i think hagrid was in Gryffindor. i don't think we've got any proof about that yet but i'm kinda sure he must be in Gryffindor.

definately most certainly gryffindor this is why:
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Things to consider:

1. Harry could have done well in Slytherin, according to the Sorting Hat. Yet he was chosen to be in Gryffendor because that's where he wanted to be (or more accurately, didn't want to be in Slytherin). Dumbledore stressed in CoS that it's our "choices" that make us who we are.
Therefore, Wormtail, maybe already admiring James, Sirius and Remus, might have intentionally chosen Gryffendor to be closer to them.

2. Gryffendors are known for their bravery and courage, something we haven't seen out of Wormtail...yet. Who knows what will happen in the final book. Maybe Peter's got a bit of bravery he's getting ready to show?

Wormtail's cowardly nature and the most important trait of a Gryffindor, bravery, are completely opposed. But I do think Wormtail was in Gryffindor - otherwise he probably wouldn't hang around with the Marauders. Who knows, maybe he was different when he was younger, or the Hat saw a potential in him which he has never realised. Or maybe JKR just wasn't thinking properly when she stuck him in Gryffindor.

Most of the points I was going to bring up have already been stated by phoenix1708, but I'll reiterate them.
1. Ron said "There's not a witch or wizard who went bad who didn't belong in Slytherin." (though I used quotes, I'm sure it's not exact) - probably an overexageration on his part, but they do mostly come from Slytherin.
2. We know that Ron's generalization is wrong because Sirius Black was believed to be the death eater responsible for the Potter's murders, and he was clearly Gryffindor.
3. We do not know what house Peter was sorted into, but it is usually inferred that he is a Gryffindor. (based on the fact that he was constantly around Gryffindors, and what we can see of how the houses do and don't intermingle in the books).
4. The sorting hat is, indeed, fallible. Though it looks inside your head to see what qualities you possess, it cannot, as someone here has stated, foresee the future and take into account any personality changes that might occur. Case-in-point, Percy Weasley very obviously displays traits common for a Slytherin, as he is highly ambitious in his career at the Ministry and is very quick to sever ties with his family when he learns that the ministry is blowing in a different direction than his family's beliefs.

I think it's also important to remember Dumbledore's words about the prophecy here and apply them a bit to the sorting hat. Don't take too much stock in the sorting hat . . .It can only sort you; it is up to you what you do within the house you are placed.

EDIT: Ron is not the person who said "Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin. There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one." It was Hagrid in chapter five "diagon Alley" of SS/PS. So, our forgiving Ron for his naivite is unneccessary. . . .Don't know why Hagrid would get this wrong, though.

Yeah, I dont think wormtail was in Slytherin, but he doesnt seem like he fits in any of the other houses either. NO OFFENCE, but he kind of sounds like a Neville Longbottom to me!

I dont think Ron knew exactly what he was talking about when he said that, because take for example Slughorn, he's not exactly what you would consider "bad", and he was a slytherin. Slytherins have such a bad reputation because most of the bad people come from there. However, the sorting hat just describes the slytherins and extra determined people who want to suceed. Sounds like Voldemort to me.

It's interesting that you say he kinda seems like Neville Longbottom. Harry kinda thought the same thing too, at least when he didn't know anything about Pettigrew. He imagined Pettigrew as being Neville-like.

But to me, there's a key difference between Neville and Pettigrew --- Neville only acts like a coward sometimes because he's been brought up with the suggestion that he isn't meeting the example of his parents. His actions throughout the series begin to prove otherwise, starting right in the first book and really maturing in Phoenix and Prince. Pettigrew's actions, on the other hand, prove that he is a sniveling coward, despite the expectation of good things from him.

I have a feeling that the hand was described in so much detail because of the color

Silver

silver is the only known way to kill a werewolf and currently we know of three werewolves in Harry Potter

Remus Lupin (Order)
Bill Weasley (Order/Half-Werewolf)
Fenrir Greyback (Voldemorts Ranks)

I'm hoping that Wormtail will fulfill his life debt to Harry by killing Fenrir with his hand and if it is a Horcrux sacrificing it to destroy Voldemort

but if he kills Remus or Bill and stays with Voldemort out of fear then Harry will eventually have to kill Wormtail to destroy the hand

Cornelius Fudge-I am rather inclined to think that fudge was either in ravenclaw or hufflepuff. he has some intelligence in which he would fit into ravenclaw and he possess's some loyalty to what we have seen in the books and is not a rude or evil person, in fact he can be rather nice and soft-hearted. he doesn't have enough bravery though and has failed at somethings to be in gryffindor and he does not carry the qualities to be sorted into slytherin because like i said he is neither rude and not very ambitious either.

Dolores Umbridge- umbridge is rather a difficult person to place. she seems to definitely have the qualities of a slytherin becuase she is 'evil' and whatnot but perhaps somehow she could have been sorted into ravenclaw somehow. it seems unlikely but she is in fact intelligent with somethings and definitely knows what she is doing even though her intentions are mean or evil. but i'd probably have to say the more likely choice would be slytherin.

Tonks-ah tonks i've always thought either ravenclaw or hufflepuff. she definitely has bravery but perhaps not enough to be placed into gryffindor. her wits and intelligence overule more of her bravery in some aspects which would place her nto ravenclaw, but she is also very loyal and calm and of course kind and warm hearted which would place her into hufflepuff. i'd have to say that her abilities that she has shown would place her in either house.

Rita Skeeter-rita isn't evil or rude but she can be a bit skidish or sneaky. her qualities and traits that she carries aren't enough to be placed in slytherin, she just doesn't act too much like one. since she works for the daily proaphet and all her brains must be of some use to the ministry so i'll say ravenclaw.

Barty Crouch Snr and Jnr-ah barty crouch sr seems most likely in hufflepuff. but for jr. i'd definitely have to go with slytherin they both have the qualities to be placed in the houses hufflepuff and slythering. for sr. he is said to try and catch dark wizards which would probably place him in both gryffindor or hufflepuff but i think he lacks bravery at some levels. as for jr. his personality and mind speaks the word twisted and "slytherin". he joined voldemort and became a deatheater later in life but his intentions weren't for good.

Stan Shunpike-stan is a strange fellow and at the moment it is difficult to figure out where he was sorted into. i can't really think or decide so i'll leave this one open for now.

Amelia Bones-since she worked for the ministry and all and seems a top notch person i'd say ravenclaw. i am not saying most people who work at the ministry were sorted into that house but it seems likely for her because of her intelligence with some things.

Mundungus Fletcher-i'd say slytherin but really i have no idea why. perhaps the way he acts and his traits, etc. would place himther.

Alistor 'Mad Eye' Moody-auror. brave. good. he i think was defintely in gryffindor. what he did and what he has done speaks bravery and he is rather intelligent but still a weird individual. still he seems the type of person to be in gryffindor at the time.

Ludo Bagman-a very creappy and ambitous little guy. perhaps slytherin or maybe ravenclaw. we really don't knwo too much but maybe one of those two houses seems the proper and most likely choice.

well i will hope i get this right.

Cornelius Fudge - he likes power and he is smart i guess and that is why i think he was in Ravenclaw

Dolores Umbridge - well she is just evil and mean and twisted so i would guess she was in Slytherin

Tonks - Tonks is easy she is a good witch and good at spells she is like a bigger Ginny Weasley so she is a Gryffindor

Rita Skeeter - i think she was in Hufflepuff or maybe Ravenclaw even though she doesn't seem to smart

Barty Crouch Snr and Jnr - I think Barty Crouch Snr was in Ravenclaw and i think Barty Crouch Jnr was in Slytherin

Stan Shunpike - I think He was in Hufflepuff because well he doesn't seem to smart and things like that

Amelia Bones - well her and voldemort went against each other in the 6th book and they said she put up a really good fight so from that i think she was in Gryffindor

Mundungus Fletcher - GRYFFINDOR

Alistor 'Mad Eye' Moody - Auror, good at everthing he does great will keep fight until the end with one real eye and a fake leg and scars everywhere so he never gives up so Gryffindor

Ludo Bagman - Slytherin

I think that there is a good chance, for symbolic reasons, that every DADA teacher we have seen whose House we don't know -- Quirrell, Lockhart, Crouch and Umbridge -- was a former Slytherin. Unless, of course, Lockhart was Australian, given that his surname is from a small town located there and that we makes a literal dramatic scene out of his alleged defeat of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf, named after yet another town in that country.

I look to world mythology for the answer to the question of Tonks' House. While she is definitely one of those characters who would seem to fit almost anywhere, the common character of Raven is always presented as a shapeshifter -- and Nymphadora is the only known Metamorphmagus in the series. The fact that she has a heart-shaped face might hint at Gryffindor, the House of the "heart" virtues, but then again it may simply be a clue from her very introduction that the one she loves is from that House himself.

James Potter was most definitely in Gryphindor house. In The Sorcerer's Stone, when Harry became the seeker and he was worried, Hermione says it is in his blood. She takes him to see the trophy case with his dad's name on the Gryphindor's team plaque.

i think peter is brave because he can look at voldemort(lol!)

jkr has stated in an interview that they were all in gryffindor

HAAH MIKOH.

There is common trend for families to be placed in the same houses as each other. The Weasleys(well the children) were all placed in Gryffindor. Harry and his family Gryffindor, Malfoy's in Slytherin . But there is the occational exceptance like with the Blacks, Sirius was the only Black to be placed in Gryffindor. Therefore maybe it is the same with Wormtail. Maybe his parent's were Slytherins and he was in Gryffindor and he wanted to live up to the family name and join the Dark Side. Or maybe he was from a Gryffindor family and the hat placed him in Gryffindor purly for family reasons. Even Slytherin's have some courage in them but thats when its to get something they want and Wormtail was pretty spinless to me. Ravenclaws are witty...we dont really know much about Wormtails accademics and Hufflepuff are the kind bunch. Even though everyone is sorted into houses it doesnt strip them of their unique identity. Eveyone is different. Just beacuse Wormtail was put in Gryffindor it doesnt mean that he was immune to being evil in the same way that if you are placed in Slytherin it doesnt mean you are destined to a life of evil (I say that with Snape in mind).

Well, I'm sure that Peter was in Gryffindor because other wise I don't think he really would have been included in all the happenings of Black, Lupin, and Potter; and he most certainly wouldn't have been a Maurader. I don't think that he fits the persona (correct word?) of a Gryffie, but he most definitely isn't a Slytherin!

I agree to that.



But also, couldn't Peter's house be shown by his actions in the 7th book? Imean, we all know that he has that bond with Harry, so Wormtail could possibly stand up against Voldemort so that he doesn't kill Harry. That would show bravery, and the reason of why he was in Griffindor. Isn't that possible?

I cast my vote with gryffindor

ok,well i go with gryffindor too.he doesnt really fit in with any other house and we dont know about his history so.......

what my question is though,is why did voldy let him become a death eater if he was in gryffindor? im sure all the other death eaters were in slytherin!

OK, here is my opinion of the ones you mentioned in your list, along with the reasons why:

Cornelius Fudge - Not brave enough for Gryffindor, Not evil enough for Slytherin, not smart enough for Ravenclaw, so I would think Hufflepuff

Dolores Umbridge - Slytherin - do I need to expand on this one?

Tonks - Gryffindor, as she seems to be quite brave

Rita Skeeter - Slytherin, as she is just out for herself, and doesn't care who she hurts in the pursuit of success

Barty Crouch Snr and Jnr - Senior is difficult, but probably Gryffindor. He would have to have courage to face everyhing he went through Junior - Slytherin, because he is evil, and was even willing to kill his own father to succeed

Stan Shunpike - couldn't decide with this one between Hufflepuff/Slytherin

Amelia Bones - Don't really know enough about her, but based on Susan Bones, I would say, Hufflepuff

Mundungus Fletcher - Slytherin, as he's very cunning, and, again, doesn't care who gets hurt as long as he gets what he wants

Alistor 'Mad Eye' Moody - Gryffindor, for his courage

Ludo Bagman - slytherin - cunning


Susan Bones is in Hufflepuff:

PS page 89 (I have an Australian version of the book, which I think is the same as the UK one, not really sure, but it is in the chapter "The Sorting Hat"

Remember that Dumbledore says that it is the decisions we make that make us a person, not just destiny or anything predestined. Maybe Pettigrew was young, brave, and pure of heart when he was sorted. Think about this: when you were twelve or so years old, what house would you have wanted to be sorted into? Does it differ from what you now think you would be sorted into? That probably happened to Pettigrew. Experience changed him for the worse.


Chubbles

hmmmm...i like that,but do you really think wormtail was "brave and pure at heart" when he got sorted?he sounds more like,nervous,scared,mortified.dd mightve said that but think,hes good,voldy is bad.voldy sounds like the type that would let you be a death eater partially if you were a death eater.
i also think that if wormtail was in sytherin,do you really think james and sirius would hang out with him?

hmmmm...i like that,but do you really think wormtail was "brave and pure at heart" when he got sorted?he sounds more like,nervous,scared,mortified.dd mightve said that but think,hes good,voldy is bad.voldy sounds like the type that would let you be a death eater partially if you were in sytherin.

i also think that if wormtail was in sytherin,do you really think james and sirius would hang out with him?

I thought that most of the people in the ministry would not be from Slytherin because of the reputation the house has. Also, Slytherins seem to find the ministry to be below them. They would probably be Ravenclaws with Slytherin tendency. Keep in mind that Ravenclaws are clever and use their cleverness to their advantage.

I agree, to a certain extent, about Slytherins and the ministry, but there do seem to be exceptions. For example, I am convinced that Umbridge was in Slytherin. It never mentions which house she was in at school, but her drive, ambition and cunning would seem to place her there. Also, she appears to favour the slytherins over other houses, and also to hate Gryffindors.
Also, we know that Lucius works for the ministry and was in Slytherin

The ministry would require many different kinds of people working for them, so I don't think their employees would come from just one house/group of people, and remember that a career in the ministry would call for a certain amount of ambition, which is a Slytherin trait.

Wormtail's a tricky one, and I think he would be difficult to place. Hufflepuff would definitely be out, as he certainly doesn't show any signs of loyalty. He doesn't seem particularly intelligent, so that rules out Ravenclaw. So we're left with Gryffindor or Slytherin. Slytherin would seem like the obvious choice for someone who would betray his friends, but maybe he wasn't like that at school. His character may have changed. Gryffindor seems to be out because he's not brave (he went to Voldemort in fear), but how much of a fight did he put up before finally giving in? Remember that Lily and James "Thrice defied" Voldemort - maybe wormtail had a hand in those fights, and that was the courage that put him in Gryffindor, even if it eventually gave way. Also, even if he had courage, that doesn't mean that it was the "Right kind" of courage. It did take a certain amount of courage for him to defy his friends and serve Voldemort.

yea,the books give us hints that wormtail was in gryffindor,although that totally doesnt go with his image.if he was in slytherin,i highly doubt james and sirius would hang out with him.

That's a good point that I missed when trying to work out which house he was in. While Gryffindors might hang out with people in other houses, I see them as having a real rivalry with Slytherin. So I think we can now safely say that he was a Gryffindor, as my previous post showed how we could eliminate Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. And, as I said before, we don't know if he was different at school, and later changed, or how much he fought against LV before his courage eventually gave way

yes,i guess he was in gryffindor.maybe he was brave in the heart or something,and thats why the sorting hat put him in.i dont think you have to be brave on the outside to be in gryiffindor,i mean,look at neville.he was this scared old thing,and then he became brave.he followed his heart.(im probably being reeeeeeaaaaaaallllllllly corny right now)

very good topic rory and here's what i think

fudge : hufflepuff.
umbridge : ravenclaw
tonks : gryffindor
rita : hufflepuff
crouch snr : ravenclaw
crouch jr : definatley slytherin(all death eaters are slytherins)
shunpike : hufflepuff
amelia : ravenclaw
mundungus : gryffindor
moody : gyffindor

afterall they musn't all have been in hogwarts they could've been in any other wizarding school.

sorry forgot ludo bagman well he might be a gryffindor too.

I've had some more thoughts about Fudge. I'm now thinking that he would be really difficult to place. While he seems to be a bit of a bumbling idiot, I think you'd have to have a certain amount of intelligence to become Minister, so that might suggest Ravenclaw. His loyalty to the ministry (Siding with them against DD) would suggest Hufflepuff. He showed that he has the courage to stand by his own beliefs, no matter what it might cost him, so that would put him in Gryffindor. He would need to be ambitious to rise to the top job, so that would suggest Slytherin.

Hmm...tricky one, huh?

thats what I think

fudge : hufflepuff.
umbridge : ravenclaw or Slytherin
tonks : gryffindor
rita : Ravenclaw or Slytherin
crouch snr : ravenclaw
crouch jr : slytherin
shunpike : hufflepuff
amelia : ravenclaw
mundungus : hufflepuff or Slytherin
moody : gyffindor or Ravenclaw

A lot of you seem to be of the persuasion that Tonks is best suited for Gryffindor, but I don't know. She seems like more of a Ravenclaw to me. Maybe I'm just reflecting my own bit of personality that I share with her, but she doesn't have that impuliveness that Gryff's always seem to have. As for the rest:

Umbridge - sneaky slimy snake
Fudge - hmmm, Hufflepuff would be a good match, but maybe Slytherin as well?
Rita - Slytherin all the way
Crouch Senior - I can see him in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, but probably not Slytherin.
Crouch Junior - I wonder? Seems like a snake to me, but did he start out that way, or did he turn into one as time went by? I wonder if you can be resorted?
Shunpike - oh poor poor Stan. Definitely Hufflepuff, although, surprisingly enough I could seem him in Gryff as well. Interesting.
Amelia - Gryffindor
Mundungus - did Dung *go* to school??? I'd have to say Slytherin, and I have a feeling he didn't earn too many OWL's, or NEWT's, but I have been known to be wrong before.
Moody - Gryffindor. Absolutely.

I thought Slytherin because in the Riddle new of hagrids monster (Aragog) and i doubt Hagrid wpuld keep him in a cupboard where someone would find him, so he would keep Aragog in his dorm

Just wondering what house was peter pettigrew in. I thought he was in Gryfindor, but he isn't very brave he seems to be a Hufflepuff.



Tell me your thoughts

I've been wondering the same thing
I don't know whether he was a Hufflepuff either, the people who are sorted in that house tend to be very loyal, and he wasn't that loyal to James, Sirius and Remus; nor Voldemort...

I think he was a Gryfindor because I dont think Sirius and James would have liked him much if he wasnt. Thts just my opinion but...

I think he was in Gryffindor because he kind of reminds me of Neville, except not as loyal. But maybe he was very loyal to his friends as a kid. Or, you know how Harry tells the Sorting Hat he didn't want to be in Slytherin? Well maybe Pettigrew just told the SH he wanted to be in Gryffindor, so it put him there.

I agree with Harry_Potter_Freak152007, I don't think either James or Sirius would have let him hang out with them if he wasn't a Gryffindor; besides being a Gryffindor doesn't mean that you're brave because you're always doing risky stuff...look at Neville, for example, or Colin...

peter was definitely in gryffindor. the reason they were hanging out together - Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs. Its like right now, neville, seamus, dean, ron and harry are in the same room as they are in the same year.

Pettigrew was in Griffindor, I am sure of it, the sorting hat isnt infalible.

Also I think pettigrew was weak, not evil, I have a feeling he will do something in the final book, which may not make up for what he did, but will help Harry in some way.

I'm pretty sure Peter was in Griffindor, but we have never been given any proof. We just speculate that he was because his "friends" were in G. Here is a piece from Wikipedia:

It is widely speculated that Peter Pettigrew was in Gryffindor House during his time at Hogwarts, since we do know that this was the House of the other Marauders. However, this has never been definitively stated by Rowling. In a chat room discussion on World Book Day in 2004, the following exchange took place:

Sirius Riddle: What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Remus Lupin in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won't believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!
JK Rowling says: This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor![1]

Many take this as proof that Pettigrew was in the same House as Black, Lupin and Potter, but this has not been stated conclusively and therefore is merely speculation.

If Peter was indeed in Griffindor, then it will be time for him in DH to live up to that expectation. "Gryffindor is said to have praised courage, determination and strength of heart above all other qualities. Indeed, he selected students for his house based upon their daring and bravery, according to the Sorting Hat" Since Peter has never shown an ounce of courage or bravery, he must do this in DH when keeping his life debt with Harry thus finally proving himself worthy to call himself a Griffindor.

I completely agree with Felipe_Black about the fact that Peter will help Harry in the end, at least he owes him that much...DD said at the end of book 3:

"Pettigrew owes his life to you. You have sent Voldemort a deputy who is in your debt. When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it creates a certain bond between them...and I'm much mistaken if Voldemort wants his servant in the debt of Harry Potter"

Peter had to have been in Gryffindor for them to hang out with Petegrew. He might help Harry in the end, and he might not, but I think that he will help Harry. But it does confues me, it has been said that all of the bad witches and wizards were in Slytherin, but Petegrew was in Gryffindor.

Hey guys. We already have a thread open where you can discuss who is in which house. I'm going to merge this topic with the older one and you can continue your discussion since we don't allow duplicate topics on the forums.

In the future, please search for the topic you'd like to discuss prior to opening a new topic.

Thanks,
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I think he was in Hufflepuff. In this first book when Harry asked him what Hufflepuff and Slytherin are, and all that he says something like: "Everyone says Hufflepuff are a bunch of duffers but ..." and then he's cut off. I think he said that coz he was in Hufflepuff. I think Hagrid's qualities are more like Hufflepuff's than Gryffindor's anyway. I'm not saying he's not brave, obviously he is, but .. yeah, anyways, I'm kinda looking for words to say now, so I'm gonna go.

My guess would be Gryffindor..
Why are you wondering?

I think Hagrid was a Hufflepuff I heard in an interview in look behind the scenes in one of the movies she answered and said hufflepuff and also because of what IamNotaDeathEater said as well.

GRYFFINDOR ALL THE WAY! NO IF ANDS OR BUTS!

At first I thought... well, I wasnt sure, but I think he'd be in Gryffindor after reading the part in Deathly Hallows when

*SPOILER AHEAD*

he witnesses harry's "death'' and everything after.

i think that he is in grffindor cos he is very brave



yeh that is true did he have to carry what he thort was harrys dean body somewere then reolize that harry wasnt dead but had been dead and was just pretending

Hagrid was in Gryffindor (said in interview by JKR) and Peter Pettigrew was too (said in DH). I always thought that they'd be in Hufflepuff too. I'm glad JKR cleared these up!