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− | |gender=Male<ref>The portrait was seen wearing clothes similar to those worn by Gilderoy Lockhart in the Duelling Club sequence of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. Also, he is seen wearing a ruff, placing him around the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century; it would be unlikely that a sixteenth/seventeenth century lady would be portrayed wearing trousers.</ref> |
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+ | {{Dialogue a-b-a|Temeritus|Ere, blimey, if it isn't Harry Potter! Read all about you I has. Everything. Always in the paper you are.|Harry|Er, yeah. Only, most of it's not true.|Not true?! Not true?! Aw, it's in black and white innit? Got to be true.|Termeritus Shanks's portrait and [[Harry Potter]] in 1995.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)}} |
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+ | '''Temeritus Shanks'''<ref name="LE">''[[Harry Potter Limited Edition]]''</ref> was a [[Wizards|wizard]]. He seems to like reading newspapers, and is interested in knowing the headlines of the day. He believed every word he read on the ''[[Daily Prophet]]'', including the stories about [[Harry Potter]] and [[Albus Dumbledore]] published during the [[1995–1996 school year]]. There are portraits of him hung on the walls of [[Hogwarts Castle]]. |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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===[[1992–1993 school year]]=== |
===[[1992–1993 school year]]=== |
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In early [[1993]], Shanks had a portrait at the [[Grand Staircase]], hung immediately below the ground-floor landing. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' - Chapter 22 (''The Diary'')</ref> |
In early [[1993]], Shanks had a portrait at the [[Grand Staircase]], hung immediately below the ground-floor landing. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' - Chapter 22 (''The Diary'')</ref> |
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+ | In [[September]] of [[1993]], Shanks had a portrait on the seventh floor. |
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===[[1995–1996 school year]]=== |
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===[[1996–1997 school year]]=== |
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− | Shanks's portrait was kept at the same place at the [[Hogwarts Library|Library]], but hiding a different shortcut, leading to the [[Grand Staircase]]. The new password was "''Happy Headlines''".<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''</ref> The same shortcut could also lead to the second-floor corridor |
+ | Shanks's portrait was kept at the same place at the [[Hogwarts Library|Library]], but hiding a different shortcut, leading to the [[Grand Staircase]]. The new password was "''Happy Headlines''".<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''</ref> The same shortcut could also lead to the second-floor corridor<ref name="HBP NDS">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]'' - NDS version</ref>. When Shanks heard [[Harry Potter]] talking to [[Hermione Granger]] about [[Draco Malfoy]]'s mysterious endeavours at the seventh floor, he gladly told him the new password in order to help him on what he deemed a "big scoop".<ref name="HBP" /> |
==Personality and traits== |
==Personality and traits== |
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− | + | Temeritus Shanks was quite a naive wizard, believing everything he read on the papers.<ref name="OP" /> Despite this he was brave, speaking [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s name out loud when he was at large.<ref name="HBP" /> He would gladly help students in matters he deemed to be sensational, to the point of giving his password to them despite the passageway being reserved only to the staff.<ref name="HBP" /> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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*Shanks may have passed away sometime prior to [[1991]] as many portraits hung at [[Hogwarts Castle]] depict deceased individuals. |
*Shanks may have passed away sometime prior to [[1991]] as many portraits hung at [[Hogwarts Castle]] depict deceased individuals. |
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+ | *Temeritus was voiced in both the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|video game version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' video games by [[Jonathan Kydd]]. |
− | *Shanks' portrait |
+ | *Shanks's portrait was based on a real-world [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/King_James_I_of_England_and_VI_of_Scotland_by_Arnold_van_Brounckhorst.jpg portrait of a young King James I] of England<ref name="LE"/>. |
==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
Revision as of 03:29, 28 June 2013
- Temeritus: "Ere, blimey, if it isn't Harry Potter! Read all about you I has. Everything. Always in the paper you are."
- Harry: "Er, yeah. Only, most of it's not true."
- Temeritus: "Not true?! Not true?! Aw, it's in black and white innit? Got to be true."
- — Termeritus Shanks's portrait and Harry Potter in 1995.[src]
Temeritus Shanks[1] was a wizard. He seems to like reading newspapers, and is interested in knowing the headlines of the day. He believed every word he read on the Daily Prophet, including the stories about Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore published during the 1995–1996 school year. There are portraits of him hung on the walls of Hogwarts Castle.
Biography
1992–1993 school year
In early 1993, Shanks had a portrait at the Grand Staircase, hung immediately below the ground-floor landing. [2]
1993-1994 school year
In September of 1993, Shanks had a portrait on the seventh floor.
1995–1996 school year
By 1995, Shanks had a portrait hung at the Hogwarts Library, guarding a shortcut to the fourth-floor corridor, under the password "No news is good news". Said shortcut was reserved to the staff only. When Harry Potter, who was being highly discredited by the Daily Prophet at the time, asked if he could use this secret passageway, Shanks made an exception for the student was constantly featured on the paper. The portrait agreed to give the student the password in exchange for the headline of the day ("TRAGIC DEMISE OF MINISTRY OF MAGIC WORKER", concerning Broderick Bode's assassination).[3]
Shanks had another portrait at the Grand Staircase, concealing a secret passage to the Clock Tower Courtyard. Its password was "Audaces fortuna iuvat"[4]
1996–1997 school year
Shanks's portrait was kept at the same place at the Library, but hiding a different shortcut, leading to the Grand Staircase. The new password was "Happy Headlines".[5] The same shortcut could also lead to the second-floor corridor[6]. When Shanks heard Harry Potter talking to Hermione Granger about Draco Malfoy's mysterious endeavours at the seventh floor, he gladly told him the new password in order to help him on what he deemed a "big scoop".[5]
Personality and traits
Temeritus Shanks was quite a naive wizard, believing everything he read on the papers.[3] Despite this he was brave, speaking Lord Voldemort's name out loud when he was at large.[5] He would gladly help students in matters he deemed to be sensational, to the point of giving his password to them despite the passageway being reserved only to the staff.[5]
Behind the scenes
- Shanks may have passed away sometime prior to 1991 as many portraits hung at Hogwarts Castle depict deceased individuals.
- Temeritus was voiced in both the video game version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video games by Jonathan Kydd.
- Shanks's portrait was based on a real-world portrait of a young King James I of England[1].
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (First appearance) (Appears in portrait(s))[7]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (PS1 version only) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears in portrait(s)) (First identified as Temeritus Shanks)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter Limited Edition
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) - Chapter 22 (The Diary)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) - GBA version
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) - NDS version
- ↑ Seen under the entrance to the Grand Staircase.
Sixth-floor of Hogwarts Castle | ||
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Bathrooms | ||
Boys' bathroom · Disused Bathroom | ||
Classrooms | ||
Classroom 6A · Classroom 6B · Empty classroom | ||
Corridors | ||
Glanmore Peakes' Corridor · Secret Hallway · Sixth-floor corridor | ||
Halls and rooms | ||
East Wing · Floor 6 Bonus · Frog Choir hall · Room of Rewards · Trophy Room | ||
Offices | ||
Horace Slughorn's office | ||
Portraits, statues and other artwork | ||
Damara Dodderidge · Edessa Sakndenberg · Edgar Stroulger · Glanmore Peakes · Portrait at the Storeroom · Selina Sapworthy · Skeleton in a top hat · Temeritus Shanks · Vindictus Viridian · Wendelin the Weird | ||
Staircases | ||
Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Slughorn's Staircase · Staircase to the seventh-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase | ||
Storerooms | ||
Storeroom · Writing Supplies Room |