How To Become An Animagus | Harry Potter Explained

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Today Ben dives into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to discuss the Marauders and how they became animagi! #HarryPotter #BenFish
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[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

If you became an Animagus... what animal do you think you would become?

[@swaggerdagger9960]

SuperCarlinBrothers polar bear

[@supr33]

sloth

[@noah_0448]

Maby a ant

[@annibalism9753]

hmm a doggo :3 more specifically a husky or something similar :P

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

A duck, it would be pretty rad👍

[@tennelle9024]

The image of Ben laying on the ground, out of view of the camera, throwing a trout in the air is funnier than the trout itself

[@kelseyredford219]

I was picturing that too.

[@davidwells2177]

Ten nelle 😂

[@matthewpatrick7263]

Are you saying Ben didn't really become a trout?:(

[@tacobell2246]

Thank you for making my day.

[@rainestar82]

i figured that out on the third flip and was giggling so much I had to rewind whats also funny is imagining trout!ben flipping around JUST to mess J up for the rest of the video

[@sherikquaazikqul46]

Imagine Draco spending years to do it and just turned into a ferret as animagus

[@achilles_heelys4065]

Hahaha

[@TackleTheDog]

He would probably have PTSD after that, because he would think moody hit him again 😂😂😂

[@neversaw]

@Daniel von Strangle but the ptsd from last time would prob hit him lol

[@angelwhispers2060]

Roflmao head cannon accepted

[@ahuman3755]

Jimmy Ji that would be amazing

[@MichaelCravith]

Lily: "Huh. Potter hasn't flirted with me for like a month." James:

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

Michael C. 🍁

[@hannahh8952]

Lol

[@sethobester9331]

Your amount of likes gives this a completely different meaning

[@Ash-zp7ey]

Wow

[@ayelitasiddiqui4663]

@@sethobester9331 😂

[@pyqshawn9449]

*Ben as a trout: jumping furiously in the background, trying to get noticed, and dying of lack of water.* J: *causally talking*

[@rileytaylor4175]

This was so funny to me

[@azizsayedmohamed450]

Ya ikr

[@alexandriamaguire8224]

Funny

[@76tennboy]

I was really hoping for Ben to come flying up to Jay’s face and for Jay to slap him away

[@shade7033]

Not to mention the casual discarding of your younger brother into a river

[@meghna4613]

I feel like this is something wizards would try if they were bored in quarantine

[@ArabellaFigg]

Dew covered grass not touched by a human, ridiculously easy to find in a pandemic too~

[@urmom2052]

I did......... I feel attacked

[@havannahwild2817]

I personally think it'd be slightly easier to do during quarantine lol

[@esterspetz7237]

I now think there has been a big increase in anemagus

[@leana7439]

everyone is mute on zoom for a new reason now

[@not-so-happypappypatton]

The Marauders were dedicated for this just to hang around Lupin when he was a werewolf. It’s actually really sweet.

[@jackgibson16]

This never made sense to me as surely a werewolf would want to eat a stag or dog.

[@ruslan_yefimov]

@@jackgibson16 Apparently, werewolfs only get triggered by people in HP universe p.s. I guess, becoming a bird would be OP

[@itsrustyitsrusty]

@@ruslan_yefimov Also the stag and Sirius AKA The black dog were big enough to put Lupin in his place.

[@im2goodm839]

⁠@@jackgibson16 No the werewolf’s only attack humans, like the dementors it doesn’t see animals as a threat. Also lupin stated that when he transformed with his friends, he would sometimes have control over what he was doing and the memories he has of roaming the grounds with his friends were some of the happiest memories of his life.

[@twilightresonance1789]

@@jackgibson16 why? its a mythical creature that does not exit. your reasoning has no real grounds

[@Ryter28]

I think the reason for Wormtail's wand looking like a snake is because it's the wand that Voldemort had made for Pettigrew by the enslaved Ollivander.

[@jenniflower6569]

But that means that would be his wand throughout his whole school life.

[@thepriorstone4064]

Jenniflower 65 no he means the one he has at Malfoy Manor, since he lost his original wand when he faked his death

[@jenniflower6569]

@@thepriorstone4064 oh that would make sense

[@SaltExarch]

But if it was Wormtail's wand in the Deathly Hallows, then it means that the "Marauder's Collection" of wands has Peter's wand from when he wasn't even a Marauder, which is still top tier dumb

[@michaelkelleypoetry]

The book actually gave the impression that the marauders figured out a way to become animagi that was different from the typical way because they didn't have access to the actual process. So, they didn't necessarily go through these steps, sort of like Snape's notes in his potions book were much simpler and better than what the actual book said.

[@im2goodm839]

Either way, it will have been a similar process.

[@fatimashah935]

which books says says it was a different process? Or gives the impression of a different process?

[@dennisweijzen8997]

How does J keep a straight face with that trout splashing about through the room like a magicarp?

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

LOL

[@franzibionda248]

How many outtakes are there? 😅

[@huyenly7603]

There were a lot of cuts. But I thought the same thing...because I was giggling. I had to watch J's part 2-3 times because I couldn't pay attention to what he was saying.

[@franzibionda248]

@Jenny Shull galloping gargoyles, you're absolutely right. I wasn't thinking 😂 thanks, going to correct it immediately 🤦

[@fnw100]

They probably took about 20 takes for that part.

[@Obsessor23]

Props to Jay for keeping a straight face the whole time the trout was being tossed around

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

It was not easy

[@irishillinger2476]

I just watched the bloops on patreon. Yap, wasn't easy 😂😆

[@janinesprague9809]

I was thinking the same thing. Too funny

[@fnw100]

@@SuperCarlinBrothers You probably took about 20 takes for that part.

[@shiroi201]

I was laughing every time it popped up XD also that plop sound😂

[@weebyumieyu452]

I think Mrs Norris is an animagus gone wrong, and is actually filchs wife.

[@aaronvyletel8368]

omg

[@josa310]

Nope, she's just a very nasty cat, J.K.Rowling said so herself

[@menestrel821]

@@josa310 I personally think JK Rowling lost her own canon. To me, her word isn't worth that much if it doesn't make sense.

[@miikareinikainen4050]

@@menestrel821 Exactly. Same goes with this animagus thing. Those instructions don't make sense, unlike stuff from the actual books. She wrote those minibooks because they're easier to write than having to come up with a plot.

[@JakeTurbine]

lawl, the disrespect is unreal.

[@beast6213]

but in the Prisoner of Azkaban didn’t they say that Sirius and James intentionally *chose* large animals that could keep track of a werewolf and Peter *chose* something small that could get past the Womping Willow? also: WHO THE HECK DISCOVERS/THINKS OF THESE POTIONS???

[@harleyleedavidson8751]

It was never explicitly stated but you could interpret it as that. I always thought it was just luck

[@Banned_Hacker96]

they didn't say they chose, they said "James and Sirius turned into such large animals, they could keep a werewolf in check" and "peter, the smallest, could slip between the womping willow's branches and touch the knot that froze it"

[@beast6213]

@@Banned_Hacker96 thanks for the clarification :)

[@gavindinsmoor8196]

@@Banned_Hacker96 Yes, thanks very much!

[@fishproductions22]

Hey you guys should do "Why do characters in Harry Potter never get sick?"

[@jiofreed13131]

People do get sick but have potions and spells to get rid of it like pepperup potion for the flu

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

Wizards are so nice, creating cures for Cancer and not sharing.

[@daneurismx4115]

There's spattergroite

[@whisperlisc6798]

What about dragon pox?

[@fishproductions22]

@@Drace90 that's injuries though or other non-natural things

[@SovereignJarodKwan]

Props to Jay for keeping a straight face every cut with Ben tossing the trout in frame

[@kaylahshaylene5972]

I can just imagine Ben crawling around on the floor throwing the trout😂😂

[@quadfalcon5004]

First of all, Ben turning into a trout was PRICELESS. Also, I would love to become a hawk

[@Pearleace]

i remember taking the patronus test one time just for the heck of it, and it was a sparrowhawk. iirc, your patronus would be the animal you would turn into? i'm not sure on this. but i thought of this while watching the video. it would be lovely to be a bird~

[@F3105_]

‘World ravaged by a deadly virus’ Do you have a time turner

[@luvrdelreyy]

I only liked to be number 100

[@tempestus7854]

He was about... 5 months too early

[@user-dt6vj2wu4l]

its seems like he does

[@astoroidea6502]

With him mentioning turning into a fish as an animagus, that made me think back to a Pottermore article I read saying your patronus is likely to be your animagus form. My patronus is a salmon.

[@esppupsnkits4560]

That’s awesome

[@clarissestanford]

lol i did that twice and had a small owl and rottweiler

[@wookieninja8794]

Mine's a dolphin.....would rather be a dog or wolf, some type of K9.

[@kyfig4321]

@@sunnfIower man, I read people having all these awesome patronus, like dragons and thestrals, foxes and dolphins. Mines a horse, for some reason specified as a black mare, even though parltronuses.. patroni?- whatever- even though they dont have colours

[@EaglemaskJayfeather]

Mines an owl

[@jonathanfaber3291]

The most impressive part of “absurd magic”, such as that in Harry Potter, is that some incredible genius figured out how to do all this.

[@Mr12Relic]

Somebody tried eating a tree, and now we have cinnamon. Dedicated wizards probably experimented on many hopefully willing subjects, and eventually pieces of the solution started to show promise. The actual process is likely overkill on many steps, but it's a sure method, which makes it safer than improvising or substituting. Since the power of ingredients mainly comes from what they represent, the Marauders could've found some alternatives of equal or greater value.

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

It reminds me of glitches in different games or absurdly complicated ways to unlock things, and the fact that somebody did it without a guide or anything

[@beccag2758]

Mr12Relic I mean, I get your point but cinnamon trees smell nice

[@rorrim0]

@@Mr12Relic That's nothing to the madness of speed running communities for video games. There is some absurd glitch/exploit skip in San Andres that requires such certain steps and timing, that makes the steps to becoming an Animagus seem like reciting the ABC's in comparison.

[@Aggarius]

That trout flopping around just improved my week imessurably, I can’t stop smiling

[@eliana2522]

The way that Remus described the process in the Prisoner of Azkaban, I thought you could choose your animal form. he said that James and Sirius became big animals to keep him under control and Peter became a small one to get to the Whomping Willow without injury. So when Rowling decided to go with the "you can't choose you animagus form" rule, I was actually really surprised. Mostly because of the way she wrote the conversation, and how coincidental it was that their forms were perfect for helping Remus.

[@skyblue2708]

Almost like it's a retcon and she never really thought of the process until she decided to write it down huh?

[@Altakita]

I think Lupin just meant it was a coincidence that they turned into animals that were useful to his situation. I remember it being said before the series ended that Animagi can't choose what they turn into, so it's not just a retcon

[@jmklei0]

Well it's not coincidentally like that because Jk said that there your animagus is most likely to be your patronus

[@RobertEOSPEEDWAGON1]

Maybe your form is whatever is useful to you in an important situation

[@clowningmywaytomcdonalds6679]

Some ppl say your patronus is your animagus form if you were to be an animagus. It also makes me think, can werewolf’s become animagi?

[@prince_nocturne]

Ben flopping around as a fish just broke me. That's hilarious.

[@TEKKENKING23]

I know I said laughing really hard to 😂

[@remingtonrhodes7706]

Me too

[@freddymeng]

*trout.* Get it right

[@prince_nocturne]

@@freddymeng Trout aren't fish? I said fish. How was that not right?

[@freddymeng]

@@prince_nocturne nah thats right I'm joking

[@mistertwister2000]

“We get enough shade already” Ah Ben, still in denial about your true house placement in Ravenclaw

[@Lucky10279]

😂

[@kspar7]

Ben is a hufflepuff and J is a ravenclaw!!

[@thetruevulk]

It's your choices that show who you really are far more than your abilities.😉

[@robinsonbright2671]

BEN!!🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@BobBob-ii3ej]

Do other ravenclaws feel bad about how much he pretends not to be one?

[@Jordmund]

The fact that I am actively listening to J while Fishben is jumping in the background and distracting me, me smiling even though trying not to is simply hilarious to me.

[@jaroot12298]

Still having an identity crisis referring to slytherin as “we” even after you got sorted into ravenclaw I see😂

[@Yolen16]

Did they get sorted again recently?

[@Pokegirl3515]

@@Yolen16 yes

[@rainestar82]

Once a slytherin always a slytherin

[@nads37]

RAVENCLAW FOR LIFE

[@violetmastroeni6070]

I feel bens pain. For pottermore I am a Slytherin but for everything else ( even if you believe in Zodiac signs) says I’m a hufflepuff since I am a Taurus( though I am on the cusp I Id more as a Taurus than a Gemini)

[@cloudwatcher608]

Ben: “I’m not a Ravenclaw” Also Ben: “...but if you wanna get technical, and you know I do...”

[@SquatLight55]

He’s definitely a Ravenclaw

[@artemisjr1237]

@@SquatLight55 From the perspective of a Ravenclaw myself he definitely acts like one.

[@emeraldemperor2601]

@@artemisjr1237 same

[@jaxgarrison2626]

*im a ravenclaw*

[@williamwebb580]

He’s a closeted Ravenclaw

[@morganbradley1145]

They should make a tv series about the marauders throughout their lives at hogwarts

[@christian.frerichs]

Absolutely!!! I'm thinking the same thing every time they appear in the books

[@nerdybookworm25]

Karen Gillan= Lily Evans Aaron Taylor-Johnson= James Potter Ben Barnes= Sirius Black Andrew Garfield= Remus Lupin Jamie Bell= Peter Pettigrew Louis Garrel= Severus Snape

[@abebedesta272]

Madeline Wotruba They r too old for that tho

[@The6Wicked6Witch6]

@@abebedesta272 Agreed!!! Plus I don't think they should be super famous actors.

[@lukeklo]

One year = one season

[@LiveHedgehog]

I think that people get registered by an Animagus at the Ministry because the Ministry help them along with the process (providing the leaf, cocoon, dew, etc.) making it a lot easier. So unregistered ones have a lot harder of a process to go through.

[@vermilion6966]

Dont be ridiculous They have to register because of people like sirius that can slip under the radar if you dont know they can become an animal at will

[@LiveHedgehog]

​@@vermilion6966 How is that ridiculous? You've said why the ministry would WANT them to register, but that doesn't provide a reason for people to decide to register. No perks, and you're on a list of Animagi? It'd be far better for the wizard to have total anonymity in their Animagus form. Think about it, genius.

[@vermilion6966]

@@LiveHedgehog The 'reason' is that you will rot in Azkaban if you wont register and will get caught as an unregistered animagus. You know. Like most laws you dont get anything by following them, but be breaking them they will break your neck Its a grown-up world, no one has to give you candies when you follow the laws - follow them or else is the moto

[@generalleboeuf288]

The ministry wants you to register to teleport. I think they'd wanna know what animal you can become 💯

[@LiveHedgehog]

@@generalleboeuf288 I don't think there was much thought in the idea of registering to apparate past it being a parallel to learning to drive - they can only get their licence at the same age as you can get your driving licence, for example.

[@MelanyBlackDH]

Quick question: did Ben eventually turn back, or is he still stuck as a trout??

[@elizabethgrosvenor153]

Have to wait to the next video to find out!

[@ihaveverylowbloodsugar453]

It is unknown still to date. We may never see Ben in his human form again. Only a trout shall remain in his place.

[@Twigpi]

He only put the lemon drop into his mouth for 30 seconds, so...

[@personalRCH]

Better question, is his brother making sure a magical cat isn't trying to catch him?

[@frizb9034]

We will find out tommorrow! (As ben uploades on thursday and it is wednesday for us in england)

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

Raise you hand if you're a trout

[@batmitesolos7097]

🙋‍♂️

[@rebeccaserti5990]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@abi8407]

SuperCarlinBrothers hi

[@abi8407]

🙋🏾‍♀️

[@Flashfirefoxone]

*slash splash*

[@kiin.7093]

My question is How did the first animagus discover this process and how many people were trapped as animals to discover this process?

[@masha7377]

Same way all of our technology has been developed: lots of trial and error and dead people and animals.

[@Jthomas-gg9pi]

Masha I mean yeah but what are the chances that someone decided to put a mandrake leaf in their mouth for a month then make that specific potion

[@kelleenbrx6649]

Why do you think there are so few wizards and witches?

[@daraobrien1373]

That’s 2 questions Just sayin

[@masha7377]

@@Jthomas-gg9pi plus, as they point out, all the ingredients and rituals necessary have an inherent connection to shapeshifting/death/soul themselves. So people just experimented with those things until someone succeeded in turning into an animal. 😊

[@LeviHix]

I would be a Jaguar. Little side note: I have a vain on my heart shaped like a j, so it all ties together with the spell on your heart and yea. It’s pretty cool

[@generalleboeuf288]

Nah u a chihuahua 🤣

[@jtlerch]

"Oh no! He really is a trout!" I actually laughed out loud when this happened. Well played.

[@Indrijid]

There's probably a black market for potion ingredients like this. James, Sirius and Peter were likely pretty familiar with Knockturn Alley.

[@alexiswelsh5821]

Probably, I mean, there's AT LEAST four unregistered animagi. James Potter I, Sirius Black, Peter Petigrew, and Rita Skeeter. There's probably more we just don't know about. I have a headcannon that Fred and George are.

[@crescentmoon5859]

@@alexiswelsh5821 Yeah I do seem them being animals maybe a fox or something small and sneeky.

[@laraschroeder5195]

Oh my god imagine a bunch of 13-15 year olds going into the black market! RHEY WERE FRICKEN 15 YOU GUYS

[@YouTubeKargo]

@@alexiswelsh5821 what do you think their animagus is?

[@alexiswelsh5821]

@@KZbinKargo Magpie or weasel

[@stellify97]

So McGonagall did all of that.... can you just imagine her with a mandrake leaf in her mouth for a month (and how did she not notice 3 of her own students in her house doing this)

[@tabeatamm3594]

My headcanon is that she absolutely knew but just didn't say anything.

[@leskolt2911]

THIS... (and how did she not notice 3 of her own students in her house doing this) Unless McGonagall helped them?

[@stellify97]

@Super Greyflash my guess would be he assumed his animagus form would be a wolf (like his patronus) and would not want to become one as he hated his patronus

[@mysliktm]

Super Greyflash I feel like it’s not that he would drop the leaf it’s that since most of this has to be performed under a full moon he would just keep trying to maul his homie and he wasn’t about that life

[@harleyquinn7373]

McGonagall definitely knew probably helped them discreetly aquire the potion ingredients and let them go out during the electrical storm without punishment

[@annarushlau9722]

Just rewatched this and realized... The Moon took Remus’ innocence away, but technically it also gave him friends during his transformations.. the moon is so heavily involved in the animagus process that I feel that it was the author’s way of being kinder to Remus after inflicting the curse on him.

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

I just noticed the symbolism of Pettigrew. Snakes eat rats.

[@sapphireseptember]

Well spotted! Nice work. 😊

[@jaimelannister1797]

Explain plz

[@shridharbiju7370]

Also he ratted out his friends to Voldemort

[@BlindJedi]

UltimateKyuubiFox does this make harry potter a mongoose?

[@NankitaBR]

Still makes him a rat, not a snake

[@Sindhuonmyway]

McGonagall: James, Sirius! I asked you a question! James and Sirius with Mandrake leaf in their mouth: mmmphh nghangh nyamph McGonagall: I totally just figured out what you guys are up to because I have gone through it!

[@artemisjr1237]

That's would have been funny to see. XD

[@kmhoneycutt1551]

@@artemisjr1237 I can also see her helping them because she probably knows about lupin

[@kmhoneycutt1551]

@Carol_Likes_Dem_ Books Maybe, I'm not sure

[@artemisjr1237]

@@kmhoneycutt1551 I don't think that she would simply mess things up for them just because of an affiliation with a house. She would have talked to them, gathered information, and then go from there. McGonagall would not just think out of fear. Remember she was not a reactionary type of person. Remember after all she supported Snape and defended Malfoy when he was turned into a weasel.

[@kmhoneycutt1551]

@@artemisjr1237 thank you, I forgot about that. But I wasn't the one who said that she would mess with the potion

[@TheGundamGirl17]

That ad just got a whole lot more real.... shout out to anyone here in March 2020 😅

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

gundamthey17 yep that’s me surviving the apocalypse

[@diaz_z]

Ayo May 2020 anyone

[@mayawilloughby6795]

and... it's may and nothing had changed

[@ramprasath219]

It's me from June

[@peachysxnrise]

IKR

[@faithalfieri2712]

…when the trout smacked onto the couch… (highlight of the whole video 12:13)

[@beckyBWwilliams]

How didn't James' teachers notice he had a leaf in his mouth for a whole month!

[@Wemdiculous]

summer vacation? winter vacation? faked an injury that required the use of mandrake leaf to heal? put it in his lip like chewing tobaco? Used a spell to make it stick to the roof of his mouth without any gaps?

[@safik7123]

Your winter vacation is over a month long??

[@outtadisworld1651]

Maybe time Turner

[@ellianalinzenmeyer3888]

Maybe McGonagall noticed and just secretly indulged it and dropped hints about useful books and spells in lessons?

[@emilrogengellschwaner3555]

They didn't do it illegally. They where all registered at the ministry.

[@naomi_falk]

Sees the title: Yes I need animagus lessons. I know I will be a cat. I just know.

[@robyn._.]

oooo you'll end up eating J , lol

[@cryptidliam8452]

I think I’ll be a stoat coz that’s my patronus and yeah I’d wanna be tyatvanyway

[@kirstiviojan8218]

Robyn Stevens Do you mean Ben? The trout.

[@naomi_falk]

@@kirstiviojan8218 haha I had no idea his animagus was a trout!

[@naomi_falk]

@@kirstiviojan8218 I made this comment before watching the video 😊

[@InkHeart17]

So let's appreciate that it wasn't just the marauders who have done this. Imagine McGonagall or Rita Skeeter doing the mandrake leaf step for becoming animagi.

[@solareagle1802]

If dragon is an option, I would definitely hope I'd become a dragon Animagus. The power to do so much, be intimidating, and be able to just fly wherever I want (for the most part) makes dragons one of the best options, if it's possible.

[@PhuongTran-yj7wz]

Asian dragon or Western dragon?

[@JoelDowdell]

I love the seamless transition between Ben and J.

[@alexp4025]

I'd be a wild "karen" who lives in the depths of the Walmart tool section

[@AdamB3519]

I’d be a human

[@sahnwhee]

HAHHAA such an underrated comment

[@emiliohernandez7214]

I was always under the impression that becoming an Animagus was just really really advanced Transfiguration. Interesting to see it's actually a blend of several different Magical Disciplines. Really makes you respect James and Sirius' skill levels at that age

[@lynnerose7891]

And Peter’s skill actually. Peter is underrated by everyone and it normally costs them their lives.

[@ianh7525]

​@@lynnerose7891although to be fair, he needed all the help and guidance from James and Sirius along the way for the process.

[@beenazakir8337]

I would want to become a tiger. Also also Ben turning into a fish and J having to take over and not even noticing Ben in the background is hilarious!😂

[@adds3700]

This is how they get the grass: Accio dew from grass that hasn't been touched by sunlight or human feet for seven days. C'mon Ben this is obvious

[@aurorarowley7310]

Dew from the grass. Not the grass.

[@gustavogoikoetxea4524]

Aurora Rowley hahah she knows it all

[@InkHeart17]

Or float above the grass on broomsticks.

[@adds3700]

@@aurorarowley7310 Oh ya oops

[@lightthroughdarkness4850]

You need to get it from a silver spoon I think

[@cb.on.yt22]

“i’m gonna go put this in a river” J THATS YOUR BROTHER DONT BE SO NONCHALANT

[@abjecthackneyedgame]

cara brown That’s actually a trout that Ben is throwing into the air

[@HorseyGameralsoHarryPotterisaw]

Him: “In an alternate world trashed by a deadly virus...” Me: “Doesn’t sound like an alternate world... Sounds like 2020 to me!”

[@suneethmathur3960]

It really does, doesn’t it.

[@WildeMermaid]

Accurate. Honestly, my first thought as well.

[@Lucas-sm2nr]

lol that joke did not age well...

[@HorseyGameralsoHarryPotterisaw]

Oh my gosh! Thanks for so many likes!

[@benjaminelliott7988]

sorry to break it to you, but it's still a thing

[@toonman5099]

I love the sound Trout Ben makes when he's flopping around, even though it's meant to sound like he's jumping out of water, the sound can't help but make me feel like he's being launched off of like one of those suction cup spring toys. XD Honestly surprised it didn't come back up in future Harry Potter related vids. Granted I get that not a lot of them tie into being an Animagus, but it would still have been fun. XD

[@RagenNikole]

Im late to the party but they could have easily flew on their brooms to collect the untouched dew.

[@6666Imperator]

also you could just pick up the dew next to where you stand? you don't have to actually step on it before collecting it unless the whole "place" turns bad as soon as you step onto one part of the meadow.

[@YukiSilverFox72]

Accio dew might work, too, right? Wingardium Leviosa anyone? 😅

[@thelegend1801]

@@YukiSilverFox72 I thought of Wingardium Leviosa 😅

[@wesleydamen2018]

Where are ypu gonna find dew that hasnt seen sunlight in 7 days?

[@alexandriamaguire8224]

@@wesleydamen2018 a creek somewhere in the dark forest outside of Hogwarts.

[@ChirgottCreativeArts]

I feel ya on the anger about wormtail's wand.

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

Claire Chirgott yeah they really need to stop dissing Slytherin it’s gotten to the point where it’s a prejudice and unfounded prejudice just because Voldemort came from slither in does not mean that they are all bad. It’s just not right.

[@lecciciapires2166]

Actually, this was something that bugged me for the longest time. "Your animagus form is the same as your Patronus?". It would make sense, considering that your animagus is like part of your soul and your Patronus is the animal that is you the most? I read the entire series looking for some proof about it (and it was hard man, because everyone that is an animagus never uses a patronus, and people that use the spell are not animagus. Even James, that you could think fits into the requirements of being an animagus AND showing his patronus is actually not, because, even though his animagus form is a stag, we never actually see his patronus, we see HARRY's patronus and he SAYS that is his dad). I read all of the books and was starting to loose hope. But then. The answear came in the second part of the last book! Through Minerva, of all people! We all know that her animagus form is a cat, but in the middle of The Battle of Hogwarts she also uses her patronus, AND IT IS A CAT. I was so relieved. From then on I just assumed your Patronus and animagus forms would just be the same. After this video, I don't know. I think I'll continue to believe it though.

[@joly457]

Snapes Patronus was a doe symbolizing his love for Lily yet I seriously doubt his animagus would of been a doe as well and Nymphadora Tonks changed her Patronus to a wolf when she fell in love with Remus so your patronus can obviosly change and most likely not one in the same with your Animagus.

[@joly457]

@Jillaena Weesies That's what I'm also confused about

[@tannerman46]

@Jillaena Weesies I'm assuming the latter. I think that your patronus can change depending on your new experiences etc, but your animagus will remain the same based on who you were (inc your experiences etc) when you performed the ritual. So they might end up being different. The real question is; Can you cast a patronus while being in your animal form? Like what if your animagus form was that of an elf?

[@lecciciapires2166]

Reading some things on Pottermore (Wizarding world) I came upon this: "Your Animagus and Patronus animal can be the same If a wizard never masters Animagus magic, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll never find out the animal they could’ve been. Another pretty complex form of magic, the Patronus Charm, has been known to mirror it, meaning the animal you cast to attack Dementors could well be your inner animal too. Minerva McGonagall’s Animagus form, for example, is famously a cat, and so is her Patronus." "But realistically, an Animagus is closely linked to your personality" and "the Patronus is ‘a kind of Anti-Dementor - a guardian which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.’ It’s also ‘a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the Dementor feeds upon - hope, happiness, the desire to survive" So the Patronus isn't actually a representation of your soul at all! It is basically a representation of protection and the will to live, so it naturally takes the form of the wizard's soul (it's animal form, anyway) to probably represent the inner animalistic i-am-going-to-do-anything-to-survive kind of mentality, and If something or someone else starts to represent that will to live (as it happened to Severus and Tonks), then it morphs into somehting else. It will just take the form of what makes you happy and makes you want to move foward (it is kind of sad to think that 'yourself' is not a good enough reason to those two characters, If you look at it through this lense). It takes the form of your animal soul because, in the beguining, you just want to survive and save yourself and this is enough, and then life gets more complicated and it may come a point where there are people you want to save more than yourself. I feel very satisfied with this research :)))

[@joly457]

@@lecciciapires2166 That makes a lot of sense actually. It's kinda awesome that they would die for that other person therefore its now their patronus, that's what Love is I guess. So do parents have their kid's patronus like Snape had Lily's? .... What if they have multiple kids, that's awkward 😅

[@TheAdoringFan]

I’ve never considered Hugh Jackman as Sirius Black, but your thumbnail low-key made me think of it. 🔥

[@froggiepie]

10:27 i tthought he said 'love, courage, and anime'.

[@quodekash6266]

...... I did too to be honest...

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

CookiebJ yeah me too, somewhere deep in my mind I thought. I knew she was a web

[@brynnjobst4885]

Well, tiz a wonderous think

[@jelloismylife275]

Yas

[@jaypratapsingh236]

Just british things

[@lilithserena342]

me: sees the title me: *already* looking up cat beds on amazon

[@yolandaphillips4199]

Cats prefer to sleep in cardboard boxes though 🤔

[@Roxy6369.]

@@yolandaphillips4199 She's ordering the cat bed to get the box XD

[@Maqtka]

@@yolandaphillips4199 She's ordering a cat bed to be able to ignore it ostentatiously :D

[@petfama4211]

The question tho: is your animagus the same as your patronus? In that case you could learn to cast your patronus before going through with it; in case, y’know, it’s a trout

[@meagankirschbaum3194]

Hmmmmm well than I’m a Phoenix no joke I took the quiz

[@HollyLima-cw7ef]

@@meagankirschbaum3194 I am pretty sure Phoenix isn't on the wizarding world Patronus quiz. There are only 10 fantastic beasts that you can get and Phoenix is not one of them. Here is the algorithm for each Patronus, and yes, it works: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/199cZZOphQIOLddT-UrvrJxmKhTKbDw_h_kH98kBwKSY/htmlview#

[@meagankirschbaum3194]

Oh thank you I must’ve taken the wrong quiz or an unofficial one at least

[@HollyLima-cw7ef]

@@meagankirschbaum3194 No problem

[@ilkinmustafayev]

@@HollyLima-cw7ef but Dumbledore's patronus was Phoenix

[@alexiswelsh5821]

Anyone heard of "Bisclavret" and "Melion"? They're stories about a nobleman who can turn into a wolf, but can only turn back into a human when he has his clothes or a magical artifact. I have a feeling in Harry Potter these stories are based on the tale of some wizard who's turning into an animagi went wrong.

[@molbotuk6557]

It’s like J.K hated Wormtail and hated Slytherin so she and others used “He was a supporter of Voldemort” As an excuse to put him on Slytherin house books and a snake on his wand

[@EstherHulst-Artist]

I dont think that the people making the merge do a lot of book research

[@andrewgraybill1384]

The wand was made during deathly hallows by olivander with what he had at the time when voldemort forced him to make it

[@gravity1537]

Or calling someone a Snake is like calling them a treacherous, deceitful person?

[@lynnerose7891]

Almost as if she didn’t plan the story right? ;)

[@cacklebarnacle15]

Frontrunner for "botched their animagus transformation and is stuck now forever" is surely Mrs Norris

[@dragonlord1935]

Yeah, I'm about 90% sure that she's either Filch's wife or his daughter (If she was the daughter it would make sense why he's a stickler for rules. His own daughter would have suffered by breaking the rules and botching a secret animagus transformation. That's bound to leave a mark on the poor guy).

[@69inetails]

Ben : transforms into a trout Uses splash

[@24hourstolive]

It's not very effective

[@danielberryjr007]

Nothing happens.

[@TheKillerman3333]

Snape is described as bat-like so what if he is actually an animagus? We never see him transform but he can fly unaided and by extension is a master of brewing potions, a requirement to becoming an animagus.

[@elinakeranen4499]

Is he a human sized bat?

[@NaoyaYami]

What I'd want to be: a wolf. What I'd most likely be: a sloth.

[@HaifaaAmni]

Same

[@unicorngirl5832]

Yup

[@NewFan2677]

I laughed harder than I should have at fish Ben in the background 😂

[@axiomaticisak4350]

None of the new merch wants to admit wormtail's a gryffindor.

[@Mlackakao]

The fact that Self-Transfiguration was taught in Uagadou (and expected for graduation) is kinda telling of how even the hardest processes can be done when taught and deeply encouraged.

[@blazekilla5553]

That trout scene had me rolling on the floor, could barely focus on the explanation with that fish flying around

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

So if Harry became an animagus, could we call him Hairy Potter?

[@yep9563]

Solvem Probler Studios no because he would be a discusting pig so Harry plopper

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

DaisyIsCrazy SoSheDoesRandomStuff Ah. Simpson’s reference?

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

THIS

[@pengweng3795]

What if he becomes a non hairy trout

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

PengwengUnicorn Harry Flopper

[@joelifer2096]

Imagine going through the whole process only to find out that your animagus is a human

[@darthgandalf9485]

isn't that absolutely amazing? well atleast as long as you are not this very human already

[@henryware2708]

Real life Jekyll and Hyde

[@jackprom9127]

It’d actually be awesome tho if it looked different.

[@ponfarru]

Or worse. An Inchworm.

[@gavinbrown216]

Kenneth Pruett reeta skeeter did pretty well

[@Pichudiamond3]

12:26 I think it also took James and Peter time too

[@paulyb7267]

Wrong because James was the first to transform and it is revealed in the books that it took Peter much time before he can transform.

[@mrscribbles2693]

Can you do a video on why dogs arent allowed in Hogwarts? like seriously, toads and owls but not dogs?

[@dothedo3667]

They're too high-maintenance

[@celestialdetective]

YOU FORGOT CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@harrisonburgeron]

Mr Scribbles dogs don’t sound witchy enough. If I was jk Rowling that would be my thought process.

[@HunterStiles651]

@@dothedo3667 Basically this. I don't know if the OP has ever owned a dog but dogs tend to need constant attention. Like if you leave them alone some breeds are liable to ruin furniture and even the ones that don't tend to get very upset if left alone for too long.

[@supr33]

Imagine if they were banned after Sirius ran amok around the Hogwarts grounds

[@just.a.cake.]

Aren’t we all just a larva? -Ben 2019

[@hprew2082]

"The marauders have been on my mind a lot at the moment." me 24/7

[@s.s.h3022]

Same

[@KK-tw8hb]

Same

[@karolinamuth3680]

I literally can't focus on what J is saying, I'm howling with laughter at the fish in the background 😂

[@ishanbhatt1123]

Imagine doing all of these hard steps and then, eventually you get the vision of an ant, and become an ant. Then, you friend walks right over you and we’ll, -SQUASH. OOF!!

[@D_6660]

Ants are insect's

[@penggao7034]

Prithvi Raj insects are animals

[@roguegen5536]

Rita Skeeter was a beetle so ants are within the realm of possibilities.

[@mistyb1183]

Poor Ben now he can’t get married how are you going to tell her well you could always have a river side wedding lol I love tell the fish kept jumping every time you should’ve had Bob go after it lol

[@Jake-kt7ws]

Learning the exact process of becoming an animagus really makes me respect the marauders even more because that is true friendship

[@vanitakuruvilla6939]

when he said if you found yourself in a post apocalyptic that is ravaged by a deadly virus i laughed then started crying for 10 mins straight

[@accountforwastingtime]

How have we not had a Maurader's book/movie series yet?? Their story and their generation of wizards in the books was hands down most fascinating part of the whole series to me.

[@aprilcollins1990]

I think maybe your animal is determined by your personality in some sense. James: A strong, brave leader, became a stag. Sirius: A wild, rash, energetic boy became a dog Peter: Is a rat. End of sentence.

[@limiv5272]

Deer aren't really leaders, they're prey animals and stags specifically represent not having a partner. Dogs are completely domesticated and eager to please people. I don't think this theory really works

[@SemperRed]

@@limiv5272 a YEAR LATER, especially since rats are one of the only other altruistic species on the planet and are affectionate and loyal. Nobody thought Pettigrew becoming a rat when he was a kid was a harbinger for him being evil later.

[@limiv5272]

@@SemperRedYes, I'm not sure why I never said anything about rats in my original comment, but I agree they're pretty awesome. They're smart and sociable. Never heard of them being altruistic, but I wouldn't be surprised. They have an unfortunate reputation, probably because of their tendency to live in sewers.

[@avakay1]

ok i really couldn’t keep a straight face with that trout jumping all over the place 😂 i always love watching your channel, you guys never fail to make me laugh and provide some amazing harry potter knowledge!

[@tathoiclassicalindianbollywood]

@1:30 Have you wondered what you would do if you found yourself in a post apocalyptic world ravages by a deadly virus? Yeah, Ben, I have and I would be sitting here watching SCB videos, LIKE I AM DOING RIGHT NOW!

[@AmashiYakashi]

"You don't know what animal you'll become." Do I smell another PotterMore personality test?

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

Too unlikely. We cant just all be animagi

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

I’ve always wanted one. Like a screening thing in theory, to allow you to transform safely. Like you know you need space if you’re an elephant, or to be in a warm area if you’re a snake, etc. So if you ever DID get to transform, you’d be ready. I can’t imagine they don’t have magic to determine your spirit animal.

[@randomwhovian1075]

I think it’s the same as your patronus.

[@hannahburnham4188]

I feel like the accio spell would solve a lot of the “finding” ingredients problem

[@maximilienrobespierre7927]

@Azeraithe Pretty sure you only need the general idea of where the item you're trying to summon might be. As for Hogwarts's spell proofing... Well, Harry was able to summon his broom in the fourth book.

[@KK-tw8hb]

I personally thinks that not only ingredients are important but the process of finding them too. Maybe while you're looking for them you feel this connection with nature or you slowly discover an animal part of you.

[@zacharyyuan5647]

@Azeraithe furthermore, Hermione, a literal 6th year, can summon horcrux books out of ALBUS DUMBLEDORE'S office, and its no big deal.

[@adityabhalekar3506]

I think the room of requirement would solve the dew problem

[@drummeralex9198]

To help with the moth bit, in an entomology class, we had to raise tobacco hornworms and we passed if it made it to the final stage of metamorphosis and became a moth. These moths also bury underground to form their cocoons, BUT to imitate this, we had a small Tupperware that we kept them in and just fed them food. Once it came time for them to form the cocoon, we filled the Tupperware with shredded paper. They mistook the shredded paper for dirt, buried under it, formed the cocoon and then became moths. You could do this as well. The process ALSO takes about 1-2 months so you’ll have to do this while you also have the leaf in your mouth and are doing all the other stuff lol

[@BioTheHuman]

Can't you Accio the thing from the earth?

[@Davinator2662]

@@BioTheHuman gotta know where one is for that to work

[@ceinwenchandler4716]

@@Davinator2662 No you don't. Mrs. Weasley uses the spell on things she doesn't know the exact location of in book four.

[@Purplefoxess]

I got the herbs and fungi book and did you guys know that there’s a plant named moondew? which awakens, revival and restores and it also causes the potion to become liquid form that would turn the other ingredients to liquid. Also morning dew from the moon dew gives us twilight, so that means you just have to collect the dew that hasn’t been touched in seven days by human feet.

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

People saying they’re copying probably aren’t right. The same thing has happened with Seamus before, they probably just had the same idea. 20 hours isn’t exactly enough time to put this amount of quality in a video. If it was SCB would upload daily/ every 2 days

[@kushleytrieseverything]

Solvem Probler Studios that's what I was thinking too... shooting and editing takes time and they all have lives outside KZbin

[@solvemproblerstudios5889]

Kushley Kay Yeah. As someone who has made content myself, it really does take forever if you want it to look ok, and my videos aren’t even that good 😂

[@sarahglover3286]

I saw the title and thought I had deja vu! Doesn't mean they copied they generally plan ahead and often film days ahead as they have families!

[@TheMidnightChannel]

It doesnt take THAT long, I edit alot of videos for myself and other people and 20 hours is more enough. But this could be simply a coincidence and i think its what it is

[@insaincaldo]

@@TheMidnightChannel Being able to do the research, script, filming, editing, rendering and just uploading when it's done, within that time frame is one thing. Having that kind of time on your hands in one stretch and working with upload schedules is another.

[@otiswhitt1129]

How they managed to keep the leafs whole for a month while in school has impressed me something rotten

[@slayersingh5064]

Maybe a sticking charm?

[@gracewiley3975]

They told the professors they were having a silence contest that they were taking very seriously

[@slayersingh5064]

@@gracewiley3975 Or probably they could've done it during their vacations? I mean, James's parents would let him do anything he wanted, and Sirius's didn't give a hang what he did. As for Peter, he may have done it at Hogwarts, but I don't believe he answered in class, so a sticking charm would be good enough.

[@gracewiley3975]

@@slayersingh5064 that works too

[@jessiehogue.]

@@slayersingh5064 My guess exactly.

[@kermit2367]

So we are just going to ignore that Ben is a comical genius?

[@mythandmayhem1134]

Kermit Never!

[@njsapphire1485]

I believe Ben would become a toad

[@arandomuser9459]

Of course not!!

[@stephsully7166]

What video did you Watch? Lol that is not comedy, that is cringe worthy. You don't know the first thing about comedy if you think Ben was being funny. I hope you were being facetious lol

[@stephsully7166]

@@lilacpenguin5329 hey lilac, you are unnecessarily concerned about my sense of humor. Objectively, what low brow jokes were said in this video, were not comedy. I can disagree with you, and you me. Me saying it was cringe worthy, isn't rude. It's all about how you or one perceives what was said. Only meant it as constructive criticism to draw attention to such juevenile jokes. You can like bens humor, okay. Just got to admit, it's not comedic genius like the originally commenter Kermit who started this thread said. Hold your horses. Facts don't care about feelings 👍😎🤙

[@ArtAttack98]

I think the fact that you can't choose your animagus form would be the crucial reason for me to not become an animagus. Why would I go through all this torture just to end up becoming a crab louse or so?

[@hammysauce]

Sometimes I think Ben is the real version of Kristoff.

[@sanathkadalayil6890]

Ice

[@Sultan-qk3od]

Summary of video, "One simply does not become an Animagus."

[@westontheexistent7154]

sewa parkview yes

[@TheAbbie1125]

Mrs Norris could totally be a human stuck in animagus form too.

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

Abbie Foster yeah. Probably filches wife or daughter.

[@alexiswelsh5821]

I would want to be either a tiger, unicorn, raven, crow, eagle, black bear, fox, seal, sealion, otter, duck, goose, swan, or polar grizzly. If humaniod creatures are possible, I'd like to extend that to mermaids, centaurs and fairies.

[@emiliakemppainen5781]

Crookshanks was half-Kneazle and that's why he was so smart 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@elysemcbeath8013]

I just did a word search through the comments to see if anyone had pointed this out :') Thank you.

[@SuperDora150]

They know this. They make theory about it.

[@ThaliaVitalis]

"We [Slytherins] get enough shade already" But Ben... you're a Ravenclaw! 😜💙⚡

[@CreativeWM_Personal]

He spent a lot of time in detention with Terrence and made himself believe he was Slytherin. I should know Terrence was the one who duped me, a poor little Hufflepuff.

[@peachysxnrise]

Anyone else freaked out that Ben just predicted the Corona virus..

[@aaronsundstrom9921]

Sunrise Enhanced yeah ikr

[@trashpandame4236]

Theory: the Carlins are related to Professor Trelawney.

[@molbotuk6557]

May I ask you what is the name of Rapunzels kingdom?

[@withlovejia_]

@@molbotuk6557 I realised that in their Disney Timeline video. (See my comment there😂) P.S It's the Kingdom of Corona

[@haertz.x2]

Mhmm