why is peter pettigrew called wormtail in this film
2007-01-02 12:01:22 · 14 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
As a teenager, he used to be part of a gang of four who called themselves the 'Marauders'. Also part of the gang were James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. To help Lupin during his transformations into a werewolf, the other three became animagi (wizards who can turn into animals).
Being teenage boys, it was a bit of a game for them and they even came up nick-names for one another. James was 'Prongs' (he could turn into a stag, which has pronged antlers), Black was 'Padfoot' (he could turn into a dog, which has padded paws) and Pettigrew was 'Wormtail' (he could turn into a rat, which has a tail resembling a worm). Lupin took the nick-name 'Moony' because he was a werewolf affected by the moon.
2007-01-02 12:24:49 · answer #1 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nicknamed "Wormtail", he became the Secret-Keeper for James Potter and his wife Lily Evans when Harry was a baby, in hopes that Lord Voldemort would pursue Black instead. However, Pettigrew betrayed the Potters to Voldemort in order to gain the Dark Lord's favour.
2007-01-02 20:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by carangel82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Peter transforms into a rat. His tail looks like a big fat worm. I think they mentioned the name Wormtail in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".
2007-01-02 20:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by baby_doll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he's an animagus which he could transform from a regular human (Peter Pettigrew) into a rat whose tail looks like a worm. So he got nicknamed Wormtail.
2007-01-02 20:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by Vee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because he is a rat as an animangus and his tail is like a worm, it was a nickname that Harry's father and friend gave him, James Potter was Prongs, Peter was Wormtail, Sirius was padfoot, and Lupin was mooney
2007-01-02 20:11:21 · answer #5 · answered by Jules 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was an animagus and could turn in to a rat. It is a nickname based on a rats tail Similarly Sirius was Padfoot - a dog, James was prongs - a Stag and Lupin was moonie as he was a werewolf
2007-01-02 20:19:44 · answer #6 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i didnt like hp4 either...the best 1s were hp1 and hp2,
chamber of secrets rock!! lol
anyway that peter dude can transform into a rat and i think voldemort called him wormtail.
2007-01-02 20:06:06 · answer #7 · answered by Gandalf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he could transform into a rat. A rat's tail looks vaguely like a worm.
2007-01-02 20:02:47 · answer #8 · answered by amerysse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he's an animagi that can turn into a rat. i guess his tail looks like a worm?
2007-01-02 20:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by Kmisun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause his animagnus in the book was a rat i.e. he had a wormlike tail
2007-01-02 20:03:22 · answer #10 · answered by Whitey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋