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+ | |hand=Tap beetle<ref name="tap">As Harry could't cast it because his beetle kept running away from his wand; this indicates that the wand must be close to if not outright touching the beetle for the spell to work.</ref> |
+ | |light=White<ref name="TCG">''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''</ref> |
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− | '''Beetle Buttons''' is a [[Transforming spell]] that [[transfiguration|transfigures]] a [[beetle]] into a button.<ref>[[Harry Potter: Trading Card Game]] {{Comment|Beetle Buttons}}</ref> The [[Second year|second-year]] students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] learned how to perform this spell at the start of term.<ref name="cos6">''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', Chapter 6</ref> |
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+ | {{Quote|He was supposed to be turning a beetle into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of exercise as it scuttled over the desk top avoiding his wand.|Description|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}} |
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⚫ | On [[3 September]], [[1992]], the [[ |
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+ | '''Beetle Buttons'''<ref name="TCG"/> (''incantation unknown'') was a [[Transformation|transforming]] [[spell]] that [[Transfiguration|transfigured]] a [[beetle]] into a coat button<ref name="CS6"/>. |
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⚫ | On [[3 September]], [[1992]], the [[second year]] students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] practiced this [[spell]], although very few were successful<ref name="CS6"/>. [[Harry Potter]] was unable to perform the spell because it kept running away from [[Harry Potter's wand|his wand]], whereas [[Ronald Weasley]] could not cast it because his [[Ronald Weasley's first wand|broken wand]] continuously [[Smokescreen Spell|engulfed him in foul-smelling grey smoke]] that obscured his vision and caused him to accidentally crush his beetle<ref name="CS6"/>. He consequently had to ask [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]] for a replacement, a fact that she was not too happy about<ref name="CS6"/>. Indeed, it seemed that only [[Hermione Granger]] knew how to cast it, and displayed her handful of perfect coat buttons at lunchtime, much to her classmates' chagrin<ref name="CS6"/>. |
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+ | *As right before the spell is introduced it is mentioned that Harry forgot everything he had learned the previous year, it is possible that this is taught in [[first year]] rather than second. |
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+ | *There exists a [[Button to beetle|spell to reverse this transformation]]. |
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[[Category:Transfiguration Spells]] |
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Revision as of 01:47, 3 March 2014
- "He was supposed to be turning a beetle into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of exercise as it scuttled over the desk top avoiding his wand."
- — Description[src]
Beetle Buttons[3] (incantation unknown) was a transforming spell that transfigured a beetle into a coat button[1].
History
On 3 September, 1992, the second year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry practiced this spell, although very few were successful[1]. Harry Potter was unable to perform the spell because it kept running away from his wand, whereas Ronald Weasley could not cast it because his broken wand continuously engulfed him in foul-smelling grey smoke that obscured his vision and caused him to accidentally crush his beetle[1]. He consequently had to ask Professor McGonagall for a replacement, a fact that she was not too happy about[1]. Indeed, it seemed that only Hermione Granger knew how to cast it, and displayed her handful of perfect coat buttons at lunchtime, much to her classmates' chagrin[1].
Behind the scenes
- As right before the spell is introduced it is mentioned that Harry forgot everything he had learned the previous year, it is possible that this is taught in first year rather than second.
- There exists a spell to reverse this transformation.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
- ↑ As Harry could't cast it because his beetle kept running away from his wand; this indicates that the wand must be close to if not outright touching the beetle for the spell to work.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter Trading Card Game