Who is the villain in Harry Potter?

1 Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort is the scariest villain in Harry Potter, if only because he is the series' overreaching villain who successfully evades death more than once.
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Who is the main enemy in Harry Potter?

Lord Voldemort

Tom Marvolo Riddle started both Wizarding Wars, created the Death Eaters and killed Harry Potter's parents. We could go on – he was the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time – but we won't. His horrific achievements are well known.
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What are the top 5 villains in Harry Potter?

Top 10 Harry Potter Villains
  1. Lord Voldemort. “He Who Must Not Be Named” earned this title for being the very definition of evil.
  2. Bellatrix Lestrange. ...
  3. Dolores Jane Umbridge. ...
  4. Draco Malfoy. ...
  5. Peter Pettigrew. ...
  6. Bartemius “Barty” Crouch, Jr. ...
  7. Lucius Malfoy. ...
  8. Fenrir Greyback. ...
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Who betrays Harry?

Xenophilius Lovegood betrays Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Death Eaters have Xenophilius' daughter, Luna. He mistakenly believes that the Death Eaters will let Luna go if they capture Harry.
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Who is the scariest villain in Harry Potter?

According to the writer, the Ministry of Magic's Hogwarts plant, Dolores Umbridge, was the scariest villain of the series. He commented: “The gently smiling Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish voice, toad-like face, and clutching, stubby fingers, is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter.”
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Harry Potter VILLAINS Ranked From Least Evil to Most Evil



Who is the hero in Harry Potter?

Harry James Potter (born July 31, 1980) is the titular protagonist of the series of books and films of the same name. He is a wizard who survived an attempted murder by an evil dark wizard named Lord Voldemort as an infant, leaving him with a distinctive lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
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What is the scariest thing in Harry Potter?

Harry Potter: 5 Most Terrifying Creatures In The Wizarding World
  1. 1 The Lethifold (Living Shroud)
  2. 2 Blast-Ended Skrewt. ...
  3. 3 The Nundu. ...
  4. 4 Boggart. ...
  5. 5 Quintaped. ...
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Why is Voldemort evil?

Voldemort is motivated by immortality, superiority, racial cleansing, and more than a bit of self-hatred. Many of these things are shown in earlier books in the series, but become crystallized in the sixth. Tom Riddle has a witch mother and a Muggle father, making him a half-blood wizard.
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Is Harry Potter a pure-blood?

Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.
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Why is Voldemort scared of death?

Voldemort always feared death – as an 11-year-old he scorned his mother for succumbing and dismissed it as weakness – and his Horcrux journey was all about achieving immortality, keeping himself alive with no thought for anyone else or even his own soul.
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What is Voldemort's killing curse?

Some would say there's no spell worse than Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse that Voldemort used so indiscriminately.
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What is the saddest Harry Potter?

1. The Death of Dobby, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) This one is just painful. Has any Harry Potter fan out there not sobbed uncontrollably over the death of the "free elf," after sacrificing himself to save Harry, Hermione and Ron (Rupert Grint) from the Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor?
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What is the darkest Harry Potter movie?

5 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' (2009)

Arguably the darkest film in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince features some of the story's most pivotal moments. The plot follows Harry as he spends more time with Dumbledore to learn more about Voldemort's story.
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What are the darkest Harry Potter creatures?

According to Professor Lupin: 'Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them.
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Who are the big 7 in Harry Potter?

Acclaimed Author J.K. Rowling referred to Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis and Evanna Lynch as the Big Seven who played the role of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood respectively, in the ...
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Who is the most liked Harry Potter character?

Dumbledore is the favorite in 18 states, including Illinois making him the most popular character in the nation. J.K. Rowling herself chose Alan Rickman to play Professor Snape.
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What is the lowest rated Harry Potter?

All 8 'Harry Potter' Movies Ranked from Worst to Best
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. ...
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. ...
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ...
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. ...
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ...
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What Harry Potter movie is the best?

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The lowest-grossing Harry Potter film, and the third in the series, is also widely regarded as the best by fans and critics.
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Which Harry Potter movie has the highest rating?

96% Critics Consensus: Thrilling, powerfully acted, and visually dazzling, Deathly Hallows Part II brings the Harry Potter franchise to a satisfying -- and suitably magical -- conclusion.
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Who dies at end of Harry Potter?

Lord Voldemort

Voldemort died at the end of the series. Warner Bros.
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What is the hardest Harry Potter death?

Albus Dumbledore

Voldemort sent young Draco Malfoy to kill Dumbledore, and the great wizard knew that the young wizard had no choice. To save Draco's soul, he signaled Severus Snape to kill him, which Snape did instantly. It was one of the most heartbreaking deaths Harry faced.
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How many deaths are in Harry Potter?

According to (infallible) Wikipedia, over 158 characters died over the course of the Harry Potter books, and while that number includes deaths as insignificant as the spider Mad Eye Moody Avada Kedavra'd (NOT THAT ITS LIFE WAS NOT PRECIOUS), that still leaves us with a pretty significant body count.
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Does Harry use an unforgivable curse?

Harry makes use of two of the Unforgivable Curses in the books. Dueling with Bellatrix Lestrange, he attempts the Cruciatus curse, with limited results; Bellatrix says that he has to really hate someone to make the Unforgivable Curses work properly, righteous indignation isn't enough.
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How did Harry stop Avada Kedavra?

To do this, they must first commit murder. Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.
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