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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=''Aresto Momentum''
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|name=''Arresto Momentum''
|image=[[Image:20110824-js-hppoa-aresto-momentum.gif|250px]]
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|image=[[File:Deathly Hallows - Aresto Momentum.gif|250px]]
|incantation=''Aresto Momentum''<br />(ah-REST-oh mo-MEN-tum)
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|incantation=''Arresto Momentum''<br/>(ah-REST-oh mo-MEN-tum)
|type=[[Charm]]
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|type=[[Charm]]<ref name="PA9"/>
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|hand=Wave [[wand]]<ref name="PA9"/>
|effect=Halts the movement of an object or person
 
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|light=None<ref name="PA9"/>
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|effect=Slows target's descent<ref name="QTA"/><ref name="PA9"/>
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|creator=[[Daisy Pennifold]] ([[1700s|1711]])<ref name="QTA"/>
 
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'''''Aresto Momentum''''' is a [[spell]] that slows down or stops the movement of an object. [[Albus Dumbledore]] used this [[charm]] [[Wandless spell|wandlessly]] to slow [[Harry Potter]]'s fall during a [[Quidditch]] match in [[1993]], when he was overcome by [[Dementor]]s.<ref name="PAf">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''</ref>
 
   
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{{Quote|Chasers were also becoming increasingly irritated by the necessity of diving continually towards the ground to retrieve the [[Quaffle]] and so, shortly after the Quaffle's change of colour, the witch Daisy Pennifold had the idea of bewitching the Quaffle so that if dropped, it would fall slowly earthwards as though sinking through water, meaning that Chasers could grab it in mid-air.|Description of the spell's invention|Quidditch Through the Ages (real)}}
''Aresto Momentum'' is taught at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], as part of the [[second year|second-years]]' [[Charms (class)|Charms]] curriculum.<ref name="LHP1-4">''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' - NDS version</ref>
 
   
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'''''Arresto Momentum'''''<ref name="dhs">Subtitles of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''</ref> is the [[incantation]] of a [[charm]] that can be used by a [[Wizardkind|witch or wizard]] to slow the movement of an object. It is taught in [[second year]] [[Charms (class)|Charms class]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]<ref name="LHP1-4">''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' - NDS version</ref>.
It was also used in [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]] (1995) when [[Harry Potter]], [[Ron Weasly]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Neville Longbottom]], [[Ginny Weasly]] and [[Luna Lovegood]] fell from the department of mysteries.
 
   
 
==Known practitioners==
 
==Known practitioners==
*[[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="PAf"/>
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*[[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="PA9">{{POA}} - Chapter 9 (''Grim Defeat'')</ref>
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*[[Daisy Pennifold]]<ref name="QTA">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)]]'' - Chapter 6 (''Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century'')</ref>
 
*[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="LHP1-4"/>
 
*[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="LHP1-4"/>
 
*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="LHP1-4"/><ref name="DHpt2">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''</ref>
 
*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="LHP1-4"/><ref name="DHpt2">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''</ref>
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
[[File:Dumb..JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] casting ''Aresto Momentum'' [[Wandless spell|wandlessly]].]]
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[[File:Dumb..JPG|thumb|200px|[[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] casting ''Arresto Momentum'' [[Wandless spell|wandlessly]] and [[Nonverbal spell|nonverbally]]]]
 
*Likely the combination of two words; the Anglo-French "''arester''", meaning "to bring to a stop", and the Latin "''Momentum''", meaning "the force or strength gained whilst moving". Literal translation: "''bring its momentum to a stop''".
 
*Likely the combination of two words; the Anglo-French "''arester''", meaning "to bring to a stop", and the Latin "''Momentum''", meaning "the force or strength gained whilst moving". Literal translation: "''bring its momentum to a stop''".
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
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*An alternative spelling, "''Arresto Momento''", is given in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)|seventh video game]] and [[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4|first LEGO game]].
*In [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|the second part of the film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', [[Hermione Granger]] cast this spell when she, [[Harry Potter|Harry]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]], [[Griphook]] and [[Bogrod]] fell from the [[Thief's Downfall]] to halt them down before they hit the ground below, thus saving their lives. <ref>[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)]]</ref>
 
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*This spell was meant to be in the Game Boy Advance version of the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. This is evidenced by the game's {{wplink|debug menu}}, which is inaccessible during normal gameplay but can be accessed via a cheating device such as an Action Replay. One of the options is a list of all of the text in the game, with "Arresto Momento" (using the alternate spelling mentioned above) being listed along with the game's other spells.
*Given its usage in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', this spell may be the [[Cushioning Charm]] mentioned in the [[Harry Potter books|novels]]. However, this is as of yet unconfirmed.
 
*This may also be the spell used in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' when the [[Dumbledore's Army]] fell into the [[Death Chamber]] in the headquarters of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|fifth]] and [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|seventh]] films, the spell's effect is to directly stop movement as opposed to merely slowing it.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st Mention}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{1st ID}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]'' {{C|Cut from final version}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]] ''{{Possible}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]'' {{C|NDS version only}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{1st ID}}
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*''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)]]'' {{Mention}}
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{C|Portable versions only}}
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 14:49, 31 March 2014

"Chasers were also becoming increasingly irritated by the necessity of diving continually towards the ground to retrieve the Quaffle and so, shortly after the Quaffle's change of colour, the witch Daisy Pennifold had the idea of bewitching the Quaffle so that if dropped, it would fall slowly earthwards as though sinking through water, meaning that Chasers could grab it in mid-air."
— Description of the spell's invention[src]

Arresto Momentum[3] is the incantation of a charm that can be used by a witch or wizard to slow the movement of an object. It is taught in second year Charms class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry[4].

Known practitioners

Etymology

File:Dumb..JPG

Dumbledore casting Arresto Momentum wandlessly and nonverbally

  • Likely the combination of two words; the Anglo-French "arester", meaning "to bring to a stop", and the Latin "Momentum", meaning "the force or strength gained whilst moving". Literal translation: "bring its momentum to a stop".

Behind the scenes

  • An alternative spelling, "Arresto Momento", is given in the seventh video game and first LEGO game.
  • This spell was meant to be in the Game Boy Advance version of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This is evidenced by the game's debug menu, which is inaccessible during normal gameplay but can be accessed via a cheating device such as an Action Replay. One of the options is a list of all of the text in the game, with "Arresto Momento" (using the alternate spelling mentioned above) being listed along with the game's other spells.
  • In the fifth and seventh films, the spell's effect is to directly stop movement as opposed to merely slowing it.

Appearances

Notes and references

Charms (class)
PS Wingardium Leviosa feather
Charm-book writers and developers
Blagdon Blay · Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Helixa Hyslop · Syna Hyslop · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Violeta Stitch
Professors Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick · Abraham Ronen · Unidentified male professor · Unidentified medieval professor
Textbooks Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Anti-Alohomora Charm · Ascension Charm (Ascendio) · Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Blackboard Writing Spell · Blue sparks · Bombardment Spell (Bombarda) · Box Blasting Charm (Cistem Aperio) · Bubble-Head Charm · Cheering Charm · Cleaning Charm · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Confundus Charm (Confundo) · Counter-charm for hiccoughs · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Entrancing Enchantments (theoretically) · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Extinguishing Spell · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Gouging Spell (Defodio) · Growth Charm · Ice Jinx · Impervius Charm (Impervius) · Knitting Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spells · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar to wine spell · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)