Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wysteria – Sergeant Harvey

Sergeant Harvey – Harvey, the 1950 film starring James Stewart
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Sergeant_Harvey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(1950_film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546

Sergeant Harvey

Sergeant Harvey. teamed with Lieutenant Roger is the other guard at the gate to Tanglewood Way.

Harvey is a 1950 American comedy-drama film based on Mary Chase’s 1944 play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. The story centers on a man whose best friend is a pooka named Harvey, a 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) tall white invisible rabbit, and the ensuing debacle when the man’s sister tries to have him committed to a sanatorium.

Elwood P. Dowd (Stewart) is an amiable but eccentric man whose best friend is an invisible, 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in-tall (1.92 m) white rabbit named Harvey. As described by Elwood, Harvey is a pooka, a benign but mischievous creature from Celtic mythology. Elwood spends most of his time taking Harvey around town, drinking at various bars and introducing Harvey to almost every person he meets, much to the puzzlement of strangers, though Elwood’s friends have accepted Harvey’s (supposed) existence. His older sister Veta and his niece Myrtle Mae live with him in his large estate, but have become social outcasts along with Elwood due to his obsession with Harvey.

James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey (1950)
Harvey (1950) Movie Poster

The current list of all the (known) Wysteria references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

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Harvey movie still and Harvey movie poster (c) 1950 Universal Pictures

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