Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing whether or not Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew was the only student ever to be sorted into Gryffindor who became a dark wizard.

If you're a fan of the Harry Potter series, you're likely familiar with Rubeus Hagrid's infamous line, "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin." Spoken to a young, eleven-year-old Harry within the first 100 pages of The Philosopher's Stone, these words tremendously impacted how most of us - Harry included! - viewed the House of Slytherin and its tendency to churn out dark witches and wizards. And yet, as the series unfolded, and the wizarding world has continued to expand well after the release of The Deathly Hallows in 2007, we've learned that not ALL dark witches and wizards are sorted into Slytherin. In fact, there have been some incredibly famous GOOD witches and wizards, like Merlin, who were Slytherin students at Hogwarts - as well as some incredibly BAD ones who were in other houses. For example, we discover that the despicable Death Eater Barty Crouch Junior - who tortured, captured, impersonated and killed many a witch and wizard in the name of Lord Voldeomort - was likely a Ravenclaw student. As was Professor Quirinus Quirrell, who went off in search of Voldemort to try and obtain his past power only to end up being possessed by the Dark Lord to do his bidding. And, then, of course, there's Peter Pettigrew - the once Marauder and former best mate of James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, and GRYFFINDOR alumni.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we'll be discussing Ron Weasley and all of the reasons he was seemingly magically STUNTED as a child.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the rise and fall of Ranrok, leader of the infamous Goblin Rebellion in the late 1800s.

As those of you who have played the *fairly* newly released video game, Hogwarts Legacy, will know, Ranrok was a goblin who lived in the 19th century and led a rebellion against all of wizardkind. With the support of his fellow goblins - a rebel group who went by the name of Ranrok's Loyalists, Ranrok made history in his attempt to overthrow and dominate wizardkind. But where exactly did Ranrok and his intense hatred of witches and wizards come from? What pushed him to lead a rebellion - a rebellion that inevitably failed?

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing a list of four major things that magic simply CANNOT do.

As any witch or wizard will tell you - especially the ones who were Muggle-born - magic can do A LOT of things. It can make tidying up your home or flat a rather quick and easy task. It can literally knock the wand out of another person's hand or make things levitate off the ground. It can create fire from thin air, make people look like other people, or appear invisible. It can even cause instant death. In fact, the list of what magic CAN do often seems rather endless. But there are actually a many number of things that magic CANNOT do - of which we'll be covering four in today's video.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing everything we know about Harry's life BEFORE he discovered he was a wizard and became a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

It all began on July 31 in the year 1980 when Harry James Potter was born to Lily and James Potter in Godric's Hollow. Lily Potter, formerly Lily Evans, was a Muggle-born witch who grew up in the English town of Cokeworth with her parents and sister, Petunia. Harry's father, James, on the other hand, was a wealthy pure-blood wizard and the only son of two rather elderly parents, both of whom came from well-established magical families.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the history of the all-wizarding village of Hogsmeade.

Located in the Scottish Highlands near the unplottable castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hogsmeade Village is presumed to have been founded around the same time as the neighbouring school, putting its establishment around the 10th or 11th century. As such, Hogsmeade Village has been in existence for centuries and was originally founded by a Medieval English wizard who went by the name Hengist of Woodcroft. Many have noted that Hogsmeade is the only all-wizarding village in the entirety of Britain, which legend has it was done intentionally by Hengist of Woodcroft in an effort to help protect witches and wizards from Muggle persecution, which was, of course, incredibly common during the Middle Ages.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're going to be discussing the announcement of a whole new Wizarding World experience.

The magic of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is growing! Universal Orlando Resort revealed incredible updates last week on their new theme park, Universal Epic Universe.

The new addition will include aspects of the Wizarding World like 1920s wizarding Paris and the British Ministry of Magic.

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing whether or not Gringotts is the ONLY wizarding bank in the ENTIRE world.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank is one of the very first magical locales that Harry Potter gets to experience upon discovering that he is a young wizard. Alongside Rubeus Hagrid, Harry enters Diagon Alley, a street in London that's magically hidden behind a brick wall and that leads to a wizarding community that - in hindsight - might be one of the most popular magical locations in all the world. At first Harry is taken aback by all the sights - magical creatures and devices he never thought were real, all laid out before his very eyes.

From there, alongside Harry, we learn more and more about Gringotts - which, as it turns out, is the only wizarding bank in Great Britain. Founded by a goblin named Gringott in 1474, the bank is therefore owned and operated by goblins to this day. It's strongly fortified by magic and - as Harry discovers many years later - dragons, which is why its vaults are where the majority of wizards and witches choose to keep their valuables and monetary estates.

But is it possible that Gringotts is the only wizarding bank in existence? Surely, there are other magical financial institutions somewhere else in Europe, the Americas, or far east?

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be taking a look at ALL of the KNOWN languages of magical beasts and creatures within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, from A to Z.

Sadly, there are actually no magical languages that start with A...B...C...D...or even E. In fact, the first "language" that we'll be taking a look at isn't even really a language at all...

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. In this video we're going to be discussing what is arguably the most important date in Harry Potter lore as a whole- and that is the day that Lord Voldemort travelled to Godric's Hollow to murder the Potters. I'm covering this video today in commemoration of the day that it happened, 39 years and 1 day ago. Most of you probably know why Voldemort travelled there on that fateful night- to kill baby Harry- but what some of you might not entirely understand is why it HAD to be done. Why did he HAVE to kill the Potters? Wasn't he the all powerful dark lord with legions of followers? What immediate threat did this family pose to him?

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