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|required textbooks=''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]'' by [[Emeric Switch]]<ref name="PM"/>
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{{Quote|And without warning, Dumbledore swooped, plunging the tip of his [[Elder Wand|wand]] into the seat of the overstuffed armchair, which yelled, “Ouch!"|[[Albus Dumbledore]] Untransfiguring [[Horace Slughorn]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
'''Untransfiguration''' is a type of [[counter-spell]] that is the exact opposite of [[Transfiguration]] i.e. it returns something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a transfiguration.
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'''Untransfiguration''' was a branch of [[Transfiguration]] [[magic]] and a type of [[counter-spell]], which involved returning something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a Transfiguration.<ref name="PM"/>
   
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Untransfiguration was covered in beginner-level spellbooks such as ''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]''. Learning Untransfiguration was mandatory at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] from [[1926]] onward.<ref name="FBF">{{FB|F}} {{See image|File:Daily Prophet - 29 Nov 1926.png}}</ref> Failure to at least attempt to Untransfigure a wrongly-done Transfiguration was considered irresponsible.
''[[Reparifarge]]'' seems to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of a [[Transformation spell]] that was poorly performed and only partially [[Transfiguration|Transfigured]] the object in question.<ref>''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
 
   
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==Methods==
An example of Untransfiguraton was given in [[Harry Potter]]'s first Transfiguration class, in [[1991]], when Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] Transfigured her desk into a pig, and the pig back to a desk. Also in 1993 when [[Remus Lupin]] and [[Sirius Black]] changed [[Peter Pettigrew]] from a rat back into his usual human appearance.
 
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[[File:Ferret to human GIF.gif|250px|thumb|left|[[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] Untransfiguring [[Draco Malfoy]] in [[1994]]]]
 
''[[Reparifarge]]'' seemed to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of a [[Transforming Spells|Transformation spell]] that was poorly performed and only partially [[Transfiguration|Transfigured]] the object in question. The spell was located in ''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]'' by [[Emeric Switch]].<ref name="PM">{{PM}} - ''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]''</ref>
   
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There existed a [[Animagus reversal spell|spell]] which could change [[Animagus|Animagi]] [[Wizardkind|wizards and witches]] back into their human form from their animal form.<ref name="POA19"/>
According to Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]], [[Auror]]s have to Transfigure and Untransfigure frequently in their work.<ref name="HB5">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 29 (Career Advice)</ref>
 
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The [[Revelio Charm]] could be used to Untransfigure a Transfigured human.<ref name="FBS"/>
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[[Auror]]s working for the [[British Ministry of Magic]] often had to Untransfigure transformed objects in their line of work.<ref name="OOTP29">{{OOTP|B|29}}</ref>
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==Known instances==
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During the [[1890–1891 school year]], fifth-year students were taught a transformation spell which an [[Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student|unidentified student]] was able to use against [[Animagus]] poachers in order to revert them into their original form, even in the midst of a battle.<ref>''[[Hogwarts Legacy]]''</ref>
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In the aftermath of the arrest of [[Percival Graves]] in the [[New York]] subway in [[1926]], [[Newton Scamander]] used the [[Revelio Charm]] to reveal that it was actually the [[Dark wizard]] [[Gellert Grindelwald]], who had used [[Human Transfiguration]] to take the appearance of the [[Magical Congress of the United States of America|MACUSA]] official.<ref name="FBS">{{FB|S}}</ref>
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In [[Harry Potter]]'s first [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration class]] in [[1991]], Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] [[Desk Into Pig|Transfigured]] her desk into a [[pig]], and the pig [[Pig into desk spell|back to a desk]].<ref name="PS8">{{PS|B|8}}</ref>
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In [[1994]], [[Remus Lupin]] and [[Sirius Black]] [[Animagus reversal spell|changed]] [[Peter Pettigrew]] from a rat back into his usual human appearance, during the [[Encounter at the Shrieking Shack]].<ref name="POA19">{{POA|B|19}}</ref>
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At the start of the [[1994–1995 school year]] at Hogwarts, when the new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] professor [[Bartemius Crouch Junior|Barty Crouch Jnr]] ([[Polyjuice Potion|disguised]] as [[Alastor Moody]]) [[Human to ferret spell|Transfigured]] [[Draco Malfoy]] into a [[ferret]] on the [[Marble Staircase]], [[Minerva McGonagall]] [[Ferret to human spell|Transfigured him back]] into a human.<ref name="GOF13">{{GOF|B|13}}</ref>
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In [[1996]], [[Albus Dumbledore]] had to [[Armchair to human spell|Untransfigure]] [[Horace Slughorn]] after Slughorn had [[Human to armchair spell|transformed]] himself into an armchair, whilst he was hiding in a [[Muggle house where Horace Slughorn stayed|Muggle house]] in [[Budleigh Babberton]] from the [[Death Eaters]].<ref name="HBP4">{{HBP|B|4}}</ref>
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==Known practitioners==
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*According to [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]], it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', when [[Draco Malfoy]] is turned into a ferret, [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.
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According to [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]], it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, in {{GOF}}, when [[Draco Malfoy]] is turned into a [[ferret]], [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.
   
 
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Latest revision as of 09:34, 19 October 2023

"And without warning, Dumbledore swooped, plunging the tip of his wand into the seat of the overstuffed armchair, which yelled, “Ouch!""
Albus Dumbledore Untransfiguring Horace Slughorn[src]

Untransfiguration was a branch of Transfiguration magic and a type of counter-spell, which involved returning something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a Transfiguration.[1]

Untransfiguration was covered in beginner-level spellbooks such as A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration. Learning Untransfiguration was mandatory at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1926 onward.[2] Failure to at least attempt to Untransfigure a wrongly-done Transfiguration was considered irresponsible.

Methods

Ferret to human GIF

Professor McGonagall Untransfiguring Draco Malfoy in 1994

Reparifarge seemed to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of a Transformation spell that was poorly performed and only partially Transfigured the object in question. The spell was located in A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch.[1]

There existed a spell which could change Animagi wizards and witches back into their human form from their animal form.[3]

The Revelio Charm could be used to Untransfigure a Transfigured human.[4]

Aurors working for the British Ministry of Magic often had to Untransfigure transformed objects in their line of work.[5]

Known instances

During the 1890–1891 school year, fifth-year students were taught a transformation spell which an unidentified student was able to use against Animagus poachers in order to revert them into their original form, even in the midst of a battle.[6]

In the aftermath of the arrest of Percival Graves in the New York subway in 1926, Newton Scamander used the Revelio Charm to reveal that it was actually the Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who had used Human Transfiguration to take the appearance of the MACUSA official.[4]

In Harry Potter's first Transfiguration class in 1991, Professor Minerva McGonagall Transfigured her desk into a pig, and the pig back to a desk.[7]

In 1994, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black changed Peter Pettigrew from a rat back into his usual human appearance, during the Encounter at the Shrieking Shack.[3]

At the start of the 1994–1995 school year at Hogwarts, when the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Barty Crouch Jnr (disguised as Alastor Moody) Transfigured Draco Malfoy into a ferret on the Marble Staircase, Minerva McGonagall Transfigured him back into a human.[8]

In 1996, Albus Dumbledore had to Untransfigure Horace Slughorn after Slughorn had transformed himself into an armchair, whilst he was hiding in a Muggle house in Budleigh Babberton from the Death Eaters.[9]

Known practitioners

Behind the scenes

According to W.O.M.B.A.T., it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when Draco Malfoy is turned into a ferret, Professor McGonagall Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.

Appearances

Notes and references

Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers