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{{Spell_infobox
|name=Mobilicorpus
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|name=''Mobilicorpus''
 
|image=[[File:Mobilicorpus.JPG|250px]]
 
|image=[[File:Mobilicorpus.JPG|250px]]
|incantation=MO-bil-ee-COR-pus
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|incantation=''Mobilicorpus''<br/>MOW-bill-ee-CORE-pus
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|type=[[Charm]]
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|hand=Flick wand at target<ref name="DHF">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' (''Chapter 1 - The Dark Lord Ascending'')</ref>
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|light=None<ref name="DHF"/>
|effect=Levitates and moves bodies
 
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|effect=Moves people who can't walk<ref name="scholastic">[http://harrypotter.scholastic.com/glossary/ Scholastic Official Site (''Harry Potter'' Glossary)]</ref>
 
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{{Quote|As though invisible strings were tied to Snape's wrists, neck and knees he was pulled into a standing position, head lolling unpleasantly, like a grotesque puppet. He hung a few inches above the ground, his limp feet dangling.|[[Remus Lupin]]'s use on fellow [[Professor]] [[Severus Snape]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
'''Mobilicorpus''' (MO-bil-ee-COR-pus (IPA: /mo.ˌbɪl.i.ˈko˞.pɪs/)) is a [[spell]] that levitates and moves bodies.
 
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'''''Mobilicorpus''''' is a [[spell]] which is used to move the bodies of those who find themselves unable to walk, regardless of whether or not they are conscious.<ref name="scholastic"/> It may be a variation of the same basic spell ''[[Mobiliarbus]]'' is, linked by a base [[Latin]] word.<ref name=prop>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' (see [[:File:TheoryofCharmsExam.jpg|this image]])</ref>
   
==Etimology==
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==Practitioners==
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*[[Remus Lupin]]
The incantation comes from the latin words Mobilis (Latin for movable) and Corpus (Latin for body).
 
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*[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] (possibly)
   
==Uses==
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==Etymology==
 
This [[incantation]] comes from the [[Latin]] words ''mobilis'' (which means "movable") and ''corpus'' (a term meaning "body").
*[[Sirius Black|R]]emus Lupin used the spell on [[Severus Snape]] in [[1994]] after he was [[Stunning Spell|stunned]] in the [[Shrieking Shack]]
 
*It was used on [[Peter Pettigrew]] by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] in the [[Little Hangleton]] graveyard to make him come forward.
 
*It was the spell that Snape used in [[1994]] to put [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] and [[Sirius Black]] on stretchers and then move them back to the castle.
 
*It was used by [[Lord Voldemort]] at the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]] to levitate [[Charity Burbage]] along the room.
 
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
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*This spell is possibly the spell used by Voldemort to [[Levitation|levitate]] the unconscious body of [[Charity Burbage]] at the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''.
*It is possible that ''[[Mobiliarbus]]'' and ''Mobilicorpus'' are variations of the same basic spell, since they share the ''Mobili-'' prefix and both moves objects.
 
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*This spell bears similarities (including the etymology and effects) of the [[Levicorpus]] [[Jinx]].
*It is unknown whether your victim needs to be unconscious in order to perform the spell
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{Possible}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' {{Possible}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]'' {{Possible}}
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[fr:Mobilicorpus]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]

Revision as of 17:49, 10 July 2013

"As though invisible strings were tied to Snape's wrists, neck and knees he was pulled into a standing position, head lolling unpleasantly, like a grotesque puppet. He hung a few inches above the ground, his limp feet dangling."
Remus Lupin's use on fellow Professor Severus Snape[src]

Mobilicorpus is a spell which is used to move the bodies of those who find themselves unable to walk, regardless of whether or not they are conscious.[2] It may be a variation of the same basic spell Mobiliarbus is, linked by a base Latin word.[3]

Practitioners

Etymology

This incantation comes from the Latin words mobilis (which means "movable") and corpus (a term meaning "body").

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references