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{{Quote|While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your House points, while any rule-breaking will lose House points. At the end of the year, the House with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honour.|[[Minerva McGonagall]] to [[first year|first-year]]s on [[1 September]] [[1991]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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[[File:House_points_hourglass.jpeg|thumb|250px|The hourglasses tallying the house points for [[Ravenclaw]], [[Slytherin]], [[Gryffindor]] and [[Hufflepuff]].]]
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[[File:House_points_hourglass.jpeg|250px|thumb|The hourglasses tallying the house points for [[Ravenclaw]], [[Slytherin]], [[Gryffindor]] and [[Hufflepuff]]]]
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At [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]<ref name="PS7"/> and [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Ilvermorny]],<ref name="ilvermorny">{{WW|ilvermorny}}</ref> '''House points''' were awarded to students by members of the school faculty. Points were awarded to the [[Hogwarts Houses|House]] that the student in question belonged to when he or she did good deeds, correctly answered a question in class, or won an inter-house [[Quidditch]] match. Points could also be taken away for rule-breaking.<ref name="PS7">{{PS|B|7}}</ref> At the end of the school year, the House with the most points would be awarded the [[House Cup]].<ref name="PS7"/>
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{{Quote|Your triumphs will earn you points, any rule-breaking and you will lose points.|[[Minerva McGonagall]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)}}
  
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'''House points''' are awarded to students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] that do good deeds, correctly answer a question in class, or win a [[Quidditch]] Match. They can also be taken away for rule-breaking. The points are stored in [[House point hourglasses]] that show the point totals at the bottom with stones the main colour of their house (rubies for [[Gryffindor]], sapphires for [[Ravenclaw]], emeralds for [[Slytherin]], and yellow gemstones for [[Hufflepuff]]). Each student earns points for his or her [[Hogwarts Houses|House]], and at the end of the year, the House with the most points is awarded the [[House Cup]]. Teachers have the power to award or deduct points from students. [[Prefect]]s, the [[Head Boy]], and the [[Head Boy|Head Girl]] can deduct points as well, but not from other Prefects. During the [[1995–1996 school year]] however, members of the newly-formed [[Inquisitorial Squad]] were permitted to do so. The squad was stopped after [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s departure from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. 
  
   
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At Hogwarts, the points were counted with four [[House point hourglasses|giant hourglasses]] that showed the point totals at the bottom with stones the main colour of their house ([[ruby|rubies]] for [[Gryffindor]],<ref name="OOTP38"/> [[sapphire]]s for [[Ravenclaw]],<ref name="OOTP38"/> [[emerald]]s for [[Slytherin]],<ref name="OOTP28"/> and yellow [[diamond]]s for [[Hufflepuff]]).<ref name="diamonds">[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/459683482575572992 Twitter conversation with J.K. Rowling (Official) where she confirms what gem is in the Hufflepuff Hourglass].</ref>
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==Significant point gains/losses==
  
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*In the [[1991–1992 school year]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Neville Longbottom]] get fifty points deducted from each of them for being outside of their [[common room]]s at night. Despite being involved in the same incident, [[Draco Malfoy]] is only docked twenty points.<ref>''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/go/harry-potter From the Story: Harry Potter]</ref>
  
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Teachers, as well as librarians, matrons, and caretakers could award or deduct points from students.<ref name="PS7"/><ref name="HM">{{HM}}</ref> [[Prefect]]s, the [[Head Boy or Girl|Head Boy]], and the [[Head Boy or Girl|Head Girl]] could deduct points as well, but not from other Prefects. During the [[1995–1996 school year]] however, members of the rather short-lived [[Inquisitorial Squad]] were permitted to do so.<ref name="OOTP28">{{OOTP|B|28}}</ref> The squad was disbanded after [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s departure from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].<ref name="OOTP38">{{OOTP|B|38}}</ref>
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*In the [[1991–1992 school year]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] each won fifty points and [[Harry Potter]] won sixty points for their performance in the [[Philosopher's Stone Chambers]] from [[Albus Dumbledore]], which tied them with [[Slytherin]] for the [[House Cup]]. [[Neville Longbottom]] won ten points for standing up to his friends, when he tried to stop them from leaving the Gryffindor common room after hours. These ten points broke their tie with Slytherin, so [[Gryffindor]] won the [[House Cup]] for the first time in over seven years.
  
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*In the [[1992-1993 school year]], [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] were awarded two-hundred points each by [[Albus Dumbledore]] for saving the school from the [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]], which won the [[House Cup]] for [[Gryffindor]] for the second year in a row.
  
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==Known point gains/losses==
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*In the [[1995–1996 school year]], [[Gryffindor]] house was quickly stripped of all points following the introduction of the [[Inquisitorial Squad]].
  
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===1890-1891 school year===
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*In the [[1995–1996 school year]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Neville Longbottom]], and [[Luna Lovegood]] received fifty points each for their participation in the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]]. Prior to this, the [[Gryffindor]] hourglass had been empty.
  
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
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!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
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!width="15%" align="center"|Date
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!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Amit Thakkar]]
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|[[Ravenclaw]]
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|[[Aesop Sharp]]
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|Several points awarded
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|rowspan="6" |[[1890]]
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|For correctly answering a question about the [[Wiggenweld Potion]]
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|-
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|[[Garreth Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Aesop Sharp]]
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|Several points deducted
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|For brewing an exploding mixture in [[Potions]] class
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|-
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|[[Everett Clopton]]
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|[[Ravenclaw]]
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|[[Chiyo Kogawa]]
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|Several points deducted
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|For taking an unauthorised flight around [[Hogwarts]] during class
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|-
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|rowspan="4" |[[Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student]]
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|rowspan="4" |Unknown
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|[[Dinah Hecat]]
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|Several points awarded
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|For successfully learning the [[Levitation Spell]] and using it in a duel
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|-
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|[[Abraham Ronen]]
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|Several points awarded
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|For successfully learning and casting the [[Summoning Charm]]
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|-
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|[[Chiyo Kogawa]]
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|Several points deducted
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|For taking an unauthorised flight around [[Hogwarts]] during class
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|-
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|[[Matilda Weasley]]
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|100 points awarded
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|[[1891]]
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|For heroism during [[Ranrok]]'s attack at Hogwarts.
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|}
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===1910s===
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
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!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
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!width="15%" align="center"|Date
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!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Leta Lestrange]]
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|[[Slytherin]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|100 points deducted<ref name="COGS"/>
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|[[1910]]
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|Using the [[dark charm]] ''[[Oscausi]]'' on a classmate.<ref name="COGS">{{COG|S}}</ref>
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|-
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|[[Leta Lestrange]]
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|[[Slytherin]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|100 points deducted<ref name="COGS"/>
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|[[1910]]
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|Running away from Professor McGonagall.<ref name="COGS"/>
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|}
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===1980s===
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{{Expand|Needs more comprehensive coverage of House points gains/losses from {{HM}}}}
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{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1"
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|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
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! width="15%" align="center" |Student
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! width="15%" align="center" |House
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! width="15%" align="center" |Authority
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! width="10%" align="center" |Points gained/lost
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! width="15%" align="center" |Date
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! width="30%" align="center" |Reason
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|-
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|[[Jacob's sibling]] {{C|possibly}}<ref name="HM"/>
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|Unknown
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|[[Severus Snape]] or [[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|40 points deducted
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|[[1984–1985 school year]]
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|Lying about sneaking into the Gryffindor or Slytherin Common room.
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|-
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|[[Jacob's sibling]]<ref name="SOTDL">{{HM|3|SHADOWS OF THE DARK LORD}}</ref>
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|Unknown
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|25 points added
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|[[1986–1987 school year]]
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|For responsibly using their DADA skills to protect [[Hogsmeade]] from a [[Boggart]] and for being honest about it when confronted.
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|-
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|Unidentified [[third year]] student {{C|possibly}}<ref name="BAP">{{HM|4|Become a Prefect}}</ref>
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|Unknown
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|[[Jacob's sibling]]'s [[Head of House]]
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|10 points deducted
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|[[1987–1988 school year]]
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|Using magic outside of class. (reported by Jacob's sibling)
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|-
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|[[Jacob's sibling]] <ref name="BAP"/>
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|Unknown
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|[[Jacob's sibling]]'s [[Head of House]]
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|10 points deducted/gained
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|[[1987–1988 school year]]
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|Not helping a first-year student/Helping a first-year student
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|-
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|[[Jacob's sibling]] <ref name="BAP"/>
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|Unknown
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|20 points deducted/gained
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|[[1987–1988 school year]]
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|Not reporting a third-year student's use of magic outside the classroom/Reporting a third-year student's use of magic outside the classroom
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|-
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|}
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===1991–1992 school year===
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{|width="100%" border="1" class="wikitable"
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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!width="15%" align="center"|Student
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
  +
!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
  +
!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
  +
!width="15%" align="center"|Date
  +
!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|1 point deducted
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|[[6 September]], [[1991]]
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|Cheekiness<ref name="PS8">{{PS|B|8}}</ref>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|1 point deducted<ref name="PS8"/>
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|[[6 September]], [[1991]]
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|Not correcting a mistake of [[Neville Longbottom]]'s in [[Potions (class)|Potions]]<ref name="PS8"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|Several points awarded<ref name="PS8"/>
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|
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|Knowing about [[Switching Spell]]s in [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]]<ref name="PS8"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="PS10">{{PS|B|10}}</ref>
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|[[31 October]], [[1991]]
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|Hermione claimed to have gone looking for the troll<ref name="PS10"/>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|5 points awarded each<ref name="PS10"/>
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|[[31 October]], [[1991]]
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|For saving Hermione from the troll<ref name="PS10"/>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="PS11"/>
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|
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|Taking the library's copy of {{QTA}} outside of the castle<ref name="PS11">{{PS|B|11}}</ref>
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|-
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|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="PS12"/>
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|
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|Attacking [[Draco Malfoy]]<ref name="PS12">{{PS|B|12}}</ref>
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|-
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|[[Draco Malfoy]]
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|[[Slytherin]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|20 points deducted<ref name="PS14"/>
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|
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|Wandering the corridors at night<ref name="PS14">{{PS|B|14}}</ref>
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|-
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|
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*[[Hermione Granger]]
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*[[Neville Longbottom]]
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*[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|50 points deducted each<ref name="PS15">{{PS|B|15}}</ref>
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|
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|Wandering the corridors at night<ref name="PS15"/>
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|-
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|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|50 points awarded<ref name="PS17">{{PS|B|17}}</ref>
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|
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|For winning McGonagall's chess game in the [[Underground Chambers]]<ref name="PS17"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|50 points awarded<ref name="PS17"/>
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|
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|For correctly solving Snape's potion riddle<ref name="PS17"/>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|60 points awarded<ref name="PS17"/>
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|
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|For defeating [[Quirinus Quirrell|Quirrell]]<ref name="PS17"/>
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|-
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|[[Neville Longbottom]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|10 points awarded<ref name="PS17"/>
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|
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|For standing up to Harry, Ron and Hermione<ref name="PS17"/>
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|}
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===1992–1993 school year===
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{|width="100%" border="1" class="wikitable"
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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!width="15%" align="center"|Student
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
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!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
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!width="15%" align="center"|Date
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!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Pomona Sprout]]
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|10 points awarded<ref name="COS6">{{COS|B|6}}</ref>
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|[[2 September]], [[1992]]
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|Correctly listing the properties of [[Mandrake]]s<ref name="COS6"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Pomona Sprout]]
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|10 points awarded<ref name="COS6"/>
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|[[2 September]], [[1992]]
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|Correctly identifying the danger of handling Mandrakes<ref name="COS6"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]]
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|10 points awarded<ref name="COS6"/>
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|[[2 September]], [[1992]]
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|Getting full marks on Lockhart's quiz<ref name="COS6"/>
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|-
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|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Percy Weasley]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="COS9"/>
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|
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|Using a girls' bathroom<ref name="COS9">{{COS|B|9}}</ref>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|200 points awarded each<ref name="COS18">{{COS|B|18}}</ref>
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|
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|For saving [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], slaying the [[Serpent of Slytherin]] and defeating [[Tom Riddle]]'s [[soul]] in the [[Chamber of Secrets]]<ref name="COS18"/>
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|}
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===1993–1994 school year===
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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!width="15%" align="center"|Student
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
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!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
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!width="15%" align="center"|Date
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!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="POA7">{{POA|B|7}}</ref>
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|
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|For helping [[Neville Longbottom]] with his [[Shrinking Solution]]<ref name="POA7"/>
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|-
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|
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*[[Kellah]]
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*[[Lavender Brown]]
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*[[Fay Dunbar]]
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*[[Seamus Finnigan]]
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*[[Neville Longbottom]]
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*[[Parvati Patil]]
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*[[Dean Thomas]]
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*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Remus Lupin]]
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|5 points awarded to each (10 for Neville)<ref name="POA7"/>
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|
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|For combating a [[Boggart]]<ref name="POA7"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]] and [[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Remus Lupin]]
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|5 points awarded to each<ref name="POA7"/>
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|
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|For answering Lupin's questions in class<ref name="POA7"/>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|10 points deducted<ref name="POA9">{{POA|B|9}}</ref>
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|
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|Arriving late to [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]]<ref name="POA9"/>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="POA9"/>
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|
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|Not sitting down when asked<ref name="POA9"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|5 points deducted<ref name="POA9"/>
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|
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|"''Being an insufferable know-it-all''"<ref name="POA9"/>
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|-
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|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|50 points deducted<ref name="POA10">{{POA|B|10}}</ref>
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|
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|For throwing a [[crocodile heart]] at [[Draco Malfoy]]<ref name="POA10"/>
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|-
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|
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*[[Vincent Crabbe]]
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*[[Marcus Flint]]
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*[[Gregory Goyle]]
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*[[Draco Malfoy]]
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|[[Slytherin]]
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|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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|50 points deducted<ref name="POA15">{{POA|B|15}}</ref>
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|
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|For dressing up as [[Dementor]]s to sabotage Harry Potter during a Quidditch match<ref name="POA15"/>
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|}
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===1994–1995 school year===
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{|width="100%" border="1" class="wikitable"
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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!width="15%" align="center"|Student
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
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!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
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!width="15%" align="center"|Date
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!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|50 points deducted<ref name="GOF18"/>
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|
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|Shouting at Snape after he remarked that he saw no difference to Hermione after ''[[Densaugeo]]'' was used on her<ref name="GOF18">{{GOF|B|18}}</ref>
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|-
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|[[Fawcett|S. Fawcett]]
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|[[Ravenclaw]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|10 points deducted<ref name="GOF23">{{GOF|B|23}}</ref>
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|
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|Being caught in the rose bushes with [[Stebbins (Potter-era)|Stebbins]]<ref name="GOF23"/>
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|-
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|[[Stebbins (Potter-era)|Stebbins]]
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|[[Hufflepuff]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|10 points deducted<ref name="GOF23"/>
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|
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|Being caught in the rose bushes with [[Fawcett|S. Fawcett]]<ref name="GOF23"/>
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|-
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|10 points deducted<ref name="GOF27">{{GOF|B|27}}</ref>
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|
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|Discussing topics unrelated to Potions in class<ref name="GOF27"/>
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|10 points deducted<ref name="GOF27"/>
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|
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|Reading ''[[Witch Weekly]]'' in class<ref name="GOF27"/>
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|}
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===1995–1996 school year===
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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!width="15%" align="center"|Student
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!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
  +
!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
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!width="15%" align="center"|Date
  +
!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
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|-
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gryffindor]]
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|[[Dolores Umbridge]]
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|10 points deducted<ref name="OOTP12"/>
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|
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|Declaring that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] had returned<ref name="OOTP12">{{OOTP|B|12}}</ref>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]]
  +
|5 points awarded<ref name="OOTP13">{{OOTP|B|13}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Identifying [[Bowtruckle]]s<ref name="OOTP13"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank]]
  +
|5 points awarded<ref name="OOTP13"/>
  +
|
  +
|Having knowledge of a Bowtruckle's diet<ref name="OOTP13"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Dolores Umbridge]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP15">{{OOTP|B|15}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Expressing views contrary to those of [[Wilbert Slinkhard]]<ref name="OOTP15"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Angelina Johnson]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP15"/>
  +
|
  +
|Shouting at Harry in the [[Great Hall]] for getting himself detention<ref name="OOTP15"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP15"/>
  +
|
  +
|For losing his temper with Umbridge despite McGonagall's warning<ref name="OOTP15"/>
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
*[[Neville Longbottom]]
  +
*[[Harry Potter]]
  +
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Severus Snape]]
  +
|10 points deducted<ref name="OOTP17">{{OOTP|B|17}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Fighting (although, in reality, Harry and Ron were holding Neville back)<ref name="OOTP17"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
  +
|10 points awarded<ref name="OOTP21">{{OOTP|B|21}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Explaining why [[Thestral]]s are invisible to some<ref name="OOTP21"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Dolores Umbridge]]
  +
|50 points deducted<ref name="OOTP26">{{OOTP|B|26}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Having an interview with [[Rita Skeeter]] published in ''[[The Quibbler]]''<ref name="OOTP26"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Pomona Sprout]]
  +
|20 points awarded<ref name="OOTP26"/>
  +
|
  +
|Handing her a [[watering can]]; a way for her to express her feelings towards his interview<ref name="OOTP26"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Draco Malfoy]]
  +
|[[Slytherin]]
  +
|[[Dolores Umbridge]]
  +
|50 points awarded<ref name="OOTP27">{{OOTP|B|27}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Using a [[Trip Jinx]] to apprehend Harry after exposing [[Dumbledore's Army]]<ref name="OOTP27"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Draco Malfoy]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|
  +
|Insulting Umbridge<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]]
  +
|[[Hufflepuff]]
  +
|[[Draco Malfoy]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|
  +
|For contradicting Malfoy<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Draco Malfoy]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|
  +
|Because Malfoy disliked him<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Draco Malfoy]]
  +
|5 points deducted<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|
  +
|Having his shirt untucked<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Draco Malfoy]]
  +
|10 points deducted<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|
  +
|Being [[Muggle-born]]<ref name="OOTP28"/>
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
*[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
*[[Neville Longbottom]]
  +
*[[Harry Potter]]
  +
*[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]
  +
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
  +
|50 points awarded to each (a total of 250)<ref name="OOTP38"/>
  +
|
  +
|For their actions in the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]]<ref name="OOTP38"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Luna Lovegood]]
  +
|[[Ravenclaw]]
  +
|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
  +
|50 points awarded<ref name="OOTP38"/>
  +
|
  +
|For her actions during the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]]<ref name="OOTP38"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Minerva McGonagall]] (on [[Severus Snape]]'s behalf)
  +
|10 points deducted<ref name="OOTP38"/>
  +
|
  +
|For threatening to curse [[Draco Malfoy]] (Snape attempted to remove the points before realising that Gryffindor had no points left)<ref name="OOTP38"/>
  +
|}
  +
  +
===1996–1997 school year===
  +
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|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
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  +
!width="15%" align="center"|House
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!width="15%" align="center"|Authority
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!width="10%" align="center"|Points gained/lost
  +
!width="15%" align="center"|Date
  +
!width="30%" align="center"|Reason
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Severus Snape]]
  +
|50 points deducted<ref name="HBP8">{{HBP|B|8}}</ref>
  +
|[[1 September]], [[1996]]
  +
|Arriving late to the [[Start-of-Term Feast]]<ref name="HBP8"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Severus Snape]]
  +
|20 points deducted<ref name="HBP8"/>
  +
|[[1 September]], [[1996]]
  +
|Wearing [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] attire to the [[Start-of-Term Feast]]<ref name="HBP8"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Horace Slughorn]]
  +
|20 points awarded<ref name="HBP9">{{HBP|B|9}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|For her knowledge of [[Amortentia]]<ref name="HBP9"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Horace Slughorn]]
  +
|10 points awarded<ref name="HBP9"/>
  +
|
  +
|For her knowledge of [[Felix Felicis]]<ref name="HBP9"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Hermione Granger]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Horace Slughorn]]
  +
|10 points awarded<ref name="HBP18">{{HBP|B|18}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Explaining [[Golpalott's Third Law]]<ref name="HBP18"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Horace Slughorn]]
  +
|10 points awarded<ref name="HBP18"/>
  +
|
  +
|For presenting a [[bezoar]] as an answer to an activity involving antidotes<ref name="HBP18"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Harry Potter]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Severus Snape]]
  +
|10 points deducted<ref name="HBP21">{{HBP|B|21}}</ref>
  +
|
  +
|Arriving late to [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]]<ref name="HBP21"/>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
  +
|[[Gryffindor]]
  +
|[[Severus Snape]]
  +
|10 points deducted<ref name="HBP21"/>
  +
|
  +
|Being sarcastic and disrespectful towards Snape<ref name="HBP21"/>
  +
|}
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
  +
*It is stated that [[prefect]]s are allowed to dock points from students in {{COS}}. However, this idea is diminished in {{OOTP}} when it is stated that prefects are in fact not allowed to do so. In later editions, however, it seems that, with the exception of the [[Inquisitorial Squad]], prefects ''can'' dock points, but not from fellow prefects. It is unclear whether or not prefects can award points for good behaviour, however.
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[[File:House_Points.jpg|thumb|Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]
  
  +
*Exactly how points are tabulated and recorded is not explained in detail. It is implied in several books that simply stating the addition or subtraction of points magically adjusts the score accordingly. It is not certain if this occurs in all cases, such as when Dumbledore adjusts the scores at the end of {{PS}}. The [[House point hourglasses|four giant hourglasses]], however, seemingly adjusts their contents accordingly to the house points granted or retracted by the teachers' wordings.
−
*It is stated that [[prefect]]s are allowed to dock points from students in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. However, this idea is diminished in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' when it is stated that prefects are in fact not allowed to do so. In later editions, however, it seems that prefects ''can'' dock points, just not from other prefects, except the Inquisitorial Squad.
  
  +
*In {{COS}}, when [[Minerva McGonagall]] was about to determine punishment for [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] for crashing the [[Flying Ford Anglia]] into the [[Whomping Willow]], Harry advised her that Gryffindor should not lose any house points as this misdemeanour occurred before term started, which she accepted (though she gave them detention).
−
*Exactly how points are tabulated and recorded is not explained in detail. It is implied in several books that simply stating the addition or subtraction of points magically adjusts the score accordingly. It's not certain if this occurs in all cases, such as when Dumbledore adjusts the scores at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. The [[House point hourglasses|four giant hourglasses]], however, seemingly adjusts their contents accordingly to the house points granted or retracted by the teachers' wordings.
  
−
*In the ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', [[Severus Snape]] takes 70 points from [[Gryffindor]] before term starts, saying that Gryffindor would have negative 70 points, but in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Snape was unable to take points from Gryffindor when they had no points left. It is possible, however, that Snape's next words after "In that case, Potter, we will simply have to..." would have been to send to Gryffindor into negative points, but he was unable to get them out before being interrupted by [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]]. It can also be assumed he was being sarcastic or joking cruelly about the situation.
 +
*In {{HBP}}, [[Severus Snape]] takes seventy points from [[Gryffindor]] before term starts, saying that Gryffindor would have negative 70 points, but in {{OOTP}}, Snape was unable to take points from Gryffindor when they had no points left. It is possible, however, that Snape's next words after "In that case, Potter, we will simply have to..." would have been to send to Gryffindor into negative points, but he was unable to get them out before being interrupted by [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]]. It can also be assumed he was being sarcastic or joking cruelly about the situation. Also, in {{COS}}, Minerva did not take any points from Gryffindor when Harry and Ron took the Flying Ford Anglia, since it was before term started, which shows Snape's deduction of seventy points four years later as unorthodox.
−
*In the films and video games from ''Order of the Phoenix,'' the house points are earned and counted in the [[Great Hall]] to the right of the staff table. However in the first video games, they are also counted in the Great Hall, despite the hourglasses being located in the [[Entrance Hall]].
 +
*In the films and video games from {{OOTP}}, the house points are earned and counted in the [[Great Hall]] to the right of the staff table. However in the first video games, they are also counted in the Great Hall, despite the hourglasses being located in the [[Entrance Hall]].
−
*In ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Severus Snape deducts one point from Gryffindor for Harry's statement that Hermione could answer his questions and suggestion that he ask her. This, and the point that he takes for Harry's supposedly setting Neville Longbottom up for failure, are the only instances shown in the books of a single point being deducted for a transgression. They are normally deducted at either 5 or 10 points for small infractions, and multiples of these numbers for greater ones, though in the earliest [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|''Harry Potter'' video game]], certain individuals, such as a particular [[Girl whose quill was taken by Cedric|Hufflepuff prefect]], deducted them in unusual amounts, such as 6.
 +
*In {{PS}}, Severus Snape deducts one point from Gryffindor for Harry's statement that Hermione could answer his questions and suggestion that he ask her. This, and the point that he takes for Harry's supposedly setting Neville Longbottom up for failure, are the only instances shown in the books of a single point being deducted for a transgression. In the extended cut of the Film, this is a straight 5 points. In the original version of the Film, it's omitted entirely. They are normally deducted at either five or ten points for small infractions, and multiples of these numbers for greater ones, though in the earliest [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|''Harry Potter'' video game]], certain individuals, such as a particular [[Girl whose quill was taken by Cedric|Hufflepuff prefect]], deducted them in unusual amounts, such as 6.
  +
*In [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PC, Mac)|PC version of the ''Philosopher's Stone video game]], Hermione non-canonically awards Harry between 5 and 50 house points for learning the [[Unlocking Charm]], although she was only a first year at this point. Her reasoning being that is what [[Filius Flitwick|Professor Flitwick]] would have done had he seen Harry learn the spell.
  +
*In the films, the role of house points is almost exclusively limited to the first film. The other seven films make almost no mention of them outside of Pomona Sprout awarding Hermione 10 points for identifying both the properties and dangers of the Mandrake Root (as opposed to 20 for both in the books) in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Professor Snape deducting 5 points from Hermione being an "insufferable know-it-all" during ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' and a deleted scene of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' during the Yule Ball when Snape deducts ten points each from [[Fawcett]] and [[Stebbins (Potter-era)|Stebbins]] when they were caught in a Hogwarts carriage. The films make no mention of the House Cup or point totals is mentioned in any film outside of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''.
  +
*In the GBA version, Professor McGonagall, instead of awarding 10 points to Harry and Ron and deducing 5 from Hermione, awards 50 points to Gryffindor for saving Hermione.
  +
*In a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9dr2zw-TXQ&t=131s trailer] for {{SOD}}, Professor Dumbledore gave [[Newton Scamander]] three points to Hufflepuff. It was likely he did it to be funny because Newt was an adult and had been expelled over ten years earlier.
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*{{PS}} {{1st}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
  
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*{{PS|F}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
  
  +
*{{PS|G}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
  
  +
*{{COS|F}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
  
  +
*{{COS|G}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
  
  +
*{{POA|F}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
  
  +
*{{POA|G}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
  
  +
*{{GOF|F}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
  
  +
*{{OOTP}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
  
  +
*{{OOTP|F}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
  
  +
*{{OOTP|G}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''
  
  +
*{{HBP}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
  
  +
*{{HBP|F}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
  
  +
*{{HBP|G}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
  
  +
*{{DH}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
  
  +
*{{DH|F2}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
  
  +
*{{DH|G2}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]''
  
  +
*{{COG|S}} {{Flashback}}
−
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
  
  +
*{{COG}} {{Flashback}}
−
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
  
  +
*{{PM}}
−
*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''
  
  +
*{{WW}}
−
*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
  
  +
*{{LEGO|Y1}}
−
*''[[Pottermore]]''
  
  +
*{{LEGO|Y2}}
  +
*{{WWHP}}
  +
*{{TCG}}
  +
*{{PM}}
  +
*{{HPV|CR}}
  +
*{{HM}}
  +
*{{MA}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
  
==Notes and references==
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"While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your House points, while any rule-breaking will lose House points. At the end of the year, the House with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honour."
— Minerva McGonagall to first-years on 1 September 1991[src]
House points hourglass

The hourglasses tallying the house points for Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff

At Hogwarts[1] and Ilvermorny,[2] House points were awarded to students by members of the school faculty. Points were awarded to the House that the student in question belonged to when he or she did good deeds, correctly answered a question in class, or won an inter-house Quidditch match. Points could also be taken away for rule-breaking.[1] At the end of the school year, the House with the most points would be awarded the House Cup.[1]

At Hogwarts, the points were counted with four giant hourglasses that showed the point totals at the bottom with stones the main colour of their house (rubies for Gryffindor,[3] sapphires for Ravenclaw,[3] emeralds for Slytherin,[4] and yellow diamonds for Hufflepuff).[5]

Teachers, as well as librarians, matrons, and caretakers could award or deduct points from students.[1][6] Prefects, the Head Boy, and the Head Girl could deduct points as well, but not from other Prefects. During the 1995–1996 school year however, members of the rather short-lived Inquisitorial Squad were permitted to do so.[4] The squad was disbanded after Dolores Umbridge's departure from Hogwarts.[3]

Known point gains/losses

1890-1891 school year

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Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Amit Thakkar Ravenclaw Aesop Sharp Several points awarded 1890 For correctly answering a question about the Wiggenweld Potion
Garreth Weasley Gryffindor Aesop Sharp Several points deducted For brewing an exploding mixture in Potions class
Everett Clopton Ravenclaw Chiyo Kogawa Several points deducted For taking an unauthorised flight around Hogwarts during class
Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student Unknown Dinah Hecat Several points awarded For successfully learning the Levitation Spell and using it in a duel
Abraham Ronen Several points awarded For successfully learning and casting the Summoning Charm
Chiyo Kogawa Several points deducted For taking an unauthorised flight around Hogwarts during class
Matilda Weasley 100 points awarded 1891 For heroism during Ranrok's attack at Hogwarts.

1910s

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Leta Lestrange Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 100 points deducted[7] 1910 Using the dark charm Oscausi on a classmate.[7]
Leta Lestrange Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 100 points deducted[7] 1910 Running away from Professor McGonagall.[7]

1980s

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Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Jacob's sibling (possibly)[6] Unknown Severus Snape or Minerva McGonagall 40 points deducted 1984–1985 school year Lying about sneaking into the Gryffindor or Slytherin Common room.
Jacob's sibling[8] Unknown Albus Dumbledore 25 points added 1986–1987 school year For responsibly using their DADA skills to protect Hogsmeade from a Boggart and for being honest about it when confronted.
Unidentified third year student (possibly)[9] Unknown Jacob's sibling's Head of House 10 points deducted 1987–1988 school year Using magic outside of class. (reported by Jacob's sibling)
Jacob's sibling [9] Unknown Jacob's sibling's Head of House 10 points deducted/gained 1987–1988 school year Not helping a first-year student/Helping a first-year student
Jacob's sibling [9] Unknown Albus Dumbledore 20 points deducted/gained 1987–1988 school year Not reporting a third-year student's use of magic outside the classroom/Reporting a third-year student's use of magic outside the classroom

1991–1992 school year

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 1 point deducted 6 September, 1991 Cheekiness[10]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 1 point deducted[10] 6 September, 1991 Not correcting a mistake of Neville Longbottom's in Potions[10]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall Several points awarded[10] Knowing about Switching Spells in Transfiguration[10]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points deducted[11] 31 October, 1991 Hermione claimed to have gone looking for the troll[11]
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points awarded each[11] 31 October, 1991 For saving Hermione from the troll[11]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[12] Taking the library's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages outside of the castle[12]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[13] Attacking Draco Malfoy[13]
Draco Malfoy Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 20 points deducted[14] Wandering the corridors at night[14]
Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 50 points deducted each[15] Wandering the corridors at night[15]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 50 points awarded[16] For winning McGonagall's chess game in the Underground Chambers[16]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 50 points awarded[16] For correctly solving Snape's potion riddle[16]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 60 points awarded[16] For defeating Quirrell[16]
Neville Longbottom Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 10 points awarded[16] For standing up to Harry, Ron and Hermione[16]

1992–1993 school year

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Pomona Sprout 10 points awarded[17] 2 September, 1992 Correctly listing the properties of Mandrakes[17]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Pomona Sprout 10 points awarded[17] 2 September, 1992 Correctly identifying the danger of handling Mandrakes[17]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Gilderoy Lockhart 10 points awarded[17] 2 September, 1992 Getting full marks on Lockhart's quiz[17]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Percy Weasley 5 points deducted[18] Using a girls' bathroom[18]
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 200 points awarded each[19] For saving Ginny Weasley, slaying the Serpent of Slytherin and defeating Tom Riddle's soul in the Chamber of Secrets[19]

1993–1994 school year

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[20] For helping Neville Longbottom with his Shrinking Solution[20]
Gryffindor Remus Lupin 5 points awarded to each (10 for Neville)[20] For combating a Boggart[20]
Hermione Granger and Harry Potter Gryffindor Remus Lupin 5 points awarded to each[20] For answering Lupin's questions in class[20]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[21] Arriving late to Defence Against the Dark Arts[21]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[21] Not sitting down when asked[21]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[21] "Being an insufferable know-it-all"[21]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted[22] For throwing a crocodile heart at Draco Malfoy[22]
Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 50 points deducted[23] For dressing up as Dementors to sabotage Harry Potter during a Quidditch match[23]

1994–1995 school year

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted[24] Shouting at Snape after he remarked that he saw no difference to Hermione after Densaugeo was used on her[24]
S. Fawcett Ravenclaw Severus Snape 10 points deducted[25] Being caught in the rose bushes with Stebbins[25]
Stebbins Hufflepuff Severus Snape 10 points deducted[25] Being caught in the rose bushes with S. Fawcett[25]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[26] Discussing topics unrelated to Potions in class[26]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[26] Reading Witch Weekly in class[26]

1995–1996 school year

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter Gryffindor Dolores Umbridge 10 points deducted[27] Declaring that Voldemort had returned[27]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank 5 points awarded[28] Identifying Bowtruckles[28]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank 5 points awarded[28] Having knowledge of a Bowtruckle's diet[28]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Dolores Umbridge 5 points deducted[29] Expressing views contrary to those of Wilbert Slinkhard[29]
Angelina Johnson Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points deducted[29] Shouting at Harry in the Great Hall for getting himself detention[29]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points deducted[29] For losing his temper with Umbridge despite McGonagall's warning[29]
Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[30] Fighting (although, in reality, Harry and Ron were holding Neville back)[30]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Rubeus Hagrid 10 points awarded[31] Explaining why Thestrals are invisible to some[31]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Dolores Umbridge 50 points deducted[32] Having an interview with Rita Skeeter published in The Quibbler[32]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Pomona Sprout 20 points awarded[32] Handing her a watering can; a way for her to express her feelings towards his interview[32]
Draco Malfoy Slytherin Dolores Umbridge 50 points awarded[33] Using a Trip Jinx to apprehend Harry after exposing Dumbledore's Army[33]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] Insulting Umbridge[4]
Ernie Macmillan Hufflepuff Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] For contradicting Malfoy[4]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] Because Malfoy disliked him[4]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] Having his shirt untucked[4]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 10 points deducted[4] Being Muggle-born[4]
Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 50 points awarded to each (a total of 250)[3] For their actions in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries[3]
Luna Lovegood Ravenclaw Minerva McGonagall 50 points awarded[3] For her actions during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries[3]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall (on Severus Snape's behalf) 10 points deducted[3] For threatening to curse Draco Malfoy (Snape attempted to remove the points before realising that Gryffindor had no points left)[3]

1996–1997 school year

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted[34] 1 September, 1996 Arriving late to the Start-of-Term Feast[34]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 20 points deducted[34] 1 September, 1996 Wearing Muggle attire to the Start-of-Term Feast[34]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 20 points awarded[35] For her knowledge of Amortentia[35]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 10 points awarded[35] For her knowledge of Felix Felicis[35]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 10 points awarded[36] Explaining Golpalott's Third Law[36]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 10 points awarded[36] For presenting a bezoar as an answer to an activity involving antidotes[36]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[37] Arriving late to Defence Against the Dark Arts[37]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[37] Being sarcastic and disrespectful towards Snape[37]

Behind the scenes

  • It is stated that prefects are allowed to dock points from students in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. However, this idea is diminished in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when it is stated that prefects are in fact not allowed to do so. In later editions, however, it seems that, with the exception of the Inquisitorial Squad, prefects can dock points, but not from fellow prefects. It is unclear whether or not prefects can award points for good behaviour, however.
  • Exactly how points are tabulated and recorded is not explained in detail. It is implied in several books that simply stating the addition or subtraction of points magically adjusts the score accordingly. It is not certain if this occurs in all cases, such as when Dumbledore adjusts the scores at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The four giant hourglasses, however, seemingly adjusts their contents accordingly to the house points granted or retracted by the teachers' wordings.
  • In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Minerva McGonagall was about to determine punishment for Harry Potter and Ron Weasley for crashing the Flying Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow, Harry advised her that Gryffindor should not lose any house points as this misdemeanour occurred before term started, which she accepted (though she gave them detention).
  • In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Severus Snape takes seventy points from Gryffindor before term starts, saying that Gryffindor would have negative 70 points, but in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Snape was unable to take points from Gryffindor when they had no points left. It is possible, however, that Snape's next words after "In that case, Potter, we will simply have to..." would have been to send to Gryffindor into negative points, but he was unable to get them out before being interrupted by Professor McGonagall. It can also be assumed he was being sarcastic or joking cruelly about the situation. Also, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Minerva did not take any points from Gryffindor when Harry and Ron took the Flying Ford Anglia, since it was before term started, which shows Snape's deduction of seventy points four years later as unorthodox.
  • In the films and video games from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the house points are earned and counted in the Great Hall to the right of the staff table. However in the first video games, they are also counted in the Great Hall, despite the hourglasses being located in the Entrance Hall.
  • In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Severus Snape deducts one point from Gryffindor for Harry's statement that Hermione could answer his questions and suggestion that he ask her. This, and the point that he takes for Harry's supposedly setting Neville Longbottom up for failure, are the only instances shown in the books of a single point being deducted for a transgression. In the extended cut of the Film, this is a straight 5 points. In the original version of the Film, it's omitted entirely. They are normally deducted at either five or ten points for small infractions, and multiples of these numbers for greater ones, though in the earliest Harry Potter video game, certain individuals, such as a particular Hufflepuff prefect, deducted them in unusual amounts, such as 6.
  • In PC version of the Philosopher's Stone video game, Hermione non-canonically awards Harry between 5 and 50 house points for learning the Unlocking Charm, although she was only a first year at this point. Her reasoning being that is what Professor Flitwick would have done had he seen Harry learn the spell.
  • In the films, the role of house points is almost exclusively limited to the first film. The other seven films make almost no mention of them outside of Pomona Sprout awarding Hermione 10 points for identifying both the properties and dangers of the Mandrake Root (as opposed to 20 for both in the books) in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Snape deducting 5 points from Hermione being an "insufferable know-it-all" during Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and a deleted scene of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire during the Yule Ball when Snape deducts ten points each from Fawcett and Stebbins when they were caught in a Hogwarts carriage. The films make no mention of the House Cup or point totals is mentioned in any film outside of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
  • In the GBA version, Professor McGonagall, instead of awarding 10 points to Harry and Ron and deducing 5 from Hermione, awards 50 points to Gryffindor for saving Hermione.
  • In a trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Professor Dumbledore gave Newton Scamander three points to Hufflepuff. It was likely he did it to be funny because Newt was an adult and had been expelled over ten years earlier.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
  2. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" at Wizarding World
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 38 (The Second War Begins)
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28 (Snape's Worst Memory)
  5. ↑ Twitter conversation with J.K. Rowling (Official) where she confirms what gem is in the Hufflepuff Hourglass.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
  8. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "SHADOWS OF THE DARK LORD" Achievement
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, "Become a Prefect" Achievement
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 11 (Quidditch)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 (The Forbidden Forest)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 9 (The Writing on the Wall)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18 (Dobby's Reward)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 7 (The Boggart in the Wardrobe)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9 (Grim Defeat)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 15 (The Quidditch Final)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18 (The Weighing of the Wands)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27 (Padfoot Returns)
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 17 (Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 21 (The Eye of the Snake)
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 8 (Snape Victorious)
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 18 (Birthday Surprises)
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 21 (The Unknowable Room)
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