Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody Alastor Moody. Ex-Auror, Ministry malcontent, and your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me. End of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?
5th most-quoted character in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): in 14 of its 98 quotes
Most scenes with: Albus Dumbledore (2), Hermione (2), Professor McGonagall (2)
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6 quotes Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody What was it like...What was like to stand in his prescence?
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody BARTEMIUS...not trying lure Potter into one of your summer internships, are you. Last boy that went in the Department of Mysteries never came out.
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody [Malfoy is about to curse Harry for calling him pathetic]
Oh, no you don't, sonny! [Turns him into a ferret] I'll teach you to curse somebody when their back is turned! [Flips him up and down in the air] You stinking, cowardly, scummy...!
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody I could tell you stories about your father that would curl even your greasy hair, boy!
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody That's a Foe-Glass. Lets me keep an eye on my enemies. If I can see the whites of their eyes, they're standing right behind me. [laughs evilly] [the chest is thumping] Wouldn't even bother telling you what's in there. You wouldn't believe it if I did.
Scenes with Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
7 scenes Moody [Professor Moody's first lesson]
Alastor Moody. [Writes his name on the board] Ex-auror, Ministry malcontent... and your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me. End of story, good-bye, the end. Any questions? [No one raises their hand] When it comes to the Dark Arts, I believe in a practical approach. But first, who can tell me how many Unforgivable Curses there are?
Three, sir.
Moody [Writes "Unforgiveable" on a blackboard]
And they are so named?
Because they are unforgivable. The use of any one of them will...
Moody Earn you a one-way ticket to Azkaban. Correct! The Ministry of Magic says you're too young to see what these curses do. I say different. You need to know what you're up against! You need to be prepared! [Seamus takes some gum out and puts it under his desk] You need to find another place to put your chewing gum besides the under-side of your desk, Mr. Finnegan!
Seamus Finnegan
[Whispering]
No way. The old codger can see in the back of his head.
Moody [Throws the piece of chalk at Seamus]
AND HEAR ACROSS CLASSROOMS!! Now, which curse shall we see first? WEASLEY!!!
Yes!?
Moody Stand! Give us a curse.
Well, my dad did tell me about one. The Imperius Curse.
Moody Oh, yeah. Your father would know all about that. Gave the Ministry a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why.
Moody [Moody has just finished his Imperius Curse demonstration on an enlarged spider by sending it flying around the classroom]
Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only did You-Know-Who's bidding... under the influence of the Imperius Curse. But here's the rub: How do we sort out the liars? Another, another. Longbottom, is it? Professor Sprout tells me you have an aptitude for Herbology.
Neville [Nervously]
There's the, um, the Cruciatus Curse.
Moody Correct! Correct! Come. The Torture Curse. [Aims his wand at the spider] Crucio!
[The spider makes a terrifying squealing sound, seriously bothering Neville, who is watching it up close]
Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering him? Stop it!
Moody [Snaps back into reality; Walks over and places the spider on Hermione's desk]
Perhaps you could give us the last Unforgivable curse, Miss Granger. [Hermione shakes her head] No? [Points his wand at the spider] Avada Kedavra! [The spider falls, dead. Harry is watching from a desk across.]
Madame Maxime It's wrong, I tell you!
Igor Karkaroff You French tart! Everything is a conspiracy theory with you!
Quiet! I can't think!
Igor Karkaroff Everything is a conspiracy theory!
Madame Maxime I protest!
Harry!
Madame Maxime I protest!
Harry. [Grabs him] Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?
No, sir.
Did you ask one of the older students to do it for you?
No, sir.
You're absolutely sure?
Yes. Yes, sir.
Madame Maxime But of course he is lying!
Moody The hell he is! The Goblet of Fire is an exceptionally powerful magical object. Only an exceptionally powerful Confundus Charm could have hoodwinked it. Magic way beyond the talents of a fourth-year!
Karkaroff You seem to have given this a fair bit of thought, Mad-Eye!
Moody It was once my job to think as dark wizards do, Karkaroff. Perhaps you remember?
This doesn't help, Alastor! Leave this to you, Barty.
The rules are absolute. The Goblet of Fire constitutes a binding magical contract. Mr. Potter has no choice. He is, as of tonight... a Triwizard champion.
This can't go on, Albus. First the Dark Mark, now this?
What do you suggest, Minerva?
Put an end to it. Don't let Potter compete.
You heard Barty. The rules are clear.
Well, the devil with Barty. And his rules. And since when did you accomodate the Ministry?
Professor Snape Headmaster, I too find it difficult to believe this mere coincidince. However, if we are to truly discover the meaning of these events, perhaps we should, for the time being... let them unfold.
What? Do nothing? Offer him up as bait? Potter is a boy, not a piece of meat!
I agree... with Severus. Alastor, keep an eye on Harry, will you?
Moody I can do that.
Don't let him know, though. He must be anxious enough as it is... knowing what lies ahead. Then again, we all are.
[Moody has turned Draco Malfoy into a ferret for trying to curse Harry]
Professor Moody, what are you doing?
Moody [Flipping the Malfoy-ferret in the air]
Teaching.
Is that a... Is that a student?
Moody Technically, It's a ferret.
Malfoy
My father will hear about this!
Moody Was that a threat?!
Professor Moody--
Moody: IS THAT A THREAT?!!
Alastor!
Moody I COULD TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT YOUR FATHER THAT WOULD CURL EVEN YOUR GREASY HAIR, BOY!!!
Alastor!
Moody IT DOESN'T END HERE!!!!
Alastor! [Moody listens] We never use Tranfiguration as a punishment! Surely, Professor Dumbledore told you that.
Moody Might've mentioned it.
Well, you will do well to remember it.
[As McGonnagall walks away, Moody sticks his tongue out at her, behind her back]
