Barty Crouch Jr.

Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Junior is a fictional character
from the Harry Potter series of books. He is the son
of Barty Crouch. He is portrayed in Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire by David
Tennant.

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ending details follow.

Harry Potter character
David Tennant as Barty Crouch Jr. in " Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Jr.
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Blond (brown in film)
Eye colour	Unknown
House	Slytherin
Parentage	Pure-blood
Loyalty	Death Eater
Film portrayer	David Tennant, Brendan Gleeson (in disguise)
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Crouch (born circa 1963; suffered a Dementor's kiss in 1995) was a Death
Eater who was captured with the group responsible for torturing
Frank and Alice
Longbottom, parents of Neville Longbottom. His father, who headed
the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the time, sentenced
him to life imprisonment in Azkaban.

However, Crouch's father rescued him as a favour to his dying
mother by switching their bodies. Crouch's mother later died and
was buried under his name. His father kept him under control with
the Imperius Curse and
forced him to hide under an invisibility cloak at all times. Crouch
was nursed back to health by Winky,
the family's House-Elf. Bertha Jorkins
discovered the truth, and years later it reached Lord
Voldemort. He rescued Crouch and put his father under the
Imperius Curse. Crouch then kidnapped Mad-Eye
Moody and, with the help of the polyjuice potion, took over
Moody's job of teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts. His father
was later killed by Crouch himself.

The Triwizard Tournament was being held that
year and Crouch had to make sure that Harry won. When Harry touched the
Triwizard Cup it took him to a graveyard, via portkey, and his blood
was planned to be used to bring Voldemort back to power. The plan succeeded,
but Harry escaped.

Crouch planned to succeed where his master had failed, but
failed to kill Harry. Under the influence of Veritaserum, a powerful truth potion, he
recounted his plan and his intentions throughout the year. He was
to be watched over so that he could give his testimony later, but
instead, before he could come to trial, he had his soul sucked out
by Dementor's Kiss. It is important to note that he is
still technically alive, but one would hardly dare to identify what
he has been reduced to as "alive." It is never revealed what
happened to him after he had his soul sucked out, but it is assumed
he either died or was sent back to Azkaban.

In the movie, Crouch is shown in the dream Harry has during his
summer break, apparently having escaped from Azkaban on his own.
This disagreement with the book is presumably intended to simplify
the storyline.

Preceded by: Remus Lupin

Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher (disguised as Alastor Moody) August, 1994-June, 1995

Succeeded by: Dolores Umbridge