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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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The '''Revealing Charm'''<ref name="1stspells">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFDVVrqphI First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells] on YouTube</ref> (''Aparecium'')<ref name="COS13"/> was a [[charm]] that revealed secret messages written in [[Invisible Ink]], or any other hidden markings written using other means such as [[Concealing charms]].<ref name="WBS"/>
   
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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.
  
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{{Quote|She tapped the diary three times and said, "''Aparecium''!" Nothing happened.|Hermione using the spell on Tom Riddle's diary|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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On [[1 February]] [[1993]], [[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.<ref name="COS13">{{COS|B|13}}</ref> This spell was also listed in the ''[[Book of Spells]]'' (chapter 2) by [[Miranda Goshawk]].<ref name="WBS">{{WBS}}</ref>
   
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The Revealing Charm may have been the implied spell Snape used when he tapped the [[Marauder's Map]] with his wand and ordered the parchment to "r''eveal your secrets''" before being insulted by the Marauders.<ref name="POA14">{{POA|B|14}}</ref>
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{{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}}
  
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During the [[2008–2009 school year]], a [[Unidentified Muggle-born Hogwarts student|student]] used this spell to reveal the chains that was trapping [[Gossamer]] in his portrait.<ref name="MA12">{{MA|1|2}}</ref>
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BridgetWenlock.png|[[Bridget Wenlock]]<ref name="WBS"/>
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Filius Flitwick profile.jpg|[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="HM4HF">{{HM|4|Hogsmeade Festival}}</ref>
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==Etymology==
  
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The Latin word appareo which means "to become visible or to appear".
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The Latin word ''appareo'' which means "to become visible or to appear".
   
 
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*It can be assumed that this spell, like several others such as the [[Summoning Charm]], can be blocked by the effects of the [[Horcrux-making spell]].
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*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]].
  
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*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.
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*In the Nintendo DS version of {{GOF|GA}}, 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.
   
 
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Latest revision as of 23:56, 17 January 2024

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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[3] (Aparecium)[1] was a charm that revealed secret messages written in Invisible Ink, or any other hidden markings written using other means such as Concealing charms.[4]

History

"She tapped the diary three times and said, "Aparecium!" Nothing happened."
— Hermione using the spell on Tom Riddle's diary[src]

On 1 February 1993, 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.[1] This spell was also listed in the Book of Spells (chapter 2) by Miranda Goshawk.[4]

The Revealing Charm may have been the implied spell Snape used when he tapped the Marauder's Map with his wand and ordered the parchment to "reveal your secrets" before being insulted by the Marauders.[5]

During the 2008–2009 school year, a student used this spell to reveal the chains that was trapping Gossamer in his portrait.[6]

Known practitioners

Etymology

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

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Wiki
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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter Trading Card Game
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 First Spells with Wonderbook™: Book of Spells on YouTube
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 14 (Snape's Grudge)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Year 1, Main Story, Chapter II: Freeing Gossamer
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, "Hogsmeade Festival" Achievement

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