| NOTE: This page is only about Barty Crouch Jr's film incarnation as his original book incarnation was not voted Pure Evil, thus only the film version of Barty Crouch Jr.'s info and crimes should be put here. |
| “ | You won because I made it so, Potter. You ended up in that graveyard tonight because it was meant to be so. And now the deed is done. The blood that runs through these veins runs within the Dark Lord. Imagine how he will reward me when he learns that I have once and for all silenced the great Harry Potter. | „ |
| ~ Barty Crouch Jr. right before trying to kill Harry Potter. |
| “ | I'll show you mine if you show me yours. You know what this means, don't you? He's back. Lord Voldemort has returned. | „ |
| ~ Barty informs Dumbledore about Lord Voldemort's return. |
Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Jr. (gone undercover as Dark Wizard hunter Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody) is the main antagonist of the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment of the Harry Potter film series.
He is a Dark Wizard and an infamous Death Eater who tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity under the orders of Lord Voldemort. Years later, Crouch escapes from the Azkaban prison and impersonates the Auror Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody to engineer his master's return alongside Peter Pettigrew so Voldemort can finally face and kill Harry Potter. While the original book gave Crouch some redeeming qualities, the film adaptation stripped said traits away, characterizing Crouch as a sadistic and bloodthirsty monster.
He was portrayed by David Tennant, who also played Brendan Block in Secret Smile, Kilgrave in Marvel's Jessica Jones, Lord Commander in Final Space, Cale Erendreich in Bad Samaritan and Brimscythe in The Legend of Vox Machina. While disguised as Alastor Moody, he was portrayed by Brendan Gleeson, who also played Raynald of Châtillon in Kingdom of Heaven.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Unlike his novel counterpart, who turned to villainy due to pitiable factors out of his ability to control, such as his father's neglect, this version turned to a life of villainy on his own accord for no reason other than pure sadism, as well as likely some pureblood supremacy views.
- He joined Lord Voldemort’s side during his first rise to power, serving him in his most heinous acts.
- He tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom into permanent insanity alongside Bellatrix Lestrange using the Cruciatus curse.
- While this act was off-screen, it has on-screen impact as Neville was left traumatized by the crime and his parents are confirmed to be unable to ever recover.
- When Igor Karkoroff revealed the names of several Death Eaters, including Crouch Jr. during his trial, Crouch Jr. flew into a blind rage and tried to kill him for exposing him, but was stopped by Alastor Moody. He then gave his horrified father a sadistic hello to mock him.
- Many years later, before the events of the fourth film, he escaped from Azkaban on his own, faked his death, and came into contact with Lord Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew, after which they plotted to have Crouch Jr. infiltrate Hogwarts and resurrect Voldemort.
- After calling his fellow Death Eaters who are still at large back to service, he ordered them to raid the Quidditch World Cup and subsequently and personally casted the Dark Mark to foreshadow the return of Voldemort.
- He kidnapped Alastor Moody and imprisoned him in a trunk to the point of near insanity, only keeping him alive because he needed hair from him to make the Polyjuice Potion he would use to disguise himself as Moody, who was going to teach at Hogwarts.
- He secretly put Harry Potter’s name in the Goblet of Fire to enter him into the otherwise all-adults tri-wizard tournament, an extremely dangerous competition that could have easily gotten the fourteen-year-old Harry killed.
- When he was disguised as Moody and teaching the kids about the three Unforgivable Curses, he showed Neville Longbottom a spider being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse in order to torment him by reminding him of his parents being tortured.
- During the tournament, he murdered his father as revenge for imprisoning him, as well as to keep him silent when the latter saw through his disguise.
- He bewitched Viktor Krum and turned him against the other players during the maze challenge, so Harry would be the only one to find the Portkey that would lead him to Voldemort.
- Once Harry escapes, Barty tried to kill him himself in the hopes he'll be rewarded by Voldemort for doing so.
- He lacks every single redeeming quality his book version had like his tragic past of his father being neglectful and seeking out Voldemort as a father figure, as Crouch Sr. is in turn depicted as more likable and kinder than his book version.
- While his father does cite that he is "no son of [his]", this was only out of disgust at his son’s actions, plus this made Barty have a psychotic breakdown, unlike in the books where he cried innocently instead of screeching perversely.
- His loyalty to Voldemort is ultimately just fanaticism and he is not protective over him in any way, nor even caring for what Voldemort wishes, as Barty tries to kill Harry in spite that Voldemort always told the Death Eaters that Harry would only be killed by him.
- Despite having a few comedic moments during the film, such as turning Malfoy as a ferret and his unforgivable curses lesson having a lot of funny moments while using Imperio, they were when he was disguised as Professor Moody and when his true identity is revealed, he is taken completely seriously in-universe.
- Despite the high Heinous Standard, he passes due to resurrecting Voldemort, making him responsible for all the crimes he committed after that.
Trivia[]
- Only Barty Crouch Jr.'s film incarnation can be considered Pure Evil, while his original book incarnation isn't because of his tragic backstory and redeeming qualities, unlike his film version, who has no such qualities and is much more evil and callous than his book counterpart.
External Links[]
- Barty Crouch Jr. on the Villains Wiki
- Barty Crouch Jr. on the Harry Potter Wiki
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