Can an Animagus Be ANYTHING? + How to Become an Animagus - Harry Potter Explained

Hey guys! Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In this video we’re going to be discussing everything related to Animagi and Metamorphmagi.
An Animagus, simply put, is a witch or wizard that is able to transform themselves into an animal and back again. Animagus is a combination of the word "animal" and the Greek word magus, meaning "animal wizard." It is an extremely rare and difficult ability to master, so much so that it requires you to register your knowledge of this ability with the ministry. An animagus will typically have an animal form that they transform in to that is closely linked to their personality and inner traits. Becoming an animagus is a learned skill, unlike the metamorphmagus. Metamorphmagi are born with their amazing ability to change their physical form at will, but differ from the animagi in that they are able to change their physical form in more specific ways. They possess the power to change their entire physical appearance, but also the ability to hone in on specific parts of their appearance- changing only those things
So, how do you BECOME an Animagus? And, can your Animagus form be any animal or creature?
The breakdown of the video is as follows:
1. What Animagi / Metamorphmagi are
2. Known Animagi / Metamorphmagi
3. How to Become an Animagi
4. How to Register as an Animagi
5. Discussing whether or not an Animagus can be ANY animal or creature
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[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@Anonymous-bc4dl]

@Harry Potter Theory I am sure youre gonna reach 100k subs the next few days. Or maybe even tomorrow, who knows :) i am really impressed how quickly you grew in the last few months. When i started watching your vids during spring this year you had like ~55k subs. Hats off!

[@dragonking2535]

Hey quick question how about thestral animagus would they remain visible to everyone or only those who witnessed death? Afterall they're not a true thestral. But you do retain the abilities of your animal form.

[@rusteshackleferd8115]

@HarryPotterTheory can a witch or wizard become more than one animal as an animagi? I ask because I have a duel patronous. One's a Dire-Wolf and the other is a rather large Peragrin Falcon. They usually appear together but sometimes only one will appear.

[@davidpinkhasov9953]

Harry Potter Theory is a good channel

[@ms.honiqualisha4529]

What would I be if my patronus is a Thestral ?

[@billysmith5409]

I would hate to go through all the work of becoming an Animagus only to become a slug or fish.

[@Lillith.]

Fish could still be cool. You could see things no human has seen before.

[@generalgreviouswantstoknow7587]

Tyleah Morales there’s always a bigger fish

[@coastercraft8505]

Transforming into a fish and then dying of suffocation, because there is no water nearby

[@chloeoeorine]

Coastercraft then only transform in water

[@antiday]

​@@chloeoeorine You wouldnt know what you would become on your first transformation. So the only thing that you can or could have done is to account for the fact that you might become sth with gills, and perform your first transformation with some water nearby. But that begs the question: if you turn into a freshwater fish and prepared to have freshwater nearby, that's great. But what if you turn into a saltwater fish? That could kill you.

[@sodagirl1092]

I imagine that sometimes Tonks would shift to look like Dumbledore and talk to random students, but the real Dumbledore would sometimes play along so that two Dumbledores were talking to you at once.

[@Phinexcat]

Lol

[@Gwenhwyfar7]

In the game "Hogwarts mystery", Tonks transforms into the ghost & history teacher and gives fake lectures for the class lol

[@hatsuharuboi]

I'm not sure were, but I read that one limitation of the metamorphmagus is that it can only alter his/her height or weight very little. So, I don't think Tonks could impersonate Dumbledore, since he is so much taller than her...

[@elonshingchi6415]

Sounds like something Albus would do

[@thecrazydisneyparksfanatic921]

That would definitely seem like something Dumbledore would do, him know what was going on and him just play with it.

[@kathgibbs2881]

Does anyone else think that Hagrid’s Patronus is an Acromantula

[@rilian226]

YES! I was thinking just that...

[@aligaterr5137]

That makes a lot of sense!

[@ravenwhite6843]

@Kath Gibbs There is no evidence that he learnt the charm.

[@sisinkauchiha9452]

If he did it would be either acromantula dragon 3 headed dog or a patronus looking like buckbeak

[@Elrohof]

No, the animal is representative of your personality, not your interests. The one exception was Snapes patronus but that was through intense feelings of love towards Lily. His patronus and animagi form would probably turn into a dog - the most loyal creature there is. For his sheer unwavering loyalty towards Dumbledore and Harry.

[@VyNguyen-id9ps]

Sirius Black really took “all men are dogs” to a new level

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

i dont know if your saying the word in the meaning of "all men are hustly" or "all men are bog doofuses"

[@Phenriir]

All men once were boys

[@rashraccoonrb5660]

Even thought I am a boy (anyways a man) I love cats. Cats are better than dogs in my opinion

[@imofage3947]

@@rashraccoonrb5660 If you were to pass away in your home, your cat would eat you unless someone interfered.

[@kristopherlopez9125]

@@imofage3947 so would a dog

[@itztinykookie6758]

Imagine going through the process to become an Animagus and turning into a blast-ended skrewt.

[@danteaghoulfromspace2996]

at least you'd be a force to be reckoned with hahah

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

Imagine becoming a Bowtruckle

[@itztinykookie6758]

Gr3nadgr3gory I was trying to tell my sister about bowtruckels yesterday but forgot what they were called and gave a pretty weird description of them but she thought I was talking about pixies.

[@itztinykookie6758]

jan snot Very true

[@jesskins534]

@James Reiley same

[@imdarrel]

If Lupin went through the process to become an Animagus, what would he turn into? A wolf? His Werewolf form? That being asked, how would that affect his werewolf form? I feel like it would help him take control of the werewolf form.

[@lassegrotkjr6326]

Darrel Sapp his werewolf sickness would make it VERY clouse to imposible, since it would take affekt during the animagus proces.

[@bookworm7076]

That's a great question! Lupin becoming an Animagus might help him control his lycanthropy. I wonder if any werewolves in the wizarding world would actually volunteer to be guinea pigs in this experiment.

[@Slothisticated0252]

You have to keep the leaf in your mouth from full moon to full moon, Lupin being a werewolf at full moon makes me think its impossible for him to become an Animagus

[@sisinkauchiha9452]

Not if he take The potion he had available while he was a teacher

[@bryanmercado4216]

This is so interesting 🤔

[@adarshjha6209]

You have collected sooooo much information about the wizarding world that you can start your own wizarding school.

[@motiongames6072]

He could and it would be as good at Hogwarts

[@marixsunnyotp3142]

@TIOTIO I guess the curse will be gone after Voldemort's downfall

[@carito24h28]

You missed Teddy. He is also Methamorphomagus. But thank you for answering this question.

[@trin3052]

Don't forget the epilogue where he flirted with one of Harry's kids

[@kaitlynlloyd9985]

@@trin3052 he actually made out with Bill & Fleurs daughter. Harrys only daughter was only about 8/9 during the epilogue.

[@cxl6399]

@@kaitlynlloyd9985 hol up-

[@barbaracult7606]

Trin It does not exist I do not believe it you are telling lies and you have just sweared

[@deadname569]

Savage penguin X not sweared

[@Nico-wg5jo]

I think when Tonks fell in love with Lupin, her patronus changed to a wolf. So would the animagus form also change if you fell in love to someone?

[@MegaMido29]

I think it's the other way around. If you've already achieved a corporal patronous it's more likely to change acording to your animagus form. I mean we HAVE seen instances of a patrounus changing, while we HAVN'T seen an animagus change.

[@kayi9238]

i mean tonks wouldn’t rlly need to do that

[@caitlynmalfoy4866]

Tonks isn't even an Animagus neither is Snape

[@Nico-wg5jo]

@@caitlynmalfoy4866 I know. But what if?

[@grantwalter2243]

Probably not since it is physical not spiritual. It could change if your patronus were to change before you undergo the several month long process. But I think afterwards it would be permenant

[@arrowghost]

Tonks turned in Professor Binns was funny enough, just imagine her transform into Snape.

[@bestestdaddy4639]

Really?

[@mahitatazmeen2291]

@@bestestdaddy4639 Yes! It's so funny! >u

[@sudhirjain7173]

Sirius would get a great laugh out of that 😂

[@samcarruthers6053]

1:41 "James Potter, the father of a character you may know." No, who's that?

[@anubhavsingh3807]

HARRY POTTER

[@dundercola]

Molly Weasly

[@thejudgeandtheexecutioner7062]

Voldemort

[@tatakae5069]

Dobby

[@purplegoose971]

@@anubhavsingh3807 What you said

[@blueredlover1060]

Would have loved to see Draco the Penguin

[@noraiscool56]

Bluered lover Oh my lord that is a image I want to store in my memory forever

[@miac3366]

No, Draco the Ferret

[@angelgray8899]

Ferret!!!!

[@raghdambaideen5199]

FERRET!!!!

[@averagefroggo5796]

*FERRET!!*

[@thevideomaster22]

My favorite part about the relationship of the Marauders is that they all became animagi to help Remus cope with his lycanthropy. It was a symbol of solidarity between the 4.

[@mkjeuring]

Wasn't Dumbledore's patronus a phoenix? If hed become an animagus and could possibly become a phoenix himself, would he have the magical powers a Phoenix has? Would he be able to survive the killing curse like fawkes did?

[@motiongames6072]

No

[@joelifer2096]

What if fawkes is the reincarnation of dumbledore who went back in time using a time turner to accompany himself and to live for eternity and become immortal. I am a genius.

[@marvoIor]

@@joelifer2096 Read the 5th book.

[@mkjeuring]

@@marvoIor I have lol

[@joelifer2096]

@Sebastian edwards dumbledore clearly has hands... I think

[@baschdiro8565]

In theory, Dumbledore should be powerful and determined enough to become an animagus. I wonder why he never did.

[@lassegrotkjr6326]

Baschdi Ro perhaps he was, he was just Never registeret as one.

[@seanking6184]

He never seemed bothered, he wrote that those who become animagus often only do so to escape the law. Besides Dumbledoor was so powerful he need not worry anyways. But since he was a transfiguration master he definitely could if he wanted

[@lvmhr]

imagine he was a phoenix animagus

[@serpentinewolf7085]

@James Reiley Phoenixes are pure. Dumbledore isn’t.

[@rubenlp4ever]

@@serpentinewolf7085 same opinion after the new Fantastic Beasts movie?

[@AustynSN]

What would happen if a wizard performed the Animagus spell perfectly a second time after they'd already successfully performed it once? Would they gain a second form? If so, would they still keep the first? Would nothing change at all? Would they lose the animagus form altogether? Would they permanently become their animal form?

[@supahninj2843]

??

[@muzanjackson8827]

you can only do it once

[@wittlekitty3174]

@@muzanjackson8827 but they asked what would happen if they tried to do it again a second time

[@muzanjackson8827]

@@wittlekitty3174 if they did the spell again then they would just turn back into their first animal

[@sakshamchaudhary8594]

students from Uganda school of magic can take multiple forms of animagus. it's on pottermore.

[@rpowell20139]

Her reporting was prejudiced towards her view point. She would have been a famous "journalist" in the muggle world.

[@sisinkauchiha9452]

Meh she wouldnt

[@Elrohof]

@@sisinkauchiha9452 She would've, and she was already a famous journalist in the wizarding world.

[@ricemenarq6230]

Animagi is one of the indicators of just how powerful a wizard Wormtail is if encouraged/pushed. For James and Sirius they pretty much maintain the same mass so every cell in their body just gets assigned a different function. For Wormtail, imagine all those cells compressed

[@Moakmeister]

I think a stag weighs more than a human

[@Elrohof]

And a dog is about less than half of what a human weighs, unless it's a much bigger breed like an Ovcharka, who ranges between 50-100 KG

[@sugunasoujanya4762]

And Ron carries him in his hand imagine Ron's strength.(just kidding)

[@charlinethom1624]

To be fair it was noted that Peter needed every help he could get from James and Sirius.

[@ricemenarq6230]

@@charlinethom1624 that's why I said if pushed/encouraged. That ritual he performed (with Voldemort's guidance) is also high level dark arts. and let's not forget his Bombarda spell was so powerful it resulted in a 40 ft crater. Maybe the reason the Sorting Hat put him in Gryffindor was so his 3 friends could bring out the best in him

[@carissstewart3211]

I can just imagine Malfoy successfully completing the ritual only to turn into a ferret!

[@yourlocalrainwing1358]

Imagine this: You are a hogwarts student You see an acromantula in potions class It turns into your professor You realize your professor’s ainimagus form is an acromantula Wouldn’t that be crazy and hilarious if that were to happen?

[@onetrackmind3558]

Acromantula?

[@yourlocalrainwing1358]

@@onetrackmind3558 yes

[@tomtinkersrezlife278]

Love these I have had one for a bit now that stumps me and you showed it at the very end of this vid how come professor McGonagall didn't recognize that scabbers was an animagus when Ron had to transfigure him into that cup

[@DarkRainb0wKnight]

My patronus (according to pottemore) is a swallow, which would be an amazing animagus form.

[@DeathIsLethal]

African or European?

[@olly_lmao]

not as good as a thestral :3

[@nirmaljagga2007]

How can you join pottermore

[@sophierowland7837]

That would be amazing, you could fly! Mine was a stallion I think, which I feel wouldn’t really fly under the radar very well 😂

[@stevenceja4706]

I've gotten a dun stallion

[@M4Carbinefan]

According to Pottermore, my patronus is a wild rabbit. At least it's something.

[@nirmaljagga2007]

How do you join pottermore

[@nickmoser1866]

Mine is a weasel

[@dipz6479]

Lol imagine turning into a fish and just dying🤣

[@thejudgeandtheexecutioner7062]

If I turn into a tortoise call me oogway

[@adityabhalekar3506]

its not instantaneous death. You can change with 1 though that's fast enough

[@tiacool7978]

@@adityabhalekar3506 For the first time? I don't think so. And seeing as you're not supposed to panic. I would imagine turning into a fish without water, and suddenly suffocating, would immediately ruin things.

[@MUTHUPURUSHOTHAMAN]

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[@jackscrivens9520]

But what if your patronus changes. Imagine you can cast an animal patronus. Now imagine that you then become an animagus, and they both match. A few years later, you fall in love with someone, so your patronus changes to theirs, like how nymphadoras patronus changed into a werewolf because of remus. Is your animagus form your first or second patronus?

[@hatsuharuboi]

In Harry Potter wiki says that the patronus and the animagus animal don't need to match, and that Sirius patronus wasn't a dog...

[@spencertang5155]

Even if your patronus were to change, I highly doubt that it would affect your animagus form, it seems set in stone that the form you take is set in stone.

[@remuslazar2033]

I want a video about how the magical creatures evolved. How were their prehistoric ancestors like?

[@dominickeijzer5844]

Imagine George going through the steps to becoming an Animagus, and it's Fred. Or just anyone has a twin and that's their Animagus

[@aquliladarksoul6239]

Severus being Bat for animagus but Deer for Patronus... And in book patronus can change because mood/trauma/love

[@RosiexxPosiex]

Technically its a doe

[@crispysatyr0355]

you mean obsession?

[@purplegoose971]

@@RosiexxPosiex Doe, a deer, a female deer

[@jenjen2776]

that means he casted it before he was a deer

[@matheusterradeoliveira1082]

Snape’s patronus was always a Doe, “no antlers”. You clearly misunderstood the whole “bat” thing. In DH “Harry saw in the distance a huge, bat-like shape flying…”. This part is about his ability to fly, just like Voldemort did in the 7 potters scene, and the “bat-like” reference is about his cloathes, that are also referred to as large and black, almost lake a bat.

[@franziskastanciulescu4098]

So as we know, one ingredient for the Animagus potion is one full silver teaspoon of dew from a place untoutched by sunlight or HUMAN feet. So could the Marauders have had Remus collect the dew, him not being a human, so he was able to stand on his feet without worrying that the potion might go wrong?

[@sparksfly6149]

What’s up with the animagus potion? I’d never heard of it preceding this vid.

[@hatsuharuboi]

Or they could simple fly on their brooms to a isolated, untouched (by at least seven days), location and collect the dew while still flying on the broom... makes much more sense...

[@jivanjovan]

or they could simply just built a tent on a patch of grass

[@stevenceja4706]

My biggest concern would be the technicality behind that ingredient. Does it have ti come from a place already untouched by sunlight or human feet for 7 days or can you stick it in a safe spot for 7 days and would that work? 🤔

[@michaelkelleypoetry]

I just had the thought... Since Tonks was a metamorphmagus and Lupin was a werewolf, I wonder if their is a possibility that there son would be both? On a full moon he could take the potion to keep his sanity, and then after transforming into a werewolf, use his metamorph ability to change back. Tonks's and Lupin's son may have the cure for lycanthropy in his veins.

[@spencertang5155]

A nice thought, but lycanthropy isn’t transferred genetically unless both parents were werewolves, at least… according to the Harry Potter lore.

[@NEXUS_VSTGN]

I wonder if Snape was an animagus He was a spy and he was powerful so he should be able to do it and it would be really useful

[@nandaloonfellhorn1031]

Yeah. But it requires to be skilled at posions. Not sure if he can pull that off...

[@ameliashephard2876]

@@nandaloonfellhorn1031 Snape was a potions master. Maybe he learned as an adult.

[@samhobbs9116]

@@nandaloonfellhorn1031 This is a joke right

[@adityabhalekar3506]

didn't deathly hallows 2 say he was a bat when he escaped hogwarts?

[@jenjen2776]

@@adityabhalekar3506 he could have cast a spell

[@jameswest981]

Beautiful work mate,I enjoyed the in depth study of this subject, while watching this ,I wondered if tonks could take Voldemort's from it would have helped her kill the death eaters

[@sugunasoujanya4762]

I have a doubt if a person is turns into, let's say like Dragons, Thestrals and Phoenixes can they do anything their animagus form can do ?

[@DeathIsLethal]

They probably can. According to everything we know, a wizard's animagus form has all the the same instincts/properties of the real thing, according to the book, "Quiditch through the ages" they even gain the intelligence of the animal to an extent. Of course, maybe not because maybe they don't get the magical properties but it's more fun to think they do.

[@yf-n7710]

Hmm, maybe! Dumbledore's patronus was a phoenix - too bad he wasn't an animagus, we could've gotten an answer. Would that have made him immortal? Edit: That's probably why he didn't become an animagus! He knew he wasn't to be trusted with power, let alone immortality!

[@Vivacious.rabbit]

Nearing 1M dude . Keep going . Love your content.💕

[@Troubledboy88]

Thanks for actually talking about the lore and not doing distracting things like some other people do. Very good job!

[@AAPCeg]

It's said in the books that Teddy Lupin's hair changed colour after he was born, so I reckon it's safe to assume that he was a metamorphmagus too

[@mehfil_100]

If Sirius black used his animagus form to escape from Askaban... then why didn’t he do it earlier when he went to askaban??

[@smallstone836]

He needed strength to swim in the sea to the main land

[@mehfil_100]

@@smallstone836 But if he broke out in the starting of his stay in Azkaban, it would have been easier for him, wouldn't it? (maybe he didn't do it in the starting because he was too shocked to do anything, shocked because James and Lily died, Peter turned out to be a traitor, feeling ashamed of thinking that Remus could be the traitor and knowing that everyone in the outside world thought that he was the traitor who sold James and Lily to Voldemort..)

[@tetikakemal]

Sirius himself stated the fact why he could only escape Azkaban after 12 years. Dementors were strongly effecting his mind and body(actually any prisoner) and made impossible for him to transform. One mostly forget even who whe is. He saw Peter Pettigrew's rat form with Weasley family on the newspaper which brought to Azkaban by a visitor and immediately recognized him. After that he realized Pettigrew was still alive, it was thanks to his strong urge to get revenge for what Peter did. After that he started to regain control on his mind and body, with his animagus form he escaped Azkaban without getting detected by dementors and swam.

[@mehfil_100]

@@tetikakemal yess..actually I hadn’t read the books until like 4 months ago so I didn’t know this

[@adityabhalekar3506]

he only escaped because he saw pettigrew

[@haryowikantomo]

If I was an aninagus, I want to be any kind of dinosaur so we could see the true form of dinosaurs and did they have feathers or not

[@mazwimadzinane8009]

It would be impossible to do that since you'd need to have a clear picture of the true form of the dinosaur. But we don't know their true forms. You'd just end up being one of the cooked up forms in books.

[@blackdiamond4049]

Wow, my patronus is a dolphin so my animagus form would be VERY useful

[@dagoosetm3299]

My patronus is a vulture according to pottermore

[@purplegoose971]

My Patronus is a gray squirrel

[@joyemily4932]

My patronus is a Manx Cat :D I'm A cat person it makes me very happy to know I'm a cat animagi

[@Sandrasaki800]

Great video! Very interesting and informative, keep up with the great work!

[@gaminghubtutorialnation1791]

Video suggestion What happens to the elder wand if the owner dies after just winning the elder wand without being killed or disarmed

[@ricemenarq6230]

up for grabs? maybe someone will be desperate enough to summon and desummon the spirit of the old owner so he can "defeat" them posthumously. Otherwise, maybe the rule of wands applies. The Elder Wand would "choose" a new person. That person might not even be born yet.

[@AustynSN]

I imagine it'd be what Dumbledoor was going for before Draco disarmed him. The wand would have no master and its real power would effectively die with the wizard.

[@DeathIsLethal]

At the end of the books, Harry Potter chooses to destroy the Elder wand so that no one can ever disarm him when he has it and the power will die with him.

[@DeathIsLethal]

@Dharma Queen yeah, it's been 8 months and I don't remember writing that comment. Literally I read all the books and was obsessed with Harry Potter at one point so how I missed that details is confusing to me. Yeah, you're right, Harry didnt destroy it, I think he put it back in Dumbledore's grave so that it would lose it's power when Harry died.

[@youngfenotti2966]

Is it limited to mundane animals? Does anyone know if there’s been animigi who’re able to transform into magical creatures? Like a phoenix, or a hippogryph so stuff like that?

[@angelicgacha]

Their animigi is the same as their patronus so if dumbledore was to become an animigi then he would turn into a phoenix so I'd assume because they're patronus isn't limited neither would animigi

[@DeathIsLethal]

the video explained that while it's possible to become extinct animals or magical animals, such occurrences are rare because mundane animals typically have a stronger connection to humans, even in the magical world.

[@lockskelington314]

I love to imagine an antagonist in the world of Harry Potter being a Dragon Animagus. Imagine a wizard fighting a villain who can turn into a dragon.

[@valerwolf255]

I really hope you can become an Animagus in Hogwarts Legacy.

[@cloak_zero1345]

Nope kinda sucks. Just respond to your 2 year old message 😂

[@valerwolf255]

@@cloak_zero1345 Lol at least someone did. That does suck though.

[@deanwalia9769]

Thanks this genually answered my question

[@negan3417]

imagine the possibilities of lupin having his wife an Methamorphomagus

[@itztinykookie6758]

I’m confused because Tonks was a Methamorphomagus and was Lupins wife, so I don’t no what your trying to say.

[@danteaghoulfromspace2996]

shame for them they didnt really have time for thoroughly exploring those options

[@samhobbs9116]

Other than the awesome sex life what is your point here?

[@amanchaturvedi7981]

Hey Negan would u like to kill Rick Grimes

[@sisinkauchiha9452]

Their son was one i believe

[@hermannikorianteri]

I always tought you are able to choose your animal form since Lupin told Harry that James and Sirius chose bigger animal forms to hold back Remus when he was werewolf if needed to, and Peter chose a smaller animal so he could scout ahead when they were leaving the school, since rats are harder to detect than, well moose or a dog. I believe this was in the books, but maybe it was in the movies only then?

[@SCRUMPTlOUS]

What if Voldemort could transform into a Basilisk? It would make sense since the animal one turns into is dependent on their traits, so Voldemort becoming a snake (since he’s the heir of slytherin) that can instantly kill (his profound use of Avada Kedavra) would be quite possible. I’m surprised Voldemort didn’t try becoming an animagus

[@worldonfire6154]

Imagine Hagrid being a tranfiguration teacher. There is the speculation his patronus would be an acromantula - so would be his animagus animal then. Professor Hagrid enters the classrooma and changes into his animal form. Many girls start screaming, most boys take out their wands immediately, Ron jumps so high he cracks the ceiling. Hagrid pulls him back with one of his claws.

[@Phinexcat]

😆

[@purplegoose971]

Lol

[@beardedpanda5086]

African wizards and witches could transform into their animagus form as kids. Why was it so much harder for their European counterparts?

[@joelifer2096]

Especially since there is a lot more rain and lightning in the uk

[@AustynSN]

Assuming you're referring to animagus capability, but I'd imagine it's the same reason why a lot of magic from non-western cultures tends to be naturally somewhat more powerful. The western wizards tend to rely too much on their wands so that it almost becomes a crutch. Even wizards in the Americas tend to be more proficient in wandless magic than those of Europe owing to wands being harder to come by in Ilvermorny's earlier years and the influence of indigenous Native American wizards when the school was founded.

[@murder7415]

Africans specialise in transfiguration and being an animagus.

[@0bliviodice]

Yet dumbledore the white man is the best

[@beardedpanda5086]

@@0bliviodice no where in Harry Potter lore is that even alluded to.

[@jamesfry8983]

Could you do a wand lore where you use the Celtic tree ogham for the properties of wand wood as im sure thats where J k Rowling found the information

[@zejdkapo8513]

I looove all of your channels they are all grear

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[@lucasarbon167]

i love your videos, keep it up ; )

[@debbiekerr3989]

I was wondering about this, and I also enjoy your videos very much. I was thinking what if Hagrid was never expelled from Hogwarts, and learned to become an Animagus what form would he become?

[@thephilmeistergaming505]

You totally forgot about Teddy Lupin. Don’t know the quote for sure but I remember in the Deathly Hallows Lupin is talking to Harry and telling him that his hair is changing colors faster than anything else. I believe he said something along the lines of ”...Teddy’s hair turning from blonde to red and would be black by the time he got back home...”

[@mikelombard21]

Awesome video!

[@tahseenamaqbool8500]

Can you please make installments of other stories with theories and stuff.

[@ginantsfan5]

Most awesome vid!!!!!!

[@macwelch8599]

I would want to be a Griffin

[@johannesarnars5008]

Mac Welch I would kill to be able to turn into an dragon

[@motiongames6072]

okokok oh yeah yeah I don’t think u can be a dragon

[@tahseenamaqbool8500]

Go to sleep then

[@a.liguria2698]

I never imagined that Pettigrew ultimely would have had something to be pitied for... going through all that animagi hussle, only to turn into a rat.

[@xanderreyno]

I am literally just learning right now that you cannot choose your animagus form. I always thought you chose which animal to become and then set to work making it happen with magic. I had no idea it was canon that you literally just get on with the process of becoming and animagi and the whole time you're wondering what form you're going to take at the end.

[@tatsusama3192]

So apparently my Animagus form has a very high chance of being an Ocicat since that's my Patronus 😋

[@Miaraee]

Wooooaaah loved this

[@sireeshareddy3100]

Actually your spirit animal aka patronus animal will be your animal form . Like James potters , stag is both his patronus and animagi form , mcgonnagal's as a cat , and Sirius black as a black dog

[@ElisonTheDuck]

"So to answer the question, can an animagus be anything? Yes." Finally my fantasies of a Godzilla Animagus is possible

[@thorveim1174]

also about the relation between patronus and animagus form.. read somewhere that someone's patronus can change with time (Snape being an exemple) while an animagus form is always the same, so I dont think linking both will always work.

[@Kazarijyanainoyonamidawa]

@Harry Potter Theory so if my patronus is a fish could i be abled to breathe air and water or would i imediatly suffocate?

[@CreatureCal]

I would want to be an elephant animagus

[@MORNINGSTAR_PRODUCTIONS]

Theoretically, could you do this ritual twice? We know that you can actually change your patronus with skill, so theoretically could you change your animagus form? If one were to attempt the animagus process a second time could they have 2 animagus forms? If you can do it a second time why not a third or fourth? No idea how this would work but interesting idea. You could register one of your forms and not the other? Could cause some interesting trouble 😂

[@childishbambino2024]

wait a sec I thought Sirius and James become a animagus in there third year and Peter finally got it in year 5

[@yf-n7710]

Dumbledore was fully capable of becoming an animagus. I like to think the reason he didn't was because he knew his patronus was a phoenix, and he had already learned his lesson about searching for immortality. He didn't trust himself with the powers of a phoenix.

[@majickmami]

the animated scene from the prisoner of azkaban, what is that from? It looks so different from the games I know!

[@joshuaprice1]

You are forgetting Teddy Tonks who is only mentioned in passing

[@jewel8482]

So you have to perform all the said tasks to become an animagus everytime? I highly doubt the Marauders always had a mandrake leaf in their mouth, since they transformed for Remus once a month

[@hatsuharuboi]

The ritual is only necessary to become a animagus, so, only for the first time. Afterwards you don't even need a wand to transform in animal form

[@jare3959]

Been watching several of these videos lately, in anticipation of Legacy coming to the Switch in July. One thing that crossed my mind in discussing transformation into magical creatures: Does the Beast Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures have jurisdiction over an animagus if they are transfigured? There is a unit that captures werewolves.

[@mitchcoleman1238]

I’d love to be an animagus!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Samld1200]

If I was a wizard I would definitely try to be an animagus

[@midgetydeath]

I suspect an animagus can turn into any animal, though probably only non-magical due to a clash in magical nature. And I mean one can turn into multiple animals I think. The limitation is probably how hard and dangerous it is to learn to turn into even one animal, let alone repeating the process for additional animals.

[@zakosist]

You can get multiple animals if you repeat the process? Maybe... If you've done it once successfully its probably easier to do it again a second time

[@nnishchit289]

I needed Rita Skeeter in a bottle movie scene

[@majormana1]

I know how the Mauraders did it I want to know Mcgonigal,'s less dangerous way how do you learn to change at will

[@pamelajuenke1385]

I like your videos Harry Potter Theory

[@timchiu501]

If I could be an animagus, I would like to be a panda 🐼

[@tsuchan]

The problem with the veracity of 'Only very powerful and skilled wizards are able to become Animagi", is that wormtail notably wasn't. Sirius says so in the shrieking shack.

[@stewartbugler]

So i got a really odd n difficult question. If your patronus is linked to your animagus and your patronus can change like Snape... Would that also change your animagus? If love and desires for companionship is the key to that change it actually really weirdly makes alot of sense when considering the animagus but not so much the patronus.

[@jenjen2776]

animagus doesnt change but patronus does

[@matheusterradeoliveira1082]

Snape’s patronus was always a Doe, for he has loved Lily ever since he was a little kid. The changing patronus that we witness is Tonks’, that changes from a rabbit to a wolf.

[@stewartbugler]

@@matheusterradeoliveira1082 there would of been a time prior to that not like he was born in love. I just think it be interesting if the animagus shared the changing. Imagine having your feelings confirmed cause you go to turn into a Bat and land on the floor as a frog

[@michealroman3623]

So here’s a thought... what if centaurs were a group of wizards who all tried together to turn to horses and failed and became half human half horse creatures. And over time wizards forgot about the “crazy group of wizards who failed to become animagi” and now call the centaurs.

[@Evaristo.Fernandes]

Video suggestion:- what is the reason owls like hedghwig and cats like crookshanks / Mrs norris... And many pets are so smart like are they like nagini who were first humans/wizards,witches and then they were bound to some curse which made them to be fixed in their animal form

[@diesel10]

A Maledictus? Yes, that would be an interesting topic to talk about. I learned that Maledictus are female with the curse.

[@Evaristo.Fernandes]

@@diesel10 wow never new that part I'm definitely looking forward if he makes a video on maledictious

[@adityabhalekar3506]

hedwig and crookshanks are normal

[@Evaristo.Fernandes]

@@adityabhalekar3506 i don't think so because Hedwig and many other owls knew where to go its not like they purchased Hedwig from a muggle store and crookshanks also the same he helped Sirius ! How could they be normal

[@stevenbass732]

It would be interesting to know what Sirius's patronus is. I believe that the two are related.

[@MRVAANY87]

Animagus and Metamorphmagus could be used also as a defensive ability maybe like transforming in a duel into something a dragon or lion or some other magical creature

[@MS-tx6kv]

damn I am early love the vids tho also I have a question could you make a video about what peter petigrews patronus would be?

[@AlexTheDonut]

It’s probably going to be a rat, if he could even do one

[@theaspreysisters3587]

Imagine if someone tried to be a basilisk but just became an ant

[@adityabhalekar3506]

lol depends on their personality.

[@noshitbro3722]

Say your animagus is a basilisk, can you extract a horn from your animagi, could you turn it into a wand

[@yojihaddow2779]

I’ll give it a try later😀

[@georgettezintz6328]

In the 3rd film, you can see that dumbledor is an giraffe you can see at 48.27 in the mirrors as dumbledor is running up the stairs because the fat lady is missing.

[@MatWol41]

So by that knowledge, if you want to be 99.9% sure that your animagus form won't be an animal you don't want, you just have to learn the patronus spell and then from there decide from the outcome of the shape of your patronus

[@Kasaix]

Odd are low, but I'd hope we get to use Patronus and Animagi magic in Hogwarts Legacy.

[@tuc__tuc913]

I think a great question would be, if you could recognize / how to know if somebody in their animal for is an Animagus

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I really want yo see an animagus of a Phoenix or a Hippogryph. Hell even a Niffler would be cool!