Peter Pettigrew is one of Harry Potter’s most hated characters and is even more despicable than almost all of Voldemort's ...

When recalling the primary antagonists in the Harry Potter series, it’s common for fans to mention Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange first. They were embodiments of evil, power, and chaos.

One of the biggest fan quibbles has been over the Weasley twins’ Marauders Map, and why the boys never figured out that Peter Pettigrew was secretly sleeping in Ron’s bed every night ...

Peter Pettigrew is arguably one of the most divisive characters in the Harry Potter universe. The character – also known as Wormtail and, for a 13-year period, as Ron Weasley's rat Scabbers ...

For a children's series, there are a fair amount of backstabbers and betrayers in Harry Potter, but none are worse than Peter Pettigrew, a.k.a. Wormtail, a.k.a. the reason Harry Potter is an orphan.

Goodbye Peter Pettigrew! British actor Timothy Spall, known to Harry Potter fans as Peter Pettigrew, appeared on the red carpet after a dramatic weight loss By ...

British actor Timothy Spall is well known to Harry Potter fans for his role as Peter Pettigrew or “Scabbers” (aka, that untrustworthy turncoat Wormtail and the subject of the biggest Potter ...

So really, there's no reason that Peter Pettigrew wouldn't have turned himself into a rat — unless he couldn't. You've got to admit, this theory makes a ton of sense.

Peter Pettigrew — who disguised himself as Ron's rat — should have been discovered on the Marauder's Map by Fred and George Weasley. Peter Pettigrew must have been very lucky.

Thanks to George Weasley actor Oliver Phelps, Harry Potter fans may finally have an answer to one of the story's more glaring mysteries.