Peter Pettigrew is definitely a Death Eater. he has the Dark Mark on the forearm of his left arm,so why wouldn't he be one?!. i mean he might not be one of the main followers in the black robes and skull masks,but he for sure is a Death Eater.

I wouldn't even quesiton it, of course he is!
In HBP in Spinner's End, Snape states that Wormtail is there sent by LV to help Severus, which means he's associated with the Death Eaters, which i would assume means that he is a Death Eater.

Of course he is a Death Eater. Once a DE always a DE. PP has been branded with the dark mark which is the sign of a DE and follower of LV. Not to mention, he helped LV regain a body. LV wouldn't just cast him away and "disown" him. However, will he betray his station? I think he will by helping Harry thus fulfilling his life debt to Harry.

Yes, he is definitely a Death Eater. He has the Dark Mark on his wrist - so that's a sure sign that he is one of them.

Wormtail follows whoever is exerting the most power and can benefit him most at the time. I don't see him as ever being a true Death Eater - he merely had the Dark Mark burned upon his forearm because VL was showing a great amount of power - a figure behind which Wormtail could hide and be safe. Just because someone has the Dark Mark does not mean they are a true Death Eater (one could make cases of this with Regulus, Snape, and Karkaroff). He has never been considered faithful by VL and is shunned aside after completing the task of reviving VL. I think this will make Wormtail reconsider (he has lots of time to think about this being stuck behind a book case in Snape's house) who can benefit him most and he will begin to not support VL.

I am 95% sure that Wormtail is a true Death Eater, and I am 80% sure that the arm he cut off to resurrect Voldy was the one with the mark on it, which is why we don't hear about it or see it. Just my opinion, though, we'll have to wait and see what JKR says in bk7.

he has got a dark mark!! dont you remember in GoF, when hes been resurracted, he puts his wand to pettigrew's arm, and the death eaters start arriving; he activated his dark mark to call the other death eaters.


yeah, hes a death eater!

thats not to say he wouldnt change sides n the drop of a hat, but for now, for all intents and purposes, hes a death eater

Uh ... he has a Dark Mark. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but the Dark Mark is the symbol of being a Death Eater. You can't deny it, man. He's definately a Death Eater.

I think that he is not a Death Eater. He is absolutely terrified of Voldemort. Voldemort is just using him, and it explains that in the 4th book when Voldie tortures Pettigrew. Voldemort said that Pettigrew has only been helpful for the past few months. Not all the time. Only a loyal follower would be a true Death Eater, like Bellatrix.

Well if he wasn't a Death Eater, how come he's got the dark mark on his arm?
He wouldn't be a Death Eater without it...
Besides I don't think Voldy cares what house he was in during school.. even though most Death Eater's were in Slitherin.
Makes him unique I guess
But he's not a loyal Death Eater,
GoF:
"I.. I returned"
"Out of fear, not loyalty," stated Lord Voldemort.
So basically he's the weakest and most terrified Death Eater...
Which I don't think he acts like one... but he still is one.

he's just a slave thingy....

yes i really think that he is because he is the one who betrayed james and lily and i think that he is a death eater

No, I don't think Wormtail is a Death Eater! He's just Voldemort's helper, he returned to slave him because he was afraid of his return, so he just wanted to be liked and appreciated by Voldemort...

Wormtail is a Death Eater. In the GoF, at the graveyard, Voldemort calls the other Death Eaters by pressing his wand to Wormtail's dark mark. Only the Death Eaters are branded with the Dark Mark.

I'm sure that Wormtail is a Death Eater, but he's not a convinced one... He isn't brave enough for that. If he betrayed Lily and James was undoubtely because he was too coward to face Voldemort and to feel really friendship. It's necessary to be brave to feel real friendship, believe me. Wormtail has a corrupted soul, he isn't as brave and pure as Sirius, James or Remus are. But I don't think he has the boldness to think by himself about the Dark Arts.

I voted that Voldemort is just using him. I know that he is an offical DE but I think he is just doing it for protection and fear rather than wanting to be a real DE.

I agree YehezqueL. Pettigrew is a death eater but not by choice. He is too coward to stand up by himself so he hides behind Voldemorts protection because he thinks that if Voldemort finally becomes the ultimate power he will be spared for being loyal. He knew he couldn't go back because of his betrayal to Lily and James so he brought Voldemort back knowing he would be safe with him.

that's sort of a hard question to answer, cause he does have the dark mark on his arm but doesn't do Voldemort's biddings when it comes to captures ect.

Of cource he's a death eater!!! i have proof

this is from pg. 645 of HP and the GoF
" ...Voldemort bent down and pulled out Wormtail's left arm; he forced the sleeve of Wormtail's robes up past his elbow, and Harry saw something upon the skin there, something like a vivd red tatoo - a skull with a snake protruding from its mouth- the image that had apperared in the sky at the Quidditch World Cup: the Dark Mark..."

he was a death eater, however i don't think he really wanted to be one. He was only doing it because Voldemort was the strongest person at the time, and Wormtail always tags along with the biggest kid on the block, just for protection, and small bits of glory he couldn't have gotten on his own.

I think he's in a way a true follower of Voldemort, he likes his ideas, but I don't think he wants to kill people. He's just in the power of Voldemort.

Well, I think everyone just stated that he surely is a Death Eater. He's got the Dark Mark. He hangs around with Voldemort...
What I'll say on this matter is that there was something someone said on a book (I'm sorry I can't remember who said it or on what book this was said, it could have been Lupin, it could have been Dumbledore), but they said that Petter Pettigrew joined the dark side because of fear (I think Voldemort said it himself as well). The thing is, while he was in Hogwarts, he used to follow James and Sirius around, two very strong figures, who kindly accepted him into their circle. They protected him and befriended him. When a bigger figure came, Voldemort, he sold his friends in exchange for the same: protection. Probably he thought that the Dark Lord would never fall, and that was a safer place to be.
He didn't like to be bullied, and he always luerked in the shadow of someone bigger and better than him.
He plainly did it because he was afraid.

Ok, I think and have a True Fact that young Peter Pettigrew is a Death Eater. As you can see in the 4th book (or you can watch the movie) It tells that Peter points the wand at his Dark Mark on his fore arm, telling everyone right there that Peter is a Death Eater. And If you think about it Why would he cut off his hand and risk his life just to please Voldemort? I mean he has to be a Death Eater. But Also, he doesnt have to be a Death Eater to please Voldemort, But why would he risk his life to do what he did. It just fits for him. Peter Petigrew is a Death Eater.

Yes, BUT Voldemort is just using him.

Well, yes, Voldemort is only using him, but just as he is only using all of the other Death Eaters. Voldemort's incapability to love is a fact, and I don't think he very much cares for the other Death Eaters either. Also, in DH we see there's a difference in between wearing Death Eater's clothes and actually sitting at the table with Voldemort: Fenrir Greyback can't summon Voldemort because he's not branded, but Wormtail can. I think that Fenrir's job is much more likely of a Death Eater's but he's not appreciated as one. Voldemort uses all of them.

I don't think Wormtail's a traitor. Maybe he was asked from Voldemort about information of the Potter and thought that the consequences if he wouldn't answer that he would get killed or something. ( Besides, he is the most feared wizard.) But, I also think that he have gotten a likening toi Voldemort and decided that it was better to join Voldemort. Do you get what I'm saying.

I agree with everyone: That Peter is a Death Eater but Voldemort is just using him. I think Voldemort knew that Wormtail was a very close friend of the Potters'. So, Voldemort thought that using Wormtail would be a brilliant plan to get close to the Potters. It worked, anyway. Because of Wormtail's fear of Voldemort and thirst for a bit of glory.

Well he IS a death Eater, but Only because he is really easy to use! Violdemort knows how much he fears him and he only serves him out of fear.