Changes: Devil's Snare

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Hermione: "Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare...what did Professor Sprout say? - it likes the dark and damp"

Harry: "So light a fire!"

Hermione: "Yes - of course - but there's no wood!"

Ron: "HAVE YOU GONE MAD? ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"

Hermione: "Oh, right!"

— Hermione, Harry, and Ron struggle with Devil's Snare^[src]

Devil's Snare is a plant with the magical ability to constrict or strangle anything in its surrounding environment or something that happens to touch it. Struggling or resistance to Devil's Snare will cause the plant to exert a greater force of constriction.

Devil's Snare does not seem to be common, but certain herbologists have access to it. It is composed of a mass of soft, springy tendrils and vines that possess some sense of touch. This plant uses its creepers and tendrils to ensnare anyone who touches it, binding their arms and legs and eventually choking them. The harder a person struggles against Devil's Snare, the faster and more tightly it binds them; if they relax, it will not kill them as quickly. It seems when a victim relaxes, and the plant no longer senses struggle or tension, it will pull its victims under its knarled vines and drop the bodies to the ground underneath, possibly because it registers that the victim has perished. Devil's Snare prefers a dark, damp environment. It will stop its movement in the environment in front of bright light and will recoil away from the heat of fire, so a well-placed flame spell such as bluebell flames will drive it away from its victims. It resembles the plant flitterbloom.

History

1991-1992

File:Tumblr n0lq3f9gci1qdd90po8 r1 250.gif

Devil's Snare as an obstacle

Hermione Granger: "Stop moving! I know what this is — it's Devil's Snare!"

Ronald Weasley: "Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great help."

Hermione Granger: "Shut up, I'm trying to remember how to kill it!"

Harry Potter: "Well, hurry up, I can't breathe!"

— Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ronald Weasley struggle with Devil's Snare.^[src]

In 1991, Professor Sprout placed a large Devil's Snare as the second defence of the Philosopher's Stone, just below the trapdoor guarded by Fluffy. In 1992, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley were caught in the plant when they attempted to prevent the theft of the Philosopher's Stone.

1995-1996

In 1995, Broderick Bode, an Unspeakable working for the Ministry of Magic, was a comatose patient at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, after having been Impuriused into attempting to steal a prophecy from the Department of Mysteries. When Bode began to recover, a Death Eater sent a potted Devil's Snare to the hospital in the guise of a Christmas gift in order to silence him. Healer Miriam Strout apparently mistook the plant for a flitterbloom, and it asphyxiated Bode.

1998

File:Devilsnarewarpsthegiant.png

A giant being captured by the Devil's Snare

In 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts, Professor Sprout used Devil's Snare against the attacking Death Eaters and giants. They were placed around the castle of Hogwarts by Pomona Sprout and Neville Longbottom.

Behind the scenes

In the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione and Harry were able to escape the Devil's Snare by simply remaining calm. When Ron began to panic, Hermione saved him by casting Lumos Solem.
In the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the Hedge Maze attacked the Champions during the third task of the Triwizard Tournament. Some roots attacked Cedric, it may be related to Devil's Snare. Eventually, it kept strangling Cedric, then Harry freed him from it.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Devil's Snare can be seen inside the Room of Requirement growing out of a glass case at the bottom of a column and growing toward the ceiling.
In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, the first year Herbology students have a lesson on Devil's Snare. The plant gets out of control and captures Ron, as well as stealing Pomona Sprout's wand, requiring Harry and Hermione to destroy the plant with Lumos Solem.
In the Xbox version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the Devil Snare actually looks like a giant Venomous Tentacula but coloured blue instead of green.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Harry Potter Trading Card Game
Pottermore
Harry Potter LEGO Sets
Wonderbook: Book of Spells

Herbology

Herbologists
Astrid Cole · Clifford Cromwell · Marmaduke Dale · Blossom Degrasse · Miranda Goshawk · Alfred Lawley · Olgae Marinus · Beaumont Marjoribanks · Nepali wizard · Gethsemane Prickle · Sanjay Shanker · Selina Sapworthy · Phyllida Spore · Yubert Thorne · Tilden Toots · Hadrian Whittle · Winogrand
Herbology at Hogwarts
Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store · Hidden Herbology Corridor
Greenhouses	One · Two · Three · Four · Five · Six · Seven · Professor's office
Professors	Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Mirabel Garlick · Herbert Beery · Pomona Sprout · Neville Longbottom
Textbooks	Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Ingredient Encyclopedia · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wondrous Water Plants
Plants studied and grown at Hogwarts
Aconite · Alihotsy · Asphodel · Belladonna · Bouncing Bulb · Bubotuber · Bubotuber pus · Chinese Chomping Cabbage · Cowbane · Dandelion · Devil's Snare · Dirigible Plum · Dittany · Fanged Geranium · Fat cactus-like plant · Fire seed bush · Flitterbloom · Floo · Flutterby bush · Fluxweed · Gillyweed · Ginger · Greenhouse Tree · Hemlock · Honking daffodil · Ivy · Knotgrass · Lady's Mantle · Lavender · Leaping Toadstool · Lovage · Mandrake · Mimbulus mimbletonia · Mistletoe · Moly · Nettle · Peppermint · Puffapod · Raspberry · Rose · Sage · Screechsnap · Scurvy grass · Self-fertilising shrub · Shrivelfig · Snargaluff · Sneezewort · Sopophorous plant · Sopophorous Bean · Spiky Bush · Spiky Prickly Plant · Stinksap · Sugar Shrub · Toad-eating plant · Tormentil · Umbrella Flower · Valerian · Vampiric vegetation · Venomous Tentacula · Walking plant · Wax vegetables · Whomping Willow · Wiggentree · Wild rice · Wormwood
Spells taught in Herbology at Hogwarts
Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Herbivicus Charm (Herbivicus) · Incendio Duo Spell (Incendio Duo) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Severing Charm (Diffindo)

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 |distinction=*Tentacle-like appendages
 *Suffocates whatever touches it
-*Cannot stand [[Lumos Solem|light]] or [[Bluebell flames|fire]]
+*Cannot stand [[Lumos Solem|light]] or [[fire]]
 |usage=Assassination, guarding valuable objects, or attacking enemies
 |affiliation=
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 {{dialogue a-b-a-c-a|Hermione|Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare...what did [[Professor Sprout]] say? - it likes the dark and damp|Harry|So light a fire!|Yes - of course - but there's no wood!|Ron|HAVE YOU GONE MAD? ARE YOU A [[Wizardkind|WITCH]] OR NOT?|Oh, right!|Hermione, Harry, and Ron struggle with Devil's Snare|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
-'''Devil's Snare''' is a plant with the magical ability to constrict or strangle anything in its surrounding environment or something that happens to touch it. Struggling or resistance to Devil's Snare will cause the plant to exert a greater force of constriction.
+'''Devil's Snare''' is a plant with the [[magic]]al ability to constrict or strangle anything in its surrounding environment or something that happens to touch it. Struggling or resistance to Devil's Snare will cause the plant to exert a greater force of constriction.
-Devil's Snare does not seem to be common, but certain [[Herbologist|herbologists]] have access to it. It is composed of a mass of soft, springy tendrils and vines that possess some sense of touch. This plant uses its creepers and tendrils to ensnare anyone who touches it, binding their arms and legs and eventually choking them. The harder a person struggles against Devil's Snare, the faster and more tightly it binds them; if they relax, it will not kill them as quickly. Devil's Snare prefers a dark, damp environment. It will stop its movement in the environment in front of bright light and will recoil away from the heat of fire, so a well-placed flame spell such as [[bluebell flames]] will drive it away from its victims.
+Devil's Snare does not seem to be common, but certain [[herbologist]]s have access to it. It is composed of a mass of soft, springy tendrils and vines that possess some sense of touch. This plant uses its creepers and tendrils to ensnare anyone who touches it, binding their arms and legs and eventually choking them. The harder a person struggles against Devil's Snare, the faster and more tightly it binds them; if they relax, it will not kill them as quickly. It seems when a victim relaxes, and the plant no longer senses struggle or tension, it will pull its victims under its knarled vines and drop the bodies to the ground underneath, possibly because it registers that the victim has perished. Devil's Snare prefers a dark, damp environment. It will stop its movement in the environment in front of bright light and will recoil away from the heat of [[fire]], so a well-placed flame spell such as [[bluebell flames]] will drive it away from its victims. It resembles the plant flitterbloom.
 ==History==
 ===[[1991–1992 school year|1991-1992]]===
-{{Dialogue a-b-a-c|Hermione Granger|Stop moving! I know what this is — it's Devil's Snare!|Ronald Weasley|Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great help.|Shut up, I'm trying to remember how to kill it!|Harry Potter|Well, hurry up, I can't breathe!|[[Hermione Granger]], [[Harry Potter]], and [[Ronald Weasley]] struggle with Devil's Snare.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
+[[File:Tumblr_n0lq3f9gci1qdd90po8_r1_250.gif|frame|left|Devil's Snare as an obstacle ]]
-In [[1991]], [[Professor]] [[Pomona Sprout|Sprout]] placed a large Devil's Snare as the [[Philosopher's Stone Chambers|second defence]] of the [[Philosopher's Stone]], just below the trapdoor guarded by [[Fluffy]]. In [[1992]], [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] were caught in the plant when they attempted to prevent the theft of the [[Philosopher's Stone]], but were saved by [[Hermione Granger]] when she repelled the Devil's Snare with her [[Bluebell flames]] because Devil's Snare cannot stand heat and light.
+{{Dialogue a-b-a-c|Hermione Granger|Stop moving! I know what this is — it's Devil's Snare!|Ronald Weasley|Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great help.|Shut up, I'm trying to remember how to kill it!|Harry Potter|Well, hurry up, I can't breathe!|[[Hermione Granger]], [[Harry Potter]], and [[Ronald Weasley]] struggle with Devil's Snare.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}In [[1991]], [[Professor]] [[Pomona Sprout|Sprout]] placed a large Devil's Snare as the [[Philosopher's Stone Chambers|second defence]] of the [[Philosopher's Stone]], just below the trapdoor guarded by [[Fluffy]]. In [[1992]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] were caught in the plant when they attempted to prevent the theft of the [[Philosopher's Stone]].
 ===[[1995–1996 school year|1995-1996]]===
-In [[1995]], [[Broderick Bode]], an [[Unspeakable]] working for the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], was a comatose patient at [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]], after having been [[Imperius Curse|Impuriused]] into attempting to steal [[Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy|a prophecy]] from the [[Department of Mysteries]]. When Bode began to recover, a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] sent a potted Devil's Snare to the hospital in the guise of a [[Christmas]] gift in order to silence him. [[Healer]] [[Miriam Strout]] apparently mistook the plant for a [[Flitterbloom]], and it asphyxiated Bode.
+In [[1995]], [[Broderick Bode]], an [[Unspeakable]] working for the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], was a comatose patient at [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]], after having been [[Imperius Curse|Impuriused]] into attempting to steal [[Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy|a prophecy]] from the [[Department of Mysteries]]. When Bode began to recover, a [[Walden Macnair|Death Eater]] sent a potted Devil's Snare to the hospital in the guise of a [[Christmas]] gift in order to silence him. [[Healer]] [[Miriam Strout]] apparently mistook the plant for a [[flitterbloom]], and it asphyxiated Bode.
 ===[[1998]]===
-In [[1998]], during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], [[Pomona Sprout|Professor Sprout]] used Devil's Snare against the attacking [[Death Eaters]] and[[File:Devilsnarewarpsthegiant.png|thumb|300px|A giant being captured by the Devil's Snare]] [[Giant]]s.
+[[File:Devilsnarewarpsthegiant.png|thumb|230px|A giant being captured by the Devil's Snare]]
+In [[1998]], during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], [[Pomona Sprout|Professor Sprout]] used Devil's Snare against the attacking [[Death Eaters]] and [[giant]]s. They were placed around the castle of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] by [[Pomona Sprout]] and [[Neville Longbottom]].
 ==Behind the scenes==
 *In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Hermione and Harry were able to escape the Devil's Snare by simply remaining calm. When Ron began to panic, Hermione saved him by casting [[Lumos Solem]].
-*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' the [[Hedge Maze]] attacked the Champions during the third task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. Some roots attacked Cedric, it may be related to [[Devil's Snare]]. Eventually, it kept strangling Cedric, then Harry freed him from it.
+*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' the [[Hedge Maze]] attacked the Champions during the third task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. Some roots attacked Cedric, it may be related to Devil's Snare. Eventually, it kept strangling Cedric, then Harry freed him from it.
 *In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', Devil's Snare can be seen inside the Room of Requirement growing out of a glass case at the bottom of a column and growing toward the ceiling.
+*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', the [[first year]] [[Herbology]] students have a lesson on Devil's Snare. The plant gets out of control and captures Ron, as well as stealing [[Pomona Sprout's wand]], requiring Harry and Hermione to destroy the plant with ''[[Lumos Solem]]''.
+*In the Xbox version of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', the Devil Snare actually looks like a giant [[Venomous Tentacula]] but coloured blue instead of green.
 ==Appearances==
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 *''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''
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 *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{mention}}
 *[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2'']]
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World]]''
 *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
+*''[[Pottermore]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter|Harry Potter LEGO Sets]]''
+*''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]''
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