Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Review 

Woops! Thanks everyone for reminding me Harry is a half blood

"sort people into houses in my head like every normal adult does ..." YES.

We just gunna forget the fact that Dumbledore’s brother has a particular ‘fondness’ for goats

The Hufflepuff thing was not a sudden change. Book one says: "Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and *unafraid of toil* ." That means that they work extremely hard lol.

Maybe Crouch tought hin the thing with the imperius curse 'cause he himself had a little trauma. He lived under the imperius curse of his father so many years until he finally got rid of it. Maybe he was just fascinated by Harrys ability doing it the first time

Harry misses the sorting ceremony in his 3rd year because he was taken to the hospital wing after he passed out on the train.

Favorite scene for me in the book is simply Mr. Weasley's reaction to the Dursleys not saying goodbye to Harry. It's just... All the cool guy points in the world right there. Metaphorical sunglasses all over his face. I appreciated that so much.

The weasley's were the best of this book they're amazing there are 3 key moments with them which i love SCENE 1 When harry goes to the quidditch cup with the weasleys and they use the floo powder and then he's like bye to the dursley's and then Mr weasley puts his hand on harry's shoulder and basically tells the weasley's ''you ain't gunna see your nephew for a long time and he said bye'' and that is amazing and he stops him from going to chimney and is waiting for them to say bye... melts my heart SCENE 2 When the 3rd task is right about to start and mcgonnagoll walks up to harry tells him that his FAMILY is here and harry is scared af thinking that the dursleys showed up and then he walks into that door and you know who he sees? molly weasley and bill omg this is amazing i love this scene so much and there's also a little foreshadowing between fleur and bill which is cool but damn this scene is absolutely amazing but its nothing compared to whats next... SCENE 3 ''Mrs. Weasley set the potion down on the bedside cabinet, bent down, and put her arms around Harry. He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs. Weasley held him to her. His mother’s face, his father’s voice, the sight of Cedric, dead on the ground all started spinning in his head until he could hardly bear it, until he was screwing up his face against the howl of misery fighting to get out of him.'' damn this scene is amazing holy shit that is absolutely incredible i love this scene so much and it melts my heart every single time the only thing that even comes close to this level of weasley love is the boggart scene in the order of the phoenix which is amazing this is the book where harry became a true member of the weasley's family and i love that he does visit the burrow in book 2 but in book 4 and onwards he visits their hearts *Thank You for reading this every like is appreciated*

I've always remembered that hufflepuff "took the rest" meaning everyone who is not brave, smart or cunning. it made me feel bad being hufflepuff but I don't anymore

"JKR shouldn't have stereotyped the Houses so much! Not everything is so black and white. So anyway, Percy belonged in Slytherin because he's a jerk!" 😏

The thing that this book accomplished way more than the other books did was that it actually made me feel bad for Harry. Don’t get me wrong, I sympathized with Harry sometimes in the other ones, but this one really does it the best. He was forced to compete in a dangerous tournament, most of his friends turned their backs on him, he got rejected by his crush, he had to watch one of his closest friends get killed, he got brutally tortured in the graveyard, and had severe PTSD at the end. Thinking about it, he went through so much in this book.

This book is easily my favorite in the series mostly for the ending. As soon as they enter the graveyard the entire tone of the series instantly shifts to a much darker, more adult tone (not that it didn't have dark parts before). Everything from Cedric's Death to Voldemort's Return to Crouch's Reveal to the confrontation between Fudge and Dumbledore perfectly sets up the second half of the series and lets the reader know that everything has changed forever.

“Hermione starts to get a bit dark in this one” um didn’t she set Snape on fire in their first year?

I find it a little ironic how the readers often on the one hand disregards Harrys abilities because he's helped by others (mainly Ron and Hermione), and on the other hand think he is to good and learns to fast. I'm not sure why receiving help, even if you are a chosen one, makes you less of a chosen one either. Even though Harry and Tom Riddle are similar, both being halfbloods, both being orphans, both being somewhat cunning and ambitious, both breaking and bending the rules, the difference is that Tom Riddle became Lord Voldemort, who doesn't want or need anyone, he doesn't need anyone, and he fails because of that, where Harry wants and needs other people, and he wins because of that. So why is it consider a weakness on Harrys part that he have friends who helps him out? As a kind of an afterthought - Neville started out as a lonely, clumsy, insecure kid, and ended up being a badass who started a resistant movement inside Hogwarts, and the biggest change came after Neville got friends, became part of a group, didn't it. I'm pretty sure this was intentional from JKRs side.

“Dumbledore is very active. Probably the most active he’s been in any book at any point.” *The Half-blood prince has left the chat.*

Hermione/Krum - I don't really think it's a lack of interest on Hermione's part so much as JK's writing style is just super Harry-centric. I feel the same way about Ron and Hermione. We never see any interaction between them that doesn't involve Harry (those interactions are rarely even referenced) but we know that happens all the time. As for Barty/Moody teaching Harry to fight off the Imperius curse, I think it has more to do with the Death Eaters being fascinated by the dark arts. Whether it's the dark arts themselves or the defense of dark arts the Death Eaters just seem to want to be near them. He probably never considered it would help Harry; Voldemort had no interest in controlling him after all, just killing him. I think it was just Barty/Moody's idea of fun.

Lily was muggleborn and James was pure-blood so Harry is a half-blood :) That is also why he was chosen by Voldemort to be the child the prophecy was talking about (even though Neville also matched the criterias). He saw himself more in Harry since he was also a half-blood

I absolutely love the maze in this book. The Scene where Harry gets caught in that spell that turns him upside down was pretty intense. Also, can we talk about how disappointing the maze is in the movie? “Hedges are NOT scary” ( for those of you who don’t know, that’s by Dominic Noble)

It always bothered me that the points earned from the first two tasks make no difference in the end. You just have to get to the cup first to win. Yeah, you get a head start based on points, but it's really not that much to make a difference.

Whenever I spend a whole day reading and read a big amount of pages when I finish I feel like hungover

I think harry could fight the imperio curse because he was like “huh this is so calm, something is wrong” 😂

I was literally about to go to bed guess I'm staying up another 30 minutes LOL

The fandom's representation of the houses is better than Rowling's, don't come for me 😁

Moody had to fool Dumbledore, some of his action have no double meaning, he had to play the part and did it. Also Harry being so good in fighting of the curse is just his talent. He is strongwilled and brave. REMEMBER part 3 were he scores highest in lupins exam? remember when he fought over 50 (?) dementors? why do you need a reason for Harry being fantastic in defence against dark art.

The problem with the Sorting Hat is that the kids are sorted when they are 11 years old. How many people have their personalities cemented when they're that young?

Ron's behaviour in Goblet of Fire would be fine if the timing was a bit better. Going from Ron *standing on a broken leg against a known serial killer* to defend Harry, to " _screw you, you got into a deadly tournament that I wanted to almost die in_ " is a bit of a personality jump.

Dumbledore would want Harry to be able to resist curses so made fake Moody give extra lessons. Maybe Harry's scar gave him some extra protection/immunization against curses, especially given what it really is.

My guess about Barty Jr. teaching Harry to fight Imperio is that Barty Sr. had him under the Imperious Curse for a long time. Jr. is just not having it whether it helps or hinders The Dark Lord. Same with being hexed when your back is turned. I would assume Jr. would want whoever he is cursing to Know who did the cursing out of some weird Death Eater pride.

Krum is mentioned again in Book 6 as well, when Ginny has a fight with Ron about her kissing Dean, mentioning how Hermione kissed Krum (so what's the big deal with her kissing a boy as well and everything). I'm pretty sure there was more to Hermione and Krum's relationship that we just didn't get to see :D

I don’t think hermione is actually the person krum loves most but she’s just the only one physically at hogwarts. Fleurs sister was only taken because her family came to watch her in the task

The thing that freaked me out when I re-read GoF was when Moody/Barty Crouch Jr consoled Neville after the cruciatus curse was that Barty Crouch Jr was one of the torturers of Neville's parents.... Neville got consoled by one of the people that tortured his parents into insanity. That just broke me.

A little bit nitpicky, but Harry is half-blood. Lily was muggle-born, so Harry is half-blood. As long as you have muggle blood, you’re half-blood

Honestly, wish all your videos were this long or longer :D

The reason Hermoine does not tell an adult about the unregistered animagous is because she wants to hold it against her in the future. She captures her for a while to show her shes serious and maybe to punish her lol

They missed the Sorting Hat third year because of Harry's Dementor problem and Hermione's time turner--Ron heard it, though.

Re: Hermoine & Rita It’s been years since I read the book, so I don’t know if it’s mentioned, but I think Hermoine might have gone the capture/blackmail route, since the penalty for being discovered as an unregistered Animagus is a stint in Azkaban. Given that the previous book had the kids dealing with Dementors and Sirius, I doubt Hermoine would have wanted any part in possibly getting a person sent there.

"sweet Neville, I love that character so much ..." Literally read my mind

the fact that barty crouch jr is the second best defence against the dark arts teacher says a lot about hogwarts

A full-blood, a half-blood, and a muggle-born walk into the Leaky Cauldron...

"MERPHY NAPIER" -> "RHYME IN PAPER" or "I, REAPER NYMPH" _I _*_love_*_ the anagram business!_

I absolutely love this Harry Potter reread series! Keep up with the great content

Most theories that I have seen for Harry being able to shake off the imperious curse naturally were centered around him being a horcrux. One soul was taken over by the curse while the second soul was essentially saying, “Why listen to that voice?”

The comforting Hagrid scene is one of my all-time FAVES. I love how Hermione is banging on the door and screams "WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY HAGRID, CUZ WE LOVE YOU AND WE'LL STAY OUT HERE ALL NIGHT IF WE HAVE TO" and Dumbledore is the one to answer the door. Also, I think after Goblet of Fire, Rowling might've realized (or been tipped off by an editor or friend) that the Hermione/Krum situation, while sweet on the surface, is a bit creepy because of their age difference (they started dating when she was at most 14, and he was at least 17, an adult in the Wizarding World), and so I bet she opted to just avoid him in the narrative as much as possible.

I love your Harry Potter videos !! Continue making them and do them as long as you want. I'll just enjoy them longer 💖

Barty Jr. had to pretend being Mad Eye at all costs. Moody would very likely want to teach students about the Unforgivable Curses and how one can protect themselves against them. That was a flaw in Voldemort's plan

So are we just gonna gloss over the fact that Krum is 18 and Hermione is 14...

I'm LOVING your HP videos sooo much! It was really interesting hearing your opinion. The Goblet of Fire is my favorite book in the series and Neville is my favorite character so I love it when you talk about him :P

“Bong-sewer” genuinely made me laugh out loud when I read it. Hagrid trying to say “boun swar” to Madam Maxime 😂😂😂

Goblet of Fire is actually my second favourite book in this series haha. Can't wait for you to discuss my favourite: Deathly Hallows!

I was never this early in my entire life. Wow. I bet this video will be amazing!! Love you Merphy!! I love this series so much! It was and still is one of my favorites!!

These videos are really making me love the books all over again 🥰

Harry is a Half-Blood. Just decided to tell you, because Lily is a muggleborn and she has only muggle blood, and James who is a pure-blood, Harry is a half-blood

Book 4 is my fave book and I must have physically read it 5/6 times and then an uncountable amount of times via audiobook. Although it doesn't really make any difference to us as readers, the fact 2/3 tasks are not seen by the spectators is pretty laughable. Especially because it could have easily be explained by that little plot convenience...what's it called again...oh yea...magic!

Just finished reading Goblet of Fire yesterday for the first time.

You inspired me to finally get around to reading the books Just finished this one It's probably my favorite so far!

One thing about Percy is we know that the Sorting Hat takes personal preference into account when sorting. Percy probably wanted to be a Gryffindor since his whole family had been Gryffindor so I imagine the Sorting Hat made the decision based off that, even if he may have been more suited for Slytherin

I personally think that the point is that Crouch Jr was able to fight off the imperatus curse, and that strength of will probably informed a lot of his sense of self identity. It's therefore consistent to his character that he would want to 'teach' this in his class, even if it didn't fill a well thought out agenda. Bear in mind that he taught for a year; there were probably a lot of dull rainy Thursdays for him to make classes for, outside of the crucial steps of his evil plots. Also, fastest way to pronounce Cruciatus is that it takes the same root as 'excruciating', :)

My understanding of the imperius curse lesson was that it was extremely personal for Barty Jr. Being under the imperius curse at his own father's hand made him feel that everyone should learn to resist, that it was the worst of the unforgivable curses. Yes, we know Crouch is a Deatheater, but he was also an abused son. Not to say that the action was motivated by "good," only that it was deeply personal.

Just found your channel and have really enjoyed your content! You're a hoot. The Lupin-to-Moody setup/delivery is one of my *favorite* literary villainy reveals. Not only for the reason you mentioned, but also for the fact that Lupin was such an awesome badass in PoA that, during the first part of the Shrieking Shack scene, even on my first read, I didn't buy him as a bad guy. Yes, Rowling had given him an air of mystery and *possible* sketchiness, but given how helpful he was during the entire year (I seriously love the character, have I mentioned that?), I *knew* that he couldn't possibly have been trying to hurt Harry. And, lo! I was right. Fast forward to Moody in GoF, and we had a guy who behaved *shadier* (child abuse! Unforgivable Curses! General orneriness!), who I *never* suspected of villainy because he seemed genuinely helpful and PoA set me up to think he was cool. It's just...[chef's kiss]. Beautiful. Moody Crouch helping Harry learn to shake off the Imperius Curse has always bugged me, but I've one possible reason (Yes, this is total fanwanking): Moody Crouch *hated* wizards who turned on Voldie or pretended that they only acted because they were under Imperius. With Moody Crouch's twisted logic, did he (even unconsciously) publicly teach Harry how to shrug the Curse off so that, in the (unlikely) event that a victorious Voldie left Harry alive, but broken, people would know that Harry wasn't just Imperio'd into defeat. Voldie hadn't "cheated" to win, he was just *that* powerful of a force. Almost like it's Moody Crouch's version of Voldie's "I want you to look at me when I kill you! I want to see the light leave your eyes!" (Which I think might be a movie-only line, but whatevs...) It's not Moody Crouch *helping* Harry by making him impervious to Imperius, it's his twisted way of trying to make Voldie's victory seem even more crushing. Teal Deer: Lupin is the best. And, apropos of nothing, the graveyard scene is one of my favorite, most chill-inducing scenes in the entire series.

Hey! I'm getting into these reviews late but am loving them! You have a fantastic way of talking about the series, and I can tell you genuinely love it I reckon, on Harry being able to defend against the imperious curse, that it's not just him being lucky or being good at everything. It felt really believable because of the difficult life that Harry had been through up until that point, and the mental fortitude he's developed in maintaining who heh is, and not allowing the mistreatment of the Dursleys, or Malfoy, or Voldemort change him. At that point he'd already courageously proved himself against Voldemort twice. He'd suffered but always remained strong against the Dursleys at home. And he also has the strength of character to do the right thing even when it's difficult, like not allowing Sirius and Lupin to kill Pettigrew in book 3. So to me, it made sense that he was able to withstand the curse, because he had amazing strength of character and will, and had experience in proving it. Just a thought I had and wanted to share, glad you made all these videos, I'm currently up to book 5 on my re-read for the first time since I was a kid! Ciao

I hate you for this. There are so many books I need to finish before the year ends, but now I am in the mood to re-read these books. It has been way too long. So yeah. This was a great video and I really enjoyed it. Can't wait to hear your thoughts tomorrow.

Love these videos can’t wait for the picking holes video ☺️

I like to think that Harry can deflect the Imperius curse so quickly because he has the bit of Voldemort’s soul in him. In the books it’s described as a voice in his head propelling him to shrug off the curse. And since it’s a horcrux-soul situation, the soul is protecting its container (ie Harry) because it can’t survive without a cursed container - as its explained in the last book. I think it’s reasonable to suggest that it’s Voldemort’s soul taking control to protect its horcrux “container”.

I really love your videos, and I actually love that they are so long. I find it really funny to hear you wondering how to pronounce names and spells, it makes me, french speaking Belgian, feel less dumb if I mispronounce a word :D

Bow-buh-TON is closer. My best understanding of French IPA leads me to bœ-ba-TÃN, but je ne parle pas français.

Only discovered your channel recently but loving it, particularly good timing with you doing the Harry Potterathon(yes I'm aware that's from Dominic Noble's channel but I've stolen it). I actually prefer your Doesn't Make sense videos so excited to watch that! And buzzing to hear you discuss Umbridge next time!!!

I reread the books recently and I love watching your videos ❤️

love these long reviews! 💜

Been waiting for this for ages!✌️

I've really been enjoying your harry potter video lately. New to your channel. Discovered you while rereading chamber of secrets and the one about cos doesn't make any sense came up in my recomendations. I've noticed you post videos about a book around the same time I finish one, which has also been fun. Currently halfway through with order of the Phoenix. I'm currently at uni writing a term paper on Harry Potter for my lit class. Needlesss to say, I'm all about Harry Potter these days. I just finished the christmas at the war chapter before watching this, so having you mention Nevilles name just gave me all the feels. Can't wait for the next two videos

4:16 you should look at super carlin brothers theory video how Percy was under imperius curse all along 😁

Another cracking review, I'm loving this series!

I’ve made this a habit to come and watch Merphy’s Harry Potter wrap ups every time I finish re-reading a book in the series. I love your reviews! 😘❤️

Early! You inspire me to read!💓💓 Love you!💛💛💛💛💚💚💚

My favorite book of the series. First book of the series which I cried reading. Loved Neville even more in this. Portkey. Quidditch Cup. the Dark Mark. Mad Eye Moody. The Unforgivable Curse. The Yuleball. Triwizard Tournament. Voldermort in the graveyard. Cedric.

you're not alone Merphy. I am reading the HP books for the first time in my life and I read and finished goblet of fire in 6 hours yesterday in one sitting. I slept around 3:30 AM And it was awesome!

Great video! GoF used to be one of my least favorite HP books, but after rereading it a few years ago, I was able to appreciate it a lot more. To add on to the point about the Krum/Hermione romance or lack thereof, I think something most people don't consider is the ages of the characters. Krum is at least 17, maybe even 18 at this point in the story while Hermione is 14. That's a significant age difference at that time of their lives and would definitely raise some eyebrows.

Harry missed it third year cause of Dementors :D Always a good morning when I get to see Merph reviewing HP :D

I am currently reading all the HP books and I just finished this one(I have watched the movies as a kid, but only read the last two books) and I would like to say that it really acts as an opener for the story to finally get to its main and darker roots. I felt the change from the first three books and really enjoyed the detailed yet easy to follow way everything unravels as the plot progresses in this one. Also, this is the first time the book and its movie adaptation have some more differences.

I love this series Merph, could you also do Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle as well, I’d love to hear your take on it.

Hell yeah, I'm pumped to have seen this video, Goblet of Fire is my favorite in the series.

I wouldn't consider Percy to be mis-sorted. Percy's loyalty shifts, sure, but he believes himself to be doing the right thing. He believes that authority is correct, and should be obeyed absolutely. Percy may be the most ambitious of his family, but that ambition was encouraged as he grew up by his mother. He wanted to live a better life, and obeying the rules and obeying authority made his life better. As far as I'm concerned, Percy is very much a Gryffindor because of that. And really, it takes courage to turn away from your family and follow what you think is right. And it takes even more courage to admit your mistakes, and to ask for forgiveness. Percy is a Gryffindor, through and through.

I'm pretty sure I've commented this on one of your videos before but it always seriously screws me up that we fall in love with Moody but it's actually Barty Crouch jr. the whole time 😱

So excited to watch!! I do love these reviews! I was on Goblet when you were on Sorcerer's and I was trying to get to a place where we could finish together, but I'm too slow, haha. I am only 1/3 of the way through Order of the Phoenix.

I like to think the reasons Brady jr use the Cruciatus curse was just to mess with the kids and he didnt think that the kids could shake it off, but when harry did he got upset and was rly trying to make it stick and it wouldn't. Also when u read the book it when harry trys to shake off the curse it says that a different voices inside his head spoke and asked why. Maybe that voice voldemort senses we know he has a connection with harry?

My favorite of the series ♥️ With Half-Blood Prince and Prisoner of Azkaban

Haven't watched it yet. But an entire thirty minute video about one of my favorite books, oh goodie!!

As much as I would love to continue on to Book 5...the illustrated edition must be purchased!!!

Maybe harry was able to throw off imperius curse because of being a horcrux? His own soul was under control but the piece of voldy's wasn't and continued providing him a sense of grounding to reality ? Or it could be because of dursleys abuse and his own trauma's , for the first time he felt like he didn't neet to worry about anything he felt calm and his first reaction came "well that doesn't seems right" since his whole life he's been abused and haven't know a moment of peace or carefreeness ? Ps. sorry ant on a bit of a rant there

Super Carlin Brothers did a theory video on "Was Percy Imperioused." It was very well thought out and an interesting take on the evolution of Percy's character. Yes, Percy is very ambitious, but aren't all Gryffindors. If you have about 20 minutes you should check it out. I always pronounce Madam Maxiems name like Olympics but instead of the -ics it's -pay. With Barty Crouch Jr, we know from his father's ramblings he was a Hermione level student. He got like 11 owls, and he got involved with the Death Eaters at a very early age, I think at first as a rebellion against his father, but was sucked into the seductive nature of dark magic. Imagine if Hermione hadn't befriended Harry and Ron and someone came to her and said that only truely powerful wizards who studied hard should be allowed at Hogwarts and they needed to rid the school of slackers. Yes, it is on a smaller scale, but you got this impressionable kid who wants his father's attention so he rebels. In the court scene, we see him begging his father to believe him. Saying "I didn't do it," and wanting his father to believe him. Considering Bellatrix was also in the same court as him his "secret" never got out that he did falter in his worship of Voldy. Bringing the point around: Knowing that Junior was a good student and let's face it, he took a liking to Harry- teaching him to fight off the Imperious curse could have just been a natural wanting to impart some of his knowledge on to Harry. Crouch's father imperious him for years and finding someone who had such a strong mind to ward it off would have intrigued him.

I've though about why he learns Harry to shake the imperius curse. This is what I came up with ; I think the imperius curse thing is because he himself had learned to shake it off. He wasn't thinking about Voldemort at that point I think, but rather explaining that it could be shaken off as recognition of he himself having been able to do it. Something that separates him again from his father because he couldn't shake it off. I think he prides himself in being able to do so and he reflects that in that scene making the explanation of his escape at the end more valid. Or at least that's how I see it. Hope that makes sense.

I think since Harry had two souls in him at that time, the other soul was the voice in the back of his head that got him to say no

I wonder if Moody/ Barty Jr were asked by Dumbledore to demonstrate the imperious curse in order to train Harry for his future task. If so, Dumbledore might wanna know how it turned out. It would be easy to check whether it was done and a real give away if Moody/ BartyJr didn't do it. Pure speculation, but my thought. Also, that's the only one of these curses you Could practice, if just the headmaster "look the other way".

"This book is a great book for Dumbles as well" meanwhile in the movie : *"HARRY!! DID YA PUT YA NAME IN A GOBLET OF FIYAH ???"* No disrecpect to the actor, he (Michael Gambon) is a great actor but that scene is just killing me 😂

So for the quidditch match they had those omnioculars which could let you see action with your own choice of time distortions, perhaps those could move through space similarly to let people watch from like a third person view of their chosen contestant.

Could you please do one of these review/doesn't make sense videos for the lunar chronicles series after you are done with the Harry Potter series ? 😁 P.s. i love ur videos

Ive always wondered if that week hermoine kept rita skeeter captive, like does time move for rita like a mosquito or fly would? Because then it would have been like a month or way longer in the way that small bugs perceive time

“But yesterday, I read 300 pages” The biggest mood of a reader

I loved my reread of this book because of the hidden hints and the foreshadowing

Question question question!! Is there a difference on the UK version of harry potter and the US or is it just the covers? Like the actual content?