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Official source for name needed

Show me an official source for this character name. If not, it will be deleted as fanon. If he was credited as Boy 1 in PoA, and uncredited in OotP, then he has no official name. If the name is something that fans have given the character, then it is a fanon name. If no offical source is provided, then this entry will be deleted, or moved to an appropriate title such as Unnamed Student. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 22:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

If no official source for this name is provided, I will move this page to Unidentified student on Sunday. Incidently, the character may not be the same in both films. He may be in a Gryffindor robe is PoA, but OotP screenshots uploaded to the wiki Image:BemDA.jpg and Image:Bem in the DA again.jpg show him with a Ravenclaw tie. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 09:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

´ Isn´t the name Bem given in the subtitles of the DVD?--Rodolphus 16:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

According to the screenplay, it's Bem --Smonocco 16:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

The issue with that script is that it conflicts with the film dialogue at several points. For instance, right before Bem's line about catching Sirius Black, the script has two lines attributed to Lavender Brown:
NEVILLE
You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?
LAVENDER
With the Dementors at every entrance?
LAVENDAR [sic]
Dementors? He's already slipped by them once, hasn't he? Who's to say he can't do it again?
In the film, the first of those two lines is spoken by an unidentified Gryffindor boy who appears to be of Middle Eastern descent, and the second by Seamus Finnigan. Starstuff (Owl me!) 20:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Actually, Rodolphus is right. The name "Bem" is given in the closed captions on the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD during the scene in Trelawney's divination class, but not on the English subtitles. It makes sense, too, because the character is off screen at the moment his first line is spoken, so hearing-impaired people couldn't tell who was speaking if the captioners didn't give a name. Starstuff (Owl me!) 20:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Do other people feel the closed caption is sufficient evidence to change this article's name to Bem? Starstuff (Owl me!) 21:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
If the name is given in the closed captioning, then I feel that would be sufficient since it appears in the official licensed product. Personally, I would have found the script on the web a little bit suspect as it could easily be a first draft, or have been tampered with by the uploader. I will move the page to Bem based on this new evidence. - Cavalier OneGryffindorcrest(Wizarding Wireless Network) 06:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Appearance in OotP

Is there any confirmation that the character from OotP is Bem from PoA? I really don't think they are played by the same actor as they have quite different facial structures. The kid in PoA has a longer face than the one in OotP, or at least that's how it appears to me. Unless there's something other than the actor that suggests that they are the same character. If not, I really don't see how anyone could be sure. Christophee (talk) 00:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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