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A ghost who haunts one of the girls’ restrooms on the second floor, where Harry, Ron, and Hermione often meet to discuss and carry out their plans because it is usually empty. Most of the students make fun of Myrtle and her constant complaining, but Harry and his friends learn to tolerate her and treat her respectfully. At the end of the book, it is revealed that Myrtle is the student who was killed by the basilisk when the Chamber was opened fifty years earlier, and that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is in her bathroom.
Moaning Myrtle Quotes in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets quotes below are all either spoken by Moaning Myrtle or refer to Moaning Myrtle. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12 Quotes
Harry didn’t know what to say. He thought of Malfoy shouting, “You’ll be next, Mudbloods!” and of the Polyjuice Potion simmering away in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Then he thought of the disembodied voice he had heard twice and remembered what Ron had said: “Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the Wizarding world.” He thought, too, about what everyone was saying about him, and his growing dread that he was somehow connected with Salazar Slytherin. . . .
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Moaning Myrtle Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The timeline below shows where the character Moaning Myrtle appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8: The Deathday Party
Hermione spots another ghost, Moaning Myrtle, who haunts one of the girls’ bathrooms on the first floor. Hermione says no one...
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Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall
...Hermione says that it’s coming from the bathroom nearby, which is the one that Moaning Myrtle haunts.
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Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger
...the library and takes out Moste Potente Potions. Then Hermione, Harry, and Ron return to Myrtle’s bathroom, which no one ever uses, so they can look up the ingredients for Polyjuice...
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Chapter 11: The Dueling Club
...that they didn’t come to check on him in the morning. Harry heads to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom, where he finds Hermione and Ron starting to brew Polyjuice Potion. He starts to...
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Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion
...makes an excuse about getting medicine for an upset stomach, and they sprint back to Myrtle’s bathroom. In the bathroom, they discover that Hermione’s face is covered in black fur and...
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Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary
...wing, they return to the corridor in which Mrs. Norris was attacked, just outside of Myrtle’s bathroom. There is a new puddle on the floor, and Myrtle can be heard wailing...
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Chapter 15: Aragog
...learned: the girl who died was found in a bathroom. Ron completes Harry’s thought: Moaning Myrtle might be that girl.
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Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets
Harry and Ron have an even harder time trying to sneak into Myrtle’s bathroom, which is right next to the scene of the first attack. A few days...
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...alone. They let the rest of the Gryffindors go ahead and then sneak off to Myrtle’s bathroom.
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...Ron then realizes that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets could be in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. They decide to go to the staffroom to tell Professor McGonagall what they’ve discovered.
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...forces him to come with them to the Chamber of Secrets. They then go to Myrtle’s bathroom and ask her how she died. She says that she was crying in the...
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Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin
...Fawkes flies Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Lockhart through the air and back up to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
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