Changes: Revealing Charm

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"The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. Simply tap a book or parchment with your wand and any hidden message will be revealed. This spell is more than sufficient to overcome the basic concealing charms and so is a favourite of parents and teachers alike."

— Miranda Goshawk, Book of Spells.^[src]

The Revealing Charm^[1] (Aparecium) is a charm that forces invisible ink or other hidden messages to appear. It is also possible this spell can be used to make other invisible things reveal themselves. Hermione Granger used this spell on Tom Riddle's Diary to see if anything could be read. Nothing appeared after she used the spell because that was not the enchantment placed on the book.

Known practioneers

"She tapped the diary three times and said, "Aparecium!""

— Hermione using the spell on Tom Riddle's diary^[src]

Bridget Wenlock
Hermione Granger
Numerous arithmancers and other developers.

Etymology

The Latin word appareo which means "to become visible or to appear".

Behind the scenes

This is possibly the spell Severus Snape used to attempt to force the Marauder's Map to display its content, though it may also have been Scarpin's Revelaspell.
In the Nintendo DS version of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, there is a minigame called Aparecium Pairs, the goal of which is to rub the DS's bottom screen within a time limit to reveal a card or group of cards matching the one(s) on the top screen.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Possible appearance)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Possible appearance)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
Harry Potter Trading Card Game
Wonderbook: Book of Spells (First identified as Revealing Charm)
Pottermore

Notes and references

↑ First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells on YouTube

[1stspells-1] First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells on YouTube

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+{{Pottermoreold}}
 {{Spell infobox
-|name=''Aparecium''
+|name=Revealing Charm
 |image=[[File:Aparecium.jpg|250px]]
-|incantation=AH-par-EE-see-um
+|incantation=''Aparecium''<br/>(''AH-par-EH-see-um'')
-|type=[[Transfiguration]]
+|type=[[Charm]]
-|hand=Tap 3 times
+|hand=[[File:Aparecium.png]]
 |effect=Reveals invisible writing
 }}
+{{Quote|The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. Simply tap a book or parchment with your wand and any hidden message will be revealed. This spell is more than sufficient to overcome the basic concealing charms and so is a favourite of parents and teachers alike.|[[Miranda Goshawk]], ''[[Book of Spells]]''.|Wonderbook: Book of Spells}}
-{{Quote|She tapped the diary three times and said, <nowiki>"Aparecium!"</nowiki>|Hermione using the spell on Tom Riddle's diary|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
-'''''Aparecium''''' is a [[Transfiguration]] [[spell]] that forces [[invisible ink]] to appear. It is also possible this spell can be used to make other invisible things reveal themselves. [[Hermione Granger]] used this spell on [[Tom Riddle's Diary]] to see if anything could be read. Nothing appeared after she used the spell because that was not the enchantment placed on the book.
+The '''Revealing Charm'''<ref name="1stspells">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFDVVrqphI First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells] on YouTube</ref> (''Aparecium'') is a [[charm]] that forces [[invisible ink]] or other [[Concealing charms|hidden messages]] to appear. It is also possible this spell can be used to make other invisible things reveal themselves. [[Hermione Granger]] used this spell on [[Tom Riddle's Diary]] to see if anything could be read. Nothing appeared after she used the spell because that was not the enchantment placed on the book.
 ==Known practioneers==
+{{Quote|She tapped the diary three times and said, "''Aparecium''!"|Hermione using the spell on Tom Riddle's diary|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
+* [[Bridget Wenlock]]
 * [[Hermione Granger]]
+* Numerous [[arithmancer]]s and other developers.
 ==Etymology==
 The Latin word appareo which means "to become visible or to appear".
-==Possible uses==
+==Behind the scenes==
+*This is possibly the spell [[Severus Snape]] used to attempt to force the [[Marauder's Map]] to display its content, though it may also have been [[Scarpin's Revelaspell]].
+*In the Nintendo DS version of the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', there is a minigame called ''Aparecium'' Pairs, the goal of which is to rub the DS's bottom screen within a time limit to reveal a card or group of cards matching the one(s) on the top screen.
-*It is possible that [[Severus Snape]] used this charm on the [[Marauder's Map]] in [[1994]], although he did not use the incantation.
 ==Appearances==
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]] ''{{1st}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{Comment|Possibly}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{Possible}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Comment|Possibly}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Possible}}
-*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' {{1st Described}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
+*''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]'' {{1st ID}}
+*''[[Pottermore]]''
+==Notes and references==
+{{Reflist}}
 [[fr:Aparecium]]
 [[fi:Näkyvillium]]
+[[Category:Charms]]
 [[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
-[[Category:Spells]]
+[[Category:Spells of known incantation]]
-[[Category:Transfiguration Spells]]