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Hello father.
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~ Barty Crouch Junior revealing his true colors.
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And they say I'm mad!
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~ Barty Junior after Barty Senior deduces his true identity knowing no one will believe him.
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You won because I made it so Potter. You ended up in that graveyard tonight because it was meant to be so. And now the deed is done. The blood that runs through these veins runs within the dark lord. Imagine how he will reward me when he learns that I have once and for all silenced the great Harry Potter!
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~ Barty moments before his bill comes due.
Bartemius "Barty" Crouch, Jr. (gone undercover as Dark Wizard hunter Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody) is the main antagonist of the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment of the Harry Potter film series.
He is a Dark Wizard and an infamous Death Eater who tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity under the orders of Lord Voldemort. Years later, he escapes from the Azkaban prison and impersonates the Auror Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody to engineer his master's return alongside Peter Pettigrew so Voldemort can finally face and kill Harry Potter.
His role in the film is mostly similar to his role in the book; he disguises himself as Moody and puts Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire. However, there are a few changes:
The film established that Barty Crouch Jr. somehow managed to escape Azkaban on his own sometime prior to Quidditch World Cup, as he joined the conversation between Voldemort and Wormtail over the plan for the former's return to power until Nagini alarmed them about Frank Bryce who overheard their plans as shown in the film's beginning. During his aforementioned escape, he managed to keep everyone, including his father Crouch, in the dark about it along the way, until the latter eventually realized what's going on when Barty, in his Moody disguise, unintentionally identifying himself to his father by twitching his tongue.
Related to the change above, coupled with the omission of the World Cup along with forest scene and Winky in the film, Barty Crouch Jr's motive in casting Morsmordre at the campsite was changed; he cast the Dark Mark to signify the crime that took place there instead of scaring away the Death Eaters for disloyalty to Lord Voldemort. He also had procured a wand for his own at this point, terminating the need to steal Harry's to do the deed in the book.
Additionally, he appears in Harry's dream alongside Wormtail before Voldemort for the same reason.
Barty Crouch Jr.'s arrest and subsequent trial which led to his imprisonment was played differently in the film: Here, he was present in Karkaroff's trial seemingly as the witness until the latter exposed his part in Bellatrix's torture on Neville's parents, prompting him to try to kill Karkaroff out of anger only for Moody to subdue him. As the guards restrained and brought him to his father, Barty Crouch Jr. didn't bother to deny Karkaroff's testimony, merely twitched his tongue and sarcastically greeted him in a show of defiance leaving Crouch Sr. (who was more likable in the film) devastated and reluctantly sending his son to Azkaban.
After killing his father, Barty Crouch Jr. left his body in the forest for Harry to find instead of turning it into a bone (which also explained why his confession in killing Barty Crouch Sr. was omitted in the film, as everyone already knew that Barty Crouch was murdered, unlike in the book).
How Dumbledore found that Moody was an imposter is left somewhat ambiguous. In the novel, he knew once Barty took Harry aside that he was not Moody, because the real Moody wouldn't have taken Harry away from the public.
However, if one examines closely as Barty (disguised as Moody) is pointing to Harry the direction of the Twiwizard Cup in the hedge maze, Dumbledore almost seems confused as to why "Moody" is doing this. This may have been what lead to Dumbledore discovering him as an imposter once Harry escaped from Voldemort.
There is no mention of Barty receiving the Dementor's Kiss, but it may have still happened anyway, since most of the events that happened in the books also were mirrored in the films, and that Barty never appears nor is mentioned in subsequent films after The Goblet of Fire.
Quotes
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I will not disappoint you, my lord.
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~ Barty Crouch Jr. talking to Lord Voldemort.
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Morsmordre!
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~ Barty Crouch Jr. conjuring the Dark Mark.
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Get your filthy hands off me, you pathetic little men!
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~ Barty Crouch Jr, after he is exposed as a Death Eater.
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Hello, father!
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~ Barty Crouch Jr. revealing himself to his father.
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'Marvellous creatures, dragons, aren't they?' Do you think that miserable oaf would've sent you into the woods if I hadn't suggested it? Do you think Cedric Diggory would've told you to open the egg underwater if I hadn't told him first myself? Do you think Neville Longbottom, the witless wonder, could've provided you with gillyweed if I hadn't given him the book that led him straight to it? Huh?!?
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~ Barty reveals to Harry Potter his role in the tournament.
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I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
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~ Barty after being exposed.
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You know what this means, don't you? He's back. Lord Voldemort has returned!
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~ Barty informs Dumbledore about Lord Voldemort's return.
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I'll be welcomed back like a hero!
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~ Barty taunting Harry and Dumbledore.
Gallery
The Dark Mark
Barty Crouch conducts a Morsmordre
Barty being arrested by Aurors
Barty before the rebirth of Lord Voldemort in 1994.
Barty at the Quidditch World Cup camp-site
Barty arrives at Hogwarts disguised as Alastor Moody.
Barty teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts (disguised as Alastor Moody).
Barty on the second task platform after Harry Potter took Gillyweed
Barty watches as Harry Potter enters the hedge maze during the third task.
Barty capturing Harry Potter
Barty beginning to change back to himself.
Barty's revealing breakdown.
Barty getting interrogated by Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Severus Snape.
Crouch after he has been exposed.
Barty shows the Dark Mark tattooed on his arm.
Trivia
It remains unknown as to how Barty Crouch was able to sound like Alastor Moody given within the film continuity, the Polyjuice potion doesn't affect the drinker's voice (unlike in the books). This can be explained as either being a mistake on the filmmaker's part, or that perhaps Barty was able to learn how to imitate Alastor's voice.
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