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{{Spell_infobox
 
{{Spell_infobox
|name= Counter-curse for Leg-Locker Curse
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|name = Counter-curse for<br/>Leg-Locker Curse
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|image = [[File:Counter-curse.png|thumb]]
|image=
 
|incantation=
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|incantation =
|type= [[Counter-curse]]
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|type = [[Counter-curse]]<ref name="PS13"/>
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|hand = 3 clockwise motions<ref name="PSG">{{PS|G}} - Console versions</ref>
|hand=
 
|light=
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|light = Purple<ref name="PSG"/>
|effect= Frees legs bound by Leg-Locker Curse}}
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|effect = Reverses the [[Leg-Locker Curse]]<ref name="PS13"/>
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|creator =
This '''counter-curse''' is a [[Spell|spell]] that prevents the [[Leg-Locker Curse]].
 
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{{Quote|Everyone fell over laughing except Hermione, who leapt up and performed the countercurse. Neville’s legs sprang apart and he got to his feet, trembling.|Hermione Granger performing this counter-curse on Neville Longbottom|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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This '''[[counter-curse]]''' {{Incantation unknown}}, reversed the effects of a [[Leg-Locker Curse]], making the legs spring apart.<ref name="PS13"/>
   
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==History==
In [[1991]], [[Hermione Granger]] used this spell to reverse the effects of the Leg-Locker Curse [[Draco Malfoy]] had put on [[Neville Longbottom]].
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In early [[1992]], [[Hermione Granger]] used this [[spell]] to reverse the effects of a [[Leg-Locker Curse]] [[Draco Malfoy]] had put on [[Neville Longbottom]], in the [[Gryffindor common room]].<ref name="PS13">{{PS|B|13}}</ref>
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
{{Dialogue a-b-c|Seamus Finnigan|I do the countercurse.|Neville Longbottom|Noo! That's all I need, you just set my bloody kneecaps on fire.|Seamus Finnigan|I don't appreciate your insinuation, Longbottom! Besides, if anyone cares to notice, my eyebrows have completely grown back!|Seamus and Neville|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)}}
 
*In a deleted scene from [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|the film]], [[Seamus Finnigan]] offered to perform the counter-curse instead. However Neville turned him down saying that Seamus would set his knees on fire.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{PS}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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*{{PS|F}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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*{{PS|G}} {{C|Console versions}}
[[Category:Spells]]
 
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[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
 
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[ru:Контрпорча к заклятию обезноживания]]
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[[Category:Counter-curses]]
 
[[Category:Counter-curses]]
 
[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
 
[[Category:Spells with a light]]
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[[Category:Unidentified spells]]

Latest revision as of 17:58, 20 January 2023

"Everyone fell over laughing except Hermione, who leapt up and performed the countercurse. Neville’s legs sprang apart and he got to his feet, trembling."
— Hermione Granger performing this counter-curse on Neville Longbottom[src]

This counter-curse (incantation unknown), reversed the effects of a Leg-Locker Curse, making the legs spring apart.[1]

History

In early 1992, Hermione Granger used this spell to reverse the effects of a Leg-Locker Curse Draco Malfoy had put on Neville Longbottom, in the Gryffindor common room.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references