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* [[Malicious Slander]]: Her specialty.

* [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself]]

* [[Paparazzi]]

* [[Twisting the Words]]: Rita writes only what she cares for what would make the most popular story, and so half her work is twisting the facts and words to fit her often slanderous version. [[Blatant Lies|The other half is flat-out lying]].

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: While most of his time in the library was an attempt to get close to Hermione, he apparently does like books on his own.

* [[Bald of Awesome|Crewcut of Awesome]]: In the film.

* [[Famous-Named Foreigner]]: Krum was a famous Bulgarian king who ruled in the 9th century.

* [[Husky Russkie]]: Well, a burly Bulgarian, to be precise.

* [[Foil]]: To Snape, who also gave up being a Death Eater, but for very different reasons.

* [[Jerkass]]: Is blatantly biased torwards his own school as a judge in the Triwizard Tournament, treats most of his students like crap and is a cowardly turncoat to boot.

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]}}: His main purpose.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]

* [[Ho Yay]]: Canonical, intentional [[Ho Yay]] by [[Word of God]], but Rowling also stated later that this was one-sided on Dumbledore's part and that Grindelwald had only been using his affections to his advantage.

* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Dumbledore loved him to the point where [[Love Makes You Evil|it turned him to support the Dark Arts]], whereas Grindelwald was in love with pure-blood supremacy.

* [[Poisonous Friend]]

* [[Predecessor Villain]]: To Voldemort.

* [[Teen Genius]]

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her father.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Being abandoned by Tom Riddle, Sr.

* [[Expy]]: Of Mayella from ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]''.

* [[Rape Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Subverted. Even if her actions concerning Tom Riddle, Sr. are never ''called'' rape, they still aren't treated as okay.

* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: She did this to Tom Riddle, Sr. once both her father and brother were locked away in Azkaban and she had an opportunity.

* [[Teen Pregnancy]]: She married Tom Riddle, Sr. at the age of eighteen and died giving birth to their child at the age of nineteen.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: An indirect version. She was subjected to a barrage of emotional, verbal, and physical abuse by her father and brother. She escaped the house where she had lived such a horrible life by tricking Tom Riddle, Sr. into marrying her and doing the nasty with her enough times to give birth to Wizard Hitler.

 

== Walburga Black ==

The Crouch family house-elf. She is extremely loyal to Barty Crouch, Sr. and [[Happiness in Slavery|very happy with her lot in life]]. For years, she cared for Crouch's imprisoned son, but she was freed as punishment for failing to keep him under control at the Quidditch World Cup. Winky eventually came to work at Hogwarts, where she was very unhappy and constantly worried about how her master was getting on without her. Remaining loyal to Crouch, Sr. even after he had sacked her, she refused to divulge any of his dark secrets.

 

* [[Foil]]: To Dobby, who was happy to be freed.

* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: She believes in the house-elves being enslaved, much to Hermione's annoyance.

* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Mrs. Figg.

* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Two throwaway characters in "The Prince's Tale" are only referred to as "Avery" and "Mulciber".

* [[Not So Different]]: At some point in the series, nearly ''every'' main character has been shown to share at least one very distinct trait with a character who initially seems to be their polar opposite.

* [[The Ophelia]]: Poor, poor Ariana...