Who is the girl in the bathroom in Harry Potter?

Moaning Myrtle, born as Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, was a former Ravenclaw student (now a ghost) who haunts the girl's bathroom on the first floor (called the second floor in the US editions of the book) of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Why does Moaning Myrtle moan?

Moaning Myrtle is the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who was killed by the Slytherin Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets in 1943. She likes to moan and cry and wallow in self-pity in the girls' bathroom on the second floor, though she does occasionally visit the boys' bathroom.

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Why is Moaning Myrtle in the bathroom?

Myrtle has haunted the bathroom ever since the Ministry of Magic stopped her from haunting Olive Hornby who had been teasing Myrtle just before her death, leading it to be a place most students do not want to enter. This bathroom holds the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.

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Is Moaning Myrtle good or bad?

Myrtle relished her role as the bearer of bad news – but her tendency to talk a lot inadvertently helped solve a few mysteries. Most importantly, reflecting on her own dramatic death helped to save another student's life in Chamber of Secrets.

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Who is Moaning Myrtle based on?

“Moaning Myrtle's full name was Myrtle Elizabeth Warren,” Rowling tweeted.

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What was Moaning Myrtle killed by?

Myrtle's life was cut shockingly short when she was killed by the Basilisk at Tom Riddle's command.

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Why did Harry chose Ginny?

The explanation is very simple - Harry has a very strong sexual desire for Ginny. He has no such feelings for Hermione. Sex is a fundamental aspect of adult relations. Sex is, in fact, the characteristic that defines the difference between a platonic relationship and a romantic one.

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Did Draco cry to Moaning Myrtle?

Harry Potter book fans would know that Draco Malfoy developed a sort of relationship with Moaning Myrtle when he used to cry about his feelings and internal conflict in the boys' bathroom, and many fans thought that it was cringey to think about them confiding in each other.

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Was Voldemort killed by Moaning Myrtle?

After opening the Chamber of Secrets, he used the Basilisk to kill Myrtle Warren, providing the murder necessary to craft a Horcrux. Voldemort entrusted his diary to Lucius Malfoy, who later seized the opportunity to smuggle it back into Hogwarts.

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What was the last thing Moaning Myrtle saw before she died?

The last thing Moaning Myrtle saw before her death was the face of Tom Riddle, the sixteen-year-old Voldemort.

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Is Moaning Myrtle a Slytherin?

Moaning Myrtle

Born in the late 1920s to Muggle parents, Myrtle Warren started her Hogwarts life in the early 1940s, where she was sorted into Ravenclaw. She had no friends, and was bullied relentlessly because of her glasses and acne.

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Does Moaning Myrtle love Harry?

Myrtle is shown to have a crush on Harry throughout the series. In the Goblet of Fire film, the bathroom scene shows her acting sexually towards Harry. Myrtle was also the first person to be killed by Lord Voldemort.

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What did Tom Riddle do to Moaning Myrtle?

Tom Riddle didn't "accidentally" kill Myrtle—he MURDERED her. He sicced the Basilisk on her because she was muggleborn. Tom never felt bad about murdering anyone.

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Who is moaning myrtles crush?

Myrtle is shown to have a crush on Harry throughout the series. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the bathroom scene shows her acting sexually towards Harry.

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How old is Moaning Myrtle?

Henderson was born November 24, 1965, making her 37 when she played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost of 14-year-old Myrtle Warren) in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (and, therefore, 40, when she reprised the role in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire").

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What are the words to Moaning Myrtle?

Quotes
  • Moaning Myrtle : *I'm* Moaning Myrtle! I wouldn't expect you to know me! ...
  • Moaning Myrtle : Here I am, minding my own business, and someone thinks it's funny to throw a book at me. ...
  • Gilderoy Lockhart : [Echoing from the bottom of the entrance shaft] It's really quite filthy down here!

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Did Draco befriend Moaning Myrtle?

In an unusual storyline from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Draco forms a friendship with Moaning Myrtle, a ghost who haunts the Hogwarts bathrooms.

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How old was Moaning Myrtle when she died?

Myrtle Was Around 14 When She Died

This paralleled Hermione and revealed just how much danger Slytherin's monster posed. Hermione was also a Muggle-born witch and was around the same age during the magical events of Chamber of Secrets.

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Is Snape good or bad?

Snape is a sinister and malicious teacher who makes frequent snide and disparaging remarks at Harry's expense. He quickly becomes the primary antagonist of the book, as Harry suspects him of plotting to steal the Philosopher's Stone, and of attempting to kill him.

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What did Harry do to Draco in the bathroom?

Malfoy spots Harry and casts a Cruciatus curse; Harry, defending himself, using the Half-Blood Prince's Sectumsempra spell without knowing its effects. To his horror, it gashes Draco's face and chest, spilling his blood everywhere.

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Why does Lucius Malfoy look so sick?

Isaacs brings up Lucius' disheveled appearance in Deathly Hallows, raising the possibility that the Malfoy patriarch had begun drinking too much. The way Isaacs saw it, Lucius was in a no-win situation. Given everything he'd done, the man no longer had a place on either side of the war.

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How does Snape heal Malfoy?

Blood spurts from Draco's face and chest, and Myrtle beings screaming. Snape bursts into the room and heals Draco's wounds almost immediately. Snape hurries Draco to the hospital wing, commanding Harry to wait behind.

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Did Ginny get pregnant in Harry Potter?

Ginny Weasley

Ginny Potter became pregnant with her and Harry Potter's first child, James Sirius, after the Second Wizarding War and sometime in or around 2004.

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Why did Hermione choose Ron over Harry?

The hugely successful author tells Wonderland magazine she chose the red-haired Ron for Hermione for very personal reasons having little to do with literature. She told the magazine she “wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfilment” and said the couple might eventually need relationship counselling.

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Why did Harry kiss Hermione?

Well, in case it skipped your mind, Harry and Hermione shared a kiss – not cause they were in love or dating each other but a manifestation of a Horcrux, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

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