Ranking EVERY Harry Potter Villain!

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Across the 7-book Harry Potter series, there are quite a few villains working against the Boy Who Lived. And in this video, we’re gonna rank them all!
Now I’m not just talking about the most powerful or evil.
Here we’re looking at anyone who worked against Harry throughout the series. Things like how they affected the overall plot, how they affected Harry specifically, and just how strong they were as characters are all fair game here.
Ranking EVERY Harry Potter Villain!
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0:00 - Villain 25
1:16 - Villain 24
1:46 - Villain 23
2:40 - Villain 22
3:21 - Villain 21
4:09 - Villain 20
4:55 - Villain 19
5:37 - Villain 18
6:21 - Villain 17
7:17 - Villain 16
8:11 - Villain 15
9:23 - Villain 14
10:34 - Villain 13
11:28 - Villain 12
12:27 - Villain 11
14:06 - Villain 10
15:22 - Villain 9
16:27 - Villain 8
17:54 - Villain 7
19:27 - Villain 6
20:47 - Villain 5
22:43 - Villain 4
23:40 - Honorable Mentions
24:21 - Top 3
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@BobLeeeSwaggga 17 күн бұрын

I really like how you gave a little description of the character before revealing who you were about to talk about, gives the viewer a chance to guess who it is haha really well made video good job 🤝

@thechristiangamer9140 20 күн бұрын

Great video! I love ranking videos like this. One comment about Rita Skeeter. She didn't write any of the articles in The daily profit in Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix. She was discovered as an unregistered animagi at the end of the fourth book, and Hermione made her stop writing for a whole year or risk being revealed . All the articles written about Harry were from other people working for the daily prophet.

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Good catch! Going to edit that bit out. Not sure why i was thinking she got involved in OotP. Definitely misremembered that.

@thechristiangamer9140 20 күн бұрын

@@RetroRaconteur no problem. Great video by the way. I like that you didn't automatically have Voldemort as number one. I also like that you don't feel like Snape was a good person just because of a few good things he did. Umbridge would definitely be my number one.

@horimo8920 20 күн бұрын

To me, Umbridge is still the main villain in the story.

@Mary_Studios 20 күн бұрын

You know there's this thing in writing where sometimes people will hate the annoying character more than the villain because the evil actions the villain dose is fake but their announce with the character is real. And Umbrage is a great example of people hating her more than the villain Voldemort himself.

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

She was definitely despised 😂

@JordanIdk 20 күн бұрын

Barty Crouch Jr is such an interesting character, reminds me of Snape in a way (double agent for Voldemort instead of double agent for Dumbledore.) Fooling Dumbledore for an entire year, while disguised as his old friend (not just some random wizard he doesn't know), is something I don't think anyone else could have done.

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Yeah, I feel like he gets underrated a lot. The fact that he mannered Moody's mannerisms so well and even comforted Neville all to keep up the act was diabolical.

@pilgrim2385 20 күн бұрын

Another great video Retro! I love these scriptured lore videos. I pretty much know all this info by now but I very much enjoy how you present it.

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Hey thanks for sharing! And glad you enjoyed it 😊

@dvdh4856 18 күн бұрын

Great video! Barty Crouch Junior is such a great villain! And Fenrir is just disturbingly evil. Also, couldn't agree more on Dobby's death. I will forever shed a tear at that beach scene. Though Fred's death comes a close second, especially reading how his death affected George :( . And Tonks' and Remus' deaths are so sad too, after a life of isolation and struggle, he finally found his home in his little family, and now poor Teddy has to grow up without his parents. I know this is to mirror Harry's life but it just sucks. I get way to emotionally invested lol.

@Luke_SkywaIker 20 күн бұрын

Solomon Sallow is arguably the most complex antagonist in HP lore, more so than Snape and Voldemort in my opinion

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Yep, he would've been a fun one to analyze if I expanded to the entire HP universe! With this one, I was focusing mainly on villains for Harry, specifically.

@AxelQC 19 күн бұрын

He was a terrible guardian who brought death on himself. He literally tries to burn MC alive before he's killed.

@pyro.1731 17 күн бұрын

Snape is FAR more complex, Solomon is just a bad guardian.

@Luke_SkywaIker 17 күн бұрын

@@AxelQC Brought death on himself? Solomon was literally an Auror, he has vast knowledge of Dark artifacts, but here’s his stubborn nephew and some teenage stranger performing Unforgivable Curses and dark rituals in order to try and “save” his niece, whom he had been trying to cure the past several years. Solomon was not an unreasonable asshole, he gave Sebastian _multiple_ opportunities to stop and tried frequently to reason with him, but Sebastian refused and kept pushing it. Even Seb’s own sister and his best friend wanted him to stop, but Seb proved his selfishness.

@Luke_SkywaIker 17 күн бұрын

@@pyro.1731 Well of course he sounds worse when you put it like that. I could easily say “Snape is just some miserable guy with a boner for Harry’s dead mom”, but obviously there’s more subtext than that. Regardless, you are absolutely entitled to that opinion even if I disagree

@ironblue4593 20 күн бұрын

Great video to watch

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@Fire-kid20 20 күн бұрын

Rip Allen , you did a wonderful job as Snape .

@Sebastian-lw5qb 20 күн бұрын

Good list. The only change I would make is adding Lockhart instead of one of those minor Death Eaters.

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

That's a good point on Lockhart. I didn't initially think of him as "villain," but he really is when you consider his actions. He was literally going to wipe their memories!

@respawnedlife 18 күн бұрын

@@RetroRaconteurand all the memories he wiped prior. He stole peoples lives for fame

@SlytherinReviews 19 күн бұрын

Nagini might have been tricked by Voldemort into service by him for being able to talk to snakes, as Voldemort might have told her that he could find a way to undo her blood curse but keeps her next to him more as a pet than someone that he could undo the blood curse

@dvdh4856 18 күн бұрын

I've wondered about the reasons for Nagini's loyalty to Voldy ever since the fantastic beasts movies. She seemed alright in those, so the complete moral alignment switch always confused me. But this is such a good theory! Thanks for sharing, I will niw adopt tis theory as headcanon lol

@RFGfotografie 15 күн бұрын

Very interesting.

@fige587 20 күн бұрын

finally someone with legit book knowledge great list also i think fudge is not really a villain if you think about it . he is weak mentally and incompetent but never had bad intentions.All the bad that he did was either because of his incompetency or denial

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Yeah, probably more "antagonist" than a true villain.

@Dr.MonicaNaik 20 күн бұрын

No matter what, UMBRIDGE tops the last . That's what I am here for 😂 !!!

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Hahaha. Definitely a good case to be made for her.

@Dr.MonicaNaik 20 күн бұрын

@@RetroRaconteur Agreed 🤭

@Ri_Shin_Marco 19 күн бұрын

7:01 convince Rita? More like blackmail Rita :D

@e.yassine4426 20 күн бұрын

I didn't expect Draco to be ranked so high in the list, but Umbridge being in the top three is a given

@dylanmcleod5489 20 күн бұрын

@HeatherNickless-vt8zr 18 күн бұрын

Goblins in the Harry Potter Universe are irrelevant to the good vs evil trend, because technically the sword did originally belong to the goblins before Gryffindor made it his, and most wizards and witches do not understand that the way goblins do business with their craft is rental business, and they thought that goblin-made stuff were going to be theirs when they buy those kinds of items, so technically it was Gryffindor who paid for the temporary weapon and never returned it and instead enchant it to only present itself to either himself or to those in his Hogwarts house who prove themselves worthy of the weapon itself. We can't really blame Griphook for trying to get the sword back for his people.

@craiglockart1343 19 күн бұрын

Villain 24, Augustus Rookwood don’t forget about the fact that he is the one who killed Fred Weasley in Deathly Hallows

@kalegolas 19 күн бұрын

Griphook… is a goblin. Bill warned Harry about making deals with his kind. And Harry didnt asked about help out then they did the deal, and Griphook, as the goblin he is, noticed this before agreeing.

@Yvanehtnioj2000 14 күн бұрын

Umbridge was different omg

@Shinotheblackcat 20 күн бұрын

I love umbridge as a villain and she did so well at making us hate her.

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

For sure!

@Excanda 17 күн бұрын

18:35 'He is sentenced to Azkaban... No he wasn't. Sirius Black was never sentenced. He was thrown into Azkaban *without* a trial.

@kalegolas 19 күн бұрын

Lucius main focus is protecting his wife and son to. But he didnt know how. Its very Slytherin to have friends who are safest for them self. Malfoys thought Voldemort was the obvious winner…. until Narcissa saw him be nocked buy cursing Harry, and Harry being unharmed, and in that second succesfully switch side. Lucius did a lot of bad things ofcourse, he did a lot of bad choses. And I feel al the kids, maybe expect for Crabbe, is way to high here.

@kylechristine4582 15 күн бұрын

For me, the top 3 are shuffled around. Voldemort is obviously my #1 because of his hatred of the Muggle born community and because he spends the entirety of the series hunting Harry. And I am not afraid of saying his name. Snape is my #2 because he starts out as a villainous character and evolves into a more heroic character at the end in Deathly Hallows when we read/see his true motives during the memory sequence. Umbridge takes my #3 because I hate her as well, but I understand that she impacts Harry's journey in the last 3 books.

@RFGfotografie 15 күн бұрын

Umbridge is so much more evil then Voldermort in my eyes.

@HeatherNickless-vt8zr 18 күн бұрын

Marge Dursley didn't really do anything that would be considered as truly evil, both she and Narcissa Black Malfoy are equally the least evil out of the lot; the most mean things she ever does to Harry is making belittling comments about Harry Potter's parents and comparing him as to being no more than being as any lesser than a dog to the eyes of society and she was Half-Drunk when she said those things in both versions of Harry Potter year 3.

@NgpngMC 20 күн бұрын

There are many people rank in umbridge higher than the carrows,grey back but umbridge is not as bad as them

@NeighborhoodItalian 20 күн бұрын

She sent dementors to eat Harry’s soul and had no problem torturing children…..

@connorman32178 20 күн бұрын

Don’t think I’ve ever disagreed with a list more. Greyback should easily be top 5. He ate people for fun just because he enjoyed the taste. And the twins? How can you put an old fat aunt who does nothing but hurl insults over siblings who literally use the torture curse on kids and physically harm them?

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

Yeah if I were ranking based on how evil they were, it would have definitely been a different list. That's not what I was going for here though!

@connorman32178 20 күн бұрын

@@RetroRaconteur ahh gotcha! That’s my fault. Didn’t do my research enough. Great list

@RetroRaconteur 20 күн бұрын

@@connorman32178 Hey, no worries. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

@respawnedlife 18 күн бұрын

If umbridge and Tom were fighting I would help Tom

@RetroRaconteur 18 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@Girl4Music 20 күн бұрын

Damn. I forget how in-depth and problematic the villain/antagonist lore is in the Harry Potter books. Makes sense now. You know I find it really interesting that nobody ever considers Albus Dumbledore as a villain or antagonist when I always have. It would take an essay to explain why but let me just say that ‘mentor’ isn’t the word I’d use to refer to the way he treats Harry Potter. I know I’m not the only one that thinks of him this way, but I am of an extreme minority it seems. But then again - Snape is also thought of and even revered as a hero in the end. Which I definitely don’t agree with either. Again - it makes total sense now. Dumbledore isn’t on this list but he is my #1 ranking villain of Harry Potter because I hate groomers. Especially ones referred to as heroes because saving the world apparently matters more than saving the life of your son figure.

@Dr.MonicaNaik 20 күн бұрын

U have ur opinion which is absolutely fine ... But Dumbledore wasn't a Villian . Just consider few points 1. Dumbledore Loved Harry that's the reason he tries everything he can in OoTP & HBP to get to know & fight the horcruxes , so that Harry can live . Unfortunately he didn't knew the power it possess and got cursed by the ring . 2. I know morally this is wrong ... But just put it this way . There is boy on one side & whole Wizarding world with millions probably on other side . Who do u put at risk !??? We know the boy doesn't deserve it 😔 tooo but so does so many other kids & babies of the world. In order to save a whole world , he had to do it ( Mind you this was only upto GoF ) 3. Because at the end of GoF , Dumbledore knew Harry could actually survive this even after killing Voldermort , when Harry told his blood was used in bringing Voldermort back 4. This obviously can't be explained to a 14 yr old kid , not to mention the amount of trauma Harry deals with in his day to day life. Moreover , Harry had to believe he was actually dying to kill Soul of Voldy inside him . That's why Dumbledore doesn't even reveal this even when Snape asked... Did he raise him as a pig for slaughter!? Dumbledore was a great wizard and being great often comes with prizes . Despite his issues... He always cared for Hogwarts, his students , his colleagues & his world . He might not be Great guy ( fyi for me he is good person) for all this , but he definitely is a good guy with few Gray characteristics! And also I agree on Snape part . I never liked him nor considered him Hero !

@Girl4Music 20 күн бұрын

@@Dr.MonicaNaikI know the lore is completely different but consider another show about a Chosen One protagonist in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. When the only way possible to save the world from total destruction and annihilation was to kill her sister, she absolutely refused. Said sorry to all her loved ones but couldn’t go through with killing her to save them all. To save the world. That’s a hero. A selfish hero but a hero nonetheless because she puts her family first. Harry wasn’t family to Dumbledore but he was like a son or grandson figure to him. He did groom him as a pig for the slaughter all the while knowing who Harry was, and to me, that’s a really villainous thing to do. Maybe morally grey is the better way to put it on the whole looking at it from a bigger perspective but from the small perspective of a man and his potentially adopted son… yeah. I mean consider Sirius Black in comparison. He was willing to still be there for Harry even though his own life was endangered as a wanted criminal for the murder of Peter Pettigrew. He still risked himself to keep Harry protected even against the odds.

@Dr.MonicaNaik 20 күн бұрын

@@Girl4Music If saving a sister against whole world which basically means a great bunch of people probably got killed ( I really hope they didn't) can be considered as Selfish hero ( which u stated ) ... Why can't saving a whole world at cost of a boy (mind you , harry would eventually get back to life & Dumbledore knew it ) can't be Heroic !?? And also it wasn't even for his selfish reasons. Dumbledore didn't gain anything from this , infact he died trying to end it . That's pretty much HEROIC if you ask me . Sirius & Dumbledore are complete conditions. Sirius was already miserable for 12 yrs with no hope , losing everyone he loved , everything he had ! He pretty gave up on his life in Azkaban. I think his only source of light /love was Harry . So when he found out his life was at stake ... He did everything to save only thing worthy left in his life . Whereas Dumbledore had whole school with students, staff & even Minister of magic often relied on Dumbledore. Everyone pretty much believed in him . Not to mention Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldermort ever feared according to everyone. These things actually give a lot more pressure on oneself than we can imagine. Living upto this & still protecting & fighting against evil . That's lot to take in ! So he had to do what he did . I am not saying He is like Purest man or something but he definitely was a HERO with few Grey characterizations !

@Sebastian-lw5qb 20 күн бұрын

Dumbledore is not a villain. He's a man trapped in a very difficult situation and forced to make difficult choices. In the end, he made choices that assured both Harry's survival as well as the saving of the world. And don't forget that Harry would have been Voldemort's number 1 target anyway, because of the prophecy. Harry would never have a peaceful life as long as Voldemort was around, and this is not Dumbledore's fault. "Neither can live, while the other survives."

@Girl4Music 19 күн бұрын

@@Sebastian-lw5qb you say they’re difficult choices and they are for a man like him, sure. But at the end of the day Harry was still bred for slaughter. What if he didn’t survive? There was a possibility that he may not have. Then what?

@RFGfotografie 15 күн бұрын

The movies were so good.

@shanustheanus 17 күн бұрын

Bellatrix is my number one 😊

@RFGfotografie 15 күн бұрын

I do not believe Severus Snape isn't evul.

@GaryNac 16 күн бұрын

Compared to the other villians or antagonist Rita Skeeter is more so annoying and a nuisance then anything else.

@dannyjorde2677 19 күн бұрын

Bellatrix was 100 times worse than Umbridge. Yeah, it's fun to hate Umbridge, but let's be a bit objective.

@Sebastian-lw5qb 19 күн бұрын

If this were about the morally "worst" villains, Snape wouldn't win. Also, Umbridge is morally not better than Bellatrix, just at least in book 5 somewhat bound by the government rules she pretends to represent. By Book 7, she basically commits genocide. She's also a more original character than Bellatrix.