The Best & Worst Character From Each Harry Potter Book 

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I don't think a single person on earth would disagree with Umbridge being the worst character in Order Of The Pheonix.

Umbridge in the books: 👹 Umbridge in the films: 😈

Mcgonnagall is my favorite in OOTP, solely for “have a biscuit, potter.”

Book readers turning on Snape after the sixth books makes a lot of sense. In the book, Snape doesn't have anywhere near as many redeeming qualities as he does in the films. So book readers wouldn't give him the time of day. So his redemption probably meant a lot more in the books.

Imo, not only is Lupin best character in PoA but he’s up there as one of the best in the series. Imo he was Harry’s first real father figure. Someone who knew his parents really well and was always there for him.

Despite only turning up in the fifth movie/book, Luna Lovegood is the best, most iconic character. She thought me how to embrace my weirdness, and to always be true to myself. 💙

Crouch Jr: "I played my part so well as Moody, they had no idea. I even trained the students how to defend against the unforgivable curses!" Voldemort: "... Wait.... You did WHAT!?"

You should do a best and worst CHAPTER of each book next

One could argue for Lucius Malfoy for being the worst in Chamber of Secrets. Think about it, he had Tom Riddle's diary, only knowing that it would open the Chamber of Secrets and therefore, lead to the deaths of many Muggle-Borns, planting it with Ginny, the daughter of his arch rival, Arthur Weasley. And there's the fact that he tried to discredit Arthur publicly through his comments in the Daily Prophet and he even tried sacking Dumbledore from being Headmaster at Hogwarts.

I'd like to make a couple of honorary mentions: 4th book baddest, barty crouch senior, since his extreme actions and negligance lead to just about every bad thing happening in that book. also, 7th book best: dobby, since not only did he always support and help harry, but when harry and the gang were in the worst situation, without any means of escape, he fought through his trauma and fear to go back to the house he hated and save harry and the others, giving his life in the effort.

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We all know who the 5th books worst character is gonna be💀

i love how so many of these are the DADA teachers like Gilderoy Lockhart Barty Crouch jr Remus Lupin Dolores Umbridge and Severus Snape :-)

[Sees thumbnail & title] Me: I bet Umbridge will be the “worst” for Order of the Phoenix, Lockhart will be the “worst” for Chamber of Secrets, and Draco will get the title for at least one book. Also… expecting possibly Wormtail and Rita Skeeter to appear. [Watches video] Me: Well I do hope someone picks up a phone… because I called it.

People are gonna say Umbridge is the "worst" character in Order Of The Phoenix, but I actually think she's the best character in the book, when it comes to crafting a really great villain. You're supposed to hate her.

I LOVE that you put luna as the best in OotP and Neville in DH because when I saw the notification that you made this video they were the first two that came to mind for those books! They seriously don’t get the recognition they deserve

About Ginny in HBP: she spent so much time with Harry in summer after Sirius's death and gave him emotional support, she tried to reason with Ron and defend her right to be in relationship with Dean, she won the Quidditch Cup, she agreed to be Harry's girlfriend when he "asked" her, she fought against Death Eaters to protect the school, she supported Harry after Dumbledore's death, she understood Harry's intentions when he decided to break up with her. She is my favorite character in 6th book. But still, I think that some other characters could also be named as best ones, especially Dumbledore.

Fudge should get a dishonourable mention for book 5

I'd say Snape was the worst in book 3 for outing lupin from pure spite

Sometimes I forget how evil Lockheart is, but when morgan went over his plan in the chamber I definnently agree that he's the worst in chamber.

I know I’ve asked this a million times but I think it would be interesting if you made a video about what the hunger games characters boggarts would be and a video of what they would see in the mirror of Erised. Yk with the new book coming out and all I think hg content will be very popular ❤

Fred and George for every book are the best characters 😭

Luna being the best character in Order of the Phoenix is really amazing. 🤍 Luna had won every PotterHead's hearts since day 1 of meeting her.

In Half Blood prince, I would argue that Young Tom Riddle (voldemort) was also one of the best characters of the series, so mysterious, so charming, good student, handsome, Slug Club member etc

I like how Neville transformation in the movies and his actors transformation in real life happen to fit so well together.

Worst from 1: Quirrel Worst from 2: Lockhart (sorry Scb) Worst from 3: Peter Worst from 4: Fudge Worst character from 5-7: Umbr*dge

One thing I love about Luna is how she isn’t afraid to be herself. She doesn’t care if she gets picked on and called looney Lovegood she is always true to herself and there i agree she is the best character in the order of the phoenix

As a huge Potterhead I absolutely agree 100% with all of these choices. I love how Morgan always goes deep into the stories to chose instead of going by instinct.

Draco fans are gonna be angry lol

I am so so glad you put Ginny as the best HBP character! She gets nowhere near as much love as she deserves! Thank you so much for saying it!

Can u do one where u rank them based on how well the characters developed and made an how intresting they r rather than what’s they did? That would also be fun! Love ur vids❤❤

Another thing to add about Snape, right at the start of the school year, he removes 70 points from Gryffindor for Harry being late and for wearing a muggle attire. He didn’t even try to hear Harry out, he conveniently ignored the fact that Harry was bleeding, and removing THAT many points for those reasons is beyond ridiculous, not to mention letting Malfoy get away with another terrible act. and that’s of course if we only filter to HBP. In PoA and GoF, he does some very outrageous things that teachers in real life would get fired for.

Question: Has anybody else ever thought that Harry and Grover getting slandered by the nearend of their respective series seemed so similar? I mean, Grover claimed Pan died but nobody believed him, and nobody believed him saying Pan was alive, and Hsrrh said that Voldemort was alive ad kicking but nobody believed him either. Huh. How vice versa.

One of my friends says that Luna is her all-time favorite Harry Potter character. She made an observation about Luna that has stuck with me forever. She said that Luna is Harry's friend just to be his friend. She doesn't want anything from him, she's just his friend. And yeah, Luna's just awesome. She's unapologetically herself 100% of the time. We find out that she is aware of what other people think of her but she doesn't let it get her down. I love her last conversation with Harry in book 5. She is not angry about people taking her stuff. She's just like, it's all in fun, but, as it is the last day, I really do need them back. Luna is frank about her mother. "Yes, it was rather horrible. I still get very sad about it, sometimes. But, I've still got Dad, and it's not like I'll never see her, again." Again, unapologetically vulnerable and still able to have hope and keep going. That's what Harry needed, I think. And her Quiddich match hats along with her announcing a quiddich match in the 6th book, getting bored and talking about interesting shaped clouds is priceless! I appreciate you openness about your struggles with mental health and engaging in therapy, Morgan. I'm so glad you've found someone you can bring your struggles to. Mad respect for all the hard work you're doing with all that!

Hermione should’ve been the best character in the Deathly Hallows. She carried the big three when both Harry and Ron had given up in their own separate ways. Hermione made sure all three of them were fed and had to deal with the antics of the other two. She had all of the break throughs in that book and was the only one with any sense of what they should do. One example of her being the thinker in the group is how she was the one who planned the whole ministry break in and she was the one who made the Pollyjuice Potion. She made the whole plan and went over it again and again with the boys to make sure they understood. She also predicted that going to Godric’s Hollow would be a bad idea and only let them do it as a last resort.

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I still don't think Hagrid gets enough credit in this series. He was the one who brought Harry safely from his childhood home, when few could be trusted to do so. He brought him back into the wizarding world. He even baked Harry a cake for his 11th birthday, despite really not knowing the boy. Hagrid was always a safe space for Harry and his friends. He was a positive influence on Harry too. In Goblet of Fire, Harry was perfectly fine lying to Hermione about his progress on the second clue, but Harry felt gutted to lie to Hagrid about it and it motivated him to work harder. In both Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hollows, Hagrid's life is in grave danger in the midst of a crazy battle or fight and the only thing Harry could do is run to help Hagrid. Harry doesn't have many father figures who actually cared about him as a person. Sirius did so out of a weird twisted since of longing for James, Dumbledore straight up raised Harry to die for the greater good, and obviously Vernon is just an abuser. Lupin was a good role model, but limited in access to Harry outside of Prisoner of Azkaban. Arthur cared for Harry, but with 7 other kids and a full-time job there wasn't much of him to go around to support Harry. Hagrid though, from day one he was there for Harry and cared for Harry not because of the fame or history, but because he saw Harry for who he was. He was empathetic to the boy with no friends coming into a school where everyone knew your name. He'd lay down his life without a regret in his mind to protect Harry. It ripped my heart out when Hagrid had to carry the lifeless body of Harry from the woods back to the school believing Harry to be dead. He's not perfect, no character is. But I think he may be one of the closest to perfection in terms of values and actions.

I would say McGonagall for OOTP’s best, but I get why you went with Luna. Both are great in the story.

I think that the best characters in this series are Molly and Arthur Weasley. Because they make sure that their children are safe and also that Harry has a great time when he visits them throughout the series

The ones u chose for the 5th were right on 👍🏻. The best for the 4th, I would’ve chosen Cedric, mostly cause he’s my favorite. So that’s personal and not professional choice. You’ve made vids on characters lives before. Pls make one “The Life of Oliver Wood”.

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Out of all of them I think the best and my personal favorite character was Ginny and the worst was without a doubt Umbridge

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I don't think Peter was the worst character in POA. See, he did everything what you told and he was the most disgusting, but he didn't do any of it ON the pages, wiz, during the events of the book. So, technically, Severus Snape was the worst here as he tried to literally kill Sirius just because of a childhood grudge. Also him stealing credit for defeating dementors and catching Black was so frustrating that it almost made me want to grab something and chuck it across the room. P.S: not to mention, he was giving hint about their favorite teacher being a werewolf to 13 YEAR OLDS!!

i remember when the half blood prince book came out and read it. I knew there was more to it on why snape killed Dumbledore. putting the pieces together. He protected harry in the first book and showed him all these things that helped him grow in power mostly indirectly. I knew there was some method to snapes "madness" when he did it.

I've never known an actual Voldemort, I've never known an actual Bellatrix, but I've known lots of Umbridges; people who use their station in life to inflict as much pain and sorrow in others' lives as they can and be pleased with themselves afterward.

Honorary Mention Book 5/7 Worst: Bellatrix Lestrange. Sending Neville's parents to asylum, Killing Sirius (and Tonks too, IIRC), Torturing Hermione, Attempt to Murder Ginny, and she killed Dobby too.

Ginny in the books : strong and confident girl Ginny in the movies : “ShOELacE”

I swear, 2 people I have the misfortune of sharing the same job campus with are the literal embodiments of Lockhart and Umbridge. One likes to act like he knows everything, yet he pisses everyone off, and the other is his “assistant” that likes to act like she’s in charge, but she can’t be bothered to help anyone, but she will take the time to tell you to do it.

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Yay! I am so glad for a video. When we were reading the chapter where Umbridge punishes Harry, my youngest blurted out, "that bitch!" She cupped her hand over her mouth. We told her it was okay. This was an appropriately bad situation and sometimes we use that language when we are surprised.

Such a great video idea I liked before even seeing the list

I also suffer from bipolar disorder. I'm so happy that you're kinda open about it. I'm also one of the biggest Harry Potter fans in the area where I live. It's so good to see people share their journey of mental health, especially Bipolar. Thank you so much for all the amazing content you make and for proving me once more that Bipolar doesn't stop you from being successful❤❤❤❤❤

I'm so happy to see MovieFlame Harry Potter content! Everything you do is great, I'm just not into Hunger Games like HP.

When you said “Neville Longbottom” for The Deathly Hallows I got so happy and excited! I completely agree. Neville is one of my favorite characters from the entire series as well as one of the best developed characters in the series. And The Deathly Hallows just dials his awesomeness to 1000 and he just becomes so amazing

Snape was never redeemed in my eyes. Too many terrible things to wipe them all off in the final book.

You make it so fun!🤩

Pls do best chapter and worst one from each book 😭😭 I’ll really love to hear from u

Here’s my picks for each one but just to clarify it’s much more based off the movies than books 1: Best - Hagrid (No real reason to explain, Hagrid is just that guy) Worst - The Dursleys (again I think pretty self explanatory) 2: Best - Harry (I agree with everything you said in this video) Worst - Lockhart (Same as above) 3: Best - Lupin (Agree) Worst - Wormtail (agree) 4: Best - Barty Jr (Agree) Worst - Barty Sr (I know it’s a hot take probably but every word that came out of this dudes mouth just annoyed me more and more) 5: Best - Sirius Black (Idk about the book but in the movie he’s made to be very likeable because of his relationship with Harry) Worst - Umbridge (obviously but Cornelius Fudge is a close second because he would actively go out of his way to go against everything Harry and Dumbledore did and said) 6: Best - Dumbledore (He was a badass in this one especially when they went to get the locket) Worst - Slughorn (I can’t bring myself to put snape here so I’m going with Slughorn for having a close relationship with Voldemort which made getting the horcruxes more difficult 7Pt1: Best - Dobby (It’s Dobby come on) Worst - Ron (I know he had the locket but he was so unlikeable for this entire movie) 7Pt2: Best - Neville (I agree with you but I’d also throw snape in there too) Worst - Bellatrix (I hate Bellatrix so much more than Voldemort so she takes it)

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you can do a video on the best and worst qualities/personality traits of hp characters. for example: Hermione is incredibly intelligent and resourceful but her worst quality is being close-minded and judgemental but you can go more in depth.

I so agree with Ginny Weasley being the best character in the Half Blood Prince book. She was hilarious and showed how determined she was and was one of my favorite parts of the book. I also agree with Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Rita Skeeter, Umbridge, and Snape with their placements. Lupin demonstrated his skill in magic and was very caring, Peter betrayed his friends, Rita turned the public against lots of good characters and it was satisfying when she got her karma, Umbridge I was annoyed by so much that I stopped reading for a bit to gather my thoughts and her karma is the most satisfying karma out of any villain in the series, and Snape was shown to be a traitor to the good guys and the man who trusted him.

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If you're ranking the "worst characters" based off of how evil they are, how did a literal villain win "best character" in Goblet of Fire???

IMO, Sirius should get an honorable mention in the 4th book because of his constant presence and correspondence with Harry and the trio. He returned to England when Harry told him that his scar hurt. After dumbledore notifies him about the graveyard fiasco, he rushed to hogwarts. Let’s not forget: HE WAS STILL WANTED AND FUDGE WAS IN THE CASTLE WITH A DEMENTOR. The fact that he went to such risk to make sure Harry was ok is commendable.

Umbridge is a great character. Everyone hates her from the bottom of her hearts. She unites people. By making them hate her. Harry Potter has great villains.

I think your reasoning for a lot of your picks makes sense. It's hard for me to judge characters who appear multiple times throughout a series by individual books, but I will say that on the whole my two favorite HP characters are Luna and McGonagall.

Totally agreed! I also love Crookshanks, he is key in PoA book. As for Ginny W. In the books she gives me punk-rocker cool kind of girl, something Bonnie Wright cannot show in the screen. Love the Video Morgan!!

A nice comparison. My personal choice for the best character for DH was Snape. And when you mentioned Voldemort "bringing his huge army to take down Hogwarts", I instantly remembered someone's headcanon I once read that for the fallen 50 who died had a portrait made in their honor. Imo, George visits Fred's portrait every day on their birthday, with a defeated and almost war-torn appearance.

Who is the worst character in the cursed child. 😶🧐. There are too many options

I haven't read the books so I only speak of the movies and easy by a long margin luna lovegood is my favorite character of the entire series. I vibe too much on weird people hahaha

Video Suggestion I think you should do a video tht tells your favavorite iteration Harry Potter characters ,based on the books of corse, and only using characters that appeared in more than one book. Example: my favorite iteration of Harry is the one in book 4.

you should a video on after watching harry potter what series your should read or watch next

Can u make a video on just hateing umbridge I feel like every hp lover would love it

If you hadn’t put Luna as the best character of the fifth book I would’ve gone insane haha 😂 but funny how you didn’t mention how everyone was making fun of her and pushing her away (let’s not forget about that bullying please) and even so she decided to help them and always stayed sweet to everyone, Queen behavior 👑 (and she never got a proper apology too)

Draco was nothing compared to the Dursley's but yes I'd pick him as a runner up for books #1, #2, #4 & #5 .

It makes sense for Neville’s transformation if you think on it. He rose up at a time when the dark lords time was nearing its end and as he stepped up to fight at the battle of Hogwarts he was ready to fulfill the prophecy that very easily could have been him in the first place.

What's the logic for naming Crouch Jr. best because he manipulated (and tried to kill) everyone then naming Voldemort worse for sam e reasons ??

Neville is probably my favoutie character of all time!

My cousin's planning my 11th birthday party next year to bear Harry Potter theme so we can find out our houses and you and super curling Brothers have actually been helping me improve. All my Harry Potter and some of the books have been improving my Harry Potter everyday and my family is getting annoyed that I'm watching too much. Harry Potter media content

Harry Potter himself always steps up and rises to the challenge in all the Harry Potter Books and Movies’

If Neville knew how he could’ve been Harry, I think him stepping up would’ve been incredible. (He was an option for the prophecy)

Be cool to see a video of your favorite characters that don’t play much of a role. For example, I just love Sir Cadogan! I think he’s hilarious and love when he randomly pops up in the books 😂

Hermione could get an honorable mention for Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows. She pushed Harry to start the DA and even said "Voldemort" when most wouldn't, came up with clever ideas for the DA communicating, and had Rita Skeeter write Harry's story for the public to hear which helped push students and teachers alike to support Harry. And when the trio were hunting horcruxes she came well prepared for the long and difficult trip between having a shelter with protective enchantments ready to having Essence of Dittany on hand for when Ron got splinched to grabbing the portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black to having helpful books on hand. I remember liking Hermione a lot in the Deathly Hallows book. Cornelius Fudge should get a dishonorable mention for Order of the Phoenix with how he tried to cover up Voldemort returning and putting Harry in a bad light which lead to numerous consequences later on. Not mention how determined he was to get Harry expelled and Dumbledore removed from Hogwarts. If he had heeded Dumbledore's words in the Hogwarts Hospital Wing at the end of the Goblet of Fire then much would have been avoided but he chose what was easy over what was right. Kreacher and Draco also got on my nerves in the book. Kreacher with betraying Sirius and disrespecting Harry and his friends and Draco with saying bad things about Hagrid's teaching, catching Harry after the DA's location was exposed, taking away points from Gryffindor when he was given authority to for the dumbest reasons imaginable, and abusing his position as Prefect.

5:53 it's a real shame Lupin couldn't be a permanent teacher, he was very brilliant 7:06 well that was maybe a bigger twist than Barty being Moody lol

I feel like in the order of the phoniex we can give an honourable mention to the dursley for being as pathetic as umbridge like harry told them voldemort is after him and they be like fine get out of the house (most disguting muggles) .

I actually think Snape is the BEST character in the Half-Blood Prince. He adds so much mystery and makes the reader question the entire book on who's side he is on with taking the unbreakable vow. By the end everyone 'hates' his character of course, but that is still in my opinion peek character creation. I would also give a small shoutout to Voldemort in this book because the flashbacks we get of his life as a kid/young adult were absolutely incredible.

In the last book, while I agree that neville was indeed one of the best characters, I think it important to appreciate Hermione as well. After Neville, she deserves the spot. Everything she did on the Horcrux hunt from having her beaded-bag with an extendable charm, having clothes and books, being there for both Harry and Ron, covering the area around their tents with protective charms, saving herself and the two other boys from Xeno's place, lending Harry her wand, protecting Harry and Ron when they fought and almost hurt each other, and most importantly for obliviating her parents, Hermione was one of the most outstanding characters in that book.

From the moment I saw the title I was like “I swear if you don’t pick Ginny for best character in half-blood prince

I see the title of this video and think, 'the fifth one's gotta be Umbridge'. Great choices and love the video!

Hagrid in the first novel for best character. He opened the world of magic to Harry and was the first person to basically give color to Harry's dull life with the dursleys

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