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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Al-jinn, an elder of a jinn clan, gives a magical Atlantean rod to Harry after he's struck with a [[AbsurdCuttingPower Cutting Curse]] by mercenaries.

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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Al-jinn, an elder of a jinn clan, gives a magical Atlantean rod to Harry after he's struck with a [[AbsurdCuttingPower Cutting Curse]] by mercenaries. It was a SecretTestOfCharacter.
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* LightAndSofter: Very much so.

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* LightAndSofter: LighterAndSofter: Very much so.



* Precursors: Altanteans, which most evidence points as being the creators of most magical creatures in the Potterverse. They were magically advanced for their time, using magic for MundaneUtility while also at the same time lacking a MagicWand which speed up the spellcasting process.

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* Precursors: {{Precursors}}: Altanteans, which most evidence points as being the creators of most magical creatures in the Potterverse. They were magically advanced for their time, using magic for MundaneUtility while also at the same time lacking a MagicWand which speed up the spellcasting process.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Hermione makes a Deal- with capital d- with a Jinn princess, Tahira.



* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Al-jinn, an elder of a jinn clan, gives a magical Atlantean rod to Harry after he's struck with a [[AbsurdCuttingPower Cutting Curse]] by mercenaries.



** The number of casualities in 9/11 are far lower due to the anti-muggle spells on the top floors held by a wizarding companies. The people in the airplanes still die, though.

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** The number of casualities in 9/11 are far lower due to the anti-muggle spells on the top floors of the Twin Towers held by a wizarding companies. The people in the airplanes still die, though.though.
* MacGuffin: Atlantean artifacts, as they're the key to finding the lost continent.
* MagicWand: A great focus is given to the fact that wands were a StoryBreakerPower which resulted wizards to develop a jump in power level, as they now could cast dozens of spells at a time, instead of doing a lengthy, complex ritual.



* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Beyond the canon species, there's also Sand Drakes which were used to protect Egyptian tombs.
* OurLichesAreDifferent: Horcruxes have their origins in Egyptian magic and a nameless necromancer was buried alive until Petunia and Bill found him and set him on fire.

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* OurMonstersAreDifferent: The Author loves to spice up the already crowded Potterverse.
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OurDragonsAreDifferent: Beyond the canon species, there's also Sand Drakes which were used to protect Egyptian tombs.
* ** OurGeniesAreDifferent: They're called Jinn, have the power of PlayingWithFire, {{Flight}} and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld immortality]]. They don't have MakeAWish powers but accept [[DealWithTheDevil Deals]].
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OurLichesAreDifferent: Horcruxes have their origins in Egyptian magic and a nameless necromancer was buried alive until Petunia and Bill found him and set him on fire.fire. And of course, Voldemort also counts.
* Precursors: Altanteans, which most evidence points as being the creators of most magical creatures in the Potterverse. They were magically advanced for their time, using magic for MundaneUtility while also at the same time lacking a MagicWand which speed up the spellcasting process.
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** Adverted with the sequel, which focus on [[PowerTrio Hermione, Harry and Ron]].
* LightAndSofter: Very much so.
** Voldemort and the Death Eaters never take over the Ministry, saving the lives of countless muggleborns.
** The number of casualities amongst the heroes are bordering zero, a notable DeathByAdaptation being Kingsley.
** The number of casualities in 9/11 are far lower due to the anti-muggle spells on the top floors held by a wizarding companies. The people in the airplanes still die, though.

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* {{Atlantis}}: It apparently existed in this fic. Harry, Hermione and Ron go investigate what they believed is a ruined Atlantean outpost in the Amazon Forest.

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* {{Atlantis}}: It apparently existed in this fic. Harry, Hermione and Ron go investigate what they believed is a ruined Atlantean outpost in the Amazon Forest. In the sequel the PowerTrio, with the aid of a JunglePrincess, travel the New World in search of it.


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* [[HiddenElfVillage Hidden Atlantean Village]]: Harry and his friends find a long abandoned Atlantean village hidden inside a magically created cave [[ShapedLikeItself inside a cave]], which seem to be a failed Atlantean experiment at agriculture, in Jamaica.


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* NubileSavage: Ari, an indigenous witch from the Amazon Forest, who is also a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werejaguar]] and Ron's very BloodKnight girlfriend.
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* DressedToPlunder: Wizards and witches in the Caribbean, due that magical pirates thrived with the implementation of TheMasquerade due the collapse of wizarding colonialism in the New World.


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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The implementation of TheMasquerade ended Wizarding colonialism, as the newly created magical countries no longer had the resources of muggles, and thus incapable of maintaing control over the New World colonies.


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* TheMasquerade: The fic focuses on the impact of this trope in the New World, especially regarding EvilColonialist tendencies of European wizards.


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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Magical Jamaica rebelled against Magical Britain in 1752 while the latter was dealing with a goblin rebellion. The British Ministry attempted to retake the island and would only give up in 1827 when it acknowledged the island's independence.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Laura Croft. Her badassery and penchant for guns goes to Petunia while her aristocratic background goes to OCStandIn Lena Kraft.


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* OCStandIn: Lena Kraft, a rival of Petunia. She's gained Laura Croft's aristocratic background, though not her penchant for guns due to the Wizarding World's FantasyGunControl.

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* AdventurerArcheologist: Petunia. Harry, Ron and Hermione follow into her footsteps.

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* AdventurerArcheologist: AdventurerArchaeologist: Petunia. Harry, Ron and Hermione follow into her footsteps.


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* BloodKnight: Ari, Ron's girlfriend. Her answer to people betraying the group is to simply kill them.
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** Also the canon books, as Hermione once took Harry to the London reptile house where he released a cobra constrictor that he planned to take with him to Brazil.
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* AdventurerArcheologist: Petunia. Harry, Ron and Hermione follow into her footsteps.


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* ChasedByAngryNatives: In ''Secret of Atlantis'', the PowerTrio find themselves under the attack from a tribe of over a hundred wizards and witches.
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* DurableDeathtrap: Used commonly, but they are created by [[AWizardDidIt magical means]].

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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Australia's Aboriginal wizards, and the Amazon native wizards, the latter ones because of EvilColonist types trying to find Atlantis.

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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Australia's Aboriginal wizards, and the Amazon native wizards, the wizards. The latter ones turns out to be innacurate, only because other wizards are InnocentlyInsensitive and unknowinly violate one of EvilColonist types trying to find Atlantis.the tribe's taboos


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* TheCharmer: Ron, bordering on TheCasanova though he's still a NiceGuy.

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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Australia's Aboriginal wizards, and the Amazon native wizards to a lesser extent.

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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Australia's Aboriginal wizards, and the Amazon native wizards wizards, the latter ones because of EvilColonist types trying to a lesser extent.find Atlantis.


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* EvilColonialist: The reason why Amazonian wizards are so hostile to foreingers is because of the many attempts to conquer the Amazon forest trying to find Atlantis.

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A sequel entitled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13111277/1/ Harry Potter and the Secret of Atlantis]]''

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A sequel entitled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13111277/1/ Harry Potter and the Secret of Atlantis]]''
Atlantis]]'' has been uploaded.


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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Australia's Aboriginal wizards, and the Amazon native wizards to a lesser extent.


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* {{Atlantis}}: It apparently existed in this fic. Harry, Hermione and Ron go investigate what they believed is a ruined Atlantean outpost in the Amazon Forest.


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* GenerationXerox: Harry decides to go into Curse-breaking.
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A sequel entitled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13111277/1/ Harry Potter and the Secret of Atlantis]]''

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* AdaptationalBadass: Squibs, who here are able to percieve magic and are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Squibs, who here are able to percieve perceive magic and are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms.



*AdaptationalSexuality: Luna and Ginny are gay (or at least bisexual) in this universe and they eventually end up as a couple.



** Voldemort allows two other Horcruxes to come to life as younger versions of him, which contradicts his character as established in the books and [[LampshadeHanging as Dumledore remembers him]].

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** Voldemort allows two other Horcruxes to come to life as younger versions of him, which contradicts his character as established in the books and [[LampshadeHanging as Dumledore Dumbledore remembers him]].him]].
** Due to knowing Harry from early childhood Ginny does not suffer from her canon shyness in the early years around the boy who lived. There is also no sign of her having any attraction to him at all and instead she and Luna hook up around the fifth year (invoking IncompatibleOrientation).
** Having discovered a passion for Tomb Raiding and adventure in general very early on Ron is alot more confident than his canon self and seems to have no fears of being overshadowed by his bigger brothers.



* [[invoked]]CrackShip: Ginny and Luna. Bill can't say if his sister is serious or just screwing up with him.

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* [[invoked]]CrackShip: Ginny and Luna. Bill can't say if his sister is serious or just screwing up with him. Largely averted later on as by the time of the Epilogue they are still together and adventuring as Wizarding naturalists. There are also some very heavy hints they are attracted to each other scattered throughout the earlier chapters.



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: All Blacks shared this attitude, fueled with inexplicable ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount. Surius uses it for good, casually solving every problem money can solve. And causing some angst for Petunia.

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: All Blacks shared this attitude, fueled with inexplicable ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount. Surius Sirius uses it for good, casually solving every problem money can solve. And causing some angst for Petunia.

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** Fleur Delacour can transform into a monstrous veela form, fly and throw fireballs.

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** Fleur Delacour can transform into a monstrous veela form, which allows to fly and throw fireballs.fireballs.
** Nymphadora Tonks is said to be able to take the form of any person and maintain it as long as necessary.



** Voldemort cursed The Room of Requirement and filled it with hexes, traps and monsters.



** Voldemort hid his Horcruxes in different places. All of Dumbledore's hypotheses proved wrong.
** Also, Voldemort liked Egypt, following ''Tomb Raider'' theme.
** Voldemort hid Room of Requirement and filled it with hexes, traps and monsters. It was going to hold one of Horcruxes.
** Voldemort allows two other Horcruxes to come to life as younger versions of him, which contradicts his character as established in the books and [[LampshadeHanging as Dumledore remembers him]].



* BiggerOnTheInside: Trapdoors opening into Extension Charms. Allow placing a trap on any floor or wall. Petunia had dealt with quite a few.
* CoolCar: Beyond his Ford Anglia, Arthur Weasley also enchants a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Rover_(P38A) Range Rover]] to be an invisible FlyingCar that's water and sound proof and BiggerOnTheSide which he gifts to Petunia and Sirius.

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* BiggerOnTheInside: BiggerOnTheInside:
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Trapdoors opening into Extension Charms. Allow placing a trap on any floor or wall. Petunia had dealt with quite a few.
** Sirius'es new car has several rooms inside.
* BloodMagic: A wizard's blood is more powerful than a squib's. Still, Petunia pouring her blood onto a pre-made pattern proves enough to hold Voldemort several hours.
* CoolCar: Beyond his Ford Anglia, Arthur Weasley also enchants a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Rover_(P38A) Range Rover]] to be an invisible FlyingCar that's water and sound proof and BiggerOnTheSide BiggerOnTheInside which he gifts to Petunia and Sirius.Sirius. Later they add a machine gun too.



* DeathByAdaptation:
** Several Death Eaters were killed during the quidditch World Cup. Including Lucius Malfoy. Possibly because Petunia and Sirius were there.
** On the other side, several Order members died trying to ambush Voldemort. This includes Kingsley Shacklebolt, who becomes the Minister of Magic in the original novels.



* GilliganCut: Fairly dramatic for such a humorous story. Petunia discusses how wizards turned her house into a trap for enemies that may enter it searching for Harry. She expresses hope that maybe they'd just ignore it. Because she doesn't want to lose the home where she and then Harry grew up, even if that kills a few more Death Eaters. In the next paragraph she's standing by the ashes of her house. A wizard burned it without entering.



* {{Magitek}}: Mentioned in passing. Petunia advises Arthur Weasley about Muggle devices when he enchants them or creates magic equivalents.

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* {{Magitek}}: Mentioned in passing. Petunia advises Arthur Weasley about Muggle devices when he enchants them or creates magic equivalents. Later he enchants Claymore mines and bouncing mines.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Plenty.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Plenty.All protagonists and a few less pleasant characters.



** Sirius Black got a fair retrial during year 3 and doesn't have to hide.
** Cedric Diggory did not participate in the tournament and Voldemort was resurrected in Egypt rather than Britain. In other words, he lived.
** Barty Crouch Jr. is still at large and nobody knows that he escaped.
** Year 5 ended with Sirius Black still alive.

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** Sirius Black got a fair retrial during year 3 and doesn't didn't have to hide.
** Cedric Diggory did not participate in the tournament and Voldemort was resurrected in Egypt rather than Britain. In other words, he lived.
** Barty Crouch Jr. is still at large and nobody knows that he escaped.
** Year 5 ended with Sirius Black still alive.
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** On the other hand, Peter Pettigrew went to prison after Black's retrial. And several Death Eaters were killed during the quidditch World Cup. Including Lucius Malfoy.

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** Cedric Diggory lived. He did not participate in the tournament (Harry was the only one) and Voldemort was resurrected in Egypt rather than Britain.
** Barty Crouch Jr. was still at large and nobody knew that he escaped by the end of year 4.
** Year 5 ended with Sirius Black still alive. There was no ambush in Department of Mysteries.
** Dumbledore lived. With Lucius Malfoy dead, Draco stopped participating in Death Eater activities. There was no attack on Hogwarts in year 6. And it were professional curse-breakers that went after Horcruxes.
** Hedwig and Moody lived. Every attempt to ambush Harry was an Order's clever trap, and usually Order suffered no losses.
** One of Weasley twins was severely injured when Death Eaters attacked The Burrow, but ultimately both survived.
** Same attack revealed Snape as Dumbledore's agent and he had to flee. He had no chance to duel Voldemort.
** Elder wand is never mentioned. As far as everybody knows, Voldemort never tried to obtain it and Gellert Grindelwald is likely to have been spared.
** There was no Battle for Hogwarts and no piles of bodies.
** On the other hand, Peter Pettigrew went to prison after Black's retrial. And several Death Eaters were killed during the quidditch World Cup. Including Lucius Malfoy.See also DeathByAdaptation above.
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* CoolCar: Beyond his Ford Anglia, Arthur Weasley also enchants a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Rover_(P38A) Range Rover]] to be an invisible FlyingCar that's water and sound proof and BiggerOnTheSide which he gifts to Petunia and Sirius.
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* OrwellianEditor: When TheMasquerade was implemented, all historical records pointing towards magic were concealed as well, something that Petunia - as an archaeologist- finds personally insulting.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13052802/1/ Petunia Evans, Tomb Raider]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2548648/Starfox5 Starfox5]] (who is also the author of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheLadyThief'', ''Fanfic/DividedAndEntwined'' and ''Fanfic/TheDarkLordNeverDied'') is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{Fanfic}} in which Petunia Evans decides to become an archeologist and later aid Gringotts curse-breakers in [[TitleDrop raiding tombs]] while also raising her impressionable nephew.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13052802/1/ Petunia Evans, Tomb Raider]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2548648/Starfox5 Starfox5]] (who is also the author of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheLadyThief'', ''Fanfic/DividedAndEntwined'' and ''Fanfic/TheDarkLordNeverDied'') is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{Fanfic}} in which Petunia Evans decides to become an archeologist and later aid Gringotts curse-breakers in [[TitleDrop raiding tombs]] while also raising her impressionable nephew.
troublemaking nephew.

The fic is fairly short and fast-paced, one 7000-word chapter per year of the original novels.



** Fleur Delacour can transform into a monstrous veela form, fly and throw fireballs.



* AlternateUniverse: In an [[FootnoteFever Author's note]], the author says the fic is set in one with a lot of changes, as certain events in the past (such as the [[CainAndAbel hatred between Petunia and Lily]])and Petunia marrying Vernon did not occur, and the AdaptationalBadass to squibs.

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** Gilderoy Lockhart at least knows more than a single spell and proved somewhat capable fighter against the basilisk. He did steal credit for Petunia's work once and did cheat on her, but didn't Obliviate her. It is never mentioned if he Obliviated other people.
* AlternateUniverse: In an [[FootnoteFever Author's note]], the author says the fic is set in one with a lot of changes, as certain events in the past (such as the changes:
** Squibs have [[AdaptationalBadass somewhat higher magic ability]] than muggles, they are more magic-resistant, for one. Petunia is a squib, not a muggle.
** There was no
[[CainAndAbel hatred between Petunia and Lily]])and Lily]].
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Petunia marrying Vernon did not occur, didn't marry Vernon, but was a lover of a fellow Gringotts employee Gilderoy Lockhart. Until he cheated on her with a veela. And then published a fictionalized account of their work taking all the credit for himself and the AdaptationalBadass portraying Petunia as his plucky squib sidekick.
** Petunia and Harry became close friends with Weasleys and Lovegoods long before Harry received a Hogwarts invitation.
** Voldemort cursed The Room of Requirement and filled it with hexes, traps and monsters.
** Insane Walburga Black filled Blacks' house with traps and monsters. Sirius had
to squibs.hire Bill and Petunia to make it safe.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Sandwalkers -- dog-sized man-eating beetles of Sahara.
* BiggerOnTheInside: Trapdoors opening into Extension Charms. Allow placing a trap on any floor or wall. Petunia had dealt with quite a few.



* CondescendingCompassion: From Petunia's view, the Weasleys pro-muggle views are this.

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* CondescendingCompassion: From Petunia's view, the Weasleys pro-muggle views are this. She's rather insecure, expecting similar attitude from every mage that treats her well. (Which are few.) Those fears diminish as mages start showing more respect after her fight with the basilisk.
* [[invoked]]CrackShip: Ginny and Luna. Bill can't say if his sister is serious or just screwing up with him.



* [[invoked]]{{Defictionalization}}: In-universe. Everybody thought Carpet Crocodiles were made up by ''Quibbler'' until Petunia and Bill killed one in Blacks' house. It may have been a spell created by Walburga Black to imitate the monster from ''Quibbler'' article. Nobody knows.



* KillItWithFire: Petunia destroys an undead mummy with a molotov cocktail.
* LowerDeckEpisode: The whole fic is this as it focuses on Petunia.
* TheMatchmaker: Molly Weasley is trying to do this for her son Bill and Petunia. Petunia is not interested, especially as Bill is eleven years younger than her.
* MugglesDoItBetter: Petunia skills with muggle weaponry make her an asset to Gringotts' Curse-Breakers.

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* HappilyAdopted: Harry by Petunia.
* KillItWithFire: Petunia destroys an undead mummy with a molotov cocktail.
cocktail. Later she blinds basilisk with phosphorus grenades.
* LowerDeckEpisode: The whole fic is this as it focuses on Petunia.
Petunia and she mainly interacts with adults: Bill, Dumbledore, Remus, Sirius.
* TheMatchmaker: {{Magitek}}: Mentioned in passing. Petunia advises Arthur Weasley about Muggle devices when he enchants them or creates magic equivalents.
* MalevolentArchitecture[=/=]EverythingTryingToKillYou: Ancient Egyptian tombs of priests and wizards. Blacks' house, thanks to late Mrs Black.
* TheMatchmaker:
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Molly Weasley is trying to do this for her son Bill and Petunia. Petunia is not interested, especially as Bill is eleven years younger than her.
** Later Harry tries to bring her closer with Sirius. Petunia sees that as Sirius'es ploy to visit Harry more often. She promises to stop objecting to his visits and gifts, but Sirius proposes to her anyway.
* MuggleBornOfMages: One of the reasons Petunia declines advances of wizards -- she doesn't want her children to depend on the father too much. Sirius insists mage-squib pairs usually produce mages.
* MugglesDoItBetter: Petunia Petunia's skills with muggle weaponry make her an asset to Gringotts' Curse-Breakers.Curse-Breakers. Although she employs Bill's magic to replenish ammo. And uses potions and magic grenades.



* OurLichesAreDifferent: Horcruxes have their origins in Egyptian magic and a nameless necromancer was buried alive until Petunia and Bill find and set him on fire.

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* OurLichesAreDifferent: Horcruxes have their origins in Egyptian magic and a nameless necromancer was buried alive until Petunia and Bill find found him and set him on fire.fire.
* RagnarokProof: Stone blocks that hold anti-intrusion charms are magically protected from eroding. This makes them stand out.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: All Blacks shared this attitude, fueled with inexplicable ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount. Surius uses it for good, casually solving every problem money can solve. And causing some angst for Petunia.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Plenty.
** Gilderoy Lockhart wasn't Obliviated and is still at large.
** Ginny Weasley wasn't involved with the cursed diary. Instead it was a background Slytherin. He lived.
** Sirius Black got a fair retrial during year 3 and doesn't have to hide.
** Cedric Diggory did not participate in the tournament and Voldemort was resurrected in Egypt rather than Britain. In other words, he lived.
** Barty Crouch Jr. is still at large and nobody knows that he escaped.
** Year 5 ended with Sirius Black still alive.
** It is speculated that after Quirrelmort spent a year teaching Defence Against Dark Arts Voldemort's curse got lifted. At least, Remus Lupin had no problems teaching several years straight.
** On the other hand, Peter Pettigrew went to prison after Black's retrial. And several Death Eaters were killed during the quidditch World Cup. Including Lucius Malfoy.



* StuffBlowingUp: Petunia uses a rocket launcher against a Sand Drake.

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* StuffBlowingUp: Petunia uses a rocket launcher bought an RPG to use against a Sand Drake.Drake and later uses it at every opportunity. Gringotts even managed to get her a carry permit for this weapon.
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* LowerDeckEpisode: The whole fic is this as it focuses on Petunia.



* OurLichesAreDifferent: Horcruxes have their origins in Egyptian magic and a nameless necromancer was buried alive until Petunia and Bill find and set him on fire.



* StuffBlowingUp: Petunia uses a rocket launcher against a Sand Drake.

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* StuffBlowingUp: Petunia uses a rocket launcher against a Sand Drake.Drake.
* {{Unperson}}: The Ancient Egyptians loved to do this to wizards who dabbled in BlackMagic or to increase the legitimacy of a new Pharaoh.
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* EvilIsPetty: Sirius' great-great-uncle once bought all owls in Diagon Alley because a school rival said he was planning to buy one. He also tried to teach the owls to carry cursed letters to his enemies and it took five years for the owl population to recover from that.
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* GraveRobbing: Gringotts' Curse-Breakers, though they prefer to be called tomb raiders.
* KillItWithFire: Petunia destroys an undead mummy with a molotov cocktail.


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* {{Mummy}}: Petunia and Bill have to torch an undead one during one of their expeditions.


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* ShoutOut: To the ''Film/TheMummy1999'', when Petunia and Bill meet the undead mummy of a nameless necromancer.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Petunia who, while still retaining a nasty streak, is a loving ParentalSubstitute for Harry.
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* {{Squee}}: Hermione's reaction when she meets Petunia, a famous archeologist in the muggle world, for the first time.
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* TheMatchmaker: Molly Weasley is trying to do this for her son Bill and Petunia. Petunia is not interested, especially as Bill is eleven years younger than her.
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* CondescendingCompassion: From Petunia's view, the Weasleys pro-muggle views are this.
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* NoSell: Squibs are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms.

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* NoSell: Squibs are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms.charms.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Beyond the canon species, there's also Sand Drakes which were used to protect Egyptian tombs.
* StuffBlowingUp: Petunia uses a rocket launcher against a Sand Drake.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13052802/1/ Petunia Evans, Tomb Raider]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5339762/ White Squirrel]] (who is also the author of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheLadyThief'', ''Fanfic/DividedAndEntwined'' and ''Fanfic/TheDarkLordNeverDied'') is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{Fanfic}} in which Petunia Evans decides to become an archeologist and later aid Gringotts curse-breakers in [[TitleDrop raiding tombs]] while also raising her impressionable nephew.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13052802/1/ Petunia Evans, Tomb Raider]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5339762/ White Squirrel]] net/u/2548648/Starfox5 Starfox5]] (who is also the author of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheLadyThief'', ''Fanfic/DividedAndEntwined'' and ''Fanfic/TheDarkLordNeverDied'') is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{Fanfic}} in which Petunia Evans decides to become an archeologist and later aid Gringotts curse-breakers in [[TitleDrop raiding tombs]] while also raising her impressionable nephew.



* AdaptationalBadass: Squibs, who here are able to percieve magic and are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms. And of course Petunia.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Squibs, who here are able to percieve magic and are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms. And charms.
** Petunia, due to being fused with Laura Croft.
* AlternateUniverse: In an [[FootnoteFever Author's note]], the author says the fic is set in one with a lot
of course Petunia.changes, as certain events in the past (such as the [[CainAndAbel hatred between Petunia and Lily]])and Petunia marrying Vernon did not occur, and the AdaptationalBadass to squibs.


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* MugglesDoItBetter: Petunia skills with muggle weaponry make her an asset to Gringotts' Curse-Breakers.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13052802/1/ Petunia Evans, Tomb Raider]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5339762/ White Squirrel]] (who is also the author of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheLadyThief'', ''Fanfic/DividedAndEntwined'' and ''Fanfic/TheDarkLordNeverDied'') is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{Fanfic}} in which Petunia Evans decides to become an archeologist and later aid Gringotts curse-breakers in [[TitleDrop raiding tombs]] while also raising her impressionable nephew.

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!!This Work Has Examples Of The Following Tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: Squibs, who here are able to percieve magic and are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms. And of course Petunia.
* CompositeCharacter: Petunia and Laura Croft are fused.
* {{Crossover}}: Between ''Harry Potter'' and ''Franchise/TombRaider''
* NoSell: Squibs are unaffected by muggle-repealing charms.

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