Hermione Granger

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Hermione sat on a bench in the Great Hall. She has a book open on her lap and is smiling.

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Why you should never cross Hermione Granger

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## She was unnervingly smart
First things first, we couldn’t talk about Hermione without mentioning that big old brain of hers. Quite frankly, if you’re not intimidated by her intelligence, you should be. This is a witch who successfully brewed [Polyjuice Potion](/fact-file/plants-and-potions/polyjuice-potion) in her second year, figured out what was lurking in the Chamber of Secrets, got a hundred and twelve per cent on her Charms exams and came up with the idea for [Dumbledore’s Army](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/dumbledores-army). She could accomplish anything if she put her mind to it and demonstrated that repeatedly. If we’re truly honest both Harry and Ron would not have survived without Hermione’s mind. You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of someone with brainpower like that… as several people soon learnt when they ended up there.


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## She defeated the slippery Rita Skeeter
[Rita Skeeter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rita-skeeter) with her Quick-Quotes Quill and her nasty little articles caused quite the kerfuffle in *Goblet of Fire* – whether that was revealing Hagrid was a half-giant or falsely insinuating that romance was blossoming between Harry and Hermione. No matter how many people she hurt, she always seemed to get away with her poison penmanship… until Hermione decided to put a stop to it. Turns out Rita Skeeter was an unregistered Animagus and could transform into a beetle. Who was the person to figure that out? Hermione of course. She caught Rita Skeeter hiding in the hospital wing at Hogwarts and kept her in a jar with an Unbreakable Charm on it until the end of the school term – when the [Hogwarts Express](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/hogwarts-express) arrived back in London. She even managed to make Rita promise to keep her quill to herself for an entire year. For an adult to be willing to bow to the demands of a teenager shows just how impressive and daunting Hermione really was. We also enjoyed the fact that the next time Rita wrote anything, it was at Hermione’s, let’s say… request.


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## There was that time she attacked a teacher
In her third year at Hogwarts, Hermione attacked a teacher. Yes, you heard us right. Rule-abiding bookworm [Hermione Granger](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/hermione-granger) attacked one of her teachers when she deemed it necessary. In *Prisoner of Azkaban*, when Harry, Ron and Hermione met Sirius Black for the first time, Professor Snape happened to get in their way. When Hermione tried to suggest that Snape should allow Lupin and Sirius to explain themselves, he refused. Well, that just wouldn’t do. Hermione, along with Harry and Ron, [disarmed](/fact-file/spells/the-disarming-charm) the Potions professor and the collective force of their spells rendered him unconscious. We’re guessing that wouldn’t have been in Snape’s top five favourite memories.


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## Hermione might just hex you…
It wasn’t just teachers that ended up on the wrong end of a spell courtesy of Hermione – several of her fellow students did too. There was Marietta Edgecombe whose face was covered in disgusting purple pustules spelling the word SNEAK when she betrayed Dumbledore’s Army to [Professor Umbridge](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/dolores-umbridge). There was Cormac McLaggen who she [Confunded](/fact-file/spells/the-confundus-charm) to help give Ron the edge in Quidditch try-outs. Speaking of Ron, there was the time Hermione sent a flock of little golden birds to attack him in a moment of anger. Knowing all this, we reckon you would be nothing short of a fool to do something to annoy Hermione because one way or another you will always get your comeuppance. 

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## She doesn’t even need magic to be a little terrifying
Yes, Hermione might be a whiz when it comes to spellwork and a dab hand at brewing potions, but when it comes to standing up for her friends this witch doesn’t even need magic to be a formidable foe – just ask [Draco Malfoy’s ](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/draco-malfoy)face. When he insulted Hagrid, he felt the full force of Hermione’s wrath…


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‘Look at him blubber!’
Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle had been standing just inside the castle doors, listening.
‘Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic?’ said Malfoy. ‘And he’s supposed to be our teacher!’
Harry and Ron both made furious moves towards Malfoy, but Hermione got there first – SMACK!
She had slapped Malfoy around the face with all the strength she could muster. Malfoy staggered. Harry, Ron, Crabbe and Goyle stood flabbergasted as Hermione raised her hand again.
‘Don’t you dare call Hagrid pathetic, you foul – you evil –’

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He should have just kept his nasty opinions to himself.


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So, there you have it. This is one witch who was as fierce as she was smart – we bet everyone who dared to cross her soon regretted it… we know we would.

The chapter that made us fall in love with... Hermione Granger 

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While Harry may have been the one with his name on the book series, it was actually the enduring strength, talent and smarts of Hermione that saved the day on oh-so-many occasions.

Where do we begin? Solving the mysteries of the Chamber of Secrets while Petrified? Working into the early hours of the morning trying to help Harry figure out how to defeat a giant dragon? Withstanding torture from Bellatrix Lestrange, and endless prejudice for being Muggle-born? Modifying her parents’ memories so they forgot who she was, in order to protect them? Being a tower of strength for Harry when Ron got the jitters during their Horcrux camping trip, even though she was exhausted herself? In every book, [Hermione goes above and beyond](/features/why-harry-and-ron-would-never-have-got-so-far-without-hermione) – but the chapter we have picked to celebrate Hermione’s prowess happened rather early on, and involves a Hippogriff, a Patronus and a Time-Turner.

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## Hermione’s Secret 

In *Prisoner of Azkaban*, Hermione spent the vast majority of her third year hidden behind a fort of books. Yep, give Hermione the choice to take on extra lessons and she will take on all of them. While it was compulsory for third-year Hogwarts students to take on some extra lessons, Hermione somehow filled her timetable beyond the point of logic, much to Ron’s continued bewilderment.

> ‘But look,’ said Ron, laughing, ‘see this morning? Nine o’clock, Divination. And underneath, nine o’clock, Muggle Studies. And –’ Ron leant closer to the timetable, disbelieving, ‘look – underneath that, Arithmancy, nine o’clock. I mean, I know you’re good, Hermione, but no one’s that good. How’re you supposed to be in three classes at once?’ 
> *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* 

Towards the end of *Prisoner of Azkaban*, Hermione revealed to Harry just how she managed to go to three classes at once. Yes, Ron, Hermione was that good; so good that Professor McGonagall had persuaded the Ministry of Magic to give her a Time-Turner. 

It was the combination of Hermione’s endless cleverness and this Time-Turner that ended up saving two lives in *Prisoner of Azkaban*. In fact, if Hermione hadn’t been so enthusiastic about learning everything, she would have never had a Time-Turner in the first place. This proved incredibly useful when Albus Dumbledore furtively suggested taking Harry back a few hours in time after a particularly dreadful day of revelations – the execution of Buckbeak, the reveal of Scabbers being Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black not being a murderer but still being caught by Dementors. Thankfully, Harry and Hermione got the chance to put things right.

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Once Harry had got over the immense confusion of the Time-Turner experience, Hermione used intensely fast thinking to figure out how to save both Sirius and Buckbeak, all the while not bumping into her past self, and getting back to the hospital wing without anyone noticing. Only Hermione, at this point only in her third year, could have managed such a feat. 

## Why it matters 

> ‘OK, side with Ron, I knew you would!’ she said shrilly. ‘First the Firebolt, now Scabbers, everything’s my fault, isn’t it! Just leave me alone, Harry, I’ve got a lot of work to do!’ 
> *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* 

Grasping the intricacies of time travel aside, let’s not forget that Hermione had a miserable time in her third year. After adopting lovely Crookshanks (who turned out to be just as smart as Hermione, actually), Hermione was repeatedly chastised by Ron for her cat’s interest in Scabbers, leading to many fall-outs and many tears.

When Harry got a mysterious Firebolt sent to him, Hermione was the only one to suggest that it might have been given to him by Sirius Black. It made sense: at this point in the story, the Azkaban convict was known to be after him. 

However, all Harry and Ron were worried about was the broom being taken away from Harry by Professor McGonagall while it was checked for curses. As it turned out, Hermione wasn’t at all wrong about Sirius’s involvement. If you ask us, Harry and Ron should have made Hermione a massive ‘Sorry’ cake at the very least.

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On top of all that, Hermione’s ambitions led her to be uncomfortably overwhelmed with work, needing actual time travel to make ends meet. This workload and the tension with Ron led to her being mostly isolated all year. In fact, Hermione got so wound up in *Prisoner of Azkaban* she even ended up punching Malfoy – another chapter that made us fall head over heels in love with her, obviously. 

Hermione and Harry’s Time-Turner adventure was the perfect moment that summed up how Hermione applied her studies and logic to real life. Remember, she figured out Lupin was a werewolf well before anyone else this year too, on top of all the stress, arguments and school work. 

Hermione worked impossibly hard, and then applied that Hogwarts knowledge to situations that could save lives. Without Hermione, Harry would have lost Sirius before he even properly got to know him, and Buckbeak would’ve never taken flight again.

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Harry and Hermione watch Sirius fly away on Buckbeak.

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And this was all before the days of Voldemort’s ascent, when Hermione achieved near-impossible things. However, before all that, this shining moment in *Prisoner of Azkaban* foreshadowed Hermione’s greatness to come: as a scholar, a lifesaver, and a damn good friend.

Oh, and for good measure, she passed all her third-year exams too.

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How Hermione Granger made me realise you shouldn’t hide your intelligence

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As a kid, I was a bit of a… okay, a massive geek. While I am in no way saying my level of intellect is close to Hermione’s, or that I was the cleverest person in my year group at school, I loved to learn and threw myself into every experience, just like Hermione would. I always did my homework, raised my hand in lessons, joined the debate team, got to the national finals of a children’s literature quiz and even won a prize for making the most effort in all of my classes. Very reminiscent of Hermione collecting up Gryffindor house points! 

To begin with I didn’t feel ashamed – I adored trying new things and broadening my horizons. However, as I grew up, I started to realise it wasn’t cool to be so enthusiastic. The social side of school was rather difficult, and like Hermione, I didn’t have the easiest time making friends. When reading the Harry Potter books, I could always empathise with the way she managed to get on the wrong side of her peers – including those closest to her. After all, it was Ron that called her ‘a nightmare’ with no friends back in *Philosopher’s Stone*. To be honest, I am pretty sure similar words were said about me.

It wasn’t just my classmates that found me to be annoying, it was also some of my teachers. There was one that suggested at a parents’ evening that it might be a good idea if I just put my hand up less. That was a devastating blow to my confidence. Not only did it seem like my peers thought I was too much, now my teachers did too. Every time I re-read the moment where Snape called Hermione an ‘insufferable know-it-all', I felt it deeply. It transported me right back to that humiliating time where I felt that I had to make myself smaller and hide a big part of my personality.

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Nevertheless, despite connecting with the tougher elements of Hermione’s experience while at school, I could always turn to the stories and to her character for comfort. It was great to find a character that had similar difficulties to me, but it was even better to find one which I could draw strength and inspiration from. I admired the way she handled those situations – and especially the way she kept going. 

Hermione kept on learning as much as she possibly could and had confidence in her abilities. She never allowed the people who called her a know-it-all or exasperating to stop her. From the moment she burst into Harry and Ron’s train carriage on the Hogwarts Express, she was unapologetically herself. In fact, if she had allowed the nastiness of others to influence her, then the wizarding world would probably have been a very different place. 

There were so many times that Hermione was the hero of the story and came to the rescue. In her very first year at Hogwarts, she was the one that figured out the mystery of Nicolas Flamel. In her second, she solved the puzzle of the Basilisk – long before Harry and Ron. In her third, she was allowed to use incredibly complex magic to travel in time so she could cram in more studying. Hermione was the one who really helped Harry get ready for the Triwizard Tournament. The formation of Dumbledore’s Army was her idea. And out of the golden trio, she was the one that managed to be the most prepared for the Horcrux hunt. What makes her more brilliant, is that these are merely a handful of examples of the fantastic things she did – they barely scratch the surface. If Hermione had let the critics get to her and squashed her talents, where would Harry and Ron have got to?

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That’s not to say Hermione always brushed everything off easily – she still showed vulnerability which only made her seem more relatable. Sometimes the animosity she faced did get to her. The most memorable incident being when she hid in the girls’ bathroom in *Philosopher’s Stone*. As a child, that was often described as ‘sensitive’, that more human side of her was reassuring. She proved to me that it’s how you move forward from hurtful things that matter, there’s no shame or harm in admitting something has caused you pain, but nothing good comes from allowing anyone to keep you down for too long.

This attitude is something that I still try to mimic as an adult. No longer am I the kid who felt as though they needed to curb their personality to suit those around them. I fully embrace my nerdy side and I don’t care if people don’t appreciate that part of me. I still enjoy learning and I won’t pretend to be less intelligent to stroke the ego of others. Luckily, I have found that as I have grown up and moved on from the confines of school, people actually like that part of me – which I didn’t believe was possible as a teenager. 

I am also sure that I’m not the only one to take these lessons from this character. There will be plenty of other geeky folk that found it a struggle to find their place and fit in. Yet, Hermione will always be there to show that you should never be ashamed to embrace who you are. That is why the cleverest witch of her age continues to be my hero today.

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10 of Hermione Granger's funniest moments

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## When she waited nearly seven years to unleash the perfect comeback
They say revenge is a dish best served cold – and we reckon that applies to sassy comebacks too. It certainly did in this case. When Harry, Ron and Hermione went through the trapdoor in Philosopher’s Stone, they quickly found themselves having to deal with the deadly Devil’s Snare, which led to this classic Ron remark. 

>‘Devil’s Snare, Devil’s Snare ... What did Professor Sprout say? It likes the dark and the damp –’
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>‘So light a fire!’ Harry choked.
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>‘Yes – of course – but there’s no wood!’ Hermione cried, wringing her hands.
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>‘HAVE YOU GONE MAD?’ Ron bellowed. ‘ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?’
> *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone*

We reckon that comment stayed with Hermione. However, after biding her time for nearly seven years, it was her turn to unleash the perfect comeback – mirroring Ron’s jibe beautifully. How’s that for comic timing?

>‘How – how’re we going to get in?’ panted Ron. ‘I can – see the place – if we just had – Crookshanks again –’
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>‘Crookshanks?’ wheezed Hermione, bent double, clutching her chest. ‘Are you a wizard, or what?’
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>‘Oh – right – yeah –’
> *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*

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## The infamous teaspoon comment
Hermione and Ron spent quite a lot of their time bickering. While Ron often seemed to have the upper hand when it came to snarky and amusing comments, this is one moment in which Hermione was truly victorious. Comparing Ron’s emotional intelligence to that of a teaspoon was not only inspired but hilarious.

>A slightly stunned silence greeted the end of this speech, then Ron said, ‘One person can’t feel all that at once, they’d explode.’
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>‘Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have,’ said Hermione nastily, picking up her quill again.
> *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*

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## When she told Scrimgeour what she didn’t plan to do when she left school
While we all know that Hermione was the cleverest witch of her age, we still can’t help but marvel at how quickly she could come up with a witty retort. Especially when that cheeky comment was made to the Minister for Magic himself. When Rufus Scrimgeour came to talk to the trio about the will of Albus Dumbledore, he probably didn’t expect that three teenagers would dare to be quite so cheeky. But he was wrong – and came across Hermione at her sassy best.

>‘Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?’ asked Scrimgeour.
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>‘No I’m not,’ retorted Hermione. ‘I’m hoping to do some good in the world!’
> *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*

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## When she gave Crabbe and Goyle a pair of special chocolate cakes 
Hermione may not have been trying to be funny here, but it still made us cackle. The matter-of-fact way in which she discussed slipping Crabbe and Goyle a Sleeping Draught, coupled with Harry and Ron’s reaction, made this moment unexpectedly comical. We love when Hermione’s determination bordered on terrifying – and this was no exception.

>‘I’ve got it all worked out,’ she went on smoothly, ignoring Harry and Ron’s stupefied faces. She held up two plump chocolate cakes. ‘I’ve filled these with a simple Sleeping Draught. All you have to do is make sure Crabbe and Goyle find them. You know how greedy they are, they’re bound to eat them. Once they’re asleep, pull out a few of their hairs and hide them in a broom cupboard.’
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>Harry and Ron looked incredulously at each other.
> *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*

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## When Hermione Confunded McLaggen
This is another excellent example of Hermione’s rule breaking turning into something comical. We know she shouldn’t have Confunded Cormac McLaggen – but her reaction was everything. Her defensiveness, along with her annoyance at Harry’s amusement, made this one of our favourite funny Hermione moments.

>‘What?’ said Hermione defensively.
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>‘If you ask me,’ said Harry quietly, ‘McLaggen looks like he was Confunded. And he was standing right in front of where you were sitting.’
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>Hermione blushed.
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>‘Oh, all right then, I did it,’ she whispered. ‘But you should have heard the way he was talking about Ron and Ginny! Anyway, he’s got a nasty temper, you saw how he reacted when he didn’t get in – you wouldn’t have wanted someone like that on the team.’
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>‘No,’ said Harry. ‘No, I suppose that’s true. But wasn’t that dishonest, Hermione? I mean, you’re a prefect, aren’t you?’
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>‘Oh, be quiet,’ she snapped, as he smirked.
> *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*

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## When she had no time for Divination
Hermione and Divination were never going to be a match made in heaven. But her relationship with this subject was really quite amusing – especially her constant exasperation with Professor Trelawney. However, when Trelawney dared to call Hermione’s mind ‘hopelessly Mundane’, we knew it wouldn’t end well. But we didn’t expect that comment to lead to one of Hermione’s coolest and funniest moments. 

>‘Fine!’ said Hermione suddenly, getting up and cramming Unfogging the Future back into her bag. ‘Fine!’ she repeated, swinging the bag over her shoulder and almost knocking Ron off his chair. ‘I give up! I’m leaving!’
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>And to the whole class’s amazement, Hermione strode over to the trapdoor, kicked it open, and climbed down the ladder out of sight.
> *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*

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## When Fleur got on her nerves
Don’t get us wrong, Fleur is brilliant – but sometimes she could work on her tact. This would probably have been a good opportunity for her to do that. When Hermione was faced with a blackeye that wouldn’t budge, on the morning she was about to receive her O.W.L. results, the last thing she needed was Fleur’s input. However, it did give us another excellent Hermione retort.

>‘But it’s got to come off!’ squeaked Hermione. ‘I can’t go around looking like this for ever!’
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>‘You won’t, dear, we’ll find an antidote, don’t worry,’ said Mrs Weasley soothingly.
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>‘Bill told me ’ow Fred and George are very amusing!’ said Fleur, smiling serenely.
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>‘Yes, I can hardly breathe for laughing,’ snapped Hermione.
> *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*

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## When she reminded Malfoy of the ferret incident
We always enjoy when Malfoy gets taken down a peg or two and Hermione certainly did that here. We can imagine it was very humiliating for Malfoy to have been turned into a ferret by the fake Mad-Eye Moody – and it would have put him on edge. Hermione clearly recognised this and used that incident as the perfect comeback to Malfoy calling her a Mudblood (again). We love that she used humour to take the power away from Malfoy… and all it took was a carefully placed wave and a pointed dig about ferrets. 

>Harry and Ron both whipped around, but Hermione said loudly, waving to somebody over Malfoy’s shoulder, ‘Hello, Professor Moody!’
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>Malfoy went pale and jumped backwards, looking wildly around for Moody, but he was still up at the staff table, finishing his stew.
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>‘Twitchy little ferret, aren’t you, Malfoy?’ said Hermione scathingly, and she, Harry and Ron went up the marble staircase laughing heartily.
> *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*

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## When she didn’t have time for Harry feeling sorry for himself 
Hermione has a reputation for being a bit uptight. But as this moment goes to show that reputation is somewhat unfair. Not only does Hermione try to lighten the mood here but does so by making a joke. We also adore the fact that she has no time for Harry feeling sorry for himself. When he responds with sarcasm to her attempt at humour, she manages to get the upper hand, putting Harry in his place and being unexpectedly funny in the process. 

>‘How’re you feeling?’ asked Hermione.
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>‘Fine,’ said Harry stiffly.
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>‘Oh, don’t lie, Harry,’ she said impatiently. ‘Ron and Ginny say you’ve been hiding from everyone since you got back from St Mungo’s.’
>
>‘They do, do they?’ said Harry, glaring at Ron and Ginny. Ron looked down at his feet but Ginny seemed quite unabashed.
>
>‘Well, you have!’ she said. ‘And you won’t look at any of us!’ 
>
>‘It’s you lot who won’t look at me!’ said Harry angrily.
>
>‘Maybe you’re taking it in turns to look, and keep missing each other,’ suggested Hermione, the corners of her mouth twitching. 
>
>‘Very funny,’ snapped Harry, turning away.
>
>‘Oh, stop feeling all misunderstood,’ said Hermione sharply.
> *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*

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## When even the Minister for Magic is scared of her old Head of House
Hermione may have grown up to become Minister for Magic (and therefore one of the most powerful witches in Britain), but we love that she reverts right back to being a schoolkid in front of Professor McGonagall. The way in which she goes from confidently striding into McGonagall’s office to being threatened with detention is brilliant – and gave us a right old laugh. 

>Hermione
>What did I miss?
>
>Professor McGonagall (fierce)
>It is considered polite to knock when entering a room, Hermione Granger, maybe you missed that.
>
>Hermione (realises she’s over-stepped) 
>Ah.
>
>Professor McGonagall
>If I could also give a detention to you, Minister, I would. Keeping hold of a Time-Turner, of all the stupid things!
> *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child*

Imagine if you’d read the Harry Potter books from Hermione's perspective

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## Book 1: Hermione Granger and the adventures that nearly got her expelled
Hermione Granger is thrilled to discover that she is a witch and starts her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On the way there she meets two infuriating boys – one who even had dirt on his nose – but little does she know that they will become a big part of her story. 

Being a very studious sort of person, she excels at everything but does have some difficulty making friends. Nevertheless, those two infuriating boys (Harry and Ron) become two of her closest chums after an incident in the girls’ bathroom involving a troll, *Wingardium Leviosa*, and lying to a teacher (which was the most painful part of that experience). 

The three of them embark on numerous adventures that could get them killed, or worse, expelled. This ends up with them protecting the Philosopher’s Stone from one very Dark wizard. That adventure led Hermione to demonstrate her logical side (a puzzling potions puzzle), her ruthless side (using the full Body-Bind spell on Neville) and proved that she was the cleverest witch of her age. 

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## Book 2: Hermione Granger and the time she solved the mystery before anyone else
Hermione Granger is back and ready to start her second year at Hogwarts. Now with her two best friends at her side, she truly does feel at home in the wizarding world. 

However, the Chamber of Secrets is opened. With a monster attacking Muggle-borns, Hermione finds herself in grave danger. Though that doesn’t stop her from being proactive about the situation. To help find the heir of Slytherin, she successfully brews Polyjuice Potion, which is way beyond the level of an ordinary second-year (even if the hair she used for her dose wasn’t puuurrfect). 

She also solves the mystery of what the creature is before anyone else. When disaster strikes! Hermione is Petrified before she can inform Harry and Ron that there is a Basilisk attacking students and using the school’s plumbing to move around. She ends up in the hospital wing for weeks before they figure it out. Luckily, she has left them some clues. Harry and Ron are able to piece it together, defeat the Basilisk and Hermione is back and raring to go – despite her disappointment at the cancellation of the end-of-year exams.

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## Book 3: Hermione Granger and the year she did literally everything
Hermione’s third year at Hogwarts is set to be a very busy year for her. There’s an escaped murderer on the loose who appears to be after one her best friends. And there’s friction between her, Harry and Ron. Having bought the wonderful Crookshanks, she has to deal with Ron’s (unfair) hatred of her furry, ginger pet. And Harry is all snotty with her because she told Professor McGonagall about her legitimate concerns when a Firebolt arrived for him with no note.

Yet, that isn’t the only thing she has to contend with. As the brightest in her year, she has taken on more subjects than there are hours in the day. However, she is secretly entrusted a Time-Turner and so can be in two places at once.

She keeps it a secret from Harry and Ron for a long time. But after a particularly eventful night where she discovers Sirius Black is not a murderer, her half-cat half-Kneazle is an excellent judge of character, Scabbers is a man in disguise and her Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher transforms into a werewolf (though that was one secret she had already figured out), she has to tell Harry. 

The two of them use the Time-Turner to try and save Sirius’s soul. And with werewolves, Dementors and the laws of time to grapple with, they have an awful lot on their plate. But once again, the bright and plucky witch pulls through – saving the day.

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## Book 4: Hermione Granger and the time she impressed a professional Quidditch player
Hermione’s fourth year doesn’t seem to be any quieter than the previous three. With an exciting Quidditch World Cup Final, her best friend competing in the Triwizard Tournament, a new romance on the scene, her other best friend’s jealousy to deal with and the return of Voldemort – there’s always something going on. 

When Harry is selected as the fourth Triwizard champion, it brings a lot of upheaval. She finds herself in the middle between Ron and Harry who aren’t talking. She is the subject of many false and awful articles by the odious Rita Skeeter. She also has to try and help Harry figure out how he’s going to complete the tasks, which involves a lot of research. 

Those trips to the library do unlock a new relationship, as she gets to know Viktor Krum – the dashing Bulgarian Seeker and Triwizard champion. Krum invites Hermione to the Yule Ball, and she has a wonderful time right up until Ron ruins it for her. 

With romance, jealousy, dancing, death and studying – this year is one Hermione will never forget.

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Hermione and Krum dancing at the Yule Ball. Hermione is looking up at Krum and smiling.

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## Book 5: Hermione Granger and the year she created Dumbledore’s Army
Hermione Granger is a Prefect! And while this year may be overshadowed by the return of Voldemort, there are plenty of other things Hermione needs to focus on. Not only does she have the responsibility that comes with being a Prefect, but she has to sit her O.W.L. exams.

With her future on the line, this is not the year for Hermione to get a new and dreadful Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Unluckily for her, the saccharine and sinister Umbridge is installed at Hogwarts – and is hellbent on changing things for the worse.

A proactive person, Hermione decides that now is the time to take her education into her own hands and comes up with the idea for Dumbledore’s Army. Having persuaded Harry to teach a group of students, this ragtag bunch become quite a force to be reckoned with. 

And when Harry sends them all on a wild goose chase to the Department of Mysteries, she more than proves her worth. Even though she is severely injured, Sirius dies and it turns out to be one of Voldemort’s tricks, Hermione demonstrates that yet again she is someone you need on your team. 

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## Book 6: Hermione Granger and the year she wished people had listened to her
Hermione starts her sixth year at Hogwarts feeling (unnecessarily) disappointed with her O.W.L. results – Ten Outstandings and One Exceeds Expectations if you must know. Though she has little time to stay disappointed when there are plenty of other things she needs to focus on. 

With Harry suddenly excelling at Potions and outperforming her (unfairly), she needs to knuckle down. Although, when she finds out that he has been getting help in the form of notes written in an old copy of *Advanced Potion-Making*, by someone called the Half-Blood Prince, she is rightly sceptical. But despite her pleas – Harry just won’t listen to her. 

While the mystery of the Half-Blood Prince is a pressing concern, Hermione also has to deal with another important rite of passage – teenage heartbreak. The infuriating boy with the dirt on his nose has found his way into her heart, only to crush it as he takes up with Lavender Brown. Yet, an accidental poisoning helps to improve that situation remarkably.

And on top of everything else there is the revelation about the Horcruxes, the Death of Dumbledore by Snape’s hand (who turns out to be the Half-Blood Prince), Slug Club parties to attend and magic to be learnt. Hermione is in for one busy, frustrating and important year.

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## Book 7: Hermione Granger and the time she was the only one who had properly prepared for the Horcrux hunt
The hunt for the Horcruxes is well and truly on! Hermione may not be heading back to Hogwarts this year, but she is as prepared as she possibly can be for the mammoth task ahead. In fact, she is far more prepared than her companions Harry or Ron. With her trusty beaded bag full of all sorts of useful things, she is ready to find and destroy all those bits of Voldemort’s soul.

It won’t be plain sailing. As a Muggle-born she is very much at risk in Voldemort’s new regime. Not to mention the fact that she’s aiding and abetting Undesirable No. 1. There’s also all the danger that she will need to face. Whether it is breaking into the Ministry of Magic, being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange, or having her heart torn in two for a second time, when Ron decides to leave them.

And even with Ron’s return, she still must face the final Battle of Hogwarts. Though this is a moment where she finally manages to share a kiss with her favourite redhead and has a turn at destroying a Horcrux.

While the battle is incredibly tough, she manages to fight with the best of them – even when it looks like Harry is dead. Luckily, he isn’t, and Hermione can finally have her happy ending. She and Ron are together, with a family of their own, and she’s still the cleverest witch of her age.

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The importance of Hermione Granger

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By name, Harry Potter might be the de facto hero of the novels, but Hermione was just as much a hero in her own right. Clearly Harry (and Ron, and probably Neville, too) [would have died](/features/why-harry-and-ron-would-never-have-got-so-far-without-hermione) early into *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone* had Hermione Granger, Muggle-born daughter of dentists, not been in the picture. But it wasn’t just her actions that gave Hermione her great importance.

Hermione solidified herself as the nerd of the group from the very start. She was mildly disliked and a little irritating. She was a [know-it-all](/features/remember-how-annoying-harry-and-ron-used-to-find-hermione), yes, but what’s wrong with that? This know-it-all attitude was well-deserved. She had an intellect that surpassed everybody else’s; it was often mentioned and well-documented throughout the series. [She made us bookworms at home feel like we had a connection with her.](/features/how-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-teach-us-that-its-cool-to-be-smart) How daft Ron must have felt taking the mick out of her in their first Hogwarts year.

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In the beginning of *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone* Hermione didn’t make the best impression. She gave the boys what-for on the train and continued to not make herself particularly popular – she ended up crying in the girls’ bathroom, after all, because of something Ron had said. By the end of the book, however, she came to realise what was most important (more important, in fact, than potentially being expelled): her friends and her new home. You get the feeling that only then did she find her true place in the world; that she was lonely before she became friends with Harry and Ron, and this representation was so important throughout the novels. 

In *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Hermione proved her worth by solving the quandary of what was haunting Harry in the pipes. She managed to figure it out from only a handful of clues and thus saved her own life – and the lives of many others in the process. While she remained absent from most of the book after being Petrified by the Basilisk, her influence was still very much felt throughout, with Harry and Ron using her knowledge to save the day. They come to realise Hermione’s worth to them both as a problem-solver, but more prominently as their friend.

We all wish we could have been Hermione in her third year, able to afford ourselves more time. The Time-Turner gave Hermione and Harry the tools they needed in order to save both Sirius Black and Buckbeak from certain death. Not only did her smarts allow for their survival, but she also figured out that Lupin was a werewolf long before everybody else, and used this knowledge to save herself and Harry when they realised he was about to head into the woods.

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We also saw Hermione slap Draco Malfoy in ‘The Quidditch Final’, later replicated as a punch to the nose in the 2004 film adaptation. And if you say you weren’t cheering her on at least a little, you’re a fibber. Her heroism knows no bounds.

Fourth year was a time of great importance for Hermione Granger. Her appearance at the Yule Ball in particular, in her periwinkle-blue dress (pink in the films) changed the perceptions that many had about her, both in the books and out of them. Becoming Viktor Krum’s date was something of a curveball, as Harry and Ron didn’t even think to ask Hermione to the ball. That aside, Hermione spent most of her year fighting for S.P.E.W., and while very few people believed in her and her mission, it stood to reason that because of this it made for a good argument to get the house-elves on their side during the Battle of Hogwarts. She might have sometimes been a nagging, stuffy know-it-all, but without her so many elements wouldn’t have fallen into place.

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You can find a giant example of this during *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.* It was Hermione who founded Dumbledore’s Army, convincing Harry to train their peers to defend themselves when their schooling was inadequate. Hermione’s planning and foresight was what brought their friends the skills they required in their time of greatest need. Their practises – the badges for communication, using the Room of Requirement – became even more important as time moved forwards, and all of this was because Hermione started it. She might not have been the best fighter, but she was undoubtedly the head of the operation. 

She also chose to make one of the biggest sacrifices in the books: wiping her parents’ memories of her and sending them away so they were safe. The one thing Harry always wanted – a family – she selflessly gave up to help him save the world. It was to keep her mum and dad safe, yes, but she wouldn’t have known then if she would ever see them again. She might have been the greatest witch of her age, but, at heart, she was always the Muggle-born one – which means we can identify with her. Harry was the chosen one, special from the start, whereas Hermione was a hero of her own making.

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And this is what truly made Hermione Granger the most important character of the series: her relatability to so many readers. We identify with her. We might have even had the big bushy hair, or enjoyed hiding away in the library during our own school days. Hermione made learning cool, and seeing as school kids can sometimes have you believe otherwise, we were glad of Hermione for that. We didn’t know how to find ourselves, until Hermione showed us. We might not have been aware of it, but we learnt lessons from Hermione as we grew up. Lessons that said that it’s important to be outspoken and stubborn – it can win you even the most difficult situation. Her work ethic, her sheer willingness to do what she believed was right, is inspiring. In short, Hermione Granger was the real hero of the outfit.

Who would be your Hogwarts best friend? Harry, Ron or Hermione?

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Harry, Ron and Hermione all complement each other perfectly. While the trio may fit together like puzzle pieces, that is not say they don’t have their own distinct personalities. Where Harry wants to dive head-first into something, Hermione is there to ground him. When Hermione is wound up and tense, Ron is there to lighten the mood. But how do you choose which one would be your best friend? It feels almost impossible – but luckily for you, we have thought long and hard about who you would be your perfect pal based on your personality.

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## If you just like to have a laugh and worry about the bigger life moments later … then you’d be best friends with Ron

Are you somebody that is able to find light and laughter in any situation? Are you able to focus on the here and now rather than worrying about what may or may not happen in the future? Then Ron Weasley is the friend for you. 

Ron is a character that often brings welcome relief. His colourful language (Merlin’s most baggy Y-fronts anyone?) and witty one-liners could make anyone smile. Even after the Battle of Hogwarts, in which he lost Fred, he still managed to find a light moment. Who can forget his droll response to Peeve’s little ditty?

‘We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter’s the One,
And Voldy’s gone mouldy, so now let’s have fun!’

‘Really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn’t it?’ said Ron.

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Though he would have been feeling awful and grieving, Ron still found a tiny moment of humour to help slightly lift the mood. If you’re someone who also knows how to walk that fine line, then we imagine you two would get on like a house on fire. 

## If you are intelligent, driven and determined to always do your best… then you’d be best friends with Hermione

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Hermione Granger is certainly intelligent, but she doesn’t take it for granted and never rests on her laurels. She always worked hard to be the very best that she could be. Her drive was unapparelled – who else could have pretty much memorised all of their textbooks before they even started at Hogwarts? 

She also encouraged those around her to do their best too (even if a certain couple of wizards often complained about it). From drawing up revision timetables, to checking Harry and Ron’s homework, there is no doubt that she helped them to become better wizards. With her ability and determination, it’s really no surprise that she eventually ended up as Minister for Magic.

So, if you’re someone who doesn’t settle for mediocrity and is always striving to learn and do more, then Hermione would be your best friend. We reckon we would find the pair of you holed up in the library, discussing ideas and challenging each other to always be at the top of your game.

## If you are resilient and able to pick yourself back up when things are tough… then you’d be best friends with Harry

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Harry Potter is someone who has faced more than his fair share of obstacles and tragedy. The death of his parents, being brought up by the Dursleys, bearing the weight of being the chosen one and fighting Voldemort are just some of the things he has had to handle. All of that is enough to make anyone want to run away and hide. But not Harry. Every time he has been knocked down, he has got back up and fought even harder – and helped to make the wizarding world a better place. 

If you are someone who is determined to keep moving forward when things are tough, then we think Harry would be a fantastic friend for you. It takes a lot of strength to face hard situations or the unknown, but we can just imagine the two of you supporting and encouraging each other to be able to face anything that is thrown at you – and we’re sure you’d do it brilliantly.

Want to know more about your Wizarding World personality? [Find out which member of the Order of the Phoenix you are most like next!](https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/which-member-of-the-order-are-you-like)

Hermione Granger was the cleverest witch of her age and one of Harry Potter’s closest friends. A true Gryffindor, her combination of brains and bravery meant she played a vital role in defeating Lord Voldemort. But there is more to this Muggle-born than just books and cleverness. Don’t just take our word for it, see for yourself…

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