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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 2765385" data-attributes="member: 33035">Warning Spoilers AheadLudo Bagman was a former pro-Quidditch player and head of the Department of Games and Sports.  He cheated Fred and George in a bet at the Quidditch World Cup and was acting very unusual.  He was actually bankrupt and placed a large wager on Harry to win the Tri-wizard Tournament.  He was doing his best to make sure Harry won, but didn't get any money as Harry tied rather than winning outright.  He had to flee from the goblins he had borrowed money from.Rita Skeeter published multiple stories on Harry.  It made him look like he was an attention seeking liar, and Hermione his girlfriend who broke up with him to date Krum.  Even Mrs. Weasley believed bad things about Hermione.  The important part to the storyline is that no one will believe Harry when he says Voldemort is back because they see him as a liar.  Hermione discovered Skeeter was secretly an ani-magi that could turn into a beetle.  She caught her in beetle form and forced her to stop the stories. As others have mentioned, Crouch jr. was killed immediately after being found by Fudge.  It was revealed that his father had helped him escape Azkaban at request of his dying wife.  They brewed polyjuice potion and used it to change Crouch jr. for his mother, who died shortly thereafter in Azkaban.  Crouch jr. was kept imprisoned by his father, but escaped at the World Cup.  Fudge allowed the dementor to kill Crouch jr. making him a suspect as a death eater trying to prevent word of Voldemort's return from spreading.It was also explained at the end that Harry and Voldemort had wands made with a feather from the same phoenix.  They each cast a spell at the same time, linking the magical core of their wands.  When Harry won the battle of wills, he forced the magic back into Voldemort's wand causing it to cast its last spells in reverse.  There is a lot more, but those are the key items missed in the movie.</blockquote>

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