Don't you think the sorting hat made a mistake in putting P. Pettigrew in Gryffindor??

Frankly, I don't believe so. Every has it in their head that being a Gryffindor means you have to be 'good'. Honestly, that isn't true. And as Harry said, the Sorting Hat does take in your wants...like how Harry really wanted to be sorted in Gryffindor.

Anyway, why would P.P have to be sorted in either Slytherin or Hufflepuff? Why Hufflepuff, anyways? I mean...that'd be the last place I would expect him to be sorted. As for Slytherin, that's crazy! Because P.P was a spineless, conniving bastard, he should be sorted into Slytherin? Heh, goes to show how much some HP fãs know about Slytherin. It isn't automatically the house for the 'bad guys'. Honestly, just because a few people who came from Slytherin were evil, doesn't mean all Slytherins are bad!

Anyway, P.P deserved to be in Gryffindor, very much. If anywhere, that's the only place I can see him. He doesn't belong anywhere else....definetely not in Ravenclaw....

Well, maybe. I mean, he had to be doing something right to keep under radar for so long. Maybe he does have a bit of brains...but, that isn't all there is to Ravenclaw.

No, I don't. The Sorting Hat placed Pettigrew in Gryffindor for a reason: to give him the opportunity to live up to his potential. It is not the Sorting Hat's fault that he chose to be a ratshit bastard.

Pettigrew did not let Harry escape; he hesitated when Harry reminded him about the Wizard's Debt, nothing mais and nothing less. It wasn't compassion, and if the silver hand his freak master gave him hadn't strangled him first, he would have killed Harry.

There's no way in Hell that slimy, sorry excuse for a human being could have redeemed himself after what he did.

I'm going to go against popular opinion here and say yes it probably made a mistake. He belonged in Slytherin. Not because he was evil but because he had mais traits valued por Slytherins than any of the other houses.

1) He was very cunning - He was a successful spy for the Death Eaters, fooling The Order his best friends and Dumbledore. He successfully framed Sirius in the process again fooling The Order, the ministry and Dumbledore for 12 years, framed Crookshanks

2) Resourceful - According to everyone who knew him he wasn't a very powerful, charismatic or intelligent wizard, yet he managed to become part of a popular group of boys, be inducted into The Order, avoided being discovered as a traitor, avoided Azkaban after the 1st fall of Voldemort, survived 2 attempts por Sirius to kill him, avoided capture por the trio and the 2 marauders, tracked down Voldemort, resurrected Voldemort, etc

3) Determined - He did what he had to accomplish his goals. He spent years learning to become an animagus. He cut his finger off to successfully fake his own death, he lived for 12 years as a pet rato in a household with 6 boys and a little girl to escape Azkaban. He single-handedly searched for, found Voldemort and brought him back to a somewhat corporeal form and returned him to Britain, cut his own arm off to bring Voldemort back, etc.

4) Ambitious - He didn't want to just be left alone and plod along. He always aligned himself with who he thought were the most powerful people or group. In High School it was the Marauders. After School it was the Death Eaters. Even while in hiding, he chose the Weasleys, a family very visibly on the "winning side", to hide in.

5) Certain disregard for rules - That goes without saying. He cast Unforgivables, killed people, broke school rules along with the Marauders, etc, etc

6) Strong sense of self preservation - Again this goes without saying. I think in fact this was Pettigrew's main reason behind all his actions. Everything he did was to save his own skin, regardless of how it would affect anyone else.

Well,it's obvious that Pettigrew doesn't suit in any of the hogwarts houses.Gryffindor,the house of brave,isn't really for this coward rat.Pettigrew is definitely not a smart or wise person at all,so Ravenclaw is out of the pergunta too.I don't understand why Hufflepuff is so underestimated.I mean, it's the house of the loyal,honest,just and true friends, which to me are some of the most special personality traits.So,Pettigrew,who betrayed his best friends,in Hufflepuff???Not really. Now, as for Slytherin,like many said before me,it's not the house of evil.It's the house of the proud,ambitious,cunning and those,who have a chance to succeed or excel in something,bad or good.So, I don't think Pettigrew could be a Slytherin. But Dumbledore said that the hat always takes in mind our choices, and I think Peter always felt weak.He was always after strong or powerful people,like James,Sirius,then Voldemort.It makes sense to me,that his most inner desire was to be a strong,brave person, so he wouldn't have to hide in other people's shadows.He thought Gryffindor was the best house,and this is why the Sorting Hat placed him there.

I think it was a terrible mistake. The whole point of being in Gryffindor is to be Valente and noble, and unfortunately Peter is neither of those things. If he truely was, he shouldn't have betrayed Lilly and James in the first place. Just like what Sirius said in POA, he would rather have died than betray his own best friends. Peter should have been in either Hufflepuff or Slytherin.

it's to show that just because someone sorted into gryffindor doesn't meant that they are all good. bleagh! I hate that people always make gryffindor equal goodness just because they are 'brave' and 'nobel', and slytherin equal evil just because. does slughorn or snape evil? I don't think so.

in my opinion, people and their stereotype, especially one that always call hufflepuff as weak and dull are arrogant, hypocrite bastard.
and gryffindor are my least favorito house just saying.

yes

Maybe... It's kind of hard to be sure about it... I mean he definitely wasn't smart enough for Ravenclaw. So then Hufflepuff? He's not loyal so he wouldn't fit there either. So that leaves us with Gryffindor and Slytherin... If you look at the characteritics we find in both houses and compare them to Peter's, I honestly can't see him in Slytherin. Actually, I can't really see him in any of the house so I'm guessing he must have wanted to be in Gryffindor when the sorting hat was making its choice so that's why he ended up there. Don't make the mistake of thinking Slytherin automatically means "evil/bad guy" because it doesn't.

I don't think his character fit with any of the houses, he wasn't Valente enough to be a Gryffindor, he doesn't has the dignity and the sense of proud with their heritage like Slytherin, he wasn't smart enough to be a Ravenclaw , and he doesn't loyal enough to be a Hufflepuff, but I don't believe the sorting hat make a mistake, it put him in Gryffindor for a reason, It just wasn't clear what the reason, perhaps he did have a trait of Gryffindor but in my opinion that rato shouldn't be in the Hogwarts at all!

Yeah,the hat definitely made a mistake,because Pettigrew is such a coward!!!

I think he was put there just to be friends with James and the others. And when he betrayed them, it is just to add on to the story.

Yes, he did. Not because of good or evil. Voldemort or Bellatrix could be in Gryffindor too, because they were brave. P.Pettigrew was a coward...

No. Pettigrew was placed in Gryffindor and a Gryffindor he is. To be honest, he doesn't fit all the qualities of a Gryffindor, I mean, look at Neville. At first he was a right wimp and I don't know about you, but I wondered why the hell he was put in Gryffindor. If you study the Gryffindor house a bit more, you'll understand that you don't have to kill a Horcrux to become one or protect your friends or sacrifice you life.

Pettigrew does NOT fit with a Hufflepuff. Just because they maybe a little bit quiet and shy, doesn't mean a two-faced coward belongs there. The same goes for Slytherin, that house is completely misunderstood. Just because the majority of Death Eaters were places there doesn't mean myself (I'm a Slytherin) is going to kill you on the spot.

You don't know what could of been going threw Pettigrew's mind when he went searching for Voldemort. For all we know, he could of gone mental inside, fear could had overtaken him like lorota, fudge and did things he now regrets. I'm not covering for Pettigrew or making an excuse, I'm just suggesting that we don't everything we'd like to know about him and therefor don't have much rights the judge him.

No, I don't think the Sorting Hat made a mistake. Peter Pettigrew is the only one responsible for his actions. He's the one who chose to do what he did. He could have been brave, like so many other people were, and defied Voldemort, but he chose to take the path of Darkness.

RON WAS WRONG! HE SAID THERE WASN'T A WITCH OR WIZARD WHO WENT BAD THAT WASN'T IN SLYTHERYN! PETER PETTIGREW! HE WENT BAD BUT HE WAS IN GRYFFINDOR!

No, I think it was due to his fickle nature.

Say what you like about slytherin (although branding an 11 ano old evil due to a trait he/she may grow out of and due to a musty old hat of dubious morality/legality (sure there has got to be a law about leitura minds without consent, seeing as the kids had no clue that it was going to read there minds) is sure to create some issues with the kids) but they where consitant with there haterd and where not easily swayed. They always hated Harry and stuck to what they believed.

Gryffindor (as well as Ravenclaw (peter wasnt a book worm enough for that house i think) and Hufflepuff (the house of the loyal ... Enough said)) on the other hand where easily swayed. When Harry did something they liked they were all buddy buddy but as soon as something happened they didnt like (parseltoungue, daily profit articles) mostly they where quick blame him.

The hat never makes mistakes my friend.....