Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Scabbers
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| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Character | |
| Scabbers | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Patchy grey |
| Eye color | Black |
| Related Family | unknown |
| Loyalty | Self, Ron Weasley |
Contents |
[edit] Overview
Scabbers is Ron's pet rat.
[edit] Role in the Books
[edit] Philosopher's Stone
Ron has accepted Scabbers as a pet because he needs something... but is not happy about having "Percy's old rat" – he had been hoping for an owl. Apart from once attacking Goyle in the Hogwarts Express, and having Ron attempt to magically turn him yellow, Scabbers spends most of the book sleeping.
Apparently Scabbers has ruined a few bedsheets, as it is mentioned that Dean makes a banner out of one of them.
When Harry returns to the dormitory after his third and final night in front of the Mirror of Erised, he mentions that he has to push Scabbers off his pillow before he can get to sleep.
[edit] Chamber of Secrets
Scabbers is referred to a few times in this book, but has no particular rôle.
[edit] Prisoner of Azkaban
Ron several times expresses concern about Scabbers' apparent deterioration. Early in the book, Hermione buys a cat, Crookshanks, who immediately takes a dislike to Scabbers. Ron, noting that Scabbers has been off colour and is beginning to lose his fur, says that Crookshanks' repeated attacks are what is making Scabbers look so bad; Harry recalls that Ron had been worried about Scabbers already when they went into the pet store where Hermione had bought Scabbers. Crookshanks' repeated attacks on Scabbers apparently result in Scabbers being eaten; this results in a rift between Hermione and Ron that is only mended when Scabbers is found in Hagrid's milk jug.
Returning to the school, Scabbers seems frantic, trying to escape from Ron. When he does escape, Ron has to break away from the group, and eventually catches him. When he does so, however, he is under the branches of the Whomping Willow. A large black dog, who has been following Harry around, then dashes in under the branches and pulls Ron, and Scabbers, into a hole under the roots of the tree, in the process breaking his leg. Shortly after that, as the result of the events in the Shrieking Shack, and very much to Ron's surprise and dismay, Scabbers is revealed as being an Animagus named Peter Pettigrew. Peter escapes captivity and returns to serve his master, Lord Voldemort.
[edit] Weaknesses
[edit] Relationships with Other Characters
Percy Weasley got Scabbers as a pet, however, it was most of the time Ron that takes care of it. In the first two books, Scabbers seems quite loyal to Ron, but nobody ever imagined that it was in fact an animagus. The Weasley family had Scabbers as a pet for 12 years, which is quite long for a rat's life.
[edit] Analysis
[edit] Questions
- How did Percy Weasley get Scabbers as a pet?
