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The Hogwarts groundskeeper. He's almost twice the size of a normal man and as a third-year Hogwarts student, he was expelled from school for a crime he didn't commit. Because Harry and Ron were able to clear his name last year, Hagrid is promoted to the Care of Magical Creatures professor this year. Hagrid himself is thrilled at this turn of events, though his thoughts on animals make his curriculum trying for his students: he assigns a textbook that bites, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione know that Hagrid's idea of which animals are cute or cuddly is skewed (in previous years he befriended giant spiders and adopted a baby dragon). His first lesson concerns hippogriffs and though the lesson starts out well, a hippogriff named Buckbeak hurts Malfoy when Malfoy doesn't follow directions. This damages Hagrid's confidence and the class spends most of the rest of the year learning to care for flobberworms, boring creatures that don't need much attention. Despite this lack of confidence, Hagrid is extremely protective of Harry and insists that the trio not break rules to come visit him like they've made a habit of doing in years past. Hermione spends a lot of time with Hagrid as she helps him prepare for Buckbeak's trials, which go poorly for Hagrid--in addition to being a poor public speaker to begin with, the system is rigged and, as he tells the trio, the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures "has it in for interesting creatures." However, Hermione's visits do prompt Hagrid to sit Harry and Ron down to talk to them about how they treat her and to suggest that friends should matter more than objects or pets.
Rubeus Hagrid Quotes in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban quotes below are all either spoken by Rubeus Hagrid or refer to Rubeus Hagrid. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Six
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"We're witnesses," said Harry. "You said hippogriffs attack if you insult them. It's Malfoy's problem that he wasn't listening. We'll tell Dumbledore what really happened."
"Yeah, don't worry, Hagrid, we'll back you up," said Ron.
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Chapter Eleven
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"But you were innocent!" said Hermione.
Hagrid snorted.
"Think that matters to them? They don' care. Long as they've got a couple o' hundred humans stuck there with 'em, so they can leech all the happiness out of 'em, they don' give a damn who's guilty an' who's not."
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Chapter Fourteen
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"I'm not blamin' yeh!" said Hagrid, waving Harry's apology aside. "Gawd knows yeh've had enough ter be gettin' on with. I've seen yeh practicin' Quidditch ev'ry hour o' the day an' night--but I gotta tell yeh, I thought you two'd value yer friend more'n broomsticks or rats. Tha's all."
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Chapter Fifteen
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"Malfoy's dad's frightened the Committee into it," said Hermione, wiping her eyes. "You know what he's like. They're a bunch of doddery old fools, and they were scared. There'll be an appeal, though, there always is. Only I can't see any hope....Nothing will have changed."
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Rubeus Hagrid Quotes in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban quotes below are all either spoken by Rubeus Hagrid or refer to Rubeus Hagrid. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Six
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"We're witnesses," said Harry. "You said hippogriffs attack if you insult them. It's Malfoy's problem that he wasn't listening. We'll tell Dumbledore what really happened."
"Yeah, don't worry, Hagrid, we'll back you up," said Ron.
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Chapter Eleven
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"But you were innocent!" said Hermione.
Hagrid snorted.
"Think that matters to them? They don' care. Long as they've got a couple o' hundred humans stuck there with 'em, so they can leech all the happiness out of 'em, they don' give a damn who's guilty an' who's not."
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Chapter Fourteen
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"I'm not blamin' yeh!" said Hagrid, waving Harry's apology aside. "Gawd knows yeh've had enough ter be gettin' on with. I've seen yeh practicin' Quidditch ev'ry hour o' the day an' night--but I gotta tell yeh, I thought you two'd value yer friend more'n broomsticks or rats. Tha's all."
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Chapter Fifteen
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"Malfoy's dad's frightened the Committee into it," said Hermione, wiping her eyes. "You know what he's like. They're a bunch of doddery old fools, and they were scared. There'll be an appeal, though, there always is. Only I can't see any hope....Nothing will have changed."
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