Twilight: The Strange Fandom Feud, Explained. He is always outvoted in this regard. Peeves witnesses Voldemort's final defeat at the hands of Harry Potter, During the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, Filch (albeit forcibly and only after he was persuaded by Minerva McGonagall) invited Peeves to take part in the defence of the castle. [10] His fear of the Baron was so well known that in his first year Harry Potter, under his Invisibility Cloak, was able to drive him away by pretending to be the Baron. The films didn't need additional comic relief or yet another CGI character inflating the budget. He uses this ability to throw things at people and write rude words on classroom chalkboards. He is known for tormenting students and especially the castle's caretakers in a variety of different ways that range from literally threatening the lives of children with miniature canons and crossbows, to blowing raspberries and making silly jokes. A Poltergeist is not the same as a ghost. He encountered Peeves but managed to escape detection by taking a shortcut. [14], Around the time of the Yule Ball, Peeves frequently hid in a suit of armour and sang rude songs,[15] and was also accused of stealing Harry's golden egg the night Harry worked out the clue. Peeves has lived at Hogwarts Castle since its founding in c. 993. Professor McGonagall went as far as telling Peeves that he was unscrewing a chandelier the wrong way, and apparently she later allowed him to borrow her walking stick to hit Umbridge with as she fled from Hogwarts.[17]. Peeves the Poltergeist was cut from the Harry Potter films despite being involved in all seven books, but who, or what, exactly is he? British actor Rik Mayall was cast as Peeves in the first film, but his scenes were ultimately cut, Peeves as depicted the PC version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game), Peeves the poltergeist in the PC version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game), Peeves as depicted in the PC version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game), Peeves with armour as depicted in the PC version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game). An attempt by Carpe to remove Peeves by luring him into a trap featuring weapons and trapping him with Containment Charms instead resulted in Peeves seizing the weapons and then subjecting Hogwarts to a three-day standoff. When given final instructions by Fred and George just before they left Hogwarts, Peeves saluted the twins, marking possibly the first time he had knowingly and willingly obeyed a Hogwarts student. Peeves was not completely without loyalties, though; during Dolores Umbridge's attempts to take control of Hogwarts in 1996, he showed respect for his fellow troublemakers, Fred and George Weasley. Students were known to allow Peeves to take the blame for their own mischief, for which he accepted responsibility, as he never had any fear of repercussions. They occasionally haunt the homes of Muggles. This was the last and most disastrous attempt to get rid of Peeves. [17], Peeves chasing Umbridge with McGonagall's cane, After the Weasley twins' departure, Peeves began a rampage of ceaseless mayhem by juggling burning torches over students, dumping a bag of tarantulas in the Great Hall, locking Mrs Norris in a suit of armour (much to Filch's great displeasure) and destroying property like never before. Since this breaks one of Gamp's Laws of Elemental Transfiguration, this might mean that Peeves might have otherworldly powers, as Peeves is the first entity shown to be able to create food at will. Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World, (in nick and other residents before being Cut from final edit), Peeves is available in the "Downloadable Character Pack". [22] Although Peeves did not usually heed commands, he did recognise authority of a sort. For example, he randomly pops up out of boxes.