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*[[J. K. Rowling]] has said that [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley|George]] are among her favourite characters.
 
*[[J. K. Rowling]] has said that [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley|George]] are among her favourite characters.
 
*Fred and George, both being pranksters, were rather fittingly given the birthday of [[1 April|the 1st of April]], commonly known as April Fool's Day.
 
*Fred and George, both being pranksters, were rather fittingly given the birthday of [[1 April|the 1st of April]], commonly known as April Fool's Day.
*Fred and George both have the same first letters (of their first names) as their maternal uncles, [[Fabian Prewett|Fabian]] and [[Gideon Prewett]], who may, though it is uncertain, also have been twins. Given that twins tend to run in families, it is, at the least, a distinct possibility.
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*Fred and George both have the same first letters (of their first names) as their maternal uncles, [[Fabian Prewett|Fabian]] and [[Gideon Prewett]], who may, though it is uncertain, also have been twins.
 
*Fred and George were the only sons of [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]] who did not become [[prefect]]s during their education at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], and hence Percy's disparaging reference in his [[Percy Weasley's letter to Ronald Weasley (1995) II|letter]] to Ron concerning "what we might call the "Fred and George" route".
 
*Fred and George were the only sons of [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]] who did not become [[prefect]]s during their education at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], and hence Percy's disparaging reference in his [[Percy Weasley's letter to Ronald Weasley (1995) II|letter]] to Ron concerning "what we might call the "Fred and George" route".
   

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Fred and George Weasley (HBP promo) 2

Fred and George.

"You haven't got a letter on yours. I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid — we know we're called Gred and Forge."
George Weasley to Harry on their Christmas Weasley jumpers[src]

Fred Weasley and George Weasley were identical twin wizards born on 1 April, 1978 to Arthur Weasley and Molly Weasley (née Prewett). Brilliant pranksters, they co-founded and ran the joke shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and were members of both Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix.

The twins departed from Hogwarts sometime after the Easter Holidays in 1995 in a final act of rebellion against Dolores Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad. After leaving school, the twins went on to open their joke shop, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, which was made possible because Harry Potter had given them his Triwizard earnings.

The twins were famous for their pranking and mischief at the school. They were highly skilled in magic and created an entire line of magical joke items known as "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". According to their brother Ron, they had good grades, but they only received six O.W.L.s combined. Both of them played as Beaters on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Fred: "He never managed to get all the words out, due to the fact that we forced him head-first into that Vanishing Cabinet on the first floor."
Hermione: "But you’ll get into terrible trouble!"
Fred: "Not until Montague reappears, and that could take weeks, I dunno where we sent him."
— Fred Weasley on him and his twin George pushing Montague into the Vanishing Cabinet in 1996[src]
  • George Weasley — Brother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Ron, and Ginny, and son of Molly and Arthur Weasley. Twin brother of Fred Weasley. Lost an ear in the Battle of Seven Potters. George survived the Second Wizarding War and went on to marry Angelina Johnson and have two children, Roxanne and Fred (named after his late brother).

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