It is said that Dumbledores patronus is a Phoenix. If that's the case then his animagus form should also be a Phoenix.?.?... Would his possible Phoenix form have all the abilities of an actual Phoenix? Tears? Fire? Rebirth? Carry extremely heavy loads?
Sounds like you’re far away from the mic and I’d much prefer your beautiful voice as if you’re standing next to me whispering in my ear lol. It helps me sleep better lol.
Remember when ron tried to transform scabbards into a cup. I always thought it didn't work because of his hand-me-down wand, but maybe the transfiguration magic was much more difficult because scabbards was already transfigurated as an animagus.
@@Auron1Roxas2 I always thought the reason was because it was a hand-me-down. The wand chooses the wizard. But I agree that using a broken one probably wouldn't be good either 🤣
@@Auron1Roxas2 I do believe it is because Scabbers was animagus. The spell was for transforming a real rat to a cup, not for transforming an animagus rat to a cup. P.S: Also if you remember, Ron tried to turn Scabbers yellow in the first year while his wand was in proper working condition. The spell did not work.
@@Hari-kx2er Pretty sure it was the broken wand as it had a habit of messing up and even turning spells back on the caster. Also Ron got the spell from his brothers and it was obviously made up as they were messing with him.
The fact that there are 4 unregistered animagi just within narrative proximity to Harry demonstrates that the Ministry registry is woefully underreported.
@@SquashGuy02134 if you don't snitch on yourself then someone else might do it. And I would guess that the punishment for not registering is quite uncomfortable. So unless you are certain that you can successfully hide your skill, then it might be the better choice to register. Of course that also depends on the reasons why you learned that skill.
@@SquashGuy02134unregistered animagi were sent Azkaban. I don’t know about you but if it came down to registering or being sent to the Dementors; I’d register. Really all it registering would do is disallow you to commit crimes because the Ministry would know it was you. Registering was to ensure you didn’t misuse your ability.
@@Jehty_Hermoine actually does this to Rita Skeeter, to stop her from writing false narratives about Harry and to give Harry a chance to tell his side of the story. Had she refused Rita would be in Azkaban. For the record Rita was able to turn into a beetle and used this to infiltrate Hogwarts even though Dumbledore has her removed and trespassed.
Seems like some people don't properly read the books. James transformed into stag and Sirius to a large black dog in order to control the large werewolf form of Lupin. It is clearly mentioned in book 3. That was the practical reason right there. You can't control a werewolf if you transformed into rat or beetle or cat
@@Hari-kx2er being a stag or a dog is ofcourse useful in some scenarios but in real everyday life I can think of more scenarios where hiding, go un noticed would be more useful.
@@lucasholmberg5708 As long as you have another person to team up with, being a dog might even give you a headstart in most human settlements when it comes to moveability. Ofc if you don't, you're really better off as a rat. Unless you're in a place or country where stray dogs are a common and welcome sight. And of course it also depends on the kind of dog you are.
I like to think the fact there are so few known animagi is because, other than the highly difficult process to become one, at least 80% of animagi are unregistered as registering would defeat the whole reason they became an animagus...
Actually, in Hogwarts Mystery, game that many people don't pay a lot of attention to but it's actually semi-canon and it has a lot of interesting lore. Talbott Winger is an unregistered animagus whose parents died in the first wizarding war. He talks about how not being registered was the thing that saved his life, because if the Death Eaters had known he was an animagus, they would have easily found him and killed him. Especially in a context of war, being registered has nothing but disadvantages, You are an easy target, your disguise is useless.
I always wondered why Hermione didn't become an animagus. She was the best candidate. Best in all subjects and the danger wouldn't stop her. Luna also seemed like an animal archetype...If Molly Weasley was she was totally a bear.
@@NeverKissSomeFrog123and you seem to forget that unless the animagus transformation is a necessity such as the polyjuice potion in CoS then hermione wouldnt waste her time, especially that the years after hermione learns of animagi are years where voldemort is rising or is at power, there was simply no immediate need for an animagus form during the time of the books
I not certain that a wizard's choice of animagus is out of their control. Sirius told Harry that he and James became large animals to control Lupin better.
I noticed that under circumstances also your patronus can change....Maybe first change youre patronus to a big animal and than become an animagus. (And we know that Harry very young masterd the patronus charm..I suppose the same is true for the marauders.
@@DragonyCat Considering you need particular ingredients such as the shed skin of a boomslang (a species of snake endemic to sub-Saharan Africa), a lacewing in its imago state and a part of the person you plan to transform into among other things; along with the brewing process taking a month.
Yeah, plus the advantage of sneaking around unnoticed and fitting into small spaces or escaping effectively. Very useful when framing one's friend for mass murder, too. But if I knew one of my friends was a traitor, I probably would've guessed the rat 😄 The perfect plot twists of book three: the rat is a traitor, the black dog is Dogstar Black and Remus Wolfyflower is a werewolf. Who'd've thunk? Almost surprised McGonagall isn't called Kitty Silver or something. If JKR kept up the revealing names things in her detective novels, the characters would have names like Brutus Victimsson and I'd finally be able to guess who the murderer is.
I always thought - and this could easily be hindsight bias - that Minerva was a very fitting name for a cat or someone who owned a cat. But that's not enough to connect her and cats compared to the examples you gave.
Rowling hinted strongly at everyone's secret animagus forms. Dumbledore's animagus form: Fawkes. Madam Hooch's animagus form: Hawk. Snape's animagus form: Bat. Voldemort: Got stuck halfway when he tried to become a basilisk amimagus.
If Sirius or James had still been alive, I'm pretty certain they would have convinced and helped Harry in the process. Sirius wasn't around long enough to be able to. And it's likely Ron and Hermione would have joined in the process as well. Ron definitely, Hermione probably out of wanting to be sure they didn't do it wrong
_Order of the Phoenix_ does have Harry wish that he could be an animagus so that he could breathe underwater as a fish or frog, but his top Transfiguration feat in his entire school career is changing the color of one of his eyebrows. Maybe if Sirius had survived _Order of the Phoenix,_ Harry could have had a Transfiguration tutor who operated more at his wavelength than Hermione or McGonagal, but even then...
I agree, Dumbledore probably is one, he's just good at lots of stuff. For all we know, he might even be one of the 7 registered ones, he might've mastered the skill very young, being the prodigy that he was. If Peter and Rita can do it, it would be a piece of cake for Dumbledore.
Probably not. He was so powerful and had so many tricks up his sleeve I doubt he would see a benefit in it. He didn't covet Harry's Cloak because he could produce such a good invisible charm he didn't need it. He was, after all, the Transfiguration Professor for quite some time, on top of student and post educational accolades. May have saw himself above it early on.
For the record Peter turning into a rat was not seen as a bad thing. He was the only one who could safely hit the knot on the Whomping Willow so they could join Lupus when he changed.
This whole video can just be condensed down into “It’s really damn hard + you have to tell the entire Ministry of Magic that you’re one so you can’t necessarily hide”
I think from both the sorcerer's Stone movie and in the book itself that there is a possibility that Dumbledore is actually an animagus by which he transforms into an owl. I know everybody says he's probably going to be a phoenix but just like read the book in the first chapter and you'll see what I mean.
I agree the owl in the opening scene of philosophers stone owl is on private drive flies off and dumbledore appears. Also the platform he gives his speeches to his students behind is an owl. Hint hint.
@@victoria_m13 this was the beginning of JK Rowling's worked so she probably just changed her mind or it was something she just added for dramatic effect by having two owls and stuff coming in.
It’s amazing that James, Sirius and even Peter managed to do it when they were 15 years old. And yeah they were all unregistered. Rita Skeeter was unregistered too. So we already know of 4 more to add to that 7 on the list. I wonder if Remus could become an animagus too if he tried, but the poor guy would probably just turn into a wolf as well.
I feel that Dumbledore was an animagus,and his creature was an owl. In the opening of Sourcerers Stone, he was perched on a lampost. He flew away and then Dumbledore approached from the area where the owl had flown. Of course he wouldn't tell anyone.
I love this theory! I have watched all the original Harry Potter films more times than I can count and I NEVER noticed that the owl flew off to where Dumbledore appeared
Always wondered why she didn't have The Golden Trio try it. It would have been fun to see all the side effects of the process and Ron constantly having to start over. I thought Harry would have wanted to be like the Marauders in every way possible.
Great video and good ideas. I've been wondering this.....perhaps another video. Where did Molly's clock come from? Who made it? Why doesn't Dumbledore, who admired it, have one like it? My thoughts.....Molly is a much more powerful and creative witch than we are led to believe at first. After all, she's the one who beat Bellatrix. I think Molly was a very powerful witch, who simply chose to be a "domestic goddess", as she so loved Arthur. I think she created the clock herself to keep with her family and make sure they are safe. Think about it....most of her children are also quite powerful in their own ways...especially Ginny.
Molly making that clock doesn’t mean she is powerful. And ok she was able to kill Bellatrix but I think it had more to do with the fact of being a mother and being in a violent rage because she had already lost Fred
The family clock wasn't the only one she created-there was also one near the kitchen sink. Regarding the family clock, the second movie presented it with a slight inaccuracy: in the books, the 12 o'clock position has "mortal peril" and after Voldemort's return, she had to take it down as everyone's hands were stuck on "mortal peril". I was amused when in the movie it showed Ron, Fred and George as "Lost" before their hands moved to "Home".
Seeing as Barty 'Moody' was able to transform Draco into a ferret and then his own father into a bone. This makes me wonder if wizards aren't able to undergo transfiguration, could they at least get another witch or wizard to morph then into a particular animal and then change them back when they're done?
I remember reading somwhere that being transfigured into an animal includes the brain, and you don't retain your "human thinking" and free will if youre transfigured into an animal, whereas you do as an animagus.
I don’t think Rowling cared for that much detail, nor she was smart enough to make all these rules for a new universe (I don’t think anyone actually is). She just wanted to tell a story, and I am happy with it.
@@ashkanpower Very fair! But don't forget that plenty of people simply enjoy theorycrafting just as much, even if there was no real initial plan or purpose by the original writer themselves.
so being a phoenix-animagus is yet another way of becoming immortal, pretty interesting. I think becoming magical creatures when transforming is quite overpowered if I'm honest.
Tbh, i don't think that becoming an pheonix would make you immortal. Like we have seen that taken deadly damage would transform you back to your regular form. It is shown when Sirius Black takes a lot of damage when fighting with Remus Lupin and he becomes his regular self and lies by the lake.
But, they're regular animals. James, McGonagall, Sirius, Peter and Reeta all turn into normal animals. So, it might not work with magical animals. Also patroni and animagus form can be different.
I think dumbledore is just humble enough not to spam the transformation process, he has the highest competence that him not being animagi is just mere speculation
Now that I think of it, it makes sense that wizards with especially overgrown egos, obsessive secrecy and craving for personal power like Tom Riddle and Dumbledore would not have animagus forms. They would not be willing to relax and surrender to the shape change. Your listing of all the required steps to becoming an animagus makes it even clearer why the busiest, most controlling wizards would not bother.
If you take Hogwarts Legacy as canon (and I do) there's also Natsai Onai and her father, who could transform into a gazelle and a giraffe respectively. To me, this raises the question of whether your location in the world and exposure to certain animal species affects the pool of potential forms you might be able to transform into. The Marauders transformed into a stag, a rat and a dog, all things common to England and Europe as a whole. Skeeter could transform into a blue beetle, likely the blue mint beetle native to the UK (though there's also a blue milkweed beetle native to the US and Canada). The Onais were from Matabeleland, a region of Zimbabwe, and transformed into animals native to the African savannah. Perhaps this isn't coincidence.
That giraffe one I think brings up another potential danger to becoming an animagus... the location in which you choose to do it. Too small a space and you might get crushed or disfigured transforming into a large animal. Or just get claustrophobic, causing a fear response that cascades into the problems associated with that. Too open and you might get snagged by a predator if you transform into a small animal. Coupled with the recommendation that you should avoid doing this where others can see you, there's not a lot of options where it would even be safe to preform the first transformation.
@@PollexTheCat - There certainly would be additional risks to your first transformation. Especially if you don't intend to register. Not only would you need to keep it from muggle eyes, but wizard as well. I agree that not knowing the size would be an issue. Personally, I think the Law of Conservation of Mass should apply, but sometimes fantasy writers don't take RL physics into account.
@@PollexTheCat - Yeah, that's something that never set right with me. And Rita Skeeter shrinking into a beetle. With other animagi, you don't have to think too hard about it, since things like stags, dogs and gazelle can be roughly human-sized. When it comes to extremes like bugs, rats and giraffes, there's a strong sense of uncanny valley, knowing that shouldn't be possible, even with magic. All that unaccounted for mass had to go, or come from, somewhere...
Okay... But hear me out. What if this insanely specific process, for which there is no other similarly complex process for anything so straightforward, is actually a lie? What if the ministry of magic found out that all you had to do to become an animagus, was speak that incantation over and over until it finally works? What if they figured out the fact that mandrake leaves interfere with the process in some way, delaying it and preventing the process from completing as quickly? What if the potion that is created at the end is just a counter to the chemicals in the mandrake leaf, neutralizing it's effects in the body and allowing the first transformation? What if they were terrified of everyone being able to perfectly disguise themselves as animals, so they invented an elaborate process which prevented wizards who would otherwise have gone through with it from even attempting it? What if all the stories about danger were just ministry propoganda designed to scare people off?
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Phoenix rises from the ashes Dumbledore never became ashes so they would probably have to cremate him first then he could rise again. However maybe Dumbledore would have to be in his Phoenix form in order for him to come back like a Phoenix. So with him dying in his human form he died for real.
No. A Patronus can drive away Dementors and being an Animagus allows the Wizard or Witch to transform into that animal, but neither can make that Wizard or Witch immortal.
Imagine if someone refined the process of becoming an Animagus, making it not as difficult, not as risky, and perhaps even making it possible to choose your animal form! The Wizarding World is full of powerful, skilled, talented, and creative wizards and witches, and it's not out of the question for magical knowledge to expand, evolve, and experiment. I am aware that Transfiguration is regarded as one of, if not the most, difficult and complex of the magical arts, and yet it is perfectly possible for magical experimentation to yield new and improved magicks that can make wizards and witches even more powerful
@@Hari-kx2er In the fourth book, she created the Four Point Spell. Through the incantation, "Point me," the wand spins on your palm and points to the north, turning it into a compass. Apologies if I answered you twice, YT in its infinite stupidity deleted my initial answer.
@@helene4397 Exactly my point! Carrying a mandrake leaf in your mouth for at least month!? Getting up at the crack of dawn and speaking a certain spell and repeating at dusk every single night until a thunderstorm? Making sure your prepared formula is untouched by sunlight for at least a week? If a single step is skipped or done wrong you have to start over or else the results could be horrifying! Imagine combining the idea of an Animagus with the Polyjuice potion, where you require only a DNA sample (like hair) to turn into the desired form? If one could implement _that_ into the Animagus process somehow then one could _choose_ their animal form instead of it being something predetermined by their character and possibly being something they don't like Magic can evolve and grow and improve if one is determined enough to find a way
The interesting thing about Petronas and Animugs animal forms being based on personality (other than sometimes being different from each other) is that they can't change, even though personality often does change throught the course of a person's life. Heck, that's what a "character arch" is! A character's personality, worldview, and/or beliefs and values changing for better or for worse
Just a note: Talbott Winger is an eagle animagi but he is not a bald eagle (as pictured), he a golden eagle which as a Ravenclaw matches his house mascot. In the game Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery, Talbot's mother, who was a swan animagi (as mentioned in the video), helped Talbot become an animagi to protect him during the first wizarding war (I believe he was 8 years old at the time) . He was unregistered to keep him safe. His parents were killed by death eaters before Voldemort's fall at Godric's Hollow and his being an unregistered animagi helped him escape. He remains unregistered as he fears death eaters that got away will one day come after him but this might change as at the end of his 7th year he is planning on becoming an Auror. In the game Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery, the main character (MC) becomes friends with Talbot and is given the opportunity to become an animagi as well starting in your 3ed year at Hogwarts with his and another student's help. If you finish the quests in time you become an animagi but what you become is based on how you answer questions during the quest line. You become one of three different animals, a cat, a dog, or a golden eagle.
My character is also a (Golden) Eagle Animagus, though her feathers are light brown and light tan rather than Talbott Winger's rich golden brown feathers for his Animagus Form.
Why would you want to? You can't choose what you become, so for most people it will be very useless. Imagine Luna becomming an otter or something. If it's for stealth and you are Dumbledore or Voldemort why would you need to hide at the hight of your power. Or just use a invisibility spell. Albus actually mentioned that it's much more convenient for a powerful wizard than a cloak or spending a year to become some random animal. If it's for the animals abilities, then there's specialists spells or tools that are much more convenient, for example, brooms for flying or just teleporting, the water grass for underwater breathing, or incapacitate spells for werewolves instead of fighting in paw to paw combat. So if you are a busy magical genius why would you waste your time on a party trick when you could learn or develop much more useful skills with the limited time you have.
The animal form you get is random(?) cannot be changed and is an absolute pain in the ass to acquire, maybe Voldy/Dumbles etc know of some way to "preview" their animagus form and didn't consider it worth the trouble.
@@GeneralBomber Dungeons and Dragons (DnD), Is a role-playing game by TSR played with dice, (back before computers), and in a sense, it is a magical world with wizards, among other things. I would recommend doing a little bit of research before purchasing or playing, as there has been rare instances of psychosis, (impulsive character identification), some call 'possession'.
The truth that James, Sirius and yes even Peter went through such an arduous and harrowing process, at 15 no less, just to keep Lupin company during his transformations really shows how strong their friendship was. Makes Peter's betrayal even more disheartening.
Whoever was the first one to figure out the way to become an animagi must have been high on Felix Felicis for weeks! Those steps to make that potion just don't seem to be "guessable". Are there any canon explanations on that?
@@MountainFisher They didn't say anything about it being plausible. And even if they did, just because something is fantasy or fiction doesn't mean there aren't still in-universe rules to abide by, nor does it mean people can't enjoy speculating and theorizing about stuff. If you aren't one to speculate or theorize, scroll past comments like this. Let other people enjoy their theorizing. It's why the HP universe has stayed alive for such a long time. Don't be one of those people who feel the need to knock the wind out of other's sails just because you feel the need to be right.
I have a question that would maybe be a good idea for a theory video. If your animagus is a pheonix and you turn and then get killed while turned, do you die or are you immortal? And if the answer is immortal, how would that work? Would you be reborn from ash into a baby pheonix? And then, how would that work? Would your human mind be reduced to that of a baby? If yes, could you even turn back or would you be stuck as a pheonix forver? If you get stuck, would your memory return as you grow older as a bird or is that all gone along with your magical knowladge, because its a part of a life that has ended? ARE YOU JUST A REGULAR BIRD NOW WITH ALL OF YOUR HUMANITY REMOVED WHEN YOU DIED?
Just because it wasn’t written in the books that Dumbledore had used an animagus form doesn’t mean he hadn’t mastered it. Assuming he would have become a Phoenix due to this being his patronus animal, who’s to say that the Phoenix who came to rescue Harry in the chamber of secrets wasn’t Dumbledore himself. Harry might just have mistaken him for Fawkes. 🤷🏼♂️ Would be an interesting plot twist.
Something the movies highlighted was that some animagi where more skilled in the abikity than others. Sirius could transform at will and without wand. Wormtail needed a wand as having spent so long as a rat he wasnt much in practice.
Taking it for granted that magical creatures animagi are possible, I have a couple of questions about phoenix ones. Can they cheat death by transforming into a phoenix prior to their demise? if so, would they have to live the rest of their lives as phoenixes, or would their human bodies also be reborn?
JK very quickly scribbled over her notes regarding the Sorting Hat choosing your house based on your inherit traits at 11 years old but I’d like to see a justification as to why your animagus form can’t change as you grow or something. The wizarding world is just filled to the brim with a weird ideology that some people are just born bad, and should be feared and excluded because of it . Like if one of my friends animagus form was a leech or something seemingly undesirable I’d definitely be giving some hard side eyes.
About the transformation going wrong... I've always wondered if Rowling, in cannon, or some fan, in fanfic, would ever make Ware wolves and Maladictus major side effects of the transformation going wrong... The story of the first Warewolf or Maladictus could make for a great prequel series!
It makes sense for Dumbledore to be an animagus because he's said to have mastered all forms of magic, and McGonagall even implies in a conversation with him that he also at one point mastered Dark Arts or even the Unforgiveable Curses... As to why he wouldn't have registered, he likely didn't trust the Ministry, became an Animagus in order to "go rogue"/act without even the Ministry's knowledge if needed, or both...
Voldemort and Dumbledore could both be Animuguses and simply never revealed it, thats true... But I think not, I think simply that, at their level there simply wouldn't be an advantage to it. The advantages as I see it, to normal wizards and witches would be these 4 things. 1. The ability to hide/disappear from the ministry or others (Wormtail & Sirius does this) 2. The ability to spy (If animagus is something small like a bug) 3. The abillity to fly (if animagus is aerial) 4. The ability to fight (if animagus is powerful like fx a dragon or some other powerful creature) Dumbledore says in the books, that he doesnt need a cloak to be invisible, which makes 1& 2 useless for him Voldemort can fly as he does so in both book and movie, which takes care of 3 And it stands to reason that, if one can do something the other can aswell And both of them are more powerful with their wands than even a dragon, so turning in to a dragon would only weaken their fighting ability.
I don't know if anyone had a theory or something on that topic but i think it is quite interesting. what if an metamorphmagus becomes an animagus? are they capable of changing from an white to a black cat for example or can metamorphmagi just turn into animal ore someting like that
1. It is incredibly difficult. It took Peter, Peter and Sirius 3 years to understand how to change . 2. Creating the potion was incredibly taxing. You would have to start by holding a mandrake lead in your mouth for a full month (full moon to full moon) and then spit it into a vial, while being in full moon. It it was cloudy that night you would have to start over . That would have to be mixed with dew that hadn’t seen sunlight or touched by human feet, along with the chrysalis of a specific moth. Then the Wizard would have to recite an incantation at sunrise and sunset until an electrical storm. The final step would be during the storm the Wizard would have to find a large and secure place to recite the Incantation one last time and then drink the potion. 3.Any Animagi was required to register with the Ministry of Magic detailing which animal they could transform into and what exactly they would look like. Not only was being an animagi difficult, but it was also a collar around the neck. This is why most wizards didn’t even bother with making the potion.
Its kinda sad, that peter pettigrew was never shown as tallanted mage. If this is such a pinacle in Transfiguration (we can skip potions, because, only one master is needed for a group), he should be able to create himself a "hand" and not wait for Voldemort to replace it. And he should be stronger then most DEs at that. P.S. imagining your own figure is a quest...
Wizards are Int based casters, so not a whole lot of them had the requisite 13 Wis score needed to multiclass into druid. Especially when they get Polymorph at level 7 anyways.
Don't you also have to worry about what creature you turn into at whatever location you're at could possibly be hunting season for whatever you are that you have to watch out for as well
Too dangerous. One wrong move and even best magical doctors won't be able to return you back to normal, especially after her experience with polyjuice potion(she became catgirl, and could end up stuck as one, so she learnt first hand about dangers of improperly done transformation).
The info presented here is fundamentally correct...strictly for British wizarding society. Becoming an animagus is part of the curriculum in Ouagadou for instance (the Hogwarts equivalent on the African continent), and if what little information we have about them is anything to go by, the region in which you live apparently also influences your animal form to an extent, making lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, crocodile or hyena animagi much, much more commonplace in the various African nations than, say, finding red squirrels or house cats there. So, basically, "only seven animagi this century" comes with the caveats "in Britain" and "that registered". And, honestly, I appreciate this cultural difference, same as how wandless magic is a basic, expected ability for Ouagadou students (and other cultures), but is a show of advanced skill and ability for European wizards.
I always thought that some entrepreneurial potion and transfiguration master would have set up shop making the potion and guiding people through the ritual. Sound like a great way to make some good money.
Movie versions....other than using the ability to spy / be covert as an auror it isn't useful since many seem able to fly without a broom rather easily. Books only Voldemort and Snape can fly unaided so for them there is no use to being an animagi. Prior to anyone being able to fly unaided it could be useful as long as you turned into a bird. Even then, if you can perfect asperating then you can get somewhere faster than a bird so still not very useful. It is an sem interesting conversation starter at a party but otherwise it just is not very useful.
I’d give becoming an animagus a shot. One thing I would to make sure I followed all steps correctly is rewrite them in my own words. Reading something that I wrote myself makes it far easier to comprehend than if I was reading someone else’s writing. Also I would leave my phial in a place on Earth where lightning storms are the most prominent. Pottermore says my patronus is a white stallion and sure that’s pretty cool, but if my animal form is different I’m hoping it would be a: bengal tiger, falcon, dragon, dog, or a Great White shark if I were to become a sea creature.
PP became one so it couldn't be that difficult. It just seems unnecessary given other skills. You can be unseen, unheard, and unrecognized without becoming an animal. There is not much advantage. No one would let a cat spy on them in an important meeting. It is only unimportant things that you would allow yourself to be listened to by any creature. Have you ever tasted a mandrake leaf?
Dumbledore absolutely COULD become an animagus, but I suspect he had no interest in it. It is not so much about skill in his case, but time. He had the mind of a researcher and crusader..animagus was nothing new and nothing would be gained in the greater realms of magic. He would rather put his time into something that could change the world…not just become a cool animal.
Slughorn transfigured into a comfy arm chair, but was not an animagus. So we can assume that any person can go into an inanimate object, but animal maybe a step too far for some or is more complex in terms of time and effort.
2:03 if that's the case i think dumbledore could've been one of those rare individuals who can turn into phoenix. Which makes me wonder next thing. If witch/wizard could turn into a magical creature. Would it be only the form of the creature without it's magical abilities (like phoenix without healing tears or power of rebirth)?
My guess before watching the video: If you’re that powerful, you can transfigure yourself into any creature or human you want, so why bother with the arduous task of becoming an animagus and be limited to just one arbitrary creature? Hell, you won’t even need a polyjuice potion to impersonate someone else!
Didn't Snape turn himself into a bat and flee through a window when he and Prof McGonagall started dueling? If so...I don't think this was known until his transformation was seen by all; thus revealing himself as an unregistered Animagus?
The Ministry of Magic doesn't rule the whole magic world. There are likely animagi elsewhere in the world and most people probably wouldn't register being one because it defeats the purpose of hiding as an animal.
Yeah, but Dumbledore's patronus is a Fenix. If he were an animagus then his obsession with immortality, which lead him down his path would have no meaning as he can just transform into a fexing and be roborn from the ashes?
It would be interesting if there is a *wizard/witch with the animagus ability to transform into a multitude of creatures at-will* Think like Beast Boy from Teen Titans I coin the term: *Zoomagus*
The fact that Peter's animagus form is a rat really should have been a big ol' red flag to James. And James still chose him as secret keeper when he knew he was a rat. So stupid. (I say James because I don't know how much Lily knew of all their forms or if she was one herself).
the thought of Harry's paternal grandparents and their home popped into my head as I'm watching order of the phoenix. I mean is there any info on what happened to the house where Sirius went after he left his parents' house. Is it still in the Potter family? Who owns it if Harry doesn't?
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Very quiet for me on mobile even with volume at max,I could BARELY hear you.
Sounded perfect on my Amazon Fire HD10.
@Darth Severus it was slightly lower on my phone but could hear it fine though. Not saying you're lying just weird.
It is said that Dumbledores patronus is a Phoenix. If that's the case then his animagus form should also be a Phoenix.?.?... Would his possible Phoenix form have all the abilities of an actual Phoenix? Tears? Fire? Rebirth? Carry extremely heavy loads?
Sounds like you’re far away from the mic and I’d much prefer your beautiful voice as if you’re standing next to me whispering in my ear lol. It helps me sleep better lol.
Remember when ron tried to transform scabbards into a cup. I always thought it didn't work because of his hand-me-down wand, but maybe the transfiguration magic was much more difficult because scabbards was already transfigurated as an animagus.
Naw that's most definitely because of the wand, remember it was broken at the time.
@@Auron1Roxas2 I always thought the reason was because it was a hand-me-down. The wand chooses the wizard. But I agree that using a broken one probably wouldn't be good either 🤣
Doubt it, you can transfigure humans in Hogwarts legacy.
@@Auron1Roxas2 I do believe it is because Scabbers was animagus. The spell was for transforming a real rat to a cup, not for transforming an animagus rat to a cup.
P.S: Also if you remember, Ron tried to turn Scabbers yellow in the first year while his wand was in proper working condition. The spell did not work.
@@Hari-kx2er Pretty sure it was the broken wand as it had a habit of messing up and even turning spells back on the caster. Also Ron got the spell from his brothers and it was obviously made up as they were messing with him.
The fact that there are 4 unregistered animagi just within narrative proximity to Harry demonstrates that the Ministry registry is woefully underreported.
Agreed but to be fair that's only 2 instances - 1 group and 1 individual
why tf would you snitch on yourself, unless you're an aurer or a Hogwarts professor, it make no sense to tell them
@@SquashGuy02134 if you don't snitch on yourself then someone else might do it.
And I would guess that the punishment for not registering is quite uncomfortable.
So unless you are certain that you can successfully hide your skill, then it might be the better choice to register. Of course that also depends on the reasons why you learned that skill.
@@SquashGuy02134unregistered animagi were sent Azkaban.
I don’t know about you but if it came down to registering or being sent to the Dementors; I’d register.
Really all it registering would do is disallow you to commit crimes because the Ministry would know it was you. Registering was to ensure you didn’t misuse your ability.
@@Jehty_Hermoine actually does this to Rita Skeeter, to stop her from writing false narratives about Harry and to give Harry a chance to tell his side of the story.
Had she refused Rita would be in Azkaban.
For the record Rita was able to turn into a beetle and used this to infiltrate Hogwarts even though Dumbledore has her removed and trespassed.
I just laughed at the Pettigrow/potter thing,
Being a rat seems way more useful and practical than being a stag lmao
Indeed... and he turned out to be quite helpful to the gang, being the only one who could reach the switch on the Whomping Willow.
Seems like some people don't properly read the books. James transformed into stag and Sirius to a large black dog in order to control the large werewolf form of Lupin. It is clearly mentioned in book 3. That was the practical reason right there. You can't control a werewolf if you transformed into rat or beetle or cat
@@Hari-kx2er being a stag or a dog is ofcourse useful in some scenarios but in real everyday life I can think of more scenarios where hiding, go un noticed would be more useful.
@@lucasholmberg5708 As long as you have another person to team up with, being a dog might even give you a headstart in most human settlements when it comes to moveability. Ofc if you don't, you're really better off as a rat. Unless you're in a place or country where stray dogs are a common and welcome sight. And of course it also depends on the kind of dog you are.
@@Hari-kx2er that is correct the primary reason they became animagus was to spend time with Lupin.
I like to think the fact there are so few known animagi is because, other than the highly difficult process to become one, at least 80% of animagi are unregistered as registering would defeat the whole reason they became an animagus...
Actually, in Hogwarts Mystery, game that many people don't pay a lot of attention to but it's actually semi-canon and it has a lot of interesting lore.
Talbott Winger is an unregistered animagus whose parents died in the first wizarding war. He talks about how not being registered was the thing that saved his life, because if the Death Eaters had known he was an animagus, they would have easily found him and killed him. Especially in a context of war, being registered has nothing but disadvantages, You are an easy target, your disguise is useless.
@@PaolaLuna-lg2chyes. Avoiding registering might not be the reason to become one, but sure is much more useful.
I always wondered why Hermione didn't become an animagus. She was the best candidate. Best in all subjects and the danger wouldn't stop her. Luna also seemed like an animal archetype...If Molly Weasley was she was totally a bear.
You are aware of the process right? Hermoine is smart but shes not patient and you need alot of patience
I'm sure she did at some point.
@@homunculus7she brew Polyjuice potion for a month in chamber of secrets
@@NeverKissSomeFrog123and you seem to forget that unless the animagus transformation is a necessity such as the polyjuice potion in CoS then hermione wouldnt waste her time, especially that the years after hermione learns of animagi are years where voldemort is rising or is at power, there was simply no immediate need for an animagus form during the time of the books
Your patronus says your anymagus form
I not certain that a wizard's choice of animagus is out of their control. Sirius told Harry that he and James became large animals to control Lupin better.
I noticed that under circumstances also your patronus can change....Maybe first change youre patronus to a big animal and than become an animagus. (And we know that Harry very young masterd the patronus charm..I suppose the same is true for the marauders.
@@reiniernn9071 Perhaps, but the way it was worded indicated that James and Sirius had some choice in their animagus form.
@@LyleFrancisDelpYou cannot choose your animagus form, it can only turn into the animal that represents your personality and inner traits.
@@paulyb7267 Both of which are mutable depending on circumstances; but yes, once you succeed in the ritual, that animal form is stuck.
@@JamesDavy2009 Funny how Rita Skeeter's turned out as a beetle, rather than a mosquito.
the animagus process sounds like one of those 90s schoolyard rumours on how to catch Mew
I always assumed it was just too big of a pain. I’d do it, but it makes the polyjuice potion look easy to prepare
Compared, yes, very easy.
@@DragonyCat Considering you need particular ingredients such as the shed skin of a boomslang (a species of snake endemic to sub-Saharan Africa), a lacewing in its imago state and a part of the person you plan to transform into among other things; along with the brewing process taking a month.
@@JamesDavy2009 such a complex process, and yet so cool when you succeed.
This. It's a pain in the ass and has a huge margin for error. That's why more wizards don't bother.
Imagine someone having a microorganism animagus, and simply getting lost in unbelievably small spaces
Imagine becoming a microorganism and then someone uses hand sanitizer to clean the surface you're on and you instantly die
@@froyocrew good thing wizard cleaning is pretty much dusting and reorganizing
Rats are incredibly adaptive, intelligent and resourceful. They can pretty much live anywhere humans can.
Yeah, plus the advantage of sneaking around unnoticed and fitting into small spaces or escaping effectively. Very useful when framing one's friend for mass murder, too. But if I knew one of my friends was a traitor, I probably would've guessed the rat 😄 The perfect plot twists of book three: the rat is a traitor, the black dog is Dogstar Black and Remus Wolfyflower is a werewolf. Who'd've thunk? Almost surprised McGonagall isn't called Kitty Silver or something. If JKR kept up the revealing names things in her detective novels, the characters would have names like Brutus Victimsson and I'd finally be able to guess who the murderer is.
I always thought - and this could easily be hindsight bias - that Minerva was a very fitting name for a cat or someone who owned a cat. But that's not enough to connect her and cats compared to the examples you gave.
@@DragonyCat I agree, I named my kitten Minerva after McGonagall 😄
Plus, they can stowaway on ships much easier than humans can.
Rowling hinted strongly at everyone's secret animagus forms.
Dumbledore's animagus form: Fawkes.
Madam Hooch's animagus form: Hawk.
Snape's animagus form: Bat.
Voldemort: Got stuck halfway when he tried to become a basilisk amimagus.
LOLLLL 🤣🤣 VOLDEMORT SO GOT STUCK HALFWAY
Because Voldemort was bald, and one of the ingredients is a strand of the Animagus-in-the-Making's own hair.
@@thecajunphoenix XDDDDD
@@thecajunphoenix10/10 headcanon
Well, we see Fawkes and Dumbledore together at various times, so it's definitely not that.
If Sirius or James had still been alive, I'm pretty certain they would have convinced and helped Harry in the process. Sirius wasn't around long enough to be able to. And it's likely Ron and Hermione would have joined in the process as well. Ron definitely, Hermione probably out of wanting to be sure they didn't do it wrong
_Order of the Phoenix_ does have Harry wish that he could be an animagus so that he could breathe underwater as a fish or frog, but his top Transfiguration feat in his entire school career is changing the color of one of his eyebrows. Maybe if Sirius had survived _Order of the Phoenix,_ Harry could have had a Transfiguration tutor who operated more at his wavelength than Hermione or McGonagal, but even then...
I agree, Dumbledore probably is one, he's just good at lots of stuff. For all we know, he might even be one of the 7 registered ones, he might've mastered the skill very young, being the prodigy that he was. If Peter and Rita can do it, it would be a piece of cake for Dumbledore.
Probably not. He was so powerful and had so many tricks up his sleeve I doubt he would see a benefit in it. He didn't covet Harry's Cloak because he could produce such a good invisible charm he didn't need it. He was, after all, the Transfiguration Professor for quite some time, on top of student and post educational accolades. May have saw himself above it early on.
ONLY SEVEN??
Hermione would of spotted it, as she looked at the list and would of told Harry & Ron.
He mastered Parseltongue,Mermish and that odd language he speaks in Half-Blood Prince AND THATS FOR LANGUAGES so I also agree
@@tectamk.thorne7837 have*
For the record Peter turning into a rat was not seen as a bad thing.
He was the only one who could safely hit the knot on the Whomping Willow so they could join Lupus when he changed.
We can say it was much more of a blessing than a curse. Both for good and for bad, as it turned out.
This whole video can just be condensed down into “It’s really damn hard + you have to tell the entire Ministry of Magic that you’re one so you can’t necessarily hide”
Not to mention what can happen if an unregistered Animagus is captured by The Ministry of Magic.
I think from both the sorcerer's Stone movie and in the book itself that there is a possibility that Dumbledore is actually an animagus by which he transforms into an owl. I know everybody says he's probably going to be a phoenix but just like read the book in the first chapter and you'll see what I mean.
I was thinking the same. About him being an owl animagus, but for split second I considered an phoenix but neglected because they are reborn.
I agree the owl in the opening scene of philosophers stone owl is on private drive flies off and dumbledore appears. Also the platform he gives his speeches to his students behind is an owl. Hint hint.
interesting theory, i like it))) his patronus might have changed when dumbldore has been chosen by phoenix
@@victoria_m13 this was the beginning of JK Rowling's worked so she probably just changed her mind or it was something she just added for dramatic effect by having two owls and stuff coming in.
I doubt it because the Dumbledores are specially linked to Pheonixes
It’s amazing that James, Sirius and even Peter managed to do it when they were 15 years old. And yeah they were all unregistered. Rita Skeeter was unregistered too. So we already know of 4 more to add to that 7 on the list. I wonder if Remus could become an animagus too if he tried, but the poor guy would probably just turn into a wolf as well.
With Voldemort's war, the reason for wanting that secrecy of being an Animagi makes their reason to not tell the ministry all the more reasonable.
I feel that Dumbledore was an animagus,and his creature was an owl. In the opening of Sourcerers Stone, he was perched on a lampost. He flew away and then Dumbledore approached from the area where the owl had flown. Of course he wouldn't tell anyone.
I love this theory! I have watched all the original Harry Potter films more times than I can count and I NEVER noticed that the owl flew off to where Dumbledore appeared
Always wondered why she didn't have The Golden Trio try it. It would have been fun to see all the side effects of the process and Ron constantly having to start over. I thought Harry would have wanted to be like the Marauders in every way possible.
there's nothing to suggest that ron would mess it up if he were motivated to do it
Great video and good ideas.
I've been wondering this.....perhaps another video. Where did Molly's clock come from? Who made it? Why doesn't Dumbledore, who admired it, have one like it?
My thoughts.....Molly is a much more powerful and creative witch than we are led to believe at first. After all, she's the one who beat Bellatrix.
I think Molly was a very powerful witch, who simply chose to be a "domestic goddess", as she so loved Arthur. I think she created the clock herself
to keep with her family and make sure they are safe. Think about it....most of her children are also quite powerful in their own ways...especially Ginny.
Arthur definitely made that clock. Arthur is like SS tier item enchanter.
@@CarrotCakeMake I’m not so sure. I think Molly is the real power in the family.
Molly making that clock doesn’t mean she is powerful. And ok she was able to kill Bellatrix but I think it had more to do with the fact of being a mother and being in a violent rage because she had already lost Fred
@@Michael.Ch90 It means she is intuitive, creative, and powerfully magical. It's pretty much as innovative as Dumbledore's "Put Outer".
The family clock wasn't the only one she created-there was also one near the kitchen sink. Regarding the family clock, the second movie presented it with a slight inaccuracy: in the books, the 12 o'clock position has "mortal peril" and after Voldemort's return, she had to take it down as everyone's hands were stuck on "mortal peril". I was amused when in the movie it showed Ron, Fred and George as "Lost" before their hands moved to "Home".
Seeing as Barty 'Moody' was able to transform Draco into a ferret and then his own father into a bone. This makes me wonder if wizards aren't able to undergo transfiguration, could they at least get another witch or wizard to morph then into a particular animal and then change them back when they're done?
I remember reading somwhere that being transfigured into an animal includes the brain, and you don't retain your "human thinking" and free will if youre transfigured into an animal, whereas you do as an animagus.
@@lynnthomas8457 Hence "Moody's" answer being, "Technically it's a ferret."
I don’t think Rowling cared for that much detail, nor she was smart enough to make all these rules for a new universe (I don’t think anyone actually is). She just wanted to tell a story, and I am happy with it.
if you are transfigured by another witch.. you lose your thinking ability, youre literally an animal.. it is explained in the books
@@ashkanpower Very fair! But don't forget that plenty of people simply enjoy theorycrafting just as much, even if there was no real initial plan or purpose by the original writer themselves.
I'd like to imagine James turning into a stag and running Voldermort over, landing a few hits at him before getting killed.
I’m just imagining James goring voldy with his antlers and Voldemort already being near death when the curse backfired 🤣
so being a phoenix-animagus is yet another way of becoming immortal, pretty interesting. I think becoming magical creatures when transforming is quite overpowered if I'm honest.
Tbh, i don't think that becoming an pheonix would make you immortal. Like we have seen that taken deadly damage would transform you back to your regular form. It is shown when Sirius Black takes a lot of damage when fighting with Remus Lupin and he becomes his regular self and lies by the lake.
But, they're regular animals. James, McGonagall, Sirius, Peter and Reeta all turn into normal animals. So, it might not work with magical animals. Also patroni and animagus form can be different.
There's also the fact that Dumbledore knew he needed to die to deal with the curse, even if he had the ability, he would have still chosen to die
yes phoenixes are immortal. but they still die. they die and burn to ash. that just do not stay dead for long.
I think dumbledore is just humble enough not to spam the transformation process, he has the highest competence that him not being animagi is just mere speculation
Now that I think of it, it makes sense that wizards with especially overgrown egos, obsessive secrecy and craving for personal power like Tom Riddle and Dumbledore would not have animagus forms. They would not be willing to relax and surrender to the shape change.
Your listing of all the required steps to becoming an animagus makes it even clearer why the busiest, most controlling wizards would not bother.
the amount of steps required to create that potion remind me of how to unlock "secret" nintendo characters in the late 90's
If you take Hogwarts Legacy as canon (and I do) there's also Natsai Onai and her father, who could transform into a gazelle and a giraffe respectively. To me, this raises the question of whether your location in the world and exposure to certain animal species affects the pool of potential forms you might be able to transform into. The Marauders transformed into a stag, a rat and a dog, all things common to England and Europe as a whole. Skeeter could transform into a blue beetle, likely the blue mint beetle native to the UK (though there's also a blue milkweed beetle native to the US and Canada). The Onais were from Matabeleland, a region of Zimbabwe, and transformed into animals native to the African savannah. Perhaps this isn't coincidence.
That giraffe one I think brings up another potential danger to becoming an animagus... the location in which you choose to do it. Too small a space and you might get crushed or disfigured transforming into a large animal. Or just get claustrophobic, causing a fear response that cascades into the problems associated with that. Too open and you might get snagged by a predator if you transform into a small animal. Coupled with the recommendation that you should avoid doing this where others can see you, there's not a lot of options where it would even be safe to preform the first transformation.
@@PollexTheCat - There certainly would be additional risks to your first transformation. Especially if you don't intend to register. Not only would you need to keep it from muggle eyes, but wizard as well. I agree that not knowing the size would be an issue. Personally, I think the Law of Conservation of Mass should apply, but sometimes fantasy writers don't take RL physics into account.
@@hollyhartwick3832 If conservation of mass was a thing with animagi then Peter would be a VERY heavy rat.
@@PollexTheCat - Yeah, that's something that never set right with me. And Rita Skeeter shrinking into a beetle. With other animagi, you don't have to think too hard about it, since things like stags, dogs and gazelle can be roughly human-sized. When it comes to extremes like bugs, rats and giraffes, there's a strong sense of uncanny valley, knowing that shouldn't be possible, even with magic. All that unaccounted for mass had to go, or come from, somewhere...
I believe Dumbledore was so gifted in Transfiguration that he could become anything he wanted.
I mean he did say he didn’t need an invisibility cloak to become invisible
If the animal form is a reflection of your personality, then Peter's first transformation should have been a red flag for the marauders 😂
I mean, rats aren't actually evil or conniving. That's just the attributes people have given them.
Okay... But hear me out. What if this insanely specific process, for which there is no other similarly complex process for anything so straightforward, is actually a lie? What if the ministry of magic found out that all you had to do to become an animagus, was speak that incantation over and over until it finally works? What if they figured out the fact that mandrake leaves interfere with the process in some way, delaying it and preventing the process from completing as quickly? What if the potion that is created at the end is just a counter to the chemicals in the mandrake leaf, neutralizing it's effects in the body and allowing the first transformation? What if they were terrified of everyone being able to perfectly disguise themselves as animals, so they invented an elaborate process which prevented wizards who would otherwise have gone through with it from even attempting it? What if all the stories about danger were just ministry propoganda designed to scare people off?
I like this theory. Could have a great TV series based on it.
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If your patronus is a phoenix (like Dumbledore's), then your animagus form would probably be a phoenix too. Wouldn't that make you immortal?
If one is immortal they can’t die. There goes that theory
Phoenix rises from the ashes Dumbledore never became ashes so they would probably have to cremate him first then he could rise again. However maybe Dumbledore would have to be in his Phoenix form in order for him to come back like a Phoenix. So with him dying in his human form he died for real.
No. A Patronus can drive away Dementors and being an Animagus allows the Wizard or Witch to transform into that animal, but neither can make that Wizard or Witch immortal.
Imagine if someone refined the process of becoming an Animagus, making it not as difficult, not as risky, and perhaps even making it possible to choose your animal form! The Wizarding World is full of powerful, skilled, talented, and creative wizards and witches, and it's not out of the question for magical knowledge to expand, evolve, and experiment. I am aware that Transfiguration is regarded as one of, if not the most, difficult and complex of the magical arts, and yet it is perfectly possible for magical experimentation to yield new and improved magicks that can make wizards and witches even more powerful
Case in point: Hermione and Snape able to successfully create spells. I'm fairly certain the process involves a lot of experimentation.
@@JamesDavy2009 Which spell did Hermione create?
Have you read what has to be done in order to become an animagus? I cannot imagine there to be any way how to make it easier.
@@Hari-kx2er In the fourth book, she created the Four Point Spell. Through the incantation, "Point me," the wand spins on your palm and points to the north, turning it into a compass.
Apologies if I answered you twice, YT in its infinite stupidity deleted my initial answer.
@@helene4397 Exactly my point! Carrying a mandrake leaf in your mouth for at least month!? Getting up at the crack of dawn and speaking a certain spell and repeating at dusk every single night until a thunderstorm? Making sure your prepared formula is untouched by sunlight for at least a week? If a single step is skipped or done wrong you have to start over or else the results could be horrifying!
Imagine combining the idea of an Animagus with the Polyjuice potion, where you require only a DNA sample (like hair) to turn into the desired form? If one could implement _that_ into the Animagus process somehow then one could _choose_ their animal form instead of it being something predetermined by their character and possibly being something they don't like
Magic can evolve and grow and improve if one is determined enough to find a way
The interesting thing about Petronas and Animugs animal forms being based on personality (other than sometimes being different from each other) is that they can't change, even though personality often does change throught the course of a person's life. Heck, that's what a "character arch" is! A character's personality, worldview, and/or beliefs and values changing for better or for worse
The average animagi is seemingly as rare as having a "mythical type" zoan fruit in
Just a note: Talbott Winger is an eagle animagi but he is not a bald eagle (as pictured), he a golden eagle which as a Ravenclaw matches his house mascot. In the game Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery, Talbot's mother, who was a swan animagi (as mentioned in the video), helped Talbot become an animagi to protect him during the first wizarding war (I believe he was 8 years old at the time) . He was unregistered to keep him safe. His parents were killed by death eaters before Voldemort's fall at Godric's Hollow and his being an unregistered animagi helped him escape. He remains unregistered as he fears death eaters that got away will one day come after him but this might change as at the end of his 7th year he is planning on becoming an Auror.
In the game Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery, the main character (MC) becomes friends with Talbot and is given the opportunity to become an animagi as well starting in your 3ed year at Hogwarts with his and another student's help. If you finish the quests in time you become an animagi but what you become is based on how you answer questions during the quest line. You become one of three different animals, a cat, a dog, or a golden eagle.
My character is also a (Golden) Eagle Animagus, though her feathers are light brown and light tan rather than Talbott Winger's rich golden brown feathers for his Animagus Form.
Why would you want to?
You can't choose what you become, so for most people it will be very useless. Imagine Luna becomming an otter or something.
If it's for stealth and you are Dumbledore or Voldemort why would you need to hide at the hight of your power. Or just use a invisibility spell. Albus actually mentioned that it's much more convenient for a powerful wizard than a cloak or spending a year to become some random animal.
If it's for the animals abilities, then there's specialists spells or tools that are much more convenient, for example, brooms for flying or just teleporting, the water grass for underwater breathing, or incapacitate spells for werewolves instead of fighting in paw to paw combat.
So if you are a busy magical genius why would you waste your time on a party trick when you could learn or develop much more useful skills with the limited time you have.
Sirius really did have the dawg in him.
The animal form you get is random(?) cannot be changed and is an absolute pain in the ass to acquire, maybe Voldy/Dumbles etc know of some way to "preview" their animagus form and didn't consider it worth the trouble.
Good question, almost everyone I played DnD with wanted "polymorph self" spell.
@@GeneralBomber Dungeons and Dragons (DnD), Is a role-playing game by TSR played with dice, (back before computers), and in a sense, it is a magical world with wizards, among other things. I would recommend doing a little bit of research before purchasing or playing, as there has been rare instances of psychosis, (impulsive character identification), some call 'possession'.
The truth that James, Sirius and yes even Peter went through such an arduous and harrowing process, at 15 no less, just to keep Lupin company during his transformations really shows how strong their friendship was. Makes Peter's betrayal even more disheartening.
Whoever was the first one to figure out the way to become an animagi must have been high on Felix Felicis for weeks! Those steps to make that potion just don't seem to be "guessable". Are there any canon explanations on that?
It's fantasy and doesn't need to be plausible.
@@MountainFisher They didn't say anything about it being plausible. And even if they did, just because something is fantasy or fiction doesn't mean there aren't still in-universe rules to abide by, nor does it mean people can't enjoy speculating and theorizing about stuff.
If you aren't one to speculate or theorize, scroll past comments like this. Let other people enjoy their theorizing. It's why the HP universe has stayed alive for such a long time. Don't be one of those people who feel the need to knock the wind out of other's sails just because you feel the need to be right.
@@QPoily Oh ex deus machina like time turners.
I have a question that would maybe be a good idea for a theory video. If your animagus is a pheonix and you turn and then get killed while turned, do you die or are you immortal? And if the answer is immortal, how would that work? Would you be reborn from ash into a baby pheonix? And then, how would that work? Would your human mind be reduced to that of a baby? If yes, could you even turn back or would you be stuck as a pheonix forver? If you get stuck, would your memory return as you grow older as a bird or is that all gone along with your magical knowladge, because its a part of a life that has ended? ARE YOU JUST A REGULAR BIRD NOW WITH ALL OF YOUR HUMANITY REMOVED WHEN YOU DIED?
3:25 nice to see you reference hogwarts mystery, you should reference these harry potter games more
Just because it wasn’t written in the books that Dumbledore had used an animagus form doesn’t mean he hadn’t mastered it. Assuming he would have become a Phoenix due to this being his patronus animal, who’s to say that the Phoenix who came to rescue Harry in the chamber of secrets wasn’t Dumbledore himself. Harry might just have mistaken him for Fawkes. 🤷🏼♂️ Would be an interesting plot twist.
Something the movies highlighted was that some animagi where more skilled in the abikity than others.
Sirius could transform at will and without wand.
Wormtail needed a wand as having spent so long as a rat he wasnt much in practice.
3:14 Her Patronus was also a cat, as she summoned three at once in the books.
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Taking it for granted that magical creatures animagi are possible, I have a couple of questions about phoenix ones. Can they cheat death by transforming into a phoenix prior to their demise? if so, would they have to live the rest of their lives as phoenixes, or would their human bodies also be reborn?
JK very quickly scribbled over her notes regarding the Sorting Hat choosing your house based on your inherit traits at 11 years old but I’d like to see a justification as to why your animagus form can’t change as you grow or something.
The wizarding world is just filled to the brim with a weird ideology that some people are just born bad, and should be feared and excluded because of it .
Like if one of my friends animagus form was a leech or something seemingly undesirable I’d definitely be giving some hard side eyes.
Because it grows with you, apparently. As your human self matures and grows up, so does your animagus self, your animal form.
if i remember correctly dumbledor was quite involved when mcgonagle was doing the process of becoming an animagus
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About the transformation going wrong... I've always wondered if Rowling, in cannon, or some fan, in fanfic, would ever make Ware wolves and Maladictus major side effects of the transformation going wrong... The story of the first Warewolf or Maladictus could make for a great prequel series!
It makes sense for Dumbledore to be an animagus because he's said to have mastered all forms of magic, and McGonagall even implies in a conversation with him that he also at one point mastered Dark Arts or even the Unforgiveable Curses... As to why he wouldn't have registered, he likely didn't trust the Ministry, became an Animagus in order to "go rogue"/act without even the Ministry's knowledge if needed, or both...
Voldemort and Dumbledore could both be Animuguses and simply never revealed it, thats true... But I think not, I think simply that, at their level there simply wouldn't be an advantage to it.
The advantages as I see it, to normal wizards and witches would be these 4 things.
1. The ability to hide/disappear from the ministry or others (Wormtail & Sirius does this)
2. The ability to spy (If animagus is something small like a bug)
3. The abillity to fly (if animagus is aerial)
4. The ability to fight (if animagus is powerful like fx a dragon or some other powerful creature)
Dumbledore says in the books, that he doesnt need a cloak to be invisible, which makes 1& 2 useless for him
Voldemort can fly as he does so in both book and movie, which takes care of 3
And it stands to reason that, if one can do something the other can aswell
And both of them are more powerful with their wands than even a dragon, so turning in to a dragon would only weaken their fighting ability.
I don't know if anyone had a theory or something on that topic but i think it is quite interesting. what if an metamorphmagus becomes an animagus? are they capable of changing from an white to a black cat for example or can metamorphmagi just turn into animal ore someting like that
1. It is incredibly difficult.
It took Peter, Peter and Sirius 3 years to understand how to change .
2. Creating the potion was incredibly taxing. You would have to start by holding a mandrake lead in your mouth for a full month (full moon to full moon) and then spit it into a vial, while being in full moon. It it was cloudy that night you would have to start over .
That would have to be mixed with dew that hadn’t seen sunlight or touched by human feet, along with the chrysalis of a specific moth.
Then the Wizard would have to recite an incantation at sunrise and sunset until an electrical storm.
The final step would be during the storm the Wizard would have to find a large and secure place to recite the Incantation one last time and then drink the potion.
3.Any Animagi was required to register with the Ministry of Magic detailing which animal they could transform into and what exactly they would look like.
Not only was being an animagi difficult, but it was also a collar around the neck.
This is why most wizards didn’t even bother with making the potion.
Thats mostly what was said in the video.
@@jonathaneast3727 well there are dumb people out there and some people just read the comments.
Its kinda sad, that peter pettigrew was never shown as tallanted mage. If this is such a pinacle in Transfiguration (we can skip potions, because, only one master is needed for a group), he should be able to create himself a "hand" and not wait for Voldemort to replace it. And he should be stronger then most DEs at that.
P.S. imagining your own figure is a quest...
I know, right? Thulsa Doom had no problem deciding to become a snake. I think he and Voldy would have gotten along great.
Wizards are Int based casters, so not a whole lot of them had the requisite 13 Wis score needed to multiclass into druid. Especially when they get Polymorph at level 7 anyways.
Don't you also have to worry about what creature you turn into at whatever location you're at could possibly be hunting season for whatever you are that you have to watch out for as well
honestly a little surprised that hermione never bothered becoming an animagus, i woulda though she'd do it just to prove she could
Too dangerous. One wrong move and even best magical doctors won't be able to return you back to normal, especially after her experience with polyjuice potion(she became catgirl, and could end up stuck as one, so she learnt first hand about dangers of improperly done transformation).
Feel like registering animagus license is like a house arrest sentence in disguise so not many people like to let the ministry know.
"From full moon to full moon. Yes we're serious." I see what you did there! lol
1:45 I've never heard of an animagus transforming into a magical creature before
The steps for this sound like the process people make up for unlocking Luigi in mario 64
That's an awful lot of work and risk for a form you don't even get to choose.
The info presented here is fundamentally correct...strictly for British wizarding society. Becoming an animagus is part of the curriculum in Ouagadou for instance (the Hogwarts equivalent on the African continent), and if what little information we have about them is anything to go by, the region in which you live apparently also influences your animal form to an extent, making lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, crocodile or hyena animagi much, much more commonplace in the various African nations than, say, finding red squirrels or house cats there.
So, basically, "only seven animagi this century" comes with the caveats "in Britain" and "that registered". And, honestly, I appreciate this cultural difference, same as how wandless magic is a basic, expected ability for Ouagadou students (and other cultures), but is a show of advanced skill and ability for European wizards.
I always thought that some entrepreneurial potion and transfiguration master would have set up shop making the potion and guiding people through the ritual. Sound like a great way to make some good money.
Pretty sure you have to make the potion yourself, from your own saliva...
Movie versions....other than using the ability to spy / be covert as an auror it isn't useful since many seem able to fly without a broom rather easily. Books only Voldemort and Snape can fly unaided so for them there is no use to being an animagi. Prior to anyone being able to fly unaided it could be useful as long as you turned into a bird. Even then, if you can perfect asperating then you can get somewhere faster than a bird so still not very useful.
It is an sem interesting conversation starter at a party but otherwise it just is not very useful.
I just noticed a possible parallel between animagai registrations and gun registrations in the real world.
I always wondered what would i turn to... Strange to think about it.
I mean we definitly know of more than 7 allready and that's just in this small part of the world, pretty sure there are a LOT more out there.
I’d give becoming an animagus a shot. One thing I would to make sure I followed all steps correctly is rewrite them in my own words. Reading something that I wrote myself makes it far easier to comprehend than if I was reading someone else’s writing. Also I would leave my phial in a place on Earth where lightning storms are the most prominent. Pottermore says my patronus is a white stallion and sure that’s pretty cool, but if my animal form is different I’m hoping it would be a: bengal tiger, falcon, dragon, dog, or a Great White shark if I were to become a sea creature.
Pottermore says I am black stallion lol.
PP became one so it couldn't be that difficult. It just seems unnecessary given other skills. You can be unseen, unheard, and unrecognized without becoming an animal. There is not much advantage. No one would let a cat spy on them in an important meeting. It is only unimportant things that you would allow yourself to be listened to by any creature. Have you ever tasted a mandrake leaf?
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Dumbledore absolutely COULD become an animagus, but I suspect he had no interest in it. It is not so much about skill in his case, but time. He had the mind of a researcher and crusader..animagus was nothing new and nothing would be gained in the greater realms of magic. He would rather put his time into something that could change the world…not just become a cool animal.
Agree. He could already be invisible and without cloak. I think he saw no use in becoming an animagus
Maybe the reason for Voldemort looking like a snake is a side effect of this spell??
Slughorn transfigured into a comfy arm chair, but was not an animagus. So we can assume that any person can go into an inanimate object, but animal maybe a step too far for some or is more complex in terms of time and effort.
Peter's Animagus being a Rat isnt directly bad. A small sneaky creature, perfect for quick and nifty movements.
Do remember that this is only in the UK, not the world. The mom only has jurisdiction over the uk, so would only have the uk wizards registered
2:03 if that's the case i think dumbledore could've been one of those rare individuals who can turn into phoenix. Which makes me wonder next thing. If witch/wizard could turn into a magical creature. Would it be only the form of the creature without it's magical abilities (like phoenix without healing tears or power of rebirth)?
Natsai Onai from Hogwarts Legacy is an Animagi (Gazelle).
My guess before watching the video:
If you’re that powerful, you can transfigure yourself into any creature or human you want, so why bother with the arduous task of becoming an animagus and be limited to just one arbitrary creature?
Hell, you won’t even need a polyjuice potion to impersonate someone else!
Didn't Snape turn himself into a bat and flee through a window when he and Prof McGonagall started dueling? If so...I don't think this was known until his transformation was seen by all; thus revealing himself as an unregistered Animagus?
No, he like Voldemort, can fly without broom
Can a lycanthrope also become an animagi or does it negate the chance of that happening?
The Ministry of Magic doesn't rule the whole magic world. There are likely animagi elsewhere in the world and most people probably wouldn't register being one because it defeats the purpose of hiding as an animal.
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It was my understanding that the transformation involved potions, spells, moon phases etc and wasn't easy. Very complicated.
Haha, Looks like my Animagus form is an Ocicat since it's usually a double of your Patronus. I can dig it
Hmm, i wonder if Dumbledore was a phoenix animagus and was actually the one to save Harry in the chamber of secrets in place of Fawkes
I think it is implied in one of the books that Voldemort can transform into a snake but I'm not sure.
Yeah, but Dumbledore's patronus is a Fenix. If he were an animagus then his obsession with immortality, which lead him down his path would have no meaning as he can just transform into a fexing and be roborn from the ashes?
It would be interesting if there is a *wizard/witch with the animagus ability to transform into a multitude of creatures at-will*
Think like Beast Boy from Teen Titans
I coin the term: *Zoomagus*
The fact that Peter's animagus form is a rat really should have been a big ol' red flag to James. And James still chose him as secret keeper when he knew he was a rat. So stupid. (I say James because I don't know how much Lily knew of all their forms or if she was one herself).
the thought of Harry's paternal grandparents and their home popped into my head as I'm watching order of the phoenix. I mean is there any info on what happened to the house where Sirius went after he left his parents' house. Is it still in the Potter family? Who owns it if Harry doesn't?
I like to think Dumbledood would be a phoenix if he were an animagus
I think it's a combination of the three theories you said