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+ | |name=Lapifors Spell |
|image=[[File:LapiforsB.jpg|250px]] |
|image=[[File:LapiforsB.jpg|250px]] |
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+ | |incantation=''Lapifors''<ref name="TCG">''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''</ref><br/>(LAP-i-fors)<ref name="VG">{{POAVG}}</ref> |
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− | |incantation=Lapifors |
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− | |type=[[Transfiguration]] |
+ | |type=[[Transfiguration]]<ref name="VG"/> |
+ | |hand=Point [[wand]] at target<ref name="VG"/> |
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− | |light= |
+ | |light=Pink<ref name="TCG"/> |
− | |effect=Turns |
+ | |effect=Turns target into rabbit<ref name="TCG"/> |
+ | |creator= |
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− | {{Quote|Lapifors, the transformation of |
+ | {{Quote|Lapifors, the transformation of a small object into a rabbit|[[Hermione Granger]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)}} |
− | '''''Lapifors''''' is a [[Transfiguration]] [[spell]] which turns small objects into rabbits, including rabbit statues, [[Salamanders]] and cats. |
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+ | The '''Lapifors Spell'''<ref name="VG"/> (''Lapifors''<ref name="TCG"/><ref name="VG"/>) is a [[transfiguration]] [[spell]] that can be used to transform the target into a [[rabbit]]<ref name="TCG"/>; it works best on smaller artefacts such as [[statue]]s, [[salamander]]s<ref name="TCG"/> and [[cat]]s<ref name="VG"/>. |
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+ | ==History== |
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+ | This [[charm]] is learned in the [[third year]] [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration class]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], taught by [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="VG"/>. She set up an obstacle course to be completed using this and the [[Draconifors Spell]], and one of the questions in the final exam in [[June]] of [[1994]] concerned this [[spell]]<ref name="VG"/>. |
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+ | ==Effects== |
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+ | Once performed, the [[Wizardkind|caster]] has the ability to control the rabbit in question, directing its movements in a similar manner to the ''[[Piertotum Locomotor]]'' [[spell]]<ref name="VG"/>. |
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+ | ==Practitioners== |
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+ | *[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="VG"/> |
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+ | *[[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="VG"/> |
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+ | *[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="VG2">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''</ref> |
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+ | *[[Ronald Weasley]]<ref name="VG2"/> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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+ | From [[Latin]] "''lepus''", meaning "''hare''", with the [[-fors suffix]] attached as with most transforming spells. |
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− | The Prefix "Lapi-" from Latin ''lepus'' meaning ''hare''', and the suffix "-fors" (often used in transfiguration spells) is Latin for "chance, luck, fortune", though it may also come from "forma" (or simply English form) meaning form. |
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==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]'' {{C|NDS and Game Boy only}} |
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]'' {{C|NDS and Game Boy only}} |
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*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' |
*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' |
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+ | ==Notes and references== |
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+ | {{Reflist}} |
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{{Transfiguration}} |
{{Transfiguration}} |
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+ | [[es:Lapifors]] |
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[[fr:Lapifors]] |
[[fr:Lapifors]] |
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[[Category:Transforming spells]] |
[[Category:Transforming spells]] |
Revision as of 02:07, 3 March 2014
- "Lapifors, the transformation of a small object into a rabbit"
- — Hermione Granger[src]
The Lapifors Spell[2] (Lapifors[1][2]) is a transfiguration spell that can be used to transform the target into a rabbit[1]; it works best on smaller artefacts such as statues, salamanders[1] and cats[2].
History
This charm is learned in the third year Transfiguration class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, taught by Professor Minerva McGonagall[2]. She set up an obstacle course to be completed using this and the Draconifors Spell, and one of the questions in the final exam in June of 1994 concerned this spell[2].
Effects
Once performed, the caster has the ability to control the rabbit in question, directing its movements in a similar manner to the Piertotum Locomotor spell[2].
Practitioners
Etymology
From Latin "lepus", meaning "hare", with the -fors suffix attached as with most transforming spells.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (NDS and Game Boy only)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game