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"You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,
And unafraid of toil"

— The Sorting Hat^[src]

Hufflepuff is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout. The Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses; valuing hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and yellow and black are its colours.

Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth.^[1]

Traits

Students belonging to this house are known to be hard-working, friendly, loyal, honest and rather impartial. It may be that due to their values, Hufflepuffs are not as competitive as the other houses, or are more modest about their accomplishments.

Hufflepuff appears to have the least rivalry with the other houses, except in Quidditch, although the Triwizard Tournament did temporarily put a great deal of strain on the relationship between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, due to unusual circumstances of the selection of both Gryffindor student Harry Potter and Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory as Champions.

According to Minerva McGonagall, all four of the houses have produced exceptional witches and wizards in their time, but due to Helga Hufflepuff's policy of accepting any student and its usually poor performance in the House Cup, Hufflepuff is often thought to be the house of less talented wizards. However, this is merely a misunderstanding of the Sorting Hat's poem. The Hufflepuff house has produced a great many of successful and influential members of the wizarding world.

Badger — The badger, Hufflepuff's symbol.

Hufflepuff has produced the fewest number of dark wizards than any other house at Hogwarts. Their cheerful and friendly demeanor can probably account for this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its loyalty during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, when they were second only to Harry Potter's own house of Gryffindor in the number of students willing to stay and fight against Voldemort and his forces in the defence of their school.

Common Room

The Hufflepuff Dormitories and Common room have never been seen by outsiders and is the only house with repelling devices in case of intruders. They are accessed through a pile of large barrels, found stacked in a shadowy stone recess on a right-hand side corridor near the kitchens. The barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, will open if tapped in the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff'.*

Hufflepuffbg1600x1200 — Hufflepuff Common room

As a security device to repel non-Hufflepuffs, tapping on the wrong barrel, or tapping the incorrect number of times, results in one of the other lids bursting off and drenching the imposter in vinegar.

However, once you make it through the tunnel entryway, the Hufflepuff dormitory is a quite cosy and welcoming place; it always feels sunny. The common room is a large, earthy, round room with low ceilings. The view from the round windows is of dandelions and rippling grass.

The decor emphasises the earthy-feel of the room with plants hanging and resting all about the room, some that even sing and dance. Burnished copper touchings with plush, cosy yellow and black patterned sofas and chairs welcoming a Hufflepuff student to relax and discuss the interesting specimens brought in by the Head of House, Professor Sprout. A Hufflepuff student retires through big, round doors in the walls of the common room to their dormitory. ^[2]^[3].

Known Hufflepuffs

Hufflepuff	Period Attending Hogwarts	Notes
The Fat Friar^[4]	unknown	Now the house ghost.
Hengist of Woodcroft ^[5]	Medieval era	Founded the all-wizard village of Hogsmeade.
Bridget Wenlock ^[5]	c. 1213 to 1220	Famous Arithmancer who discovered the magical properties of seven.
Artemisia Lufkin ^[5]	c. 1765 to 1772	Minister for Magic from from 1798 to 1811
Grogan Stump ^[5]	c. 1781 to 1788	Minister for Magic from from 1811 to 1819.
Newton "Newt" Scamander ^[5]	c. 1908 to 1916	Famous magizoologist and Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Dugald McPhail ^[5]	unknown	Minister for Magic in an unknown period.
Eglantine Puffett ^[2]		Inventor of the Self-Soaping Dishcloth.
Hepzibah Smith		Descendant of Helga Hufflepuff.
Silvanus Kettleburn	unknown	Later professor of Care of Magical Creatures,
Pomona Sprout ^[4]	1942 - 1949 or 1952 - 1959^[6]	Later professor of Herbology and Head of Hufflepuff House.
Nymphadora Tonks ^[7]	1984 - 1991	Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Wed to Remus Lupin and mother of Teddy Lupin. She was killed in the Final Battle.
Gabriel Truman ^[5]	1980s and 1990s	Prefect
Cedric Diggory	1989 - 1995	Prefect, Captain and Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, Triwizard Champion; killed in his sixth year.
Anthony Rickett	1990s	Beater for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Cadwallader		Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Gregory Munslow		Only seen in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
Heidi Macavoy		Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Herbert Fleet		Keeper for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Malcolm Preece		Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Maxine O'Flaherty		Beater for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Stebbins
Summerby		Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Summers
Tamsin Applebee		Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Zacharias Smith		Chaser and Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team; member of Dumbledore's Army (abandoned).
Justin Finch-Fletchley	1991 - 1997 (?)	Member of Dumbledore's Army. Due to Muggle-born status, most likely did not attend his final year, during which Lord Voldemort controlled Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic.
Ernie Macmillan	1991 - 1998	Prefect and member of Dumbledore's Army.
Hannah Abbott		Prefect and member of Dumbledore's Army. Married to Neville Longbottom.
Leanne		Friend of Katie Bell and witnessed her being cursed. Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. Survived the war.
Megan Jones
Susan Bones		Member of Dumbledore's Army. Was the first to Splinch herself in Apparition lessons.
Wayne Hopkins
Oliver Rivers
Heather	1992 - 1999	Duelling Club member.
Eleanor Branstone	1994 - 2001
Kevin Whitby
Laura Madley
Owen Cauldwell
Rose Zeller	1995 - 2002
Rohit Das	Observed during 1993–1994 school year
Gabriel Tate	1990's
Melvin Catterick
Linda Chaddesley
Thora Dinnet
Nitin Divekar
Nicola Dodworth
Haruka Endoh
Annabel Entwhistle
Kay Formby
Trudy Galston
Brendon Halkirk
Raashid Hussain
Sisi Makerere
Bernard Maltby
Benjamin McEwen
Hecate Oakham
Madeline Ormskirk
Madhumati Parmar
Gayle Pocklington
Satinder Singh
Manish Sreenivasan
Lesley Toddington
Darrel Turner
Katsuji Yamazaki
Kousuke Yoshioka

Behind the scenes

In J. K. Rowling's ealiest concepts for the series, Hufflepuff's mascot was a bear rather than a badger.^[8]
Hufflepuff has produced the fewest Dark wizards of all the four Houses, if any.^[2]
Giffard Abbott was most likely a Hufflepuff, given his attitude towards this House and sharing a surname with known Hufflepuff Hannah Abbott .
Amos Diggory may have been a Hufflepuff if he attended Hogwarts, as his son, Cedric was.^[9]
The most members of Hufflepuff house appear to have either blonde or brown hair, while Susan Bones and Helga Hufflepuff had brownish-red hair. Furthermore, Professor Pomona Sprout often wore brown clothes. Interestingly, this is reminiscent of the house attributions; brown is associated with the element of earth and is similar to black (one of the Hufflepuff colours). Likewise, blonde hair could represent yellow — another house colour.
The Hufflepuff Basement was the only common room that Harry Potter didn't enter during his years at Hogwarts.
On Harry Potter: Beyond the Page, J.K. Rowling had this to say about Hufflepuff House..."This may surprise people, but it is the truth...In many, many ways, Hufflepuff is my favourite House. Here's my reasoning, bear with me. (Again, I don't want to spoil things too much for people who haven't read the whole series, so I'm going to say what I'm about to say quite carefully). There comes a point in the final book where each House has the choice whether or not to rise to a certain challenge, and that's everyone in the House. The Slytherins, for reasons that are understandable, decide they'd rather not play. The Ravenclaws, some decide they will, and some decide they won't. The Hufflepuffs, virtually to a person, stay, as do the Gryffindors. Now, the Gryffindors comprise a lot of foolhardy and show-offy people, that's just the way it is, I'm a Gryffindor, I'm allowed to say it. You know, there's bravery, and there's also showboating, and sometimes the two go together. The Hufflepuffs stayed for a different reason; they weren't trying to show off, they weren't being reckless, that's the essence of Hufflepuff House. Now my oldest child (my daughter, Jessica) said something very profound to me, not very many days ago, actually, she said to me --and she, by the way, was not sorted into Hufflepuff House-- but, she said to me, 'I think we should all want to be Hufflepuffs.' I can only say to you, that I would not be at all disappointed to be sorted into Hufflepuff House."
Gabriel Truman states that Hufflepuffs are often good at Herbology. Neville Longbottom was known to excel at Herbology but was placed in Gryffindor, despite begging the Sorting Hat to place him Hufflepuff.

Appearances

Notes and references

↑ The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 transcribed Pottermore House information
↑ "A transcript of a web chat with J.K. Rowling" from The Leaky Cauldron
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 F.A.Q. question on J.K. Rowling's Official Site
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)
↑ Pottermore biography of Minerva McGonagall (transcription available here)
↑ F.A.Q. question at J.K. Rowling's Official Site
↑ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - with annotations, The Guardian
↑ In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Horace Slughorn remarked that House membership usually runs in families.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Houses

Namesake Founders Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Heads of House Minerva McGonagall · Pomona Sprout · Filius Flitwick · Horace Slughorn
House Ghosts Nearly Headless Nick · Fat Friar · Grey Lady · Bloody Baron

[1] The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling

[Pottermore-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 transcribed Pottermore House information

[3] "A transcript of a web chat with J.K. Rowling" from The Leaky Cauldron

[jkrfaq1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 F.A.Q. question on J.K. Rowling's Official Site

[pottermoreintro-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)

[sproutyears-6] Pottermore biography of Minerva McGonagall (transcription available here)

[7] F.A.Q. question at J.K. Rowling's Official Site

[8] J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - with annotations, The Guardian

[9] In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Horace Slughorn remarked that House membership usually runs in families.

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-Hufflepuff has produced the fewest number of [[dark wizards]] than any other house at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. Their cheerful and friendly demenor can probably account for this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its loyalty during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[1998]], when they were second only to [[Harry Potter]]'s own house of [[Gryffindor]] in the number of students willing to stay and fight against [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] and [[Death Eaters|his forces]] in the defence of their school.
+Hufflepuff has produced the fewest number of [[dark wizards]] than any other house at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. Their cheerful and friendly demeanor can probably account for this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its loyalty during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[1998]], when they were second only to [[Harry Potter]]'s own house of [[Gryffindor]] in the number of students willing to stay and fight against [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] and [[Death Eaters|his forces]] in the defence of their school.
 ==Common Room==