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* ''[[Anansi Boys]]'' has this as a plot point. Despite having lost weight and his American accent, "Fat Charlie" is still known as the fat loser kid thanks to his father nicknaming him. Heck, his brother Spider steals his fiancee without any remorse.

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''

** Alastor Moody has a reputation for being extremely paranoid, owing to his career of hunting down Death Eaters and taking them in alive if he could. Professor Karkaroff, one of the former Death Eaters that he captured, references more than one incident where "Mad-Eye" Moody's paranoia backfired on him. {{spoiler|It also allows Barty Crouch Jr. to hide any OOC moments and hatred of the Death Eaters that escaped Azkaban while posing as Professor Moody.}}

** Draco makes the mistake of trying to hex Harry in front of Professor Moody. Mad-Eye turns him into a ferret and bounces Draco with magic, until Professor McGonagall intervenes. People start mocking Draco for the incident; even Hermione, who was worried that Draco could have been hurt, trolls him when he tries to mock her about her teeth (which he enlarged with magic).

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'': It takes Harry an entire year to shake off the allegations that he is lying about Lord Voldemort's return. Even Seamus Finnegan, a longtime roommate who has always been civil with Harry, mentions offhand that his mum doesn't believe the story, which starts their one and only fight. {{spoiler|Ironically, when people finally believe him, he doesn't care because Sirius died fighting Bellatrix and Harry doesn't know how to cope with the loss.}}

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''

** Thanks to his inaction and attempts to slander Harry and Dumbledore, complete with overstepping his authority as Minister of Magic, Fudge is forced to resign in disgrace. He tries joking with the Muggle Prime Minister that it's the only time he's seen the Wizarding World united against a common enemy-- him. And because of him enabling Umbridge's reign of terror at Hogwarts, which involved torturing children and creating a private army, Dumbledore told him to fuck off when Fudge asked for him and Harry to put in a good word to save his job.

** Harry never lets the new minister, Rufus Scrimgoeur, off the hook for arresting Stan Shunpike on trumped-up charges.