Anagrams are also often used in fiction for character aliases, such as Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort, Leonardo da vinci = O Draconian Devil, The Mona Lisa

Voldemort has also been compared with other characters within fiction, for example Sauron from The Lord of the Rings ; they are, during the time when the main plot takes place, seeking to recover their lost power after having been considered dead or at least no longer a threat, and are also so feared that they are sometimes unnamed.

Voldemort is also a recurring theme among wizard rock bands.

Lord Voldemort also appeared in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London as an inflatable representation of children's literature villains, alongside The Queen of Hearts, Captain Hook, and Cruella de Vil.

" However, he also criticises " the one-note Draco Malfoy " and the predictable Lord Voldemort.

He is also well known for playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series.

In 1994, Bryce investigates a disturbance at the house and overhears Lord Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew ( also known as Wormtail ) plotting to kill a boy named Harry Potter.

He also says that he killed his father in the Forest the day he stumbled upon Harry and Krum, and that he was hoping to bring Voldemort back to power by bringing Harry to him.

Harry also believes that lack of practical experience makes them more vulnerable to Lord Voldemort's forces, though the Ministry staunchly refuses to accept that Lord Voldemort has returned.

There is also a memorial for the Potters in Godric's Hollow — their house was left the same as it was when Voldemort killed them, and a small statue of Harry, Lily and James was built.

Fudge also informed the Prime Minister that several problems he was facing were rooted in the war against Voldemort, and that his new secretary Kingsley Shacklebolt was an Auror.

A parody of Voldemort appears in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Lord Moldybutt, an enemy of Nigel Planter ( a parody of Harry ).

In Alistair McGowan's Big Impression show, during the sketch called " Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone ", Gary Lineker appears as the Voldemort figure.

In Harry Podder: Dude Where's My Wand ?, a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis, Voldemort appears as evil wizard Voldie.

Dumbledore appears shortly after Voldemort and the two engage in an intense duel.

Voldemort and Lestrange escape, just as Fudge appears at the Ministry, finally faced with incontrovertible evidence that the Dark Lord has returned.

It appears that very few Death Eaters stood for their fallen master and proudly went to Azkaban for him ( like Bellatrix Lestrange ), since, in the sixth book, Snape states that if Voldemort had refused to welcome back all those who turned their backs on him when he fell, then he would have very few followers.

In Hungarian, Voldemort's name becomes " Tom Rowle Denem ", which is an anagram of " Nevem Voldemort ", with the " w " in the name becomes two " v " s. This caused a name collision with the character Thorfinn Rowle, who first appears in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but who is not related to Voldemort.

He played Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ( with the footage he appears in being reused in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ) and played Skeld in The 13th Warrior.

Examples would be: Tolkien's Morgoth of The Silmarillion as well as Sauron, the King of the Nazgûl and the others of the Nine Riders from The Lord of the Rings, Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter series, Lasky's Kludd and Nyra of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, Brooks's Warlock Lord of The Sword of Shannara, Jordan's Dark One of The Wheel of Time, and Eddings ' Torak of The Belgariad and Zandramas of The Malloreon, Rick Riordan's Kronos of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Goodkind's Darken Rahl and Emperor Jagang of The Sword of Truth, Dart-Thornton's Moragon, and Paolini's Galbatorix of The Inheritance Cycle.

Lord Voldemort () Alfonso Cuarón, director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban compared Voldemort with George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, as the two of them "... have selfish interests and are very much in love with power.

" Andrew Slack and the Harry Potter Alliance compare media consolidation in the U. S. to Voldemort's regime in Deathly Hallows and its control over the Daily Prophet and other media saying that " Once Voldemort took over every form of media in the wizarding world, Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix formed an independent media movement called ' Potterwatch '.

IGN listed Voldemort as their seventh favourite Harry Potter character, calling him " truly frightening ".

In A Very Potter Musical, Voldemort is played by actor Joe Walker.

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Some examples of an antithesis in popular literature include the characters of Dumbledore and Voldemort in Harry Potter, the doctor and Kino in The Pearl, and Aslan and the White Witch in " The Chronicles of Narnia ".

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the antagonist's name is Quirinus Quirrell, named for the epithet of Janus, who is a two-faced god, similar to Quirrel, who shared his body with Lord Voldemort.

Non-comic book supervillains of note include Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond series, Darth Vader and the Emperor from the Star Wars series, The Master from DoctorWho, Voldemort from Harry Potter, Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series, and Frieza from the Dragonball series.

In the fictional world of the Harry Potter series, the Death Eaters constitute a group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, the chief antagonist of the series, who seek to purify the Wizarding community by eliminating the Muggle-borns ( wizards or witches born to non-magical parents ).

The prophecy could have referred to two different boys, Harry Potter or Neville Longbottom ; however, Voldemort chose Harry, as said in the prophecy, that " the Dark Lord would mark him as his equal.

Lord Voldemort, having regained his full strength at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, summoned his followers to him by touching Peter Pettigrew's Dark Mark.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort sent a group of twelve Death Eaters, led by Lucius Malfoy, into the Department of Mysteries, where he expected them to secure a Prophecy of vital importance to him: having originally attacked Harry based upon a partial recounting of it, he now wanted to hear the full version in order to better, or even fully, understand the connection between Harry and himself.

A second, more deadly attack near the conclusion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows resulted in over 50 deaths, including Voldemort, who died when the Killing Curse he threw at Harry rebounded on him.

His nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played Tom Riddle, young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Fiennes portrayed Lord Voldemort in the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

* In Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort heard a prophecy ( made by Sybill Trelawney to Dumbledore ) that a boy born at the end of July, whose parents had defied Voldemort thrice and survived, would have the power to defeat Lord Voldemort.

Because of this prophecy, Lord Voldemort sought out Harry Potter ( believing him to be the boy spoken of ) and tried to kill him.

His parents died protecting him, and when Voldemort tried to cast a killing curse on Harry, it rebounded and took away most of his strength, and gave Harry Potter a unique ability and connection with the Dark Lord.

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She said that Voldemort takes up terrorism by destroying bridges, murdering innocents, and forcing children to kill their elders.

Another episode, " The Mysterious Ticking Noise ", shows Snape, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore being killed by a pipe bomb placed by Voldemort inside a turducken ; the episode being the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for " Best Comedy " of the year 2007 at YouTube.

It describes how Harry discovers he is a wizard, makes close friends and a few enemies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with the help of his friends thwarts an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents when Harry was one year old.

As Harry learns from his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger The Order is a group of witches and wizards, led by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, dedicated to fighting the evil Lord Voldemort and his followers.

The Order is forced to operate in secrecy, outside of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic, which is headed by the dense and corrupt Cornelius Fudge, who refuses to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned.

Professor Umbridge and Harry soon clash, as she, like Fudge, refuses to believe that Voldemort has returned and punishes Harry when he points out Voldemort's return by forcing him to write lines with a special quill that carves " I must not tell lies " into the back of his hand.

Afterwards, Dumbledore demands that Harry take Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape, for the purpose of protecting his mind against further invasions by Lord Voldemort.

exams, and Harry has another vision, this time about Sirius being held captive and tortured by Voldemort.

Dumbledore sends Harry back to school, where, after Harry has a breakdown, screaming that " he's had enough " of all the pain and anguish and death and destruction, he explains that the sphere was a prophecy which stated that Harry has a power that Voldemort will never know: the power of love, given to him by his mother's sacrifice fifteen years earlier.

Death Eaters recognise one another by the Dark Mark on their left forearm, a sign created by Voldemort to summon him instantly to them or vice-versa.

The Minister for Magic ( Cornelius Fudge ) deluded himself into believing that Voldemort could not have come back and that it was all a lie cooked up by Dumbledore, whom Fudge believed had designs on his political office.

Throughout the year, Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger investigate the attacks, and Harry is confronted by Tom Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort, who is attempting to regain full power.