# Into Which Hogwarts House would \_\_\_\_\_ Be Sorted? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656 "2005-07-15T15:13:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/41 "2005-07-16T19:30:29Z")
I can’t tell you how honored I am to have started what has been called the geekiest thread on the Dope. Yay! When my husband saw me this afternoon in my Harry Potter tee-shirt, he told me that I’ve been assimilated into the cult of Harry Potter. Okay, so: Kermit the Frog: I’m not sure. Miss Piggy: Slytherin Fozzy Bear: Gryffindor Animal: Hufflepuff The Swedish Chef: Hufflepuff Gonzo the Great: Gryffindor Big Bird: Hufflepuff Ernie: Hufflepuff Bert: Slytherin Cookie Monster: Hufflepuff Oscar the Grouch: Hufflepuff Slimy: Gryffindor Grover: Gryffindor Prairie Dawn: Ravenclaw Elmo: Hufflepuff Arthur: Hufflepuff. I think. D.W.: Slytherin The Brain: Ravenclaw Buster Baxter: Hufflepuff Muffy: Slytherin Francine: Gryffindor My sister and I discussed this much of the afternoon yesterday. We decided that of all the social workers we know, the majority are in Hufflepuff. Thinking of our college professors, they tend to belong to either Ravenclaw or Slytherin, depending. She and I are Ravenclaw; our mother is Ravenclaw; our brother is Slytherin; our stepfather is Slytherin. Our dad and stepmonster are both Hufflepuff. My husband is Gryffindor. This has really been fun to think of, and it did get us through a very long day!! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/42 "2005-07-16T19:44:43Z")
We’re all such geeks, I love it! 😃 Most of the X-Men would go to Gryffindor, although I can definitely see the Professor in Ravenclaw. Magneto would make a perfect Slytherin. Who wants to sort the people from _Friends_–or how about Sesame Street muppets? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/43 "2005-07-16T19:52:47Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > …or how about Sesame Street muppets? That last post was _not there_ when I saw the thread at first, I swear. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/44 "2005-07-17T00:26:38Z")
Danny? A Slytherin? Have you been eating fermented Cox’s Orange Pippins? He is a Gryffindor all the way! Using trickery and deception doesn’t necessarily conflict with Gryffindorness. Harry and friends do it all the time. The difference, as I see it, is that Gryffindors use devious means to achieve a greater good, while Slytherins are more likely to use devious means for personal gain. Danny and his dad were pheasant poachers, but they were _honorable_ pheasant poachers, gosh darn it! Uncle Oswald, though. Now _there’s_ a Slytherin. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/45 "2005-07-17T00:33:07Z")
Okay, now you’ve got me thinking: Hawkeye: Gryffindor BJ: Hufflepuff Frank Burns: Slytherin Trapper: Ravenclaw Col. Potter: Gryffindor Col. Blake: Hufflepuff Charles: Ravenclaw Margaret: Ravenclaw Father Mulcahy: Gryffindor Radar: Slytherin Klinger: Hufflepuff Dr. Sidney Freedman: Ravenclaw Col. Flagg: Hufflepuff who wishes he was a Slytherin ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/46 "2005-07-17T10:01:42Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Most of the X-Men would go to Gryffindor, although I can definitely see the Professor in Ravenclaw. Beast’s a Ravenclaw, too. I’d put Emma in Slytherin. Colossus, I’d call a Hufflepuff. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/47 "2005-07-17T13:48:03Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > Okay, now you’ve got me thinking: > > Hawkeye: Gryffindor > BJ: Hufflepuff > Frank Burns: Slytherin > Trapper: Ravenclaw > Col. Potter: Gryffindor > Col. Blake: Hufflepuff > Charles: Ravenclaw > Margaret: Ravenclaw > Father Mulcahy: Gryffindor > Radar: Slytherin > Klinger: Hufflepuff > Dr. Sidney Freedman: Ravenclaw > Col. Flagg: Hufflepuff who wishes he was a Slytherin This thread has been fun-but… Radar in Slytherin!!! I can’t believe anyone would say that. must have been a typo. Radar was always working for the greater good. He was always the smartest person at the MASH to, but hid that to avoid embarrassing the doctors. Gryffindor all the way. that is the only house possible for the great Radar! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/48 "2005-07-17T13:59:09Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > Danny? A Slytherin? Have you been eating fermented Cox’s Orange Pippins? He is a Gryffindor all the way! Using trickery and deception doesn’t necessarily conflict with Gryffindorness. Harry and friends do it all the time. The difference, as I see it, is that Gryffindors use devious means to achieve a greater good, while Slytherins are more likely to use devious means for personal gain. Danny and his dad were pheasant poachers, but they were _honorable_ pheasant poachers, gosh darn it! You raise a fair point, but one of my problems with the books is that the Slytherins are all so awful; I want there to be **some** decent characters in that house, to justify its continued existence. And Danny shows some braveness, true, but his main schtick is his cleverness in pulling on a scheme for the sheer joy of pulling off a scheme. I think he’s an example of a good Slytherin. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/49 "2005-07-17T14:03:42Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > This thread has been fun-but… > > Radar in Slytherin!!! > I can’t believe anyone would say that. must have been a typo. > > Radar was always working for the greater good. He was always the smartest person at the MASH to, but hid that to avoid embarrassing the doctors. > Gryffindor all the way. that is the only house possible for the great Radar! I agree totally! Okay, Rugrats. Angelica - Slytherin Tommy - Gryffindor Chuckie - Hufflepuff Phil and Lil - Gryffindor ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/50 "2005-07-17T14:05:17Z")
But Radar was so good at being sneaky! His sneakiness was his defining characteristic. If you needed something done or gotten or arranged by backdoor (back tent flap?) means, Radar was your man. Not all Slytherins are evil, after all. I had no doubt about Radar’s house. The two I had trouble with were Frank Burns and Klinger. I put them in Slytherin and Hufflepuff, respectively, but I think Klinger may be more Gryffindor. Frank I’m still not sure about. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/51 "2005-07-17T14:06:38Z")
Pooh, Eeyore - Hufflepuff Piglet, Christopher Robin, Roo - Gryffindore Owl, Kanga - Ravenclaw Rabbit - Slytherin ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/52 "2005-07-17T14:07:31Z")
Interesting cross-post there. **Dorkie** wants to use Danny as an example of a good Slytherin, and I want to use Radar for the same thing. I agree that the Slytherins are too uniformly awful. Though Snape’s a Slytherin, right? It usually turns out that he’s doing the right thing in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/53 "2005-07-17T14:09:17Z")
Oooh, new idea! Tiffany Aching: Ravenclaw Granny Weatherwax: **Somebody help me out here.** Nanny Ogg: Expelled on day one for trying to have sex with the Sorting Hat. Magrat Garlick: Probably Gryffindor. Agnes Nitt: Hufflepuff. Perdita X. Dream: Slytherin. 😉 Rincewind: Likely to run away from Sorting Hat. Also probably a Squib. If pressed, I’m pretty sure he’d pick Hufflepuff. The Luggage: Slytherin. Vimes: Gryffindor, edged with Slytherin. Carrot: Gryffindor, edged with Hufflepuff. Angua: Gryffindor. Nobby Nobbs: I’m gonna go with Slytherin. Colon: Too stupid to attend Hogwarts. People, help me! I know there’s more I can add to this list. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/54 "2005-07-17T14:31:23Z")
President Carter - Hufflepuff President Reagan - Hufflepuff President Bush, Sr. - Gryffindor President Clinton - Gryffindor President Bush, Jr. - Slytherin ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/55 "2005-07-17T16:06:04Z")
Babe Ruth, Micky Mantle - Hufflepuff Ted Williams, Cy Young - Ravenclaw Joe Jackson, Walter Johnson - Gryffindore Ty Cobb, The rest of the Chicago Blacksox - Slytherin ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/56 "2005-07-17T16:08:16Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Gryffindore Please tell me that was a typo. I’ve seen it twice in this thread now and it hurts my brain. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/57 "2005-07-17T16:12:06Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > Please tell me that was a typo. I’ve seen it twice in this thread now and it hurts my brain. It wasn’t a typo. I misspelled it. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/58 "2005-07-17T16:23:52Z")
I’ve got different _Farscape_ sortings than **Mactech** : John Crichton - Gryffindor (a la Hermione) Zhann - Ravenclaw Aeryn Sun - Gryffindor D’Argo - Gryffindor Chiana - Hufflepuff Jool - Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff Stark - Sorting Hat explodes Rygel - Slytherin Pilot - Hufflepuff Scorpius - Slytherin/Gryffindor Crais - Slytherin Braca - Slytherin _The Last Unicorn_: Schmendrick the Magician - Hufflepuff Mommy Fortuna - Slytherin Molly Grue - Hufflepuff King Haggard - Slytherin Prince Lir - Gryffindor ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/59 "2005-07-17T16:39:23Z")
_sigh_ I came in this thread to do Star Wars. So i’ll just agree with others on this one. Anakin Skywalker would have been in Slytherin because he’s so ambitious, though I think he does have quite a bit of Gryffindor in him. Obi-Wan, like all the other Jedis, would have been in Gryffindor. Yoda being in Ravenclaw is beyond obvious. Family wise my mom would be in Ravenclaw, my dad is Hufflepuff, my brother in Gryffindor(or Hufflepuff) and myself in Slytherin. We’re quite the mixed family. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656/60 "2005-07-17T16:42:02Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Steel slipped my mind. (Not that I was going to a comprehensive list of members, anyway.) You’re definitely right about him in Ravenclaw, though. > I’ve _got_ Barry in Ravenclaw and Aquaman in Gryffindor, so I’m not sure why you bring them up…_scratches head_ > > As to Hawkman. Katar’s definitely Gryffindor, I agree. Carter could fit in Gryffindor, but he also has elements that would suggest Ravenclaw (unless his history has been screwed with more than I know). Then there’s Fel Andar, who I don’t know enough about to come up with anything. (Although checking, he comes across as a definite Slytherin.) > > A few more random members: > > Firestorm: Ravenclaw > Mr Miracle: Gryffindor > G’nort: Hufflepuff > Oracle: Ravenclaw I skimmed over reading your JLA: YEAR ONE lists and somehow didn’t process your rankings for Barry Allen Flash and Aquaman. We’re on the same wavelength, though. While I understand the temptation to put G’nort in Hufflepuff, I see G’nort as a Gryffindor in the Neville Longbottom mode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-which-hogwarts-house-would-_____-be-sorted/312656.md?page=4)