Fang | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia — Rubeus Hagrid [src] Fang (fl. 1991 - 1998) is an over-sized boarhound dog, and one of Rubeus Hagrid's pets . He was a large dog that accompanied Hagrid in many places, including the Forbidden Forest , and lived in his hut . Fang was present for the majority of the Second Wizarding War , such as the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and the Battle of Hogwarts . It's currently unknown what happened to Fang after the Second Wizarding War but, since his name wasn't listed amongst the casualties it can be assumed he survived. Contents Biography Early life Fang was Rubeus Hagrid 's pet. It is unknown when Hagrid acquired him, or how old he was. Fang in the Forbidden Forest with Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy In 1991, Fang accompanied first year students Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter into the Forbidden Forest , only to run away in fear after encountering a hooded figure drinking blood from a dead unicorn . After running away he soon found Hagrid, and Hermione Granger, who immediately knew that Draco and Harry were in danger.

Fang accompanied Ron Weasley and Harry to visit Aragog in the Forbidden Forest . He, Harry, and Ron were nearly eaten by Aragog's children , but they were rescued by the wild Ford Anglia that was previously owned by Ron's father, Arthur Weasley . Fang and Buckbeak inside Hagrid's hut Fang was present when Buckbeak 's was being reviewed by the Ministry of Magic . He was seen sulking in his basket during one of the trio's many visits to Hagrid's hut during the 1993-1994 school year. Fang also shared the hut with Buckbeak after Hagrid moved the hippogriff inside after Lucius Malfoy made his case to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures after Buckbeak attacked his son during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson. Second Wizarding War When Hagrid was attacked by Ministry of Magic wizards led by Dolores Umbridge , Fang was hit by a Stunning Spell , when he tried to defend Hagrid, resulting in the responsible party being hurled over ten feet away by an incredibly enraged Hagrid. Hagrid took the stunned Fang with him when he escaped.

After Voldemort 's return was made public and Umbridge was sacked, Hagrid and Fang returned to their home at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Fang next to Harry Potter after the funeral of Aragog Fang was present during the funeral of Aragog "sulking in his basket during the burial" and afterwards, padded across the floor to them and laid his head in Harry Potter's lap and proceeded to slobber all over his robes. Fang was also inside Hagrid's hut when it was set ablaze by Death Eater Thorfinn Rowle , during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower on 30 June, 1997. He was rescued shortly when Hagrid and Harry doused the fire with the Water-Making Charm . It can be assumed that Fang was present at Dumbledore's funeral. In 1998 , Fang went with Hagrid and Grawp to Hogwarts to help in the defence of the castle . However, as soon as the fighting began Fang was startled when a vase nearby was hit by a spell and exploded, and he ran away in fright. Later life It is unknown if he participated in the battle in any meaningful way.

After the end of the battle, Hagrid showed no indication of mourning, so it is presumed that Fang had survived the battle, as he was not mentioned among the casualties. His later life at Hogwarts is unknown though he might have lived the rest of his life with Hagrid. Personality and traits Hagrid's pets - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Hagrid's pets Wikis Hagrid's pets: Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . (Redirected to Rubeus Hagrid article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rubeus Hagrid Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling . The character is usually addressed only by his surname. Hagrid is the half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds, gamekeeper and, starting in Harry Potter 's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , the Care of Magical Creatures teacher.

Later in the series, it is revealed that Hagrid is also a member of the Order of the Phoenix . "Hagrid", according to Rowling in an interview with The Boston Globe , [1] comes from the word " hagridden ", meaning to have a nightmarish night, particularly when hung over . Contents 9 External links Character development Hagrid was among the characters that Rowling says she created "the very first day". [2] In her article Harry's Fame, Rosemary Goring notes the Forest of Dean is an influence to Rowling's work, and Hagrid is the only character that is "directly drawn from the Forest of Dean". According to Goring, Hagrid's "dropped word-endings are a Chepstow speciality." She also notes that Hagrid is physically "modelled on the Welsh chapter of Hells Angels who'd swoop down on the town and hog the bar, 'huge mountains of leather and hair".

[3] The character of Hagrid and conversations between him and Harry, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in his hut are expository through the series, due to the fact that the trio frequently discover things about Dumbledore and Hogwarts by talking with Hagrid, as he has a habit of letting slip bits of information. Since he introduced Harry to the Wizarding world, Hagrid has been one of Harry's closest friends. Hagrid constantly watches over him, and is rather protective, seeing him as a fellow orphan and outsider. Harry in turn, apart from the dangerous animal fixation, views Hagrid as one of the most important people in his life. Rowling commented in an interview that the scene in the final book in which Hagrid is seen carrying Harry's apparently dead body is very significant as “Hagrid brings Harry from the Dursleys. He takes him into the wizarding world … He was sort of his guardian and his guide ... And now I wanted Hagrid to be the one to lead Harry out of the forest.” [4] He was also one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as "pure-bloods" and "half-bloods" is a dated concept.

Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in Gryffindor house during his time as student. [5] When he comes into possession of an acromantula , he is expelled from Hogwarts as his pet is supposed to be the "monster of Slytherin ". However, persuaded by Albus Dumbledore (who at the time was Transfiguration teacher), Headmaster Armando Dippet agrees to train Hagrid as gamekeeper, allowing the boy to remain at Hogwarts. By the time Harry attends Hogwarts, Hagrid is also the Keeper of Keys and Grounds: the former, according to Rowling, means "that he will let you in and out of Hogwarts." [6] Part of his job includes leading the first years across the lake in boats, upon their initial arrival at Hogwarts. Appearances Mary GrandPré 's illustration of Hagrid from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rubeus Hagrid is introduced in the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . Following the death of James and Lily Potter , Dumbledore entrusts Hagrid with rescuing the infant Harry from his parents' house after their murder by Lord Voldemort .

When Minerva McGonagall expresses her concern about the fact that it was Hagrid who would carry Harry to the Dursleys ', Dumbledore says that he would trust Hagrid with his life, a fact that is demonstrated several times during the series when Dumbledore frequently asks him to carry out secret tasks. Years later, he is tasked to bring the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts to Hogwarts, and assigned the three-headed dog Fluffy to take care of it. Dumbledore also gives him the task of locating Harry, helping him to find his bearings in the wizarding world and to buy his school things. Hagrid is the first member of the Hogwarts staff to be introduced to Harry before he began attending the school. Hagrid later becomes friends with Ron and Hermione as well. Later in the book, a hooded person ( Professor Quirrell in disguise) gives him a dragon egg to elicit details about Fluffy. Hagrid lets slip to Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the way to get past Fluffy is to play music, for which they use the flute Hagrid himself carved for Harry, which allows them to pursue the potential thief.

The three also assist Hagrid after the dragon egg hatches, by helping to remove the baby dragon Norbert , who is taken to live in a dragon sanctuary in Romania where Ron's older brother, Charlie Weasley , works. Readers first discover why Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . It is revealed that Hagrid was a student at Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Marvolo Riddle, the wizard that later became Voldemort. Hagrid was expelled during his third year, after being caught in possession of Aragog , a dangerous acromantula: this already grave crime was worsened due to the belief that it was "The Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid had released it from the Chamber of Secrets and, either intentionally or unintentionally, allowed it to attack and petrify (and in one case, kill) other students. This inaccurate belief was encouraged by Tom Riddle, the actual criminal, who had been using the true monster (a basilisk ) to attack students, and who had framed Hagrid to avoid the school being closed.

During the events of the book, the Basilisk is unleashed once again and Hagrid is sent to Azkaban prison, as he is believed again to be the responsible for the attacks. However, before being arrested, Hagrid tells Harry and Ron to "follow the spiders", so that they can meet Aragog and discover the identity of the true monster. After Harry defeats the Basilisk, it is revealed that Ginny Weasley is acting under the influence of Tom Riddle's diary , thus Hagrid is freed from prison. Following the resignation of Silvanus Kettleburn , the former Care of Magical Creatures professor, Hagrid is assigned to teach the subject in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . He is also allowed to perform magic again since his name is cleared after the events of the previous book. [7] During his first class, in which he introduces the hippogriffs to third-years, one of the beasts, Buckbeak , attacks Draco Malfoy after the boy insults it. Although Dumbledore manages to prove that Hagrid is innocent, the Ministry of Magic sentences Buckbeak to death.

Thus, Hagrid's classes become extremely boring, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione spend some time in getting information that would help Hagrid in Buckbeak's defence. Towards the end of the book, in a plot twist, Hermione uses her time-turner and, along with Harry, saves both Buckbeak and Sirius Black from unjust fates. Fourth to sixth books In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire it is revealed that Hagrid is of mixed wizard and giant parentage, his mother having been the giantess Fridwulfa, who left his wizard father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of Voldemort, Hagrid keeps his parentage a secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size (drinking a bottle of Skele-Gro when he did not need it). Hagrid's parentage is exposed in the Daily Prophet by Rita Skeeter , who portrays him as dangerous (because of his like of aggressive creatures) and incompetent. Hagrid is gravely affected by this and attempts to resign from his post as teacher, though Dumbledore does not accept his resignation.

During the novel, Hagrid develops a romantic interest with Olympe Maxime – another half-giant witch and Headmistress of the French magic school Beauxbatons . Hagrid is also one of the very few people that, since the beginning, believes in Harry's word that he did not apply to enter the Triwizard Tournament . Later in the book, Alastor Moody (impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr ) suggests Hagrid should show Harry that the first task of the Tournament would involve dragons. Hagrid also provides Blast-Ended Skrewts for the third task. Hagrid is absent during the first part of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . The character later reveals to Harry, Ron and Hermione that he and Madame Maxime travelled across Europe together on a mission from the Order, planning to find giants and convince them to ally themselves with the good side and with Dumbledore; however, Death Eaters also find the giants and managed to get them to Voldemort's side. Hagrid is attacked by giants during the mission, and saved by Maxime.

Hagrid and Maxime eventually part on the journey home because of Maxime's exasperation with Grawp , Hagrid's half-brother who he had found and was attempting to bring home with them. Grawp, who wanted to stay with the giants, seriously hurt Hagrid. Hagrid introduces his half-brother to Harry and Hermione, and asks them to take care of him after he leaves Hogwarts. High Inquisitor of Hogwarts Dolores Umbridge supervises the classes of all the members of the Hogwarts staff, including Hagrid's, and she looks for an excuse to fire him, as Hagrid is close to Dumbledore. Towards the end of the book, Umbridge and other Ministry officials attempt to arrest Hagrid. The latter manages to escape, but Professor McGonagall is injured whilst trying to defend him. Finally, with Dumbledore's post as Headmaster restored, Hagrid returns to Hogwarts. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Harry, Ron, and Hermione are no longer students of Care of Magical Creatures, and Hagrid gets both angry and disappointed with them during the first part of the book, but he soon realises that it is not because they do not like him.

Later in the novel, Aragog dies, and Hagrid risks his life to recover the acromantula's body to give it a "proper" funeral. After the funeral, he and Horace Slughorn drink excessive Firewhisky , and Harry takes advantage of this situation (under the influence of Felix Felicis potion) to retrieve a certain memory from Slughorn. Towards the end of the book, Death Eaters attack Hogwarts and, while trying to fight them, Hagrid's hut is set on fire. During Dumbledore's funeral, Hagrid is seen carrying the Headmaster's body. Final book In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Hagrid is part of the Order of the Phoenix delegation assigned to remove Harry from the Dursleys' home to the magic-protected Burrow . Hagrid takes Harry on the flying motorcycle he inherited from Sirius but the plan goes awry when the Order delegation is ambushed by Death Eaters. The pair narrowly make it to the Burrow after being attacked by Voldemort himself. After attending Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour 's wedding reception, Hagrid presumably returns to his job at Hogwarts.

Hagrid is next seen near the beginning of the climax of the book, after having been driven into hiding in the mountains with Grawp and Fang to escape the new Death Eater-controlled regime at the school due to Hagrid hosting a "Support Harry Potter" party in his hut. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Hagrid attempts to come to the defence of Aragog's carnivorous children, who have been driven out of the Forbidden Forest by the Death Eaters and are now attacking both Hogwarts defenders and Death Eaters indiscriminately, but is carried off by a swarm of them. He later turns up, captive in the Death Eaters' camp, when Harry sacrifices himself to Voldemort. Hagrid is forced to carry Harry back to the school, not realising that Harry has survived again, and en route accuses the watching Centaurs of not doing enough to help. The Centaurs soon afterward join the fray and Hagrid takes part in the second half of the battle, felling his main nemesis among the Death Eaters, the magical-creature executioner Walden Macnair , and ultimately being one of the first to congratulate Harry after he defeated Voldemort.

According to Rowling, Hagrid was never in danger of dying, as she "always had that picture in my head of the huge gigantic Hagrid walking through the forest crying with Harry in his arms". [8] Epilogue Nineteen years after Voldemort's defeat, Hagrid is still at Hogwarts, though it is not clear in what capacity, and invites Harry's young son Albus to his hut for tea, just as he had once done for Harry himself. During an interview in 2007, when asked if Hagrid did marry, Rowling answered that Hagrid developed a relationship with a giantess but it did not work out. When the audience complained about the fact that Hagrid never married, Rowling replied, "At least I didn't kill him." [9] Film portrayal Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane portrayed Hagrid in all of the film adaptations of the Harry Potter novels to date. [10] Rowling had Coltrane first in mind for the role and when asked who was the top of her list responded “RobbieColtraneforHagrid” all in one quick breath.

[11] [12] Coltrane has commented that to be part of the Harry Potter films is "a fantastic thing to be involved in." [13] Rowling gave Coltrane some background on Hagrid prior to the completion of the series. [14] She also stated that, "Robbie is just perfect for Hagrid because Hagrid is a very loveable character, quite likeable, quite comic . . . but he had to have - you really do have to sense - a certain toughness underneath . . . and I think Robbie does that perfectly." [15] English rugby union footballer Martin Bayfield has portrayed Hagrid as a stunt performer in longer shots due to his large size to emphasise Hagrid's height. Bayfield also appeared as a young Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . [16] Characterisation Outward appearance In Philosopher's Stone, Hagrid is mentioned as being twice as tall as the average man and nearly five times as wide but in the movie his height is mentioned as 8 foot 6 (roughly 2.6 metres), and in later books he is said to be three times as wide. Hagrid is known for his thick West Country accent .

Being a half-giant, he is less vulnerable to jinxes and spells than full-humans. In Order of the Phoenix, when Umbridge and some other wizards come to remove him from Hogwarts he fights back. They try to jinx and stun him, but the spells just bounce off him because of giant-inherited resistance to magic. Hagrid also shows this resilience at the end of Half-Blood Prince, during the chapter Flight of the Prince, withstanding a Death Eater's powerful curses. Some potions are also ineffective with him, such as Polyjuice Potion , which is designed for human-only use. [17] Personality Hagrid has a friendly, softhearted personality and is easily driven to tears, as seen in his very first scene, when he drops Harry off at the Dursleys' in Philosopher's Stone. He is very loyal to his peers, especially Dumbledore, to whom he refers as the greatest wizard in the world multiple times. As first seen in Philosopher's Stone, he becomes extremely angry whenever anyone insults Dumbledore around him (a mistake made by Vernon Dursley , who called Dumbledore a "crackpot old fool").

Hagrid is also very loyal to Harry, suffered several times during the series because of this loyalty, and had to go into hiding twice to avoid prison. Rowling says of Hagrid, "Hagrid was always supposed to be this almost elemental force. He's like the king of the forest, or the Green Man. He's this semi-wild person who lives on the edge of the forest". [18] Magical abilities Following his expulsion from Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic broke Hagrid's oak wand and forbade him from performing magic. [19] Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in a pink umbrella , and performs small spells from time to time; however, he was technically forbidden to do magic until the third book, and since he is not a fully qualified wizard, he "will always be a bit inept" as compared to other adult wizards, [7] but "occasionally surprises everyone, himself included, by bringing off more impressive bits of magic". [20] Family Grawp Grawp is the giant half-brother of Hagrid.

Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess Fridwulfa; Hagrid's father was a wizard, whereas Grawp's father was a giant. [21] Grawp is about 16 feet (4.9 metres ) tall, which Hagrid claims is small for a giant. His knuckles are the size of cricket balls (~225 mm in circumference). The other giants were bullying Grawp, and this is a factor in Hagrid's decision to bring him to the Forbidden Forest . Big and dim, he only knows a few words in English and his manners are wild and unpredictable. At first, Grawp seems indifferent to his brother's attempts to civilise him, preferring to spend his time tearing down trees. After Hagrid leaves Hogwarts to avoid being imprisoned, he leaves Grawp in the care of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Much to their surprise, when they find themselves trapped in the forest during a confrontation with the local centaur population, Grawp inadvertently manages to divert the centaurs' attention from Harry and Hermione while looking for Hagrid, whom he calls 'Hagger'.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Grawp is moved to the mountains, where he is apparently progressing much better. He also attends Dumbledore's funeral with Hagrid, much more civil and calm than before, and dressed formally. He also appears to understand emotions, at least to some extent, as he pats Hagrid's head to comfort him. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Grawp, Hagrid, and Fang go into hiding after Hagrid throws a "Support Harry Potter" party and it is implied that Grawp helped them all escape. He is the only giant fighting against the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, probably in an attempt to protect Hagrid, as he frequently calls his name while fighting the Death Eaters. Grawp participates in the victory celebration over Voldemort's defeat (albeit from a window, since he is too big to fit into the hall), and the Hogwarts students show their appreciation by tossing food into his laughing mouth. In the film adaptation of the fifth book Grawp is completely computer-generated using a new "soul capturing" process from Image Metrics. [22] Andrew Whitehead spent 18 months working on the giant Grawp for the film.

[23] The voice of Grawp is performed by Tony Maudsley . [24] Parents In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , the truth about Hagrid's parents is revealed: his father, who is never named in the stories, married a giantess, Fridwulfa. Fridwulfa left Rubeus to his father's care after his birth; according to Hagrid, she was not very maternal. Later she gave birth to Grawp, a pure-giant. She died long before Hagrid returned to the giants in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . Hagrid describes his father as "a tiny little man". Hagrid clearly felt great affection for him; in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , he says that his father's death when Hagrid was in second year at Hogwarts was one of his saddest memories. Hagrid's pets Action figures of Fang, Hagrid, and Norbert the dragon Hagrid keeps and has kept a variety of pets, including some which the Wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong.

Rowling has said that Hagrid has little interest in tamer magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a cowardly, albeit large dog (boarhound) named Fang. Hagrid's love of dangerous magical creatures is relatively central to the plot of several books of the series. Aragog Aragog is an Acromantula - an enormous, sapient, talking spider that made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raises him from an egg as a Hogwarts student, keeping him inside a cupboard. In his third year at Hogwarts, Hagrid is caught talking to Aragog in the dungeons by Tom Riddle. Riddle then alleges that the creature is the "Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid, by extension, has opened the Chamber and released it. In fact, the "Monster" is a basilisk which Riddle, the real Heir of Slytherin, has released. After Hagrid's expulsion, Aragog lives in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid even finds him a mate, Mosag, with whom Aragog has many offspring and becomes the patriarch of an entire colony of Acromantulas.

He remains grateful to Hagrid and keeps his carnivorous children from attacking him when he comes to visit, but this does not extend to anyone else, as Harry, Ron, and Fang found out in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Hagrid has told them to simply "follow the spiders." Doing as he wishes, they find Aragog, who reveals clues to the true identity of the Monster of Slytherin. Next, Aragog and his children try to eat Harry, Ron, and Fang, who are only saved at the last minute by Mr Weasley's flying car that has been lost in the forest a few months prior. Aragog remains in the forest for the rest of his life, eventually dying in Half-Blood Prince of old age. Hagrid retrieves Aragog's body from the forest, fearing that his children would devour his body. Later in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Aragog's offspring return during the Battle at Hogwarts; having been driven from the Forbidden Forest, they begin to attack Death Eaters and Hogwarts' inhabitants indiscriminately. Hagrid endangers himself and, potentially, other Hogwarts' inhabitants by attempting to protect Aragog's offspring from harm, in fact being captured by them and taken to Voldemort.

Aragog was voiced by Julian Glover in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Buckbeak Buckbeak, along with eleven other hippogriffs , is introduced during one of Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures classes. Hagrid explains that hippogriffs are very calm, powerful giants, but are sensitive creatures and demand respect. Harry successfully approaches Buckbeak, who allows him to ride him around the paddock. Draco Malfoy , in an arrogant attempt to show up his school nemesis, endeavours to approach Buckbeak as well. It becomes obvious that Draco neither listens to nor cares about Hagrid's warnings about the hippogriffs' sensitivity, as he makes contemptuous remarks about Buckbeak. Quickly angered, Buckbeak slashes Draco's arm with his claws. Pretending to be injured much more severely than he truly is, Draco persuades his father, Lucius Malfoy , to use his political power to sentence Buckbeak to death. Hagrid's numerous appeals fail, and members of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures come to Hogwarts to execute Buckbeak.

With the use of a time-turner , Hermione and Harry free Buckbeak and rescue Sirius Black from the tower in which he is being held before being handed over to the Dementors. Sirius escapes with Buckbeak and flies to safety. During most of Harry's fourth year, Sirius and Buckbeak hide in a cave in the mountains above Hogsmeade . After this, they move to Number 12 Grimmauld Place , whereupon Buckbeak stays in Sirius' mother's former room. In Half-Blood Prince, Harry inherits Buckbeak, and allows Hagrid to look after him again. To avoid suspicion from the Ministry of Magic, he is given the alias "Witherwings". A fiercely loyal creature, Buckbeak chases Severus Snape away from Harry by slashing his claws at the end of the book. Buckbeak also features in the Battle of Hogwarts at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leading the Hogwarts' Thestrals against Voldemort's giants. Fang Fang is a large boarhound that, aside from his enormous size, appears to be an entirely ordinary dog.

While Fang's appearance is intimidating, he is, in Hagrid's words, "a bloody coward." Boisterous and loving with people he knows, he seems to enjoy licking Harry, Ron, or Hermione around the face or ears. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone he accompanies Harry, Hagrid, Draco, Hermione into the Forbidden Forest to look for an injured unicorn. In the following book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry and Ron take Fang into the forest where he is scared stiff of both the gigantic acromantula and Mr Weasley's flying car . In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, an escaping Death Eater set fire to Hagrid's hut while Fang is inside; Hagrid enters the flaming hut, slings Fang over his shoulder, and carries him to safety. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Fang and Hagrid participate in the Battle of Hogwarts; though Fang's exact involvement is not clear. He is last seen running away after a shattered vase frightens him. Fang is said in the books to be a boarhound; however, in the films, Fang is portrayed by a Neapolitan Mastiff .

Fluffy Fluffy is a giant three-headed dog used by Hagrid to guard the trapdoor leading to the underground chamber where the Philosopher's Stone was hidden until the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . The only known way to get past Fluffy is to lull him to sleep by playing music. Fluffy is based on Cerberus , the three-headed dog from Greek Mythology that guards the gates to the underworld . As with Fluffy, Cerberus was lulled to sleep with music by Orpheus . In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville accidentally run into Fluffy whilst hiding from Peeves, who was attempting to give them away to caretaker Argus Filch , who was searching for them. On Halloween, Harry and Ron witness Snape entering the door to Fluffy's chamber, and for the next few days having a pronounced limp. Harry also overhears him saying "How are you meant to keep your eyes on all three heads at once?" to Filch. However, it is later revealed that he followed then Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Quirinus Quirrell into the chamber.

While Fluffy is guarding the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Quirrell penetrates Fluffy by playing a harp , in order to access the trapdoor while Harry uses a flute that had been given to him by Hagrid. Author of the Harry Potter book series J. K. Rowling was asked in an interview what happened to Fluffy after he was no longer needed to protect the Stone. Her reply stated that Fluffy was released into the Forbidden Forest .[citation needed]. Norberta Norberta, previously named Norbert, is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that Hagrid had acquired as an egg from a mysterious, hooded stranger, who turned out to be Professor Quirrell . Hagrid helps the dragon hatch from the egg. Norbert becomes very dangerous and much bigger in the weeks following, so Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally persuade Hagrid to give her to Ron's older brother Charlie , who is studying dragons in Romania . Harry and Hermione take Norbert up in a crate under Harry's Cloak of Invisibility . In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Charlie Weasley revealed to Hagrid that Norbert was actually female, and had been renamed Norberta. Charlie notes that female dragons are more vicious than the males.

In popular culture Hagrid has appeared in various animated and non-animated Parodies of Harry Potter . He was featured in US skit comedy Saturday Night Live , portrayed by Horatio Sanz , in the same episode in which Lindsay Lohan played Hermione. [25] In Alistair McGowan 's Big Impression show, Hagrid appeared in a sketch called "Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone", in which he was portrayed by Robbie Coltrane himself. [26] Hagrid is also parodied in Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, a story released by Comic Relief in 2003, and he was played by Ronnie Corbett . [27] [28] In the Potter Puppet Pals parodies by Neil Cicierega , Hagrid appeared in the episode "Ron's Disease", in which Harry uses Hagrid's strength to cure Ron from an illness, as well as to beat Hermione and Snape, and to discover Dumbledore's identity as a "gay android".

[29] References OAFE - Harry Potter: Rubeus Hagrid review Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by yo go re While we pick on Mattel for their inability to get a decent variety of Harry Potter figures onto the shelves back when they had the license, there were a few figures they produced that you probably wouldn't have expected. We probably won't be seeing Fluffy or Aragog from NECA, you know? Mattel even gave us Hagrid, and there's no way that character's going to fit into one of NECA's clamshells. Guess that's why he's sold in a big box, then. The half-giant Hagrid was once a student at Hogwarts, before becoming the gamekeeper and eventually a full professor. Although giants are hated for their wild and violent behavior, Hagrid's huge size and intimidating looks belie a gentle, caring personality and a whimsical sense of humor. JK Rowling always likes to play with names in the Harry Potter series, and Hagrid is no exception. There's a persistant rumor that "Hagrid" was a name from Greek mythology, but that's bunk.

"Rubeus" is play on the word "rubious," meaning "red" - think about WC Fields' ruddy, gin-blossomed complexion and you'll understand why that works. Plus, "hagrid" is an Old English variant of "haggard," and may have come from hæg (hedge) rad (ride): today, kids who stay out late partying ride the porcelain bus; back in the day, they rode the hedge. And probably looked pretty haggard the next morning. Given all that, how do you think Rubeus Hagrid spends his free time? Hagrid was initially listed at $106.99 , but that was an error - turns out that was the price of a case of Hagrids, not the individual figures. He actually retails for about $30, which is a good price for what you get. First of all, Hagrid is absolutely huge. He should be! But this is so massive, it's easy to forget what size the other figures in the line are - he's 9¼" tall, which would make him big even for an 8" line. He still towers over Sigma 6 Joes, for instance.

But this is part of a 7" line, which means the adults come up about nipple-high, while the kids would have to get up on tiptoes to look into his pockets. Hagrid is, well, "giant." The articulation isn't spectacular, but it is right on par with the rest of the Harry Potter figures. Hagrid moves at the ankles, waist, wrists, shoulders and neck. The top three are balljoints, which improves the poseability. He has no elbows, but given NECA's track record of uselessness in that department, they're not really missed. The ankles are really just for balancing - not that the figure has a problem with that - and the way the sleeves hang over the wrists can make the joints a bit tough, but they still work. The only down side is that his pose looks most natural with his head tilted back to look at something above him, rather than titled forward to interact with other figures. Hagrid's sculpt takes advantage of the larger canvas. The likeness is good - though they've made his face fuller than it is in the films - but what's really impressive is the level of detail on his clothes.

The bunched leather of his shoes is covered with tiny cracks, there's a different texture on his cuffs than on the rest of his sleeves, and you can even count the individual stitches on the patches covering the holes in his vest. At a smaller size, stuff like this could have gotten lost easily, so it's excellent that we get to see it all. His belt is molded as part of his stomach, but the knife and pouches that hang off are separate pieces glued in place. As is the figure was't enough, Hagrid is packing a ton of accessories. He's carrying a stunningly detailed lantern, which has a real swinging handle so it always hangs properly. The sides are semi-opaque, to suggest the look of smoky glass, and there's a "cage" around the side to protect the glass from breakage. The handle can be worked, gently, into his right hand - it's thin, so be careful. Two pairs of dead ferrets hang from a rope around his neck, and there's a fifth that can fit in his left hand. Finally, he has a small pink umbrella; it looks undersized when he holds it, but completely normal when given to other characters .

So why's a big burly brute like Hagrid have such a dainty little parasol? It's actually his wand. When Tom Riddle got Hagrid thrown out of school in his third year, he was forbidden to practice magic. Never one to give up, however, he just hid his wand in an inconspicuous place. As the gamekeeper (and later Care of Magical Creatures professor), Hagrid tends to hang around with some weird beasties - you can bet the ferrets are intended to feed Buckbeak, the hippogriff - and the figure gets to hang with them as well. To begin with, he's got Norbert, the baby Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that he illicitly hatched from an egg (yes, he tried to keep a fire-breathing dragon in his wooden shack). He's a little cutey, with a tiny underbite that shows off his fangs. His skin wrinkles where he's bending, and his wings are leathery. Hagrid also includes his boarhound, Fang. In the movies, the great cowardly Fang is portrayed by a blue Neapolitan mastiff, which was probably chosen because it's an uncommon breed with distinctive, unusual looks. But it's not right.

A "boarhound" is actually another name for a Great Dane, a much more pedestrian breed. Comparatively. This accessory does an excellent job of capturing the loose, droopy skin we saw in the movies, but techincally Fang should look more like Scooby Doo or Marmaduke. At 3¾" tall, Fang looks slightly small next to his owner - but put him next to one of the kids and he suddenly seems huge. And now, as the infomercials say, "but wait! There's more!" Press the button on Hagrid's back and you'll hear one of 10(!) phrases: Codswallup. "Mad and hairy?" You wouldn't be talking about me, now would ya? Never. Insult. Albus Dumbledore in front of me. I'm on official Hogwarts business. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. I shouldn't have said that. I should not have said that. Strictly speaking, I'm not allowed to do magic. The trick with any beast is to know how to calm it. Welcome, Harry, to Diagon Alley. You're a wizard Harry.

They all sound very clear, with less distortion than you'd expect from something this loud. The paint apps on Hagrid and his accessories are all executed well. The colors are mostly muted and muddy, as you'd expect, but the painted shadows and highlights are very subtle, and fall perfectly into place. The ferrets all have unique color patterns on their coats, Norbert is a dark green with pale highlights and dark red stripes, and Fang fades from dark brown to tan amazingly well. His nose is black, his nails are yellow, and he has reddish bags under his eyes. Even the small details of Hagrid's vest get their own apps. This doesn't look like a hand-painted prototype, mind you, but it's darn close. In the book, Hagrid is said to hail from "the West Country," which to a Briton usually means Devon, Cornwall and that whole area - the little tail that hangs off the southwestern side of the island. This is a particularly good choice, as that bit of the country was the breeding ground for many folktales about giants, like "Jack and the Beanstalk." Hagrid may not be quite as big as those giants, but he's still huge, and now he can be yours.

Mattel did make a Hagrid years ago in their Harry Potter line, but like the rest of the figures, he doesn't have a chance of standing up to NECA's. Rubeus Hagrid - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Rubeus Hagrid Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rubeus Hagrid Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling . The character is usually addressed only by his surname. Hagrid is the half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds, gamekeeper and, starting in Harry Potter 's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , the Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Later in the series, it is revealed that Hagrid is also a member of the Order of the Phoenix .

"Hagrid", according to Rowling in an interview with The Boston Globe , [1] comes from the word " hagridden ", meaning to have a nightmarish night, particularly when hung over . Contents 9 External links Character development Hagrid was among the characters that Rowling says she created "the very first day". [2] In her article Harry's Fame, Rosemary Goring notes the Forest of Dean is an influence to Rowling's work, and Hagrid is the only character that is "directly drawn from the Forest of Dean". According to Goring, Hagrid's "dropped word-endings are a Chepstow speciality." She also notes that Hagrid is physically "modelled on the Welsh chapter of Hells Angels who'd swoop down on the town and hog the bar, 'huge mountains of leather and hair". [3] The character of Hagrid and conversations between him and Harry, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in his hut are expository through the series, due to the fact that the trio frequently discover things about Dumbledore and Hogwarts by talking with Hagrid, as he has a habit of letting slip bits of information.

Since he introduced Harry to the Wizarding world, Hagrid has been one of Harry's closest friends. Hagrid constantly watches over him, and is rather protective, seeing him as a fellow orphan and outsider. Harry in turn, apart from the dangerous animal fixation, views Hagrid as one of the most important people in his life. Rowling commented in an interview that the scene in the final book in which Hagrid is seen carrying Harry's apparently dead body is very significant as “Hagrid brings Harry from the Dursleys. He takes him into the wizarding world … He was sort of his guardian and his guide ... And now I wanted Hagrid to be the one to lead Harry out of the forest.” [4] He was also one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as "pure-bloods" and "half-bloods" is a dated concept. Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in Gryffindor house during his time as student. [5] When he comes into possession of an acromantula , he is expelled from Hogwarts as his pet is supposed to be the "monster of Slytherin ".

However, persuaded by Albus Dumbledore (who at the time was Transfiguration teacher), Headmaster Armando Dippet agrees to train Hagrid as gamekeeper, allowing the boy to remain at Hogwarts. By the time Harry attends Hogwarts, Hagrid is also the Keeper of Keys and Grounds: the former, according to Rowling, means "that he will let you in and out of Hogwarts." [6] Part of his job includes leading the first years across the lake in boats, upon their initial arrival at Hogwarts. Appearances Mary GrandPré 's illustration of Hagrid from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rubeus Hagrid is introduced in the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . Following the death of James and Lily Potter , Dumbledore entrusts Hagrid with rescuing the infant Harry from his parents' house after their murder by Lord Voldemort . When Minerva McGonagall expresses her concern about the fact that it was Hagrid who would carry Harry to the Dursleys ', Dumbledore says that he would trust Hagrid with his life, a fact that is demonstrated several times during the series when Dumbledore frequently asks him to carry out secret tasks.

Years later, he is tasked to bring the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts to Hogwarts, and assigned the three-headed dog Fluffy to take care of it. Dumbledore also gives him the task of locating Harry, helping him to find his bearings in the wizarding world and to buy his school things. Hagrid is the first member of the Hogwarts staff to be introduced to Harry before he began attending the school. Hagrid later becomes friends with Ron and Hermione as well. Later in the book, a hooded person ( Professor Quirrell in disguise) gives him a dragon egg to elicit details about Fluffy. Hagrid lets slip to Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the way to get past Fluffy is to play music, for which they use the flute Hagrid himself carved for Harry, which allows them to pursue the potential thief. The three also assist Hagrid after the dragon egg hatches, by helping to remove the baby dragon Norbert , who is taken to live in a dragon sanctuary in Romania where Ron's older brother, Charlie Weasley , works. Readers first discover why Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets .

It is revealed that Hagrid was a student at Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Marvolo Riddle, the wizard that later became Voldemort. Hagrid was expelled during his third year, after being caught in possession of Aragog , a dangerous acromantula: this already grave crime was worsened due to the belief that it was "The Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid had released it from the Chamber of Secrets and, either intentionally or unintentionally, allowed it to attack and petrify (and in one case, kill) other students. This inaccurate belief was encouraged by Tom Riddle, the actual criminal, who had been using the true monster (a basilisk ) to attack students, and who had framed Hagrid to avoid the school being closed. During the events of the book, the Basilisk is unleashed once again and Hagrid is sent to Azkaban prison, as he is believed again to be the responsible for the attacks. However, before being arrested, Hagrid tells Harry and Ron to "follow the spiders", so that they can meet Aragog and discover the identity of the true monster.

After Harry defeats the Basilisk, it is revealed that Ginny Weasley is acting under the influence of Tom Riddle's diary , thus Hagrid is freed from prison. Following the resignation of Silvanus Kettleburn , the former Care of Magical Creatures professor, Hagrid is assigned to teach the subject in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . He is also allowed to perform magic again since his name is cleared after the events of the previous book. [7] During his first class, in which he introduces the hippogriffs to third-years, one of the beasts, Buckbeak , attacks Draco Malfoy after the boy insults it. Although Dumbledore manages to prove that Hagrid is innocent, the Ministry of Magic sentences Buckbeak to death. Thus, Hagrid's classes become extremely boring, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione spend some time in getting information that would help Hagrid in Buckbeak's defence. Towards the end of the book, in a plot twist, Hermione uses her time-turner and, along with Harry, saves both Buckbeak and Sirius Black from unjust fates.

Fourth to sixth books In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire it is revealed that Hagrid is of mixed wizard and giant parentage, his mother having been the giantess Fridwulfa, who left his wizard father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of Voldemort, Hagrid keeps his parentage a secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size (drinking a bottle of Skele-Gro when he did not need it). Hagrid's parentage is exposed in the Daily Prophet by Rita Skeeter , who portrays him as dangerous (because of his like of aggressive creatures) and incompetent. Hagrid is gravely affected by this and attempts to resign from his post as teacher, though Dumbledore does not accept his resignation. During the novel, Hagrid develops a romantic interest with Olympe Maxime – another half-giant witch and Headmistress of the French magic school Beauxbatons . Hagrid is also one of the very few people that, since the beginning, believes in Harry's word that he did not apply to enter the Triwizard Tournament .

Later in the book, Alastor Moody (impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr ) suggests Hagrid should show Harry that the first task of the Tournament would involve dragons. Hagrid also provides Blast-Ended Skrewts for the third task. Hagrid is absent during the first part of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . The character later reveals to Harry, Ron and Hermione that he and Madame Maxime travelled across Europe together on a mission from the Order, planning to find giants and convince them to ally themselves with the good side and with Dumbledore; however, Death Eaters also find the giants and managed to get them to Voldemort's side. Hagrid is attacked by giants during the mission, and saved by Maxime. Hagrid and Maxime eventually part on the journey home because of Maxime's exasperation with Grawp , Hagrid's half-brother who he had found and was attempting to bring home with them. Grawp, who wanted to stay with the giants, seriously hurt Hagrid. Hagrid introduces his half-brother to Harry and Hermione, and asks them to take care of him after he leaves Hogwarts.

High Inquisitor of Hogwarts Dolores Umbridge supervises the classes of all the members of the Hogwarts staff, including Hagrid's, and she looks for an excuse to fire him, as Hagrid is close to Dumbledore. Towards the end of the book, Umbridge and other Ministry officials attempt to arrest Hagrid. The latter manages to escape, but Professor McGonagall is injured whilst trying to defend him. Finally, with Dumbledore's post as Headmaster restored, Hagrid returns to Hogwarts. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Harry, Ron, and Hermione are no longer students of Care of Magical Creatures, and Hagrid gets both angry and disappointed with them during the first part of the book, but he soon realises that it is not because they do not like him. Later in the novel, Aragog dies, and Hagrid risks his life to recover the acromantula's body to give it a "proper" funeral. After the funeral, he and Horace Slughorn drink excessive Firewhisky , and Harry takes advantage of this situation (under the influence of Felix Felicis potion) to retrieve a certain memory from Slughorn.

Towards the end of the book, Death Eaters attack Hogwarts and, while trying to fight them, Hagrid's hut is set on fire. During Dumbledore's funeral, Hagrid is seen carrying the Headmaster's body. Final book In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Hagrid is part of the Order of the Phoenix delegation assigned to remove Harry from the Dursleys' home to the magic-protected Burrow . Hagrid takes Harry on the flying motorcycle he inherited from Sirius but the plan goes awry when the Order delegation is ambushed by Death Eaters. The pair narrowly make it to the Burrow after being attacked by Voldemort himself. After attending Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour 's wedding reception, Hagrid presumably returns to his job at Hogwarts. Hagrid is next seen near the beginning of the climax of the book, after having been driven into hiding in the mountains with Grawp and Fang to escape the new Death Eater-controlled regime at the school due to Hagrid hosting a "Support Harry Potter" party in his hut.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Hagrid attempts to come to the defence of Aragog's carnivorous children, who have been driven out of the Forbidden Forest by the Death Eaters and are now attacking both Hogwarts defenders and Death Eaters indiscriminately, but is carried off by a swarm of them. He later turns up, captive in the Death Eaters' camp, when Harry sacrifices himself to Voldemort. Hagrid is forced to carry Harry back to the school, not realising that Harry has survived again, and en route accuses the watching Centaurs of not doing enough to help. The Centaurs soon afterward join the fray and Hagrid takes part in the second half of the battle, felling his main nemesis among the Death Eaters, the magical-creature executioner Walden Macnair , and ultimately being one of the first to congratulate Harry after he defeated Voldemort. According to Rowling, Hagrid was never in danger of dying, as she "always had that picture in my head of the huge gigantic Hagrid walking through the forest crying with Harry in his arms".

[8] Epilogue Nineteen years after Voldemort's defeat, Hagrid is still at Hogwarts, though it is not clear in what capacity, and invites Harry's young son Albus to his hut for tea, just as he had once done for Harry himself. During an interview in 2007, when asked if Hagrid did marry, Rowling answered that Hagrid developed a relationship with a giantess but it did not work out. When the audience complained about the fact that Hagrid never married, Rowling replied, "At least I didn't kill him." [9] Film portrayal Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane portrayed Hagrid in all of the film adaptations of the Harry Potter novels to date. [10] Rowling had Coltrane first in mind for the role and when asked who was the top of her list responded “RobbieColtraneforHagrid” all in one quick breath. [11] [12] Coltrane has commented that to be part of the Harry Potter films is "a fantastic thing to be involved in." [13] Rowling gave Coltrane some background on Hagrid prior to the completion of the series.

[14] She also stated that, "Robbie is just perfect for Hagrid because Hagrid is a very loveable character, quite likeable, quite comic . . . but he had to have - you really do have to sense - a certain toughness underneath . . . and I think Robbie does that perfectly." [15] English rugby union footballer Martin Bayfield has portrayed Hagrid as a stunt performer in longer shots due to his large size to emphasise Hagrid's height. Bayfield also appeared as a young Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . [16] Characterisation Outward appearance In Philosopher's Stone, Hagrid is mentioned as being twice as tall as the average man and nearly five times as wide but in the movie his height is mentioned as 8 foot 6 (roughly 2.6 metres), and in later books he is said to be three times as wide. Hagrid is known for his thick West Country accent . Being a half-giant, he is less vulnerable to jinxes and spells than full-humans. In Order of the Phoenix, when Umbridge and some other wizards come to remove him from Hogwarts he fights back.

They try to jinx and stun him, but the spells just bounce off him because of giant-inherited resistance to magic. Hagrid also shows this resilience at the end of Half-Blood Prince, during the chapter Flight of the Prince, withstanding a Death Eater's powerful curses. Some potions are also ineffective with him, such as Polyjuice Potion , which is designed for human-only use. [17] Personality Hagrid has a friendly, softhearted personality and is easily driven to tears, as seen in his very first scene, when he drops Harry off at the Dursleys' in Philosopher's Stone. He is very loyal to his peers, especially Dumbledore, to whom he refers as the greatest wizard in the world multiple times. As first seen in Philosopher's Stone, he becomes extremely angry whenever anyone insults Dumbledore around him (a mistake made by Vernon Dursley , who called Dumbledore a "crackpot old fool"). Hagrid is also very loyal to Harry, suffered several times during the series because of this loyalty, and had to go into hiding twice to avoid prison. Rowling says of Hagrid, "Hagrid was always supposed to be this almost elemental force.

He's like the king of the forest, or the Green Man. He's this semi-wild person who lives on the edge of the forest". [18] Magical abilities Following his expulsion from Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic broke Hagrid's oak wand and forbade him from performing magic. [19] Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in a pink umbrella , and performs small spells from time to time; however, he was technically forbidden to do magic until the third book, and since he is not a fully qualified wizard, he "will always be a bit inept" as compared to other adult wizards, [7] but "occasionally surprises everyone, himself included, by bringing off more impressive bits of magic". [20] Family Grawp Grawp is the giant half-brother of Hagrid. Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess Fridwulfa; Hagrid's father was a wizard, whereas Grawp's father was a giant. [21] Grawp is about 16 feet (4.9 metres ) tall, which Hagrid claims is small for a giant.

His knuckles are the size of cricket balls (~225 mm in circumference). The other giants were bullying Grawp, and this is a factor in Hagrid's decision to bring him to the Forbidden Forest . Big and dim, he only knows a few words in English and his manners are wild and unpredictable. At first, Grawp seems indifferent to his brother's attempts to civilise him, preferring to spend his time tearing down trees. After Hagrid leaves Hogwarts to avoid being imprisoned, he leaves Grawp in the care of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Much to their surprise, when they find themselves trapped in the forest during a confrontation with the local centaur population, Grawp inadvertently manages to divert the centaurs' attention from Harry and Hermione while looking for Hagrid, whom he calls 'Hagger'. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Grawp is moved to the mountains, where he is apparently progressing much better. He also attends Dumbledore's funeral with Hagrid, much more civil and calm than before, and dressed formally. He also appears to understand emotions, at least to some extent, as he pats Hagrid's head to comfort him.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Grawp, Hagrid, and Fang go into hiding after Hagrid throws a "Support Harry Potter" party and it is implied that Grawp helped them all escape. He is the only giant fighting against the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, probably in an attempt to protect Hagrid, as he frequently calls his name while fighting the Death Eaters. Grawp participates in the victory celebration over Voldemort's defeat (albeit from a window, since he is too big to fit into the hall), and the Hogwarts students show their appreciation by tossing food into his laughing mouth. In the film adaptation of the fifth book Grawp is completely computer-generated using a new "soul capturing" process from Image Metrics. [22] Andrew Whitehead spent 18 months working on the giant Grawp for the film. [23] The voice of Grawp is performed by Tony Maudsley . [24] Parents In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , the truth about Hagrid's parents is revealed: his father, who is never named in the stories, married a giantess, Fridwulfa.

Fridwulfa left Rubeus to his father's care after his birth; according to Hagrid, she was not very maternal. Later she gave birth to Grawp, a pure-giant. She died long before Hagrid returned to the giants in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . Hagrid describes his father as "a tiny little man". Hagrid clearly felt great affection for him; in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , he says that his father's death when Hagrid was in second year at Hogwarts was one of his saddest memories. Hagrid's pets Action figures of Fang, Hagrid, and Norbert the dragon Hagrid keeps and has kept a variety of pets, including some which the Wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong. Rowling has said that Hagrid has little interest in tamer magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a cowardly, albeit large dog (boarhound) named Fang. Hagrid's love of dangerous magical creatures is relatively central to the plot of several books of the series.

Aragog Aragog is an Acromantula - an enormous, sapient, talking spider that made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raises him from an egg as a Hogwarts student, keeping him inside a cupboard. In his third year at Hogwarts, Hagrid is caught talking to Aragog in the dungeons by Tom Riddle. Riddle then alleges that the creature is the "Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid, by extension, has opened the Chamber and released it. In fact, the "Monster" is a basilisk which Riddle, the real Heir of Slytherin, has released. After Hagrid's expulsion, Aragog lives in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid even finds him a mate, Mosag, with whom Aragog has many offspring and becomes the patriarch of an entire colony of Acromantulas. He remains grateful to Hagrid and keeps his carnivorous children from attacking him when he comes to visit, but this does not extend to anyone else, as Harry, Ron, and Fang found out in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets .

Hagrid has told them to simply "follow the spiders." Doing as he wishes, they find Aragog, who reveals clues to the true identity of the Monster of Slytherin. Next, Aragog and his children try to eat Harry, Ron, and Fang, who are only saved at the last minute by Mr Weasley's flying car that has been lost in the forest a few months prior. Aragog remains in the forest for the rest of his life, eventually dying in Half-Blood Prince of old age. Hagrid retrieves Aragog's body from the forest, fearing that his children would devour his body. Later in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Aragog's offspring return during the Battle at Hogwarts; having been driven from the Forbidden Forest, they begin to attack Death Eaters and Hogwarts' inhabitants indiscriminately. Hagrid endangers himself and, potentially, other Hogwarts' inhabitants by attempting to protect Aragog's offspring from harm, in fact being captured by them and taken to Voldemort. Aragog was voiced by Julian Glover in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Buckbeak Buckbeak, along with eleven other hippogriffs , is introduced during one of Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures classes.

Hagrid explains that hippogriffs are very calm, powerful giants, but are sensitive creatures and demand respect. Harry successfully approaches Buckbeak, who allows him to ride him around the paddock. Draco Malfoy , in an arrogant attempt to show up his school nemesis, endeavours to approach Buckbeak as well. It becomes obvious that Draco neither listens to nor cares about Hagrid's warnings about the hippogriffs' sensitivity, as he makes contemptuous remarks about Buckbeak. Quickly angered, Buckbeak slashes Draco's arm with his claws. Pretending to be injured much more severely than he truly is, Draco persuades his father, Lucius Malfoy , to use his political power to sentence Buckbeak to death. Hagrid's numerous appeals fail, and members of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures come to Hogwarts to execute Buckbeak. With the use of a time-turner , Hermione and Harry free Buckbeak and rescue Sirius Black from the tower in which he is being held before being handed over to the Dementors. Sirius escapes with Buckbeak and flies to safety.

During most of Harry's fourth year, Sirius and Buckbeak hide in a cave in the mountains above Hogsmeade . After this, they move to Number 12 Grimmauld Place , whereupon Buckbeak stays in Sirius' mother's former room. In Half-Blood Prince, Harry inherits Buckbeak, and allows Hagrid to look after him again. To avoid suspicion from the Ministry of Magic, he is given the alias "Witherwings". A fiercely loyal creature, Buckbeak chases Severus Snape away from Harry by slashing his claws at the end of the book. Buckbeak also features in the Battle of Hogwarts at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leading the Hogwarts' Thestrals against Voldemort's giants. Fang Fang is a large boarhound that, aside from his enormous size, appears to be an entirely ordinary dog. While Fang's appearance is intimidating, he is, in Hagrid's words, "a bloody coward." Boisterous and loving with people he knows, he seems to enjoy licking Harry, Ron, or Hermione around the face or ears.

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone he accompanies Harry, Hagrid, Draco, Hermione into the Forbidden Forest to look for an injured unicorn. In the following book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry and Ron take Fang into the forest where he is scared stiff of both the gigantic acromantula and Mr Weasley's flying car . In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, an escaping Death Eater set fire to Hagrid's hut while Fang is inside; Hagrid enters the flaming hut, slings Fang over his shoulder, and carries him to safety. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Fang and Hagrid participate in the Battle of Hogwarts; though Fang's exact involvement is not clear. He is last seen running away after a shattered vase frightens him. Fang is said in the books to be a boarhound; however, in the films, Fang is portrayed by a Neapolitan Mastiff . Fluffy Fluffy is a giant three-headed dog used by Hagrid to guard the trapdoor leading to the underground chamber where the Philosopher's Stone was hidden until the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone .

The only known way to get past Fluffy is to lull him to sleep by playing music. Fluffy is based on Cerberus , the three-headed dog from Greek Mythology that guards the gates to the underworld . As with Fluffy, Cerberus was lulled to sleep with music by Orpheus . In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville accidentally run into Fluffy whilst hiding from Peeves, who was attempting to give them away to caretaker Argus Filch , who was searching for them. On Halloween, Harry and Ron witness Snape entering the door to Fluffy's chamber, and for the next few days having a pronounced limp. Harry also overhears him saying "How are you meant to keep your eyes on all three heads at once?" to Filch. However, it is later revealed that he followed then Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Quirinus Quirrell into the chamber. While Fluffy is guarding the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Quirrell penetrates Fluffy by playing a harp , in order to access the trapdoor while Harry uses a flute that had been given to him by Hagrid. Author of the Harry Potter book series J. K.

Rowling was asked in an interview what happened to Fluffy after he was no longer needed to protect the Stone. Her reply stated that Fluffy was released into the Forbidden Forest .[citation needed]. Norberta Norberta, previously named Norbert, is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that Hagrid had acquired as an egg from a mysterious, hooded stranger, who turned out to be Professor Quirrell . Hagrid helps the dragon hatch from the egg. Norbert becomes very dangerous and much bigger in the weeks following, so Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally persuade Hagrid to give her to Ron's older brother Charlie , who is studying dragons in Romania . Harry and Hermione take Norbert up in a crate under Harry's Cloak of Invisibility . In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Charlie Weasley revealed to Hagrid that Norbert was actually female, and had been renamed Norberta. Charlie notes that female dragons are more vicious than the males. In popular culture Hagrid has appeared in various animated and non-animated Parodies of Harry Potter . He was featured in US skit comedy Saturday Night Live , portrayed by Horatio Sanz , in the same episode in which Lindsay Lohan played Hermione.

[25] In Alistair McGowan 's Big Impression show, Hagrid appeared in a sketch called "Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone", in which he was portrayed by Robbie Coltrane himself. [26] Hagrid is also parodied in Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, a story released by Comic Relief in 2003, and he was played by Ronnie Corbett . [27] [28] In the Potter Puppet Pals parodies by Neil Cicierega , Hagrid appeared in the episode "Ron's Disease", in which Harry uses Hagrid's strength to cure Ron from an illness, as well as to beat Hermione and Snape, and to discover Dumbledore's identity as a "gay android". [29] References "JKRowling.com Archives: Birthdays" - MuggleNet | JKRowling.com Archives: Birthdays MuggleNet - MuggleNet | The ULTIMATE Harry Potter Fansite - Deathly Hallows, Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling, and much more "soul capturing" - The New York Times > Log In Image Metrics - Image Metrics | Superior Facial Animation. Simplified.

Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay - Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com Boarhound Definition - boarhound: meaning and definitions — Infoplease.com Southbank - 2006: Accio Quote!, the largest archive of J.K. Rowling interviews on the web New Interview with J.K. Rowling for Release of Dutch Edition of 'Deathly Hallows' - New Interview with J.K. Rowling for Release of Dutch Edition of "Deathly Hallows" - The Leaky Cauldron J.K.Rowling Official Site - J.K.Rowling Official Site - Harry Potter and more Martin Bayfield Filmography - Martin Bayfield Filmography - Yahoo! Movies They really do look as I'd imagined they would inside my head. - "'They really do look as I'd imagined they would inside my head.'" Telegraph.co.uk November 11, 2001. (Accio Quote!, the Largest Archive of J.K.

Rowling quotes on the web) JK Rowling interview in full - CBBC Newsround | TV FILM | JK Rowling interview in full Casting Is Complete on "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" - Casting Is Complete on "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Fang | Pottermore Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Discovered in chapter 15, Aragog “ Fang accompanies Harry and Ron into the Forbidden Forest when they sneak out of the castle at night to follow the spiders. ” Discovered in chapter 13, Mad-Eye Moody “ Fang sits by Hagrid as the fourth-year students arrive at Hagrid's cabin for their Care of Magical Creatures lesson. He strains at his collar, whimpering, keen to investigate the open crates on the ground by Hagrid more closely. ” cowardice Archives – The Harry Potter Lexicon - The Harry Potter Lexicon The Harry Potter Lexicon Explore Characters Locations Magic Canon Events Things Creatures Essays « » Dumbledore is killed by Snape atop the Astronomy Tower • Event Lured to the Astronomy Tower by the Dark Mark above it upon his and Harry’s return from the sea cave, Dumbledore encounters Draco Malfoy. Dumbledore immobilizes Harry, who is hidden under his invisibility cloak.

Draco says he will kills Dumbledore, but keeps stalling. Draco and Dumbledore discuss Draco’s efforts to… Read More Fang • Character Fang is Hagrid’s pet and companion. He is an enormous black boarhound (PS8, GF13) with a booming bark (CS15). The boarhound is another name for the Great Dane. Boarhounds have a reputation for being gentle, even with small children, even though they earned their name… Read More Fulbert the Fearful • Character Famous for being so cowardly he never ventured out of his house. Died when a Defensive Charm backfired and the roof fell in (FW). Read More Fulbert the Fearful born • Event Fulbert the Fearful dies • Event This wizard was so cowardly that he never went out of his house. He died when his roof collapsed as a result of a Defensive Charm that backfired (FW). Read More Mad-Eye Moody is killed in battle with Death Eaters over Surrey • Event He is attacked by Voldemort in the skies over Surrey during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Mundungus Fletcher, who is riding with Moody, panics and Disapparates, leaving Mad-Eye vulnerable.

Voldemort’s Killing Curse hits Moody and his body falls from his broom. Later that night, when the battle is over, members… Read More Scabbers • Character Ron Weasley’s pet rat, until he wasn’t anymore. Read More Zacharias Smith • Character Hufflepuff, 1990s. A real winner of a guy who seems to offend people every time he speaks. Read More «

Question: Hagrid's 'cowardly' boarhound, of Harry Potter fame?
Answer: Fang