We first met Buckbeak during The Prisoner Of Azkaban when he had taken up residence outside of Hagrid’s hut. In the films, he became an important part of that Voldemort-less story. After that, we saw nothing of him on-screen, despite his semi-regular appearances in the novel series. This gaping hole in the story of Buckbeak means that many fans of Harry Potter are unaware of what happened to him in the book—and in the wider landscape of Potter according to JK Rowling).
We’ve put together a list of ten things you might not know about the most famous Hippogriff of all time.
10 He Lived In Sirius’ Mother’s Bedroom
After the events of The Prisoner Of Azkaban, fans of the films were safe in their knowledge that Buckbeak escaped his unjust execution and saw him and Sirius fly off into the distance for a new, safer life. In the books, we bumped into Buckbeak a handful more times. One of those times showed us that Sirius had set up a new home for Buckbeak in his mother’s old bedroom at 12 Grimmauld Place.
9 Kreacher Injured Him
After Arthur’s injury at the Ministry, Harry was on high alert for things he saw via Voldemort. Voldemort crafted a fake scenario in which Sirius was being tortured in order to guide Harry to the Department Of Mysteries.
Part of the Dark Lord’s plan included convincing Kreacher, with the help of Bellatrix and Narcissa, to injure Buckbeak so that, when Harry tried to contact Sirius, he was otherwise engaged. As these events led to Sirius’ death, there is a case for blaming Harry's emotional torment on Kreacher... although he was just following orders.
8 Harry Owned Him After Sirius’ Death
As Sirius took ownership of Buckbeak after the events of The Prisoner Of Azkaban, he became Sirius’ possession. In his will, Buckbeak was one of the many things that ended up belonging directly to Harry. This meant Harry kindly allowed Hagrid to be reunited with his favorite pet who ended up living with the half-giant once again. He was present outside Hagrid’s hut and was in the background during Aragog’s funeral.
7 And He Was Renamed Witherwings
After the death of Sirius and Buckbeak’s subsequent transfer to Harry’s ownership, he had to be provided with a new name for his own protection. Fans of the novel series will be well aware that his new name was Witherwings, but, as Buckbeak disappeared from the film series early on, we never found out about this change of name. It is likely that after the Battle Of Hogwarts he was able to return to his original name, but we don’t know for certain.
6 He Defended Harry Against Snape
After the death of Albus Dumbledore at the hand of Severus Snape, Harry was pretty furious. So furious, in fact, that he followed Snape across the castle grounds, eventually finding out that he was the Half-Blood Prince. Buckbeak proved his commitment to Harry during this fight by coming to his aid to ward Snape off.
Yet, one of this was depicted in the film. Instead, we saw Buckbeak defend against Lupin in werewolf form three films earlier.
5 Hagrid Had More Than One Hippogriff
In the film version of The Prisoner Of Azkaban, we only ever saw Buckbeak and the events surrounding his release were focused exclusively on him. In the book, however, Hagrid was actually rearing a herd of Hippogriffs. This meant that Buckbeak himself wasn’t stuck on his own without friends, as he was in the film version.
4 He Fought In The Battle Of Hogwarts
Like most of the characters we became familiar with over the years, Buckbeak was part of the defense at the Battle of Hogwarts. Again, we never saw him in action in the film, but in the book, we found out that he was scratching at the eyes of Death Eaters, alongside the winged Thestrals.
3 Harry’s Flight In The Book And Film Are Very Different
One of the most iconic scenes in The Prisoner Of Azkaban comes when Harry flies on Buckbeak for the first time. He is nervous and confused, but, in the film, we see him rather majestically learn how to control the winged beast.
The flight in the books is a lot bumpier, and Harry makes it very clear that he didn’t exactly have a good time during his first flight. That makes for quite the difference from his giddy shouts in the film.
2 Ron Can’t Attempt To Ride Him In The Video Game Adaptation
While we see Hermione and Harry riding Buckbeak at one point—and Hermione really not having a good time—we never see Ron take a turn on the back of the Hippogriff. In the video game adaptation of The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Ron is unable to even attempt to ride him, simply bouncing away instead of bowing and attempting to earn his respect.
1 There Is A Song About Him
With the immense fame of the Harry Potter franchise, it is no real surprise that there are quite a few musical groups who exist exclusively to sing about it. One such group is called Draco and The Malfoys, who have a song called "Hippogriffs Deserve To Die." Harsh.
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August 12, 2020 at 05:30AM
