Top 10 Dumbest Decisions in Harry Potter 

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I think the dumb best decision in the Harry Potter franchise was when Cornelius Fudge and the Ministry of Magic refused to listen to Harry and Dumbledore’s warnings about Voldemort’s return. They basically allowed Voldemort more time to Prepare and they made Harry and many hogwarts students miserable through sending Umbridge to hogwarts in Harry’s 5th year.

"Nice one, James!!" The single most heartbreaking sentence in the entire franchise, so far. The weight behind why Sirius says this is so depressing. How much he had loved Harry's father, how much he had missed him. Being in Azkaban, with Dementors, to constantly bring back Sirius' horrible memories, most likely of seeing James and Lily's dead bodies over and over again. To using Harry as a surrogate James in the heat of that battle, to finally feeling free after being locked up for over a decade, to basically being on house arrest even while free from Azkaban. Feeling free and most likely at his happiest in that moment, only to get shot down and killed right in front of his godson. Knowing that he could have lived, if Bellatrix missed, 15 minutes later, they would be free. Harry sees the only true family that he had known up to that point, die.

killing cedric was the voldermort's biggest mistake... Now he's become the vengeance 🦇

10 - They should've just waited for Arthur and Molly 9 - Inexcusable 8 - Dumb, but he was tricked by a very charismatic young man 7 - Look across fiction and wise men often hide things unnecessarily (Obi-Wan, Gandalf, Ozpin, etc.) 6 - Despite the outcome, bringing him back alive was the right move 5 - Yeah, this was dumb 4 - Crouch clearly loved his wife more than his son 3 - This wouldn't have been a problem if the wizarding world had laws against entering people into contracts without their consent 2 - Harry tried, but Snape was not offering him any instruction and would actively punish him when Harry made progress 1 - Makes sense; Voldemort doesn't do his own dirty work

Voldemort overobsessing with Harry instead of ignoring the saying of a lunatic witch thus leaning to his ultimate downfall is the dumbest mistake of all, especially with the "No one but me can kill Harry" rule.

Leaving Harry with Dursleys was actually a really smart decision. It was the only way to keep him safe..

Harry not wanting Sirius and Remus to kill Peter wasn't the bad decision, the bad decision was Lupin not taking his Wolf's Bane potion.

Dishonorable Mention: *The Ministry Refuses to Believe Harry's Story - Order of the Phoenix -Because some people are just too stubborn to swallow their pride and accept the truth sometimes. When the Ministry refuses to believe Harry's story during the trial, they do whatever they can to cover up the truth. Even sending Umbridge, the MOST UNIVERSALLY DESPISED character in the entire franchise (if not of all time), to Hogwarts where she proceeds to "Take over the school" as Hermione puts it. What's more, this was actually Number 1 on your Top 10 Dumbest Fantasy Movie Decisions, Mojo. So what gives? Why was it absent from THIS list?

Harry wanting to spare Peter wasn't stupid. Alive and captured the truth could have come out and cleared Sirius' name

#6 had right idea, wrong issue. Not killing wasn't issue, but using Petrificus Totalus would of also prevented Pettigew from fleeing.

Problem with magic is that well....it can solve almost any sort of problem and therefore no story, but even still Fudge is the biggest idiot ever for not believing Harry about Voldemort’s return, even though he’s right there when Harry says it and Cedric’s dead body lying beside him

It wasn't a dumb decision to leave Harry to the dursleys. He was left with them because Petunia (Harrys mother's sister) had the same protection that Harry's mother Lilly had when she died defending Harry. So as long as harry stayed with the dursleys the protection would live on and defend him untill he turned 17. It was a smart and well though out decision from Dumidors side.

"Harry stops Sirius and Lupin from punishing Peter Pettigrew?" You dummies! That decision backfired because Lupin forgot to take his wolfsbane potion. Harry also stopped them from killing that rat so Padfoot could be proven innocent.

Disagree with Slughorn telling Tom about Horcruxes, unless we are including unintentional decisions that are impossible to see the worst case scenario. After all, Tom was an extremely bright and manipulative wizard who could really convince anyone to tell him what he wanted, except for Dumbledore. Also disagree with the idea of choosing anyone but Snape to teach Occlumency. Snape was chosen because he was the best if not the only one who could even do Occlumency. He had to be, otherwise the Dark Lord would have been able to have read his mind and learn that Snape was a triple agent the whole time. Also disagree with the one about Harry letting Pettigrew live Prisoner of Azkaban. The only thing that caused that plan to backfire was that no one knew it was a full moon that night. The real dumb choice was that Lupin straight up forget to mention to everyone "Oh btw I'm going to turn into a werewolf tonight we better make this snappy or I best should just hang back" I 1000% disagree with the one about Harry being left with the Dursleys. One, Harry ain't got no other family. Two, the Dursleys home carried the protection spell which allowed Harry to stay alive and hidden until he was 17. That's why despite the Death Eaters ambushing the escape from that house they were never able to attack it because of the Love protection. That's why Harry had to live there. I think I agree with everything else though Edit: stupid choices that I think actually deserved to be on this list is less choices in the films or books but more choices by the filmmakers. 1. Being so stupid to change the Taboo scene by having the Snatchers show up out of nowhere without anyone saying Voldemorts name. Yes, Xenopholius says it, but the others who didn't who apparate away, escaping, are caught for no other reason than the villains somehow being given a Deus Ex Machina moment which is fucked up. And no, no one can say they can trace people after apparating because one - none of the kids said his name in that scene. And two, they weren't traced after they said it at the beginning of the film either. It was beyond stupid of the filmmakers to fuck that up because it's just a glaring plot hole 🕳. But the worst sin of all that makes Deathly Hallows the worst film. Changing Wormtails death scene. Spoilers film fans who didn't read the book. But Dobby who never meant to kill but only maim or seriously injure, straight up killed Peter Pettigrew and the filmmakers turned the scene into comedic relief, so much so you don't even know he just died right there. In the book Peter shows Harry mercy as he was initially strangling him and because he showed mercy, the magical hand Voldemort gifted him turns on Peter and kills him instead.

Who else watches the movies and rereads the books on a regular basis?

Harry using Sectumsempra on Malfoy should have been so much higher.

books are much better. especially harry taunting voldemort at the end about how he can't kill him because the wand doesn't belong to him. very satisfying. also fixing his own wand and giving Dumbledore back his own.

A few more: Hermione lying about going off to fight the troll instead of just telling the truth that she was crying in the lavatory and the boys found her. She threw herself under a bus that wasn't moving. Going after the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone as Quirrell wouldn't be able to get it in the first place. Voldemort showing up in the Ministry of Magic when he was supposed to be hiding his return. Choosing Peter Pettigrew as the Secret Keeper. Pretty much anything Cornelius Fudge did. From letting Dementors roam the grounds of Hogwarts to refusing to believe Voldemort returned. Worst Minister of Magic EVER!!!

Voldemort didn't learn about horcruxes from slughorn he was just confirming the information and wanted to know the consequences of riping the soul many times if slughorn refuse to say anything it would not have changed anything

Harry letting Pettigrew alive was logical because he was alive thus allowing Syrius Black being free from Azkaban.

the dumbest decision in the books was not having Neville and Luna get together they are perfect for each other 🥰

Putting Lockhart into the position to teach Defense of the dark arts. Nobody considered double-checking on the dubious dude. His behavior was so pathetic and almost predictable that no one could really think he is good teacher. And losing his memory is not enough punishment and suffering.

I guess you don't understand WHY Harry had to be with his aunt and uncle. This is explained in Book 5. He had to go there because of Lily's sacrifice. He was protected there as long as he called it home. Even Voldemort could not harm him there.

Leaving Harry at his abusive relatives' house never really made sense to me. Sure, they wanted to keep him safe from Voldemort, but maybe Hagrid would have been the better choice?

One of the biggest mistakes by Voldemord was, Not taking the Magic Power of Houseelves serious.

Harry: “Cedric! Get back to the cup!” Cedric: *“I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that”*

Why would Voldemort check Harry’s pulse, he is literally the only person to ever survive the killing curse

Number 10: Well they were 12 and in the books it was pointed out that this was a very stupid idea. Number 8: Well Dumbledore stated that voldemort/riddle already knew but needed some conformations. Number 6: Noble and stupid thing to do. It does saved his life in the 7th book. Number 5: Well it was a very clever trap. And yeah he does remembers the mmirror right afterwards. Number 4: You can play his mother. Number 3: In the end it worked, while he did not killed harry, he managed to came back. And the blood probably had to be taken durring cermony. Number 2: Making snape teach him was stupid, with another teacher it could have worked. HM: He knew if he ever showed himself sirius would be proven innocent and that sirius and lupin wouldhunt him down. And it was shown that he was a coward. Harry did used the other spells with nothung bad ´that happend.but should have tested it on a dummy or something like that. Yeah saying Voldemorts name was stupid. Leaving Harry with the dursleys was the only way to protect him. Thats how the spell worked. Number 1: No argument there,

Seems to me Hagrid with his monster fetishes should have been listed in there somewhere. There would have been no giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest but for him, near as I can tell.

Personally, I think the worst decision was allowing Ralph Fiennes to hug Tom Felton. Seriously it almost killed the tension in that scene!

12:25 I never tire of watching Barty Crouch Jr. (as Mad-Eye Moody) mocking Harry

Harry calling Voldermort "Tom" before jumping off the cliff is such a power move.

Ah yes the punishment for staying out late with hagrid was to stay out late with hagrid in a dangerous place, brillant.

Another Dishonourable mention, making Harry Potter a seeker in quiditch. You're giving a boy who can barely see without his glasses a role to find a ball that is so small and fast it's near enough impossible to miss lol

Snape was the master of occulemency, apparently that’s what him a great spy. Voldemort couldn’t read his thoughts so there was no legitimate way to prove Snape was a double agent. It’s a dumb idea but in end Snape would have been the best option

One that should've been on this list- Dumbledore inviting Tom Riddle to Hogwarts in the first place. Sure, if his magic was allowed to go on unchecked, he probably would have killed more people. But the fact he got proper training and was able to learn about the Horcruxes while at school made him the dangerous person he became

If Harry Didn't save Wormtail, then he wouldn't have been saved by him later in the series

I've always been salty over Harry breaking Voldemort's wand at the end. Surely, there were so many better ways to dispose it?!

I wouldn’t say slughorn discussing horcruxes was dumb, there are literally books about it in the library

i think the biggest mistake was voldy using harry's blood. cost him in the end more than anything imo

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Great list! The “Dumbledore keeps too many secrets” segment had me cracking up 😂! I would have included Dumbledore putting on the Resurrection Stone when he should have been smart enough to know that it was cursed.

Harry and Ron: stop saying Voldemort Harry: nooooo That reminded me of the Billy and Mandy parody of Harry Potter

Here are a few more of the dumbest decisions in Harry Potter: Harry, Ron and Hermione going off to tell Hagrid's hut at night in Philosopher's Stone without using the invisibility cloak causing them to get detention and losing 150 points for Gryffindor Dobby saving Harry and his friends which leads to his death Crabbe (Goyle in the DH part 2) using fiendfyre causing them to be killed by their own spell Lockhart using Ron's damaged wand to wipe Harry and Ron's memories but it backfires and he loses his own memory respectively Harry going after Bellatrix in the film version of Half Blood Prince Malfoy taunting Buckbeak causing him to be injured Harry arguing with Umbridge landing him in detention with her Fred and George trying to fool the age line with an aging potion and become 'old men' in Goblet of Fire Malfoy throwing Neville's remembrall which unintentionally causes Harry to be seeker for Gryffindor and Malfoy saying Oh No at the end of the Gryffindor Slytherin match is him regretting what he did Voldermort creating too many Horcruxes which destroys his original body after failing to kill Harry as a baby Voldermort stealing Harry's blood in Goblet of Fire which spares Harry being killed in Deathly Hallows Hagrid letting slip to Harry, Ron and Hermione secrets in a running gag in the first film Harry, Ron and Hermione hiring Griphook to help them get to Bellatrix's vault as he turns traitor in the end Dumbledore touching the cursed ring causing his hand to blacken and become fatal Lily and James entrusting Wormtail as their secret guardian who betrays them Ginny writing in Tom Riddle's diary which manipulates her Ron panicking in Devil's Snare which almost kills him Harry speaking to the snake in Chamber of Secrets causing everyone even Ron and Hermione to think he could be the Heir of Slytherin Dumbledore's ambitions which lead to Ariana's death

It was good that Harry and Ron took the flying car because of they wouldn't have taken the flying car, Ron's wand wouldn't have been broken. They were saved in the Chamber of Secrets because the wand was broken. Lockhart tried to obliviate Harry and Ron in the Chamber of Secrets but it backfired because it was broken, otherwise they would have no memory left and you also know then what would have happened. So it was very wise decision. They knew the future. Also it was good that Harry didn't let Remus and Sirius punish wormtail. Because otherwise, he wouldn't have got that famous and also we wouldn't have been able to watch/read the movie/book after the third part.

Time to watch them all again now… don’t know weather to thank you or be angry

Thank you watch Mojo for this video 😊 Harry potter is One my fave movie series of all time I have seen it countless times . I don’t know why but the third is my favourite in the series only because I like the switch of the tone and the more darker feel

Three ultimate mistakes made by all characters - not using a Truth Potion, Felix Felicis and the Time Turner. Or a gun.

Snape's seriousness are the best scenes to snap into your memories 🔥

The narrator keeps concluding that if some decisions weren't taken "Voldermort wouldn't have returned". He literally split his soul 7 times to achieve a come back from death. And as skilled a Wizarding mind as he was, he would have found another way if all those other things didn't happen!

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I wouldn’t say Harry sparing Pettigrew was a dumb decision. They did need him to confess the truth to everyone, after all. I think it’s dumber that they never bothered to petrify him

Always wonder how come Harry's glasses doesn't come off when he's fighting Voldemort at the final battle of The Deathly Hallows Part 2. Movie magic maybe? 😂😂😂

It had to be the Dursleys because of a protective enchantment by his mom until he was 18

Not telling trusted advisors about his plans makes a lot of sense, especially the Horcruxes and especially once Voldemort comes back. Less people with knowledge means less people he can capture and gain the knowledge through torture/mind reading. This is why Dumbledore orders Harry to NEVER tell anyone about his Horcrux mission. It’s also the actual explanation for why he avoided Harry in 5th movie; he didn’t want to risk Voldemort reading his mind through Harry or using Harry to assassinate him.

If you’re talking about the movies, Harry was not the one who broke the taboo, leading the snatchers to them. It was Xenophilius Lovegood who used the taboo to lead the snatchers to his house to capture Harry in exchange for Luna’s safe return. This part only happened in the book, where Harry used Voldemort’s name, leading Fenrir Greyback’s group of snatchers to them. In both the movie and the book, Harry unknowingly led Rowle and Dolohov to them at the cafe because they did not know about the taboo on Voldemort’s name. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were unaware of the taboo until Ron rejoined the group in the book. In a deleted scene, Ron mentions the taboo after their escape from the Ministry of Magic.

One thing I noticed in the Prisoner of Azkaban is the fact they could have sent someone to fetch Dumbeldore from the castle when they caught Petagrew while holding him just outside the castle instead of resting they could have sent Harry and Hermiony to get Dumbeldore and together they could have held Petagrew even after Lupin changed. I realize they wanted that touching moment to be in the movie but seriously that could have waited until Petagrew was in custody. It’s a really big plot hole. Even if they wouldn’t have made it to the castle in time they could have sent up a flare or something to alert the castle that they needed help, or have found one of the professors and asked them to go get Dumbeldore saying it was an emergency. Seriously this one scene was full of majorly poor decisions.

Dumbledore couldn’t leave harry with another family because Lily’s protection extended only to blood relatives, sadly Petunia was the only remaining one.

Actually, when Tom Riddle asked Slughorn about the horcruxes you can see that he is already wearing Marvolo’s ring, so he had already murdered his father and grandparents and turned the ring into a horcrux, as he had already killed Myrtle and turned his diary into a horcrux too, he was asking Slughorn, in fact, cause he wanted to know whether was possible or not to make 7 horcruxes without dying in the process. And I myself think this was a dumb idea by Tom Riddle, cause he practically told Slughorn what he intended to do, being Slughorn a friend of Dumbledore, it was pretty clear that Dumbledore would eventually find out about Voldemort’s deepest secret.

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Totally amazing video watch mojo of the worst decisions in the Harry Potters franchise and awesome job on the video too.

I have to agree with the mind resistance lessons. Dumbledore could’ve gotten any other professor but instead it had to be Snape the teacher Harry did not see eye to eye with.

No 1 must be - "Making the character of doleres umbrigde.."😂😂

2:14: The problem is Dobby might have stopped it

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Every decision Ron Wisli made is one of the dumbest decision in Harry Potter

"Spoiler alert" You know, for all the people watching a video about a series that ended a decade ago, but that they haven't read.

Dumbledore said he left Harry with the Dursley’s every year because when Lilly died, it created a charm that protected Harry from Voldemort. However, it has to be renewed by staying with Lilly’s only living relative, her sister Petunia. I’m return for keeping Harry, the charm extends to the Dursley’s. Which is why they didn’t send Harry off to an orphanage. While they definitely detest Magic, they aren’t stupid enough to deny its power or not fear Voldemort.

Actually, leaving Harry with the Dursleys was the smartest decision of all, because Harry grew up to the humble nice kid we knew.

The logic of the Wizarding World is held together by duct tape and falls apart at the slightest bit of scrutiny.

Dumbledore not closing Hogwarts after the Chamber of Secrets was reopened?

Most awkward scene ever: Ginny “your shoelaces untied” *proceeds to tie it for Harry

Harry had to live with the Dursley’s for protection and to keep himself humble

What also was a bad decision which cost the Ministry of Magic greatly... Cornelius Fudge refusing to believe Voldemort returned, worried about a panic if they get word, and refuse to take Dumbledore's precautions, and he didn't listen and by the beginning of the 6th book, he was sacked.

Some of the mistakes makes sense, like dumbledore keeping secrets, because he's ashamed of his past, and voldemort being too arrogant to check if he made an error. Whoever let fudge rule the ministry might be the dumbest though, as that guy was the biggest weakling in the entire series

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Dumbledores secrets shouldn’t be on here. He knew Voldemort could see into Harry’s mind, and had to make sure the enemy was kept in the dark.

Here in the United States the first Harry Potter book and movie is called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

You missed Voldemort's dumbest decisions. First he decided to act on incomplete information. He heard part of the prophecy about the one who would destroy him and acted on that rather than waiting to gather more information about the real threat first. This led to his second and biggest blunder, deciding to kill Lily Potter, and that was the catalyst for everything that followed.

Leaving Harry with the Dursleys may be way more about keeping him hidden in plain site in the Muggle world as Voldemort kinda can't show up unannounced on Privet Drive to go kill a child without exposing magic to everyone. Also maybe it was a bit of misplaced morals of "an orphan child should be with some sort of extended family/blood relatives" rather than Dumbledore willingly leaving Harry with people who'd treat him like trash. I think we all know if Sirius wasn't wrongly imprisoned he obviously would have gone there since being with Sirius (and by extension the Order) would have been like being at Hogwarts, yes Voldemort can get to Harry but there are many a powerful wizarding adult to help protect him. Also Petunia wouldn't have put up a stink about Harry being given to his Godfather since she obviously didn't wanna raise him to begin with. Though literally anyone who knows 80s UK laws around such things as where a orphaned child must go if their relatives are alive feel free to call Dumbledore out on his shit choice.

The Durlsleys are probably so horrible because they spend so much time with Harry, as he is a horcrux

How about the trio wearing the locket; or the fact that Remus or Snape could have sent a potronus to Dumbledore, to come and help capture Wormtail; and my personal favourite, the fact that Dumbledore and Snape should have trusted McGonagall in the loop about the fact that the younger has to kill the older… just a few more that I could think of at the top of my head.

To be fair, it’s Ron who makes the dumbest ideas between the two them while Harry just goes along with it, lol.

Harry not killing pettigrew actually leads to pettigrew hesitating to kill harry which leads to harry and ron defeating him

Number 8... Tom already knew about horcruxes. He just wanted to know what would happen if you split your soul more than once. I disagree with #6. Lupin should've taken his wolfsbane potion instead of rushing out to save Harry and his friends. #5. Harry should've just checked in with Sirius with the mirror every night to make sure he was where he was or told some of the Order of what he was "seeing." Perhaps they could've told him that his "visions" were manipulated by Voldemort. #2. Harry should've learned it from someone else, not Snape. It's a good skill to have, but he needed someone else to teach him. #1. Voldemort has shown time and again that he is VERY arrogant with an equally large ego.

In the books, Ron didn't receive detention with Hagrid. It was Neville.

Hermione puts cat hair into a polyjuice potion. Lockhart removes all the bones from Harry's arm.

"He's the only family I've got left." *RON AND HERMIONE RIGHT THERE*

So alot of the things in this list aren't really stupid decisions when you understand the context. Harry not letting them kill Pettigrew was two fold. Because killing him not only made Lupin and Sirius killers, but or also meant there was no way to clear Sirius of the crime committed. Dumbledore kept secrets because he don't want all the information in one place. For example the items he leaves the trio in his will he couldn't say why they were useful or the ministry, which was loaded with Voldemort spies, would have also known. Harry's lack in using the 2 way mirror for the ministry was because he didn't realize he even had it. Sirius never told him what it was and it wasn't revealed until after the battle at the ministry.

Riddle would have gotten the information about the horcruxes from someone else.

I still get so mad in the first movie when hermione lies and says she went after the troll. I mean, she was in trouble and her friends saved her life. They wouldn’t have been in any trouble.

When Voldemort killed harry in the book he checked himself by using the torture curse & levitate him high and then drop him

#8 according to the book he already knew about Horcruxes, but only wanted extra insight for if he split his soul in more than two parts. It also is said more in detail early in the final book how to destroy horcruxes, saying it needs to be hit with something to make it beyond magical self-repair, and trying to undo the process would involve an extreme case of remorse and the shock of it could destroy the fella. And that a Horcrux works inverse of a living thing. A living creature can be killed without harming the soul. But the fragment of soul in the magical container can't survive without it. And that time the diary possessed Ginny Weasley and started draining the life out of her. That's because if someone gets emotionally linked to such a thing, that soul can go in and out of that person.

so if anyone can put someone elses name in the goblet of fire then how does that not lead to joke entries and prank names

Nah letting pettigrew live is the worst

The Dursleys was the dumbest decision, guaranteeing that Harry would want to run away. Dumbledore didn't know if the abuse would permanently damage Harry - which it would have definitely done if it wasn't just a story.

Voldemort was bloody lucky that Barry Crouch Jr was such a talented wizard. There was so much that could have gone so very wrong.

OOTP was a wave of bad decisions on Dumbledore's part. He ignores Harry's pleas, n keeps the prophecy from Harry. The biggest one was letting Snape teach Harry Occulency, knowing Snapes hatred for Harry and his father would further damage Harry emotionally, especially when Dumbledore could've taught him himself.