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{{Quote|Jelly-Legs Curse: Point your wand directly at your enemy and shout ''Locomotor Wibbly!''|[[Vindictus Viridian]], ''[[Curses and Counter-Curses]]''.|Pottermore}}
  
{{Quote|Jelly-Legs Curse: Point your wand directly at your enemy and shout ''Locomotor Wibbly!''|[[Vindictus Viridian]], ''[[Curses and Counter-Curses]]''.|Pottermore}}
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The '''Jelly-Legs Curse''' (''Locomotor Wibbly'') is a [[spell]] that causes the victim's legs to collapse.<ref name="Pottermorepractice">Jelly-Legs Jinx practice screen on [[Pottermore]] {{See image|File:JellyLegsPractice.jpg}}</ref>
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The '''Jelly-Legs Curse''', also known as the '''Jelly-Legs Jinx''' (''Locomotor Wibbly'') is a [[spell]] that causes the victim's legs to collapse.<ref name="Pottermorepractice">Jelly-Legs Jinx practice screen on [[Pottermore]] {{See image|File:JellyLegsPractice.jpg}}</ref>
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This [[curse]] is covered in ''[[Curses and Counter-Curses]]'' by [[Professor]] [[Vindictus Viridian]].
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==Known uses==
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[June]] [[1995]]
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|Hermione used this spell on [[Harry Potter]] while he was practicing the [[Shield Charm]] for the Third Task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]].<ref name="GOF">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''</ref>
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|[[George Weasley]]
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|Crabbe was hit with this jinx, in combination with ''[[Pimple Jinx|Furnunculus]]'', by Harry and [[George Weasley]], causing little tentacles to sprout all over his face.<ref name="GOF" />
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== Known practitioners ==
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* [[Hermione Granger]]
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* [[George Weasley]]
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
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*The Jelly-Legs Jinx seems to share some similarities with ''[[Tarantallegra]]'', although the effects as described are slightly different; ''Tarantallegra'' makes the victim's legs thrash about uncontrollably, whereas this spell makes their legs shake.
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|GBC video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', this spell is used to immobilise the opponent.
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|GBC video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', this spell is used to immobilize the opponent until they are hit with another spell.
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*This may ''possibly'' be related to the [[Leg-Locker Curse]].
 
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*When asked whether anything in the [[Harry Potter (book series)|series]] reflects any of her childhood fantasies, author [[J. K. Rowling]] says, "''...who wouldn't want to be able to use the Jelly-Legs Curse?''"<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm Scholastic interview with J. K. Rowling]</ref>. This seemingly confirms that it is a curse, rather than a jinx.
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*Almost all evidence so far given suggest that this spell and the [[Jelly-Legs Jinx|jinx of the same name]]; [[Pottermore|pottermore]] often changes the title of spells (see [[Pimple Jinx|Furnunculus curse]]), the two spells have identical names except the type of [[Dark charms|dark charm]] they are, and it is highly likely that either the spell is meant to make victim's legs shake until they collapse, or else that the [[Shield Charm|shield]] used decreased the power of the spell so much so that instead of making [[Harry Potter|its intended victim's]] legs collapse, it merely made them shake. Let us not forget, also, that the aforementioned victim had an amazing amount of physical control over his body.
  
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*There have been various mistranslations of this spell's name, such as "Jell-O Legs", "Jam Legs", "Broken Legs" and "Twisted Limping Legs", in the [[Chinese]], [[Japanese]] and Vietnamese versions of the books<ref>[http://www.cjvlang.com/Hpotter/mistranslations/jamjelly.html Mistranslations: Jelly-Legs]</ref>
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==Appearances==
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{Comment|Name only}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{1st}}
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
 
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==Notes and references==
  
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Revision as of 03:13, 2 January 2015

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This article is about the Jelly-Legs Curse. You may be looking for the Jelly-Brain Jinx or the Jelly-Fingers Curse.

"Jelly-Legs Curse: Point your wand directly at your enemy and shout Locomotor Wibbly!'"
— Vindictus Viridian, Curses and Counter-Curses.[src]

The Jelly-Legs Curse, also known as the Jelly-Legs Jinx (Locomotor Wibbly) is a spell that causes the victim's legs to collapse.[1]

This curse is covered in Curses and Counter-Curses by Professor Vindictus Viridian.

Known uses

Caster(s) Date Notes
Hermione Granger June 1995 Hermione used this spell on Harry Potter while he was practicing the Shield Charm for the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament.[3]
George Weasley Crabbe was hit with this jinx, in combination with Furnunculus, by Harry and George Weasley, causing little tentacles to sprout all over his face.[3]

Known practitioners

Behind the scenes

  • The Jelly-Legs Jinx seems to share some similarities with Tarantallegra, although the effects as described are slightly different; Tarantallegra makes the victim's legs thrash about uncontrollably, whereas this spell makes their legs shake.
  • In the GBC video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this spell is used to immobilize the opponent until they are hit with another spell.
  • When asked whether anything in the series reflects any of her childhood fantasies, author J. K. Rowling says, "...who wouldn't want to be able to use the Jelly-Legs Curse?"[4]. This seemingly confirms that it is a curse, rather than a jinx.
  • There have been various mistranslations of this spell's name, such as "Jell-O Legs", "Jam Legs", "Broken Legs" and "Twisted Limping Legs", in the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese versions of the books[5]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jelly-Legs Jinx practice screen on Pottermore (see this image)
  2. ↑ Jelly-Legs Curse described on Pottermore (see this image)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  4. ↑ Scholastic interview with J. K. Rowling
  5. ↑ Mistranslations: Jelly-Legs
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