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Part 2: Several past / present & future references & easter eggs connecting to J.K. Rowling's fantasy series Harry Potter may be seen in 2002 action adventure video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The game's plot is a kind of dark comedic parody of TV & movies set in the American city of Miami, Florida in the 1980's.

There are 2 major Harry Potter references in the opening of the game:
- A voice comes over the radio of the first car the player happens to get in and announces a severe weather bulletin regarding the approach of tropical cyclone Hurricane Hermine. I thought this may be a reference to Emma Watson's character Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter fantasy films based on the books by J.K. Rowling.
- After the opening deal goes bad, Tommy drops Ken Rosenberg off at his offices located in the Hotel HARRIson building. I thought the title may be a nod to the series title character.
- Given the obvious nature of the Harry Potter hints dropped in the game I thought there may be a chance that a GTA actor may have appeared in a future Harry Potter film or vice versa. This is true: Timothy Spall played Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) in 5 HP movies from 2004's The Prisoner Of Azkaban (movie 3). Spall voiced talent agent Barry Mickelthwaite in 2006 prequel game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
- I did a previous video where I mentioned a possible easter egg involving Seinfeld actor Wayne Knight & Kung Fu Panda. It turns out another major Harry Potter actor, Gary Oldman had a role in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) as Lord Shen and albino peacock warlord.
- Actress Fairuza Balk voices Mercedes in Vice City and she was in made for TV movie in 1986, The Worst Witch, that has a very similar premise to the Harry Potter books & movies. Tim Curry & Diana Rigg also starred in this.
Curry never appeared in but was reportedly considered to play a character in the Potter films & Diana Rigg appeared in a 2007 episode (S2.E3) of the Ricky Gervais comedy show Extras alongside Daniel Radcliffe.
- 20 years following the release of Vice City Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe portrayed comedian / musician Weird Al Yankovic in the 2022 biographical film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

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00:00We're talking about knowledge of the future in movies, YouTube channel, Easter Egg Psychic.
00:06Alright, part two.
00:07In this video, I'll list further Easter eggs to Harry Potter and GTA Vice City.
00:13The 2002 action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto Vice City, one of the best-selling games of all time.
00:22It featured a voice cast including Ray Liotta as Tommy Versetti, William Fitchner, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzman, Philip Michael Thomas, Robert Davi, Danny Trejo, Gary Busey, Lee Majors, and Faruza Balk.
00:42The world of Vice City is like a dark comedy parody of popular movies and TV series set in the American city of Miami, Florida.
00:54Now, there are two huge Easter eggs at the very opening of the game.
00:59The first one I had mentioned in another video, this is Hurricane Hermione.
01:04In the second, which I'll show here, check out the signage on the office of Tommy Versetti's attorney, Ken Rosenberg.
01:15It reads, Hotel Harrison.
01:18I found that oftentimes Easter eggs to other works may appear in the form of enneagrams or word plays.
01:25Now, I thought this may be a major tip-off of some possible cast member collaboration that may lay in the future.
01:35Either Harry Potter actors voicing Grand Theft Auto characters or GTA voice actors appearing in a future Harry Potter film.
01:46And it turns out this was the case after Timothy Spall, who played Peter Pettigrew, Wormtail, in five Harry Potter movies from 2004's The Prisoner of Azkaban,
02:00voiced a character in the Vice City prequel game Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories in 2006.
02:09He voiced talent manager Barry Micklethwaite.
02:12Now, I did another recent video where I showed a possible future Easter egg to the Kung Fu Panda animation series.
02:21And this involved Seinfeld actor Wayne Knight.
02:25Now, it turns out that another major Harry Potter cast member, Gary Oldman, also voiced in Kung Fu Panda.
02:33And Oldman played Lord Shin, an albino peacock warlord, in Kung Fu Panda 2 in 2011.
02:43Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu were in this, along with cast additions Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride.
02:55Gary Oldman played Sirius Black in the Harry Potter film series.
03:00Actress Faruza Balk voices Mercedes in Vice City.
03:06And she was in an interesting made-for-television film, The Worst Witch, in 1986.
03:12This is based on the 1974 children's book written by author Jill Murphy.
03:19This cast included Diana Rigg, Tim Curry, and Charlotte Rae.
03:24Yeah, the premise of these two stories may be said to be somewhat similar.
03:31You have children attending a school of magic.
03:35Now, Tim Curry didn't act in a Harry Potter movie, but he was reportedly considered to play several characters, including Severus Snape.
03:44Diana Rigg acted in Ricky Gervais' TV comedy series, Extras.
03:50Daniel Radcliffe was also in this episode, Season 2, Number 3, which aired in 2007.
03:58My YouTube channel is Easter Egg Psychic.
04:00There I go back and look at movies and television from the past.
04:04I analyze these for possible references to future media.
04:07These may appear in the form of anecdotes, idioms, anagrams.
04:12Hidden in the subtext of the work in question, I also use an unconventional method where I look at the likenesses of the actors.
04:19And what I've found is you can take the likenesses, match these up to some of the anecdotal items,
04:27and show past, present, and future information about actors and other personalities
04:32that may resemble the personalities in the movie or television episode that you're watching.
04:37My email contact is easteregguy, that's G-U-Y, at yahoo.com
04:46Thanks for watching.
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