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{{Quote|And all along the corridor the statues and suits of armour jumped down from their plinths, and from the echoing crashes from the floors above and below, Harry knew that their fellows throughout the castle had done the same... Cheering and yelling, the horde of moving statues stampeded past Harry; some of them smaller, others larger than life. There were animals too, and the clanking suits of armour brandished swords and spiked balls on chains.|The decor, animated by this spell.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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{{Quote|And all along the corridor the statues and suits of armour jumped down from their plinths, and from the echoing crashes from the floors above and below, Harry knew that their fellows throughout the castle had done the same... Cheering and yelling, the horde of moving statues stampeded past Harry; some of them smaller, others larger than life. There were animals too, and the clanking suits of armour brandished swords and spiked balls on chains.|Description|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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'''Piertotum Locomotor''' is a [[spell]] used to animate previously inanimate [[suitofarmour|suits of armour]] todothecaster'sbidding.
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'''''Piertotum Locomotor''''' is the [[incantation]] of a [[transfiguration]] [[charm]] used to bring life to those artefacts that had, previously, been inanimate andunmoving.<refname="DH30"/> The target's movements can be controlled by the caster of the [[spell]].<refname="DH31">{{DH}}-Chapter31 (''TheBattleof Hogwarts'')</ref>
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==Known uses==
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==Practitioners==
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[[File:Hogwarts_suits_of_armour_and_statues.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Hogwarts suits of armour andstatuesparticipatingin the [[BattleofHogwarts]].]]
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[[File:Hogwarts_suits_of_armour_and_statues.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Bewitched statues and suits of armour defending[[HogwartsCastle]]on [[1May]],[[1998]].]]
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{{Quote|I've always wanted to use that spell.|Minerva McGonagall|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2}}
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*Professor[[MinervaMcGonagall]] used this spell to animatethesuitsofarmour and statues within [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and ordered them to defend the castleagainsttheoncoming [[Death Eaters]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[1998]].
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{{Quote|I'vealwayswanted to usethatspell.|ProfessorMcGonagall|HarryPotter and the DeathlyHallows:Part2}}
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==Possibleuses==
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*[[AlbusDumbledore]]<ref name="OP36">{{OOTP}} - Chapter 36 (''The Only One He Ever Feared'')</ref>
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*It may have been used by [[AlbusDumbledore]] to enchant the [[Fountain of Magical Brethren]] in the Atrium of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] in [[1996]] during his [[Duel in the Ministry Atrium|duel]] against [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].
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*[[FiliusFlitwick]]<refname="DH30"/>
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*It may have been used [[Nonverbal spell|nonverbally]] by Filius Flitwick to animate a suit of armour during his attempt to expel [[Severus Snape]] from Hogwarts. After Snape used the suit to shield himself from Professor McGonagall's [[Transfiguration_(class)#Transfigurations_at_Hogwarts|daggers]], Professor Flitwick tried to capture him within the grip of the animated suit ofarmour.
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*[[Minerva McGonagall]]<refname="DH31"/>
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*Thisalsomay be the spell used by Professor McGonagall to shepherd the desks through the corridor later in the battle.
''Pier''couldcome from the French word ''pierre'' "rock", ''totum'' refers to "the whole" or "total", and ''locomotor'' means "the movement of". Another possible etymology for ''Piertotum'' is a combination of the Latin words ''piē'' "dutifully" and ''tōtum'' "all, the whole thing".
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This[[incantation]]may derive from:
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*[[Latin]] "''pie''", meaning "''dutifully''" or "''affectionately''"<ref name="pie">See [http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/pie this]</ref>
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*[[Latin]] "''totum''", which means "''everything''", "''the whole''" or "''they all''"<ref name="totum">See [http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/totum this]</ref>
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*[[Latin]] "''loco''", meaning "''position''" or "''place''"<ref name="loco">See [http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/loco this]</ref>
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*[[Latin]] "''moto''", meaning "''moves''" or "''moving''"<ref name="moto">See [http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/moto this]</ref>
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The whole incantation could, therefore, translate to "''The whole position dutifully moves''".
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)|video game adaption]] of''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' when McGonagall usedthe spell and gavethe suits orders her voice made an echo into the night.
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)|eighth video game]],whenProfessor McGonagall performsthis spell and givesher orders, her voice makes an echo throughout the night, most likely for dramatic effect<ref name="DHVG">{{DHVG2}}</ref>
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*[[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] possibly used this spell in the PS1 Version of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|Philosopher'sStone]]'' to make four suits of armour attack Harry Potter. He didn't use wand or incantation, heonlyusedhishandstocreategreen fireballs to shoot at the suits.Likewisehemayhave enchanted the [[Gargoyle]][[Hog|hog]]atthe[[Gargoyle Gate]] to attack Harry.
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter:Years5-7]]'', ProfessorMcGonagalldoesnotbringthestatuesand suits ofarmourtolife<refname="LEGO">''[[LEGOHarryPotter:Years5-7]]''</ref>
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', [[Peter Pettigrew]] animates a Reaper statue located at the [[Little Hangleton graveyard]] to restrain [[Harry Potter]].
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*In [[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]], McGonagall did not bring the suits of armour to life.
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"And all along the corridor the statues and suits of armour jumped down from their plinths, and from the echoing crashes from the floors above and below, Harry knew that their fellows throughout the castle had done the same... Cheering and yelling, the horde of moving statues stampeded past Harry; some of them smaller, others larger than life. There were animals too, and the clanking suits of armour brandished swords and spiked balls on chains."
Piertotum Locomotor is the incantation of a transfigurationcharm used to bring life to those artefacts that had, previously, been inanimate and unmoving.[1] The target's movements can be controlled by the caster of the spell.[3]
In the eighth video game, when Professor McGonagall performs this spell and gives her orders, her voice makes an echo throughout the night, most likely for dramatic effect[11]
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