The Boy Who StruggledHarry Potter never had an easy life.We've seen him when he was locked in a tiny room under the stairs by an evil, bloated step-family. We've seen him when he had his first tast...

Sidekick-ing It Poor Ron. All his best subplots in this installment got cut on the journey from page to screen. This was Ron's year…at least in the book. He was supposed to be named prefect and w...

The Brains (And The Emotional Intelligence) Of The OperationHermione is what you might call "the idea (wo)man" of the main trio. She's usually the one who comes up with their best plans and this mo...

Manic Pixie Nightmare GirlWe never imagined that the adjectives "cute," "perky," "sunny," and "smiley" could ever make our blood run cold with fear. But that was before we met Dolores Umbridge.The...

Back To BlackAt the beginning of Order of the Phoenix, we find Sirius hiding out at Number 12, Grimmauld Place. Not only is it a dark, dirty, and cramped little house, but it's also Sirius's childh...

The Cold ShoulderDumbledore has always been Harry's wizard mentor. The headmaster of Hogwarts has been there to help our favorite boy wizard with all his most pressing problems. (Except that whole...

Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort, if you're nasty) has been with us since the very beginning of the Harry Potter film series, but he spends most of his time laying low in Order of the Phoenix.Whi...

Luna TunesLuna is a delightfully eccentric Ravenclaw student who doesn't really seem to fit in anywhere. She also happens to be the exact friend that Harry needs this year.Hermione accidentally int...

Lestrange And L'derangedFrom the moment we see Bellatrix Lestrange sitting in her cell in Azkaban it's clear that she's got a few screws lose. She licks her Dark Mark and laughs manically as the wa...

Troubled TurncoatAh, young love. Harry's first crush is Cho Chang and, in this movie, he finally gets to lock lips with her. Their first kiss is about as adorable as you would imagine:CHO CHANG: Yo...

Sure, Order of the Phoenix isn't the first time we meet Cornelius Fudge, but it's probably the Minister of Magic at his worst. Even though Harry and Dumbledore have both explained to him that Volde...

When Umbridge fails to teach actual defense in Defense Against the Dark Arts, it's time for the students of Hogwarts to take matters in their own hands. They form Dumbledore's Army so they can a) f...

Here come the good guys.The Order of the Phoenix is a top-secret group that Dumbledore established during the First Wizarding War to fight off Voldemort and his Death Eater henchmen. Now that Voldy...

We don't really run into these guys until the end of the movie when they come out in full force to beat up on a bunch of children. Hey, we didn't say they were nice people.In the film, the group is...