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** His ''entire plan'' in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. Here's the problem: You need the blood of your enemy to restore your physical body. So you decide to convince Barty Crouch Jr. to kidnap "Mad Eye" Moody, brew a year's supply of Polyjuice potions, have Crouch infiltrate Hogwarts disguised as Moody, teach the Defense Against Dark Arts class for a year (giving Harry and his friends some ''very'' useful info about combating black magic), manipulate the Goblet to compel Harry to compete in the Tri Wizard Tournament, push Harry in the right direction during said Tournament, and finally, turn the trophy into a port key that delivers Harry into your clutches. Well, it works, but wouldn't it have been a lot easier to just enchant his toothbrush or something? In the end, Voldemort's whole plan seems to be a whole lot of unnecessary effort and cost for something that, on the surface, he could have done easier.
*** Not to mention, if he really needed blood of an enemy, the dead body of poor Cedric was right there, but Voldemort was so hung up with his obsession with Harry to consider that option. In fact, the only folks who didn’t qualify were the Death Eaters. Even Pettigrew (you know, the guy who thought spending three years as a rat was a valid plan?) thought this was a bad idea.
** There’s also his complete inability to use subtlety in his assaults on Potter. Despite what Dumbledore would have you believe, Hogwarts’ security, [[Swiss Cheese Security| to be blunt, stinks]]. A 12-foot-tall mountain troll manages to get as far as the dorms in the first book before the staff even realizes its there (requiring the [[Power Trio]] to take it down), Sirus Black (a fugitive convicted of murder who had just broken out of jail) was able to sneak in, vandalize the fat lady’s painting and get away before anyone noticed, Rita Skeeter spied on numerous staff and students in order to write her slanderous stories, and Peter Pettigrew spent ''three years'' in the students’ dorms disguised as a rat before anyone noticed. Had Voldemort actually tried to sneak in himself after Goblet of Fire (or had one of his minions do it) possibly using a Polyjuice potion to disguise himself as Ron, Hermione, or for that matter, anyone Harry trusted, it would have been all over. But each and every time he confronted Harry, he had to make a big show out of it, giving Harry the chance to escape or fight back.
** A point often brought up by fans is how big part of defeating Voldemort lay in finding and destroying his Horacruxes, but it seemed he made them WAY too easy to find. Why not sink one in the middle of the Pacific Ocean or bury another in Antarctica? It isn't hard to imagine that Godric Gryffindor himself would be challenged if he had to find them ''there''.
** Another missed opportunity, [[Magically-Binding Contract| the Unbreakable Bond]]. This spell places two wizards into an agreement that will ''kill'' one of them should he break it, and it seems surprisingly easy to cast. Fred and George nearly made one with Ron when they were just kids, so it’s absurd to think Voldemort couldn’t have used it to prevent his own minions (including Snape, Karkaroff, and the Malfoy family) to prevent desertion and/or betrayal, but he seemed content on using the Black Mark, which in the long run, did little to ensure loyalty.
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