The Best Harry Potter Memes of the Week

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

Jan 21, 2026 11:00 AM EST

Say what you will about the Harry Potter series, but they've got no shortage of villains. I know it's not a particularly deep revelation that a children's series about the battle between good and evil has a lot of baddies, but I think Harry Potter villains stand out! Often, in books or movies where there's a "movement" of evil, all the baddies can blend into a monotonous group of haters. It's no fun to try and fight a bunch of no-names! In Harry Potter, the dark side consists of The Big Bad (Voldemort), disgusting henchmen cowards (Peter Pettigrew), schoolyard goons vaguely associated with The Big Bad (you all know which blondie I'm referring to), and bureaucratic haters who closely resemble enemies the reader would encounter in their real lives (Dolores Umbridge). That doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of all of the nefarious people in Harry's world.

If your favorite character is a so-called villain, you are literally so normal. What kind of freak cites Harry Potter as their favorite Harry Potter character? There are a lot more superfans of Snape and Draco than of the boy wizard. If you love a villain, these Harry Potter memes might play to your biases.

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via Jodi Barrett
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via Antarleena Sikdar

He's an American!
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via Jodi Barrett

Thank goodness for Alfonso Cuarón
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via Guillaume Dayawa

The baby's crying because he's nervous you're going to come up with another clever idea to get us k***ed, or worse, expelled.
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via John Morgan Smith

Look closely for some familiar foods…
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via Guillaume Dayawa

It shouldn't be this hard to remember what you eat
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via Guillaume Dayawa

Would this conversation actually happen?
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via Fear the Cowboy

Harry is not this conceded, but he lowkey deserves to be.
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via Fear the Cowboy

He had a right to be this angsty
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via Fear the Cowboy

Your first kiss is never your best one!
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via @AnthonyUly

They didn't have time for all of that nuance in the movies
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via Fear the Cowboy

That's so much more tragic than Hogwarts not being real.
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via Fear the Cowboy
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via Fear the Cowboy

Or maybe a Christmas fan?
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via Fear the Cowboy

Dumbledore speaking "calmly" will always be famous
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via Fear the Cowboy

They shouldn't have cut this scene out of Deathly Hallows Part 1
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via Fear the Cowboy
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via Fear the Cowboy

LOL being around Ron and Ginny ruins your fashion sense.
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via Fear the Cowboy

Who messed up this badly in the casting department?
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via Fear the Cowboy
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via Fear the Cowboy

When you know, you know.
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via Fear the Cowboy
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via Fear the Cowboy
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via Fear the Cowboy
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via Fear the Cowboy