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Gryffindor is the planetary house recognize for grinder in theHarry Potteruniverse but there were still some benighted wizards from Gryffindor . Hogwarts menage founder Godric Gryffindor favour the brave and true of heart and the Sorting Hat carefully take students for Gryffindor house that embodied these specific trait . Throughout theHarry Potterseries , Gryffindors remained the titular heroes , the nitty-gritty of moral goodness , and those who stuck to Harry the closest . Gryffindor is portrayed as so good , in fact , that it ’s hard to imagine any grim superstar from Gryffindor .

However , Gryffindor has its spoilt traitsalong with the good . While it ’s rightful that Gryffindors are dauntless , venturesome , determined , and chivalrous , they can also be rash , refractory , ego - righteous , and can lose all common signified when it comes to their hero building complex . A Gryffindor being willing to dive headfirst into trouble is n’t always a good thing , and while the house is n’t bonk for the Dark Arts in the same path that Slytherin is , a Gryffindor with a twisted moral computer code could easy slide into that ambush . While there have n’t been many dingy wizards from Gryffindor , there are sight of Gryffindors who made some vicious choices , introducing evil Gryffindors intoHarry Potter .

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15Hermione Granger

The Brightest Witch Of Her Age

Hermione Granger was one of the three chief sub in theHarry Potterfranchise , but none of these three were above doing bad things with their powers . For Hermione , it was a piffling bit of her hauteur mixed in with her condition as a stripling examine to figure out her piazza in the world . Hermione was considered annoying and full of herself when it come to her goals of being the best and playact superior to everyone she talk to , including her own friend . However , when she mastered her business leader , she did some affair that bordered on the action of evil Gryffindors .

Some thing could be attributed to her lifespan as a stripling , such as when she used her magic trick to have a flock of birds swoop in and attack Ron in a fit of jealousy . There was also her intermixture of the Polyjuice Potion in her second year . Theworst action Hermione didwas pass over her parent ' memories to protect them from Voldemort . She did it for the right reason , but she did it without permission and if she had died in the final fight , they would have gone through the rest of their lives with no memories of their daughter . Hermione always had good intentions so she was n’t evil but she also was n’t innocent .

14Arthur Weasley

A Kind-Hearted But Sometimes Reckless Man

Arthur Weasley was a good human , but he did n’t always make the best decision in his spirit . This is because this Gryffindor alum became the Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office . The problem was that Arthur used his position to collect his cherished Muggle artifact . It was n’t that he was a bad man , or anywhere near the morose wizards from Gryffindor , but he was at best negligent to some of his duties and often turned his head when he knew that one of his sons was involved in something tough .

He had a flee car , and even permit his Logos use it . That is n’t the only dangerous matter that he left lie in around where anyone could get to it - direct neglectfulness of his responsibility - but his captivation toward everything Muggle made him a danger to his family and those who loved him . It was all done out of love , but it was still something that evince Arthur was n’t as pure of a wizard as some might believe .

13Ginny Weasley

A Witch With Powerful Spellcasting Abilities

Ginny Weasley knew better than to commit several of the act she did while in Gryffindor . She did many things that bordered on life-threatening , and she could have stepped over the line if she was n’t so headstrong . Of thebad things Ginny Weasley did in theHarry Potterfranchise , the forged was bonding with Tom Riddle ’s diary , which almost destroyed her entire world . She was tempted and succumbed to the act of opening the dangerous Chamber of Secrets .

Yes , Ginny was a first - year student at the sentence , but it was foolhardy and unsafe behavior that could have pushed her into becoming one of the dark wizards from Gryffindor . Even when doing the correct thing in Dumbledore ’s Army , Ginny start to control prevent spell , which was one step nigher to wrick darkness . gratefully for her , she had a warm family and some solid friends to avail tear her back before it was too late to turn matter around .

12Rubeus Hagrid

His Love For Magical Creatures Is Dangerous

In his eye , Rubeus Hagrid is a right and honest man . However , his report at Hogwarts and in the Wizarding World tell a dissimilar story . Hagrid is a half - giant who was a student at Hogwarts and was in Gryffindor studying to become a great whiz . However , he had the unfortunate guinea pig of being in the wrong place at the untimely meter . When Tom Riddle opened the Chamber of Secrets , he ask someone to frame and Hagrid was release and was forbid from practicing magic .

To many people , that made Hagrid one of the most evil Gryffindors , but Dumbledore knew the truth . Hagrid remained at Hogwarts , educate as a gamekeeper and then professor . However , at the same time , he was still severe , albeit not intentionally . He kept grave savage as PET and protected others that proved dangerous to any educatee who ventured into the woods .

11Harry Potter

The Boy Who Lived Actually Used Unforgivable Curses

Although Harry is the grinder , and not technically one of the dark wizards from Gryffindor , he is not unflawed . In his pursuance to destroy immorality , he is the one who come closest to equal it . The Sorting Hat make out Harry would do well in Slytherin , and that remains lawful throughout the entire serial publication . Harry falls prey to the evils of arrogance , anger , jealousy , rashness , and narrow - mindedness , and always feel that everything concentrate on around him before anyone else . Despite the guidance and advice of many certified people , Harry always see to himself first .

On several occasions , even desperate Harry permit pride come before the fall , tar him with the same brushing he fight down against . While Harry is often establish right in the serial , like in the fount of Draco Malfoy duringThe Half - Blood Prince , there are pile of times that Harry has gone against the well - meaning guidance of his own friends and Professors . Harry ’s unreasoning hatred toward Snape was a perfect example of this . Harry even practice the Unforgivable Cursesthroughout the serial publication .

10Ron Weasley

A Hero With Petty, Jealous Tendencies

Although Ron is a expert hero , he is often not so epic , and therefore one of the somewhat saturnine wizards from Gryffindor . hassle by constant insecurity and continual jealousy of Harry , Ron ’s demons get the better of him on several occasion . InGoblet of Fire , when the integrality of the school turns on Harry , and when Harry could not possibly have needed a booster more , Ron vacate him , allow him to struggle with both societal focus and imminent death without his best friend .

This foreshadow Ron ’s behavior inThe Deathly Hallows , when much higher stakes are at play , and he leaves Harry and Hermione in ire to find and destruct horocruxes on their own — the lot of the earth literally at stake , arguably defecate him one of the dark wizards from Gryffindor . Ron also has his own narrow point of thought about the world , although he sneer at Slytherins for being bigoted , his own worldview is colored by sensing he does n’t question , such as being higher-ranking to house elves . Although Ron always repents , he never quits conquers his smell of being second best ; his infantile selfishness and narrow perspectives never amply will him for most of the series .

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9The Weasley Twins

Sometimes Their Panks Can Go Too Far

There ’s no means to be captain trickster , like the Weasley twin , without some amount of evil , at least a serious penchant for bedlam , which is often not far afield . These hotshot from Gryffindor induce nothing but topsy-turvydom throughout the serial , and though the twins themselves do n’t imply serious harm , they have no direction of be intimate how their harlequinade products are go to be used and by whom . In fact , later in the serial publication , their Peruvian Instant Darkness gunpowder ends up in Malfoy ’s hands for nefarious purposes .

The Weasley twins also caused serious destruction within the Hogwarts castle . This happens mainly duringOrder of the Phoenixwhen they are trying to get Umbridge out of the school , but spend a penny a " portable swamp " on the way of life to her office , so large that Filch had to help students across it , may have been overkill . While not the dreary ace from Gryffindor , avalid criticism is that the Weasley twinsdidn’t always fuck when to quit with their antic , and could ’ve cause serious hurt if leave ungoverned .

8Remus Lupin

A Rare Gryffindor Who Showed Cowardice

Remus Lupin counts as one of the dark wizards from Gryffindor , but not completely for being a lycanthrope . While his status as a lycanthrope does paint a more complex pic within the wizarding world , the literal reason Remus Lupin is on this leaning is because of his cowardliness . During the Maurader days , Lupin was a Gryffindor prefect , and under his attention , he did absolutely nothing to barricade his friends from targeting Severus Snape with their vicious bullying . Remus opt not to control his ally during the incident at the Black Lake chronicle inOrder of the Phoenixwhen it was clearly his responsibility to verbalize up — he even admits this later in sprightliness .

In addition to this , Remus further displays his cowardliness inThe Deathly Hallows , in a subplot not include in the movie . While Harry , Ron , and Hermione are on the run and stay at Grimmauld Place , Remus Lupin seem there to blab out to them . He construct it clear that he wants to link their Horcrux hunting , but the trouble is that Tonks is pregnant . Harry is obviously affronted that Remus would even imagine of leaving his wife and unborn minor behind and justly puts Lupin in his berth .

7Sirius Black

A Reckless Bully Who Holds Grudges

Sirius and James go hand in hand . Although Sirius was innocent of the crimes he was impeach of , he sure enough prove himself warm to choler , prone to heedlessness , and own a not insignificant amount of arrogance , making him one of the benighted wizards from Gryffindor . Even when he assumes the part of godfather , Sirius can not seem to keep Harry from becoming James in his mind , make the relationship a snatch insalubrious for them both . Although it is not through demerit of his own , there ’s a darkness that loaf in Sirius both before and after Azkaban .

Sirius Black was also guilty of direct Severus Snape , along with James Potter . The two made something of a sportswoman of using the Mauraders Map to target Snape and follow him throughout the castle during their days at Hogwarts . What ’s worse is that no other reason is given for them to hate Snape , they simply do . Sirius ' fury toward Snape carried over into maturity with ease , and the two were consistently at odds and antagonizing one another throughout their second test in the society of the Phoenix .

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6James Potter

An Arrogant Bully

James does acquire up , but unfortunately , drop the absolute majority of his liveliness in his most unpleasant form , a bully , making him one of the dark whiz from Gryffindor . While Severus Snape undoubtedly was criminal as a child himself , James come from a place of wealth , exclusive right , and popularity , and did not stop to conceive the circumstances of his adversaries when he in public humiliated them . James ’s intimidation was not responsible for the actions Snape committed either , but it can still be reprehensible . Often ruffian do not bully only one person , and it seems potential that this posture followed James around in his life in general .

James also refused to listen to Lily in the beginning when she shut down his advances . It ’s open that James conform to Lily all throughout her time at Hogwarts , trying to wear her down into dating him every chance he got . While he did commute , and his quest was n’t all for zilch , it did n’t change the fact that James Potter was an outright rowdy , with even his Logos Harry being convinced by Snape ’s memories that everything the professor had ever said about him may have been genuine .

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Fred (James Phelps) and George Weasley (Oliver Phelps) leaning in to one another in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

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