38 Facts About Hogwarts staff

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Hogwarts staff tends to favour almost sadistically harsh punishments, and gleefully allies himself with Umbridge when she prescribes such punishments on students.

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Hogwarts staff has an obsessive dislike of mud, animate toys, and all other things that might interfere with his desire for an immaculately clean and orderly Hogwarts.

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Hogwarts staff is portrayed as having a constant antagonism towards Peeves the poltergeist and often tells Dumbledore that Peeves should be thrown out of Hogwarts.

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book, when the school starts preparing itself for the Battle of Hogwarts staff, Filch is seen yelling that students are out of bed.

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Hogwarts staff is later seen overseeing the evacuation of younger students.

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Hogwarts staff has been known to follow Hagrid everywhere he goes in the school, apparently under Filch's orders.

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Hogwarts staff is one of the teachers who cast spells to guard the Philosopher's Stone by putting charms on a hundred keys so they can fly, making it difficult to find the key to the door leading to the next chamber.

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Hogwarts staff teaches the front doors to recognise a picture of Sirius after his second break-in in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and to instantly lock down if he tries to break in.

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Hogwarts staff helps patrol the perimeter of the maze for the third task of the Triwizard Tournament held in Harry's fourth year.

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Hogwarts staff eventually removes most of the swamp that is created within the school by Fred and George in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, though he previously leaves the swamp untouched to annoy Umbridge.

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Hogwarts staff does however choose to leave a small patch of it behind, because he thinks it is "a good bit of magic" and a tribute to the Weasley twins.

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Hogwarts staff is unpopular with most of the staff, particularly Snape.

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13.

Hogwarts staff is greatly admired by many others, particularly women who find him attractive.

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14.

Hogwarts staff still enjoys signing autographs and continues to receive fan mail, although he has no idea why.

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Hogwarts staff is loyal, highly skilled, non-inquisitive and tight-lipped about her patients, and very strict regarding the rules of her infirmary.

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16.

Hogwarts staff speaks approvingly of Lupin's prescription of chocolate to alleviate the effects of a dementor's presence on students, commenting that Hogwarts has "finally got a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher who knows his remedies".

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Hogwarts staff took possession of Quirrell's body, which caused his face to appear on the back of Quirrell's bald head.

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Hogwarts staff is one of the first Slytherin characters to defy the house's stereotype and being portrayed in a somewhat positive light: while he is self-serving and not above bending rules, he lacks the near-amorality and underhandedness that had, until that point, been a hallmark of the house.

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Hogwarts staff does not resent blood status in general, and admits a pleasurable surprise when he comes upon a talented Muggle-born, such as Hermione or, years before, Harry's mother Lily Potter, one of his all-time favourite pupils.

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20.

Hogwarts staff is described as a dumpy little witch with flyaway grey hair who wears a patched, frayed hat and shabby robes, often covered in dirt due to the time she spends tending plants in the Hogwarts greenhouses.

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21.

Hogwarts staff is responsible for raising the Mandrakes to full maturity, at which point their juice is used to revive the petrified victims of the basilisk.

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22.

Hogwarts staff is the great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated Seer, Cassandra Trelawney, and has inherited some of her ancestor's talent.

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23.

Hogwarts staff speaks in a whispy voice and wears thick glasses, which cause her eyes to appear greatly magnified.

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24.

Hogwarts staff's odd classroom in the North Tower of Hogwarts is a cross between "someone's attic and an old-fashioned tea shop"; it can only be reached by climbing to the top of the stairs and then up a ladder through a trapdoor set in the ceiling.

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25.

Hogwarts staff uses one of these crystal balls to defend an injured Lavender against an attack by Fenrir Greyback.

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26.

Hogwarts staff is the only person besides Dumbledore and Fred and George Weasley who can exert any control over the poltergeist Peeves; Peeves is terrified of him for some unknown reason, referring to him as "Your Bloodiness" and "Mr Baron".

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27.

Hogwarts staff has thus haunted Hogwarts ever since, wearing his ghostly chains as a form of penance.

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28.

Hogwarts staff is a jolly man and very forgiving, frequently suggesting that Peeves be given another chance, or forgiven for any mishaps.

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29.

Hogwarts staff informs Harry that she stole the Diadem of Ravenclaw from her mother, in an attempt to become smarter than her, and then went into hiding in Albania.

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30.

Hogwarts staff appears briefly in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when Harry asks Nick to bring him to the Grey Lady.

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31.

Hogwarts staff was founded a millennium ago by "four of the greatest witches and wizards of the age": Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.

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Hogwarts staff was good friends with Salazar Slytherin but they had conflicting ideas as Salazar believed no muggle-borns should be accepted into Hogwarts.

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33.

Hogwarts staff's known relics are a goblin-made sword adorned with rubies known as "The Sword of Gryffindor" and the Sorting Hat.

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Hogwarts staff was the most accepting of allowing Muggle-borns into the school.

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35.

Hogwarts staff was a good friend of Rowena Ravenclaw; their friendship is used to emphasise the failed friendship between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin.

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36.

Hogwarts staff selected his students according to cunning, ambition, and blood purity.

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37.

Hogwarts staff describes the founding of the school and the schism which developed between Slytherin and the other founders, and he mentions that the castle was founded far from Muggles because, at that time, common people feared magic and persecuted suspected wizards and witches.

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Hogwarts staff buried the wand outside the school grounds, and within a year, an unknown species of snakewood tree grew from the burial spot.

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