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{{Spell infobox
|image=[[File:Oculus Reparo.gif|250px]]
 
 
|name=Oculus Reparo
 
|name=Oculus Reparo
 
|image=[[File:Tumblr moug6ikKtQ1rfvrjbo2 250.gif|250px]]
|incantation=''Oculus Reparo''
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|incantation=''Oculus Reparo''<br/>OCK-you-liss reh-PAH-roh
|type=[[Transfiguration]] [[Charm]]
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|type=[[Charm]]
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|hand=Tap glasses<ref name="CoS4"/>
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|light=Red
 
|effect=Repairs glasses
 
|effect=Repairs glasses
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{{Quote|[[Arthur Weasley|Mr. Weasley]] took Harry's glasses, gave them a tap of [[Arthur Weasley's wand|his wand]] and returned them, good as new.|Arthur Weasley fixes [[Harry Potter]]'s spectacles|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
'''''Oculus Reparo''''' is a variant of the [[Reparo]] [[spell]] that is used to repair broken glasses.
 
   
 
'''''Oculus Reparo''''' is the [[incantation]] of a [[Modifier|variant]] of the [[Mending Charm]], used to repair broken [[Spectacles|eyeglasses]].
==Known Uses==
 
*[[Hermione Granger]] used this spell to mend [[Harry Potter]]'s glasses when they first met on the [[Hogwarts Express]] in [[1991]].
 
*[[Arthur Weasley]] probably used a [[nonverbal spell|nonverbal]] version of this spell to fix Harry's glasses in [[1992]].
 
   
 
==Known Practitioners==
==Etymology==
 
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*[[Arthur Weasley]]<ref name="CoS4">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' (''Chapter Four - At Flourish and Blotts'')</ref>
Latin reparo meaning "I renew" or "repair".
 
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*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="PSF">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''</ref>
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*[[Percy Weasley]]<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Quidditch World Cup'')</ref>
   
 
==Etymology==
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A derivation from the [[Mending Charm|repairing charm]], with [[Latin]] ''oculus'', meaning "eye", added as a prefix.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
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*The use of this charm by [[Arthur Weasley]] has not been confirmed, as it may have been [[Mending Charm|the general fixing spell]].
*This [[spell]] only appears in the [[Harry Potter films|film adapations]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', but, as mentioned above, there may be nonverbal uses in the books.
 
*In the ''Chamber of Secrets'' film, [[Hermione Granger]] uses this spell in [[Diagon Alley]], despite being [[underage magic|underage]] and thus not permitted to use magic outside of school.
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*[[Hermione Granger]] uses this in [[Diagon Alley]] despite being [[Underage magic|underage]] and hence not permitted to use [[magic]] outside of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|school]].
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', Ron tries to use this spell to fix Harry's glasses but instead turns a wizard's hat into a frog.
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*Although in the book, Mr Weasley taps Harry's glasses when using this spell, in the second film Hermione moves her wand in a similar manner to the "swish and flick" used for the [[Levitation Charm]]; this is seen often throughout the first two films.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Non-canon}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{comment|Possible use}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{C|Indirectly}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' {{Non-canon}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{C|Failed attempt}}
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[fr:Oculus Reparo]]
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[[es:Oculus reparo]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]

Revision as of 01:31, 21 June 2014

"Mr. Weasley took Harry's glasses, gave them a tap of his wand and returned them, good as new."
— Arthur Weasley fixes Harry Potter's spectacles[src]

Oculus Reparo is the incantation of a variant of the Mending Charm, used to repair broken eyeglasses.

Known Practitioners

Etymology

A derivation from the repairing charm, with Latin oculus, meaning "eye", added as a prefix.

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chapter Four - At Flourish and Blotts)
  2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
  3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup)