Why did James Potter bully Snape?

James and Snape had a strong rivalry throughout their time at Hogwarts. To Remus and Sirius, the reason this rivalry began was due to Snape's jealousy over James' talent at Quidditch and his popularity, as well as Snape's interest in the Dark Arts, which James despised.
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What did James Potter do to Snape?

Following an O.W.L. exam, James, with partner in crime Sirius Black, confronted the vulnerable young Snape, pinned him to the ground, filled his mouth with pink soap bubbles then lifted him into the air, threatening to completely undress the pale, slight Slytherin boy in front of a giggling crowd of fellow students.
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Why was Snape in debt to James?

In his fifth year James saved Severus Snape from a near-fatal prank that Sirius Black played on him, which involved luring Snape to the Shrieking Shack where Remus Lupin was in his werewolf form. As such, Snape owed James a life debt, although they hated each other.
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What was the Marauders nickname for Snape?

The Marauders were all members of Gryffindor House and greatly despised their Slytherin enemy, Severus Snape. It was discovered in Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwarts that James and Sirius often bullied Snape (calling him 'Snivellus' and using humiliating spells on him), while Peter cheered them on.
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Why did Snape call Lily a Mudblood?

In the heat of the moment, Snape lost control and called Lily the forbidden word. He was embarrassed. He called her a mud-blood by accident because he was frustrated that lily did not like his closest friends.
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Did James Potter take off Snape's pants?

In 1996, Harry also witnessed a memory of James viciously humiliating Snape back when they were Hogwarts students. James had suspended Snape in the air and went as far as taking Snape's trousers off in front of a large crowd of students. Harry was disgusted by James' attitude, despite his own hatred of Snape.
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Did Lily know Snape loved her?

Unlikely. Lily and Snape were childhood friends, and had been friends up until they got to Hogwarts when Snape "fell in with the wrong crowd. In Deathly Hallows, when Harry approached the Pensieve, he was grief-stricken and broken by battle.
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Will JK Rowling write about the Marauders?

J.K. Rowling: A 'Harry Potter' prequel about the Marauders will not happen. Harry Potter and The Casual Vacancy author J.K. Rowling spoke this evening at the Bath Literature Festival and made clear that if she ever returns to Harry Potter, she won't write a prequel.
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Who was the strongest Marauder?

1st Place: Remus Lupin

An incredibly intelligent wizard, a fantastic teacher, a father figure to Harry, someone who was not averse to a bit of tomfoolery and arguably the best role model out of all the Marauders. There's no doubt that Remus Lupin was anything but a force for good in the wizarding world.
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Did Snape know Remus was a werewolf?

Snape almost died since he didn't know that Lupin was really actually a werewolf but James Potter showed up to save him.
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Did James Potter save snapes?

He saves the boy's life on multiple occasions, which Dumbledore notes to Harry is partly because James had once saved Snape's life when he was a member of the Marauders.
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Was Harry Potters dad a bully?

All Potter fans know the story: Harry glimpses Snape's “Worst Memory” in fifth year and discovers that his father was not the great guy that any orphaned child would prefer to envision. His dad was a horrible bully who tormented fellow classmates and had a towering ego to match.
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Is Snape an Animagus?

“A creature I wouldn't want to kiss . . . a spider!” Harry figures out the riddle, and realizes that a spider is about to attack. But what he doesn't realize is what I now believe: that the spider in the maze is Professor Snape, in his Animagus form. It is Spider/Snape who bears down on Cedric and Harry.
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Did James forgive Snape?

No. There is nothing written about James ever apologizing to Snape for his bullying and harassment.
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Did the Marauders bully Snape?

The fact of the matter is that bullying is wrong no matter who the victim is, and the Marauders were no doubt the bullies in the scenario of their school lives. For some reason, though, they held onto their hatred of Snape well into adulthood.
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Who is a better person James or Snape?

James was slightly better because he truly did change and he allied with the Order out of basic morality compared to Snape who stayed an all around bitter person. and only allied with the Order out of love for Lily.
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Who is older James Potter or Sirius Black?

10 Sirius Black is the oldest (We think)

We learned in The Deathly Hallows that James Potter was born on March 27, 1960.
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Are they making a Marauders movie?

A fan film based in the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling. Focuses on the four marauders; James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.
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Why is Harry's dad called Prongs?

James Potter

James's Animagus form was that of a stag, which earned him his nickname, Prongs. Strikingly, Harry's Patronus was a stag and his mother Lily's was a doe, a female deer, showing that the family's characters were in harmony and formed part of the same animal group.
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Did Harry know who the Marauders were?

Harry never learns who they were. However, a little issue is brought on the following film, Goblet of Fire. In that film, when Harry talks about Pettigew on his dream, he refers to him as "Wormtail".
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Why did Lupin not tell Harry about Sirius?

If he had revealed Sirius, he would have to reveal that he had helped train an unregistered animagus (which is illegal), but more importantly, Dimbledore had no idea that Lupin allowed his friends to go with him when he transformed.
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Who loved Lily more Snape or James?

James Potter loved Lily more. James Potter and Severus Snape are very different and yet very similar. James was born to a wealthy inventor, Fleamont Potter, and his loving wife.
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Did Snape sleep with Lily?

No (probably). There are no in-canon descriptions of Snape having a close personal relationship (sexual or otherwise) with anyone other than Lily Evans. Some time around her 15th birthday he managed to offend her and that seems to have been that.
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What if Lily chose Snape?

If Lily had chosen Severus, she wouldn't have defied and escaped Lord Voldemort(thrice), then Voldemort would have been left with one choice... Neville Longbottom, the child of parents who have defied Lord Voldemort thrice and who was born on closing day of July, and have the powers which Voldy had not...
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