Alan Rickman: Professor Severus Snape
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Professor Snape : Expelliarmus! Ah, vengeance is sweet. How I hoped I'd be the one to catch you.
[to Lupin]
Professor Snape : I told Dumbledore you were helping an old friend enter the castle and now here's the proof.
Sirius Black : Brilliant, Snape - once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion. Now if you'll excuse us, Remus and I have some unfinished business to attend to.
Professor Snape : [raises his wand at Black] Give me a reason. I beg you.
Professor Lupin : Severus, don't be a fool...
Sirius Black : He can't help it. It's habit by now.
Professor Lupin : Sirius, be quiet!
Sirius Black : Be quiet yourself, Remus!
Professor Snape : Listen to you two, quarrelling like an old married couple.
Sirius Black : Why don't you run along and play with your chemistry set?
Professor Snape : [puts his wand to Black's throat] I could do it, you know... But why deny the Dementors? They're so longing to see you.
[Sirius trembles]
Professor Snape : Do I detect a flicker of fear? Ah, yes. The Dementor's Kiss. One can only imagine what that must be like to endure. It's said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but I'll do my best.
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Professor Snape : [taps the blank Marauder's Map with his wand] Reveal your secrets.
[writing appears on the map]
Professor Snape : Read it.
Harry : "Messrs. Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, offer their compliments to Professor Snape and... "
Professor Snape : Go on.
Harry : "... and request that he keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."
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Professor Snape : Well, well, Lupin. Out for a little walk... in the moonlight, are we?
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Professor Snape : Turn to page 394.
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Professor Snape : That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. Tell me, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?
Ron : He's got a point, you know.
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Professor Snape : Why you insolent, little...
Professor Lupin : ...Professor.
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Harry : Excuse me, sir. Where's Professor Lupin?
Professor Snape : That's really none of your concern is it, Potter?
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Professor Snape : Potter, what are you doing wandering the corridors at night?
Harry : Nothing... I was sleepwalking.
Professor Snape : How extraordinarily like your father you are Potter, he too was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle.
Harry : My Dad didn't strut, and nor do I. Now, if you don't mind, I'd appreciate it if you could lower your wand.
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Professor Snape : Which one of you can tell me the difference between an animagus and a werewolf?
[Hermione raises her hand]
Professor Snape : [without turning around] No-one? How disappointing.
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Professor Snape : A remarkable feat, don't you think? To enter the castle on ones own, completely undetected?
Dumbledore : Quite.
Professor Snape : Any theories on how he might have managed it?
Dumbledore : Many. Each as unlikely as the next.
Professor Snape : You may recall, prior to the start of term, I expressed concern about the appointment of Professor...
Dumbledore : Not a single person inside this castle would help Sirius Black to enter it. No, I'm quite convinced the castle is safe, and I'm more than willing to send the students back to their houses.
Professor Snape : What about Potter? Should he be warned?
Dumbledore : Perhaps, but for now let him sleep.
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Professor Lupin : [as Snape points his wand at Sirius's throat] Severus, don't be a fool...
Sirius Black : He can't help it, it's habit by now.
Professor Lupin : Sirius, be quiet.
Sirius Black : Be quiet yourself, Remus!
Professor Snape : Listen to you two, quarreling like an old married couple...
Sirius Black : [in a mocking voice] Why don't yo run along and play with your chemistry set?
[Snape pushes wand harder on Sirius's throat]
Professor Snape : I could do it, you know. But why deny the Dementors? They're so longing to see you... do I detect a flicker of fear? Ah, yes, the Dementor's Kiss. One can only imagine what that must be like to endure. It's said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but I'll do my best.
[Harry unnoticeably pulls Hermione's wand out of her pocket]
Sirius Black : Severus, please!
Professor Snape : After you.
[gestures Sirius toward door]
Harry : [to Snape] Expelliarmus!
[Snape flies backwards onto a bed, unconscious]
Ron : Harry! What did you just do?
Hermione : You attacked a teacher!
Harry : [to Lupin] Tell me about Peter Pettigrew!
Professor Lupin : He was at school with us! We thought he was our friend!
Harry : No, Pettigrew's dead!
[whirls around at Sirius]
Harry : You killed him!
Professor Lupin : [jumps in front of Sirius] No he didn't! I thought so, too until you mentioned seeing Pettigrew on the map!
Harry : The map was lying, then!
Sirius Black : That map never lies! Pettigrew's alive! And he's right there!
[points at Ron]
Ron : Me? He's mental!
Sirius Black : Not you! Your rat!
Ron : Scabbers has been in my family for...
Sirius Black : Twelve years! Curiously a long life for a rat! He's missing a toe, isn't he?
Ron : So what?
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Professor Snape : [walks in potions classroom and shuts blinds with wand] Turn to page three-hundred and ninety-four.
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Professor Snape : [sneaks up on Harry, who is in the dark with the Marauder's Map] Potter? What are you doing wandering the corridors at night?
Harry : I'm sleepwalking.
Professor Snape : Extraordinarily like your father, you are, Potter. He was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle.
Harry : My dad didn't strut. Nor do I. Now if you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you lowered your wand.
[Snape lowers wand]
