History Characters / FantasticBeastsNewtScamanderAndFriends

* DirtForcefield: He constantly handles various creatures and chemicals, makes a mess of places like zoos and jewelry stores and even rolls around in the snow at one point, yet he miraculously never has a speck of dirt on him. {{Justified}}, as there ARE spells that protect against dirt and water, such as the ''Impervius'' spell.

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto (Japanese), Gloria Cano (European Spanish), Betzabé Jara (Latin American Spanish), Pascale Chemin (French), Mabel César (Brazilian Portuguese)\\

** Popular fan theory to reconcile the inconsistencies is that Newt had already passed his fifth-year O.W.L. tests, but was expelled before taking the seventh-year N.E.W.T.s, although perhaps Dumbledore fought for him to be allowed to take the final tests even though he'd officially been expelled and missed some of his last year of classes.

* WeakButSkilled: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] and more like an InformedFlaw. In one the behind the scenes books, Rowling states that Newt isn't really that great of a wizard, which is why the habitats in his suitcase are mere flaps, instead of being more elaborate and immersive. Newt's preference also appears to be a specialized mixture of excellent magical skill and applications of his technical prowess rather than relying on raw strength. He is clearly very well-versed and knowledgeable in magic beyond just beasts, but primarily Newt's most impressive feats were attributed to his usage of creatures. He gives the impression of being less reliant on raw power than Harry was, instead focusing primarily on skill, and he generally displays more impressive feats, due to being way more skilled, but is clearly outclassed whenever Harry starts tapping into his inner powers of love. That said, given that the films pit him in a serious magical duel with only Grindelwald, who is obviously far above anyone else but Dumbledore, it's more of Newt being way out of his depth, especially as he has none of Harry's advantages against Voldemort. The difference between his duels with Grindelwald and Harry's fights with Voldemort clearly display itself: While Harry can barely even fight Voldemort before he gets the power boost needed, Newt has no need for anything but his natural skill and power to fight Grindelwald better than almost anyone else seen. He's also quite capable of taking down groups of wizards and witches on his own right in a way that makes Harry's approach look amateuristic, if his displays while fighting off MACUSA's aurors and Grindelwald's followers are of any evidence. Indeed, outside battles, his feats such as creating as big of a suitcase as it was and lifting a love enchantment normally easily puts him at another level in terms of knowledge compared to Hermione, another similarly skill-reliant individual.Indeed, the Ministry even went as far as to be willing to send him against ''Credence'', who is infamous for being the most prominent example of UnskilledButStrong in the series, believing that while Credence is doubtlessly far more powerful, Newt's excellent skill and own decent raw power would give him a good chance at killing him; even Theseus is fully confident Newt can do it. Perhaps to best sum it up, Newt ''is'' a powerful wizard and while his raw strength falls short compared to juggernauts and super-powerful individuals like Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Voldemort, Credence, and even Harry when he is using the PowerofLove, he can supplement his decent level of magical power with his knowledge and skills to handle himself better than the protagonists of the old series can.

-->"Not another war!"

** Hidden by Newt's awkwardness and meek attitude is that of a man who used to be the protégé of Albus Dumbledore and has been around since the World War I, where he had to deal with dragons, and has traveled around the world and dealt with some of the most dangerous beasts in the world, meaning he has had plenty of dangerous experiences and thus isn't particularly fazed by outcomes that may strike fear into others.

** His reaction to Grindelwald's vision of World War II is that of a careful and uneasy expression rather than the terrified and awed expressions of the others. Having fought in the previous World War and dealt with the wizarding world version sure helped him with that. Not even Jacob, another veteran of the World War I, came close to taking it as well as Newt did.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: His private menagerie of magical creatures -- as Rowling points out in a DVD featurette for "Crimes of Grindelwald", the zoo he has in the basement of his London townhouse is ''extremely'' illegal under Ministry law.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: In "Crimes of Grindelwald", the Ministry tries to bribe Newt into finding and killing Credence for them in exchange for travel papers. Newt categorically refuses.

** Newt, who has a hard time even looking people he likes directly in the eye, looks [[spoiler:Grindelwald]] in the eyes as he passes. Also, when talking to [[spoiler:Credence in his Obscurial form]], he looks directly to him.
** Despite his tendencies to avoid physical contacts, and especially the way he keeps his arms straight along his torso when hugged against his will, he [[spoiler: gently touches Tina's face before leaving New York at the end of the first film]] and [[spoiler: hugs a mourning Theseus after Leta's death in the second film]]. When he sees Jacob for the first time in several years in the third, he runs and gives him a hug.

** Newt is not very well liked, adores magical creatures, and hates violence; his [[SiblingYinYang acclaimed "war hero" brother]] is named after [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Theseus]], who's most well-known act is killing the Minotaur, a dangerous being that's partially human [[spoiler:like the two Obscurials]] that Newt would have tried to save.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: As bitter as he is towards Leta and Theseus for their engagement, Leta especially for their past, he still agrees to be their best man, shows lingering feelings for Leta, defends her from her own self-hatred, and Leta's death ends up as the last straw that leads to him joining the war against Grindelwald, comforting Theseus in process and reconciling.

* CoolLoser: Newt is not popular among other wizards, but he's a badass Matizoologist who [[spoilers: survived a duel against Grindelwald.]]

->''"But even if we make mistakes, terrible things... we can try to make things right. And that's what matters... trying."''

* BerserkButton: The one thing that really gets her in a huff is being called crazy.

* NotGoodWithPeople: He seems to feel better surrounded by his magical beasts than with fellow wizards and witches, but that doesn't mean he never interacts with the latter.

* BadassBookworm: Newt might be a shy, awkward, pacifistic nerd, but he regularly deals with the most dangerous magical creatures on the planet, ''and'' he's actually pretty good at duelling, being superior to the average ''Auror''. Not many people can claim to have tangled with Gellert Grindewald and survived, but Newt has done so ''twice'' and even helped to ''defeat'' him the first time.

An American witch (born 1901) from Chelsea, MACUSA employee and former Auror who quite literally runs into Newt Scamander after his arrival in New York City in 1926. In the second film, she's been reinstated as an Auror and heads off to Paris to find Credence. She would eventually marry Newt and move to the United Kingdom. They would also have at least one baby together.

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo (Japanese), Catherina Martínez (European Spanish), Adriana Casas (Latin American Spanish), Marie Diot (French), Evie Saide (Brazilian Portuguese)\\