History Characters / HarryPotterSlytherin

* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Defied by the Malfoys themselves.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Crabbe in the movies, since he’s portrayed as more dumb than evil, has many NotSoAboveItAll moments and his NotSoHarmlessVillain moment is given to Goyle. He is portrayed as giving in to his emotions, especially when everyone else around is doing it, for example clapping at Hagrid's return from Azkaban, singing the Hogwarts song, or dancing with Viktor Krum. Draco usually motions for him to stop and Crabbe looks disappointed.

* BigEater: Crabbe is mentioned to be one of the last to finish eating at feasts, and leaves the Great Hall with more sweets to eat.

** Crabbe and Goyle praising Harry, much to Draco’s annoyance.

** Goyle losing his temper and trying to punch something that clearly can’t or shouldn’t be punched.

* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: They’re a pair of brainless {{Delinquents}} who enjoy making others’ lives miserable. In the final battle, Crabbe (Goyle in the films) gets himself killed by throwing deadly curses at everyone, eventually losing control and killing himself instead.

* FantasticRacism: He seems to believe in pure-blood supremacy. Though it should be noted that he also views a lot of fellow pure-blood supremacists with distain, and only seems mildly interested in Draco's Death Eater work.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When invisible Harry grabs him by the scarf and spins him around.

* OddNameOut: Being the only one of Harry's kids not named after the former's more normally-named parents probably doesn't help his MiddleChildSyndrome much.

* FourElementEnsemble: Represents Water among the four Houses, reflected by their most prominent staff member, Severus Snape, who brews potions, and their common room, which is under the lake.

* TheBrute: Act like this to Malfoy and the Death Eaters.

* SoftSpokenSadist: When we finally hear them speak in the last book, Harry's narration noted that Crabbe's voice is far softer than he expected.

* TheRival: To Oliver Wood. Their rivalry seems to be more personal then that of other Quidditch captains throughout Harry’s school year.

* ItsAllAboutMe: A common trait and flaw of the Slytherin. They often do their deeds thinking of themselves and not others.

* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: They’re a pair of brainless {{Delinquents}} who enjoy making others’ lives miserable. In the final battle, Crabbe(Goyle in the films) gets himself killed by throwing deadly curses at everyone, eventually losing control and killing himself instead.

* {{Jerkass}}: To everyone, even Draco to an extent.

* JerkJock: One of the best examples in the series.

%%* JerkJock: One of the best examples in the series.

* RoyallyScrewedUp: There are some implications that their lack of intelligence is due to RoyalInbreeding. Marrying one's own relatives is custom among the more elitist pure-blood families to preserve blood purity, and wizards are by no means immune to the physical and mental birth defects this can cause, as shown by the Gaunts.

* RoyallyScrewedUp: There are some implications that this is where their lack of intelligence originates. Many pureblood families, and especially pureblood supremacists, have been shown to marry their own relatives to preserve blood purity in their families. Inbred wizards are by no means immune to the physical and mental birth defects this can cause, as shown by the Gaunts.

* RoyallyScrewedUp: There are some implications that this is where their lack of intelligence originates. Many pureblood families, and especially pureblood supremacists, have been shown to marry their own relatives to preserve blood purity in their families. Inbred wizards are by no means immune to the birth defects this can cause, as shown by the Gaunts.

** [[SycophanticServant Crabbe trying(and failing) to mimic Draco.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The other three Hogwarts Houses dislike them due to their bullying and ideals of pureblood supremacy. Noble Gryffindor is always at odds with them, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff always side with Gryffindor whenever they're against Slytherin in a Quidditch match, and [[spoiler:when Pansy suggests turning Harry over to Voldemort, every single non-Slytherin student stands up and silently points their wands at the Slytherins. [=McGonagall=] threatens Slughorn with death if he or any of the Slytherins attempt to fight on Voldemort's side.]]

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* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Beyond Pansy Parkinson, none of the Slytherins seem to want to sell Harry to Voldemort in the Battle of Hogwarts.[[note]]And even Pansy's reasoning is hardly undefendable; Voldemort offers to let the rest of the Hogwarts students live in exchange for Harry. One life versus many lives.[[/note]]
** In the film version of ''Order of the Phoenix'', a few Slytherin students can be seen cheering the Weasley twins after they wreck Umbridge's classroom, implying that even they don't like her.

* DarkIsNotEvil: One of the most important things to remember about this house. Though the Death Eaters were mostly Slytherins, not all of them were. There's no doubt, that Slytherin members have done bad things in their histories, but some also did good/right in return. For Slytherin, the ends justify the means, even scum like Lucius Malfoy saw how being a pompous jackass can land you in hot water. Salazar Slytherin himself even warned the other founders, that teaching magic to Muggle-born can be dangerous and at times...[[KillerRabbit he was right]].

* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Crabbe is described as having a bowl cut in the books, while his onscreen counterpart has closely-cropped black hair.

** In the LEGO games, Crabbe is shown to be supportive of Harry during his duel against Draco in the dueling club and is the only student who claps for Harry after he wins Liquid Luck.

* PreciousCrush: If the unnamed Slytherin girl in the Chamber of Secrets video game truly is her, then she apparently has a crush on Snape.