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| '''Rubeus Hagrid''' is a freaking bus. I saw him poop at my house once. | |||
| '''Rubeus Hagrid''' is a ] in the '']'' book series written by ]. The character is usually addressed only by his surname. Hagrid is the Keeper of Keys and Grounds, the ] and, starting in Harry's third year at ], the ] teacher there. | |||
| In '']'', Hagrid is mentioned as being twice as tall as the average man (roughly 3.5 metres, 11½ feet) and nearly three times as wide but in the ] his height is mentioned as 8 foot 6 (roughly 2.6 metres). He loves animals and ], particularly those that are unusual or dangerous. Rowling has said that Hagrid has little interest in tamer magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a cowardly, abeit large dog (]) named Fang. | |||
| He is one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as ] is a dated concept. Hagrid is known for his thick ]. | |||
| In the film adaptations of the ''Harry Potter'' novels, Hagrid is played by ] ] ]. Rowling has said that when writing the first ''Harry Potter'' novel, she imagined Coltrane in the role.<!-- original research!!: It is interesting to note that when Robbie Coltrane plays the spirit of christmas in The Blackadder Christmas Carol he looks and sounds a lot like Hagrid so it is possible J.K.Rowling could have seen it and imagined Hagrid like that.--> | |||
| His name, Rubeus, has two meanings in ], one meaning "red" or "reddish" and the other meaning "of the bramble", both accurate descriptions of his appearance. "Hagrid", according to Rowling in an interview with '']'',<ref></ref> comes from an old English word "]ridden", meaning to have a nightmarish night, particularly when ]; Hagrid is known to be a heavy drinker. In ] '']'', the word is represented as typical Wessex slang and appears in the same passage as "]", a local term for "bumblebee". | |||
| Hagrid was the first member of the Hogwarts staff to be introduced to Harry before he began attending the school. | |||
| ==Positions held== | ==Positions held== | ||
| * Quarterback for the Patriots. | |||
| * Keeper of Keys and Grounds, ] | |||
| * Hogwarts ] | |||
| * Professor of ] | |||
| * Member, ] | |||
| ==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| HE'S UGLY! | |||
| In '']'' it is revealed that Hagrid is of ] and ] parentage, his mother having been the giantess ], who left his wizard father when Hagrid was a baby. Hagrid has a half-brother, a giant named ]. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of ], Hagrid keeps his parentage a secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size. He has a friendly, softhearted personality and is easily driven to tears, as seen in his very first scene, when he drops Harry off at the Dursleys' in '']''. He is very loyal to his peers, especially Dumbledore, to whom he refers as the greatest wizard in the world multiple times. | |||
| Hagrid was a student at ] at the same time as ]. Hagrid's first year was the ] school year. Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in ] house.<ref></ref> He was ] during his third year, after being caught in possession of a dangerous ]: this already grave crime was worsened due to the belief that it was "The Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid had released it from the ] and, either intentionally or unintentionally, allowed it to attack and petrify (and in one case, kill) other students. This (inaccurate) belief was encouraged by Riddle, the actual criminal, who had been using the true Monster (a Basilisk) to attack students, and who had framed Hagrid to avoid the school being closed. | |||
| Following his expulsion, the ] broke Hagrid's ] wand and forbade him from performing magic.<ref></ref> However, persuaded by ] (who at the time was ] teacher), Headmaster ] agreed to train Hagrid as gamekeeper, allowing the boy to remain at Hogwarts. Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in a pink ], and performs small spells from time to time; however, he is technically forbidden to do ], and since he is not a fully qualified wizard, he is somewhat deficient in it as compared to other adult wizards. By the time Harry attends Hogwarts, Hagrid is also the Keeper of Keys and Grounds: the former, according to Rowling, means "that he will let you in and out of Hogwarts."<ref></ref> Part of his job includes leading the first years across the ] in boats, upon their initial arrival at Hogwarts. | |||
| Hagrid's love of dangerous magical creatures is central to the plot of '']'': a hooded person (] in disguise) gives him a ] egg to elicit details about ], the three-headed dog Hagrid has lent to Dumbledore to help guard the ]. Hagrid lets slip to Harry, ], and ] that the way to get past Fluffy is to play music, which allows them to pursue the potential thief. The three also assist Hagrid after the dragon egg hatches, by helping to remove the baby dragon Norbert, who is taken to live in a dragon sanctuary in Romania where Ron's older brother, ], works. | |||
| Throughout the books Hagrid is friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione. They frequently discover things about Dumbledore by talking to him as he has a habit of letting slip pieces of information. Dumbledore says that he would trust Hagrid with his life, and frequently asks him to carry out secret tasks. In ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', he delivers the infant Harry to Dumbledore at the Dursley's and, years later, is tasked to bring the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts to Hogwarts. In '']'', he is sent to try to persuade the giants to aid Dumbledore against Voldemort. In '']'', he tells Harry and company about a conversation he overhears between ] and Dumbledore, in which Snape reluctantly agrees to do some difficult task for Dumbledore. | |||
| In ], Hagrid is part of the Order of the Phoenix delegation assigned to remove Harry from the Dursleys' home to the magic-protected Burrow. Hagrid takes Harry on the flying motorcycle he inherited from Sirius Black but the plan goes awry when the Order delegation is ambushed by Death Eaters. The pair narrowly make it to the Burrow after being attacked by Voldemort himself. After ] and ]'s wedding reception, which is invaded by personnel from the Voldemort-controlled Ministry of Magic, Hagrid presumably returns to his job at Hogwarts. He is next seen during the Battle of Hogwarts, after having been driven into hiding in the mountains with Grawp to escape the new Death Eater-controlled regime at the school. Hagrid attempts to come to the defense of the monstrous spider Aragog's carnivorous children, which have been driven out of the Forbidden Forest by the Death Eaters and are now attacking both Hogwarts defenders and Death Eaters indiscriminately, but is carried off by a swarm of them. He later turns up, captive in the Death Eaters' camp, when Harry sacrifices himself to Voldemort. Hagrid is forced to carry Harry back to the school, not realizing that Harry has survived again, and en route accuses the watching centaurs of not doing enough to help. The centaurs soon afterward join the fray and Hagrid takes part in the second half of the Battle, ultimately felling his main nemesis among the Death Eaters, the magical-creature executioner McNair. | |||
| Nineteen years after Voldemort's defeat, Hagrid is still at Hogwarts, though it's never made explicit in what capacity, and invites Harry's young son Albus to his hut for tea, just as he had once done for Harry himself. | |||
| Hagrid is romantically interested in ] – another half-giant witch and Headmistress of the French magic school ]; it is not revealed if a romance has come into fruition. They traveled across Europe together on a mission from ], planning to find giants and convince them to ally themselves with the good side and with Dumbledore, but eventually parted on the journey home because of Maxime's exasperation with ], Hagrid's half-brother who he had found and was attempting to bring home with them. However, she is seen to " herself into the waiting Hagrid's arms" at Dumbledore's funeral, implying that they still have an affectionate connection of some sort. | |||
| Hagrid is less vulnerable to jinxes and spells than full-humans. In '']'', when ] and some other wizards come to remove him from Hogwarts he fights back. They try to jinx and ] him, but the spells just bounce off of him because of giant-inherited resistance to magic. Due to this, some of the potions are also ineffective against him, such as Polyjuice Potion, which is designed for human-only use. Hagrid is once again showing this resilience at the end of ], during the Flight of the Prince, withstanding Throfinn Rowle's powerful curses. | |||
| ==Relationships== | ==Relationships== | ||
| ===Hagrid and Harry=== | ===Hagrid and Harry=== | ||
| They're best friends to the end. THey're born attached! | |||
| In '']'', Dumbledore entrusts Hagrid with rescuing the infant Harry from his parents' house after their murder by Voldemort, and later gives him the task of locating Harry, helping him to find his bearings in the magical world and to buy his school things. | |||
| Since he introduced Harry to the wizarding world, Hagrid has been one of Harry's closest friends. Hagrid constantly watches over him, and is rather protective, seeing him as a fellow orphan and outsider. Harry in turn, apart from the dangerous animal fixation, views Hagrid as one of the most important people in his life. | |||
| ===Grawp=== | ===Grawp=== | ||
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| WHO CARES ABOUT GRAWP? | |||
| '''Grawp''' is the ] half-brother of ] in the '']'' books. In the ] of the book Grawp is completely ] using a new process from . The voice of Grawp is performed by ]. | |||
| First introduced in '']'', Grawp is brought from his mountain home to the ] outside ] by Hagrid. | |||
| Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess ]; Hagrid's father was a wizard, whereas Grawp's was a giant. | |||
| Grawp is about 16 ] (4.9 ]) tall, which Hagrid claims is small for a giant. His knuckles are the size of a ] (~225 ] in circumference). Grawp was being bullied by the other giants, and this was a factor in Hagrid's decision to bring him to the Forbidden Forest. Big and dim, he only knows a few words in English and his manners are wild and unpredictable. At first he seemed indifferent to his brother's attempts to civilise him, preferring to spend his time tearing down trees. In his first appearance, he seems to be attracted to the color pink. Grawp appeared mesmerized by Hermione's pink shirt. | |||
| When he first appears in the ''Order of the Phoenix'', Grawp is looked after by Hagrid, who keeps him tied to several trees in the Forbidden Forest. However, after Hagrid leaves Hogwarts to continue his work for the ], he leaves Grawp in the care of ], ], and ]. Much to their surprise, when they find themselves trapped in the forest during a confrontation with the local ] population, Grawp inadvertently manages to divert the centaurs' attention from Harry and Hermione. At the time, Grawp displays considerable distress at being unable to find his brother Hagrid, whom he calls 'Hagger'. He also remembers Hermione, calling her "Hermy" (a shorter form suggested by Hagrid because he felt Grawp wouldn't be able to pronounce the full name). | |||
| In '']'', Grawp is moved to the mountains, where he is apparently progressing much better. He also attends ]'s funeral with Hagrid, much more civil and calm than before, and dressed formally. He also appears to understand emotions, at least to some extent, as he pats Hagrid's head to comfort him. | |||
| In '']'', Grawp, Hagrid, and Fang go into hiding after Hagrid throws a "Support Harry Potter" party and it is implied that Grawp helped them all escape. He is the only Giant fighting against the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, and carries Hagrid from their hiding place to the castle on Hagrid's request (shoving him through a window in the process). This is probably borne out of a desire to protect Hagrid, as he frequently calls his name while fighting the ]s. Grawp participates in the victory celebration over Voldemort's defeat (albeit from a window, since he is too big to fit into the hall), and the Hogwarts students show their appreciation by tossing food into his laughing mouth.{{-}} | |||
| ==Hagrid's pets== | ==Hagrid's pets== | ||
| They're ugly too. | |||
| Hagrid keeps and has kept a variety of pets, including some which the wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong. | |||
| ===Aragog=== | ===Aragog=== | ||
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| '''Aragog''' is my name. | |||
| '''Aragog''' (] - ] ]) was an ] - an enormous, sentient, talking spider which made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student, keeping him inside a cupboard. The spider's discovery was partly responsible for Hagrid's expulsion. Hagrid was caught talking to the spider in the dungeons by Tom Riddle. Riddle then alleged that the creature was the "Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid, by extension, had opened the Chamber and released it. In fact, the "Monster" was a ] which Riddle, the real Heir of Slytherin, himself had released. | |||
| After Hagrid's expulsion, Aragog lived in the ]. Hagrid even found him a mate, Mosag, with whom Aragog had many offspring and became the ] of an entire colony of Acromantulas. He remained grateful to Hagrid and kept his carnivorous children from attacking him when he came to visit, but this didn't extend to anyone else (as Harry, Ron, and Fang found out in '']''). Hagrid had told them to simply "follow the spiders." Doing as he wished, they found Aragog and his children, who tried to eat them. They were only saved at the last minute by Ron's flying car that had been lost in the forest a few months prior. Aragog remained in the forest for the rest of his life, eventually growing weak, going blind, and dying in the ''Half-Blood Prince''. Hagrid retrieved Aragog's body from the forest, fearing that his children would devour his body. During his funeral, ] bottles his precious venom and takes it for himself. | |||
| Later in '']'' Aragog's offspring return during the Battle at Hogwarts; having been driven from the Forbidden Forest, they began to attack ] and Hogwarts' inhabitants indiscriminately. | |||
| The name Aragog comes from ''aranea'' (a ] word for spider) and '']'' (a legendary ]). | |||
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| ===Buckbeak / Witherwings=== | ===Buckbeak / Witherwings=== | ||
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| '''Fang''' ate me. | |||
| '''Fang''' is a large boarhound who, aside from his enormous size, appears to be an entirely ordinary dog. While Fang's appearance is intimidating, he is, in Hagrid's words, "a bloody coward." Boisterous and loving with people he knows, he seems especially fond of Harry and at times, Hermione. Fang, like Hagrid, is not as fierce as he looks. He seems to enjoy licking Harry, Ron, or Hermione around the face or ears, as he is mentioned attempting to do it in many of the trio's visits to Hagrid's house. | |||
| In '']'' he accompanied Harry, Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Hermione and Neville into the Forbidden Forest to look for an injured unicorn. In the following book, '']'', he joined Harry and Ron into the forest where he was scared stiff of both the gigantic acromantula and Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia. | |||
| In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, some escaping Death Eaters set fire to Hagrid's hut while Fang was inside, but Harry put out the fire with his wand before Fang was hurt. | |||
| In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Fang and Hagrid participate in the Battle of Hogwarts, though Fang's exact involvement is unknown. He is last seen running away after a shattered vase frightens him. | |||
| A boarhound is any of various large dogs, especially the ], used originally for hunting wild ]s.<ref></ref> However, in the films, Fang is portrayed by a ]. | |||
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| ===Fluffy=== | ===Fluffy=== | ||
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| '''Fluffy''' is what my dog calls "your mom". | |||
| '''Fluffy''' is a giant three-headed ] used by Hagrid to guard the trapdoor leading to the underground chamber where the ] is hidden in ''Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone''. The only way to get past Fluffy is lull him to sleep by playing music. | |||
| In the book '']'', Harry, Ron, and Hermione accidentally run into Fluffy after running from caretaker ]. At Halloween, Harry and Ron witness Snape entering the door to Fluffy's chamber, and for the next few days he has a pronounced limp and is overheard saying "How are you meant to keep your eyes on all three heads at once?" However, it is later revealed that he followed ] into the chamber. Later, Professor Quirrell gets past Fluffy by playing a ], while Harry, Ron, and Hermione use a ] that had been given to Harry by Hagrid because Fluffy falls asleep to music. | |||
| Fluffy is based on ], the three-headed dog from ] that guards the gates to the ]. As with Fluffy, Cerberus was lulled to sleep with music by ]. | |||
| In the book, Hagrid acquires Fluffy from a Greek he meets in a ], while in the film Hagrid says he got Fluffy from an Irish person instead. ] says when he wrote the script it said "Greek," but was changed somewhere down the line. ] was asked in an ] what happened to Fluffy after he was no longer needed to protect the Stone. She said Fluffy was released into the Forbidden Forest. | |||
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| ===Norbert (Norberta)=== | |||
| {{HP character| | |||
| image=]<br /><small>Norbert in ]</small>| | |||
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| fgcolor=Black| | |||
| name=Norbert (Norberta)| | |||
| species=] (])| | |||
| owner=] (formerly Rubeus Hagrid)| | |||
| powers=Firebreathing, Flying| | |||
| appearance='']'' | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Norbert''', and later '''Norberta''', is a ] ] that Hagrid had acquired as an egg from a mysterious, hooded stranger, who turned out to be Lord Voldemort who had concealed himself in the body of Hogwarts' (then) current Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrell. The ] classifies dragon eggs as Class A Non-Tradeable goods. Hagrid helps the dragon hatch from the egg. Norbert becomes very dangerous and much bigger in the weeks following, so Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally persuade Hagrid to give her to Ron's older brother Charlie, who's studying dragons in Romania. While helping Hagrid take care of his new pet, Ron is bitten and is in the Hogwarts hospital wing the night Charlie comes to collect the dragon. Harry and Hermione take Norbert up in a crate under Harry's invisibility cloak. However, Malfoy also sneaks out in the dead of night and is caught by Professor McGonagall. After Norbert is taken by Charlie, Hermione and Harry are also caught as is Neville who was found lurking in the corridors on his way to warn them about Malfoy. Norbert is frequently mentioned throughout the rest of the series. Most of Norbert's story was cut out of ''the Philosopher's Stone'' film for time reasons. | |||
| In '']'', Charlie Weasley revealed to Hagrid that Norbert was actually female, and had been renamed ''Norberta''. Charlie notes that female dragons are more vicious than the males. | |||
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 23:42, 4 September 2007
Template:HP character Rubeus Hagrid is a freaking bus. I saw him poop at my house once.
Positions held
- Quarterback for the Patriots.
Appearances
HE'S UGLY!
Relationships
Hagrid and Harry
They're best friends to the end. THey're born attached!
Grawp
Template:HP character WHO CARES ABOUT GRAWP?
Hagrid's pets
They're ugly too.
Aragog
Template:HP character Aragog is my name.
Buckbeak / Witherwings
Main article: BuckbeakFang
Template:HP character Fang ate me.
Fluffy
Template:HP character Fluffy is what my dog calls "your mom".
