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{{Spell infobox
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|name=Mending Charm
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|name = Mending Charm
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|image=[[File:Reparo.jpg|250px]]
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|image = Reparo.gif
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|incantation=''Reparo''<br/>reh-PAH-roh
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|incantation = ''Reparo''<ref name="POT"/><br/>(reh-PAH-roh)
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|type=[[Charm]]
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|type = [[Charm]]<ref name="POT"/>
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|hand = [[File:Mending-charm.png]]
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|hand=Tap the target
  
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|light=None
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|light = None<ref name="GOF11"/>
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|effect=Mends broken objects
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|effect = Fixes broken objects<ref name="POT"/>
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|creator=[[Orabella Nuttley]] ([[1750s|1754]])
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|creator = [[Orabella Nuttley]] ([[1754]])<ref name="WON" />
 
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{{Quote|The Mending Charm will repair broken objects with a flick of the wand. Accidents do happen, so it is essential to know how to mend our errors.|An excerpt from the entry in ''[[Book of Spells]]''.|Wonderbook: Book of Spells}}
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{{Quote|The Mending Charm will repair broken objects with a flick of the [[wand]]. Accidents do happen, so it is essential to know how to mend our errors.|''[[Book of Spells]]''|Wonderbook: Book of Spells}}
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The '''Mending Charm''',<ref name="POT">{{PM}}</ref> also known as the '''Repairing Charm'''<ref name="WON" /><ref name="FBS"/> (''Reparo''), was a [[charm]] that could be used to seamlessly repair a broken object and worked on most materials. This incredibly useful and practical [[charm]] was invented by [[Orabella Nuttley]], in or before [[1754]].<ref name="WON" />
   
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==History==
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The '''Mending Charm'''<ref name="POT">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>, also known as the '''Repairing Charm'''<ref name="WON"/> (incatation: ''Reparo'') was a [[charm]] that could be used to seamlessly repair a broken object.
  
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The [[charm]] was [[Spell creation|invented]] by [[Orabella Nuttley]], an employee of the [[Improper Use of Magic Office]] in the [[British Ministry of Magic]], in or before [[1754]]. She used her charm to repair the [[Coliseum|Colosseum]] after it had been accidentally destroyed. Thereafter, it became famous; this instance was recorded in ''[[Book of Spells]]'', by [[Miranda Goshawk]].<ref name="WON" />
   
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There were various textbooks containing instructions for this spell, including ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1]]'' (a [[first year|first-year]] [[Charms (class)|Charms]] textbook at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]),<ref name="POT" /> although there was still [[Reparo spellbook|a spellbook designated entirely to the teaching of this charm]].<ref name="POAG">{{POA|G}} - Console versions</ref>
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==Casting and effects==
  
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The Mending Charm was effective at repairing most materials.<ref name="WON" /> However, damage caused by certain rare, powerful [[curse]]s was impossible to undo.<ref name="WON" />
  
   
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During the [[1985–1986 school year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], this spell was taught to [[second year|second-year]] students in [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]] by [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall]].<ref name="HM24t">{{HM|2|4|t}}</ref>
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The charm was suitable for use only on inanimate objects.<ref name="WON">''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]''</ref> Use on living beings was entirely proscribed.<ref name="WON" /> Serious scarring could result if it were cast on a person or animal in an attempt to heal wounds.<ref name="WON" />
  
   
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==Effects==
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While a properly cast Mending Charm was generally enough to fix an object, it seems less experienced casters might not succeed in returning liquids to broken containers.<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
  
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{{Quote|They stood back to back, the tall thin wizard and the short round one, and waved their wands in one identical sweeping motion. The furniture flew back to its original places; ornaments re-formed in midair, feathers zoomed into their cushions; torn books repaired themselves as they landed upon their shelves; oil lanterns soared onto side tables and reignited; a vast collection of splintered silver picture frames flew glittering across the room and alighted, whole and untarnished, upon a desk; rips, cracks, and holes healed everywhere, and the walls wiped themselves clean.|[[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Horace Slughorn]] using this charm to repair a destroyed living room in a [[Muggle house where Horace Slughorn stayed|Muggle house]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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[[File:Mending charm1.gif|250px|thumb|left|The Mending charm's effects]]
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The Mending Charm was effective at repairing most materials. However, damage caused by certain rare, powerful [[curse]]s such as [[Fiendfyre]] were impossible to undo.<ref name="WON" />
   
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The charm was suitable for use only on inanimate objects. Use on living beings was entirely proscribed. Serious scarring could result if it were cast on a person or animal in an attempt to heal wounds.<ref name="WON">{{WBS}}</ref>
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This charm does not seem to work on objects of powerful and complex magic, such as [[Vanishing Cabinet]]s and [[wand]]s. [[Draco Malfoy]] proved the former by having spent almost an entire school year to repair the damaged cabinet through other means, due to the complexity of the magical passage. For snapped wands, although this charm can repair the physical form, the magical capacity would be damaged beyond repair, causing the wand in question to fall apart once again; the sole exception goes to the [[Elder Wand]], due to the strength.
  
   
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[[File:ReparoHM.png|200px|thumb|right|This charm mending a broken plate]]
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==Invention==
  
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While a properly cast Mending Charm was generally enough to fix an object, it seemed less experienced casters might not have succeeded in returning liquids to broken containers.<ref name="OOTP15"/>
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This [[charm]] was invented by [[Orabella Nuttley]], an employee of the [[Improper Use of Magic Office]] in the [[British Ministry of Magic]], in or before [[1754]]. She used her charm to repair the [[Colosseum]] after it had been accidentally destroyed. Thereafter, it became famous; this instance was recorded in ''[[Book of Spells]]'', by [[Miranda Goshawk]].<ref name="WON"/>
  
   
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This charm did not seem to work on objects of powerful and complex [[magic]], such as broken [[Vanishing Cabinet]]s<ref name="HBP27">{{HBP|B|27}}</ref> or [[wand]]s.<ref name="DH17"/> [[Draco Malfoy]] proved the former by having spent almost an entire school year to repair the damaged cabinet through [[Harmonia Nectere Passus|other means]], due to the complexity of the magical passage.<ref name="HBP27"/> For snapped wands, although this charm can repair the physical form, the magical capacity would be damaged beyond repair, causing the wand in question to fall apart again upon attempted use;<ref name="DH17"/> the sole exception goes to the [[Elder Wand]] which repaired [[Harry Potter's wand|Harry's wand]], due to the strength and magnitude of the Elder Wand.<ref name="DH36"/>
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==Teaching==
  
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There are various textbooks containing instructions for this spell, including ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1]]''<ref name="POT"/>, although there is still [[Reparo spellbook|a spellbook designated entirely to the teaching of this charm]]<ref name="POAG">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''</ref>. Due to its being a level one [[spell]], it is likely taught in the [[first year]].
 
   
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==Practitioners==
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==Known uses==
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{{Quote|Harry missed the pod, hit the bowl, and shattered it. ''Reparo'', he said hastily, poking the pieces with his wand, and the bowl sprang back together again.|Harry Potter using the charm to repair a bowl|Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince}}
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* [[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="HBPF">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''</ref>
  
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* [[Bob Ogden]]<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref>
  
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* [[Harry Potter]]<ref name="DH">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref>
  
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* [[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="GOF">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''</ref>
  
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* [[Orabella Nuttley]] {{C|Invented the spell}}<ref name="WON"/>
  
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* [[Rubeus Hagrid]] {{C|Failed}}<ref name="DH"/>
  
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* [[Seamus Finnigan]] {{C|Probably}}<ref name="OOTP"/>
  
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* [[Unidentified Ollivander's associate|Associate of Garrick Ollivander]]
  
   
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==Variations==
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===Successful===
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There is a similar spell, ''[[Oculus Reparo]]'', which is used to repair [[Spectacles|eyeglasses]]; its history and relation to this spell apart from the etymology and effects are unknown<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''</ref>.
  
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! align="center" width="20%" |Date
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|[[Orabella Nuttley]]
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|[[1754]]
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|[[File:OrabellaNuttleyReparoColiseum.png|250px|thumb|right]] Nuttley invented this spell and in or around 1754 she stepped forward and fixed several columns with the Mending Charm she had invented. Preventing a breach of the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy|Statute of Secrecy]].<ref name="WON" />
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|[[Eleazar Fig]]
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|[[1 September]] [[1890s|1890]]
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|Eleazar used it to repair a bridge to the [[ruins of Percival Rackham's house]].<ref name="HL PH">{{HL|The Path to Hogwarts}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student]]
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| rowspan="2" |[[2 September]] [[1890s|1890]]
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|Taught the spell by [[Professor]] [[Abraham Ronen]].<ref name="HL PRA">{{HL|Professor Ronen's Assignment}}</ref>
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|Used this spell on broken items and buildings in [[Hogsmeade]] after the [[Troll attack on Hogsmeade|troll attack]].<ref name="HL WHogs">{{HL|Welcome to Hogsmeade}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |[[1890–1891 school year]]
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|Used it to repair a [[suit of armour]] in the [[Restricted Section]] of the [[Hogwarts Library]] in order to get through.<ref name="HL SRS">{{HL|Secrets of the Restricted Section}}</ref>
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|[[Mirabel Garlick]]
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|Used it to repair the broken glass caused by the shrieks of [[Mandrake]] roots in [[Herbology]] class.<ref name="HL HC">{{HL|Herbology Class}}</ref>
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|[[Bob Ogden]]
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|[[1925]]
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|Used it to repair a pot that [[Merope Riddle|Merope Gaunt]] had broken.<ref name="HBP10">{{HBP|B|10}}</ref>
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|[[Newton Scamander|Newt Scamander]]
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|[[6 December]] [[1926]]
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|[[File:NewtReparo.gif|250px|thumb|right]]
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Used it [[Nonverbal spell|nonverbally]] to repair [[Jacob Kowalski]]'s apartment after several beasts escaped from his [[Newton Scamander's suitcase|magical suitcase]] and broke up his belongings and blasted through a wall.<ref name="FBS">{{FB|S}}</ref>
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|[[Magical Congress of the United States of America|MACUSA]] [[Auror]]s
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|[[7 December]] 1926
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|Used it nonverbally to repair buildings after an [[Obscurial]] went on a path of destruction through [[New York|New York City]].<ref name="FBS" />
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| rowspan="3" |[[Jacob's sibling]]
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|[[1986–1987 school year]]
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|Used it to repair broken items in the [[Dragon Clubhouse]].<ref name="ADQ">{{HM|3|A DRAGON'S QUEST}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |[[1987–1988 school year]]
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|Used it to repair a cabinet [[Sickleworth]] had damaged in the [[Artefact Room]].<ref name="HM49">{{HM|4|9}}</ref>
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|[[File:Jacob's sibling holding Torvus's arrow HM413.png|250px|thumb|right]]
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Used it to repair [[Torvus]]'s broken [[Torvus's arrow|arrow]] for him in the [[Forbidden Forest]].<ref name="HM413">{{HM|4|13}}</ref>
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|[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]
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|[[August]] [[1994]]
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|Used it to repair the table leg a couple days before the [[1994 Quidditch World Cup|422nd Quidditch World Cup]].<ref name="GOF5">{{GOF|B|5}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[1 September]] 1994
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|Used it to repair the broken glass in the door to a railway carriage compartment.<ref name="GOF11">{{GOF|B|11}}</ref>
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|[[30 May]] [[1996]]
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|Used it to repair a teacup that [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] had broken during a [[Transfiguration]] class.<ref name="OOTP30">{{OOTP|B|30}}</ref>
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|[[10 March]] [[1997]]
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|Used it to repair a set of scales broken by young girl ([[Vincent Crabbe]] or [[Gregory Goyle]] under [[Polyjuice Potion]]) in the corridor outside the [[Room of Requirement]].<ref name="HBP20">{{HBP|B|20}}</ref>
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|[[Seamus Finnigan]]
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|[[1 September]] [[1995]]
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|Used it to repair the bed hangings, which fell when he pulled them with huge violence after quarrel with [[Harry Potter]] in the [[Gryffindor common room]].<ref name="OOTP11">{{OOTP|B|11}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5" |[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[10 September]] 1995
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|Used it to repair the china bowl of [[Murtlap Essence]] he had knocked to the floor. The spell couldn't put the liquid back in the repaired bowl.<ref name="OOTP15">{{OOTP|B|15}}</ref>
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|[[14 September]] [[1996]]
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|After cutting the covers off the old and new [[Advanced Potion-Making|Potions textbooks]] in his possession and swapping them, Harry 'repaired' the two swapped covers simultaneously by tapping each.<ref name="HBP11">{{HBP|B|11}}</ref>
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|[[15 October]] 1996
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|Used it to repair a bowl he had broken during a [[Herbology]] class.<ref name="HBP14">{{HBP|B|14}}</ref>
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|[[1 August]] [[1997]]
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|Used it to repair [[Luchino Caffe]] after [[Luchino Caffe Duel|duel]].<ref name="DH9">{{DH|B|9}}</ref>
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|[[2 May]] [[1998]]
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|Used it with the [[Elder Wand]] to repair his [[Harry Potter's wand|own]] broken one, which worked due to the power the Elder Wand possesses.<ref name="DH36">{{DH|B|36}}</ref>
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|[[Severus Snape]]
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|[[8 March]] [[1996]]
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|Used it to repair a shattered jar in his office during [[Occlumency]] lesson.<ref name="OOTP26">{{OOTP|B|26}}</ref>
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|[[Horace Slughorn]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[12 July]] 1996
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[File:Dumbledore Levitating objects at Slughorn's house.gif.gif|thumb|250x250px]]Used it [[Nonverbal spell|nonverbally]] (and in a masterly way) to undo the damage Slughorn had inflicted upon his borrowed living quarters in [[Budleigh Babberton]].<ref name="HBP4">{{HBP|B|4}}</ref>
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
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|[[1 August]] [[1997]]
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|Used it to repair [[Luchino Caffe]] after [[Luchino Caffe Duel|duel]].<ref name="DH9">{{DH|B|9}}</ref>
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|[[Mathilda Grimblehawk's partner]]
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|Unknown
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|This spell was used many times to repair various clues found during investigations.<ref name="FBC">{{FBC}}</ref>
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===Unsuccessful===
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|[[Newton Scamander|Newt Scamander]]
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|[[6 December]] [[1926]]
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|Intended to repair a structure at the [[Central Park Zoo]] that got destroyed by his [[Erumpent]]. Was unable to finish the incantation when a [[Baboon]] took his [[Newton Scamander's wand|wand]].<ref name="FBS" />
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|[[Jacob's sibling]]
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|[[1986–1987 school year]]
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|Used it to repair a [[Gwenog Jones's gift statue|statue]] but failed due to the protective spells cast on it.<ref name="ADQ" />
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|[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
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|[[27 July]] [[1997]]
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|Used it to keep the sidecar attached to the [[Sirius Black's motorbike|flying motorbike]], but unsuccessful.<ref name="DH4">{{DH|B|4}}</ref>
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|[[Hermione Granger]]
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|[[25 December]] 1997
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|Used it to repair [[Harry Potter's wand]], but only physically, and the wand fell apart again upon attempted usage.<ref name="DH17">{{DH|B|17}}</ref>
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==Known practitioners==
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<gallery widths="105" orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center">
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Orabella Nuttley.png|[[Orabella Nuttley]]<ref name="WON" />
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Eleazar Fig.png|[[Eleazar Fig]]<ref name="HL PH"/>
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Abraham Ronen.png|[[Abraham Ronen]]<ref name="HL PRA"/>
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Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student.jpeg|[[Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student]]<ref name="HL PRA"/><ref name="HL WHogs"/><ref name="HL SRS"/>
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Mirabel Garlick.png|[[Mirabel Garlick]]<ref name="HL HC"/>
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Bob Ogden.jpg|[[Bob Ogden]]<ref name="HBP10"/>
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Newton Scamander Profile crop.png|[[Newton Scamander]]<ref name="FBS"/><ref name="COGS"/>
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Jacob's sibling generic.png|[[Jacob's sibling]]<ref name="HM24t"/><ref name="HM49"/><ref name="HM413"/>
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Mcgonagall.jpg|[[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="HM24t"/>
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Filius Flitwick profile.jpg|[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="Charms">As the charm is covered in ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1]]'', it must be taught in [[First year|first-year]] [[Charms (class)|Charms class]].</ref>
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Bill Weasley 2.jpg|[[William Weasley]]<ref name="GOF5"/>
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Hermione Granger.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="GOF11">{{GOF|B|11}}</ref><ref name="OOTP30">{{OOTP|B|30}}</ref><ref name="HBP20"/><ref name="DH17"/>
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Harry Potter.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="OOTP15"/><ref name="HBP11"/><ref name="HBP14"/><ref name="DH9"/>
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Severus Snape.jpg|[[Severus Snape]]<ref name="OOTP26"/>
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OOTP promo front closeup Sirius Black.jpg|[[Sirius Black]]<ref name="OOTPG">{{OOTP|G}}</ref>
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Horace Slughorn (HBP promo) 1-1.jpg|[[Horace Slughorn]]<ref name="HBP4"/>
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Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 3.jpg|[[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="HBP4"/>
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Rubeus Hagrid.png|[[Rubeus Hagrid]]<ref name="DH4"/>
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Ron Weasley.jpg|[[Ronald Weasley]]<ref name="DH9"/>
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Wandkeeper WWHP.jpg|[[Wandkeeper]]<ref name="cody">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyeuak78RM&feature=related "Ollivanders Wand Shop June 2nd"] on [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]</ref>
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Seamus Finnigan.jpg|[[Seamus Finnigan]]<ref name="OOTP11"/>
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Long Shouren.jpeg|[[Long Shouren]]<ref name="MA">{{MA}}</ref>
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</gallery>
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*[[Mathilda Grimblehawk's partner]]<ref name="FBC"/>
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*[[Unidentified Muggle-born Hogwarts student]]<ref name="MA"/>
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==Variations==
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Two similar spells existed: ''[[Oculus Reparo]]'', which was used to repair [[glasses]],<ref name="PSF">{{PS|F}}, Chapter 10 (''Ron and Hermione'')</ref><ref name="COSF">{{COS|F}}, Chapter 5 (''To Diagon Alley'')</ref><ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref> and ''[[Papyrus Reparo]]'', which could be used to restore torn pieces of paper.<ref name="COGS">{{COG|S}}</ref> Their history and relationship to the original Mending Charm - apart from the etymology and effects - are unknown.
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It is also possible that these [[incantation]]s were just the Mending Charm with the appropriate spell modifier added.
   
 
==Etymology==
  
==Etymology==
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Reparo is a play on ''reparo'' (latin for fix, mend, or put back).
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Latin ''reparo'' meaning "to renew" or "repair".<ref name=und>[http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm Dictionary and Grammar Aid], University of Notre Dame, accessed 3-18-2008.</ref>
  
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
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[[File:ReparoPAS.png|200px|thumb|The spell's icon in {{PAS}}]]
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* This is the last [[spell]] cast in the [[Harry Potter (book series)|series]].<ref name="DH"/>
  
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*A variation of this spell is the first verbal spell cast in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|film series]] (''[[Oculus Reparo]]'') while the Mending Charm itself was the last [[spell]] cast in the [[Harry Potter (book series)|book series]].
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* According to ''[[Pottermore]]'', the hand movement is thus:<br/>[[File:Mending-charm.png]]<br/>Also, the books state alternately that one must point their wand at (from the fourth book) or tap (from the sixth book) the broken object.
  
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*In the video games, this spell is either blue, violet or pink depending on the game.
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*In many portrayals, the spell can cause entire areas of broken objects to be restored, reverse any damage and displacement, even levitating fallen objects back into their original place (such as books being put back in their shelves). It is similar to reversing time on broken objects to undo the damage.
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*In {{COS}}, [[Minerva McGonagall]] possibly uses this charm to repair [[Neville Longbottom]]'s desk in [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration class]] after Neville accidentally [[Vanishment|vanished]] one of its legs by dropping his [[Neville Longbottom's first wand|wand]] on the floor, with a wave of her [[Minerva McGonagall's wand|wand]].<ref name="COS16">{{COS|B|16}}</ref> However, since Neville damaged his desk with [[transfiguration]], it is possible that McGonagall instead used [[conjuration]] or a [[counter-spell]] to restore the vanished leg.
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*This charm is notably used many times in {{FB|FA}}.
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*In {{WU}}, the Mending Charm is depicted as a [[healing spell]] which can restore the stamina of teammates whilst playing challenges.<ref name="WU">{{WU}}</ref> This cannot be considered canonical, as canon states the charm only works to repair physical objects, not heal [[human]] injuries; in fact, this spell can cause serious scarring if attempted on wounds.<ref name="WON" />
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*{{COS}} {{Possible}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' {{1st}}
  
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*{{POA|G}} {{1st ID}} {{C|Console versions}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
  
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*{{GOF}} {{1st}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''
  
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*{{GOF|G}} {{C|GBA and NDS versions only}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
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*{{OOTP}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''
  
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*{{OOTP|G}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
  
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*{{HBP}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
  
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*{{HBP|F}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
  
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*{{HBP|G}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
  
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*{{DH}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter: Spells]]''
  
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*{{DH|G2}} {{C|Nintendo DS version only}}
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* ''[[Pottermore]]'' {{1st ID}}
  
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*{{FB|S}}
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* ''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''
  
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*{{FB|F}}
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* ''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]''
  
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*{{TCG}}
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*{{HPS}}
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*{{PM}}
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*{{WW}} {{Mention}}
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*{{WWHP}}
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*''[[Harry Potter: The Wand Collection]]'' {{Mention}}
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*{{WBS}}
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*{{FBC}}
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*{{HM}}
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*{{WU}} {{Non-canon}}
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*{{PAS}}
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*{{HL}}
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*{{MA}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
  
==Notes and references==
 
{{Reflist}}
  
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Charms}}
  
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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells & Hogwarts Legacy & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.
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"The Mending Charm will repair broken objects with a flick of the wand. Accidents do happen, so it is essential to know how to mend our errors."
— Book of Spells[src]

The Mending Charm,[1] also known as the Repairing Charm[3][4] (Reparo), was a charm that could be used to seamlessly repair a broken object and worked on most materials. This incredibly useful and practical charm was invented by Orabella Nuttley, in or before 1754.[3]

History

The charm was invented by Orabella Nuttley, an employee of the Improper Use of Magic Office in the British Ministry of Magic, in or before 1754. She used her charm to repair the Colosseum after it had been accidentally destroyed. Thereafter, it became famous; this instance was recorded in Book of Spells, by Miranda Goshawk.[3]

There were various textbooks containing instructions for this spell, including The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 (a first-year Charms textbook at Hogwarts),[1] although there was still a spellbook designated entirely to the teaching of this charm.[5]

During the 1985–1986 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this spell was taught to second-year students in Transfiguration by Professor Minerva McGonagall.[6]

Effects

"They stood back to back, the tall thin wizard and the short round one, and waved their wands in one identical sweeping motion. The furniture flew back to its original places; ornaments re-formed in midair, feathers zoomed into their cushions; torn books repaired themselves as they landed upon their shelves; oil lanterns soared onto side tables and reignited; a vast collection of splintered silver picture frames flew glittering across the room and alighted, whole and untarnished, upon a desk; rips, cracks, and holes healed everywhere, and the walls wiped themselves clean."
— Albus Dumbledore and Horace Slughorn using this charm to repair a destroyed living room in a Muggle house[src]
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The Mending charm's effects

The Mending Charm was effective at repairing most materials. However, damage caused by certain rare, powerful curses such as Fiendfyre were impossible to undo.[3]

The charm was suitable for use only on inanimate objects. Use on living beings was entirely proscribed. Serious scarring could result if it were cast on a person or animal in an attempt to heal wounds.[3]

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This charm mending a broken plate

While a properly cast Mending Charm was generally enough to fix an object, it seemed less experienced casters might not have succeeded in returning liquids to broken containers.[7]

This charm did not seem to work on objects of powerful and complex magic, such as broken Vanishing Cabinets[8] or wands.[9] Draco Malfoy proved the former by having spent almost an entire school year to repair the damaged cabinet through other means, due to the complexity of the magical passage.[8] For snapped wands, although this charm can repair the physical form, the magical capacity would be damaged beyond repair, causing the wand in question to fall apart again upon attempted use;[9] the sole exception goes to the Elder Wand which repaired Harry's wand, due to the strength and magnitude of the Elder Wand.[10]

Known uses

"Harry missed the pod, hit the bowl, and shattered it. Reparo, he said hastily, poking the pieces with his wand, and the bowl sprang back together again."
— Harry Potter using the charm to repair a bowl[src]

Successful

Caster(s) Date Notes
Orabella Nuttley 1754
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Nuttley invented this spell and in or around 1754 she stepped forward and fixed several columns with the Mending Charm she had invented. Preventing a breach of the Statute of Secrecy.[3]
Eleazar Fig 1 September 1890 Eleazar used it to repair a bridge to the ruins of Percival Rackham's house.[11]
Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student 2 September 1890 Taught the spell by Professor Abraham Ronen.[12]
Used this spell on broken items and buildings in Hogsmeade after the troll attack.[13]
1890–1891 school year Used it to repair a suit of armour in the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library in order to get through.[14]
Mirabel Garlick Used it to repair the broken glass caused by the shrieks of Mandrake roots in Herbology class.[15]
Bob Ogden 1925 Used it to repair a pot that Merope Gaunt had broken.[16]
Newt Scamander 6 December 1926
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Used it nonverbally to repair Jacob Kowalski's apartment after several beasts escaped from his magical suitcase and broke up his belongings and blasted through a wall.[4]

MACUSA Aurors 7 December 1926 Used it nonverbally to repair buildings after an Obscurial went on a path of destruction through New York City.[4]
Jacob's sibling 1986–1987 school year Used it to repair broken items in the Dragon Clubhouse.[17]
1987–1988 school year Used it to repair a cabinet Sickleworth had damaged in the Artefact Room.[18]
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Used it to repair Torvus's broken arrow for him in the Forbidden Forest.[19]

Bill Weasley August 1994 Used it to repair the table leg a couple days before the 422nd Quidditch World Cup.[20]
Hermione Granger 1 September 1994 Used it to repair the broken glass in the door to a railway carriage compartment.[2]
30 May 1996 Used it to repair a teacup that Ron Weasley had broken during a Transfiguration class.[21]
10 March 1997 Used it to repair a set of scales broken by young girl (Vincent Crabbe or Gregory Goyle under Polyjuice Potion) in the corridor outside the Room of Requirement.[22]
Seamus Finnigan 1 September 1995 Used it to repair the bed hangings, which fell when he pulled them with huge violence after quarrel with Harry Potter in the Gryffindor common room.[23]
Harry Potter 10 September 1995 Used it to repair the china bowl of Murtlap Essence he had knocked to the floor. The spell couldn't put the liquid back in the repaired bowl.[7]
14 September 1996 After cutting the covers off the old and new Potions textbooks in his possession and swapping them, Harry 'repaired' the two swapped covers simultaneously by tapping each.[24]
15 October 1996 Used it to repair a bowl he had broken during a Herbology class.[25]
1 August 1997 Used it to repair Luchino Caffe after duel.[26]
2 May 1998 Used it with the Elder Wand to repair his own broken one, which worked due to the power the Elder Wand possesses.[10]
Severus Snape 8 March 1996 Used it to repair a shattered jar in his office during Occlumency lesson.[27]
Horace Slughorn 12 July 1996
Dumbledore Levitating objects at Slughorn's house
Used it nonverbally (and in a masterly way) to undo the damage Slughorn had inflicted upon his borrowed living quarters in Budleigh Babberton.[28]
Albus Dumbledore
Ron Weasley 1 August 1997 Used it to repair Luchino Caffe after duel.[26]
Mathilda Grimblehawk's partner Unknown This spell was used many times to repair various clues found during investigations.[29]

Unsuccessful

Caster Date Notes
Newt Scamander 6 December 1926 Intended to repair a structure at the Central Park Zoo that got destroyed by his Erumpent. Was unable to finish the incantation when a Baboon took his wand.[4]
Jacob's sibling 1986–1987 school year Used it to repair a statue but failed due to the protective spells cast on it.[17]
Rubeus Hagrid 27 July 1997 Used it to keep the sidecar attached to the flying motorbike, but unsuccessful.[30]
Hermione Granger 25 December 1997 Used it to repair Harry Potter's wand, but only physically, and the wand fell apart again upon attempted usage.[9]

Known practitioners

Variations

Two similar spells existed: Oculus Reparo, which was used to repair glasses,[36][37][38] and Papyrus Reparo, which could be used to restore torn pieces of paper.[31] Their history and relationship to the original Mending Charm - apart from the etymology and effects - are unknown.

It is also possible that these incantations were just the Mending Charm with the appropriate spell modifier added.

Etymology

Reparo is a play on reparo (latin for fix, mend, or put back).

Behind the scenes

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The spell's icon in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pottermore
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 11 (Aboard the Hogwarts Express)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - Console versions
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 4 (Revelio) - Transfiguration Lesson "Reparo"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 27 (The Lightning-Struck Tower)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 17 (Bathilda's Secret)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "The Path to Hogwarts"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Hogwarts Legacy, Assignment Quest "Professor Ronen's Assignment"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Welcome to Hogsmeade"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Secrets of the Restricted Section"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Herbology Class"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 10 (The House of Gaunt)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "A DRAGON'S QUEST" Achievement
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 9 (Glittery Secrets)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 13 (The Centaur's Arrow)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 5 (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20 (Lord Voldemort's Request)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11 (The Sorting Hat's New Song)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 11 (Hermione's Helping Hand)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 14 (Felix Felicis)
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 9 (A Place to Hide)
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4 (Horace Slughorn)
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 4 (The Seven Potters)
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
  32. ↑ As the charm is covered in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, it must be taught in first-year Charms class.
  33. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
  34. ↑ "Ollivanders Wand Shop June 2nd" on YouTube
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
  36. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Chapter 10 (Ron and Hermione)
  37. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Chapter 5 (To Diagon Alley)
  38. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts)
  39. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)
  40. ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
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Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
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Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
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