Without spoilers, does Harry Potter at any point become a badass?

What I am talking about is, does he become a super wizard, none of this "but what do I do" "But I can't do this". At the minute sure hes a wizard but I never get the sense of how great this guy is, I have just finished goblet of fire and for a legend, he is just a normal guy, who needs ALOT of help. I was hoping to see a story of Harry LEARNING to become a badass, and then later on I want him to BE A badass, a superhero if you will.

Does this ever happen at all? Again without spoilers of course, or is he always just a 'school boy'? 

Thanks guys. 

I've only been watching the movies and deathly hallows part 2 seems to be the last movie.   So far he's still a weak young wizard who needs other people's help to fight his battles. 

Yeah, at one point he bends Hermione over and shows her his real wand

Never a superhero. He has definite growth, both as a person and a wizard, but he never becomes Dumbledore or anything like that.

Nope, he stays as a normal guy who needs a ton of help.

No, he stays an unlikeable milquetoast protagonist up till at least Goblet of Fire, which was when I stopped reading.

No, he never becomes a super powerful badass wizard however he is a lot better during the seventh book when it comes to fighting etc. I think JK Rowling was trying to make a point by just making him a normal person skills wise.

Come on, did you really expect any "Badassery" to be in Harry Potter books?

" Come on, did you really expect any "Badassery" to be in Harry Potter books? "

Eventually he builds himself a suit of armor and saves the world...wait no - that is Iron Man.

Helena Bonham Carter is pretty bad ass. Not in the films, just generally.

He never becomes a total badass, but he manages to come into his own pretty well, from what I remember.

I assume so...

no, i wouldn't think he becomes one. i can only see him become a badass if a different person writes, makes, the book and movie and turns him into one. other than that i don't think so.

If by "Badass" you mean "Has sex", then yes.

reading the last book he kinda stays the same so yes and no but oh well youll see when part 2 comes out

From my memories of reading the last book when it came out (up until then he's a total puss), he steps his game up a bit, but in his own ineffectual way.

Short Answer: No. Long Answer: He does cool stuff but it's mostly help, luck and coincidence.

Nope. He never learns any actually cool spells.

" If by "Badass" you mean "Has sex", then yes. "

Man, I always thought Harry was a bit of a badss the way he talks back to teachers and stands up to Voldemort on numerous occasions.

He never gets super powerful or anything like that, but he was a smart-ass and I appreciate that.

@Silock: Well, if you've gotten as far as Goblet of FIre, I thought it should have been clear why Harry survived Voldemort when he was a baby, and that Harry doesn't think of himself as being great. It's like Zimbo said, Rowling was making a point by having Harry be pretty average; people blow things out of proportion.

That said, the others who said Harry become somewhat more confident near the end of the series are correct.

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" If by "Badass" you mean "Has sex", then yes. "

Wait, what?  Harry gets it on?  Spoil the story for me! "

" Short Answer: No. Long Answer: He does cool stuff but it's mostly help, luck and coincidence. "

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" @RobertOrri said:

" If by "Badass" you mean "Has sex", then yes. "

Wait, what?  Harry gets it on?  Spoil the story for me! "

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He's married to Ginny and has three kids in the last book's epilogue. So, either he had sex, or they're magic babies.

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Just wait until Harry gets really pissed. His hair turns gold and he starts screaming and shooting plasma out of his hands.

" Nope. He never learns any actually cool spells. "

" @Kyreo said:

" @RobertOrri said:

" If by "Badass" you mean "Has sex", then yes. "

Wait, what?  Harry gets it on?  Spoil the story for me! "

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

He's married to Ginny and has three kids in the last book's epilogue. So, either he had sex, or they're magic babies.

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Oh I just remembered, Sectum Sempra (even if it was by accident).

No.

In my opinion he becomes more of an unlikeable character as the books progress. He starts to make bad, irrational decisions and becomes extremely temperamental. The good news is that every other character in the series becomes pretty cool.

Harry Potter was never about being a badass. Dumbledor knows amazing magic but you only see him use it a few times and he never goes over the top he just does what he needs to. Voldermort is just cold and does what no one else would. Harry Potter is a story about a person being thrown into a situation where he has no control of his destiny and living with it through whatever means necessary.  Harry is brave but not a bad ass.

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" @Kyreo said:

" @RobertOrri said:

" If by "Badass" you mean "Has sex", then yes. "

Wait, what?  Harry gets it on?  Spoil the story for me! "

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

He's married to Ginny and has three kids in the last book's epilogue. So, either he had sex, or they're magic babies.

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SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Magic babies the best kind of babies.

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Nope, if anything he gets more whiny and pansy. If you think about it, it was pretty badass of him to fuck up Quirrel at age 11, that's like fighting a hardened Army vet and you have had half a year of casual martial arts training.

He grows up, learns to stand on his own two feet, and take on responsibilities, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by a "badass". By the end of the books he certainly isn't a wimp but if you're looking for him to turn into your stereotypical action hero that's not going to happen. The appeal of his character was never that he was a badass though, Harry was just a fairly normal guy put in an extraordinary situation, and while he's more than capable of doing what he needs to be able to do in life, as a normal guy often he needs help from others and often he feels unnerved in the face of great danger.

No not at all

I think the answer to this question is fairly obvious:

That's a quote and screencap from the final film.

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That was kind of awesome. I would watch that shit. "

" Nope, if anything he gets more whiny and pansy. If you think about it, it was pretty badass of him to fuck up Quirrel at age 11, that's like fighting a hardened Army vet and you have had half a year of casual martial arts training. "

Nope,because unlike Merlin, this weakling defeats his foes with the power of friendship and bravery...pfft Rowling f***ed up.
Also, Gandalf, same thing, which reminds me.

The ending of the series is actually pretty lame its like harry accepts something a small percentage of people in the world can relate to *wink *wink