Harry Potter/Characters/Ministry of Magic: Difference between revisions

* [[I Reject Your Reality]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: Frequent attention is paid to his green bowler hat.

* [[Our Presidents Are Different|Our Ministers Are Different]]: Starts off as Minister Buffoon and Minister Focus Group, but becomes Minister Corrupt/Scheming.

* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: He's definitely there by the fifth book, though Hagrid's remarks about him in the first book suggest that he was never a particularly effective leader. Even before he [[Took a Level in Jerkass|takes his level in jerkass]], he is willing to send Hagrid to Azkaban on the mere ''suspicion'' of having opened the Chamber of Secrets just so that the Ministry appears to be taking action, and considering the nature of Azkaban, that's not a very nice thing to do.

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: The beginning of the Sixth Book reveals that, thanks to his discovery that Voldemort has in fact returned, Fudge resigned in disgrace, and introduces the Prime Minister of Britain (Muggle Britain) to his successor.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: A pretty major character for 5 of the 7 books, we hear nothing at all of him in Book 7, even though Voldemort's coup of the Ministry would undeniably have affected him one way or another, since he still worked there.

 

== '''Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Senior (Roger Lloyd-Pack)''' ==

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Unlike the Death Eaters, she can summon a Patronus, and unlike the heroes, she is not the least bit impaired by [[Soul Jar|Slytherin's Locket]], thanks to the fact that what she considers "happy thoughts" are pretty much the exact opposite. To say nothing of her [[Glurge Addict]] status.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Dolores means "sorrows" or "pains," Umbridge = umbrage (outrage)

* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: Umbridge doesn't care who runs the Ministry so long as she gets to keep her job, though one rather gets the impression that she enjoys enforcing the most ruthless laws more than anything.

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]

* [[Straw Hypocrite]]: She teaches the students that the Unforgivable Curses are illegal and [[Captain Obvious|unforgivable]]. The Cruciatus Curse appears to be one of her favorite spells.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Surrounded by centaurs aiming arrows at you... and you ''still'' insult them for being ''"[[Fantastic Racism|filthy half-breeds]]"''?? Dumbledore ends up having to personally bail her out of that one - and she's not even grateful for it in the slightest!

* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: Good God, almighty.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Tends to go in to one of these every time her plans get derailed.

* [[Class Representative]]: Prefects are basically the British equivalent of this trope.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: After the third movie, his only appearances consist of non-speaking cameos in ''Phoenix'' and ''Hallows, Part 2''. Unless you watch the backgrounds, you wouldn't even notice he's there and is apparently still going through his book plotline, albeit almost entirely off-screen.

* [[The Dutiful Son]]: Originally.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: In ''Goblet of Fire'', it's briefly mentioned that Percy is envious of the more relaxed and familiar relationship Harry had with Cornelius Fudge. Until Fudge and the Ministry tried turning Harry and Dumbledore into pariahs.

* [[No Sense of Humor]]: In the words of Ron, "Percy wouldn't recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby's tea cozy." [[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Eventually]] subverted by way of an [[Out-of-Character Moment]]. While he attacks Pius Thicknesse in the Battle of Hogwarts, he says "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Hello, Minister! Did I mention I'm resigning?]]"

** Which is [[Lampshaded]] by Fred immediately after. {{spoiler|Who is then [[Tear Jerker|tragically]] killed a second later by Death Eaters.}}

* [[The Quisling]]

* [[Running Gag]]: Half of Fred and George's teasing came from the fact that Percy would never shut up about being a prefect, or Head Boy, or his work for Mr. Crouch at the Ministry.

* [[Creepy Monotone]]: Speaks like this in the films, presumably because of the Imperius Curse.

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Adaptation]]}}: {{spoiler|Voldemort takes his anger out on the poor guy in the last film}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Pius" is Latin and means, among other things, "devoted to order." Pius was also the name of several popes, one of whom created the Inquisition, not to mention Pius XII and his behavior during [[WW 2]]. "Thicknesse" sounds like "thickness" and can be broken into "thick nesse" (thick tongue) referring to his speaking abilities.

* [[Mind Control]]: Victim thereof.

* [[Badass]]: Amelia Bones was considered to be one of the greatest witches of her time. She was a highly skilled duellist and was able to hold her own against Lord Voldemort himself, when the Dark Lord arrived to murder her

* [[Badass Baritone]]: A rare variation where it’s a female. Her voice is described as “booming”

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]