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===Percy Weasley ===
Percy Weasley is the third son of [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]]. In direct contrast to his brothers, he is a stickler for rules and often pompous due to his love of authority, though he does have good intentions at heart. When readers first meet Percy in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]'', he is a Gryffindor prefect, and in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', he becomes [[Head Boy]]. In both these circumstances, he becomes physically attached to his badge, wanting to polish it and wear it even when out of school. Percy is an academically high-performing student. When he finishes school, this academic distinction plus his having served as Head Boy secures him a job in the Ministry in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]''. Percy somewhat idolises his immediate supervisor, [[#Barty Crouch Sr.|Barty Crouch Sr.]] When Crouch is ill, Percy replaces him as a judge in the second Triwizard Tournament task.

In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]]'', Percy is promoted to Junior Assistant to Minister Fudge. Since this is an unusually high-ranking position for someone of Percy's age to hold, Arthur suspects that Percy's promotion was not earned but instead given to him to allow the Ministry to better manipulate the Weasleys. Outraged and hurt by the suggestion, Percy violently argues with Arthur, resulting in Percy's subsequent alienation from his family. When Percy learns Ron is made a prefect, he sends him a letter congratulating him for following in his footsteps, and unsuccessfully urges Ron to sever ties with Harry (claiming Harry is an extreme danger to Ron's prefect status), and to pay loyalty to Umbridge and the Ministry – going so far to refer to her as a "delightful woman", much to Harry's and Ron's disgust.

In the climax of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', Percy returns to his family and manages to make up with all of them, and eventually duels new Minister for Magic and Voldemort puppet [[#Pius Thicknesse|Pius Thicknesse]] in the Battle of Hogwarts. While dueling Thicknesse, Percy announces that he is resigning, the first joke he has made in many years, much to Fred's delight. Percy witnesses the death of his brother Fred at the hands of [[Augustus Rookwood]], and Percy clings to the corpse and shields it from further damage. In the last part of the battle, he and his father work together to defeat Thicknesse.

Percy is portrayed by [[Chris Rankin]] in the film series.