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At the beginning of the 1994–1995 school year, Barty Crouch Jr., impersonating Alastor Moody through the use of Polyjuice Potion, demonstrated the Unforgivable Curses to Harry Potter's class using three spiders.

The first spider was placed under the Imperius Curse, and was made to dance and perform acrobatics. Everyone in class were laughing, especially when Crouch had it jump onto students, until he suggested it to commit suicidal acts, as well as putting the curse on them.

The second spider was tortured by the Cruciatus Curse, much to the discomfort of Neville Longbottom (his parents were tortured into insanity with this curse by Death Eaters), and only stopped at Hermione Granger's bequest. The Engorgement Charm was used on the spider beforehand to have a better visualisation of the spider's sufferings on the curse.

The third spider was struck by the Killing Curse, and died instantly.

Behind the scenesEdit

• In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, only one spider is used to demonstrate the three curses. Furthermore, the spider in the film is actually an Amblypygi. Also, the Engorgement Charm was used when the Imperius Curse was preformed, as opposed to the Cruciatus Curse. At that point, the spider remained larger for all three curses.

• Also in the same film, the spider is shown to be squealing when tortured with the Cruciatus Curse. In the book, it remains silent.

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)