The troublemaking poltergeist Peeves (Rik Mayall) does not appear in the movie, nor in deleted scenes on any home editions of the movie. However, he can be seen for a moment in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). When Harry and his friends go to the Gryffindor common room after dinner the first evening. He is seen "walking through" Dean Thomas. Mayall claimed he didn't find out that he was cut from this movie until he saw it. Mayall claimed that he was cut because the young actors and actresses kept laughing at his performance.