Magical creatures in Harry Potter Granger's pet cat. Crookshanks was purchased by Hermione in a shop called Magical Menagerie in the third Harry Potter book; Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Crookshanks resembles a Persian Cat, and Rowling has described him as half-Kneazle, an intelligent cat-like creature sensitive to dishonesty, explaining his identification of the rat 'Scabbers' as Peter Pettigrew, and of Sirius Black in his dog form. Crookshanks is seen in Prisoner of Azkaban talking to Padfoot in the school grounds. Crookshanks was portrayed by a cat called Crackerjack. Dobby is a "house-elf" in the Harry Potter series. He was once owned by
Magical creatures in Harry Potter the Chamber of Secrets" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1". In the Comic Relief spoof, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan", he is played by Basil Brush. IGN put Dobby as their 24th top "Harry Potter" character, with his death described as "one of the most touching moments in the series." In NextMovie.com's "Harry Potter" Mega Poll, Dobby was voted the No. 1 favourite magical creature in the series. Fawkes is Albus Dumbledore's pet phoenix, a mythological bird which cyclically bursts into flame upon its death and is then reborn from the ashes. Phoenix