- Ron: "I'd rather go alone than with -- with Eloise Midgen, say."
- Hermione: "Her acne's loads better lately -- and she's really nice!"
- Ron: "Her nose is off-center."
- — Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger discussing the Yule Ball[src]
Eloise Midgen (also spelled "Midgeon") was a Gryffindor[1] student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the 1990s.
Biography
Described as having bad acne, Eloise tried using a curse to get rid of her pimples, but ended up needing to have her nose reattached by Madam Pomfrey.[2] The incident left her nose permanently off-centre, but her acne did start to clear, at least for a while.[3] Hermione Granger assured Ron Weasley that Eloise was a very nice person when he balked at the idea of taking her to the Yule Ball. Ron only wanted a good-looking girl, and refused to consider going with her.[3]
The following year, Hermione warned that anyone who snitched after signing up for Dumbledore's Army would be struck with a jinx that would make Eloise's acne seem like "a couple of freckles."[4]
Eloise was withdrawn from Hogwarts by her father, Mr. Midgen, in early September 1996, as the public's fear about the threat posed by Voldemort's return mounted.[5]
Behind the scenes
- Eloise Midgen appeared briefly in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In the scene, Professor McGonagall teaches the Gryffindors to dance for the Yule Ball. She tells them, "Inside every girl, a secret swan slumbers, longing to burst forth and take flight." At this, Ron Weasley looks across the room, sees Eloise shifting about uncomfortably, and quips to Seamus Finnigan, "Something's about to burst out of Eloise Midgen, but I don't think it's a swan."
- Eloise's House is never revealed in the books. Although presented as a Gryffindor in the Goblet of Fire film, she is widely believed by fans to have been in Hufflepuff, due to the familiarity with which Hannah Abbott referred to her in the Goblet of Fire novel.[2] Pomona Sprout, the Head of Hufflepuff, called Eloise a "silly girl" for trying to curse away her acne, recalling a comment made by Sprout about the inability of one confirmed Hufflepuff, Nymphadora Tonks, to behave herself.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)