Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Review

[@merphynapier42]

Woops! Thanks everyone for reminding me Harry is a half blood

[@Jake_C75]

Merphy Napier he’s not tho

[@anaribeiro2463]

One video you might interesting is one by SuperCarlinBrothers who do some Harry Potter Theory and they recently did one on Percy and if he should´ve been sorting into Slitheryn and I do think they make great points, please, check that video out.

[@aliciasorenson3807]

I would say his mom ending up being a witch makes him a pure blood, doesn't it? You're only a half blood if you have a muggle parent I thought?

[@giuliakenway6500]

(To those who disagree:) He is definitely considered half blood, you're only 100% pureblood if you never had any muggles in your ancestry (which probably no one does, but we know how the purebloods like to think of themselves as superior and everything)

[@harricartney]

@@anaribeiro2463 I LOVE Supercarlinbrothers! One of my favourite channels

[@nonfictionfeminist]

"sort people into houses in my head like every normal adult does ..." YES.

[@frankiethebookworm3163]

I relate 100%

[@SilverNails7]

This statement made me laugh so hard! 🤣🤣🤣 because who doesn’t 🤷🏻‍♀️😁

[@ave2042]

Maybe Crouch tought hin the thing with the imperius curse 'cause he himself had a little trauma. He lived under the imperius curse of his father so many years until he finally got rid of it. Maybe he was just fascinated by Harrys ability doing it the first time

[@Goddess_Isis]

I love the crouch theories but I love this one bc that boy is TRAUMATIZED OK!!!!

[@phoebewickliffe5145]

I never thought of it from this angle before, but YES! Crouch is smart but he's majorly traumatized and not entirely sane. So latching onto something like this makes absolute sense.

[@alexandrarogers8913]

The theory i came up with is based heavily on SCB's theory as to why the cup was a two way portkey (awesome video if you have not seen it). basically, since voldemort is trying to impersonate harry then crouch publically showing that harry cannot be inperioused would erase some suspicion of something being amiss because a whole classroom of 14 year olds saw harry fight off the curse.

[@gloom3449]

OR he was afraid someone like Karkaroff would try to curse Harry into losing the Tournament

[@alyssaw750]

@@alexandrarogers8913 Jesus Christ that is horrible and makes sense with how sick the death eaters and Voldemort were.

[@jeremymfontaine]

The Hufflepuff thing was not a sudden change. Book one says: "Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and *unafraid of toil* ." That means that they work extremely hard lol.

[@merphynapier42]

Oh yes, I didn't mean it's not been in other books, just that it wasn't the number one description before ❤️

[@couch.patati-patata]

In the garden.

[@andrewmarkland517]

We just gunna forget the fact that Dumbledore’s brother has a particular ‘fondness’ for goats

[@ham5097]

I remember reading about it for the first time, beign like 'wHaT?'

[@gaybowser4648]

At least it wasn’t sheep.

[@merphynapier42]

Lol what a one liner THAT was 😬

[@amanekabbaj]

Brilliant Set up I don’t know if Albus says something about the Hogs Head

[@MultiSuperGuide]

I think it’s revealed in the last book that he used to throw goat excrement at people

[@Marcedonia]

The weasley's were the best of this book they're amazing there are 3 key moments with them which i love SCENE 1 When harry goes to the quidditch cup with the weasleys and they use the floo powder and then he's like bye to the dursley's and then Mr weasley puts his hand on harry's shoulder and basically tells the weasley's ''you ain't gunna see your nephew for a long time and he said bye'' and that is amazing and he stops him from going to chimney and is waiting for them to say bye... melts my heart SCENE 2 When the 3rd task is right about to start and mcgonnagoll walks up to harry tells him that his FAMILY is here and harry is scared af thinking that the dursleys showed up and then he walks into that door and you know who he sees? molly weasley and bill omg this is amazing i love this scene so much and there's also a little foreshadowing between fleur and bill which is cool but damn this scene is absolutely amazing but its nothing compared to whats next... SCENE 3 ''Mrs. Weasley set the potion down on the bedside cabinet, bent down, and put her arms around Harry. He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs. Weasley held him to her. His mother’s face, his father’s voice, the sight of Cedric, dead on the ground all started spinning in his head until he could hardly bear it, until he was screwing up his face against the howl of misery fighting to get out of him.'' damn this scene is amazing holy shit that is absolutely incredible i love this scene so much and it melts my heart every single time the only thing that even comes close to this level of weasley love is the boggart scene in the order of the phoenix which is amazing this is the book where harry became a true member of the weasley's family and i love that he does visit the burrow in book 2 but in book 4 and onwards he visits their hearts *Thank You for reading this every like is appreciated*

[@bakthihapuarachchi3447]

I totally agree with what you are saying, but there are also some bad moments for Mrs Weasley in this book. Specially her rocky relationship with Fred and George where she insists they do what she wants instead of what they like, and she's also very cold of to Hermione after reading the article written by Reeta Skeeter, whom Mrs Weasley very well knows is a person who publishes sensationalist lies

[@SonofJones]

This book is easily my favorite in the series mostly for the ending. As soon as they enter the graveyard the entire tone of the series instantly shifts to a much darker, more adult tone (not that it didn't have dark parts before). Everything from Cedric's Death to Voldemort's Return to Crouch's Reveal to the confrontation between Fudge and Dumbledore perfectly sets up the second half of the series and lets the reader know that everything has changed forever.

[@SapphWolf]

Here's my one issue with the confrontation between Fudge and Dumbledore. Or Fudge's behavior in general. His insistence on not believing Harry - as nonsensical as it already was - is made even more nonsensical by the fact that pensives exist in the universe. They can literally take the memory out of Harry's head and see for themselves exactly what happened!

[@SonofJones]

@@SapphWolf that's true but honestly even if someone had suggested it he would have probably made the excuse of not wanting to waste the time. I always felt that his refusal to believe Harry came from him not wanting to face the terrible truth Voldemort had come back and continue living in the comfortable delusion he was gone forever, which is why he tried so hard to discredit Harry and Dumbledore in the next book; he wasn't interested in facts he only wanted to feel safe

[@SapphWolf]

@@SonofJones Yes, but surely OTHER ministry leaders would want to see. Up until that point most everyone had a very good opinion of Dumbledore. The idea that no one wanted to see, or that it was never brought up to Umbridge just seems strange to me.

[@ronnieroyal9893]

Yes!! Thank you for some reason I LOVE the movie and the book.And your absolutely right saying THIS is when the series turned young adult. I didn’t understand this book when I read it @ 14 but when I went back to it I saw Jk Rowling’s writing talent. 3,4 are my favorite book/movie and the deathly hallows part 2 was amazing

[@lade18]

Yesss

[@danshive4017]

Favorite scene for me in the book is simply Mr. Weasley's reaction to the Dursleys not saying goodbye to Harry. It's just... All the cool guy points in the world right there. Metaphorical sunglasses all over his face. I appreciated that so much.

[@ginge641]

What'd he do, again?

[@clarkmannen8789]

@@ginge641 He basically used the Dursley’s fear of him to force them to treat Harry with some dignity. It was the only point at which he portrayed himself in a threatening manner during the encounter

[@ginge641]

@@clarkmannen8789 Arthur Weasley: Certified Chad.

[@mikebarnes7441]

Ginge not sure you have a grasp on what makes someone a Chad lol

[@ginge641]

@@mikebarnes7441 Damn bro, that's crazy, but I don't remember asking.

[@fallingleavesag7280]

Harry misses the sorting ceremony in his 3rd year because he was taken to the hospital wing after he passed out on the train.

[@georgelynch953]

Actually he didn’t go to the hospital wing, he goes to mcgonagalls office

[@fallingleavesag7280]

Oh yeah, I haven’t read that book in a while 😓

[@_natya]

Yeah

[@AgamtheMuggle]

@@georgelynch953 yeah

[@FireRaptor100]

@@georgelynch953 I remember that Madam Pomfrey was present though, didn't remember that they were in McGonagalls office.

[@xnet_cascade6257]

The thing that this book accomplished way more than the other books did was that it actually made me feel bad for Harry. Don’t get me wrong, I sympathized with Harry sometimes in the other ones, but this one really does it the best. He was forced to compete in a dangerous tournament, most of his friends turned their backs on him, he got rejected by his crush, he had to watch one of his closest friends get killed, he got brutally tortured in the graveyard, and had severe PTSD at the end. Thinking about it, he went through so much in this book.

[@TooSweet353]

I actually think the best part of this book is the mystery, I never really liked this book much in the past because the plot was convoluted and contrived, it wasn't nearly as airtight as Prisoner of Azkaban(except Time Turners) and the story was overall and the tournament lacked real stakes at least until the final task. But 7 major mysteries, most of which are very intriguing makes up for everything in this book + the ending with Voldemort at The Graveyard with small changes could've been in my Top 5 favourite final duel in any book: 1. Have it be Harry and Voldemort alone, so no summoning Death Eaters and over-exposition of Voldemort. 2. Have Harry actually escape Voldemort's clutches instead of Voldemort letting Harry go to prove a point and try and duel him.

[@dovelyy]

I've always remembered that hufflepuff "took the rest" meaning everyone who is not brave, smart or cunning. it made me feel bad being hufflepuff but I don't anymore

[@petitetaiga2714]

It feels like nobody takes us seriously? 🤔

[@giuliakenway6500]

It's not a bad thing, for me it just emphasises the kindness of Hufflepuffs, they will take the "rejects" and treat everyone equally irrespective of their abilities.

[@netagenis7235]

I remember that too.. i think the hat said it in one of the books and it always made me realy sad too because it's realy not what we're about😥

[@amanekabbaj]

The fith book changes ravenclaws values to but not drastically

[@ame_thyst_99]

Yeah i wish J.K. Rowling had more respect for all of the houses. I’m a ravenclaw but I think that Hufflepuff is such a great House. I also would say that is very difficult have the requirement to be one, i could never! So props to you!

[@urty24]

Hermione/Krum - I don't really think it's a lack of interest on Hermione's part so much as JK's writing style is just super Harry-centric. I feel the same way about Ron and Hermione. We never see any interaction between them that doesn't involve Harry (those interactions are rarely even referenced) but we know that happens all the time. As for Barty/Moody teaching Harry to fight off the Imperius curse, I think it has more to do with the Death Eaters being fascinated by the dark arts. Whether it's the dark arts themselves or the defense of dark arts the Death Eaters just seem to want to be near them. He probably never considered it would help Harry; Voldemort had no interest in controlling him after all, just killing him. I think it was just Barty/Moody's idea of fun.

[@aberdeen0107]

Shannon Davis also he really needed to gain Harry’s trust!

[@thebman4709]

Shannon Davis it was kind of like she was writing a 1st person 3rd person book on Harry. If that makes sense.

[@lynnkelly7021]

This comment is way late, but I liked reading a different perspective! My theory is that Barty/Moody has a personal vendetta against the imperius curse because he was under it from his father for so long. He may not only be fascinated by Harry’s ability, but also feel a sense of triumph over the curse by having another person defeat it.

[@RJMiller73]

@@thebman4709 It’s called third person limited. The narrator sees only what Harry sees and has access to Harry’s thoughts but Harry is not the narrator.

[@Jake0666]

We do kinda see that hermione doesn’t even pay attention to krum after the second task tho. So I don’t really think it has to do with Rowling’s writing style

[@ShadowDogProduction]

"JKR shouldn't have stereotyped the Houses so much! Not everything is so black and white. So anyway, Percy belonged in Slytherin because he's a jerk!" 😏

[@agnete1994]

Lily was muggleborn and James was pure-blood so Harry is a half-blood :) That is also why he was chosen by Voldemort to be the child the prophecy was talking about (even though Neville also matched the criterias). He saw himself more in Harry since he was also a half-blood

[@klaudiagrob]

Oh yes that''s completely spot on.

[@tonel.9967]

I find it a little ironic how the readers often on the one hand disregards Harrys abilities because he's helped by others (mainly Ron and Hermione), and on the other hand think he is to good and learns to fast. I'm not sure why receiving help, even if you are a chosen one, makes you less of a chosen one either. Even though Harry and Tom Riddle are similar, both being halfbloods, both being orphans, both being somewhat cunning and ambitious, both breaking and bending the rules, the difference is that Tom Riddle became Lord Voldemort, who doesn't want or need anyone, he doesn't need anyone, and he fails because of that, where Harry wants and needs other people, and he wins because of that. So why is it consider a weakness on Harrys part that he have friends who helps him out? As a kind of an afterthought - Neville started out as a lonely, clumsy, insecure kid, and ended up being a badass who started a resistant movement inside Hogwarts, and the biggest change came after Neville got friends, became part of a group, didn't it. I'm pretty sure this was intentional from JKRs side.

[@merphynapier42]

I'm in agreement that the boys having friends and help is in no way a bad thing and that it's actually really beautiful. But I also think there's nothing wrong with discussing when he can't have done things without his friends, or with discussing the fact that quite a few things come extremely easy for him. It's just discussing the different levels of this story

[@tonel.9967]

@@merphynapier42 I do agree that we should and can discus the different levels of the story, but I often feel Harry gets undeserved shade because he gets help from his friends. There have been those who thinks Hermione is the real hero, because she is the most clever witch of her age, and Harry is a fraud because can't get by on his own, so I'm a bit defensive about my boy Harry ;)

[@janhavi1977]

@@tonel.9967 Yes! This! People either complain Harry's a Mary Sue who gets things really easily, or else they complain that he can't do anything at all without his friends. Like, seriously, which is it? Is he an overpowered Mary Sue or is he someone who relies on his friends. Make up your mind. XD I agree so much that Harry does not get the credit he deserves. He's shown to be really intelligent but at the same time he also has friends who help him, which is a great thing. I think the whole, "Hermione was the real hero" came from the movies, where Harry's street smarts and his ability to think fast were given to Hermione. Ron's lines being given to Hermione is a topic that's been talked to death, but nobody really talks about how Harry was shafted in the movies as well. And yes, I'm really defensive of Harry as well, as you can tell. I maintain that he's underrated in his own story. In fact, I think it's because he's the main character that people decide to focus more on the side characters instead.

[@frankiethebookworm3163]

@@merphynapier42 The thing to me, that differentiates Voldy and Harry is that despite them coming from, in a certain way similar situations, they evolve in two very opposite directions. Voldemort, just like Harry has always been alone, and he had to learn to count only on himself. Voldemort in fact refuses help, he prefers to use people for his own gain regardless of what happens to them. Harry loves having people who cares about him enough to be there for him, and help him and wanting to risk all they have in order for him to defeat Voldemort. But we also see how Harry, cares about his friends because in reality they're the only family he ever had, and he feels bad whenever they get hurt because of him. In my view, Harry accepting help and recognizing he needs people's help is JK's way to show us why the two have similar aspects, similar pasts, but they're very different and also why Harry does belong in Griffindor, because you need courage to admit you need help, and that you would have never won without help from other people. I agree , sometimes it seems like some things come easy for Harry. But I think we should take into account his years prior to Hogwarts. And the sacrifice he so willingly and bravely make, kind of balances things for me. This is the last thing, I promise. I love Nevil too. He really changes from the first book till the last.

[@gandalf3395]

It always bothered me that the points earned from the first two tasks make no difference in the end. You just have to get to the cup first to win. Yeah, you get a head start based on points, but it's really not that much to make a difference.

[@merphynapier42]

I talk about that in tomorrow's video too lol!

[@pids11]

In general, the (admittedly wonderful) Potter books suffer a little bit from Rowling not really getting the mechanics of a good game. Quidditch is the same way - the snitch means everything! And House points hada similar element of inconsistency.

[@2602Jorno]

I thought the cup just gets you more points but doesn't actually mean that you win, a bit like the Snitch in Quidditch. I remember thinking "so, it's possible to get the cup first but still not win?"

[@richardbaker308]

Dont focus too hard. Dont remember the chapter. But Rowling writes that the 3 champions will do task performed in front of judges and based on who has the most points wins. She changed so much through goblet she may have forgot about this

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

@David Lipinski To be fair, the first book was self aware of the flawed rules of Quidditch by having Oliver say to Harry that the broken record was three months. That was really funny.

[@janhavi1977]

I absolutely love the maze in this book. The Scene where Harry gets caught in that spell that turns him upside down was pretty intense. Also, can we talk about how disappointing the maze is in the movie? “Hedges are NOT scary” ( for those of you who don’t know, that’s by Dominic Noble)

[@desmondgentle1474]

Let's be honest: He can change his name as much as he wants but he will always be 'The Dom'

[@eduardoo31]

I've watched dom's reviews multiple times over the years hahaha

[@elizalagonia1049]

My least favorite movie is Goblet.

[@emmanlss]

It definitely my least favourite movie. Sooooo many epic parts ruined by the movie

[@xMRxZEROx]

Agreed. As far as I'm concerned, from Prisoner onward the movies were bad. The strayed so heavily from the books. And I get why. The books kept getting longer so more had to be cut. But come on. The stuff they chose to keep, the stuff they chose to ADD, was pointless. The biggest change that I hate is the final fight between Harry and Voldemort. The one in the book is SO MUCH MORE epic than the movie version. It's why I stick to the audio books and listen to them in repeat while I'm at work or driving. As well as watch the first 2 Chris Columbus directed movies. His were the most accurate, hands down.

[@EasternStandardTim]

“Hermione starts to get a bit dark in this one” um didn’t she set Snape on fire in their first year?

[@masongarrod6681]

She set his cloak on fire, and because she believed him to be literally trying to murder Harry. I'm not sure how that's dark in the slightest

[@eelio8469]

Ha yea she did

[@eelio8469]

She reads the rules before she breaks them

[@masongarrod6681]

@@aariz611 the hem of his cloak, which is no trouble because he's a wizard surrounded by other wizards

[@michaellovegrove9467]

Lol yeah, and in their second year, she persuaded Harry and Ron to covertly drug Crabbe and Goyle, stuff their unconscious bodies in a broom closet and steal their clothes. Savage af.

[@AndYouWillBeWithMe]

The fandom's representation of the houses is better than Rowling's, don't come for me 😁

[@netagenis7235]

I won't because you're right. In the books it's literally gryffindor- good Slytherin- bad Huffelpuff and ravenclaw- doesn't metter. In the fandom it's way better

[@merphynapier42]

So true!

[@phoebewickliffe5145]

100% this! I love the more complex houses in fandom, and I get quite a bit of vindictive pleasure from the bad-Gryffindor/good-Slytherin stories.

[@cityman2312]

A lot of JKR's fans are better writers than she is. That's what comes from having such a huge fanbase.

[@victormanyeruke9997]

AndYouWillBeWithMe she got close to some balance with Regulus and Slughorn then deathly hollows drops the ball at the end

[@jiraya4219]

“Dumbledore is very active. Probably the most active he’s been in any book at any point.” *The Half-blood prince has left the chat.*

[@PuddilyOops]

My guess about Barty Jr. teaching Harry to fight Imperio is that Barty Sr. had him under the Imperious Curse for a long time. Jr. is just not having it whether it helps or hinders The Dark Lord. Same with being hexed when your back is turned. I would assume Jr. would want whoever he is cursing to Know who did the cursing out of some weird Death Eater pride.

[@jotapesssss]

Yeah, I think so too, and also I think Barty Jr might have done that to sort of make Harry stronger, since he was worried that Harry wouldn't be able to win the Triwizard Tournament...

[@loati94]

Whenever I spend a whole day reading and read a big amount of pages when I finish I feel like hungover

[@kennyteeology3526]

Dumbledore would want Harry to be able to resist curses so made fake Moody give extra lessons. Maybe Harry's scar gave him some extra protection/immunization against curses, especially given what it really is.

[@urty24]

That's always been my head-cannon. Most of Harry's innate magical ability is due to Voldemort's prodigious power trapped in him.

[@harricartney]

Or maybe it's the Voldemort part in him resisting, that's what I thought

[@claudiasarabia5955]

I think harry could fight the imperio curse because he was like “huh this is so calm, something is wrong” 😂

[@DrWiley-fm3ik]

I was literally about to go to bed guess I'm staying up another 30 minutes LOL

[@cassandraalastair7179]

saaaame

[@merphynapier42]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@darkraitoast5529]

Honestly, wish all your videos were this long or longer :D

[@merphynapier42]

Awe thank you ❤️

[@albusseverusprior7708]

I absolutely love this Harry Potter reread series! Keep up with the great content

[@doubledamn2599]

Ron's behaviour in Goblet of Fire would be fine if the timing was a bit better. Going from Ron *standing on a broken leg against a known serial killer* to defend Harry, to " _screw you, you got into a deadly tournament that I wanted to almost die in_ " is a bit of a personality jump.

[@juliamcclaysy829]

Moody had to fool Dumbledore, some of his action have no double meaning, he had to play the part and did it. Also Harry being so good in fighting of the curse is just his talent. He is strongwilled and brave. REMEMBER part 3 were he scores highest in lupins exam? remember when he fought over 50 (?) dementors? why do you need a reason for Harry being fantastic in defence against dark art.

[@giuliakenway6500]

Krum is mentioned again in Book 6 as well, when Ginny has a fight with Ron about her kissing Dean, mentioning how Hermione kissed Krum (so what's the big deal with her kissing a boy as well and everything). I'm pretty sure there was more to Hermione and Krum's relationship that we just didn't get to see :D

[@merphynapier42]

Good catch!

[@harmonybearML]

He's also in Deathly Hallows, because he shows up at Bill and Fleur's wedding.

[@avz1865]

Yeah, where he weirdly shows interest in 16 year old Ginny as a 21 year old!! God...

[@agilagilsen8714]

@@avz1865 In his defence he might not have known that she was 16. it would 100% have been weird if he perused a relationship if he knew tho.

[@jovanym2931]

@@avz1865 Dude chill he probably didn’t know geez

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

The problem with the Sorting Hat is that the kids are sorted when they are 11 years old. How many people have their personalities cemented when they're that young?

[@setitheredcap2677]

I think it reads your potential, going through the years, not as you are at 11.

[@ximegarcia2080]

That is what I always thought.. like with Percy, when he was 11 years old he didn’t think about what was going to happen when he left Hogwarts ..we get to see his ambition (maybe it’s really foreshadowed but it’s there) in book 2 (which all he talks about is being a prefect , head boy and working at the ministry) . The twins were also very ambitious in this book but it’s almost their last year and it’s normal for a student who is graduating soon to think about the his/her future , so in conclusion the sorting hat can be mistaken and Percy it’s a Slytherin... it just can’t be that all 7 sibilings are from the same house ...

[@jonwojtowicz9940]

im actually pretty sure in the deathly hallows when harry is watching all of Snapes memories, Snape says something about him not being a coward and Dumbledore says "he sometimes thinks they sort to early."

[@Jusilau]

I think that you have agood idea of your personality at a very young age

[@SnailHatan]

Gee, I dunno. It’s almost like the sorting hat is imbued with some kind of magic that is capable of perceiving what someone will turn out like. Crazy, right.

[@jos19]

Re: Hermoine & Rita It’s been years since I read the book, so I don’t know if it’s mentioned, but I think Hermoine might have gone the capture/blackmail route, since the penalty for being discovered as an unregistered Animagus is a stint in Azkaban. Given that the previous book had the kids dealing with Dementors and Sirius, I doubt Hermoine would have wanted any part in possibly getting a person sent there.

[@apheliotropic]

I don’t think hermione is actually the person krum loves most but she’s just the only one physically at hogwarts. Fleurs sister was only taken because her family came to watch her in the task

[@TheMbangel]

The thing that freaked me out when I re-read GoF was when Moody/Barty Crouch Jr consoled Neville after the cruciatus curse was that Barty Crouch Jr was one of the torturers of Neville's parents.... Neville got consoled by one of the people that tortured his parents into insanity. That just broke me.

[@Sora75013]

A little bit nitpicky, but Harry is half-blood. Lily was muggle-born, so Harry is half-blood. As long as you have muggle blood, you’re half-blood

[@rgibson7305]

They missed the Sorting Hat third year because of Harry's Dementor problem and Hermione's time turner--Ron heard it, though.

[@piotrnowak8725]

And Hermione heard it in the second year.

[@Q8IBOYS]

The reason Hermoine does not tell an adult about the unregistered animagous is because she wants to hold it against her in the future. She captures her for a while to show her shes serious and maybe to punish her lol

[@katerinakarlis6794]

"sweet Neville, I love that character so much ..." Literally read my mind

[@manaalsidd]

I’ve made this a habit to come and watch Merphy’s Harry Potter wrap ups every time I finish re-reading a book in the series. I love your reviews! 😘❤️

[@jeremyjasona]

Most theories that I have seen for Harry being able to shake off the imperious curse naturally were centered around him being a horcrux. One soul was taken over by the curse while the second soul was essentially saying, “Why listen to that voice?”

[@GANGSTA2285]

A full-blood, a half-blood, and a muggle-born walk into the Leaky Cauldron...

[@axellesbooks]

Goblet of Fire is actually my second favourite book in this series haha. Can't wait for you to discuss my favourite: Deathly Hallows!

[@drogadepc]

Barty Jr. had to pretend being Mad Eye at all costs. Moody would very likely want to teach students about the Unforgivable Curses and how one can protect themselves against them. That was a flaw in Voldemort's plan

[@jakubhorehaj1542]

4:16 you should look at super carlin brothers theory video how Percy was under imperius curse all along 😁

[@TheJak121212]

That's what I was gonna say!

[@merphynapier42]

Love that channel! I was just going off book Canon but I love their theories 😄

[@klaudiagrob]

I have seen that video. I don't believe one bit that Percy was under Imperius Curse. His ambition gone into his head and he got worst after he started working with Crouch. Before book 4, he was also acting odd. All that mattered to him were rules, ambition, his prefect badge. I'm pretty sure he was sleeping with his prefect badge under the pillow.

[@matrixmirage2148]

"MERPHY NAPIER" -> "RHYME IN PAPER" or "I, REAPER NYMPH" _I _*_love_*_ the anagram business!_

[@SunriseFireberry]

I, Reaper Nymph. The truth comes out about Merph. I am aghast. :-D :-D

[@matrixmirage2148]

Hehe, spicy! 😋 My proudest anagrams with sexual innuendos are Doug DeMuro and Alex Kersten's, both of them are KZbin car channels which I follow "DOUGLAS DEMURO" => "LOUD ORGASM DUE" (this is extra funny, considering that Doug has a pretty timid, quirky, and child-like persona) "ALEX KERSTEN" => "LE SEX TANKER" (I love this, since Alex is a big, buff dude whose alternative name fits him like a glove) It's pretty time-consuming to find a good anagram of somebody's name, so I always laugh my a** off and post it all over the channel's comment section when I find one, so maybe the content creator has a good laugh at it 😂

[@BlackXSunlight]

The comforting Hagrid scene is one of my all-time FAVES. I love how Hermione is banging on the door and screams "WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY HAGRID, CUZ WE LOVE YOU AND WE'LL STAY OUT HERE ALL NIGHT IF WE HAVE TO" and Dumbledore is the one to answer the door. Also, I think after Goblet of Fire, Rowling might've realized (or been tipped off by an editor or friend) that the Hermione/Krum situation, while sweet on the surface, is a bit creepy because of their age difference (they started dating when she was at most 14, and he was at least 17, an adult in the Wizarding World), and so I bet she opted to just avoid him in the narrative as much as possible.

[@franciscavistalli1437]

i think they mention he is 18 so even more creepy

[@avz1865]

Well, but she's also 15 when they started dating. Not sure why the op thought it was at most 14

[@BlackXSunlight]

@@avz1865 I really hate when people reply to a comment and talk about “OP” as if the original poster can’t see them. I’m right here buddy.

[@avz1865]

@@BlackXSunlight ...I mean, what's your alternative? Would you rather I had called you by your username? It isn't like I was insulting you at all

[@BlackXSunlight]

@@avz1865 I just find it annoying and kind of rude, like you could @ me and actually engage with me instead of a “Idk why OP...” like every social media site I find this problem.

[@Joe-944]

Book 4 is my fave book and I must have physically read it 5/6 times and then an uncountable amount of times via audiobook. Although it doesn't really make any difference to us as readers, the fact 2/3 tasks are not seen by the spectators is pretty laughable. Especially because it could have easily be explained by that little plot convenience...what's it called again...oh yea...magic!

[@merphynapier42]

Exactly!

[@bilelnaili6691]

the fact that barty crouch jr is the second best defence against the dark arts teacher says a lot about hogwarts

[@MRfisheri]

My favorite book of the series. First book of the series which I cried reading. Loved Neville even more in this. Portkey. Quidditch Cup. the Dark Mark. Mad Eye Moody. The Unforgivable Curse. The Yuleball. Triwizard Tournament. Voldermort in the graveyard. Cedric.

[@mishaatanasova6818]

Harry is a Half-Blood. Just decided to tell you, because Lily is a muggleborn and she has only muggle blood, and James who is a pure-blood, Harry is a half-blood

[@aberdeen0107]

Misha Atanasova or a quarter blood😂

[@giuseppedeangelo7324]

Thank you misha, tbh it bothered me a lot when she said Harry is a pureblood for some reason😂 and I was gonna comment myself

[@jawstrock2215]

It's even a major plot point for why Voldy picked Harry over Neville. Neville is pure-blood.

[@thomaswenn6049]

Just finished reading Goblet of Fire yesterday for the first time.

[@tunesmelodia]

Me too :)

[@spiriterised2886]

I hate you for this. There are so many books I need to finish before the year ends, but now I am in the mood to re-read these books. It has been way too long. So yeah. This was a great video and I really enjoyed it. Can't wait to hear your thoughts tomorrow.

[@angel92655]

These videos are really making me love the books all over again 🥰

[@TheRedcat14]

“Bong-sewer” genuinely made me laugh out loud when I read it. Hagrid trying to say “boun swar” to Madam Maxime 😂😂😂

[@gregdelisle6751]

My favorite of the series ♥️ With Half-Blood Prince and Prisoner of Azkaban

[@alexsamurai1230]

I personally think that the point is that Crouch Jr was able to fight off the imperatus curse, and that strength of will probably informed a lot of his sense of self identity. It's therefore consistent to his character that he would want to 'teach' this in his class, even if it didn't fill a well thought out agenda. Bear in mind that he taught for a year; there were probably a lot of dull rainy Thursdays for him to make classes for, outside of the crucial steps of his evil plots. Also, fastest way to pronounce Cruciatus is that it takes the same root as 'excruciating', :)

[@B_Squar3d]

Bow-buh-TON is closer. My best understanding of French IPA leads me to bœ-ba-TÃN, but je ne parle pas français.

[@thomaskirkness-little5809]

Pro-tip: when reading French, the more ridiculous your pronunciation seems, the more likely it is to be correct. Never forget the city of Ypres (yes it's in Belgium, but it's a French name).

[@B_Squar3d]

@@thomaskirkness-little5809 Pronouced EE-pweh?

[@thomaskirkness-little5809]

"Eep"

[@haylierouleau]

My understanding of the imperius curse lesson was that it was extremely personal for Barty Jr. Being under the imperius curse at his own father's hand made him feel that everyone should learn to resist, that it was the worst of the unforgivable curses. Yes, we know Crouch is a Deatheater, but he was also an abused son. Not to say that the action was motivated by "good," only that it was deeply personal.

[@udubhuskies2537]

So are we just gonna gloss over the fact that Krum is 18 and Hermione is 14...

[@porsche911sbs]

maybe this is considered normal in Bulgaria?

[@anasanchezcasado9931]

Krum could be 17 and Hermione was 15 (she is almost a year older than Harry)

[@avz1865]

Krum is textually just 18 at the world cup, so with Hermione turning 15 in September that's a just over 3 year age gap. Borderline for sure. It's a kind of weird relationship all around and I'm still not sure how I feel about it

[@jovanym2931]

She’s 15 though

[@joebro186]

@@avz1865 It's weird that you feel weird about it. First of all HP is a *fictional* story. Moreover Hermoine is pretty much into him and it's not like he is forcing her into a relationship or something. Also a girl her age having a crush on an older boy than herself is actually very common in real life.

[@dianna6966]

Just found your channel and have really enjoyed your content! You're a hoot. The Lupin-to-Moody setup/delivery is one of my *favorite* literary villainy reveals. Not only for the reason you mentioned, but also for the fact that Lupin was such an awesome badass in PoA that, during the first part of the Shrieking Shack scene, even on my first read, I didn't buy him as a bad guy. Yes, Rowling had given him an air of mystery and *possible* sketchiness, but given how helpful he was during the entire year (I seriously love the character, have I mentioned that?), I *knew* that he couldn't possibly have been trying to hurt Harry. And, lo! I was right. Fast forward to Moody in GoF, and we had a guy who behaved *shadier* (child abuse! Unforgivable Curses! General orneriness!), who I *never* suspected of villainy because he seemed genuinely helpful and PoA set me up to think he was cool. It's just...[chef's kiss]. Beautiful. Moody Crouch helping Harry learn to shake off the Imperius Curse has always bugged me, but I've one possible reason (Yes, this is total fanwanking): Moody Crouch *hated* wizards who turned on Voldie or pretended that they only acted because they were under Imperius. With Moody Crouch's twisted logic, did he (even unconsciously) publicly teach Harry how to shrug the Curse off so that, in the (unlikely) event that a victorious Voldie left Harry alive, but broken, people would know that Harry wasn't just Imperio'd into defeat. Voldie hadn't "cheated" to win, he was just *that* powerful of a force. Almost like it's Moody Crouch's version of Voldie's "I want you to look at me when I kill you! I want to see the light leave your eyes!" (Which I think might be a movie-only line, but whatevs...) It's not Moody Crouch *helping* Harry by making him impervious to Imperius, it's his twisted way of trying to make Voldie's victory seem even more crushing. Teal Deer: Lupin is the best. And, apropos of nothing, the graveyard scene is one of my favorite, most chill-inducing scenes in the entire series.

[@colin3498]

One thing about Percy is we know that the Sorting Hat takes personal preference into account when sorting. Percy probably wanted to be a Gryffindor since his whole family had been Gryffindor so I imagine the Sorting Hat made the decision based off that, even if he may have been more suited for Slytherin

[@sophiasthoughts]

I'm pretty sure I've commented this on one of your videos before but it always seriously screws me up that we fall in love with Moody but it's actually Barty Crouch jr. the whole time 😱

[@darrenalmgren634]

I like to think that Harry can deflect the Imperius curse so quickly because he has the bit of Voldemort’s soul in him. In the books it’s described as a voice in his head propelling him to shrug off the curse. And since it’s a horcrux-soul situation, the soul is protecting its container (ie Harry) because it can’t survive without a cursed container - as its explained in the last book. I think it’s reasonable to suggest that it’s Voldemort’s soul taking control to protect its horcrux “container”.

[@emiliohernandez7214]

You inspired me to finally get around to reading the books Just finished this one It's probably my favorite so far!

[@JoshuaRog]

Hey! I'm getting into these reviews late but am loving them! You have a fantastic way of talking about the series, and I can tell you genuinely love it I reckon, on Harry being able to defend against the imperious curse, that it's not just him being lucky or being good at everything. It felt really believable because of the difficult life that Harry had been through up until that point, and the mental fortitude he's developed in maintaining who heh is, and not allowing the mistreatment of the Dursleys, or Malfoy, or Voldemort change him. At that point he'd already courageously proved himself against Voldemort twice. He'd suffered but always remained strong against the Dursleys at home. And he also has the strength of character to do the right thing even when it's difficult, like not allowing Sirius and Lupin to kill Pettigrew in book 3. So to me, it made sense that he was able to withstand the curse, because he had amazing strength of character and will, and had experience in proving it. Just a thought I had and wanted to share, glad you made all these videos, I'm currently up to book 5 on my re-read for the first time since I was a kid! Ciao

[@ivysaure]

I love your Harry Potter videos !! Continue making them and do them as long as you want. I'll just enjoy them longer 💖

[@TheAmazingLee01]

Great video! GoF used to be one of my least favorite HP books, but after rereading it a few years ago, I was able to appreciate it a lot more. To add on to the point about the Krum/Hermione romance or lack thereof, I think something most people don't consider is the ages of the characters. Krum is at least 17, maybe even 18 at this point in the story while Hermione is 14. That's a significant age difference at that time of their lives and would definitely raise some eyebrows.

[@saanvichandel6919]

Correction * Hermione is 15 at that point of time

[@elizalagonia1049]

Super Carlin Brothers did a theory video on "Was Percy Imperioused." It was very well thought out and an interesting take on the evolution of Percy's character. Yes, Percy is very ambitious, but aren't all Gryffindors. If you have about 20 minutes you should check it out. I always pronounce Madam Maxiems name like Olympics but instead of the -ics it's -pay. With Barty Crouch Jr, we know from his father's ramblings he was a Hermione level student. He got like 11 owls, and he got involved with the Death Eaters at a very early age, I think at first as a rebellion against his father, but was sucked into the seductive nature of dark magic. Imagine if Hermione hadn't befriended Harry and Ron and someone came to her and said that only truely powerful wizards who studied hard should be allowed at Hogwarts and they needed to rid the school of slackers. Yes, it is on a smaller scale, but you got this impressionable kid who wants his father's attention so he rebels. In the court scene, we see him begging his father to believe him. Saying "I didn't do it," and wanting his father to believe him. Considering Bellatrix was also in the same court as him his "secret" never got out that he did falter in his worship of Voldy. Bringing the point around: Knowing that Junior was a good student and let's face it, he took a liking to Harry- teaching him to fight off the Imperious curse could have just been a natural wanting to impart some of his knowledge on to Harry. Crouch's father imperious him for years and finding someone who had such a strong mind to ward it off would have intrigued him.

[@oswintardis]

I'm LOVING your HP videos sooo much! It was really interesting hearing your opinion. The Goblet of Fire is my favorite book in the series and Neville is my favorite character so I love it when you talk about him :P

[@adhunikmanav2638]

you're not alone Merphy. I am reading the HP books for the first time in my life and I read and finished goblet of fire in 6 hours yesterday in one sitting. I slept around 3:30 AM And it was awesome!

[@judemouselli8655]

I was never this early in my entire life. Wow. I bet this video will be amazing!! Love you Merphy!! I love this series so much! It was and still is one of my favorites!!

[@sukhmanisreadingcorner6811]

In regards to Moody/Barty Crouch Jr's methods: I firmly believe that after Lupin, he was the BEST teacher for DADA. Oftentimes, the best lessons come from bad people. So, that would be the same for Moody/Crouch Jr. As a Death Eater, he had intimate knowledge of how they worked and operated. Sure, teaching the Unforgivable Curses to 14 y/o isn't all that great, but if you keep in mind that Voldemort was planning to make a huge comeback, then he is gearing up for war/ Moody was trying to prepare his students for that eventuality. He knew that Harry was going to play a role, and so he taught him the Unforgivable Curses. What better way to defeat your enemy by learning how they operate? Also, Harry shook off the curse easily because he had feelings of happiness. We all know, he did NOT have a happy life. 😂

[@merphynapier42]

Oh I agree that he was a great teacher! I was just saying that I didn't understand why the bad guy worked so hard to teach Harry to fight off the curse because it seemed counter productive As for the good thoughts, you may be thinking of boggarts. Imperio doesn't require happy thoughts to shake off, just a strong will 😄

[@thalon8492]

"No consequences at all." The Hogwarts motto

[@Bmallers1]

Goblet of fire is my favorite in the series, even before the tournament, I think it’s so intriguing

[@harricartney]

Been waiting for this for ages!✌️

[@MasterfulWords]

Oh, I know why Moody taught them to throw off Imperio. It's because he had spent such a long time as his Father's prisoner trapped under the Imperius Curse, and in fact it's implied that he was never completely freed until Wormtail and Voldemort showed up at the house and lifted the curse and turned it into their base of operations. To play the part of Moody convincingly he uses his own emotions, and with Moody's paranoia combined with the recent trauma of long mind-controlled captivity, what does he reach for in his very first teacher's module? He's still gotta teach and he's gotta do it right to fool Dumbledore. Plus, there's also the high probability that Moody Himself suggested the idea while Crouch was interrogating him for his lesson plans, who was currently under Crouch's control. But, we can't give Moody all the credit. Remember what happened when Harry almost threw off the curse the first time? Moody put the spell on Harry, again and again, until he could throw it off completely. He would have done that to every single student. It says that he "insisted" until Harry could throw off the curse completely. He couldn't stand the thought of ever being controlled again.

[@not-so-happypappypatton]

“But yesterday, I read 300 pages” The biggest mood of a reader

[@imdarrel]

I think since Harry had two souls in him at that time, the other soul was the voice in the back of his head that got him to say no

[@harricartney]

He missed he siting in Prisoner because he was in he hospital wing for getting attacked by the dementor✌️😋

[@urty24]

McGonagall's office. That was also when Hermione got the time turner.

[@carlinrackley8547]

Harry and Hermione missed the Sorting in the third year because Professor McGonagall called them into her office when they arrived, to check on Harry's wellbeing after having collapsed on the train due to Dementors and to talk to Hermione briefly about her school schedule (time turner).

[@qbanboi069]

Harry missed it third year cause of Dementors :D Always a good morning when I get to see Merph reviewing HP :D

[@eich95]

17:22 actually, harry is a half-blood. A half-blood refers to those wizards and witches who have magical and Muggle ancestors in their family trees, and since Lily is muggle-born, harry would be a half-blood rather than a pure-blood.

[@joshjablon]

I think the out-of-world explanation for why Moody/Crouch has Harry break the Imperius curse is as a plot device to show that it's possible, because the Crouches breaking the Imperius curse are important to understand how that all happens. You could argue the in-world explanation is that Crouch Jr. hates the Imperius curse as it bound him for so long--but that could be a stretch.

[@meganoldfield9365]

I would guess that Crouch may actually want even Harry to be resilient to Imperio. He suffered under the imperius curse and he might either genuinely hate the effects of that curse- although his keeping Moody and his Father under the imperius curse probably disproves this- or he may be curious as to how it is possible and want to observe Harry’s technique; in doing so, he builds Harry’s resilience.

[@meganoldfield9365]

Also definitely check out that SuperCarlinBrothers video about Percy- I think a few other people have mentioned it.

[@TheAmazingLee01]

This has been my headcanon for some time now too. The fact that he uses it on his dad could be due to having to in order to achieve his goals and as a form of punishing him for all of the years he suffered under it.

[@Slezaiblin]

Please, pay attention to the fact, that Bartemius Crouch Junior is one of the Deatheaters that was accused of TORTURING Alice and Frank Longbottom. And he had balls to come and comfort Neville after they learned about Cruciatus spell. And he tried to use Neville to help Harry, though it didn't work and Neville probably never found out about that. How do you think Neville felt when he found out who Moody actually was? I think he felt horrible, he probably immediatly got rid from the book Moody gave him. This, among other things, probably contributed to Nevilles desire to learn how to figt in "Dumbledore's Army". We all remember how he reacted to Bellatrix escape. Now think how Neville felt after being so close to Crouch.

[@TheHive616]

Slughorn was one of only two redeemable Slytherins that bothered to show up in those books. And the other we would never have guessed until the end... Snape. But the fact that Slughorn stayed and fought Voldy really did my heart good. I'm with ya. i wish there had been more shades of grey regarding dark wizards from more than one house.

[@flugsven]

I wonder if Moody/ Barty Jr were asked by Dumbledore to demonstrate the imperious curse in order to train Harry for his future task. If so, Dumbledore might wanna know how it turned out. It would be easy to check whether it was done and a real give away if Moody/ BartyJr didn't do it. Pure speculation, but my thought. Also, that's the only one of these curses you Could practice, if just the headmaster "look the other way".

[@nanhunter87]

Harry isn't pureblood... His mum is muggleborn, hence Petunia

[@kernsr1859]

Percy was brave in his own way imo. In book 1 dumbledore talks about how standing up to your family and friends takes courage. Even standing against them for a misguided reason still takes courage.

[@saramendes7418]

I reread the books recently and I love watching your videos ❤️

[@kajalchauhan9854]

I was reading it and I read 200 pages a day , I mean it's just unputdownable

[@justinmcdonald1170]

I like to think the reasons Brady jr use the Cruciatus curse was just to mess with the kids and he didnt think that the kids could shake it off, but when harry did he got upset and was rly trying to make it stick and it wouldn't. Also when u read the book it when harry trys to shake off the curse it says that a different voices inside his head spoke and asked why. Maybe that voice voldemort senses we know he has a connection with harry?

[@YTLawnGnome]

As much as I would love to continue on to Book 5...the illustrated edition must be purchased!!!

[@jonathanfitzharris4196]

Only discovered your channel recently but loving it, particularly good timing with you doing the Harry Potterathon(yes I'm aware that's from Dominic Noble's channel but I've stolen it). I actually prefer your Doesn't Make sense videos so excited to watch that! And buzzing to hear you discuss Umbridge next time!!!

[@olgavasileva7238]

I have a theory about why Moody/Crouch Jr was training Harry to shake off the imperio curse. Maybe because he wanted him to win the tournament and didn't want to jeopardize this cause he thought somebody(for instance Karkarov) can make him lose using this curse. Idk just my thoughts

[@sandstorm_lp]

I am currently reading all the HP books and I just finished this one(I have watched the movies as a kid, but only read the last two books) and I would like to say that it really acts as an opener for the story to finally get to its main and darker roots. I felt the change from the first three books and really enjoyed the detailed yet easy to follow way everything unravels as the plot progresses in this one. Also, this is the first time the book and its movie adaptation have some more differences.

[@halidapoudjak]

I love this series Merph, could you also do Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle as well, I’d love to hear your take on it.

[@smritychoudhary2472]

Maybe harry was able to throw off imperius curse because of being a horcrux? His own soul was under control but the piece of voldy's wasn't and continued providing him a sense of grounding to reality ? Or it could be because of dursleys abuse and his own trauma's , for the first time he felt like he didn't neet to worry about anything he felt calm and his first reaction came "well that doesn't seems right" since his whole life he's been abused and haven't know a moment of peace or carefreeness ? Ps. sorry ant on a bit of a rant there

[@VluMandamientoXIII]

I thought that Ron was fantastic in this book , he was hilarious ! The Uranus joke made me laugh for minutes 😂 i couldn’t believe that he actually said it

[@nairadoctor9040]

About moody wanting to teach Harry how to fight the imperious curse. That had always bothered me too but I've sort of got an explanation for it now. Barty Crouch Jr. was being controled by his father his whole life after getting out of Azkaban and he probably hated it and must have had to strengthen his will power a lot to fight it. And I guess seeing Harry fighting to deflect the curse when all his classmates didn't even try, maybe he saw his own struggles in Harry and got carried away bcz of his personal feelings and just wanted Harry to fight off the curse. Also the part where you say Harry fighting the imperious curse in his first attempt, I think its one of his character traits, he is always damn stubborn. Eg: The Malfoy obsession in book 6, the stubborness that Sirius couldnt possibly do anything wrong, the not listening the reason in book 5 when he saw the vision of Sirius being tortured, his certainty that Snape is the bad guy in book 1 etc etc there are a lot more eg. so since his will power in what he believes is true is so good ( I guess he had gotten a lot of practice at the Dursley's to stay true to himself coz they always berated him n his family and he obviously wouldnt want to feel bad every single second) he had the sence to stop himself from getting controled by the curse. IDK am I thinking way too much about this and making it up? Maybe, yes. I just wanted to put this out there. Like this is the impression I have made in my mind to justify those plot hole-ish things 😅😅