Harry and Ron did not have to change clothes while taking the potion because they were already wearing Slytherin robes.Morgoth14 01:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's in the movies; books precede movies on his wiki-Matoro183 (Talk - Jimmy Fincher talk) 01:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Health hazards of Polyjuice
This article says that Polyjuice contains both antimony and ammonia crystals (and apparently sodium nitrate and mercury as well). Wouldn't it then be highly toxic? 98.234.126.251 04:57, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
- The ingredient list presented in the article is taken from a page of Moste Potente Potions shown in the Chamber of Secrets movie. In Chapter 10 of the novel, Hermione, reading from Moste Potente Potions, mentions a lot less ingredients:
- "This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen," said Hermione, as they scanned the recipe. "Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed and knotgrass," she murmured, running her finger down the list of ingredients. "Well, they're easy enough, they're in the student store-cupboard, we can help ourselves. Oooh, look, powdered horn of a Bicorn – don't know where we're going to get that... Shredded skin of a Boomslang — that'll be tricky, too — and of course a bit of whoever we want to change into."
- Under our Canon Policy, things from the movies are considered canonical, as long as they're not directly contradicted by the books or JKR herself. Since the ingredients given in Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 10, are not provided in the form of a direct quotation of the text of Most Potente Potions, it's possible that Hermione simply skimmed the listed printed in the book and left out some ingredients when she spoke.
- Personally, I think the extra ingredients are purely creative license on the filmmakers' part, and that they didn't realize the lethal cocktail they'd created. Sal ammoniac, however, seems to be irritant rather than outright toxic, and is used to flavour licorice candies and vodka in some countries. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 23:11, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Length of effects
First of all, it says that the effects last for an hour regardless of the dosage, but in book 7 just before the wedding it is stated that Harry is given a large dose of Polyjuice potion, and there is no mention at all the rest of the day of him needing to keep taking more. Also, it says that continual dosing can draw out the effects indefinitely, but how do we know this? Crouch/Moody was always drinking out of his flask, which contains the polyjuice potion, so how exactly have the effects been drawn out? --BachLynn23 23:56, July 21, 2010 (UTC)
Urine?
I was just watching the Chamber of Secrets film, and noticed that the page of directions for creating the Polyjuice Potion says something about putting some ingredient in urine. I uploaded an image. If you look at the bottom, you can see what I'm talking about. --Parodist 23:40, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
- Man, that is one nasty potion! Explains Hermione's wretched face when she looks at it. Unless it is just a note like, stir it until it smells like Urine... otherwise, I think the film writers were having fun with it. Kriuteon 04:08, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
It is not "stir in urine", but "soak in urine". Look at the picture below! Caliméro 10:32, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
Mad-Eye himself said "It tastes like bubbling piss" Jedijake123 22:36, November 29, 2010 (UTC)
Rarity
I always thought the polyjuice potion was rare and you need specific ingredients. However, in the later part of the series, they use it constanty. Where did they get the ingredients from?--Qim1 21:55, March 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Moody kept a large supply of it which Hermione liberated after his death. --JKoch
(Owl Me!) 22:00, March 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks for the answer. I must've skipped over that fact when reading. Then comes the question in mind "Where did Moody get it from?" But seeing as he is an Auror and a high ranking person in both the Ministry and the Order, I guess it wouldn't have been that hard. Thanks!--Qim1 22:23, March 19, 2010 (UTC)
Polyjuice recipe
Hi,
See this picture.......
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You will say to me news about it! =====================================>>>>>>>>>>>> —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Caliméro (talk • contribs).
- Hello. So sorry to ask, but where is that image from? It is from a reliable source? Because to me it seems like a fanmade prop. The differences are small but noticeable: The font is a bit different and the text on the bottom of the page seems to differ from the one shown on the film (i.e. the last word of the second line is "the" on the "prop", whereas on the film is "of"). -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:30, April 14, 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Yes, indeed! This picture is well extracted of a "fanmade", but the "fanmade" in question, was realized from the original of the movie ======>>>>>>>>>> Caliméro 10:33, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
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