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|name=Skurge Charm
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|image=[[File:Skurge.jpg|250px]]
 
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|incantation=''Skurge''<br />(''SKUR-je'')
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|pronunciation=(SKURJ)<ref name="a"/>
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|light=White/Green/Blue
 
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|hand=Downward slash<ref name="a"/>
|effect=Cleans up [[ectoplasm]]
 
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|light=Green<ref name="a"/>
|hand=Point wand at target
 
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|effect=Clears [[ectoplasm]]<ref name="a"/> and frightens [[ghost]]s and [[poltergeist]]s
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'''''Skurge''''' is a [[spell]] that cleans up all green [[ectoplasm]] created by passing [[ghost]]s. It is also used to scare [[ghost]]s, and to hurt [[Peeves|poltergeists]] like [[Peeves]].
 
   
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{{Quote|There is a way of cleaning away [[ectoplasm]] without resorting to a can of [[Mrs Scower’s Magical Mess Remover|Mrs Scower's Magic Mess Remover]], and this is with an effective [[scouring Charm|scouring charm]] such as Skurge.|[[Miranda Goshawk]]|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)}}
A [[Skurge spellbook|spellbook]] which taught this spell could be found in the [[Hogwarts Library]].
 
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The '''Skurge Charm''' (''Skurge'') is a [[charm]] that can be used to clean up the sticky green [[ectoplasm]] created by passing [[ghost]]s.<ref name="a"/> It can also be used to frighten [[Ghost|spectre]]s and [[poltergeist]]s such as [[Peeves]], who lives in [[Hogwarts Castle]].<ref name="a"/>
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==History==
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This is a rather basic [[spell]], being taught by [[Professor]] [[Filius Flitwick]] to his [[second year]] [[Charms (class)|charms class]].<ref name="a"/> It is also included in ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2]]'' by [[Miranda Goshawk]], as well as [[Skurge spellbook|another spellbook]] that could be found in the [[Hogwarts Library]].<ref name="a"/>
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==Practitioners==
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*[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="a"/>
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*[[Miranda Goshawk]]<ref name="a"/>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
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*In some ways, this acts as the counter to the [[Ecto Spell]].
*According to the video game, there are various [[Scouring Charm]]s and this is just one of them.
 
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*[[Miranda Goshawk]] claims in ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2]]'' that this is one of many [[Scouring Charm]]s, perhaps indicating that there are many, each with a different purpose.<ref name="a"/>
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*This [[spell]], along with the [[Avifors Spell]], [[Fire-Making Spell]], [[Knockback Jinx]], [[Wand-Lighting Charm]] and [[Severing Charm]] is excluded from the edition of ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2]]'' given on ''[[Pottermore]]''.<ref name="b">''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' {{1st}}
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==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 21:41, 28 August 2015

"There is a way of cleaning away ectoplasm without resorting to a can of Mrs Scower's Magic Mess Remover, and this is with an effective scouring charm such as Skurge."
Miranda Goshawk[src]

The Skurge Charm (Skurge) is a charm that can be used to clean up the sticky green ectoplasm created by passing ghosts.[1] It can also be used to frighten spectres and poltergeists such as Peeves, who lives in Hogwarts Castle.[1]

History

This is a rather basic spell, being taught by Professor Filius Flitwick to his second year charms class.[1] It is also included in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk, as well as another spellbook that could be found in the Hogwarts Library.[1]

Practitioners

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

Charms (class)
PS Wingardium Leviosa feather
Charm-book writers and developers
Blagdon Blay · Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Helixa Hyslop · Syna Hyslop · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Violeta Stitch
Professors Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick · Abraham Ronen · Unidentified male professor · Unidentified medieval professor
Textbooks Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Anti-Alohomora Charm · Ascension Charm (Ascendio) · Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Blackboard Writing Spell · Blue sparks · Bombardment Spell (Bombarda) · Box Blasting Charm (Cistem Aperio) · Bubble-Head Charm · Cheering Charm · Cleaning Charm · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Confundus Charm (Confundo) · Counter-charm for hiccoughs · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Entrancing Enchantments (theoretically) · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Extinguishing Spell · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Gouging Spell (Defodio) · Growth Charm · Ice Jinx · Impervius Charm (Impervius) · Knitting Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spells · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar to wine spell · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)