Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Junior is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of books. He is also the son of Barty Crouch.

Crouch was a Death Eater who was captured with the group responsible for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom. His father, who headed the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the time, sentenced him to imprisonment in Azkaban.

However, Crouch's father rescued him as a favour to his dying mother. His father kept him under control with the Imperius Curse and forced him to hide under an invisibility cloak at all times. Crouch was nursed back to health by Winky, the family's House-Elf. Bertha Jorkins discovered the truth, and years later it reached Lord Voldemort. He rescued Crouch and put his father under the Imperius Curse. Crouch then kidnapped Mad-Eye Moody and, with the help of the polyjuice potion, took over Moody's job of teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts.

The Triwizard Tournament was being held that year and Crouch had to make sure that Harry won. When Harry touched the Triwizard Cup it took him to a graveyard, and his blood was planned to be used to bring Voldemort back to power. The plan succeeded, except for the fact that Harry escaped.

Crouch then planned to kill Harry, but didn't succeed. Under the influence of a powerful truth potion, he told what had happened. His soul was sucked out of him when he received the Dementor's Kiss.

External links

• Overanalyzing the Text: The Crouch Novenna - A Nine Part Essay on the Crouch family