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|born=Post [[1931]]<ref name="birthday">As he was born after Fridwulfa left Rubeus and Mr Hagrid, but was born sometime prior to his leaving the giant colony, this is the only possible birth range.</ref>
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[[Fridwulfa]] (mother)<br>
 
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|alias=Grawpy (by Hagrid)<ref>{{OOTP|B|30}} - "“All righ’, Grawpy?” said Hagrid</ref><ref>{{DH|B|38}} - "“Good boy, Grawpy!” he bellowed through the hole in the window."</ref>
[[Rubeus Hagrid]] (half-brother)
 
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|height=Sixteen feet<ref name="height">{{OOTP|B|30}} - "See, with giantesses, what counts is producin’ good big kids, and he’s always been a bit on the runty side fer a giant — on’y sixteen foot —”"</ref><ref name="height2">{{OOTP|B|30}} - "He was, as Hagrid had said, at least sixteen feet tall."</ref><ref name="height3">{{OOTP|B|31}} - "“Grawp’s about sixteen feet tall, enjoys ripping up twenty-foot pine trees, and knows me,” she snorted, “as Hermy.”"</ref>
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|hair=Brown<ref name="hair">{{OOTP|B|30}} - "It was much larger in proportion to the body than a human head, almost perfectly round and covered with tightly curling, close-growing hair the colour of bracken." Bracken is described, both [http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?115395-What-is-Bracken-(-color) here] and [http://www.colourlovers.com/color/78522C/Bracken here], as being a light brown. It is much more likely that Grawp's hair is the brown bracken colour than green.</ref>
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|eyes=Brown-green<ref name="eyes">{{OOTP|B|30}} - "The small eyes were a muddy greenish-brown and just now were half gummed together with sleep."</ref>
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|skin=Grey<ref name="skin">{{OOTP|B|30}} - "They looked up into his startlingly huge face, which resembled a grey full moon swimming in the gloom of the clearing."</ref>
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|family=*[[Grawp's father|Father]]
 
*[[Fridwulfa]] (mother)
 
*[[Rubeus Hagrid]] (half-brother)<ref name="OP30"/>
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|loyalty=*[[Hagrid family]]
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*[[Order of the Phoenix]] (during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]])
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{{Quote|NO - OH! OH YES, GRAWP LOVE INTERCOURSE!|Grawp|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)}}
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{{Quote|HERMY! WHERE HAGGER?|Grawp to [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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'''Grawp''' is a [[giant]] who, although standing 16 feet tall, is short by giant standards. He is [[Rubeus Hagrid]]'s maternal half-brother.
 
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'''Grawp''' (b. post [[1931]]) was a [[giant]] that was known, despite standing a full sixteen feet tall, for his small stature and short height.<ref name="OP30" /> He was the son of [[Fridwulfa]] and an [[Grawp's father|unnamed giant]] and, therefore, the maternal half-brother of [[Rubeus Hagrid]].<ref name="OP30" />
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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===Early life===
{{quote|HERMY! WHERE HAGGER? ... GRAWP WANT HAGGER!|Grawp|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
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Around [[1931]], the [[giant]]ess [[Fridwulfa]] abandoned her human husband [[Rubeus Hagrid's father|Mr Hagrid]] and their infant child [[Rubeus Hagrid]], a [[half-giant]], who was smaller in stature than she wanted.<ref name="OP30" /> She consequently rejoined her own kind in the mountains, and there she found a new mate.<ref name="OP30" /> The two gave birth to the giant Grawp who, despite being a full-blooded giant, was still particularly small, and due to this he, too, was abandoned.<ref name="OP30" /> He was frequently bullied by the other giants thereafter due to his small size.<ref name="OP30" />
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===1995===
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{{Quote|Well, tha's why it took so long, see. Could on'y travel by nigh' an' through wild country an' stuff. Course, he covers the ground pretty well when he wants ter, but he kep' wantin' ter go back.|Hagrid and Grawp's journey to Hogwarts|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}[[Rubeus Hagrid]], along with his newly-found friend [[Olympe Maxime]], paid a visit to a [[Giant colony|tribe of giants]] in June of 1995, on the orders of headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore]] of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an attempt to bring the giants over as allies of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] in the war against [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and his [[Death Eaters]].<ref name="OP20">{{OOTP|B|20}}</ref>
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After three days at the giant camp, Hagrid discovered his half-brother Grawp. He later dragged Grawp back to [[Hogwarts Castle|Hogwarts]] with him due to the bullying he knew Grawp had received, and presumably to protect Grawp from Voldemort's enslavement of the giants.<ref name="OP30" /> Despite his previous abuse, Grawp continuously attempted to return to the camp, but Hagrid forced him through [[England]] against his will.<ref name="OP30" />
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Hagrid kept Grawp in the [[Forbidden Forest]] for months, teaching him manners and pieces of English as they went.<ref name="OP30" /> The other inhabitants of the forest, namely the [[centaur]]s, noticed these attempts and tried to warn Hagrid that his trial was futile.<ref name="OP27">{{OOTP|B|27}}</ref>
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===1996===
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[[File:Hagrid introduces the trio to Grawp.jpg|250x250px|thumb|left|Hagrid intoducing the trio to Grawp]]
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During a [[Quidditch]] Match in 1995, in which Ron played as [[Keeper]], Hagrid secretely revealed Grawp's presence to [[Harry Potter]] and [[Hermione Granger]], asking them to look after Grawp in case he got sacked by [[Dolores Umbridge]]. Despite their disapproval of Grawp's presence, they agreed in the end.<ref>{{OOTP|B|30}}</ref> After Hagrid was later temporarily sacked by Umbridge, Grawp became upset about his absense and after chasing the centaurs away from Harry and Hermione before they could attack them, demanded about Hagrid's presence from Hermione, who responded that she didn't know where he was.<ref>{{OOTP|B|33}}</ref>
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After [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s return and Umbridge's sacking from Hogwarts, Grawp was later reunited with Hagrid and was later sent by Dumbledore and Hagrid to live in the mountains near [[Hogsmeade]], presumably in the [[Cave near Hogsmeade|cave]] where Hagrid hid after his sacking by Umbridge, with Hagrid commenting he was far happier there than in the Forest. Hagrid additionally considered getting a female giant for Grawp to socialise with, something Harry usually would have protested against but was unable to do so due to his grief over [[Sirius Black]]'s death.<ref>{{OOTP|B|38}}</ref>
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<nowiki> </nowiki>Grawp also proved to be an indirect factor to Harry, Ron and Hermione discontinuing [[Care of Magical Creatures]] once they began their sixth year as they disapproved of Hagrid's idea to train Grawp to be his teaching assistant alongside Hagrid's tendancy to teach dangerous creatures over more amicable ones.<ref>{{HBP|B|9}}</ref>
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===1997===
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{{Quote|Harry glanced at the back row to which Hagrid was heading and realised what was guiding him, for there, dressed in a jacket and trousers each the size of a small mar-quee, was the giant Grawp, his great ugly boulder-like head bowed, docile, almost human. Hagrid sat down next to his half-brother and Grawp patted Hagrid hard on the head, so that his chair legs sank into the ground.|Grawp attending Dumbledore's funeral|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}[[File:Funeral of Albus Dumbledore.png|250x250px|thumb|The funeral of Albus Dumbledore]]
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By the next year, however, Grawp had become much more docile and lost his violent edge.<ref name="HBP30">{{HBP|B|30}}</ref> He attended the [[Funeral of Albus Dumbledore]], standing in clothes the size of mar-quees.<ref name="HBP30" /> By this time he had developed a large sense of compassion, his head bent with sorrow, and patted his half-brother to comfort him, unintentionally smashing him into the ground due to his immense strength. After the funeral ended, Grawp was seen embracing Hagrid, who was still grieving over Dumbledore's death.<ref name="HBP30" />
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===1998===
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{{Quote|At the same time, Grawp came lumbering around the side of the castle and yelled, ''HAGGER!'' His cry was answered by roars from Voldemort's giants: They ran at Grawp like bull elephants making the earth quake.|Grawp's participation in the second half of the final battle|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}In March of 1998, he and his brother ran from the [[Death Eaters]] due to the two of them having held a [[Support Harry Potter party]] at Hagrid's hut in the Death Eater-controlled school,<ref name="DH22">{{DH|B|22}}</ref> and they both afterwards hid in the [[Cave near Hogsmeade]] for the remainder of the war.
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[[File:Hogwarts Big Battle at Hogwarts Moment Pottermore.jpg|245x245px|thumb|left|Grawp launching himself at Voldemort's giants during the second half of the battle]]
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On 1 May of that same year, Hagrid and Grawp heard [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s magically enhanced voice from their cave, delivering an ultimatum of handing [[Harry Potter]] over to him or else starting a [[Battle of Hogwarts|battle]].<ref name="DH31">{{DH|B|31}}</ref> Grawp carried Hagrid and their boarhound [[Fang]], smashing right through the boundaries and then launching Hagrid and Fang together as one through the window of the First Floor Corridor, in which Harry was wandering, and then stumbled off to join the fight below.<ref name="DH31" /> As Grawp fought one of Voldemort's giants later on, it finally made Harry, Hermione and Ron realise he was indeed an undersized giant, having previously questioned Hagrid's claims of it.<ref>{{DH|B|32}}</ref>
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Later on, Grawp was seen alive but very angry, attacking Voldemort's giants head-first as he roared in fury.<ref name="DH36">{{DH|B|36}}</ref> Aided by [[Buckbeak]] and the [[thestral]]s, they were quickly defeated and Grawp moved on to helping others in the fight as reinforcements arrived.<ref name="DH36" />
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Grawp eventually survived the battle, and students threw food into his laughing mouth as they celebrated the recent victory in the battle but mourned the loss of the [[Fallen Fifty|dead]].<ref name="DH36" />
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==Physical appearance==
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At sixteen feet, Grawp was considered short for a giant. He had grey skin, brown-green eyes and hair and appeared like a little mound of land when laid.
   
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==Personality and traits==
Hagrid brought Grawp back to [[Hogwarts]] with him after his visit to the giants in [[1995]], mainly because the other giants were picking on him because of his height. Hagrid kept Grawp in the [[Forbidden Forest]] for months, teaching him manners and bits of English. Grawp was rather violent over the course of the year: known at times to empty bird nests and let the eggs be destroyed and attempt to rip up the trees that he was tied too as well as attack his brother Hagrid and attempt to grab [[Hermione Granger]]; however, in [[1996]], he became more docile. He attended Dumbledore's funeral where he comforted his half brother.
 
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Grawp was aggressive and violent, both common traits for a true giant and was known to attack [[Rubeus Hagrid|his brother]] when in a foul mood<ref name="OP30" />. Despite this, Grawp [[love]]d his brother dearly and was badly upset when left alone in June of 1996.<ref name="OP33">{{OOTP|B|33}}</ref>
[[File:Grawp.gif|thumb|200px|left]]
 
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[[File:Grawp_and_Ubridge.jpg|thumb|Grawp and Umbridge in the Forbidden Forest|250x250px]]Grawp initially had great difficulties learning to trust Hagrid, however, as it took nearly a year to to gain his trust . The language barrier may have been a factor in this since Hagrid could only speak English and, after nearly a year, Grawp could barely speak comprehensible English.<ref name="HBP30" /> After nearly three years, he could still only just talk properly, and could not pronounce long or difficult words such as "[[Hermione Granger|Hermione]]", which he said as "Hermy", and "[[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]", which he pronounced as "Hagger".<ref name="DH36" />
   
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However, while his language skills were still barely comprehensible, Grawp's personality on the other hand changed immensely under Hagrid's influence, despite doubts that Hagrid's efforts were completely futile. By the time he attended the funeral of [[Albus Dumbledore]], Grawp became more kind, gentle, and compassionate. He showed sorrow during the funeral and attempted to comfort Hagrid, who was more devastated by Dumbledore's death, by patting and embracing him(though causing hagrid's chair to sink to the ground). Grawp also showed happiness and joy after [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s final defeat, demonstrating that he had developed an understanding of human emotions. However, while most of his violent side was lost, he still retained some of it when he fought against the other giants during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]].
Grawp hid, along with Hagrid, in the caves near Hogwarts while [[Harry Potter]], [[Ron Weasley]], and Hermione searched for [[Voldemort]]'s [[Horcrux]]es, and participated in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]. As they could hear Voldemort's enhanced voice from their cave, they came to the battle as quickly as they could. Grawp lifted Hagrid into the castle, fought
 
against the other giants (who were on [[Tom Marvolo Riddle|Voldemort]]'s side, and it was remarked that compared to the other giants he was indeed small), and ultimately survived the battle. He disappeared initially when the first part of the battle ended but returned to fight the other giants this time with the help of Buckbeak and the Thestrals and he presumably defeated them.
 
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
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[[File:GrawpWU.png|thumb|Grawp as he appears in {{WU}}]]
*His name may come from all the other giants telling him to get bigger. When asked his name, he just responded what most people told him: Grawp (Grow up)
 
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*The [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of {{OOTP}} showed Grawp as less a violent giant and more of a "high spirited," inquisitive child, as his half-brother, Hagrid, said.
* The [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix (film)]] showed Grawp as less of a violent giant and more of a "high spirited"(Hagrid), inquisitive child. Ron is present for the meeting along with Harry and Hermione. During the meeting Grawp grabs Hermione who firmly commands him to put her down. After doing so he gives her one of his "toys" to play with(a broken bicycle handle with the bell still intact), she rings it, making him happy. She then gives it back to him. Ron attempted to free Hermione in the grabing incident by whacking him on the leg with a stick(which breaks), Grawp pushes him away with his leg. He then warns him to keep away from Hermione. Hagrid asks "Gryffindor's Golden Trio" to look after his brother, which they agree to (Harry is seen nodding, though looking as though it might be a difficult task). Later Grawp is shown to have escaped from his restrainting rope when Harry and Hermione lead [[Dolores Umbridge]] into the Forbidden Forest. He grabs Umbridge who calls him a "filthy animal". He drops her when a centaur shoots him in the arm with an arrow. Harry and Hermione thank him before leaving to return to the castle.
 
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*Grawp is voiced by [[Tony Maudsley]] in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|film adaptations]] of {{OOTP}}.<ref>[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2006/4/26/tony-maudsley-to-play-grawp-in-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix Tony Maudsley to Play Grawp in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]</ref>
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*For {{OOTP|FA}}, the in-camera reference for Grawp was performed by William Todd-Jones, who also created Grawp's body performance as used for the sequence's pre-vis.
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*The original model for the film was created in 2004 by Gerald Gibbons who based it on a student he had taught back when he was a teacher. The student, Tom Hull, now attends the University of Bath.
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*The film adaptation shows Ron Weasley accompanying Harry and Hermione during their first visit to Grawp, as opposed to the book in which Ron was playing in a Quidditch match at that time.
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*In the end of the Order of the Phoenix of {{LEGO|Y2}}, Grawp is seen on a high tree trying to help Luna reach a pair of her sneakers.
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*It is possibly that his name is different from this as Hagrid said that it sounded like Grawp when he says his name. There is a theory that it is how he pronounces "Grow up!"
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*Grawp's role in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] from {{DH}} was omitted from the final version of {{DH|F2}}. In addition to this, the character is neither seen nor mentioned in the film.
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] mentioned in an interview that when she was writing Grawp's parts into the book that she knew she was giving the filmmakers a challenge when it came time to bring the giant to life on the big screen.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0720-bluepeter.html "'Harry Potter: A Blue Peter Special.' Blue Peter (CBBC), July 20 2007"] at [http://www.accio-quote.org/ Accio Quote!]</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
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*{{OOTP}} {{1st}}[[File:Grawp.jpg|thumb|Grawp holding [[Hermione Granger]] in 1995]]
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Revision as of 08:56, 29 July 2020

"HERMY! WHERE HAGGER?"
— Grawp to Hermione[src]

Grawp (b. post 1931) was a giant that was known, despite standing a full sixteen feet tall, for his small stature and short height.[2] He was the son of Fridwulfa and an unnamed giant and, therefore, the maternal half-brother of Rubeus Hagrid.[2]

Biography

Early life

Around 1931, the giantess Fridwulfa abandoned her human husband Mr Hagrid and their infant child Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant, who was smaller in stature than she wanted.[2] She consequently rejoined her own kind in the mountains, and there she found a new mate.[2] The two gave birth to the giant Grawp who, despite being a full-blooded giant, was still particularly small, and due to this he, too, was abandoned.[2] He was frequently bullied by the other giants thereafter due to his small size.[2]

1995

"Well, tha's why it took so long, see. Could on'y travel by nigh' an' through wild country an' stuff. Course, he covers the ground pretty well when he wants ter, but he kep' wantin' ter go back."
— Hagrid and Grawp's journey to Hogwarts[src]

Rubeus Hagrid, along with his newly-found friend Olympe Maxime, paid a visit to a tribe of giants in June of 1995, on the orders of headmaster Albus Dumbledore of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an attempt to bring the giants over as allies of the Order of the Phoenix in the war against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.[11]

After three days at the giant camp, Hagrid discovered his half-brother Grawp. He later dragged Grawp back to Hogwarts with him due to the bullying he knew Grawp had received, and presumably to protect Grawp from Voldemort's enslavement of the giants.[2] Despite his previous abuse, Grawp continuously attempted to return to the camp, but Hagrid forced him through England against his will.[2]

Hagrid kept Grawp in the Forbidden Forest for months, teaching him manners and pieces of English as they went.[2] The other inhabitants of the forest, namely the centaurs, noticed these attempts and tried to warn Hagrid that his trial was futile.[12]

1996

Hagrid introduces the trio to Grawp

Hagrid intoducing the trio to Grawp

During a Quidditch Match in 1995, in which Ron played as Keeper, Hagrid secretely revealed Grawp's presence to Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, asking them to look after Grawp in case he got sacked by Dolores Umbridge. Despite their disapproval of Grawp's presence, they agreed in the end.[13] After Hagrid was later temporarily sacked by Umbridge, Grawp became upset about his absense and after chasing the centaurs away from Harry and Hermione before they could attack them, demanded about Hagrid's presence from Hermione, who responded that she didn't know where he was.[14]

After Voldemort's return and Umbridge's sacking from Hogwarts, Grawp was later reunited with Hagrid and was later sent by Dumbledore and Hagrid to live in the mountains near Hogsmeade, presumably in the cave where Hagrid hid after his sacking by Umbridge, with Hagrid commenting he was far happier there than in the Forest. Hagrid additionally considered getting a female giant for Grawp to socialise with, something Harry usually would have protested against but was unable to do so due to his grief over Sirius Black's death.[15]

Grawp also proved to be an indirect factor to Harry, Ron and Hermione discontinuing Care of Magical Creatures once they began their sixth year as they disapproved of Hagrid's idea to train Grawp to be his teaching assistant alongside Hagrid's tendancy to teach dangerous creatures over more amicable ones.[16]

1997

"Harry glanced at the back row to which Hagrid was heading and realised what was guiding him, for there, dressed in a jacket and trousers each the size of a small mar-quee, was the giant Grawp, his great ugly boulder-like head bowed, docile, almost human. Hagrid sat down next to his half-brother and Grawp patted Hagrid hard on the head, so that his chair legs sank into the ground."
— Grawp attending Dumbledore's funeral[src]
Funeral of Albus Dumbledore

The funeral of Albus Dumbledore

By the next year, however, Grawp had become much more docile and lost his violent edge.[17] He attended the Funeral of Albus Dumbledore, standing in clothes the size of mar-quees.[17] By this time he had developed a large sense of compassion, his head bent with sorrow, and patted his half-brother to comfort him, unintentionally smashing him into the ground due to his immense strength. After the funeral ended, Grawp was seen embracing Hagrid, who was still grieving over Dumbledore's death.[17]

1998

"At the same time, Grawp came lumbering around the side of the castle and yelled, HAGGER! His cry was answered by roars from Voldemort's giants: They ran at Grawp like bull elephants making the earth quake."
— Grawp's participation in the second half of the final battle[src]

In March of 1998, he and his brother ran from the Death Eaters due to the two of them having held a Support Harry Potter party at Hagrid's hut in the Death Eater-controlled school,[18] and they both afterwards hid in the Cave near Hogsmeade for the remainder of the war.

Hogwarts Big Battle at Hogwarts Moment Pottermore

Grawp launching himself at Voldemort's giants during the second half of the battle

On 1 May of that same year, Hagrid and Grawp heard Voldemort's magically enhanced voice from their cave, delivering an ultimatum of handing Harry Potter over to him or else starting a battle.[19] Grawp carried Hagrid and their boarhound Fang, smashing right through the boundaries and then launching Hagrid and Fang together as one through the window of the First Floor Corridor, in which Harry was wandering, and then stumbled off to join the fight below.[19] As Grawp fought one of Voldemort's giants later on, it finally made Harry, Hermione and Ron realise he was indeed an undersized giant, having previously questioned Hagrid's claims of it.[20]

Later on, Grawp was seen alive but very angry, attacking Voldemort's giants head-first as he roared in fury.[21] Aided by Buckbeak and the thestrals, they were quickly defeated and Grawp moved on to helping others in the fight as reinforcements arrived.[21]

Grawp eventually survived the battle, and students threw food into his laughing mouth as they celebrated the recent victory in the battle but mourned the loss of the dead.[21]

Physical appearance

At sixteen feet, Grawp was considered short for a giant. He had grey skin, brown-green eyes and hair and appeared like a little mound of land when laid.

Personality and traits

Grawp was aggressive and violent, both common traits for a true giant and was known to attack his brother when in a foul mood[2]. Despite this, Grawp loved his brother dearly and was badly upset when left alone in June of 1996.[22]

Grawp and Ubridge

Grawp and Umbridge in the Forbidden Forest

Grawp initially had great difficulties learning to trust Hagrid, however, as it took nearly a year to to gain his trust . The language barrier may have been a factor in this since Hagrid could only speak English and, after nearly a year, Grawp could barely speak comprehensible English.[17] After nearly three years, he could still only just talk properly, and could not pronounce long or difficult words such as "Hermione", which he said as "Hermy", and "Hagrid", which he pronounced as "Hagger".[21]

However, while his language skills were still barely comprehensible, Grawp's personality on the other hand changed immensely under Hagrid's influence, despite doubts that Hagrid's efforts were completely futile. By the time he attended the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, Grawp became more kind, gentle, and compassionate. He showed sorrow during the funeral and attempted to comfort Hagrid, who was more devastated by Dumbledore's death, by patting and embracing him(though causing hagrid's chair to sink to the ground). Grawp also showed happiness and joy after Voldemort's final defeat, demonstrating that he had developed an understanding of human emotions. However, while most of his violent side was lost, he still retained some of it when he fought against the other giants during the Battle of Hogwarts.

Behind the scenes

GrawpWU

Grawp as he appears in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

  • The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix showed Grawp as less a violent giant and more of a "high spirited," inquisitive child, as his half-brother, Hagrid, said.
  • Grawp is voiced by Tony Maudsley in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.[23]
  • For the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the in-camera reference for Grawp was performed by William Todd-Jones, who also created Grawp's body performance as used for the sequence's pre-vis.
  • The original model for the film was created in 2004 by Gerald Gibbons who based it on a student he had taught back when he was a teacher. The student, Tom Hull, now attends the University of Bath.
  • The film adaptation shows Ron Weasley accompanying Harry and Hermione during their first visit to Grawp, as opposed to the book in which Ron was playing in a Quidditch match at that time.
  • In the end of the Order of the Phoenix of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Grawp is seen on a high tree trying to help Luna reach a pair of her sneakers.
  • It is possibly that his name is different from this as Hagrid said that it sounded like Grawp when he says his name. There is a theory that it is how he pronounces "Grow up!"
  • Grawp's role in the Battle of Hogwarts from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was omitted from the final version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. In addition to this, the character is neither seen nor mentioned in the film.
  • J. K. Rowling mentioned in an interview that when she was writing Grawp's parts into the book that she knew she was giving the filmmakers a challenge when it came time to bring the giant to life on the big screen.[24]

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Notes and references

  1. As he was born after Fridwulfa left Rubeus and Mr Hagrid, but was born sometime prior to his leaving the giant colony, this is the only possible birth range.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp)
  3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "“All righ’, Grawpy?” said Hagrid
  4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - "“Good boy, Grawpy!” he bellowed through the hole in the window."
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "See, with giantesses, what counts is producin’ good big kids, and he’s always been a bit on the runty side fer a giant — on’y sixteen foot —”"
  6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "He was, as Hagrid had said, at least sixteen feet tall."
  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s) - "“Grawp’s about sixteen feet tall, enjoys ripping up twenty-foot pine trees, and knows me,” she snorted, “as Hermy.”"
  8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "It was much larger in proportion to the body than a human head, almost perfectly round and covered with tightly curling, close-growing hair the colour of bracken." Bracken is described, both here and here, as being a light brown. It is much more likely that Grawp's hair is the brown bracken colour than green.
  9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "The small eyes were a muddy greenish-brown and just now were half gummed together with sleep."
  10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "They looked up into his startlingly huge face, which resembled a grey full moon swimming in the gloom of the clearing."
  11. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 20 (Hagrid's Tale)
  12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
  13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp)
  14. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 33 (Fight and Flight)
  15. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 38 (The Second War Begins)
  16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 30 (The White Tomb)
  18. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 22 (The Deathly Hallows)
  19. 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
  20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 32 (The Elder Wand)
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)
  22. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 33 (Fight and Flight)
  23. Tony Maudsley to Play Grawp in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  24. "'Harry Potter: A Blue Peter Special.' Blue Peter (CBBC), July 20 2007" at Accio Quote!
Order of the Phoenix
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Founder:
Albus Dumbledore
Leaders:
Albus Dumbledore | Alastor Moody | Kingsley Shacklebolt
Original Order of of the Phoenix:
Aberforth Dumbledore | Alastor Moody | Alice Longbottom | Arabella Figg | Benjy Fenwick | Caradoc Dearborn | Dedalus Diggle | Dorcas Meadowes | Edgar Bones | Elphias Doge | Emmeline Vance | Fabian Prewett | Frank Longbottom | Gideon Prewett | James Potter | Lily Potter | Marlene McKinnon | Mundungus Fletcher | Peter Pettigrew (defected) | Remus Lupin | Rubeus Hagrid | Severus Snape | Sirius Black | Sturgis Podmore
Reconstituted Order of the Phoenix:
Aberforth Dumbledore | Alastor Moody | Arabella Figg | Arthur Weasley | Bill Weasley | Charlie Weasley | Dedalus Diggle | Elphias Doge | Emmeline Vance | Fleur Delacour | Fred Weasley | George Weasley | Harry Potter | Hermione Granger | Hestia Jones | Kingsley Shacklebolt | Minerva McGonagall | Molly Weasley | Mundungus Fletcher | Nymphadora Tonks | Remus Lupin | Ron Weasley | Rubeus Hagrid | Severus Snape | Sirius Black | Sturgis Podmore
Order of the Phoenix allies:
Andromeda Tonks | Augusta Longbottom | Buckbeak | Dobby | Fawkes | Filius Flitwick | Firenze | Garrick Ollivander | Ginny Weasley | Grawp | Helena Ravenclaw | Horace Slughorn | Karkus | Karkus's wife | Kreacher | Lee Jordan | Luna Lovegood | McKinnon family | Mr Westenberg | Mrs Westenberg | Muriel | Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington | Neville Longbottom | Oliver Wood | Olympe Maxime | Rita Skeeter | Patrick Delaney-Podmore | Peeves | Percy Weasley | Pomona Sprout | Poppy Pomfrey | Sybill Trelawney | Ted Tonks | The Fallen Fifty | Westenberg family | Winky | Xenophilius Lovegood
Other affiliations:
Dumbledore's Army | Forbidden Forest Centaur colony | Headless Hunt | Hogwarts Hippogriff herd | Hogwarts house-elves | Hogwarts Ghosts | Hogwarts Staff |
Hogwarts students | Hogwarts Thestral herd | British Ministry of Magic | Giant colony (Karkus's control)
Giants and half-giants
Giant colony

Gurgs: Karkus (Former) · Golgomath
Fridwulfa · Grawp (Former) · Karkus's wife · Group of injured giants (Former)

Other giants

Bran the Bloodthirsty · Cyclops · Death Eaters' giant army in the First Wizarding War · Goliath · Grawp's father · Grawp's opponent · Hengist of Upper Barnton · Morholt · Morholt's brother · Unidentified giant in The Blind Pig
Unidentified giants at the Battle of Hogwarts: I · II · III · IV · V

Half-giants

Rubeus Hagrid · Olympe Maxime · Pronk