How did Tom Riddle survive?

The diary of Tom Riddle was a horcrux, so the Tom Riddle we see at the end is the fragment of Voldemort's soul from that horcrux. He uses a spell of some kind of trade Ginny's life for his own, allowing him to return to a solid body.
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Can Tom Riddle be saved?

Yes, his upbringing wasn't great, but not all kids who go to orphanages grow up to be evil mass murderers. I think had there been strong intervention early on, perhaps he could have been saved. But by the time Dumbledore came to invite him to Hogwarts he was already on that path.
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Why was Tom Riddle in the chamber?

Tom Riddle (a.k.a The Heir of Slytherin)

He learned about the Chamber of Secrets and Slytherin's heir, and found out, by 1943, that he himself was a direct descendant of Slytherin, and he plotted to purge the school of Muggle-borns, and others unworthy of the gift of magic.
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How was Tom Riddle a half blood?

Tom Riddle has a witch mother and a Muggle father, making him a half-blood wizard.
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What is the story behind Tom Riddle?

Splitting his own spirit into a total of eight fragments, Riddle created an unprecedented seven Horcruxes, one unintentionally and without his knowledge — Harry Potter. Abandoning his 'Muggle' name, he became the self-proclaimed Lord Voldemort, which was an anagram of his birth name.
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How did Voldemort survive without a body?

We all know that little Harry Potter became the first, and so far only, wizard to ever survive a killing curse. We also know that Lord Voldemort unintentionally transformed Harry into one of his Horcruxes. Furthermore, we know that Voldemort survived that night because of the existing Horcruxes he had already created.
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What was Voldemort's end goal?

Voldemort's short-term goals are well defined: Killing Harry and achieving immortality. The former is a means to the latter. Voldemort needs to kill Harry for two reasons. First, Voldemort believes in the prophecy and needs to eliminate “the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord” (OotP 831).
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Is Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin.
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Who knew Tom Riddle was Voldemort?

Particularly with Tom Riddle asking him about horcruxes, and Dumbledore later coming around to collect memories about Tom Riddle. Helena Ravenclaw (ghost) knew the identity of Tom Riddle as the person to whom she gave the location of the diadem, and who subsequently became Lord Voldemort.
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Did people know Voldemort was a Mudblood?

Yes, they did. The Riddle surname is not a Pureblood name, and it's a name that Tom had at school. Ergo, the other Purebloods knew that Riddle was not a Pureblood. The Pure-Blood Directory also came out in the 1930's, and 'Riddle' was not one of the names listed on there.
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How did Tom Riddle look at the Basilisk?

We see in the Chamber of Secrets when Tom Riddle summons the Basilisk, he looked at the Basilisk's eyes directly.
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How did Tom Riddle control Ginny?

Since Ginny loved the diary, considered Tom a friend, and told him all her secrets, she got very fond of and emotionally close to the Horcrux, enabling the soul piece inside it to possess her. Show activity on this post. Through Tom Riddle's diary, which was a Horcrux.
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Who is the heir of Gryffindor?

Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor (though his powers have been bound by his father when he was a baby), Neville is the Heir of Hufflepuff, Meghan (OFC, daughter of Sirius) is the Heir of Ravenclaw.
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Who is the true heir of Hufflepuff?

The Heir of Hufflepuff was none other than Cedric Diggory, who was well on his way to fulfilling the prophecy of the Heir of Hufflepuff when he was tragically murdered by Peter Pettigrew.
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Could there have been two Voldemorts?

Yes, there could have been two Voldemorts running around if that happened. That wouldn't have been the case for any of the other Horcruxes though. The diary was special in that it also had all of his memories from that age, it wasn't just a soul fragment in a vessel.
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Does Hagrid know Tom Riddle is Voldemort?

In Half-Blood Prince when Dumbledore shows Harry the memories related to Voldemort he never mentions that Hagrid had any idea that Tom Riddle was Voldemort, even when they discussed the part about Riddle opening Chamber of Secrets and framing Hagrid for it.
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Is Tom Riddle handsome?

According to the Headmaster Dumbledore, Tom Riddle was the most talented student. He appeared to be extraordinarily handsome and extremely polite. However, deep under he was cruel, manipulative, psychopathic, and downright evil.
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Did Tom Riddle love his mother?

No. He never loved anyone. JK Rowling confirmed this in a Q&A in 2004. Has Voldemort or Tom Riddle ever cared for or loved anyone?
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How did Voldemort and Bellatrix have a baby?

Yep, that happened: Bellatrix and Voldemort had sex sometime around Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince, and their wild night in bed led to a child named Delphi Diggory/Riddle/Lestrange. According to Delphi herself, she was born sometime before the Battle of Hogwarts.
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Was Bellatrix pregnant in the Half-Blood Prince?

Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix in the films, was pregnant during the filming of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Her pregnancy seems noticeable (but not too far along) during the scene at Spinner's End.
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Why does Bellatrix call Harry a half-blood?

Harry is a half-blood, like the half-blood prince, because his mother was a muggleborn (aka a mud-blood). In the wizarding world there are: purebloods: those with wizard parents and grandparents. muggleborns: those with muggle parents and grandparents.
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Was Dumbledore a virgin?

Now, even after the show finished airing, people are still talking about his virginity. Similarly, it's been nearly 12 years since J.K. Rowling declared in 2007, that Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, was gay.
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What was Voldemorts mistake?

Philosophy of Voldemort: Voldemort's biggest mistake wasn't creating Horcruxes, believing in Prophecies or going after Harry, but underestimating everyone. He was so arrogant that he believed everyone else inferior to himself & incapable of achieving the slightest of his own achievements.
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Why does Voldemort have no nose?

Following is the accepted answer from there. Voldemort's appearance became more snake-like as he delved deeper into Dark Magic, and his face became more serpentine, which would presumably explain the flattening of his nose.
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Is Tom Riddle a villain?

Tom Marvolo Riddle (December 31, 1926 - May 2, 1998), better known as Lord Voldemort, is the main antagonist of the Harry Potter franchise. He is the archenemy of the franchise's titular protagonist, as well as the murderer of his parents James and Lilly Potter respectively.
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