Vincent Crabbe

Vincent Crabbe
Biographical information
Born	c. 1980
Died	2 May, 1998, Room of Requirement, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Blood status	Pure-blood
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Black
Skin colour	White
Family information
Family members	Mr. Crabbe (father) Mrs. Crabbe (mother) Irma Crabbe (possible)
Magical characteristics
Wand	unknown
Affiliation
House	Slytherin
Loyalty	Slytherin Quidditch team Death Eaters (unofficially) Inquisitorial Squad Draco Malfoy's gang

"It's that Mudblood! AVADA KEDAVRA!"

— Vincent Crabbe attempts to kill Hermione Granger in his final duel at the Battle of Hogwarts

Vincent Crabbe (1979 or 1980 – 2 May, 1998) was a pure-blood Dark Wizard, and the son of Death Eater Crabbe Sr.. Vincent Crabbe was also a student at Hogwarts and a member of Slytherin House. Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle were rarely seen without their ringleader Draco Malfoy. While Dolores Umbridge was Headmistress, he joined the Inquisitorial Squad. In his last year at Hogwarts, he became a Dark Wizard, as he learned to cast powerful dark curses, such as the Killing and the Cruciatus Curse. He accidentally killed himself using Fiendfyre on 2 May 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts.

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What is the lineage of Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter series?

Vincent Crabbe, a character from the Harry Potter series, was born into the pure-blood Crabbe family. His father, Mr. Crabbe, was a Death Eater, which likely influenced Vincent's prejudice against Muggle-borns and other non-pure-bloods. Vincent was also related, in some way, to Irma Black (née Crabbe). The Crabbe family was related to several other wizarding families, including the Black, Bulstrode, and Potter families, and more distantly to the Malfoy, Lestrange, Tonks, and Lupin families.

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Who were the constant companions of Vincent Crabbe at Hogwarts?

Vincent Crabbe's constant companions at Hogwarts were Gregory Goyle and Draco Malfoy. They were often involved in Draco's confrontations with Harry Potter and his friends. Despite Draco considering them rather unintelligent and treating them more like lackeys than friends, he showed genuine concern for them on several occasions.

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What role did Vincent Crabbe play in the Inquisitorial Squad under Dolores Umbridge?

Vincent Crabbe, a character from the Harry Potter series, played a significant role in the Inquisitorial Squad under Dolores Umbridge. As a member of this squad, he was given powers to dock points beyond those of Prefects. This role was part of Umbridge's oppressive regime during her time as Hogwarts' High Inquisitor. Crabbe, along with his partner Goyle, were known for their loyalty to Umbridge and their cruelty and immorality during this period.

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What is the significance of Vincent Crabbe's pure-blood wizard status in the Harry Potter series?

In the Harry Potter series, Vincent Crabbe's pure-blood wizard status is significant as it shapes his character and influences his actions throughout the series. Being born into the pure-blood Crabbe family, which has strong ties to the Dark Arts and the Death Eaters, Vincent Crabbe develops a prejudice against Muggle-borns and other non-pure-bloods. This prejudice is evident in his close association with Draco Malfoy, another pure-blood wizard, and their mutual disdain for Harry Potter and his friends, who are either half-bloods or Muggle-borns. Vincent Crabbe's pure-blood status also likely influences his decision to become a Death Eater, following in his father's footsteps.

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What happened to Vincent Crabbe in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2?

In the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 book, Vincent Crabbe dies during the Battle of Hogwarts. He casts the Fiendfyre curse in the Room of Requirement, but he doesn't have the ability to control it and perishes in the resulting fire. However, in the film adaptation, Crabbe's character is replaced by Gregory Goyle due to legal issues with the actor who played Crabbe. So, in the movie, it's Goyle who casts the Fiendfyre and dies in Crabbe's place.

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Biography

Early life

Vincent Crabbe was born into the pure-blood Crabbe family. His father, Mr. Crabbe, was a Death Eater. This likely influenced his son's prejudice against muggle-borns and other non pure-bloods.

Hogwarts years

First year

Vincent Crabbe with Draco Malfoy and Gregory Goyle.

{C}At the start of his first year, Crabbe was sorted into Slytherin House, along with his friends Draco Malfoy and Gregory Goyle, both of whom were also sons of Death Eaters. Harry Potter noticed that Crabbe and Goyle seemed to act as bodyguards for Malfoy. When Draco challenged Harry to a duel, he selected Crabbe as his Second, although the challenge was merely a ruse to get Harry in trouble for being out of bed after hours.

Second year

During the second opening of the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger tricked him and Goyle into eating cakes containing a sleeping draught — by leaving the cakes on a banister, even though Crabbe and Goyle had already eaten much more than their fill (which explains his obesity). Ron and Harry used hairs from Crabbe and Goyle to impersonate them with a Polyjuice Potion and spy on Malfoy in the Slytherin Common Room (Hermione did not go as Millicent Bulstrode because she had used cat hairs which she thought were Millicent 's hairs from her robes, transforming her into a cat ).

Fifth year

Pansy Parkinson and Crabbe with Umbridge.

In their fifth year, Crabbe and Goyle each became Beaters for the Slytherin Quidditch team. During the Slytherin vs. Gryffindor Quidditch match, Crabbe sent a Bludger at Harry, angry because he caught the Snitch before Draco (the Seeker then) did. Harry fought alongside George Weasley and got a lifelong ban of Quidditch from Dolores Umbridge. Crabbe was happy about this; Harry Potter and George Weasley had their Quidditch bans lifted once Umbridge was removed from Hogwarts.

After Harry causes the arrest of Crabbe's father, Mr. Crabbe and Lucius Malfoy, Malfoy's father, they attempted to ambush him on the Hogwarts Express, but were jinxed so thoroughly by members of the D.A. that they were transfigured into large slugs. A similar event occurred at the end of the previous year, when Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George all used different hexes on them on the train.

Sixth year

During the 1996–1997 school year, Malfoy had him and Goyle turn into girls via Polyjuice Potion to be able to guard the Room of Requirement while Malfoy was repairing the Vanishing Cabinet inside. Whenever someone walked by, Crabbe or Goyle would drop an object, making a loud noise that would alert Malfoy not to come out. Crabbe was displeased by being made to do this, especially since Malfoy refused to tell him what he was doing inside. Once, Crabbe started to argue with Malfoy about this.

At the end of the school year, he and Goyle were left feeling lonely, after their leader and friend Draco Malfoy left the school just before the end of the term.

Seventh year

"We’re supposed to practice the Cruciatus Curse on people who’ve earned detentions… I refused to do it. Some people are into it, though; Crabbe and Goyle love it. First time they’ve ever been top in anything, I expect."

— Neville Longbottom

During Crabbe's seventh year at Hogwarts, two new professors were appointed; Amycus and Alecto Carrow. Amycus was the Dark Arts professor, while Alecto was the Muggle Studies professor. They both liked to punish students, torturing them; they also ordered the other students to torture the punished ones with the Cruciatus Curse; it is noted that Crabbe and Goyle were among the few ones who loved it. It was also the very first time they got top grades in something.

Battle of Hogwarts and death

Draco Malfoy: "STOP! The Dark Lord wants him alive —"

Vincent Crabbe: "So? I’m not killing him, am I? But if I can, I will, the Dark Lord wants him dead anyway, what’s the diff — ? It’s that Mudblood! Avada Kedavra!"

Draco Malfoy: "Don’t kill him! DON’T KILL HIM!"

— Draco Malfoy screaming at Crabbe while he tries to curse Harry Potter and Hermione Granger

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Crabbe, Goyle and Malfoy stayed at Hogwarts and they ambushed Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Room of Requirement. It turned out that Crabbe had become a competent Dark wizard, thanks to the coaching of the Death Eater Amycus Carrow, seeing as he was capable of performing Avada Kedavra, which was claimed by Barty Crouch Jr. (while posing as Alastor Moody) to require a "powerful bit of magic behind it."

Draco Malfoy: "C-Crabbe... C-Crabbe..."

Ron Weasley: "He's dead."

— Draco Malfoy and Ron Weasley after Crabbe's death.

Ron and Hermione running from Fiendfyre conjured by Crabbe

Initially, Harry mocked Crabbe and the others, thinking they were merely here to make a fool of themselves in an attempt to capture Harry himself. However, when Crabbe aimed to kill, Harry was infuriated greatly. For the first time, Crabbe defied Draco, stating "you an' yer dad are finished," implying a great deal of knowledge regarding the Malfoy family's falling out of favour with Voldemort. In the end, Crabbe conjured Fiendfyre to kill the trio, but as he failed to learn how to stop it, it apparently killed him and destroyed the entire Room of Requirement before he could escape. His death is not seen by any of the students who escaped, but it is presumed that it killed him, as no one saw him exit the room. Ironically, his use of Fiendfyre also destroyed Ravenclaw's diadem, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, due to the sheer destructive power of the spell, prompting Ron to reflect that such an action might have made him feel sorry for Crabbe's death if he hadn't been trying to kill them when he used it.

Physical description

Crabbe is large and very fat, with a thick neck. He has gorilla-like arms and a flat nose, and wears a pudding bowl-style haircut. He is very mean and very stupid, which makes him little more than a "follower" of Malfoy. However, in spite of his overweight, fat physique, he is an avid runner, as shown when he, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy and Goyle were running away from the Fiendfyre. Crabbe is told to have outstripped the rest of them, even Harry, who is very quick.

Personality and traits

Angelina Johnson: "...I was always surprised Derrick and Bole managed to find their way onto the pitch without signposts."

Harry Potter: "Crabbe and Goyle are in the same mould."

— Angelina and Harry before the first Quidditch match of the season

Vincent Crabbe in 1996.

Crabbe is entirely lacking in introspection or inquisitiveness, and is very greedy, eating at the feasts for longer than anyone and leaving with large loads of cakes to still be eaten. He could be described as enormously fat and pig-like, like Dudley Dursley, but even more thuggish and stupid. Despite his large frame, Crabbe has a surprisingly soft voice. Crabbe seems unable to make up his own mind or to see things his own way; he is generally told what to do. Nonetheless he is depicted as slightly more intelligent than Goyle and in 1996 he seems to quarrel with Malfoy for the first time, for a reward. His and Goyle's personalities are sometimes questioned by some readers, as Slytherins are typically described as "cunning", though the fact they were sorted into Slytherin may have to do with having a desire for power and their belief in blood purity, which are often considered another Slytherin trait. His belief is so strong, in fact, that he attempted to murder Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley for being a muggle-born and blood traitor, respectively. It is also possible that they do not fit into the other houses as well as they fit into Slytherin.

Near the presumed end of his life, Crabbe proved to be a deadly dark wizard, being able to use powerful curses. He also seemed to change for the worst, as he defied Draco and was not above torturing and killing fellow students. This differentiates him from Draco, who came to realise that he delved deeper into the Dark Arts than he wanted, while Crabbe was clearly enjoying the power and sadistic cruelty. However, he also became reckless, and neglected the potency of his Dark Arts, releasing cursed flames to incinerate his opponents that he couldn't control, which led to his demise.

Magical abilities and skills

Vincent Crabbe's wand

• Quidditch: Crabbe played Beater for the Slytherin Quidditch Team. He was chosen for his size and strength rather than skill. He showed poor sportsmanship, as he sent a Bludger at Harry after the Snitch had already been caught.
• Dark Arts: By 1998, Crabbe was skilled with Dark spells, such as the Cruciatus and the Avada Kedavra Curses, and Fiendfyre conjuration. However, when he released the latter, it killed him due to him neglecting its potency.
• Duelling: Crabbe was better than Goyle in duels. Whenever Goyle lost a duel, Crabbe went to cover him, and was almost as good as Malfoy.

Slytherin

It is unclear how Crabbe got into Slytherin. He is not ambitious, clever, or sly. He did not have any of the traits of any of the houses, so he probably got into Slytherin because that was the house he wanted to be in. It is shown that the Sorting Hat takes your opinion into consideration.

Etymology

• Vincent means "conqueror" or "victor."
• His last name is probably a variation of crab, a small, round crustacean with two large claws in front, or informal English for a grumpy person.

Behind the scenes

Crabbe as Harry pantses him.

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Crabbe as he is made fun of in class.

• Vincent Crabbe was portrayed in film adaptations of the Harry Potter series by British actor, Jamie Waylett.
• He is portrayed as a more of a comedic character in the films, the shorter and fatter of Malfoy's bodyguards. The more comedic punishments for the Slytherins' wrongdoing seem to go to him. In the fourth film, when Malfoy is turned into a ferret by Bartemius Crouch Jr., masquerading as Mad-Eye Moody, the ferret is thrown into Crabbe's trousers, clawing away at his legs. Jamie Waylett who plays Crabbe had to wear two pairs of trousers so that the ferret did not cause any injury. Indeed, in the film adaptation of the third novel, Harry is confusing and messing with Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle while under his invisibility cloak, under the pretense of being a vicious ghost, he pulls down Crabbe's trousers and kicks him on his backside when Crabbe tries and fails to pull them back up. Malfoy runs away screaming, and he pushes Crabbe down again, who is struggling to get to his feet and pull up his trousers. He eventually gets up and has to crawl away from the scene, trousers forgotten, and his underpants and legs showing. In the original novel, Harry had thrown mud at the threesome and thrown a tree branch at Crabbe. This scene was relived somewhat in the fifth film, albeit that it was Fred and George Weasley who caused the mayhem. The fireworks set off by the Weasley twins target the Slytherin threesome. One particularly rambunctious firework goes after Goyle, who pushes it away. It chases after Crabbe, who is running, yelling, away. The firework is ultimately too fast, and it shoves his backside, reminiscent of the kicking scene. Another somewhat comedic portrayal of Crabbe is in the third film, in which Malfoy, Goyle, and other Slytherins imitate Dementors with hoods and robes. Crabbe imitates a Dementor like the others, but has neither hood nor robe on, and therefore doesn't even slightly resemble a Dementor.
• Crabbe does not appear in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and his role is taken by Goyle, who casts the Fiendfyre and dies in his place. Goyle's role in the book is replaced by Blaise's. This is because on 7 April 2009 Crabbe's actor (Jamie Waylett) and another man were arrested for cannabis possession and later tried and sentenced to community work. There is no mention of him or his fate in Part 2.
• In the first potion scene in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Crabbe is seen in Potions class, though it is often implied in the books that he is terrible at school. In fact, in Deathly Hallows, Neville mentions that performing the Cruciatus Curse is the only thing Crabbe and Goyle have ever excelled in at school. Coincedentally, Neville is also implied as being terrible at Potions, though this isn't implied as much in the films so this just might be something exclusive in the films, or just a mistake.

Appearances

Vincent as a Lego minifigure.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (PS2 version only)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Harry Potter LEGO Sets
• Pottermore