Bouncing Bulb
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| Bouncing Bulb | |
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Purple bulb |
| Leaves |
Long |
| Distinction(s) |
Locomotive plant |
- " […] one of the Bouncing Bulbs wriggled free from Harry's grip and smacked him hard in the face."
- —Description.[src]
A Bouncing Bulb is a magical plant which jumps around if it is not restrained.[1] Bouncing Bulbs' main stem is a disproportionate purple bulb, with a bunch of leaves growing on the top.[2] Young Bouncing Bulbs are small enough to handle,[3][1] but mature ones can reach the size of doorways.[2] Bouncing Bulbs can be aggressive when they feel threatened; they jump towards the possible attacker and try to hit it.[3] A simple Knockback Jinx could stop a young Bulb, but a mature one would require using the Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) to wither it, because it is quite strong. [2]
Bouncing Bulbs are a necessary ingredient in the Pumpion Potion, a potion which encases the drinker's head in a pumpkin.
History
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- Professor Sprout had fourth year Herbology students re-pot these plants on 2 November, 1994; one broke free of Harry Potter's grasp and struck him in the face.[1]
- When she was a child, Beatrix Bloxam was left deeply shaken by parts of a scandalous story she overheard, involving her uncle Nobby, a hag who lived nearby, and a sack of Bouncing Bulbs.[4]
- Bouncing Bulbs were mentioned in an advert for the Toots, Shoots 'n' Roots radio programme printed in Rumours!. The advert copy asked, "Bouncing bulbs losing height?", among other things.[5]
AppearancesEdit
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- J. K. Rowling's Official Site (Mentioned only)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 18 (The Weighing of the Wands)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - PS1 version
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard - (Albus Dumbledore on "The Warlock's Hairy Heart")
- ↑ "Toots, Shoots 'n' Roots" at the Harry Potter Lexicon
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| Professors: Herbert Beery · Pomona Sprout · Neville Longbottom | |||||
| Textbooks: Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Goshawk's Guide to Herbology · Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wonderous Water Plants | |||||
| Hogwarts class: Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store | |||||
| Hogwarts greenhouses: One · Two · Three · Four · Five · Six · Seven · Professor's Office | |||||
| Herbologists: Herbert Beery · Miranda Goshawk · Elladora Ketteridge · Beaumont Marjoribanks · Nepali wizard · Phyllida Spore · Tilden Toots · Hadrian Whittle · Sir Winogrand · Selina Sapworthy | |||||
| Plants Studied: Bouncing Bulb · Bubotuber · Devil's Snare · Fire Seed Bush · Mandrake · Mimbulus Mimbletonia · Puffapod · Screechsnap · Self-fertilising shrub · Snargaluff · Spiky Bush · Spiky Prickly Plant · Umbrella Flower · Venomous Tentacula · Walking plant · Whomping Willow · Wild rice | |||||
