How the Weasley Twins Nearly KILLED Ron

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing the time that Fred and George Weasley nearly KILLED their younger brother, Ron. Just about anyone who’s familiar with the Harry Potter series will be able to tell you that Ron Weasley’s older twin brothers, Fred and George, were troublemakers. From our very first introduction to the twins outside of Platform 9 ¾s in 1991 when they tried to trick their Mum into thinking Fred was George and George was Fred, it was quite obvious that these two wizards loved messing about, playing pranks and getting up to mischief.  Throughout the series, we see them perform some of the most daring pranks in the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They were the students responsible for “liberating” the Marauder's Map from Filch’s office. They knew all of the castle’s secret passageways—thanks to the Map!—and even created their own troublemaking sweets, testing out their Skiving Snackbox creations on unsuspecting first-years. They then continued their mischief-making after Hogwarts, dropping out before they graduated and opening their own joke shop in Diagon Alley: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.  And yet sometimes, the twins took their mischievous ways a little too far. Like the time they nearly KILLED Ron. Well, sort of. Let me explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices