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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=Waddiwasi
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|name=''Waddiwasi''
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|image=
|incantation=wah-dee-WAH-see
 
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|incantation=''Waddiwasi''<ref name="PA7">{{POA}} - Chapter 7 (''The Boggart in the Wardrobe'')</ref><br/>(wah-dee-WAH-see)<ref name="PA7"/>
|type=[[Types of magic|Charm]]
 
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|type=[[Charm]]<ref name="PA7"/>
|hand=
 
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|hand=Point [[wand]]<ref name="PA7"/>
|effect=Fires an impacted object into the air.
 
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|light=None<ref name="PA7"/>
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|effect=Shoots thing at target<ref name="PA7"/>
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|creator=
 
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'''Waddiwasi''' removes impacted objects and launches them through the air at the will of the caster.
 
   
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{{Quote|With the force of a bullet, the wad of chewing gum shot out of the keyhole and straight down [[Peeves]]'s left nostril; he whirled right way up and zoomed away, cursing.|Description|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] professor [[Remus Lupin]] used this to dislodge a wad of gum that had been shoved in a keyhole by [[Peeves]]. After casting his spell, the gum went rocketting up Peeves' nose.
 
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'''''Waddiwasi''''' is the [[incantation]] of a [[charm]] that can be used to shoot whatever the caster so desires at the target or [[Wizardkind|victim]]<ref name="PA7"/>.
   
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[[Professor]] [[Remus Lupin]] a [[Professor|teacher]] of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], used this [[charm]] to shoot a wad of gum at [[Peeves]], the school's [[poltergeist]], on [[2 September]], [[1993]]<ref name="PA7"/>.
This could be the incantation of the [[Banishing Charm]] or the [[Placement Charm]] mentioned in [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]], under the [[Kelpie]] entry.
 
   
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==Behind the scenes==
This could be the spell that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] used to throw shards of broken glass to [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] during the [[Duel in the Ministry Atrium]]
 
 
*This may be the [[incantation]] to, or a [[charm]] related to, the [[Placement Charm]] that one must use to bridle a [[Kelpie]].
 
*It may also have been used by [[Honorific|Lord]] [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] to launch shards of broken glass at [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] during the [[Duel in the Ministry Atrium]].
   
==Etymology==
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==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
Latin ''vade'', "travel." Possibly Swedish ''vadd'', meaning "soft mass" (in this case, gum); or French ''vas y'', "go there," as Lupin also directed the object upwards; or possibly from the English ''wad'', as in "a wad of gum".
 
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*''[[Pottermore]]''
   
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
 
[[fr:Waddiwasi]]
 
[[fr:Waddiwasi]]
 
[[ru:Ваддивази]]
 
[[ru:Ваддивази]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
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[[Category:Spells of known incantation]]

Revision as of 14:59, 22 June 2013

"With the force of a bullet, the wad of chewing gum shot out of the keyhole and straight down Peeves's left nostril; he whirled right way up and zoomed away, cursing."
— Description[src]

Waddiwasi is the incantation of a charm that can be used to shoot whatever the caster so desires at the target or victim[1].

Professor Remus Lupin a teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, used this charm to shoot a wad of gum at Peeves, the school's poltergeist, on 2 September, 1993[1].

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 7 (The Boggart in the Wardrobe)