Dolores Umbridge

Overthrow Albus Dumbledore and have the school be under the direct control of the Ministry of Magic and Cornelius Fudge (temporarily succeeded).
Silence and torture any student in Hogwarts who objects to her orders, including Harry Potter.
Break up "Dumbledore's Army" (temporarily succeeded).
Register all Muggle-Born children and the adults to the Muggle-Born Registration Commission (failed).

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Many people thought that Umbridge served no purpose to the main conflict between Harry and Voldemort other than to be a one-dimensional strawman who only served to be worse than Voldemort with less resources.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

She's considered by many to be one of the greatest villains of all time.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Pointless Hate Sink

**Dolores Umbridge** is one of the main antagonists of the *Harry Potter* franchise. Making her debut in *The Order of the Phoenix*, the fifth entry of the franchise, Umbridge seeks to gain control of Hogwarts no matter the cost.

## What Makes Her a Base Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Her Character?

* Umbridge's fans consider her to be one of the greatest villains of all time. Even horror writer Stephen King considers her to be a great villain.
* Imelda Staunton gives a chilling performance that makes her a terrifying pure evil villain that audiences love to hate, which was the intended purpose of her character.
* Her fans felt that Umbridge's appearance as a somewhat kind looking grandmother figure does a great job at hiding how sadistic and evil she really is.
* Many fans weren't happy that Staunton didn't receive an accolades for her performance as Umbridge and felt that she deserved better.

### What Do People Dislike About Her Character?

* Many of Umbridge's detractors felt that, in the long term, that Umbridge's character wasn't necessary other than to place another obstacle in the way the conflict with Voldemort and make one that’s worse than him with less resources.
* For those who were only interested in Harry's conflict with Voldemort, Umbridge's character felt like an unnecessary detour in the development of that conflict.
* Another criticism raised about Umbridge by her detractors is that she serves no purpose other than to be a one-dimensional strawman of corrupt authority figures who do anything to make the world around them as miserable as possible in an attempt to garner power.
* Additionally, her exaggeratedly feminine persona, which is intended to be disgusting to the reader, has been criticized as misogynistic, by some particularly since J.K. Rowling admitted to basing her on a teacher who she hated for the same reason.

## Trivia

* Umbridge is the current icon for the Plagiarism template.

## External Links

* Dolores Umbridge on Villains Wiki
* Dolores Umbridge on Pure Evil Wiki
* Dolores Umbridge on Hate Sink Wiki

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