Like most archetypical villains, Voldemort's arrogance leads to his downfall.
Voldemort makes his debut in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
In the distant past, Harry and Voldemort share a common bloodline.
IGN listed Voldemort as their seventh favourite Harry Potter character,
calling him"truly frightening.
Rowling described Voldemort as"the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years.
In this scene Voldemort is played by Richard Bremmer,
though his face is never seen.
Dumbledore also said that Voldemort was probably the most brilliant student Hogwarts has ever seen.
Most of these new rules were
suspended when Harry Potter proved that Voldemort had truly returned.
In 2004, though, Rowling said that she did not base Voldemort on any real person.
Rowling establishes in the books that Voldemort is magically connected to Harry via Harry's forehead scar.
It turns out that in the far distant past, Harry and Voldemort share a common bloodline.
Following Voldemort's defeat during the Battle of Hogwarts,
McGonagall was reinstated as Headmistress- for good this time.
Given all his allergies, if Voldemort wanted to take down Potter,
he should have tried chunky peanut butter.
Umbridge is definitely the most hated villain in the Potterverse- Voldemort couldn't hold a candle to her sadism.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
Albus Dumbledore reveals to Harry that the diary was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
When Harry willingly walks into Voldemort's camp in the Forbidden Forest, Voldemort strikes him down with the Elder Wand.
In 2006, Rowling told an interviewer that Voldemort at his core has a human fear: the fear of death.
A heavy locket that"none of them could open"[HP5];
later turns out to be Slytherin's locket, also one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
It's also touching that she's one of the few
people(at least initially) to believe Harry when he says Voldemort is back.
Before Harry was born, there was a prophecy made about
the boy who would be able to bring down Lord Voldemort.
All of Voldemort's deliberately created Horcruxes were made
using objects that had been important to him or that held some sentimental value.
The torture took place after the fall of Voldemort, and the four Death Eaters responsible were trying to locate their master.
Harry questions whether this type of learning will help young wizards and
witches if they ever come across the dark lord, Voldemort.
Although Snape tried to teach Harry how to block his mind from Voldemort using Occlumemency,
our great hero pretty much flunked those lessons.
When Voldemort attempts to kill Harry his ability to speak
Parseltongue is passed to Harry through the small bit of the former's soul.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort is initially only heard, possessing the scratchy, weak voice heard in the first film.
Although Professor Snape tried to teach Harry how to block his mind from Voldemort using Occlumemency,
our great hero pretty much flunked those lessons.
It's a bit like these
Hollywood movies that depict the bad guys- Voldemort or Sauron or Darth Vader- as ugly and mean and cruel.
Rowling also said that the difference between Harry and Voldemort is that Harry accepts mortality,
and thus Harry is in the end stronger than his nemesis.
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort's manifestation is as a face on the back of Quirrell's head,
an effect achieved by computer generated imagery.