An earlier caretaker, Rancorous Carpe, even attempted to set an elaborate trap for the pest, but his plan backfired horribly. Although Peeves drives Filch to distraction, he also helps the caretaker by loudly announcing any student that he finds out of bed, and we suspect that Peeves needs someone like Filch to torment while Filch actually secretly appreciates both the help and the extra work.
Like Filch, Peeves seems to have his own loyalties primarily to Hogwarts itself , and are two sides of the same coin — one in love with order, and the other, chaos. Another character largely missing from the films who had an important relationship with the caretaker was the Hogwarts librarian: Irma Pince. Madam Pince had much in common with Filch, being an incredibly strict staff member with a borderline-obsessive love of order and cleanliness when it comes to her library and beloved books, that is.
Potentially because of this, it is believed by many of the Hogwarts students that Madam Pince and Mr. Filch are either in a relationship or at least attracted to each other, although this is never explored in any depth. Pince does appear in one film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , where she is portrayed by Sally Mortemore, but she has a very small part in the film.
She appears as a background character, and we never get to see Pince and Filch together. Sorry, Pinch shippers! Filch is rarely seen without his cat, Mrs. Norris, although the two have been known to split up in order to track down misbehaving students faster. At the very least, the two are extremely close, and the caretaker has devised a way of communicating with the cat over distances.
This is shown when we learn that if Mrs. Norris shows up to catch a student misbehaving, Filch will appear on the scene within moments, suggesting that she is able to communicate with him in some way if she has found something.
Hagrid Robbie Coltrane also believes that Filch has somehow set Mrs. Norris to spy on him, and Harry suspected that she could see or sense him even under the cloak.
However, this connection is not explained as legitimate telepathy or magical in nature, and it seems that the two are simply extraordinarily close. Norris obviously a human, not a cat has some similar traits to the Hogwarts version, too.
The Mrs. If, like in the muggle world, owners name their pets, does this mean that the miserable Filch is secretly a Jane Austen fan? As is the norm for animal characters, multiple cats have played the part of Mrs. Norris on screen. Prop versions and animatronics were also used obviously, the cat visible in the scene where Mrs. Norris is petrified is not a real cat. In addition to the multiple actor animals used, there are some inconsistencies in Mrs.
In the earlier films, she has red eyes, but in the later films, her eyes appear blue. The rest of her appearance also changes significantly between the novels and the films, as she is initially described as scrawny, skeletal and dust-colored presumably meaning gray. In the films, she is played by Maine Coons, which are very large cats with lots of fluffy fur, which is predominantly brown.
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Filch, unaware of what was happening, came to Professor McGonagall shouting that students were out of bed. Frustrated, McGonagall sent him to do something constructive and find Peeves , for the Poltergeist would be helpful against the Death Eaters.
Though clearly thinking that Professor McGonagall had gone insane, Filch complied. Later on, Filch and Madam Pomfrey oversaw the evacuation procedure of underage students and of those not willing to fight, via the Room of Requirement. During the first stage of the battle, Filch was left with a deep gash in his left arm.
Immediately after the battle, Filch grimly looked at a large pile of rubble in the Entrance Hall , which he dutifully began trying to sweep up, while the fighters gathered in the Great Hall mourning over the dead, and celebrating over their victory.
After the battle, he returned to his position of caretaker , as he was immediately seen sweeping near the Great Hall. Argus Filch was a rheumatic man [51] with hunched-shoulders [9] and a hunchback. Filch usually wore a brown coat, [34] although on special occasions he would wear a mouldy-looking tailcoat [34] or an ancient black suit and tie reeking of mothballs. Very foul-tempered, cantankerous, and easily annoyed, Filch had an extremely unpleasant personality. Despite working at a school, Filch deeply resented the students and was greatly disliked by them in return, [13] and some members of the staff, as well.
However, when called on to oversee the evacuation of the majority of the students before the Battle of Hogwarts, Filch led the children to safety without hesitation. He was also very domineering, controlling and paranoid, as demonstrated by the numerous times he asked students what they were doing when they were simply wandering around in what he thought was a suspicious manner.
He seemed to be bitter and embarrassed about not being able to use magic , as was demonstrated when Harry Potter accidentally discovered his Kwikspell letters in He also did not suspect anything that was from Rosmerta, another factor that would have permitted the necklace and poisoned mead to enter the castle as well as a flaw that Draco attempted to take advantage of.
Possibly the only being in Hogwarts that Filch actually liked was his beloved cat , Mrs Norris. Mrs Norris, like her master, was infamously bad-tempered with anyone but Filch himself. The two shared a strong bond that linked them somehow; anytime Mrs Norris spotted someone breaking a rule, Filch would arrive soon afterwards. Peeves , the Hogwarts Poltergeist and his archenemy. Filch fought a running war with Peeves, the Poltergeist , and the two were sworn enemies for more than twenty-five years.
To annoy Filch, Peeves would trap Mrs Norris in suits of armour , [54] drop chandeliers, [54] play tennis against the Castle walls in the middle of the night, [23] stick wads of gum in keyholes [73] and caused general mayhem, which Filch was later responsible for fixing and cleaning up. It is presumed that this on-going war between them continued after the Battle of Hogwarts. Fred and George Weasley. The twins Fred and George Weasley had as bad a relationship with Filch as Filch had had with Peeves ever since their first year.
Sometime in or , Fred and George let off a Dungbomb and were caught by Filch, who took them to his office and threatened them with his usual unpleasant punishments he always had in mind. The twins noticed a filing cabinet marked Confiscated and Highly Dangerous so, curious, they let off another Dungbomb in his office and "nicked" the Marauder's Map , which was stored inside that drawer, from him.
Among his many file cabinets documenting the punishments he handed out over the years, Filch had an entire drawer dedicated to the twins. Harry Potter , a student he particularly disliked. Although Filch disliked most students, Harry Potter was one of those he disliked most.
In , Harry and Ron managed to get on Filch's bad side on their very first day at Hogwarts School , when he and Ronald Weasley got lost and inadvertently tried to enter the out-of-bounds third-floor corridor. As Dolores Umbridge was a sadist who enjoyed torturing students, Filch could relate to her views on a number of levels.
Umbridge had gone through great lengths to gain Filch's loyalty, such as giving him permission to torture, and to have Peeves dismissed, due to Filch's knowledge around the school's secret passageways being second only to the Weasley twins. As Severus Snape was a very strict and somewhat cruel teacher, Filch respected that and acted a loyal subordinate to him.
During his tenure as Headmaster , Snape kept Filch working at Hogwarts despite his status as a Squib. Harry Potter once speculated that there was "something going on" romantically between Filch and Irma Pince , the equally ancient and irascible Hogwarts librarian. Filch and Professor Slughorn. Filch's relationship with most professors was unknown. The only thing that is known is that he respected many of them, and did what they say without question. Filch also appeared to respect Headmaster Albus Dumbledore very much.
Dumbledore appeared to like Filch, although the latter was unpleasant. The name "Argus" comes from Greek mythology, where it was the name of a giant with one hundred eyes who served the goddess Hera as a watchman much like Mr Filch's role in patrolling the hallways of Hogwarts.
His surname, "Filch", is an English word meaning "to steal", usually in a sneaky manner. Vinyl form. Harry Potter Wiki Explore. Rowling Story. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Argus Filch. View source. History Talk Do you like this video? Play Sound. Argus Filch is nominated for featured article. Feel free to review this article's entry. Oh, yes… hard work and pain are the best teachers, if you ask me… It's just a pity they let the old punishments die out… hang you by your wrists from the ceiling for a few days, I've got the chains still in my office, keep 'em well oiled in case they're ever needed… Right, off we go, and don't think of running off, now.
It'll be worse for you if you do. Quick, tell me. Argus Filch : " What's going on here? What's going on? My cat! What's happened to Mrs Norris? You've murdered my cat! You've killed her!
I'll kill you! I'll — " Albus Dumbledore : " Argus! Come with me, Argus. Argus Filch : " What are you doing? A likely story! Sneaking around on your own — why aren't you in Hogsmeade buying Stink Pellets and Belch Powder and Whizzing Worms like the rest of your nasty little friends?
Well, get back to your common room where you belong! Now that we are all fed and watered I must once more ask for your attention, while I give out a few notices. Mr Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell you that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has this year been extended to include Screaming Yo-yos, Fanged Frisbees, and Ever-Bashing Boomerangs. The full list comprises some four hundred and thirty-seven items, I believe, and can be viewed in Mr Filch's office, if anybody would like to check it.
You filthy little beasts would never have dropped Stink Pellets if you'd known I had it in my power to whip you raw, would you, now? Nobody would have thought of throwing Fanged Frisbees down the corridors if I could've strung you up by the ankles in my office, would they? But when Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine comes in, Potter, I'll be allowed to do them things… and she's asked the Minister to sign an order for the expulsion of Peeves… oh, things are going to be very different around here with her in charge.
Hermione Granger : " We were all searched when we arrived, weren't we? I wasn't! Any Dark object would have been found, I know for a fact Crabbe had a shrunken head confiscated. So you see, Malfoy can't have brought in anything dangerous! Filch : " Students out of bed! Students in the corridors!
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