In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, we learn that Fred turned young Ron's teddy bear into a "great big filthy spider" as punishment for breaking Fred's toy broomstick.

Ron is very fond of Scabbers ... until he discovers the old rat is really the evil Peter Pettigrew.

He holds the wand together with Spellotape after nearly breaking it in half when he crashes into the Whomping Willow, but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end.

When the Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup, Ron is in awe of his favorite Quidditch player, Viktor Krum. He's not so happy, however, when Krum shows up at Hogwarts and asks Hermione to the annual Yule Ball.

At a post-game Quidditch celebration, Ron kisses Lavender (though Ginny describes it as "eating her face").

When Ron and Harry miss the Hogwarts Express, they take Mr. Weasley's enchanted flying car to Hogwarts, but the Anglia loses power at the end of the journey and crashes into the Whomping Willow.

Rupert Grint was cast as Ron Weasley at the age of 11, having previously acted only in school plays and at his local theatre group.

Dumbledore awards Ron fifty House points to Gryffindor for "the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years."

Harry saves his life by forcing a bezoar (a stonelike mass taken from the stomach of a goat) into his mouth.

The Sorting Hat puts Ron in Gryffindor House, along with Harry and Hermione.