Does Newt show up in Harry Potter?

You'd have to have the lamp-like eyes of Filch's cat Mrs Norris to spot this one: Newt Scamander actually appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and not just as a name on a textbook.
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Does Newt Scamander get mentioned in Harry Potter?

Newt Scamander is referenced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the author of a textbook.
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What happens to Newt in Harry Potter?

Newt Scamander married Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein, and they had (at least) one kid, who had a son named Rolf – who married Luna Lovegood years after the events in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Both Luna and Rolf were the “wizarding equivalent” of a naturalist, so he has a lot in common with his grandfather.
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Is Newt talked about in Harry Potter?

In 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Fred and George Weasley memorably give Harry the Marauder's Map. As they explain how to use the massively useful tool, which shows you where anyone in Hogwarts is at any given time, a strange name appears. Yep: Newt Scamander.
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Is Newt Hagrid's dad?

Short and sweet - Newt Scamander.
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Is Newt related to Luna?

In 2015, J.K. Rowling indeed revealed that, after the Battles of Hogwarts, Luna married Newt Scamander's grandson, who is a magizoologist himself too.
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Why don't we see Newt in Harry Potter?

Though Newt is still alive during the Harry Potter series, he never meets Harry (and therefore readers never encounter him in person) because his life doesn't really intersect with Harry's. At the time Harry was introduced to the wizarding world, Newt would've presumably already retired.
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Who is stronger Harry or Newt?

Winner: Harry Potter Is Better Positioned as a Hero Due to His Choices. While Newt was clearly the more skilled wizard between him and Harry, there's no denying that in terms of heroism, Harry was most fit to win. His childhood came with more surprises and traumas than most of the other children in his school.
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Is Tom Riddle in Fantastic Beasts?

So far, Fantastic Beasts hasn't featured a young Tom Riddle, but it wouldn't be surprising if the final movie (whether Secrets of Dumbledore or another one) shows Riddle graduating Hogwarts and creating his first Horcruxes, linking the series to that of Harry Potter.
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Who killed Newt Scamander?

Before being killed by the dark wizard's flames she said to Newt and Theseus that she loved one of them, leaving Scamander brothers devastated. Newt seized Theseus and apparated with him outside the mausoleum, same as Tina did with Jacob and Yusuf with Nagini.
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What Harry Potter movie is Newt in?

For instance, the first mention of Fantastic Beasts' Newt Scamander was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Fred and George Weasley introduced the Marauder's Map in that film.
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How old was Newt during Harry Potter?

The magical map reveals a 96-year-old Newt Scamander wandering the halls of Hogwarts. Was he there to see his old teacher Dumbledore? Perhaps he travelled to Hogwarts to fight on behalf of Buckbeak, the hippogriff who was sentenced to death during 'Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban'.
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Does Newt Scamander know Hagrid?

Scamander ended up at Hogwarts after his travels across five continents to study, collect, and protect fantastic beasts. So it's altogether possible that a younger Hagrid met a middle-aged Scamander at Hogwarts in the '40s.
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Is Newt Scamander related to the Weasleys?

But as far as the history books are concerned, they are not related. Of course, this doesn't mean Rowling couldn't change this if she wanted. The fact is, the Potter family tree is not fully fleshed out the way some others in the canon have been.
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Who is the strongest wizard in Harry Potter?

Albus Dumbledore

In fact, he is the standard by which the rest of the Wizarding World is set. Harry himself utters that Dumbledore is the strongest wizard, and just that utterance is sort of a spell in and of itself.
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Who is the greatest wizard of all time in Harry Potter?

Hands-down, Albus Dumbledore was the most powerful wizard of his time. Most regarded him as the strongest wizard in history, and even Lord Voldemort himself feared to face him. Beyond his many impressive titles and positions of power, Dumbledore exhibited absolutely extraordinary abilities on several occasions.
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Where is Newt Scamander during Voldemort?

December 1926: Newt Scamander arrives in America. Tom Riddle Jr. —who later becomes Lord Voldemort—is born in London. 1927: Newt travels to Paris to find Credence on Albus' orders.
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Does Newt Scamander show up on the Marauders map?

It happens in the film when Fred and George Weasley originally take pity on Harry and give him the Marauder's Map as a consolation prize for not being able to go into Hogsmeade with the rest of his squad. They open up the map and we see figures in Hogwarts walking around, including Newt Scamander wandering the halls.
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Is Newt Scamander Tom Riddle?

In an alternate universe, Newt Scamander isn't traversing the globe in search of magical creatures, but causing trouble and opening the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts as a young Tom Riddle.
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Is Hagrid in Fantastic Beasts?

Fantastic Beasts explains how Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) got Aragog while he was a student at Hogwarts. The Fantastic Beasts saga follows Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) traveling the world in pursuit of magical creatures - after having been commissioned to write a book on them - in the 1920s.
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Does Newt have kids in Harry Potter?

Newt would go on to marry Porpentina Goldstein, an American witch, and together they had at least one child, presumably a son. The Scamander family was "not impressed" by Newt's career in Magizoology. Rolf Scamander, Newt and Tina's grandson, married Luna Lovegood sometime after the Second Wizarding War.
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Is Draco and Luna related?

I truly believe Luna and Draco are cousins. Luna's mother has to be Lucius' sister, in my eyes. Hagrid said all Purebloods are related one way or another, and I think he's right. Movie Luna and Draco look so much alike, they just have to be family.
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