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Hail the Dark Lord Rowling.
  • note

Vague, but perhaps a reference to "Hail the Dark Lord Satan".

"Omake" is a non-canonical extra.
  • note

Omake literally means "extra" in Japanese. The term here is borrowed from Anime/Manga culture.

OMAKE FILES #1: 72 Hours to Victory
  • original

This passage points out how trivial the plot would be without the other changes made from the original series, besides Harry's upbringing as a rationalist. This serves as both a justification for how complicated the plot gets as well as a disparagement of the characters from the original series.

What options are available at my user level?

After that it didn't take long -

"ROOT!"

The implication is that the Sorting Hat is analagous to a computer system, and that Harry has hacked it, gaining root-level access (total control of the system).

"SLYTHERIN!"

Seeing the look of horror on Harry Potter's face, Fred Weasley thought
faster than he ever had in his life. In a single motion he whipped out
his wand, whispered "Silencio!" and then "Changemyvoiceio!" and
finally "Ventriliquo! "

"Just kidding!" said Fred Weasley. "GRYFFINDOR!"
  • spoiler
  • foreshadowing

Later on, Professor Quirrell's hypothesis for why the Hat said "Slytherin! Just kidding! Ravenclaw!" is that Dumbledore did exactly this, if more subtly, because he didn't like the hat's choice for the boy who lived (20/Hat's choice for the Boy-Who-Lived).

"Draco Malfoy is carrying your baby."
  • callback

A callback to Luna Lovegood's prophecy (7/BOY-WHO-LIVED GETS DRACO MALFOY PREGNANT).

Harry remembered Draco mentioning a 'House Elf'
  • backref

TODO: backref

"PANCAKES!"
  • reference

A reference to the International House of Pancakes, an American restaurant chain.

"REPRESENTATIVES!"
  • reference

A reference to the House of Representatives, an American legislative body.

"ATREIDES!"
  • reference

A reference to House Atreides from the Dune universe.

"KHAAANNNN!"

  • reference

  • link

A reference to the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, specifically a famous line delivered by William Shatner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54)