they may only be fictional characters
but that doesn’t mean we didn’t spend
weeks mourning them welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 Harry
Potter deaths for this list we’re
looking at deaths in the Harry Potter
franchise that were memorable for better
or worse we were aligned primarily on
the film series but did factor in
descriptions provided in the novels we
are only counting those characters that
stay dead and are not including
characters that returned to life after
allegedly dying as you can expect there
are some major spoilers ahead so spoiler
alert number 10 James and Lily Potter
the deaths that started an entire epic
fantasy series was a great man father
what a swine while these deaths occurred
before Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone
they are extremely significant because
they set up the Harry vs. Voldemort
plotline that dominates the entire
series
nistro after Voldemort learned of a
prophecy that stated he could be killed
by Harry he set out to murder the
Potters who were being hidden under the
protection of a Fidelis charm
the couple was eventually betrayed by
their secret keeper however and
Voldemort found and murdered them
it was Lily Potter sacrificed for Harry
though that ultimately saved his life
and would continue to save his life
throughout the series
number nine fred weasley from two deaths
that occurred before the series even
started to one that occurred at the very
end bred the twin brother of george and
older brother of ron is seen among the
dead bodies following the Battle of
Hogwarts in the novel’s he is killed by
an explosion while fighting alongside
Percy another one of his brothers while
his death occurs off screen in the film
we see how distraught and heartbroken
the Weasley family is as they stand over
his lifeless body and we feel the same
to
number eight Remus Lupin and Nymphadora
Tonks let’s practice it now two more
casualties of the Battle of Hogwarts
both Remus Lupin and his wife Nymphadora
Tonks died fighting alongside Harry and
the other members of the order of the
Phoenix ridiculous class is ridiculous
very good
in the novel Remus is murdered by the
Death Eater Antonin Dolokhov in the main
courtyard while Tonks is murdered by her
aunt
Bellatrix Lestrange luckily for our
emotions these murders are left out of
the film version ridiculous good instead
we see only their lifeless bodies
holding hands as if that’s any better
and don’t get us started on teddy there
now orphaned baby and Remus hey you some
others will tell him what his mother and
father died for number seven Bellatrix
Lestrange
while this death might not have pulled
at our heartstrings it was disappointing
all the same mainly because Bellatrix
was one of the most popular characters
in the entire series despite her
allegiances itsy-bitsy baby pot
Bellatrix was Voldemort’s right-hand
follower during the Battle of Hogwarts
and subdued multiple characters
including her niece Nymphadora Tonks
after barely missing Ginny Weasley with
a killing curse Molly Weasley
ginnis mother engages her in a duel
eventually petrifying her and smashing
her body into tiny pieces a fitting end
for one of the series most brutal
villains number 6 Cedric Diggory a
moment that she were going to let it get
me it could be argued that it was Cedric
Diggory death that transitioned the
Harry Potter series from children’s
books into adult fantasy after touching
the Triwizard cup together both Harry
and Cedric are transported to the little
angleton graveyard some time before the
audience even knows what hit them
a formless Voldemort orders Peter
Pettigrew to kill the spare and Cedric
is dead kill
Voldemort would soon return to form
setting the stage for a much darker
second half of the series this book for
the image of Harry clinging to Cedric’s
dead body while mr. Diggory screams
still haunts us number five
Dobby Dobby has come to rescue Harry
Potter of course Dobby will always be
there for Harry Potter the only
non-human to make our list
what makes Dhabi’s death so difficult
was that we thought for a moment he had
escaped unharmed you gonna kill me don’t
be never meant to kill sent by Aberforth
Dumbledore to rescue Harry Hermione and
Ron after they were imprisoned at Malfoy
Manor Dobby freed Luna Lovegood Dean
Thomas and mr. Ollivander and subdued
Bellatrix by causing a chandelier to
fall on her as Dobby Harry Hermione and
Ron diss apparated however Bellatrix
threw her knife at them which the
audience soon discovers had fatally
wounded Dobby
Harry dug a grave for Dobby without
using magic leaving his gravestone to
read here lies Dobby a free elf he’ll be
happy to even his friend number 4 Sirius
Black I want you to take the other sing
it out while not george RR martin by any
means
JK Rowling was not afraid to kill off
major characters and that is perhaps
best exemplified by the death of Sirius
Black in order of the Phoenix Sirius who
was a friend of James Potter and Harry’s
Godfather became almost a surrogate
father for Harry and their relationship
had continued to grow over the past two
novels when all this is over I’ll be a
proper family we’ll see of course this
was immediately torn apart when Sirius
was suddenly murdered by Bellatrix
Lestrange at the Battle of the
Department of mysteries
it took Harry years before he could cope
with his Godfather’s death and we still
aren’t quite over it
number three severus snape it answers to
you and you um
Snape’s death was something fans of the
novels had longed for throughout the
course of the series and particularly
after he killed dumbledore in the
half-blood prince of course mum
unfortunately in a cruel twist of fate
we only discovered that Snape was
actually a good guy after his death
thinking that Snape was the master of
the Elder Wand Voldemort slashes his
throat and has his snake Nagini finish
him off in an attempt to gain control of
the wand Nagini kill just as he’s about
to die Snape passed his memories to
Harry
revealing that he in fact loved Lily
Potter and was an ally of Dumbledore the
entire time
number two Albus Dumbledore I shall make
it easier for you while most people
suspected this death would happen at
some point in the series it was still
able to catch us off guard years ago I
knew a boy who made all the wrong
choices after returning from the crystal
cave Dumbledore and Harry are ambushed
by Draco Malfoy and several Death Eaters
in the Astronomy Tower I have to do this
I have to kill you
kill me immobilizing Harry in a full
body bind curse so he would not be found
Dumbledore calmly speaks to the frantic
draco who has been assigned by Voldemort
to kill the headmaster Joey
eventually Snape arrives and does the
deed for Draco how about a cut over
while we later find out that this was
all planned by Dumbledore ahead of time
we still find it hard to forgive Snape
for killing one of our favorite
characters
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
No
number one Lord Voldemort
I must be the one to kill Harry Potter
this is the death that ultimately
concluded the Harry Potter saga and
ensured the series ended happily after
multiple confrontations throughout the
series Harry and Voldemort come together
for one last duel at the Battle of
Hogwarts while Voldemort possessed the
Elder Wand he was unaware that the wands
true owner was actually Harry
this caused Voldemort’s killing curse to
backfire as the wand would not kill its
true owner and resulted in the death of
the Dark Lord once and for all
do you agree with our list
it all fits what do you think is the
most memorable death in the Harry Potter
series for more exciting top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
but that doesn’t mean we didn’t spend
weeks mourning them welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 Harry
Potter deaths for this list we’re
looking at deaths in the Harry Potter
franchise that were memorable for better
or worse we were aligned primarily on
the film series but did factor in
descriptions provided in the novels we
are only counting those characters that
stay dead and are not including
characters that returned to life after
allegedly dying as you can expect there
are some major spoilers ahead so spoiler
alert number 10 James and Lily Potter
the deaths that started an entire epic
fantasy series was a great man father
what a swine while these deaths occurred
before Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone
they are extremely significant because
they set up the Harry vs. Voldemort
plotline that dominates the entire
series
nistro after Voldemort learned of a
prophecy that stated he could be killed
by Harry he set out to murder the
Potters who were being hidden under the
protection of a Fidelis charm
the couple was eventually betrayed by
their secret keeper however and
Voldemort found and murdered them
it was Lily Potter sacrificed for Harry
though that ultimately saved his life
and would continue to save his life
throughout the series
number nine fred weasley from two deaths
that occurred before the series even
started to one that occurred at the very
end bred the twin brother of george and
older brother of ron is seen among the
dead bodies following the Battle of
Hogwarts in the novel’s he is killed by
an explosion while fighting alongside
Percy another one of his brothers while
his death occurs off screen in the film
we see how distraught and heartbroken
the Weasley family is as they stand over
his lifeless body and we feel the same
to
number eight Remus Lupin and Nymphadora
Tonks let’s practice it now two more
casualties of the Battle of Hogwarts
both Remus Lupin and his wife Nymphadora
Tonks died fighting alongside Harry and
the other members of the order of the
Phoenix ridiculous class is ridiculous
very good
in the novel Remus is murdered by the
Death Eater Antonin Dolokhov in the main
courtyard while Tonks is murdered by her
aunt
Bellatrix Lestrange luckily for our
emotions these murders are left out of
the film version ridiculous good instead
we see only their lifeless bodies
holding hands as if that’s any better
and don’t get us started on teddy there
now orphaned baby and Remus hey you some
others will tell him what his mother and
father died for number seven Bellatrix
Lestrange
while this death might not have pulled
at our heartstrings it was disappointing
all the same mainly because Bellatrix
was one of the most popular characters
in the entire series despite her
allegiances itsy-bitsy baby pot
Bellatrix was Voldemort’s right-hand
follower during the Battle of Hogwarts
and subdued multiple characters
including her niece Nymphadora Tonks
after barely missing Ginny Weasley with
a killing curse Molly Weasley
ginnis mother engages her in a duel
eventually petrifying her and smashing
her body into tiny pieces a fitting end
for one of the series most brutal
villains number 6 Cedric Diggory a
moment that she were going to let it get
me it could be argued that it was Cedric
Diggory death that transitioned the
Harry Potter series from children’s
books into adult fantasy after touching
the Triwizard cup together both Harry
and Cedric are transported to the little
angleton graveyard some time before the
audience even knows what hit them
a formless Voldemort orders Peter
Pettigrew to kill the spare and Cedric
is dead kill
Voldemort would soon return to form
setting the stage for a much darker
second half of the series this book for
the image of Harry clinging to Cedric’s
dead body while mr. Diggory screams
still haunts us number five
Dobby Dobby has come to rescue Harry
Potter of course Dobby will always be
there for Harry Potter the only
non-human to make our list
what makes Dhabi’s death so difficult
was that we thought for a moment he had
escaped unharmed you gonna kill me don’t
be never meant to kill sent by Aberforth
Dumbledore to rescue Harry Hermione and
Ron after they were imprisoned at Malfoy
Manor Dobby freed Luna Lovegood Dean
Thomas and mr. Ollivander and subdued
Bellatrix by causing a chandelier to
fall on her as Dobby Harry Hermione and
Ron diss apparated however Bellatrix
threw her knife at them which the
audience soon discovers had fatally
wounded Dobby
Harry dug a grave for Dobby without
using magic leaving his gravestone to
read here lies Dobby a free elf he’ll be
happy to even his friend number 4 Sirius
Black I want you to take the other sing
it out while not george RR martin by any
means
JK Rowling was not afraid to kill off
major characters and that is perhaps
best exemplified by the death of Sirius
Black in order of the Phoenix Sirius who
was a friend of James Potter and Harry’s
Godfather became almost a surrogate
father for Harry and their relationship
had continued to grow over the past two
novels when all this is over I’ll be a
proper family we’ll see of course this
was immediately torn apart when Sirius
was suddenly murdered by Bellatrix
Lestrange at the Battle of the
Department of mysteries
it took Harry years before he could cope
with his Godfather’s death and we still
aren’t quite over it
number three severus snape it answers to
you and you um
Snape’s death was something fans of the
novels had longed for throughout the
course of the series and particularly
after he killed dumbledore in the
half-blood prince of course mum
unfortunately in a cruel twist of fate
we only discovered that Snape was
actually a good guy after his death
thinking that Snape was the master of
the Elder Wand Voldemort slashes his
throat and has his snake Nagini finish
him off in an attempt to gain control of
the wand Nagini kill just as he’s about
to die Snape passed his memories to
Harry
revealing that he in fact loved Lily
Potter and was an ally of Dumbledore the
entire time
number two Albus Dumbledore I shall make
it easier for you while most people
suspected this death would happen at
some point in the series it was still
able to catch us off guard years ago I
knew a boy who made all the wrong
choices after returning from the crystal
cave Dumbledore and Harry are ambushed
by Draco Malfoy and several Death Eaters
in the Astronomy Tower I have to do this
I have to kill you
kill me immobilizing Harry in a full
body bind curse so he would not be found
Dumbledore calmly speaks to the frantic
draco who has been assigned by Voldemort
to kill the headmaster Joey
eventually Snape arrives and does the
deed for Draco how about a cut over
while we later find out that this was
all planned by Dumbledore ahead of time
we still find it hard to forgive Snape
for killing one of our favorite
characters
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
No
number one Lord Voldemort
I must be the one to kill Harry Potter
this is the death that ultimately
concluded the Harry Potter saga and
ensured the series ended happily after
multiple confrontations throughout the
series Harry and Voldemort come together
for one last duel at the Battle of
Hogwarts while Voldemort possessed the
Elder Wand he was unaware that the wands
true owner was actually Harry
this caused Voldemort’s killing curse to
backfire as the wand would not kill its
true owner and resulted in the death of
the Dark Lord once and for all
do you agree with our list
it all fits what do you think is the
most memorable death in the Harry Potter
series for more exciting top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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