hey guys welcome to the realists which
is the name of the show you guys voted
on I’m Rebecca and we are ranking
experts you know that I know that so we
think we’re qualified at WatchMojo to
tear apart other people’s lists now so
we’re gonna be talking about IGN’s top
25 Harry Potter characters in honor of
the release of fantastic piece the
crimes of griddle balled and so I have
brought with me some resident
Potterheads Emily and Ron Weasley I mean
Andrew all right let’s start well we
always start at number 10 with Bellatrix
Lestrange so Andrew I think you got some
strong feelings on her
it makes no freaking sense and I just
this is a perfect example of why you
can’t really rank the books and the
movie characters I think honestly
honestly I don’t even think that’s the
case here I think she’s a one-sided
character in books and the movie Emily I
feel like she’s only interesting in how
she effects other characters who have
way more bearing on the series so he’s
the Joker of The Wizarding World she
just wants to watch the world okay
that’s a bit dangerous though because
the Joker is still a really good
character so she’s like the Joker the
Joker she’s the Joker if the Joker was a
side character on to number 9 which is
Draco Malfoy okay so he’s not a bad
choice there’s just better ones and I
find like he’s just filling the classic
bully character trope I think he’s a
very strong character in the first sort
of half of the story and then he kind of
falls off the map in the second half of
the story and that’s the reason I
wouldn’t put him on the top ten because
he becomes kind of inconsequential he
ends up being a coward because
ultimately when the stakes are the
highest he cops out you know either be a
villain or don’t be a villain but don’t
say oh I’ll kill Dumbledore and then not
do it yeah we his father will hear about
this yes onto number eight Sirius Black
Emily I’m sure you have strong feelings
on this as he was once one of your
favorite characters yes once I realized
talking about this with myself and you
that he’s not my favorite character
anymore he’s
super problematic as a character and I
think that’s actually what makes him an
interesting character Harry has way
better better father figures in his life
serious kind of just wants him to
replace James in a certain way I mean he
just wants him to run away with him and
have it yes yeah he’s at a turning point
in Harry Potter’s life where Harry
Potter sorta has to stop being a boy and
his death is one of the most important
factors in propelling Harry to realize
like oh no this is real and the stakes
are high number seven is Voldemort and I
wonder if they mean Voldemort or Tom
Riddle but because they have written
Voldemort I’m going to assume it’s
Voldemort and for me that’s way less
interesting than Tom Riddle you know
they’re the same person right well he he
has a character arc whereas Voldemort is
just this big bad from day one so I
think Tom Riddle is a much more
interesting character if you look at it
from that whole perspective but
Voldemort is born no that’s crazy
because if you’re going to totally like
once you start getting into Voldemort’s
background as Tom Riddle and you kind of
realized that he was he was a dick from
a good guy into a bad guy the maple
indifferent represents everything that
Harry could have been if he like had
made went into the dark sides of himself
because at every point they’re like you
remind me a lot of Tom Riddle you remind
me a lot of Voldemort whatever there are
aspects of you that are a lot like him
and that’s an important distinction is
that Harry has to choose to do the good
things he has to choose to be the good
parts of himself Voldemort’s just a name
he gave himself that name so that he’d
seem like a god and I mean the movies do
incorrectly make him seem like he’s a
God with all of his like the way the way
the way he did I hate it so much
it’s wrong it’s just wrong number six
was an entry that should have been on
the WatchMojo list but wasn’t Neville
Longbottom he is one of the greatest
issues I have with the film’s because
you don’t get enough of his backstory
you don’t see how important he is as a
character I love so much I mean I like
him more than
because he’s the underdog and I just
tend to like the underdog more than the
main character should he be higher than
six definitely no I agree with that I
also agree that he did not get his due
in the movies because he is a tragic
backstory number five is Albus
Dumbledore who of course should be on
this list but is he in the right place
no whoa go I put him at three on my
personal list because I think that he is
one of the most multifaceted characters
he is super interesting in his
motivations and you ultimately don’t
really know much of his backstory and I
feel like that’s what the fantastic
beasts franchise is kind of ramping up
to it’s hard for me because personally I
don’t really like Dumbledore what I was
found in really fresh okay in the first
half of the books I really didn’t like
Dumbledore because I’m like oh he’s just
an absent-minded dum-dum who’s sort of
pretending that he’s in charge of
anything he’s like oh good but he
doesn’t actually contribute to anything
and we’re not actually but he doesn’t
really contribute to anything except to
be like I was there all along it was
okay I was under control of the whole
situation look at how close the poor
kids come to getting like mauled and
killed in the first couple and then they
don’t that’s parenting you have to leave
your kids fail then make their own
choices that’s parenting also he’s a
flying pair but there’s which makes him
better but there’s a difference between
letting your kids fail and sort of
putting them on the edge of a shelf as a
baby and being like well if he follows
it’s not my fault
Voldemort put him on the end of the
shelf and you don’t get nothing – he did
everything to protect him
five is a good spot number four the
underrated Severus Snape who should be
way higher in my opinion
I mean WatchMojo put Snape at number one
on our original list and I said I know I
I do also I think Snape is my favorite
character he’s the most interesting
character he has the best arc like come
on he’s I feel like people have the most
passionate opinions about him either
they’re like he’s a great character and
a tragic figure and
wonderful or they’re like he was abusive
to Harry he still made his life hell no
good parenting better parenting than
Dumbledore better father to hurry than
Dumbledore ever was that’s why he should
be number one and I think we all agree
well we do agree that needs to be number
one bump Dumbledore cuz he’s a better
father to her than Dumbledore every boy
whatever that’s not 5-4 Snape Snape is a
great villain but he’s also the ultimate
hero of this franchise because he he
hates Harry Potter he does hate Harry
Potter but he protects him and he does
everything he can to save him and the
Wizarding World out of pure unrequited
love for Lily and it breaks my heart and
I don’t want to talk about number three
let’s start with the ginger I mean he
kind of has to be number three although
I don’t know I don’t want him at number
three wooden he needs to be on the
looking obviously but I I don’t know
he’s he’s although he’s older in place
he’s a scrub he’s cool he’s a scrub he’s
cool like he’s he’s all over the place
and for me I don’t really know where
else to put him maybe you don’t like Ron
as much because he wasn’t properly
portrayed in the film’s yet movie Ron is
definitely not as interesting a book run
he’s only used for comedic effect until
he’s like you love Hermione I’m not
friends with you anymore I hate this and
I’m just like he’s that character where
you’re like right I kind of feel like
I’m comparing myself to my siblings a
lot hmm and you know it’s it’s tough
number two Hermione Granger I do agree
that Hermione should be retired and Ron
no one would have gotten anywhere if it
weren’t for Hermione if they’d listened
to her a couple of times maybe stuff
wouldn’t have happened Department of
mysteries maybe I think it’s important
that she is a muggle-born but as you
said the most brilliant Witch of her age
so she shows that you do not have to be
a pureblood to be a really effective and
good
so she’s only on two because of this
list she’s not – and where we would
actually put her but she could have been
the token girl she’s not she could have
been the token smart character who just
solves problems and she’s not super
brave she’s like a quintessential
Gryffindor number one the ultimate
cop-out Harry Potter oh you don’t say
Harry Potter is number one and they top
two in Harriet butter kisses I agree
with you also but I went over this he’s
not the best character in the books by
like a loyal fair enough
I think he has to be too because he’s
the central figure
but he’s so frustrating to read I can’t
deal with Harry sometimes he’s just like
I’m just so angry all the time but I
mean the point being that it is a
franchise about kids he could have been
as Luther yes and that would have been a
much more interesting story I remembered
when I finished reading the books I was
like this would have been much better if
he was Slytherin and had been leaning in
but I wouldn’t we heard Tom Riddle story
why you disagree nobody can be whatever
the writer wants it to become we’re
probably can read whatever the hell she
wants
Rowling Lee Rowling sorry well you’ve
always been wrong okay when you look at
the IGN top ten what’s the first thing
you think that it’s definitely not a top
ten and they kind of copped out by
moving some stuff into there like you
know past ten no they’re not fans
they’re not real ones why there’s it’s
like the textbook characters to put in
and honestly they’re like that’s not
what a top-ten Harry Potter character
should be well that’s off tearing apart
the IGN top twenty-five Harry Potter
characters lists thank you guys so much
for joining us and be sure to check out
the rest of our Wizarding World content
our top 10 Harry Potter characters and
be sure to comment in the comments what
your favorite Harry Potter character is
thank you guys for joining me and I’ll see you next time not speaking to you
is the name of the show you guys voted
on I’m Rebecca and we are ranking
experts you know that I know that so we
think we’re qualified at WatchMojo to
tear apart other people’s lists now so
we’re gonna be talking about IGN’s top
25 Harry Potter characters in honor of
the release of fantastic piece the
crimes of griddle balled and so I have
brought with me some resident
Potterheads Emily and Ron Weasley I mean
Andrew all right let’s start well we
always start at number 10 with Bellatrix
Lestrange so Andrew I think you got some
strong feelings on her
it makes no freaking sense and I just
this is a perfect example of why you
can’t really rank the books and the
movie characters I think honestly
honestly I don’t even think that’s the
case here I think she’s a one-sided
character in books and the movie Emily I
feel like she’s only interesting in how
she effects other characters who have
way more bearing on the series so he’s
the Joker of The Wizarding World she
just wants to watch the world okay
that’s a bit dangerous though because
the Joker is still a really good
character so she’s like the Joker the
Joker she’s the Joker if the Joker was a
side character on to number 9 which is
Draco Malfoy okay so he’s not a bad
choice there’s just better ones and I
find like he’s just filling the classic
bully character trope I think he’s a
very strong character in the first sort
of half of the story and then he kind of
falls off the map in the second half of
the story and that’s the reason I
wouldn’t put him on the top ten because
he becomes kind of inconsequential he
ends up being a coward because
ultimately when the stakes are the
highest he cops out you know either be a
villain or don’t be a villain but don’t
say oh I’ll kill Dumbledore and then not
do it yeah we his father will hear about
this yes onto number eight Sirius Black
Emily I’m sure you have strong feelings
on this as he was once one of your
favorite characters yes once I realized
talking about this with myself and you
that he’s not my favorite character
anymore he’s
super problematic as a character and I
think that’s actually what makes him an
interesting character Harry has way
better better father figures in his life
serious kind of just wants him to
replace James in a certain way I mean he
just wants him to run away with him and
have it yes yeah he’s at a turning point
in Harry Potter’s life where Harry
Potter sorta has to stop being a boy and
his death is one of the most important
factors in propelling Harry to realize
like oh no this is real and the stakes
are high number seven is Voldemort and I
wonder if they mean Voldemort or Tom
Riddle but because they have written
Voldemort I’m going to assume it’s
Voldemort and for me that’s way less
interesting than Tom Riddle you know
they’re the same person right well he he
has a character arc whereas Voldemort is
just this big bad from day one so I
think Tom Riddle is a much more
interesting character if you look at it
from that whole perspective but
Voldemort is born no that’s crazy
because if you’re going to totally like
once you start getting into Voldemort’s
background as Tom Riddle and you kind of
realized that he was he was a dick from
a good guy into a bad guy the maple
indifferent represents everything that
Harry could have been if he like had
made went into the dark sides of himself
because at every point they’re like you
remind me a lot of Tom Riddle you remind
me a lot of Voldemort whatever there are
aspects of you that are a lot like him
and that’s an important distinction is
that Harry has to choose to do the good
things he has to choose to be the good
parts of himself Voldemort’s just a name
he gave himself that name so that he’d
seem like a god and I mean the movies do
incorrectly make him seem like he’s a
God with all of his like the way the way
the way he did I hate it so much
it’s wrong it’s just wrong number six
was an entry that should have been on
the WatchMojo list but wasn’t Neville
Longbottom he is one of the greatest
issues I have with the film’s because
you don’t get enough of his backstory
you don’t see how important he is as a
character I love so much I mean I like
him more than
because he’s the underdog and I just
tend to like the underdog more than the
main character should he be higher than
six definitely no I agree with that I
also agree that he did not get his due
in the movies because he is a tragic
backstory number five is Albus
Dumbledore who of course should be on
this list but is he in the right place
no whoa go I put him at three on my
personal list because I think that he is
one of the most multifaceted characters
he is super interesting in his
motivations and you ultimately don’t
really know much of his backstory and I
feel like that’s what the fantastic
beasts franchise is kind of ramping up
to it’s hard for me because personally I
don’t really like Dumbledore what I was
found in really fresh okay in the first
half of the books I really didn’t like
Dumbledore because I’m like oh he’s just
an absent-minded dum-dum who’s sort of
pretending that he’s in charge of
anything he’s like oh good but he
doesn’t actually contribute to anything
and we’re not actually but he doesn’t
really contribute to anything except to
be like I was there all along it was
okay I was under control of the whole
situation look at how close the poor
kids come to getting like mauled and
killed in the first couple and then they
don’t that’s parenting you have to leave
your kids fail then make their own
choices that’s parenting also he’s a
flying pair but there’s which makes him
better but there’s a difference between
letting your kids fail and sort of
putting them on the edge of a shelf as a
baby and being like well if he follows
it’s not my fault
Voldemort put him on the end of the
shelf and you don’t get nothing – he did
everything to protect him
five is a good spot number four the
underrated Severus Snape who should be
way higher in my opinion
I mean WatchMojo put Snape at number one
on our original list and I said I know I
I do also I think Snape is my favorite
character he’s the most interesting
character he has the best arc like come
on he’s I feel like people have the most
passionate opinions about him either
they’re like he’s a great character and
a tragic figure and
wonderful or they’re like he was abusive
to Harry he still made his life hell no
good parenting better parenting than
Dumbledore better father to hurry than
Dumbledore ever was that’s why he should
be number one and I think we all agree
well we do agree that needs to be number
one bump Dumbledore cuz he’s a better
father to her than Dumbledore every boy
whatever that’s not 5-4 Snape Snape is a
great villain but he’s also the ultimate
hero of this franchise because he he
hates Harry Potter he does hate Harry
Potter but he protects him and he does
everything he can to save him and the
Wizarding World out of pure unrequited
love for Lily and it breaks my heart and
I don’t want to talk about number three
let’s start with the ginger I mean he
kind of has to be number three although
I don’t know I don’t want him at number
three wooden he needs to be on the
looking obviously but I I don’t know
he’s he’s although he’s older in place
he’s a scrub he’s cool he’s a scrub he’s
cool like he’s he’s all over the place
and for me I don’t really know where
else to put him maybe you don’t like Ron
as much because he wasn’t properly
portrayed in the film’s yet movie Ron is
definitely not as interesting a book run
he’s only used for comedic effect until
he’s like you love Hermione I’m not
friends with you anymore I hate this and
I’m just like he’s that character where
you’re like right I kind of feel like
I’m comparing myself to my siblings a
lot hmm and you know it’s it’s tough
number two Hermione Granger I do agree
that Hermione should be retired and Ron
no one would have gotten anywhere if it
weren’t for Hermione if they’d listened
to her a couple of times maybe stuff
wouldn’t have happened Department of
mysteries maybe I think it’s important
that she is a muggle-born but as you
said the most brilliant Witch of her age
so she shows that you do not have to be
a pureblood to be a really effective and
good
so she’s only on two because of this
list she’s not – and where we would
actually put her but she could have been
the token girl she’s not she could have
been the token smart character who just
solves problems and she’s not super
brave she’s like a quintessential
Gryffindor number one the ultimate
cop-out Harry Potter oh you don’t say
Harry Potter is number one and they top
two in Harriet butter kisses I agree
with you also but I went over this he’s
not the best character in the books by
like a loyal fair enough
I think he has to be too because he’s
the central figure
but he’s so frustrating to read I can’t
deal with Harry sometimes he’s just like
I’m just so angry all the time but I
mean the point being that it is a
franchise about kids he could have been
as Luther yes and that would have been a
much more interesting story I remembered
when I finished reading the books I was
like this would have been much better if
he was Slytherin and had been leaning in
but I wouldn’t we heard Tom Riddle story
why you disagree nobody can be whatever
the writer wants it to become we’re
probably can read whatever the hell she
wants
Rowling Lee Rowling sorry well you’ve
always been wrong okay when you look at
the IGN top ten what’s the first thing
you think that it’s definitely not a top
ten and they kind of copped out by
moving some stuff into there like you
know past ten no they’re not fans
they’re not real ones why there’s it’s
like the textbook characters to put in
and honestly they’re like that’s not
what a top-ten Harry Potter character
should be well that’s off tearing apart
the IGN top twenty-five Harry Potter
characters lists thank you guys so much
for joining us and be sure to check out
the rest of our Wizarding World content
our top 10 Harry Potter characters and
be sure to comment in the comments what
your favorite Harry Potter character is
thank you guys for joining me and I’ll see you next time not speaking to you
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