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==Known Types of Skiving Snackbox==
 
==Known Types of Skiving Snackbox==
 
[[File:Pick_'N'_Trix_Skiving_SnackP_(Weasleys'_Wizard_Wheezes_product).JPG|thumb|left|170px|Another package of a Skiving Snackbox.]]
 
[[File:Pick_'N'_Trix_Skiving_SnackP_(Weasleys'_Wizard_Wheezes_product).JPG|thumb|left|170px|Another package of a Skiving Snackbox.]]
 
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Skiving Snackbox Weasley and Weasley

The Skiving Snackbox: patented by Weasley and Weasley.

Hermione: "It is NOT excellent!"
Fred: "Course it is, they're alive, aren't they?"
Hermione: "You can't do this, what if you made one of them really ill?"
Fred: "We're not going to make them ill, we've already tested them all on ourselves, this is just to see if everyone reacts the same -"
Fred Weasley and Hermione Granger arguing about testing the sweets on first-years[src]

A Skiving Snackbox is a range of sweets to make the user ill. They are part of the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes by Fred and George Weasley. The user develops strange symptoms depending on the type of snack eaten. The purpose of these was to make a student appear unable to stay in class. Most came in two colour-coded parts: one that would cause the malady, and one that would heal the pupil once they had left class.

In 1995, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan handed out various sweets to younger students after they had tested them on themselves to see if the rections were the same. They apparently did not warn them what the sweets would do. This made Hermione Granger furious; while Ron Weasley, her fellow Prefect, refused to interfere, Hermione immediately told the twins and Lee off for experimenting on unsuspecting children. George and Lee tried to reassure her that it was not dangerous, while Fred claimed it was fine since they had paid their subjects, but Hermione insisted that they stop. Fred and George were sceptical of Hermione's ability to make them listen to her, but immediately backed down when she threatened to tell their mother. Hermione was quite annoyed with Ron for not supporting her in standing up to the twins.[1]

After Fred and George departed from Hogwarts, many students used these snackboxes to feign illnesses, so they could leave Dolores Umbridge's classes, claiming they have "Umbridge-itis", all the while driving her furious.

Known Types of Skiving Snackbox

Pick 'N' Trix Skiving SnackP (Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes product)

Another package of a Skiving Snackbox.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Order of the Phoenix, Ch. 13