Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
Today, we’re going to be discussing characters that were OMITTED from the films.
I feel like you can’t really critciize the Harry Potter films THAT much.
Unless the filmmakers decided to convert the films into a tv series, and devote 20 hours
to each book, there isn’t really anything they could do to make these amazing movies any better.
It’s never an easy feat to translate novels to the silver screen,
but somehow, Harry Potter successfully pulled it off.
But… in the process, the filmmakers were forced to shave a few of our
favorite characters from the final scripts.
And even though they had their reasons for doing so,
I can’t help but feel that something is missing without these incredible wizards and witches.
So, today, we’re going to take a look at some of the characters
who failed to make the jump to the big screen, and what they added to the Harry Potter mythos.
Ludo bagman
Ludo Bagman was quite the celebrity in the wizarding world. As a former star Beater for
the English National Quidditch Team, most wizards and witches revered Bagman as a national hero.
And after Bagman retired from the sport, he would need all of that public good will to find a job.
Because Bagman wasn’t very bright, and actually, was a bit of a degenerate gambler.
Although he was once accused of being aligned with Death Eaters,
his celebrity status was more than enough to sway the courts in his favor. Ludo not
only was cleared of all charges, he continued to climb the ladder of the ministry of magic,
and was a department head before he was forced to go into hiding. His gambling
debts had caught up to him, and he was wanted by the goblins for failing to make his payments.
Bagman came to know Harry well during the Triwizard Tournament.
Living up to his reputation as an affable buffoon,
Bagman didn’t hesitate to give Potter illegal assistance, in order to help the wizard win.
Charlie weasley
Charlie Weasley was the second oldest Weasley child. Like his older sibling,
Bill, Charlie left Hogwarts soon after graduating, and took off for abroad.
His love for magical creatures led him to specialize in the study of dragons,
and he soon found himself in Romania dedicated to the protection and preservation of the
winged beasts. Eventually, he interacted with Harry Potter’s peers and mentors,
during the young wizard’s time at Hogwarts. When Hagrid took care of a young dragon named
Norbert (Norberta), he realized that the animal was far too dangerous to be kept on the grounds.
So he contacted Ron’s older brother, and sent Norberta away. Years later,
during the height of the second Wizarding War, Charlie Weasley arrived at the Battle of Hogwarts
with a contingent of international wizards, and helped turn the tides, and defeat Voldemort.
Peeves
Like Nearless Headless Nick, Peeves was another ancient spirit that haunted the halls of Hogwarts.
But unlike Nick, who was a benevolent being, Peeves was much more mischievous. He regularly
harassed the students, of all years, and would play pranks on both pupils and teachers.
The groundskeeper of Hogwarts, Argus Filch, hated Peeves the most.
Their battles would rage throughout Filch’s time at the school.
Even though the old janitor regularly asked Albus Dumbledore to kick Peeves off of the campus,
Dumbledore refused. In the end, during the Battle of Hogwarts, Filch eventually
came to Peeves for help, and together they joined the fight against the Death Eaters.
Frank and Alice Longbottom
Frank and Alice Longbottom were the father and mother of Neville Longbottom, and two of the
most important aurors during the first wizarding war. It was during their tenure at the Ministry
of Magic, that many of Lord Voldemort’s most important Death Eaters were apprehended, and
brought to justice. In the aftermath of Professor Trelawney’s famous prophecy, Frank and Alice’s
only son, Neville, was deemed as one of the two children who could have fulfilled it. Shortly
after, a group of Death Eaters, led by Bellatrix Lestrange, apprehended Frank and Alice, and
tortured them so much, that they were permanently mentally incapacitated. They spent the rest of
their days in a care facility, within Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries…
and the burden of their fates led their son to his heroic service during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Winky
Winky was one of the many house-elves that Harry Potter came to know during his time at Hogwarts.
While most remember the Malfoy’s elf, Dobby, and the Black Family servant, Kreecher, you might have
forgotten about Winky. She served the Crouches, before she was eventually let go, and given a
job at Hogwarts. In the very final confrontation between Harry Potter and Voldemort, Winky was one
of the elves who fought alongside Dumbledore’s Army and the new Order of the Phoenix.
The gaunts
The Gaunts were once a pureblood family as celebrated as the Crouches or Malfoys. But
by the 20th century, the Gaunts' paranoia about other families' pure-blood status had led them to
interbreed for generations. The end result was a final generation of Gaunts that were mentally
deficient, broke, and plagued with melancholy. One of them, a girl named Merope, decided to break the
tradition that her family had started… and instead of marrying a pureblood from her gene pool,
she seduced a Muggle named Tom Riddle. Together, they conceived a son, but after Merope released
Tom from her spell, the man abandoned her. The subsequent months were filled with even more
tragedy, and all of this eventually molded her child into the future dark wizard, Lord Voldemort.
Andromeda and ted tonks
Andromeda and Ted Tonks were the parents of Nymphadora Tonks,
the wife of Remus Lupin, and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Andromeda and Ted weren’t just
any old witch and wizard, but were actually part of the Black family, and through them,
related to the Malfoys, Weasleys, Lestranges, and even Tom Riddle.
The Blacks were a pureblood family, so when Andromeda announced her plans to marry Ted,
a wizard with muggle heritage, she was blasted off the family portrait and outcast.
Dennis Creevey Dennis Creevey was the younger brother of
Colin Creevey, and a student several years younger than Harry Potter. Dennis , during his time at
Hogwarts, definitely played the part of younger sibling to all the members of Dumbledore’s Army,
and often ended up in situations where he needed to be saved. By the time Lord Voldemort’s Death
Eaters escalated conflicts, and officially began the Second Wizarding War, Dennis would
only have a short time with his brother. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Colin, who was still a
teenager at the time, was killed in the bloody fight, leaving Dennis alone to survive him.
Phineas Black
Phineas Black was one of Sirius Black’s ancestors, and a member of the Black Family
who propagated its proud pureblood traditions. During his time, in the early 20th century,
Phineas became quite an accomplished sorcerer, and eventually earned the seat of Headmaster
at Hogwarts, one of the few Slytherin to do so. Although, as headmaster, he was hardly beloved.
Many of the students despised Phineas for his cold, boring educational philosophy.
But in later years, Phineas actually proved to be an asset.
When his far more progressive-minded successor,
Albus Dumbledore, sought advice… the portrait of Phineas Black
often offered it… although, whether or not Dumbledore followed it, was a different matter.
And later, while on the hunt for horcruxes,
Phineas’s portrait helped Harry Potter and his friends by accident,
as he reported their whereabouts to Severus Snape, who secretly aided them.
Augusta Longbottom
Augusta Longbottom was Neville Longbottom’s grandmother,
and his guardian in the years that followed the unfortunate attack on his parents.
Although Augusta has a brief moment in the first Harry Potter film,
she was never seen again, except for some cut scenes from the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Although Augusta cared more about Neville than the Dursleys did about Harry,
she was still quite a tough nut to crack. She regularly criticized Neville’s choices,
and even publicly shamed him for his lack of achievements. It wasn’t until
Neville became a hero of Gryffindor that she eventually recognized his merits as a wizard.
Karkus
Karkus was a humongous, terrifying giant, and the predecessor of Golgomath… the giant who served in
Voldemort’s army. For a brief time, Karkus was the leader of the giants, a position that was known as
Gurg. While acting as Gurg, Karkus didn’t do much. The title was his because he had won it in battle,
or, because he was so terrifyingly large, that nobody dared fight him for it.
As Gurg, Karkus wasn’t obligated to work, so he spent his days resting within a lake,
waiting for his fellow giants to serve him meal after meal. Once, during the events that led to
the Second Wizarding War, Dumbledore and Hagrid ventured to Karkus, to win his support. Over the
days that followed, it seemed like Karkus would be willing to align himself with the Order of the
Phoenix, and fight against Lord Voldemort. But in a sudden twist of events, Karkus' rival, a giant
named Golgomath, decapitated him, took his rank, and swore his allegiance to the Death Eaters.
Teddy Lupin
Teddy Lupin was the orphaned son of Tonks and Remus. After the Battle of Hogwarts,
both of his parents were slain by the invading Death Eater army, leaving Lupin
without any parents. In the years that followed, his surviving grandmother, Andromeda, raised him.
But she had help. Before their death, Tonks and Remus named Harry Potter as Teddy’s godfather,
and throughout his childhood, Potter tried to fulfill the role to the best of his ability.
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