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|professor=*[[Silvanus Kettleburn]]
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|professor = *[[Silvanus Kettleburn]] {{c|formerly}}<ref name="POA5">{{POA|B|5}}</ref>
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*[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
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*[[Rubeus Hagrid]]<ref name="POA5"/>
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*[[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]] (substitute teacher)
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*[[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]] {{c|substitute}}<ref name="GOF24"/><ref name="OOTP13"/><ref name="OOTP15"/>
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|classroom=*[[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin]]
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|classroom = *[[Hagrid's Hut]]<ref name="POA6"/>
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*[[Hogwarts Castle|Hogwarts grounds]]<ref name="POA6"/>
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*[[Forbidden Forest]]
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*[[Forbidden Forest]]<ref name="OOTP21"/>
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*[[Hogwarts Hippogriff herd]]
  
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*[[Care of Magical Creatures classroom]] (formerly)
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*[[Care of Magical Creatures classroom]] {{c|formerly}}<ref name="PSG">{{PS|G}} - {{C|PS1 version}}</ref>
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|required textbooks=*''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]''
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|required textbooks = *''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'' by [[Edwardus Lima]]<ref name="POA4"/><ref name="POA6"/>
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*{{FB}} by [[Newton Scamander|Newt Scamander]]<ref name="FBR"/>
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*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
  
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|required equipment = *[[Book]]s<ref name="POA4"/><ref name="POA6"/><ref name="FBR"/>
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*[[Parchment]]
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{{Quote|C'mon, now, get a move on! Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comon' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!|[[Rubeus Hagrid]] at his first Care of Magical Creatures lesson|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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{{Quote|C'mon, now, get a move on! Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comon' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!|[[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]'s first Care of Magical Creatures lesson in [[1993]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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'''Care of Magical Creatures''',<ref name="COS14"/> also known as '''Creature Care''',<ref name="nygCC">{{See image|File:The New York Ghost FB2.png}}</ref> and formerly called [[Beasts (class)|'''Beasts''']] class, was an elective [[Hogwarts subjects|subject]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that could be chosen by students in their [[third year]].<ref name="COS14"/><ref name="POA6"/> [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] introduced this course in [[1927]].<ref name="nygCC"/>
   
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'''Care of Magical Creatures''' is an elective course at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that can be taken by students [[Third year]] and above. In the class, students learn about a wide range of [[magic]]al creatures, from [[flobberworm]]s to [[Fire crab]]s, and even [[unicorn]]s and [[thestral]]s. Students are taught about feeding, maintaining, breeding, and proper treatment of these various [[creature]]s. The witches and wizards who succeeded in achieving an O. W. L. in the subject later could become Magizoologists. Some known magizoologists were [[Newt Scamander]], his grandson [[Rolf Scamander]] and his wife [[Luna Lovegood|Luna Scamander]] (nee Lovegood).
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In the class, students learnt about a wide range of [[magic]]al [[creature]]s,<ref name="POA6"/> from [[flobberworm]]s,<ref name="POA8"/> [[hippogriff]]s,<ref name="POA6"/> [[unicorn]]s<ref name="GOF24"/> and even [[thestral]]s.<ref name="OOTP21"/> Students were taught about feeding, maintaining, breeding, and proper treatment of these creatures and many more.<ref name="POA6"/>
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The [[Wizardkind|witches and wizards]] who succeeded in achieving an [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] in the subject could later become [[Magizoologist]]s. Some well-known Magizoologists were [[Newton Scamander|Newt Scamander]],<ref name="FBR"/> his grandson [[Rolf Scamander]], and his wife [[Luna Lovegood]].
   
 
==Class information==
  
==Class information==
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{{Quote|My brother Charlie was the outdoors type, so he went for Care of Magical Creatures.|[[Percy Weasley]] on choosing subjects in third year|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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{{Quote|My brother Charlie was the outdoors type, so he went for Care of Magical Creatures.|[[Percy Weasley]] on choosing subjects in the third year|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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[[File:CareofMagicalCreatures.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A third-year Care of Magical Creatures class.]]
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[[File:B3C6M3.jpg|250px|thumb|left|A third-year Hippogriff lesson in 1993]]
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Care of Magical Creatures was a subject taught only to those in their [[third year]] or above who chose to take it as an elective course.<ref name="COS14">{{COS|B|14}}</ref><ref name="POA6"/> In this class, students were taught about various [[Beast|magical beasts]]; about their behaviour and how to properly identify and approach them, as well as how and what to feed them, how to groom them, how to mount and ride them, and how to breed them, as well as the proper way to treat said beasts and how to act around them.
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Care of Magical Creatures is a subject taught only to those in their [[Third year]] or above who choose to take it.
  
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According to [[Bai Howin|Professor Howin]], back when this subject was known as [[Beasts (class)|Beasts class]], no creatures should be taken lightly, as they were all dangerous in their own way, especially if one did not know the proper way to handle them. However, when properly controlled, they could play a vital role in wizarding society; they provided protective clothing, [[potion]] ingredients, and [[wand core]]s.<ref>{{HL}}</ref>
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In a student's [[fifth year]], they took an [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]] examination in the subject, where they sat both a written portion and a practical portion, where they demonstrated their knowledge of the subject. On their Care of Magical Creatures practical, they had to identify a [[Knarl]] hidden among a dozen [[hedgehog]]s, demonstrate correct handling of a [[Bowtruckle]], feed and clean out a [[Fire Crab]] without sustaining serious [[Fire|burns]], and choose from a wide selection of food the diet they would give a sick [[unicorn]].<ref name="OOTP31"/>
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[[File:Care of Magical Creatures.jpg|250px|thumb|right|A fourth-year [[Blast-Ended Skrewt]] lesson in 1994]]
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It is unknown how many of [[Harry Potter]]'s fellow students chose to continue Care of Magical Creatures in their [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] year; however, Harry, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] left the subject after completing their [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.s]].<ref name="HBP8">{{HBP|B|8}}</ref>
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As of the late [[20th century]], many Hogwarts students had earned good grades in this class, something [[Albus Dumbledore]] attributed to the use of {{FB}} as a textbook.<ref name="FBR">{{FB|R}}</ref>
   
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It is unknown how many of [[Harry Potter|Harry Potter's]] fellow students chose to continue Care of Magical Creatures in their [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] year, however Harry Potter, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] left the subject after completing their [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.s]].
  
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[[File:Rubeus.jpg|right|thumb|140px|Rubeus Hagrid, current professor of Care of Magical Creatures.]]
  
 
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{{Quote|I hope she stays, that woman! That’s more what I thought Care of Magical Creatures would be like... proper creatures like unicorns, not monsters....|[[Parvati Patil]] praising [[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank|Professor Grubbly-Plank]]'s teaching skills, compared to Hagrid's|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
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[[Silvanus Kettleburn]] taught Care of Magical Creatures until [[1993]], when he retired "to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs." He was succeeded by [[Rubeus Hagrid]], whose lessons became controversial after [[Draco Malfoy]] was injured by a [[Hippogriff]]. After Malfoy was injured, Hagrid was more restrained in the animals he showed to the class for the remainder of the [[1993–1994 school year|year]]. Hagrid occasionally brought creatures that were illegal to class. [[Hermione Granger]] attempted to organise Hagrid's classes in order to make him a better teacher and prevent him from being fired. In his [[1994–1995 school year|second year]] of teaching the subject, Hagrid introduced the his [[fourth year]] class to [[Blast-Ended Skrewt]]s during his lessons, a species of illegally bred creatures.
  
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[[File:Rubeus Hagrid promo.png|200px|thumb|left|[[Rubeus Hagrid]], the Hogwarts professor of Care of Magical Creatures]]
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[[Silvanus Kettleburn]] taught Care of Magical Creatures until [[1993]], when he retired "''to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs''". He was succeeded by [[Rubeus Hagrid]], whose lessons became controversial after [[Draco Malfoy]] was injured by a [[Hippogriff]], [[Buckbeak]].<ref name="POA6"/> After Malfoy was injured, Hagrid was more restrained and cautious in the creatures he showed to the class for the remainder of the [[1993–1994 school year]], although Hagrid occasionally brought creatures that were illegal to class.
   
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Hermione Granger attempted to organise Hagrid's classes in order to make him a better teacher and prevent him from being fired. In his [[1994–1995 school year|second year]] of teaching the subject, Hagrid introduced his [[Fourth year|fourth-year]] class to [[Blast-Ended Skrewt]]s during his lessons, a species of illegally bred creatures.<ref name="GOF13" /> Hagrid went on to teach this subject until at least the [[2010–2011 school year]].<ref name="MA" />
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During the [[1994–1995 school year]] Hagrid was replaced, for a short time, as Care of Magical Creatures [[Professor]] by [[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]] who gave lessons on [[Bowtruckle]]s and [[Unicorn]]s.
  
   
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During the [[1994–1995 school year]] and also the [[1995–1996 school year]], for a short time, Hagrid was substituted by [[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]], who gave lessons on [[unicorn]]s<ref name="GOF24"/> and [[Bowtruckle]]s.<ref name="OOTP13"/>
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===Classroom===
  
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Care of Magical Creatures classes typically take place outside of [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin|Hagrid's hut]], but some lessons occasionally take place in the [[Forbidden Forest]], such as the [[Thestral]] lesson.
  
   
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==Class location==
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Care of Magical Creatures classes typically took place outside of [[Hagrid's Hut]],<ref name="POA6"/> but some lessons occasionally took place in the [[Forbidden Forest]], such as the [[Thestral]] lesson.<ref name="OOTP21"/>
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Among the creatures the students learned about in these lessons during Harry's school period were:
  
   
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==Curriculum==
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===[[Third year]]===
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===Third year===
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[[File:Buckbeak.JPG|thumb|left|184px|Buckbeak, a hippogriff, during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson]]
  
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{{Quote|Harry could sort of see what Hagrid meant. Once you had got over the first shock of seeing something that was half-horse, half-bird, you started to appreciate the Hippogriffs' gleaming coats, changing smoothly from feather to hair, each of them a different colour: stormy grey, bronze, a pinkish roan, gleaming chestnut and inky black.|Harry's first Care of Magical Creatures class in [[1993]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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*[[Hippogriff]]s - Practical lesson which culminated in Buckbeak "savagely mauling" Draco Malfoy. It was actually only a small injury that Malfoy played up for several reasons. Among those are to get Hagrid in trouble, to annoy Harry, Ron, and Hermione, to get out of playing the Quidditch match vs. Gryffindor in bad weather, and to get some of his school work extended or done for him.
  
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*[[Hippogriff]]<ref name="POA6">{{POA|B|6}}</ref>
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*[[Flobberworm]]s - Dull lessons which mostly involved feeding them [[lettuce]], which resulted in them dying from being overfed. The [[third year exams|third year exam]] for the class involved caring for these creatures for one hour, with a pass given if they were alive at the end of the exam. Since flobberworms do best if left to their own devices, it was the easiest exam anyone in the class had ever taken.
  
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*[[Flobberworm]]<ref name="POA8">{{POA|B|8}}</ref>
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*[[Salamander]]s - Taught while Hagrid was depressed about Buckbeak's pending execution.
  
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*[[Fire Dwelling Salamander|Salamander]]<ref name="POA12">{{POA|B|12}}</ref>
   
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===[[Fourth year]]===
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===Fourth year===
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{{Quote|Boys keep back! They prefer the woman's touch, unicorns. Girls to the front, and approach with care, come on, easy does it....|[[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank|Professor Grubbly-Plank]] teaching [[fourth year]]s about to handle [[unicorn]]s properly|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
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*[[Blast-Ended Skrewt]]s - Raised as a project throughout the year. All ended up killing each other, with only two remaining by the Third Task, and only one by the end of the year. These were possibly illegally bred mixes of [[Manticore]]s and [[Fire crab]]s.
  
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*[[Niffler]]s - A practical lesson which involved searching for [[leprechaun]] [[leprechaun gold|gold]].
  
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*[[Unicorns]] - Adults and foals; the adult lessons were mostly girl-dominant, while the foals allowed the boys to approach.
  
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*[[Blast-Ended Skrewt]]<ref name="GOF13">{{GOF|B|13}}</ref><ref name="GOF15">{{GOF|B|15}}</ref><ref name="GOF18">{{GOF|B|18}}</ref><ref name="GOF21">{{GOF|B|21}}</ref><ref name="GOF22">{{GOF|B|22}}</ref>
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*[[Fire crab]]<ref>{{HM|4|1|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Kneazle]]<ref>{{HM|4|13|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Murtlap]]<ref>{{HM|4|8|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Bowtruckle]]<ref>{{HM|4|3|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Niffler]]<ref name="GOF28">{{GOF|B|28}}</ref><ref>{{HM|4|6|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Streeler]]<ref>{{HM|4|11|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Unicorn]]<ref name="GOF24">{{GOF|B|24}}</ref><ref name="GOF26">{{GOF|B|26}}</ref>
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===[[Fifth year]]===
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===Fifth year===
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{{Quote|Professor Grubbly-Plank stood waiting for the class some ten yards from Hagrid's front door, a long trestle table in front of her laden with twigs.|Harry's first Care of Magical Creatures class in [[1995]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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[[File:Thestrals.gif|thumb|135px|A thestral]]
  
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*[[Thestral]]s - Lesson was mostly impeded by [[Dolores Umbridge]].
  
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*[[Bowtruckle]]s - Classwork and homework involved sketching a Bowtruckle.
  
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*[[Bowtruckle]]<ref name="OOTP13">{{OOTP|B|13}}</ref>
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*[[Thestral]]<ref name="OOTP21">{{OOTP|B|21}}</ref>
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*[[Knarl]]<ref name="OOTP31">{{OOTP|B|31}}</ref>
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*[[Kneazle]] {{C|Revision}}<ref name="OOTP15"/>
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*[[Chimaera]]<ref>{{HM|5|33|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Crup]]<ref name="OOTP25">{{OOTP|B|25}}</ref><ref>{{HM|5|10|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Porlock]]<ref name="OOTP15">{{OOTP|B|15}}</ref><ref>{{HM|5|13|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Fairy]]<ref>{{HM|5|6|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Puffskein]]<ref name="HM518">{{HM|5|18|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Unicorn]] {{C|Revision}}<ref name="OOTP31"/><ref>{{HM|5|20|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Flobberworm]]<ref name="HM531">{{HM|5|31|cmc}}</ref>
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===Sixth year===
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{{Quote|Anyway, I'll see yeh tomorrow, firs' lesson's straight after lunch. Come early an' yeh can say hello ter [[Buckbeak|Buck]] — I mean, Witherwings!|Rubeus Hagrid advertising [[sixth year]] Care of Magical Creatures to the [[trio]] in [[1996]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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*[[Glumbumble]]<ref name="HM63">{{HM|6|3|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Diricawl]]<ref name="HM68">{{HM|6|8|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Fwooper]]<ref name="HM613">{{HM|6|13|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Moke]]<ref name="HM617">{{HM|6|17|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Jackalope]]<ref name="HM625">{{HM|6|25|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Thestral]]<ref name="HM620">{{HM|6|20|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Knarl]]<ref name="HM630">{{HM|6|30|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Doxy]]<ref name="HM634">{{HM|6|34|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Golden Snidget]]<ref name="HM639cmc">{{HM|6|39|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Imp]]<ref name="HM644">{{HM|6|44|cmc}}</ref>
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===Seventh year===
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*[[Quintaped]]<ref name="HM78">{{HM|7|8|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Occamy]]<ref name="HM718">{{HM|7|18|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Demiguise]]<ref name="HM734">{{HM|7|34|cmc}}</ref>
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*[[Dugbog]]<ref name="HM745cmc">{{HM|7|45|cmc}}</ref>
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===Other===
  
===Other===
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Other creatures shown to classes across the years include:
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Other [[creature]]s shown to classes across the years included:
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*[[Griffin]]<ref name="HM5FF">{{HM|5|FESTIVAL FUN}}</ref>
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*[[Crup]]s
  
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*[[Gnome]]<ref name="MA">{{MA}}</ref>
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*[[Fire crab]]s
  
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*[[Yeti]]<ref name="HM1CAH">{{HM|1|Christmas at Hogwarts}}</ref>
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*[[Knarl]]s
  
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*[[Kneazle]]s
  
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*[[Porlock]]s
  
   
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==Known professors==
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==Textbooks==
  
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<gallery widths="105" spacing="large" orientation="portrait" position="center">
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[[File:The_Monster_Book.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''The Monster Book of Monsters''.]]
  
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Silvanus Kettleburn HM.png|[[Silvanus Kettleburn]]<br />(?–1993)<ref name="POA5"/>
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Rubeus Hagrid.jpg|[[Rubeus Hagrid]] (1993–?)<ref name="POA5"/>
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Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank.jpg|[[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]] (1994–?)<ref name="GOF24"/><ref name="OOTP13"/><ref name="OOTP15"/>
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</gallery>
   
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==Required textbooks==
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{{Quote|Hasn' anyone bin able ter open their books? Yeh've got to ''stroke'' 'em.|Hagrid in his first lesson of magical creatures; he thought the books were funny.|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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{{Quote|Hasn' anyone bin able ter open their books? Yeh've got to ''stroke'' 'em.|Hagrid in his first lesson of magical creatures; he thought the books were funny|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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<gallery orientation="portrait" widths="125" spacing="large" position="center">
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The Monster Book of Monsters.gif|''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]''<ref name="POA4">{{POA|B|4}}</ref><ref name="POA6"/> by [[ Edwardus Lima]]
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Fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-pottermore.png|{{FB}}<ref name="FBR"/> by [[Newt Scamander]]
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</gallery>
   
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==Grades==
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During Professor Hagrid's time teaching, Third-Year students used ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'', a book which would attempt to bite anyone near it unless stroked along the spine. ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' was also a textbook used in this class.
  
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===Passing grades===
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*[[Outstanding]] [O]
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*[[Exceeds Expectations]] [E]
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*[[Acceptable]] [A]
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===Fail grades===
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*[[Poor]] [P]
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*[[Dreadful]] [D]
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*[[Troll (grade)|Troll]] [T]
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==Known O.W.L.s==
  
==Known O.W.L.s==
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<gallery position="center" spacing="small" orientation="portrait" widths="105">
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*[[Angelina Johnson]]<ref>She stated in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' that Hagrid was a much better teacher, implying that she advanced to the NEWT class.</ref>
  
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Silvanus Kettleburn HM.png|[[Silvanus Kettleburn]]<ref name="professors">As Professors of the subject, they likely had O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s in the subject in order to be qualified to teach it to students.</ref>
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*[[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch Jr.]]
  
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*[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]
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Bill Weasley.jpg|[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]<ref name="Weasley"/>
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*[[Charles Weasley]]
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Charlie PM.jpg|[[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]]<ref name="HM63"/>
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Percy-weasley.jpg|[[Percy Weasley]]<ref name="Weasley">{{COS|B|4}} - It is said that both [[Percy Weasley|Percy]] and [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] earned twelve [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]]s, meaning they must have earned an O.W.L. in this subject.</ref>
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*[[Harry Potter]]
  
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GOF promo Angelina Johnson.jpg|[[Angelina Johnson]]<ref name="OOTP31"/>
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*[[Hermione Granger]]
  
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Hbp harry potter1.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="HBP5">{{HBP|B|5}}</ref>
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*[[Percy Weasley]]
  
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Hermione Granger Half Blood Prince.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="HBP5"/>
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*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
  
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Ron Weasley Half Blood Prince.jpg|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]<ref name="HBP5"/>
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*[[Newt Scamander]]
  
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Jacob's sibling generic.png|[[Jacob's sibling]]<ref name="HM63"/>
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*[[Rolf Scamander]]
  
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Barnaby Lee HM8.png|[[Barnaby Lee]]<ref name="HM63"/>
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*[[Luna Lovegood]]
  
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Liz Tuttle HM8.png|[[Liz Tuttle]]<ref name="HM63"/>
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Merula.png|[[Merula Snyde]]<ref name="HM63"/>
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Ismelda Murk HM.jpg|[[Ismelda Murk]]<ref name="HM63"/>
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*[[Rowan Khanna]] †<ref name="HM63" />
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
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*As revealed in ''[[Pottermore]]'', [[J. K. Rowling]] had originally devised this class to be called "Beasts", and to be compulsory from the first year.<ref name="Pottermore">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book1/chapter10/moment2/hogwarts-school-subjects/2 Hogwarts School Subjects (J.K. Rowling's thoughts)]</ref>
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*As revealed in {{PM}}, [[J. K. Rowling]] had originally devised this class to be called "[[Beasts (class)|Beasts]]", and to be compulsory from the [[first year]].<ref name="Pottermore">{{WW|hogwarts-school-subjects}}</ref> This "Beasts" class appears to exist in {{HL}} and may be linked to this original idea.
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*The year in which creatures are covered seems to depend on the teacher. During Silvanus Kettleburn's tenure, salamanders were covered with [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]] in their [[fourth year]], while Rubeus Hagrid taught about salamanders in Harry Potter's third year. Hermione Granger stated that a person like Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank probably wouldn't have covered Thestrals until reaching N.E.W.T.-level, whereas Rubeus Hagrid taught about Thestrals in Harry's fifth year.
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*In {{HM}}, the class is not available until Year 4. If players take [[Jacob's sibling]] to the [[Ordinary Wizarding Levels (achievement)|O.W.L. through an optional side quest]], they will definitely gain at least an [[Acceptable|A]], even if they fail to answer every question and care for any creatures.
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*{{PS|G}} {{Mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{Mention}}
  
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*{{COS}} {{1st Mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
  
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*{{POA}} {{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st}}
  
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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened & Hogwarts Legacy.
As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

"C'mon, now, get a move on! Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comon' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!"
— Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures lesson in 1993[src]

Care of Magical Creatures,[10] also known as Creature Care,[11] and formerly called Beasts class, was an elective subject at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that could be chosen by students in their third year.[10][5] Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry introduced this course in 1927.[11]

In the class, students learnt about a wide range of magical creatures,[5] from flobberworms,[12] hippogriffs,[5] unicorns[2] and even thestrals.[6] Students were taught about feeding, maintaining, breeding, and proper treatment of these creatures and many more.[5]

The witches and wizards who succeeded in achieving an O.W.L. in the subject could later become Magizoologists. Some well-known Magizoologists were Newt Scamander,[9] his grandson Rolf Scamander, and his wife Luna Lovegood.

Class information

"My brother Charlie was the outdoors type, so he went for Care of Magical Creatures."
— Percy Weasley on choosing subjects in the third year[src]
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A third-year Hippogriff lesson in 1993

Care of Magical Creatures was a subject taught only to those in their third year or above who chose to take it as an elective course.[10][5] In this class, students were taught about various magical beasts; about their behaviour and how to properly identify and approach them, as well as how and what to feed them, how to groom them, how to mount and ride them, and how to breed them, as well as the proper way to treat said beasts and how to act around them.

According to Professor Howin, back when this subject was known as Beasts class, no creatures should be taken lightly, as they were all dangerous in their own way, especially if one did not know the proper way to handle them. However, when properly controlled, they could play a vital role in wizarding society; they provided protective clothing, potion ingredients, and wand cores.[13]

In a student's fifth year, they took an Ordinary Wizarding Level examination in the subject, where they sat both a written portion and a practical portion, where they demonstrated their knowledge of the subject. On their Care of Magical Creatures practical, they had to identify a Knarl hidden among a dozen hedgehogs, demonstrate correct handling of a Bowtruckle, feed and clean out a Fire Crab without sustaining serious burns, and choose from a wide selection of food the diet they would give a sick unicorn.[14]

Care of Magical Creatures

A fourth-year Blast-Ended Skrewt lesson in 1994

It is unknown how many of Harry Potter's fellow students chose to continue Care of Magical Creatures in their N.E.W.T. year; however, Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger left the subject after completing their O.W.L.s.[15]

As of the late 20th century, many Hogwarts students had earned good grades in this class, something Albus Dumbledore attributed to the use of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as a textbook.[9]

Staffing

"I hope she stays, that woman! That’s more what I thought Care of Magical Creatures would be like... proper creatures like unicorns, not monsters...."
— Parvati Patil praising Professor Grubbly-Plank's teaching skills, compared to Hagrid's[src]
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Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts professor of Care of Magical Creatures

Silvanus Kettleburn taught Care of Magical Creatures until 1993, when he retired "to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs". He was succeeded by Rubeus Hagrid, whose lessons became controversial after Draco Malfoy was injured by a Hippogriff, Buckbeak.[5] After Malfoy was injured, Hagrid was more restrained and cautious in the creatures he showed to the class for the remainder of the 1993–1994 school year, although Hagrid occasionally brought creatures that were illegal to class.

Hermione Granger attempted to organise Hagrid's classes in order to make him a better teacher and prevent him from being fired. In his second year of teaching the subject, Hagrid introduced his fourth-year class to Blast-Ended Skrewts during his lessons, a species of illegally bred creatures.[16] Hagrid went on to teach this subject until at least the 2010–2011 school year.[17]

During the 1994–1995 school year and also the 1995–1996 school year, for a short time, Hagrid was substituted by Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, who gave lessons on unicorns[2] and Bowtruckles.[3]

Class location

Care of Magical Creatures classes typically took place outside of Hagrid's Hut,[5] but some lessons occasionally took place in the Forbidden Forest, such as the Thestral lesson.[6]

Curriculum

Third year

"Harry could sort of see what Hagrid meant. Once you had got over the first shock of seeing something that was half-horse, half-bird, you started to appreciate the Hippogriffs' gleaming coats, changing smoothly from feather to hair, each of them a different colour: stormy grey, bronze, a pinkish roan, gleaming chestnut and inky black."
— Harry's first Care of Magical Creatures class in 1993[src]

Fourth year

"Boys keep back! They prefer the woman's touch, unicorns. Girls to the front, and approach with care, come on, easy does it...."
— Professor Grubbly-Plank teaching fourth years about to handle unicorns properly[src]

Fifth year

"Professor Grubbly-Plank stood waiting for the class some ten yards from Hagrid's front door, a long trestle table in front of her laden with twigs."
— Harry's first Care of Magical Creatures class in 1995[src]

Sixth year

"Anyway, I'll see yeh tomorrow, firs' lesson's straight after lunch. Come early an' yeh can say hello ter Buck — I mean, Witherwings!"
— Rubeus Hagrid advertising sixth year Care of Magical Creatures to the trio in 1996[src]

Seventh year

Other

Other creatures shown to classes across the years included:

Known professors

Required textbooks

"Hasn' anyone bin able ter open their books? Yeh've got to stroke 'em."
— Hagrid in his first lesson of magical creatures; he thought the books were funny[src]

Grades

Passing grades

Fail grades

Known O.W.L.s

Behind the scenes

  • As revealed in Pottermore, J. K. Rowling had originally devised this class to be called "Beasts", and to be compulsory from the first year.[58] This "Beasts" class appears to exist in Hogwarts Legacy and may be linked to this original idea.
  • The year in which creatures are covered seems to depend on the teacher. During Silvanus Kettleburn's tenure, salamanders were covered with Fred and George Weasley in their fourth year, while Rubeus Hagrid taught about salamanders in Harry Potter's third year. Hermione Granger stated that a person like Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank probably wouldn't have covered Thestrals until reaching N.E.W.T.-level, whereas Rubeus Hagrid taught about Thestrals in Harry's fifth year.
  • In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, the class is not available until Year 4. If players take Jacob's sibling to the O.W.L. through an optional side quest, they will definitely gain at least an A, even if they fail to answer every question and care for any creatures.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 24 (Rita Skeeter's Scoop)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 21 (The Eye of the Snake)
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - (PS1 version)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 14 (Cornelius Fudge)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 (see this image)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
  13. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
  15. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 8 (Snape Victorious)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 13 (Mad-Eye Moody)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
  18. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12 (The Patronus)
  19. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 15 (Beauxbatons and Durmstrang)
  20. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18 (The Weighing of the Wands)
  21. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 21 (The House-Elf Liberation Front)
  22. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22 (The Unexpected Task)
  23. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 1 (Year Four Begins) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Fire Crab"
  24. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 13 (The Centaur's Arrow) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Kneazle"
  25. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 8 (Sickleworth) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Murtlap"
  26. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 3 (All About Bowtruckles) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Bowtruckle"
  27. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 28 (The Madness of Mr Crouch)
  28. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 6 (Explore the Forbidden Forest) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Niffler"
  29. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 11 (Beautification Potion) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Streeler"
  30. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26 (The Second Task)
  31. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 33 (Bye-Bye Bill) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Chimaera"
  32. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
  33. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 10 (Knockturn Alley) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Crup"
  34. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 13 (Rats and Dogs) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Porlock"
  35. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 6 (The Ghosts of Hogwarts) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Fairy"
  36. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 18 (Legilimency and Occlumency) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Puffskein"
  37. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 20 (Peter Pettigrew) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Unicorn"
  38. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 31 (After the Vault) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Flobberworm"
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 3 (Mixed Message) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Glumbumble"
  40. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 8 (Owl Prowl) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Diricawl"
  41. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 13 (On the Run) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Fwooper"
  42. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 17 (Getting the Message) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Moke"
  43. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 25 (Written in the Stars) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Jackalope"
  44. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 20 (A Circle of Friends) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Thestral"
  45. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 30 (Journey to the Whomping Willow) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Knarl"
  46. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 34 (Final Preparations) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Doxy"
  47. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 39 (Gather the Merqueen's Tribute) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Golden Snidget"
  48. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 44 (The Perfect Party) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Imp"
  49. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 8 (Back to Hogwarts) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Quintaped"
  50. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 18 (Long Live the Doxy Queen) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Occamy"
  51. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 34 (The Scroll and the Sarcophagus) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Demiguise"
  52. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 45 (The Fallout) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Dugbog"
  53. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, "FESTIVAL FUN" Achievement
  54. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, "Christmas at Hogwarts" Achievement
  55. ↑ As Professors of the subject, they likely had O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s in the subject in order to be qualified to teach it to students.
  56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts) - It is said that both Percy and Bill Weasley earned twelve Ordinary Wizarding Levels, meaning they must have earned an O.W.L. in this subject.
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 5 (An Excess of Phlegm)
  58. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Hogwarts School Subjects" at Wizarding World
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