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A '''Rat Tonic''' is a healing potion for rats. Apparently, it is used to treat aging rats. It is sold in a small red bottle at the [[Magical Menagerie]] in [[Diagon Alley]].
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A '''Rat tonic''' is a healing potion for [[rat]]s. Apparently, it is used to treat ageing rats. It is sold in a small red bottle at the [[Magical Menagerie]] in [[Diagon Alley]].<ref name="PA4"/>
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When [[Ron Weasley]] takes his pet rat [[Scabbers]] to the Magical Menagerie because he looks ill, the [[witch]] behind the counter suggests Rat Tonic. Before Ron can pay, Scabbers is attacked and chased out of the shop by [[Crookshanks]]. Ron and [[Harry Potter]] follow. [[Hermione Granger]] stays at the shop to buy Crookshanks and the Rat Tonic, which she passes on to Ron.
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When [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] took his pet rat [[Peter Pettigrew|Scabbers]] to the Magical Menagerie because he looked ill, the [[Magical Menagerie saleswoman|witch]] behind the counter suggested Rat Tonic. Before Ron could pay, Scabbers was attacked and chased out of the shop by [[Crookshanks]]. Ron and [[Harry Potter]] followed. [[Hermione Granger]] stayed at the shop to buy Crookshanks and the Rat Tonic, which she later passed on to Ron.<ref name="PA4"/>
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==Behind the scenes==
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)|Game Boy Advance version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Harry must go into [[File:Rat_Tonic_GBA.jpg|frame|Rat tonic in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]].]]the [[Leaky Cauldron]]'s cellar to find some rat tonic for Ron. When he finds it, he also finds [[Giant rat|a rat that has become engorged from over-consumption of the tonic]], and must fight it in order to get what remains for Ron.
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
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*''[[Pottermore]]''
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==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Ratconfortant]]
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[[pl:Napój wzmacniający]]
[[Category:Potions]]
[[Category:Potions]]
Revision as of 19:51, 14 September 2015
A Rat tonic is a healing potion for rats. Apparently, it is used to treat ageing rats. It is sold in a small red bottle at the Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley.[1]
When Ron Weasley took his pet rat Scabbers to the Magical Menagerie because he looked ill, the witch behind the counter suggested Rat Tonic. Before Ron could pay, Scabbers was attacked and chased out of the shop by Crookshanks. Ron and Harry Potter followed. Hermione Granger stayed at the shop to buy Crookshanks and the Rat Tonic, which she later passed on to Ron.[1]
