* Interestingly, the Marauders die in the opposite order from which they are introduced by their nicknames: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. James is the first to die, his death taking place immediately before the first book. Sirius is then killed at the Department of Mysteries. Peter is killed in Malfoy Manor and Remus is killed in the Battle of Hogwarts.
*Also, all of them die whilst protecting Harry Potter from [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] or his Death Eaters; James is killed by Voldemort trying to make some time for his wife and son to escape from their house, Sirius dies when Bellatrix knocks him into the veil (he was fighting her to give Harry and his friends time to escape), Pettigrew dies letting Harry and the others escape from the cellar (contemplating his [[life debt]]); Lupin dies trying to give Harry time to find a Horcrux.
*The Marauders' back story was cut out of the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', and their connection to the [[Marauder's Map]] was never explained. J.K. Rowling has been asked how she felt about this change and said she was fine with it and understands that things have to be cut from movies sometimes.
*Their nicknames all seem to have something to do with their transformed states. Lupin turns into a werewolf at the full '''moon''', Pettigrew transforms into a rat, which has a '''tail''' that resembles a '''worm''', Sirius transforms into a dog, which have '''padded feet''', and James turns into a stag, whose antlers are '''prongs''' (this is explained to Harry by Lupin at the end of ''Prisoner of Azkaban'').
*Only two of the Marauders went on to have families of their own. James Potter, who married Lily Evans and fathered Harry Potter, and Remus Lupin, who married Nymphadora Tonks and had a son named Teddy. Neither families lasted for very long, as both parents would eventually be killed, orphaning their children, and leaving only godfathers to guard their sons (Sirius in the case of the Potters, and Harry in the case of the Lupins).
