Reference to the sqid protecting moria in LOTR?

[@marya3342]

@@csch1510 Quick the giant squid has arrived, to The Mines of Moria

[@DraconimLt]

A 'WATCHER in the water' some might say...

[@ChrissiESommer]

hm, but it didn't help them out in the battle of hogwarts right?

[@r.ipeter6445]

McGonagall: director we need something to make sure that our students don't fall off the boat and drown something like... Dumbledore be like: Release the kraken

[@drewhart56]

🤣 when I read this I died 🤣☠

[@evekolitsky7260]

Congratulations on the twins, you’re well on your way with the dad jokes

[@melonlord1414]

Well, he already has a child. He's called Luke. Just watch his Vlog channel. 😅

[@samugindert3042]

SuperCarlinBabies!!!!

[@__njz]

Hope Harry Potter names are used???

[@cryptidliam8452]

Copycatmiacop ma glamour Fred and George! If they’re both boys..

[@lirza]

Buuurn

[@impreza0109]

The geography around the castle, the lake, I mean, did they discuss it in the books? The Black Lake could have been a part of the ocean which is closed off by a geographic event - volcanic eruption, earthquake, etc - then sealed off any saltwater creatures still in the area. Over time, as the fresh water rivers or the freshwater rain came in, the salinity of the lake decreased, thus the usual ocean creatures in it adapted to the slowly-changing-to-freshwater lake. Examples of lakes like this would be Lake Ontario and Lake Taal. In fact, only Lake Taal had freshwater species of sharks until they were hunted down to extinction in 1930.

[@gusringo4638]

This is almost exactly what I thought could be the case

[@dominicanstey7309]

I don't think the books do, apart from it being mountainous, but we do know it's in Scotland, which hasn't seen any geological activity that intense in tens of millions of years. There are saltwater lochs in Scotland, but only very close to the coast. The inland ones, like the black lake, were mostly formed by glaciers.

[@hannahshark8080]

Or else it was transported there to protect it from being hunted by muggles. Hagrid probably feeds it or something.

[@MerkhVision]

Jeremy Round u must have the attention span of a fruit fly

[@cheskatulaooo1117]

🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@hellzhound6169]

I feel like the boats moving might just be an enchantment and that the squid is the lifeguard for student who fall in...

[@brittanywalker4792]

That's what I thought he was gonna say too.

[@luciannestoltzfus4276]

The giant squid is only a safeguard, in the books the students were rowing.

[@kitkatxk2814]

I hope he gets one of those little red bouy boards baywatch gets or... unfair hiring practices. He should revolt, start a union.

[@JH-ng3hj]

@@kitkatxk2814 What part exactly would be "bouncing" in slow motion as it ran across the beach?

[@Mjgaming54321]

In goblet, a first year says that he fell out and the”giant squid”, as he says, pushes him back in. Basically proof.

[@huntedfloof]

Potterhead: Asks some question JK Rowling: Oh, th- SuperCarlinBrothers: Allow us to explain

[@robertcarr8446]

Spectre Gacha ha ha that’s so true😂

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

Totally Spectre!

[@mrraamsridhar]

Lol yeah

[@gavindinsmoor8196]

The brothers are definitely better than JK.

[@CalebTRBLX]

The giant squid was referencing filch, the giant squib.

[@FDRftw]

this comment is criminally underrated

[@thereptile4139]

🤣

[@eeeeeeeeee3eeee]

Ahahahaha😂

[@zareefuddin3002]

Lol also F.D.R ftw yea

[@randomstuff2848]

I died

[@daniellemcgrath9252]

*”The punching tree is PROTECTING the students from the werewolf!”* This is the content I subscribed for

[@lucasbiermann257]

its like using cats to deal with rats then dogs to deal with the cats... oh Australia.

[@insaincaldo]

@@lucasbiermann257 That's like the oldest tale of rodents, cats and dogs, why single out Australia?

[@darking006]

I subscribed for the "over hydrated" which I will forever use in place of drowned from now on.

[@lucasbiermann257]

@@insaincaldo because they lost over half of their animal life while trying to get rid of something else lol just like New Zealand that almost lost a bird species because they tried to control an animal with an bigger animal but that animal just went to eat the wildlife that did not have a big predator before and was therefore unprotected lol

[@naloriel9]

@@lucasbiermann257 don't forget "hey we have too much rabbits... I know! Let's introduce a disease that can get rid of them!" "You sure it only affects rabbits?" "Of course... oups."

[@SchutzmarkeGMBH]

Can you imaging Harry getting lost during the Second Task and accidentaly ending up in Durmstrang

[@lucasbiermann257]

he would die out of cold. if in hogwarts it was cold imagine there.

[@sternentigerkatze]

XD That reminds me of the guy in Help who asked for the white cliffs of Dover

[@Gay_and_furry_moth]

oh. my. god. that would be the best. weird fan-fiction would have a field day!

[@harringt100]

I don't have a copy of the book handy, but if I remember right, the gillyweed made him less sensitive to the cold, in addition to giving him gills.

[@robinsonbright2671]

😂😂

[@shaistashaheen5450]

J: how many paintings are even there? Vernon: 36, counted em meself

[@joshuaogawa5705]

36! Last year there were 37!

[@user-we7go7ed3l]

some are bigger than last year's.

[@gingerdurbin340]

Don't worry we'll buy you two new ones

[@gabehuizenga1600]

So that makes...that makes...

[@anneciccalone4880]

39 sweetums

[@9nikola]

Carriages being moved by magic: Whoah! Carriages being moved by invisible horse-like creatures: Boring and irrelevant Boats being moved by magic: Boring and irrelevant Boats being moved by giant squid: Whoah!

[@sweetcupcake5235]

lol Harry Potter logic

[@kendramcmahon8384]

Their THESTRALS

[@sarahriley2928]

"Hagrid we've been over this, you can't just put a giant squid in the lake, we have first years coming in" "Okay but boats"

[@a_fine_edition2746]

“Oh. In that case, of course you can entrust the safety of the new students to an animal that likely lives by itself and has minimal interactions with humans other than maybe yourself.”

[@epion660]

@@a_fine_edition2746 "I trust hagrid with my life"

[@DemBigOlEyes]

@@epion660 "I trust Hagrid with my wife" oh wait

[@abro6535]

omg this made me lol hard at my office desk. getting weird looks and worth it.

[@wolfania]

10:44 “HOW DO BOATS?!” Is a mood and I can’t articulate how

[@bobdylan7274]

Math budget failed There were 11 boats You literally just said that hagrid had his own boat

[@velvet_turtle7918]

exactly my thought as well

[@estevanortega5404]

Maybe Hagrid propels his own boat with magic but the other boats are pulled by the squid?

[@atomos100]

not sure but maybe the giant squid can control water through magic to a degree? It is a magical creature so maybe it can.. that can solve the problem no matter how many boats there are..

[@sofiehansen4305]

Thank you!

[@JEMHull-gf9el]

@@H-to-O yeah exactly my thought the squid could be suction cupping all the student boats and then pushing Hagrids boat with its tail, since squid swim backwards.

[@PanthereaLeonis]

Actually, when you mentioned that the squid pulls the boats, I remembered a story we have from one of our own freshwater lakes here in Norway. It is said that there is a giant nøkk (shapeshifting waterbeast) what can turn itself into a serpent or a troll in the lake, and that it can pull a boat along if it finds the rider worthy. Without sails or a propeller. Now I want to make the guy from the tale into a wizard befuddling the minds of the muggles watching in awe.

[@peiyentsai6430]

I really wished that Harry came across the giant squid in the second task in the Goblet of Fire

[@JT-qr9st]

“Squid pro quo” is quite possibly pun of the year!

[@johnnywires943]

nien

[@watermelonwarrior3695]

Am I the only one who thinks we need an “Also also Actually actually” t shirt or pin or SOMETHINg....!

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

Yes! I want one!!

[@amandalewis8590]

Ditto

[@sebsbeehotel]

Watermelon Warrior oooh yess that would be awesome

[@Ta-58]

Petition

[@mrpaintwolf2010]

Also also, actually actually..... Dont forget hoodies!

[@Gulasdelsur]

The boat pulling theory is really compelling, but as to how it survives in the lake, I would say it is simply because J.K. Rowling’s giant squid is based on the mythological sea monster, a magical creature equal to all the other magical/mythological beings that inhabit the grounds (unicorns, centaurs, merpeople, agromantulas, etc) So basically the squid is a “fantastic beast” to which the muggle laws of nature don’t really apply. If she had called it a Kraken it would’ve been more self-explanatory.

[@lisahenry20]

The squid is actually the Loch Ness monster

[@MrSailing101]

@@lisahenry20 no, the Loch Ness monster is a Kelpie pretending to be a Sea Serpent, and that's Canon. It likes to troll the muggels.

[@mschrisfrank2420]

Considering Hogwarts is in Scotland, it seems to me that Rowling missed a great opportunity to have Nessie be living there after they hid her from muggles.

[@GordieKat]

Seriously.

[@ariel-danielle]

Agreed

[@cecikahn3405]

What do you think the basalisk is(for sure spelled that wrong) cuz like its either that or a Gyarados

[@armadillolover99]

Ceci Kahn pssst, *basilisk

[@inkmaster5480]

It's revealed in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the book, that is) that the Loch Ness Monster in the Wizarding World is a kelpie that likes attention.

[@thebeautyoflife327]

Timeout - twins?! Is this real?! If so, congratulations to you and Beth, that is so wonderful!

[@christines102]

I know, I want confirmation too!

[@jen5273]

Watch the end of his latest vlog

[@cryptidliam8452]

Dog Poop Diaries Reporting for Duty it was confirmed in one of his vlogs :D

[@abbiecripwell7139]

They have an opportunity here to name them after Fred and George, Or Padma and Parvati :'D

[@JamesLawner]

@@abbiecripwell7139 Or Zack and Cody

[@spicecastlex9130]

"You've got to be squidding me" I'm screeming

[@saisravanigudladona9135]

8:00 had me double take! Congrats Jon, Beth and Baby Luke! Such beautiful news to hear!

[@koolmckool7039]

Agreed. Did a double take when I heard it.

[@MichelleC50]

I feel like Ben "schooled" J in the salt water versus freshwater fish stuff ^_^

[@mjgears9953]

Michelle Anya I appreciate this pun very much.

[@MisterMinato]

Excuse me... what's the pun? ^^"

[@savagenarwhal6716]

A group of fish is called a school

[@MisterMinato]

@@savagenarwhal6716 Thank you ^^

[@MrGabeanator]

wow

[@johncox63]

My theory: the basilisk is Salazar slytherin and his opposite Godrick gryffindore is the only creature that can counteract the basilisks poison, fawks the Phoenix, cause it's immortal so it could have been around since then and the basilisk was also. Both serve their true heir dumbledore for gryffindore and Voldemort for slytherin. Then the book and quill that decides who KNOWS who has enough magic to attend the school is the manifestation and creation of revenclaw. Then the giant squid who moves the first years to the school and is always there to watch the school and is KIND towards the students is hufflepuff. The sorting hat was created by all four of them as a mediator between them all and as a way to make sure the students go to the right house for each student.

[@aspwillow]

This is... fine. But please don't misspell Gryffindor with an e at the end.

[@mattysdentist2134]

None of this makes sense XD! Also Godric is spelled without a K and Gryffindor has NO E

[@joshuaogawa5705]

Well, Godrick brought the sword. Not sure how that benefits the school...

[@maddiebishop8114]

I don't want to be that super annoying person, but you mean venom. Not poison.

[@veritypurdy9945]

you've won life with this theory

[@jessicajennings9148]

"You gotta be squidding me!" I'm totally gonna start using that. It's so fun to say!

[@aaronbridgeman314]

You want more squid puns than any one person could ever need? Watch Squidgirl.

[@oraclescrolls]

Splatoon fan base is way ahead of you.

[@rawlinsonboy]

Next theory: HOW PAINT WORKS IN THE HARRY POTTER WORLD EDIT: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THUMBS UP, NEVER HAD SUCH A GREAT RESPONCE ON A KZbin COMMENT BEFORE

[@plotholedetective4166]

Right, it seems like a logical first step toward immortality for any evil wizard so that an undying painting could continue to pass along their orders or philosophies.

[@sternentigerkatze]

Possibly with references to The picture of Dorian Gray!

[@thejester9808]

could study this by watching the paint dry

[@MerkhVision]

This is absolutely already explained in detail on Pottermore

[@MerkhVision]

plot hole detective on Pottermore the paintings are explained. They dont actually contain the essense of the person they depict. They are taught by the subject how to behave as themselves and are told their memories, and are also embued their personality by the magical painter. But they are mere replicas, much like magical photos. They are not the real person.

[@eugene5850]

J : Ron breaks his wand! ( 1:38 ) Me : NOW GINNY'S GONE AND HARRY'S IN MORTAL DANGER

[@elizabethyoung8169]

Tom riddle hides his snake inside his ginormous secret chamber.

[@saxtonhale6029]

@@elizabethyoung8169 Harry blows up aunt Marge

[@shrihan9191]

@Saxton Hale Lupin’s a wolf, the rat’s a man, and now the prisoner is at LARGE!

[@shrihan9191]

@A Potterhead yeah I know

[@freddymeng]

@@shrihan9191 They use time travel so they can save the prisoner of Azkaban

[@emeraldemperor2601]

My theory: The squid is actually a kelpie that is in the form of a squid most of the time

[@supersuppermanthesoupwilln1116]

Wouldn’t it have ate a first or any tear then because it must have in the time it’s been alive and kelpies really like human flesh or so I’m told!!!.

[@SuperSongbird21]

@@supersuppermanthesoupwilln1116 I suppose you could argue it's been tamed by the teachers. Might think it's allowed to eat anyone who isn't a Hogwarts student or staff member and luckily nobody like that ever went in.

[@joeandre8100]

Good theory

[@emeraldemperor2601]

@@supersuppermanthesoupwilln1116 Hmmm... Good point. My best rebuttal is just *MAGIC*

[@jennc1972]

Sorry I'm late but it could be I mean a Kelpie can change it's appearance so it could be good theory

[@ericcarr4356]

If the lake really is a portal then wouldn’t the squid serve better as an underwater sentinel?

[@JosephDavies]

That's a really good idea.

[@EcceJack]

My thoughts exactly! An underwater guardian

[@matthewpomes952]

It can do both. We also don't have confirmation that there is exactly one squid in the lake. There could be multiple, so one leads them while the other guards. That would also explain why they have enough time to relax in the shallows while guarding the portal.

[@JosephDavies]

@@matthewpomes952 Why stop there? Maybe there are ten, one for each boat...

[@nerdragon2649]

The giant squid always struck me as the chillest creature in all of Harry Potter

[@philipjoseph4526]

“Are they though????” Ooooof!

[@cartervolker5160]

Yes

[@Robin-qg4mw]

Philip Joseph Matt doesn't add up 4x10 boats = 40 students then how does Hargrid who has a boat to himself get pushed arround?

[@tonysintheattic]

@@Robin-qg4mw Hagrid is of age to use his own magic so he's using the umbrella

[@stuartdoig3418]

40 kids, ten boats, hagrid swims Oh yeah, it's all coming together

[@aaronp2003able]

One tentacle for each student boat, and Hagrid's boat rides on the squid's head. Simple.

[@sundqr6474]

Hagrid moves his own boat

[@andrewlance3898]

@@aaronp2003able OK, this is epic

[@annabeth666]

I think The "Giant Squid" in Harry Potter is actualy a Kraken and therefore not a squid. Krakens in mitholagy lived close to the surface and had very sturdy skin, unlike squids. It could also be posible that krakens can live in any type of watery enviroment, as long as it is large enought to hold it.

[@ArcaneEntity929]

The boats could also be enchanted, Hagrid calling out "Forward" could actually be the command to start their automated journey. Still nice theory.

[@Jadzia1387]

Alex Blundell my thoughts exactly!

[@mr.sorrow5019]

He points that out in the video tho. It a command to the squid.

[@Theodore45921]

I mean they also command broomsticks to come to their hands by commanding "up"

[@mattysdentist2134]

Yeah thats could be true and the Giant Squid could just save kinds from fallng into the depths of the lake

[@theaspreysisters3587]

But the boats don’t have tentacles that could rescue every single student that fell in the lake

[@naomi_falk]

Next video: How the Hogwarts Express is Most Definitely the Magic School Bus. And I would totally be convinced by the end of it. I love watching these videos

[@TheonlyteenagedKaren]

Or is the KNIGHT BUS the Magic School Bus

[@naomi_falk]

@@TheonlyteenagedKaren oh my gosh, even better!

[@menachemsalomon]

Who did a theory on Ms. Frizzle being a witch? No, that was a theory on Mary Poppins being a Hogwarts graduate. So maybe the Frizz studied at Ilvermorny?

[@solfeldman1326]

@@naomi_falk that make feel so much nostalgia that is hurt me

[@zeshan7199]

I think the squid will come into action in one of the next fantastic beasts. Even maybe a small scene of newt in hogwarts playing around with it

[@shigeminotoge4514]

"And don't nobody want drippy skin" - J, 2019

[@Marauders4EVR]

J: How many paintings even are there? Vernon: 36, counted them myself! J: 😳

[@ethangrosch1727]

Giant squid pulling the boats: it’s a living.

[@sticc.5483]

“The whomping willow did stuff.” -SuperCarlinBrothers, 2019.

[@regitzexenia]

I lost it at “the punching three is protecting the students” impersonation, absolutely spot on hilarious 😂😂 Once more congratulations to you and Beth on having twins, I bet Luke is going to be an amazing big brother 🙊

[@zhade3967]

Some wizard: sir we need a new transport over the lake for the first years... Acting headmaster: a squid!!! Same wizard: waht? Acting headmaster: YES! Take One of those giant squids to pull the boats!! Same wizard: sir... you f###ing serius??? Acting headmaster: YES!!! I WILL BE REMEMBERD FOR CENTURIES!!! (Never mentioned again..)

[@meng2976]

when you're expecting twins but you already called your first son Luke...

[@keithboyd655]

Sorry Luke, we're retconing your name.

[@MinerDiner]

Your point...?

[@surprisedwoody1025]

@@MinerDiner Luke and Leia from Star Wars are twins.

[@shelbeywelsh4926]

@@MinerDiner Luke and Leia were fraternal twins, meaning that they are twins that don't look alike and sometimes even end up different genders. Fred and George were identical twins so they look exactly alike.

[@JakeTurbine]

@@MinerDiner The name is already taken by the first kid so now they can't name the twins Luke and Leia. It was a joke.

[@tcshack701]

As a “Once Upon a Time” fan, I wonder if a magical Squid was put there so they could have access to it’s ink incase they need to trap a malevolent being.

[@riggsm4203]

Rumplestiltsken

[@JRKonungrinn]

*malevolent

[@tcshack701]

J. Rose Konungrinn thanks for checking my spelling.

[@isha4591]

YES

[@thelazyomegawolf939]

Imagine: A Muggle born students who takes Math and English courses online with a computer in their free time so that they can keep up with their Muggle friends back home and teaches some of the other students who were raised by wizards about math and Muggle literature

[@Mod_on_exp]

@eursenic Is math technology per se? Hogwarts only prevents electricity and that too has exceptions(like camera).

[@CassandraElixia20]

Do you think Myrtle has met the Giant Squid from when she’s flushed down the toilet?

[@sweetcupcake5235]

I mean it was over 60 years ago when she died and people keep flushing her toilet so she keeps going down there (not sure how she gets back) so yeah she probably did.

[@krausercruz2780]

Squid: Flushed again? Myrtle: Actually i flushed myself this time, saw the kid who was gonna sit and i did not want anything with that business. Squid: Hmmm indeed.

[@sweetcupcake5235]

@@krausercruz2780 lol XD

[@andrewlance3898]

@@krausercruz2780 Now I'm imagining the giant squid sounding like a British gentleman and having tea with Myrtle at the bottom of the lake

[@raemills3089]

Oh my gosh. Yes. New head canon

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Plot twist: It's the same squid from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

[@nickgriffith2741]

... Did you read the book? There is no squid in 20,000 leagues under the sea. (spoilers for a 100+ year old book) It's a submarine deep under the sea. There are many rumors about what it is, but none of them are true.

[@SD-ge1gv]

Big brain

[@winxwest2964]

@@nickgriffith2741 study.com/academy/lesson/the-giant-sea-squid-in-20-000-leagues-under-the-sea.html

[@PerovNigma]

Don't suggest it to Rowling, she'll make it canon.

[@nickgriffith2741]

@@winxwest2964 OH, I thought he was referring to the "kraken" sorry my bad

[@heetlakhani4277]

I was so confused at first because I had read the title as "THE GIANT SQUIB!!!" And I was like :"WTH!!"

[@chikerbriker7046]

loooooooooooooooool

[@HYKANTUS]

Mega filch

[@greenbean325]

@@HYKANTUS is mega flich like megatron mixed with flich

[@theroyalwizard4167]

Ten boats + one for hagrid =11 We must Increase the math budget

[@charliehillstrom6356]

You should make a tee shirt that says also, also, actually, actually

[@captainnarwhal7832]

Omg yes how is this not already a thing

[@HarmonyLivey]

Thank you so much for accurately describing squids! Eight legs two tentacles! As an aquarium educator specializing in cephalopods I appreciate the attention to detail!

[@TheCinematicArchives]

"How do you make a squid laugh? ten tickles-kraken myself up." A++ on those puns! Patton would be proud.

[@thomasbennett0]

There is one mystical squid that doesn't really exist in real life and that squid is the kraken. Thats right the giant squid is the kraken.

[@david2869]

His name is Phil. Phil McKraken.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

That would explain why it often storm during the 1st day. Krakens always summon storms

[@elizacody9409]

I really want to be kraken some jokes here

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

@@elizacody9409 the storm be Kraken when they go somewhere

[@Twigpi]

A kraken that helps boats. Haha.

[@triciavanandler7285]

What I love about this fandom, is that we’re kinda like when teachers want you to analyze EVERY. SINGLE. LINE. To figure out ‘What the author means’ but this is the only time this is ok, because while JK is over there just all like ‘Dean and Seamus were just friends!’ and ‘James’s last words were “Go! I’ll fight him! Take Harry and go!”’ And we’re over here analyzing each and every one of her lines and are all like ‘Dean and Seamus dated in 3rd year until 7th year and then got married after school.’ And ‘James’s last words were “I don’t need a wand! I’ll punch you in the bloody nose! OH WAIT-“

[@angelwhispers2060]

👏👏👏👏

[@reason_to_smile7194]

Last line… deserves an applause 👏

[@MabelTheBagelEdits54321]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@davesmith4839]

Loved the “Merlin’s Pants” reference, great writing guys

[@maverickcrow6252]

I wonder if the squid is actually a wizard with a blood curse, like Nagini

[@tifftargaryen490]

I'd not want that child

[@TheonlyteenagedKaren]

ooh that’d be weird

[@maverickcrow6252]

@@TheonlyteenagedKaren But it makes sense, J never explained how/why the squid would eat toast

[@stephencodekas3745]

Probably from a Japanese family

[@lucasbiermann257]

@@maverickcrow6252 i think when you become the animal you also inherit their flaws including being lactose intolerant like most animals are and most mammals are after they grow up.

[@JonasPahlberg]

11:50 Harry, Ron and Hermione accompanied by Neville approaching Hogwarts for the first time is a nice nod to how they together enter the castle for the last time in the Deathly Hallows, almost seven years later

[@kiaracamacho5751]

I like how the comment section ALSO has theories

[@creativename8502]

Everyone’s questioning how hagrid gets across if a giant squid only has ten tentacles, but he could easily control his boat himself.

[@gregoryfenn1462]

With what? He has no magic (that most of the world is allowed to know of) and the boats have no sails or oars.

[@milowood1728]

Gregory Fenn He probably brings oars with him

[@sweetcupcake5235]

@@gregoryfenn1462 Bruh he literally used magic to basically kidnap Harry from the house on the rock with the Dursleys.

[@gregoryfenn1462]

Misty Stone “best keep this secret harry” he said. He can’t just use his magic anywhere the writing wants it

[@sweetcupcake5235]

@@gregoryfenn1462 Maybe he rides on the squids' head

[@echothevelociraptor9694]

Another example of this is dodo’s being magical (diricawl) so this isn’t that unlikely it is magical like you said

[@TheEllys1000]

Or the boats could just be enchanted. Like almost everything else in and around the castle. Good video though!

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Yeah, I was gonna say this, too.

[@WillaPhilbyChagnon]

That's what I always thought.

[@NoMOOO_Jr]

I mean.. everyone thought the carriages were enchanted and pulled by themselves but they weren’t. Sooooo

[@TheEllys1000]

@@NoMOOO_Jr I understand where you are coming from but I think the most logical explanation for boats moving is not a giant squid in the lake conspiracy.

[@almondpotato9483]

I get it now. Twins = Double the dad jokes

[@allisonskitchen4420]

This video literally helped my team win a quiz tournament at school. The question was how many tentacles a giant squid has.

[@MelissaSeeReads]

"Ten tickles." I giggled. And I'm a twenty-nine year old woman. 🤣

[@bertoandon9681]

😂

[@azuregriffin1116]

Unrelated, but I like your name,

[@MelissaSeeReads]

@@azuregriffin1116 Thanks! :)

[@ToaCody1]

Better than the joke constantly passed off by one "MC Princess".

[@abbymartinez7269]

Plot twist: It’s actually Squidward

[@emmasampson8700]

But the real question is... where would it get a clarinet big enough?

[@BlindJedi]

Abby Martinez I don’t mean to be that guy, but he’s an octopus.

[@an8strengthkobold360]

Ultra realistic cgi squidward

[@blackfiredragon5629]

Blind Jedi yeah but maybe spongebob and Patrick cut of two of his legs

[@Steveofthejungle8]

Handsome squidward?

[@unknownfantasyalchemist]

9:20 could this have anything to do with the german myth of "Wasseradern" about magical underground water-gateways, wich spiritual-energy can travel throug?

[@joannalynn1547]

Which is what the Dermstrang boat travelled through to get to Hogwarts.

[@unknownfantasyalchemist]

@@joannalynn1547 Yes... I didn't think about that. Good call.

[@Al-ir6vb]

For those who are still hung up on there being only ten tentacles. Hagrid's boat is just riding on it's head.

[@boglenight1551]

Then how is it moving?

[@Al-ir6vb]

@@boglenight1551 ... Like all squids/octopi/cuttlefish? Jet propulsion. They intake water then expell it. Also it is most probably a magic squid so... I dunno...

[@gagevannuys1586]

I always wondered if the paintings of people knew everything and had all the same ideas and thoughts of the real people as they died and also what if a painting of someone is made before they died and if u have a painting that never gets destroyed does that mean you are immortal and if there is an after life does the real person remember everything that happens to the painting

[@connorkidd7536]

People with paintings of themselves have to talk to those paintings to basically teach them about themselves. So, I think that it is basically a separate life.

[@masha7377]

There's a bit on Pottermore about the paintings, how they gain consciousness etc. Still curious though if the painting has to be of a certain quality to be alive. And if the people who move inbetween portraits stay the same or if they adapt to the style of the portrait. About the secrets, I think it's some sort of a code of honour that the portraits and ghosts don't rat out the students. The fat lady would have to give nightly reports of students out of bed!!! And we know she doesn't do that. And the portraits in the Headmaster's office are sworn to assist the current HM whether or not they agree with him. EDIT: Oh, and how does the moving between their own portraits work? There must be hundreds of pictures of Merlin, the Hogwarts founders etc all over the world. Pretty stressful if they can be in only one at the time.

[@masha7377]

@ULGROTHA I think photographs function more like a gif and not like the portraits. For starters, they're mute and stay in the picture at all times. They reflect the mood of the person at the time when the picture was taken (Harry's parents laughing eternally at their wedding, Harry trying to pull away from Lockhart etc).

[@goji253]

@@masha7377 I guess the "only being in one painting at a time" thing probably only applies to exact copies of a painting. Probably even enchanted at the same time or created with a duplication charm.

[@marshiemellow3232]

Gage Van Nuys you wouldn't be immortal because the painting is only a copy, this means the memory of you would be but not you yourself

[@janini1232]

„That doesnt seem like the kind of thing parents would be happy about“ Well, that explains Hogwarts quite well id say.

[@wenderajade]

When you went through all the reasons why it's not like a normal giant squid, I thought the conclusion was going to be that it was an animagus

[@morrigankasa570]

I think it exists to perhaps defend the magical connection in the lake, but just agrees to propel the boats forward.

[@gusringo4638]

Another (I think more likely) explanation is that the lake actually connects to the ocean just through an underground cave. This would mean the lake is actually a saltwater lake meaning the squid can survive there and that it provides a way for the squid to end up in the lake in the first place.

[@thogthemighty7960]

But what about the pressure? It is still far too shallow to support the weight distribution of a giant squid.

[@xGINGERxBREADx]

@@thogthemighty7960 Maybe if the squid came in as a baby, it adapted to the lake as it grew.

[@War5aw]

Why is there a squid in the lake? So that Harry Potter fans can write weird fanfiction duh!

[@callmejeffrey4999]

Bryce King nsfw

[@DemBigOlEyes]

tentacle hentai exists everywhere, even in Potterverse.

[@nognit]

Bryce King Rowling looking out for fam.

[@MerkhVision]

Only the Japanese fans would write that type of fanfic haha

[@DemBigOlEyes]

@@MerkhVision I'm not Japanese and I would TOTALLY write one as well.

[@FionaApplewright]

Please keep saying "you gotta be squiding me"

[@althealligator1467]

squidding*

[@abnormallynormal8823]

I’m just happy the chart showing animals at different depths says “Animals not to scale” on it, because can you imagine an Angler Fish that’s the size of a giant squids cone??

[@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg]

Before I listen to the theory: I always figured Hagrid got it as an egg like almost everything else around the school. lol Either that or the Kraken in HP works like D&D where it can be in ANY body if water.

[@cryptidliam8452]

Roy Kay it’s not the kraken though

[@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg]

@@cryptidliam8452 Nothing besides you says to the contrary. Just checked Pottermore, and it just say Giant Squid, which is what the Kraken mythos is based off of. So who's to say that this squid ISN'T the Kraken of myth?

[@goji253]

@@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg Because the Kraken of myth is a monstrously big creature often described as the size of an island in nordic mythology where it originated (though seen as even bigger other stories) which was capable of pulling down entire ships on its own. It's also said to be in the ocean, not a random lake in Scottland. And moving such a creature seems rather difficult. The only logical thing perhaps would be that, in the world of Harry Potter, giants squids LIKE the one in the lake are the cause of the Kraken myth. But the Kraken itself is presumably a unique creature. One Kraken, not multiple specimens. Yes, it is never said the squid isn't the Kraken, but all logical thought leads to the conclusion that it clearly isn't the Kraken.

[@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg]

@@goji253 Presumably being your operative word there, especially in a world where solitary mythic creatures roam in packs. Doubly so since I used the D&D version of Kraken, as the Mythos doesn't give the Kraken to exist in a cup of water..

[@goji253]

@@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg Which normally singular mythical creature roams in packs in the HP universe? Can't really think of one on the top of my head but I may just be missing something. Also, the DnD version is not really of any particular importance here considering that, if anything, the muggle myth would relate to the in-universe creature, not the version the inventors of a tabletop game came up with.

[@kaitlynnelson2139]

J making the "ten-tickles" joke has the same energy as the husky meme that makes the same joke and if that's not saying something about this man than idk what is

[@alexandraluster284]

The portal in the lake idea is also what Diana Gabaldon says is how the Loch ness Monster appears in Loch Ness: Time portal under the lake that leads to the prehistoric era. So basically, time traveling dinosaur!

[@cartervolker5160]

I agree, but this also sounds like the “Loch” Ness Monster type thing

[@joshdavis6556]

Loch Ness Kelpie to be specific. Ever since reading "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" as a kid, I've always assumed that the Giant Squid in the lake was just a kelpie.

[@cartervolker5160]

Good thinking

[@brendenlovette689]

Josh Davis in Scottish folklore a kelpie is a shapeshifting water demon that lured kids to there death

[@joshdavis6556]

@@brendenlovette689 exactly...which is why my theory about the giant squid fits

[@cartervolker5160]

Brenden Lovette yeh that make sense because that’s why people see him differently

[@joannamiller7162]

I like the theory, but if all the squids tentacles are pulling the boats, than how does it swim. And how was able to catch Collins brother?

[@kargas20]

Squids swim by drawing in water to their heads and "squeezing" it out through a smaller hole, creating something like a jet. They don't propell themselves useing the "arms".

[@joannamiller7162]

Sowwwry I idiot

[@Stingray-hx9xw]

“The fish would drown” My favorite quote ever

[@dianaoflesbos6197]

Personally, I like the headcannon that Newt/Hagrid brought it

[@brennan8930]

1:42 If you haven't already, please oh please make "Also also actually actually" into a shirt (Idk if you already have tho)

[@therbp750]

1:58 - 2:15 J just having a quick convo with himself

[@Azkadaz]

I just figured the beast was a kelpie whose favorite form was a giant squid

[@robthekoopa]

Totally read the title as “Giant SQUIB”...

[@karinakunde7772]

😂 it's just one letter. Thought that the magic squid was used for something like an antidote for squibness

[@amypattie7004]

That’s how you know your mind is more wired to see wizard words than muggle ones.

[@david2869]

No, those are the non-magical ones that live in the ocean.

[@thomaslitt5489]

He’s talking about how a squid isn’t magical but this one can live in fresh water and different presser than a muggle squid

[@emmaleighnorton1515]

Last time I was this early I accidentally went to my seventh class period when I was supposed to be in first

[@arandomuser9459]

Emmaleigh Norton So I’m not the only one who’s done that?

[@taylorhagen3916]

Lol, I do that too

[@tokyodeathghoul2313]

10 boats for students 1 for hagrid. "Shouted hagrid who had a boat to himself."

[@suleymanarslan7186]

PierceTheChemicalBlackVeilBrides yeah but we already established hagrid can make his own boat go forwards when he first met harry, the only seeming problem would be whether he can make 11 go at the same time..

[@michaelbaptist7694]

@@suleymanarslan7186 good answer. I was stumped.

[@triixstiir]

5:45 all of these are the things that make this particular squid MAGICAL 🤌

[@shaggy1881]

What if the squid is a Maledictis like Nagini and it consumes gillyweed to stay underwater? Dumbledore, recognizing it as such, gave it a purpose at Hogwarts.

[@Sizdothyx]

The Giant Squid being a descendant of Godric Gryffindor?