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How did Dobby become a free elf? toggle section

Dobby became a free elf in a rather clever way. Harry Potter, realizing that Dobby was enslaved to the Malfoy family, devised a plan to free him. Near the end of Harry's second year at Hogwarts, Lucius Malfoy, Dobby's cruel master, visited the school. Harry seized this opportunity and stuffed Tom Riddle's Diary into one of his socks, which he then handed to Lucius. Lucius, in turn, tossed the sock to Dobby. According to the rules of house-elf servitude, if a master gives their house-elf clothing, the elf is freed. So, when Dobby caught the sock, he was liberated from his servitude to the Malfoys. This is how Dobby became a 'free elf', a phrase that has since become iconic among Harry Potter fans.

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What is the significance of the phrase 'Dobby is a free elf'? toggle section

The phrase 'Dobby is a free elf' holds immense significance in the Harry Potter series. It symbolizes Dobby's liberation from the abusive servitude of the Malfoy family. Dobby was a house-elf, a magical creature bound to serve their masters until they are presented with a piece of clothing, a symbol of freedom. In Dobby's case, Harry Potter cleverly tricked Lucius Malfoy into giving Dobby a sock, thereby unknowingly freeing him. This moment is a turning point in Dobby's life, as he gains his freedom and starts a new chapter, working in the Hogwarts kitchens and aiding Harry and his friends. The phrase also represents Dobby's strong conscience and love for freedom, making it a memorable quote in the series.

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What actions did Dobby take to protect Harry Potter? toggle section

Dobby took several actions to protect Harry. He used a defensive spell to protect Harry from an attack. Dobby also tried to save Harry from danger, even if it meant hurting him. For instance, he once made a rogue bludger chase Harry, hoping that if Harry was hurt badly enough, he would be sent home. This was Dobby's way of trying to save Harry from Lucius Malfoy's plot to open the Chamber of Secrets. In 1998, Dobby even apparated to the Malfoy Manor to rescue Harry and his friends when they were taken hostage. Dobby's actions clearly show his unwavering loyalty and dedication to Harry's safety.

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Appearances

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Harry Potter LEGO Sets

Notes and references

Hogwarts faculty
Founders	Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Headteachers	Giffard Abbott · Walter Aragon · Phineas Nigellus Black · Elizabeth Burke · Antonia Creaseworthy · Dilys Derwent · Armando Dippet · Albus Dumbledore · Mordicus Egg · Everard · First Headmaster · Niamh Fitzgerald · Dexter Fortescue · Basil Fronsac · Brian Gagwilde · Limebert · Minerva McGonagall · Eupraxia Mole · Edessa Sakndenberg · Brutus Scrimgeour · Phyllida Spore · Severus Snape · Amrose Swott · Quentin Trimble · Dolores Umbridge · Fytherley Undercliffe · Vindictus Viridian · Vulpus · Heliotrope Wilkins · Gimlet-eyed Headmistress · Headmaster (1568) · Headteacher (1792) · Unidentified Headteachers
Deputy Heads	Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Minerva McGonagall · Matilda Weasley
Heads of House	Muldoon Cragg · Filius Flitwick · Godric Gryffindor · Gryffindor lady · Gryffindor man (II) · Gryffindor man (III) · Gryffindor man (IV) · Gryffindor Seeker · Helga Hufflepuff · Neville Longbottom · Minerva McGonagall · Valeria Myriadd · Uric Oapley · Podric Piles · Pink-faced Headmaster · Prendergast · Rowena Ravenclaw · Abraham Ronen · Horace Slughorn · Salazar Slytherin · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Tobias Stump
Teaching staff	Bartholomew · Bathsheda Babbling · San Bakar · Herbert Beery · Cuthbert Binns · Brindlemore · Charity Burbage · Herodiana Byrne · Camelia · Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Bartemius Crouch Junior (disguised as Alastor Moody) · Clodagh Dromgoole · Albus Dumbledore · Archibald Eagleton · Eleazar Fig · Firenze · Filius Flitwick · Fortinbras · Mirabel Garlick · Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Jakub Gorski · Olivia Green · Rubeus Hagrid · Dinah Hecat · Rolanda Hooch · Bai Howin · Arsenius Jigger · Igor Karkaroff's Yule Ball partner · Silvanus Kettleburn · Chiyo Kogawa · Gilderoy Lockhart · Neville Longbottom · Remus Lupin · Elspeth MacGillony · Mazoni · Minerva McGonagall · Galatea Merrythought · Isidora Morganach · Mudiwa Onai · Prendergast · Quirinus Quirrell · Percival Rackham · Patricia Rakepick · Abraham Ronen · Charles Rookwood · Concordia Rowle · Luna Scamander · Satyavati Shah · Aesop Sharp · Arif Sikander · Aurora Sinistra · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Swoopstikes · Sybill Trelawney · Trocar · Dolores Umbridge · Septima Vector · Matilda Weasley · Matilda Weasley's predecessor · Unidentified professor · Charms professor (medieval) · Potions professor (16th century) · Holidaying professor (before 1890s) · DADA professor (1984–1985) · DADA professor (1985–1986) · DADA professor (1986–1987) · DADA professor (1987–1988) · DADA professor (1989–1990) · DADA professor (1990–1991) · Muggle Studies professor (1990s) · Music professor · DADA professor (1998–?) · Potions professor (21st century) · Charms professor (?th century)
Hogwarts house-elves	Bilm · Boil-ridden house-elf · Cooky · Cosa · Deek · Dobby · Feenky · Filk · Gimkey ·Krafty · Kreacher · Nonsuch · Pitts · Retch · Ringkull · Rooky · Vekey · Wigby · Winky · Wooby · Unidentified house-elf (I) · Unidentified house-elf (II)
Support staff	Phineas Nigellus Black's secretaries · Noreen Blainey · Rancorous Carpe · Argus Filch · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank · Rubeus Hagrid · Rolanda Hooch · Hankerton Humble · Gladwin Moon · Ogg · Irma Pince · Poppy Pomfrey · Apollyon Pringle · Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus · Agnes Scribner · Wainscott · Carriage driver (1890s) · Gamekeeper (1890s) · Unidentified Healers · Librarian (?th century) · Librarian (21st century)

Order of the Phoenix

Founder: Albus Dumbledore
Leaders: Albus Dumbledore \| Alastor Moody \| Kingsley Shacklebolt
Original Order of of the Phoenix: Aberforth Dumbledore \| Alastor Moody \| Alice Longbottom \| Arabella Figg \| Benjy Fenwick \| Caradoc Dearborn \| Dedalus Diggle \| Dorcas Meadowes \| Edgar Bones \| Elphias Doge \| Emmeline Vance \| Fabian Prewett \| Frank Longbottom \| Gideon Prewett \| James Potter \| Lily Potter \| Marlene McKinnon \| Mundungus Fletcher \| Peter Pettigrew (defected) \| Remus Lupin \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Severus Snape \| Sirius Black \| Sturgis Podmore
Reconstituted Order of the Phoenix: Aberforth Dumbledore \| Alastor Moody \| Arabella Figg \| Arthur Weasley \| Bill Weasley \| Charlie Weasley \| Dedalus Diggle \| Elphias Doge \| Emmeline Vance \| Fleur Delacour \| Fred Weasley \| George Weasley \| Harry Potter \| Hermione Granger \| Hestia Jones \| Kingsley Shacklebolt \| Minerva McGonagall \| Molly Weasley \| Mundungus Fletcher \| Nymphadora Tonks \| Remus Lupin \| Ron Weasley \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Severus Snape \| Sirius Black \| Sturgis Podmore
Order of the Phoenix allies: Andromeda Tonks \| Augusta Longbottom \| Buckbeak \| Dobby \| Fawkes \| Filius Flitwick \| Firenze \| Garrick Ollivander \| Ginny Weasley \| Grawp \| Helena Ravenclaw \| Horace Slughorn \| Karkus \| Karkus's wife \| Kreacher \| Lee Jordan \| Luna Lovegood \| McKinnon family \| Mr Westenberg \| Mrs Westenberg \| Muriel \| Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington \| Neville Longbottom \| Oliver Wood \| Olympe Maxime \| Rita Skeeter \| Patrick Delaney-Podmore \| Peeves \| Percy Weasley \| Pomona Sprout \| Poppy Pomfrey \| Sybill Trelawney \| Ted Tonks \| The Fallen Fifty \| Westenberg family \| Winky \| Xenophilius Lovegood
Other affiliations: Dumbledore's Army \| Forbidden Forest Centaur colony \| Headless Hunt \| Hogwarts Hippogriff herd \| Hogwarts house-elves \| Hogwarts Ghosts \| Hogwarts Staff \| Hogwarts students \| Hogwarts Thestral herd \| British Ministry of Magic \| Giant colony (Karkus's control)

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Order of the Phoenix

Founder: Albus Dumbledore
Leaders: Albus Dumbledore \| Alastor Moody \| Kingsley Shacklebolt
Original Order of of the Phoenix: Aberforth Dumbledore \| Alastor Moody \| Alice Longbottom \| Arabella Figg \| Benjy Fenwick \| Caradoc Dearborn \| Dedalus Diggle \| Dorcas Meadowes \| Edgar Bones \| Elphias Doge \| Emmeline Vance \| Fabian Prewett \| Frank Longbottom \| Gideon Prewett \| James Potter \| Lily Potter \| Marlene McKinnon \| Mundungus Fletcher \| Peter Pettigrew (defected) \| Remus Lupin \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Severus Snape \| Sirius Black \| Sturgis Podmore
Reconstituted Order of the Phoenix: Aberforth Dumbledore \| Alastor Moody \| Arabella Figg \| Arthur Weasley \| Bill Weasley \| Charlie Weasley \| Dedalus Diggle \| Elphias Doge \| Emmeline Vance \| Fleur Delacour \| Fred Weasley \| George Weasley \| Harry Potter \| Hermione Granger \| Hestia Jones \| Kingsley Shacklebolt \| Minerva McGonagall \| Molly Weasley \| Mundungus Fletcher \| Nymphadora Tonks \| Remus Lupin \| Ron Weasley \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Severus Snape \| Sirius Black \| Sturgis Podmore
Order of the Phoenix allies: Andromeda Tonks \| Augusta Longbottom \| Buckbeak \| Dobby \| Fawkes \| Filius Flitwick \| Firenze \| Garrick Ollivander \| Ginny Weasley \| Grawp \| Helena Ravenclaw \| Horace Slughorn \| Karkus \| Karkus's wife \| Kreacher \| Lee Jordan \| Luna Lovegood \| McKinnon family \| Mr Westenberg \| Mrs Westenberg \| Muriel \| Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington \| Neville Longbottom \| Oliver Wood \| Olympe Maxime \| Rita Skeeter \| Patrick Delaney-Podmore \| Peeves \| Percy Weasley \| Pomona Sprout \| Poppy Pomfrey \| Sybill Trelawney \| Ted Tonks \| The Fallen Fifty \| Westenberg family \| Winky \| Xenophilius Lovegood
Other affiliations: Dumbledore's Army \| Forbidden Forest Centaur colony \| Headless Hunt \| Hogwarts Hippogriff herd \| Hogwarts house-elves \| Hogwarts Ghosts \| Hogwarts Staff \| Hogwarts students \| Hogwarts Thestral herd \| British Ministry of Magic \| Giant colony (Karkus's control)

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