{{Quote|WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT [[Tom Riddle|YOU-KNOW-WHO]]?<br />YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT [[U-No-Poo|U-NO-POO]]—<br />THE CONSTIPATION SENSATION THAT'S GRIPPING THE NATION!|Sign outside Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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'''Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes''', also known as '''Weasley and Weasley'''<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''</ref> is a joke shop located at [[93 Diagon Alley|Number 93]] [[Diagon Alley]] founded by [[Fred and George Weasley]]. It sells practical joke objects, such as [[Extendable Ears]], a [[Reusable Hangman]], and Fred and George's special [[WonderWitch]] products, such as [[Love Potion]]s, [[Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher]]s, and [[Pygmy Puff]]s. There is also a section of [[Muggle Magic Tricks]] "for freaks like [[Arthur Weasley|Dad]]"{{HP6}}, which are said to do steady business, despite not being big sellers. The shop also sells a number of defensive magical objects. This establishment started out as an 'owl-post service' led by the twins from [[The Burrow]], their home. A year later the establishment was led by the twins inside [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], selling joke-products until the final shop was opened.
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'''Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes''', also known as '''Weasley and Weasley'''<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''</ref> is a joke shop located at [[93 Diagon Alley|Number 93]] [[Diagon Alley]] founded by [[Fred and George Weasley]].
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The shop contains practical joke objects, such as; [[Extendable Ears]], a [[Reusable Hangman]], [[Skiving Snackboxes]], and Fred and George's special [[WonderWitch]] products, such as; [[Love Potion]]s, [[Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher]]s, and [[Pygmy Puff]]s. There is also a section of [[Muggle Magic Tricks]] "for freaks like [[Arthur Weasley|Dad]]"{{HP6}}, which are said to do steady business, despite not being big sellers. The shop also sells a number of defensive magical objects. This establishment started out as an 'owl-post service' led by the twins from [[The Burrow]], (later continued from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]), selling joke-products until the final shop was opened.
{{Dialogue a-b-c|George Weasley|Harry, you help yourself to anything you want, all right? No charge.|Harry Potter|I can't do that!|Fred Weasley|You don't pay here... you gave us our start-up loan, we haven't forgotten. Take whatever you like, and just remember to tell people where you got it, if they ask.|Fred and George, with Harry in 1996|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
{{Dialogue a-b-c|George Weasley|Harry, you help yourself to anything you want, all right? No charge.|Harry Potter|I can't do that!|Fred Weasley|You don't pay here... you gave us our start-up loan, we haven't forgotten. Take whatever you like, and just remember to tell people where you got it, if they ask.|Fred and George, with Harry in 1996|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
While still students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] were inspired to develop a number of practical joke products, which they initially developed in their room at [[The Burrow]]. Their initial efforts were sold as mail-order items using [[owl post]]. Their [[Molly Weasley|mother]] discovered the orders while cleaning their room one day. She didn't support their wild ambitions, considering that most of the products that they'd created were dangerous, and wished them to get jobs in the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] like their [[Arthur Weasley|father]]. Even though she burned the orders, her twin sons still maintained their ambition to open a joke shop. To raise money for their shop, they started by betting their life's savings with [[Ludovic Bagman|Ludo Bagman]] on the outcome of the [[Quidditch World Cup]]. They won, but Bagman paid them off with [[Leprechaun gold]], which vanished after a few hours, wiping out their savings, and putting their dream in peril.
While still students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] were inspired to develop a number of practical joke products, which they initially developed in their room at [[The Burrow]]. Their initial efforts were sold as mail-order items using [[owl post]]. Their [[Molly Weasley|mother]] discovered the orders while cleaning their room one day. She didn't support their wild ambitions, considering that most of the products that they'd created were dangerous, and wished them to get jobs in the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] like their [[Arthur Weasley|father]]. Even though she burned the orders, her twin sons still maintained their ambition to open a joke shop. To raise money for their shop, they bet their life's savings with [[Ludovic Bagman|Ludo Bagman]] on the outcome of the [[Quidditch World Cup]]. They won, but Bagman paid them off with [[Leprechaun gold]], which vanished after a few hours, wiping out their savings, and putting their dream in peril.
The Weasleys got the money for the shop from [[Harry Potter]]'s un-wanted [[Triwizard Tournament]] winnings of 1,000 [[Galleon]]s. Since Harry gave them their start-up loan, Fred and George allow him to help himself to whatever he wants, free of charge.
The Weasleys got the money for the shop from [[Harry Potter]]'s un-wanted [[Triwizard Tournament]] winnings of 1,000 [[Galleon]]s. Since Harry gave them their start-up loan, Fred and George allow him to help himself to whatever he wants, free of charge.
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===Fredand George's Final Year at Hogwarts School===
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===Seventh year at Hogwarts===
{{Quote|We were thinking of buying Zonko's. A Hogsmeade branch, you know, but a fat lot of good it'll do us if you lot aren't allowed out at weekends to buy our stuff anymore...|Fred thinking of buying Zonko's.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
{{Quote|We were thinking of buying Zonko's. A Hogsmeade branch, you know, but a fat lot of good it'll do us if you lot aren't allowed out at weekends to buy our stuff anymore...|Fred thinking of buying Zonko's.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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[[File:Tumblr_ls5c1s1zVN1qbm32lo5_250.gif|frame|right|The shop in [[1996]]]]
During their last and unfinished year at Hogwarts, Fred and George tested many of their products on students, much to the displeasureof [[Gryffindor]] [[prefect]] [[Hermione Granger]].
During their last and unfinished year at Hogwarts, Fred and George tested many of their products on students, wishing to determine if everyone responded the same to their products. [[Gryffindor]] [[prefect]] [[Hermione Granger]] was not pleased.
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[[File:Fred and George at their WWW joke shop.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Fred and George in [[1996]].]] After releasing their [[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs]] and [[Portable Swamp]] on school grounds and defecting from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] as to rebel against [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s tyrannical rule, the twins set off to Diagon Alley to fulfill their dreams of opening a joke shop, with the winnings of the Triwizard Tournement that [[Harry Potter]] gave to them.
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After releasing their [[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs]] and [[Portable Swamp]] on school grounds and defecting from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] as to rebel against [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s tyrannical rule, the twins set off to Diagon Alley to fulfill their dreams of opening a joke shop, with the winnings of the Triwizard Tournement that [[Harry Potter]] gave to them.
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[[File:Terrified-Umbridge-cause-by-WeasleyTwins-Fireworks.jpg|thumb|[[Fred and George Weasley]]'s fireworks terrify Umbridge.]]
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[[File:Tumblr n0ksyoWll91qetk8mo7 250.gif|thumb|left|225x225px|[[Fred and George Weasley]]'s fireworks terrify Umbridge]]
Prior to their departure, they offered a discount for any [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students who would swear to use their products to eliminate Umbridge.
Prior to their departure, they offered a discount for any [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students who would swear to use their products to eliminate Umbridge.
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[[Argus Filch]] banned all of Fred and George's products from Hogwarts in [[1996]]. However, as no one paid much attention to things Filch banned, this had little effect. They opened a branch in [[Diagon Alley]] shortly after leaving Hogwarts in April [[1996]], employing a shop assistant named [[Verity]]. They also intended to buy [[Zonko's Joke Shop]] in [[Hogsmeade]] in order to extend their business. However, dueto Hogwarts security being raised to the point that all Hogsmeade trips were cancelled, they saw no point to this. The twins were strict with their businesses, as they threatened a boy for attempted shoplifting, and charged their younger brother Ron full price for all the products. However, they allowed Harry to take anything he wanted, free of charge, duetohim being their investor.
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[[Argus Filch]] banned all of Fred and George's products from Hogwarts in [[1996]]. However, as no one paid much attention to things Filch banned, this had little effect. They opened a branch in [[Diagon Alley]] shortly after leaving Hogwarts in April [[1996]], employing a shop assistant named [[Verity]]. They also intended to buy [[Zonko's Joke Shop]] in [[Hogsmeade]] in order to extend their business. However, because of Hogwarts security being raised to the point that all Hogsmeade trips were cancelled, they saw no point to this. The twins were strict with their businesses, as they threatened a boy for attempted shoplifting and charged their younger brother Ron full price for all the products. However, they allowed Harry to take anything he wanted, free of charge, which was because of his being their investor. They also accepted patronage from [[Draco Malfoy]] (whom they hated), allowing him to buy [[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]], which he would use against [[Dumbledore's Army]] later, something Ron would resent the twins for.
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===The Second Wizarding War===
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===After the War===
===After the War===
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George continued to operate the business after Fred's death, despite never fully getting over the loss of his twin.<ref name="Bloomsbury">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007]</ref> Hewaseventually joined by his brother Ron,who had previously worked as an [[Auror]] alongsideHarryPotter to trackdownDeathEatersthat had goneintohidingafterthewar.Together, they were able to successfully turn Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into an enormous money-spinner again.<ref name="Bloomsbury" />
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George continued to operate the business after Fred's death, despite never fully getting over the loss of his twin.<ref name="Bloomsbury">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007]</ref> Two years after Ron became an [[Auror]] he left the job, stating that he wanted to help his brother George with a shop he had always loved. Already a highly successful emporium, together they were able to successfully turn Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into an even more enormous money-spinner.<ref name="Bloomsbury" />
==Products==
==Products==
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[[File:Skiving_Snackbox_Weasley_and_Weasley.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Skiving Snackbox]]es, a Weasley product.]]
{{Dialogue a-b-a|Fred|That's three [[Galleons]], nine [[Sickles]], and a [[Knut]]. Cough up.|Ron|I'm your brother!|And that's our stuff you're nicking.|Fred and George won't cut Ron a deal on their products.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
{{Dialogue a-b-a|Fred|That's three [[Galleons]], nine [[Sickles]], and a [[Knut]]. Cough up.|Ron|I'm your brother!|And that's our stuff you're nicking.|Fred and George won't cut Ron a deal on their products.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
===Known Joke products===
===Known Joke products===
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*''[[Anti Gravity Hats]]'' - "Ruin a gentleman's day by making his hat fly away!"
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*[[File:Tumblr_luvyatvyvQ1qili3vo4_250.gif|frame|[[Skiving Snackbox]]es, a Weasley product]]''[[Anti Gravity Hats]]'' - "''Ruin a gentleman's day by making his hat fly away!''"
*''[[Aviatomobile]]'' - a flying toy car. Costs 3 sickles and 11 knuts. Possibly made in the likeness of their father's flying car.
*''[[Aviatomobile]]'' - a flying toy car. Costs 3 sickles and 11 knuts. Possibly made in the likeness of their father's flying car.
*[[Boxing telescope]] - when squeezed, gives the user a black eye which is almost impossible to remove ([[Hermione Granger]] was a victim of one in [[1996]]). Costs 12 sickles and 26 knuts.
*[[Boxing telescope]] - when squeezed, gives the user a black eye which is almost impossible to remove ([[Hermione Granger]] was a victim of one in [[1996]]). Costs 12 sickles and 26 knuts.
*''[[Extendable Ears]]'' - used to hear voices at the other end of the ear.
*''[[Extendable Ears]]'' - used to hear voices at the other end of the ear.
*[[Fanged Flyer]]
*[[Fanged Flyer]]
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*''[[Portable Swamp]]'' - creates a swamp when used.
*''[[Portable Swamp]]'' - creates a swamp when used.
*[[Quality Weasley Good's|Quality Weasley Goods]]
*[[Quality Weasley Good's|Quality Weasley Goods]]
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*''[[Quill]]s'' - in [[Smart-Answer Quill|Smart Answer]], [[Self-Inking Quill|Self Inking]] and [[Spell-Checking Quill|Spell Checking]] varieties.
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*[[Quill]]s - in [[Smart-Answer Quill|Smart Answer]], [[Self-Inking Quill|Self Inking]] and [[Spell-Checking Quill|Spell Checking]] varieties.
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*''[[Reusable Hangman]]'' - "Spell It Or He'll Swing."
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*''[[Reusable Hangman]]'' - "''Spell It Or He'll Swing''."
*[[Rubby O' Chicken|Rubby O’Chicken]]
*[[Rubby O' Chicken|Rubby O’Chicken]]
*[[Screaming Yo-yo]]
*[[Screaming Yo-yo]]
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*[[Sunny Spells]]
*[[Sunny Spells]]
*[[Tiny Twister]]
*[[Tiny Twister]]
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*''[[Trick wand]]s'' - turn into a variety of unexpected things when waved.
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*[[Trick wand]]s - turn into a variety of unexpected things when waved. The cheapest into rubber chickens or briefs when waved, the most expensive beating user around the head.
*''[[U-No-Poo]]'' - a causative product with a name meant to parody "[[Tom Riddle|You-Know-Who]]" (causes constipation).
*''[[U-No-Poo]]'' - a causative product with a name meant to parody "[[Tom Riddle|You-Know-Who]]" (causes constipation).
*[[Unlucky Dip]]
*[[Unlucky Dip]]
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*[[Thor's Thunder Cracker]]
*[[Thor's Thunder Cracker]]
*[[Voodoo Fountain]]
*[[Voodoo Fountain]]
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*''[[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs]]'' - unstoppable fireworks that violently explode when hit by a stunning spell and multiply by ten at any attempt to vanish them. These include a shocking pink-wheel, fire-breathing dragons, sparklers that spell out profanity, rockets with long tails of silver stars, and standard firecrackers. When any two types collide, they make new effects. Include ''Basic Blaze Box'' and ''Deflagration Deluxe''. BackgroundHistory: In Fred and George's final year, they used these fireworks as a protest against the [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher and new Headmistress, [[Dolores Umbridge|Professor Umbridge]].
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*''[[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs]]'' - unstoppable fireworks that violently explode when hit by a stunning spell and multiply by ten at any attempt to vanish them. These include a shocking-pink Catherine wheel, fire-breathing dragons, sparklers that spell out profanity, rockets with long tails of silver stars, and standard firecrackers. When any two types collide, they make new effects. Include ''Basic Blaze Box'' and ''Deflagration Deluxe''. Created by Fred and George in their final year at Hogwarts, they used these fireworks as a protest against the [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher and new Headmistress, [[Dolores Umbridge|Professor Umbridge]].
*[[Whack Trance Whammy Rocket]]
*[[Whack Trance Whammy Rocket]]
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===Defence objects===
===Defence objects===
*''[[Decoy Detonator]]s'', when dropped they run away and explode out of sight, giving the person a diversion if necessary.
*''[[Decoy Detonator]]s'', when dropped they run away and explode out of sight, giving the person a diversion if necessary.
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*[[Jinx-Off|Jinx Off]]
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*''[[Jinx-Off|Jinx Off]]''
*''[[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]]'' When thrown into the air, this powder covers everything around it in darkness, which cannot be penetrated by spells like Lumos or Incendio, although the [[Hand of Glory]] can be used to see through it. It is used by [[Draco Malfoy]] against the members of [[Dumbledore's Army]] while smuggling [[Death Eaters]] into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] through the Room of Requirement.
*''[[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]]'' When thrown into the air, this powder covers everything around it in darkness, which cannot be penetrated by spells like Lumos or Incendio, although the [[Hand of Glory]] can be used to see through it. It is used by [[Draco Malfoy]] against the members of [[Dumbledore's Army]] while smuggling [[Death Eaters]] into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] through the Room of Requirement.
*''[[Shield Hat]]s, [[Shield Cloak|Cloaks]] and [[Shield Gloves|Gloves]]'' used by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] for defense against enemy forces, using a [[Shield Charm]].
*''[[Shield Hat]]s, [[Shield Cloak|Cloaks]] and [[Shield Gloves|Gloves]]'' used by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] for defense against enemy forces, using a [[Shield Charm]].
===[[WonderWitch]]===
===[[WonderWitch]]===
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A line of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products designed and marketed for witches. Although they were soon banned from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with the rest of the Weasley Wizard Wheezes products, they could be sent in disguised as ordinary perfume or other such bottled products such as cough potions as a part of the mail order service.
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A line of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products designed and marketed for witches. The whole display is violently pink. Although they were soon banned from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with the rest of the Weasley Wizard Wheezes products, they could be sent in disguised as ordinary perfume or other such bottled products such as cough potions as a part of the mail order service.
*[[Calamity Lotion]]
*[[Calamity Lotion]]
*[[Crush Blush]]
*[[Crush Blush]]
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*[[Kissing Concoction]]
*[[Kissing Concoction]]
*[[Love is Blind Eye Serum]]
*[[Love is Blind Eye Serum]]
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*''[[Love Potion]]s'', that when drunk, will give the drinker an obsession with the one who bought the drink (love being impossible to manufacture). They work for up to twenty-four hours at a time, depending on the weight of the boy and attractiveness of the girl. Like all love potions the effects can increase the longer they're kept. This potion is very strong and only a very skilled potioneer can make the cure for the love potions.
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*[[Love Potion]]s, that when drunk, will give the drinker an obsession with the one who bought the drink (love being impossible to manufacture). They work for up to twenty-four hours at a time, depending on the weight of the boy and attractiveness of the girl. Like all love potions the effects can increase the longer they're kept. This potion is very strong and only a very skilled potioneer can make the cure for the love potions.
*''[[Patented Daydream Charms]]'', virtually undetectable highly realistic thirty-minute daydreams (side-effects can be: slight drooling and a dazed expression, Not for sale for wizards under 16).
*''[[Patented Daydream Charms]]'', virtually undetectable highly realistic thirty-minute daydreams (side-effects can be: slight drooling and a dazed expression, Not for sale for wizards under 16).
*''[[Pygmy Puff]]s'', miniature [[puffskein]]s with pink or purple fur. They have small, beady eyes and ears. Ginny Weasley is a known owner of [[Arnold]] the Pygmy Puff.
*''[[Pygmy Puff]]s'', miniature [[puffskein]]s with pink or purple fur. They have small, beady eyes and ears. Ginny Weasley is a known owner of [[Arnold]] the Pygmy Puff.
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===Sweets===
===Sweets===
*''[[Canary Cream]]s'' - temporarily transfigures the eater into a canary.
*''[[Canary Cream]]s'' - temporarily transfigures the eater into a canary.
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*''[[Candy In A Can]]'', "This product contains candy"
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*''[[Candy In A Can]]'', "T''his product contains candy''"
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*''[[Edible Dark Marks]] -'' "They'll make anyone sick!"
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*''[[Edible Dark Marks]] -'' "''They'll make anyone sick!''"
*[[Jumping Snakes]]
*[[Jumping Snakes]]
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*''[[Skiving Snackbox]]'' - A Skiving Snackbox is a range of sweets to make the user ill. The user develops strange symptoms depending on the type of snack eaten. The purpose of these was to make a student appear unable to stay in class. Most came in two colour-coded parts: one that would cause the malady, and one that would heal the pupil once they had left class. They include: ''Fainting Fancies'', ''Fever Fudge'', ''Nosebleed Nougat'', and ''Puking Pastilles.''
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*''[[Skiving Snackbox]]'' - A Skiving Snackbox is a range of sweets to make the user ill. The user develops strange symptoms depending on the type of snack eaten. The purpose of these was to make a student appear unable to stay in class. Most came in two colour-coded parts: one that would cause the malady, and one that would heal the pupil once they had left class. It should be noted that nosebleed nougat is most popular. They include: [[Fainting Fancies]], [[Fever Fudge]], [[Nosebleed Nougat]], and [[Puking Pastilles]].
*[[Sugar Hexes]]
*[[Sugar Hexes]]
*''[[Ton-Tongue Toffee]]'' (tested by the Weasley twins on [[Dudley Dursley]]{{HP4}}) - when eaten, they cause the tongue to rapidly swell and turn purple.
*''[[Ton-Tongue Toffee]]'' (tested by the Weasley twins on [[Dudley Dursley]]{{HP4}}) - when eaten, they cause the tongue to rapidly swell and turn purple.
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==Employees and associates==
==Employees and associates==
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[[File:Ron Weasley at their WWW joke shop.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], an employee.]]
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*[[Harry Potter]] (Investor)
*[[Harry Potter]] (Investor)
*[[Fred Weasley]] (Founder)
*[[Fred Weasley]] (Founder)
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*[[George Weasley]] (Founder)
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*[[George Weasley]] (Founder/Co-Manager)
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*[[Ronald Weasley]] (Employee)
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*[[Ronald Weasley]] (Co-Manager)
*[[Verity]] (Employee)
*[[Verity]] (Employee)
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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*[[Filch]]'s ban on the [[Weasley's Wizard Wheezes|store]]'s products did not span to [[Pygmy Puffs]], as [[Ginny Weasley]] takes her Pygmy Puff, [[Arnold]], in to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
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*The [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|''Half-Blood Prince'']] film's graphic designer, [[Eduardo Lima]] revealed that there are more than 300 names of products they had invented just for the film adaptation of "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes".<ref name="HP6DVD">[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]] DVD 2nd-disc Special Feature: Close-Up with the cast of Harry Potter - Art with [[Bonnie Wright]].</ref>
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* The [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|''Half-Blood Prince'']] film's graphic designer, [[Eduardo Lima]] revealed that there are more than 300 names of products they had invented just for the film adaptation of "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes".<ref name="HP6DVD">[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]] DVD 2nd-disc Special Feature: Close-Up with the cast of Harry Potter - Art with [[Bonnie Wright]].</ref>
*Because Harry did not give his Triwizard Winnings over to Fred and George onscreen in the film version of [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'']], it is not clear just how the Weasley twins were able to establish Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in the first place in the film adaption of [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'']].
*Because Harry did not give his Triwizard Winnings over to Fred and George onscreen in the film version of [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'']], it is not clear just how the Weasley twins were able to establish Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in the first place in the film adaption of [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'']].
*The cash register used in the sixth film was bought off on eBay.{{Fact}}
*The cash register used in the sixth film was bought off on eBay.{{Fact}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{Comment|as Weasley and Weasley}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{Comment|as Weasley and Weasley}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book]]''
*''[[Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book]]''
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]'' {{Mention}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]'' {{Mention}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
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==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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"WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO? YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT U-NO-POO — THE CONSTIPATION SENSATION THAT'S GRIPPING THE NATION!"
George Weasley: "Harry, you help yourself to anything you want, all right? No charge."
Harry Potter: "I can't do that!"
Fred Weasley: "You don't pay here... you gave us our start-up loan, we haven't forgotten. Take whatever you like, and just remember to tell people where you got it, if they ask."
While still students at Hogwarts, Fred and George were inspired to develop a number of practical joke products, which they initially developed in their room at The Burrow. Their initial efforts were sold as mail-order items using owl post. Their mother discovered the orders while cleaning their room one day. She didn't support their wild ambitions, considering that most of the products that they'd created were dangerous, and wished them to get jobs in the Ministry of Magic like their father. Even though she burned the orders, her twin sons still maintained their ambition to open a joke shop. To raise money for their shop, they bet their life's savings with Ludo Bagman on the outcome of the Quidditch World Cup. They won, but Bagman paid them off with Leprechaun gold, which vanished after a few hours, wiping out their savings, and putting their dream in peril.
The Weasleys got the money for the shop from Harry Potter's un-wanted Triwizard Tournament winnings of 1,000 Galleons. Since Harry gave them their start-up loan, Fred and George allow him to help himself to whatever he wants, free of charge.
Seventh year at Hogwarts
"We were thinking of buying Zonko's. A Hogsmeade branch, you know, but a fat lot of good it'll do us if you lot aren't allowed out at weekends to buy our stuff anymore..."
During their last and unfinished year at Hogwarts, Fred and George tested many of their products on students, wishing to determine if everyone responded the same to their products. GryffindorprefectHermione Granger was not pleased.
After releasing their Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs and Portable Swamp on school grounds and defecting from Hogwarts as to rebel against Dolores Umbridge's tyrannical rule, the twins set off to Diagon Alley to fulfill their dreams of opening a joke shop, with the winnings of the Triwizard Tournement that Harry Potter gave to them.
Prior to their departure, they offered a discount for any Hogwarts students who would swear to use their products to eliminate Umbridge.
Argus Filch banned all of Fred and George's products from Hogwarts in 1996. However, as no one paid much attention to things Filch banned, this had little effect. They opened a branch in Diagon Alley shortly after leaving Hogwarts in April 1996, employing a shop assistant named Verity. They also intended to buy Zonko's Joke Shop in Hogsmeade in order to extend their business. However, because of Hogwarts security being raised to the point that all Hogsmeade trips were cancelled, they saw no point to this. The twins were strict with their businesses, as they threatened a boy for attempted shoplifting and charged their younger brother Ron full price for all the products. However, they allowed Harry to take anything he wanted, free of charge, which was because of his being their investor. They also accepted patronage from Draco Malfoy (whom they hated), allowing him to buy Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, which he would use against Dumbledore's Army later, something Ron would resent the twins for.
The Second Wizarding War
In the summer of 1997, the Death Eaters seized control of the British Ministry of Magic. In the spring of 1998, it was discovered that the Weasleys had been helping the fugitive Harry Potter, and the family went into hiding. Although forced to close the shop in Diagon Alley, Fred and George continued to sell their products via mail order while at their Aunt Muriel's. Fred and George both fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, where Fred was killed in an explosion.
After the War
George continued to operate the business after Fred's death, despite never fully getting over the loss of his twin.[2] Two years after Ron became an Auror he left the job, stating that he wanted to help his brother George with a shop he had always loved. Already a highly successful emporium, together they were able to successfully turn Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into an even more enormous money-spinner.[2]
Anti Gravity Hats - "Ruin a gentleman's day by making his hat fly away!"
Aviatomobile - a flying toy car. Costs 3 sickles and 11 knuts. Possibly made in the likeness of their father's flying car.
Boxing telescope - when squeezed, gives the user a black eye which is almost impossible to remove (Hermione Granger was a victim of one in 1996). Costs 12 sickles and 26 knuts.
Trick wands - turn into a variety of unexpected things when waved. The cheapest into rubber chickens or briefs when waved, the most expensive beating user around the head.
U-No-Poo - a causative product with a name meant to parody "You-Know-Who" (causes constipation).
A Range of Fireworks. This group of fireworks included the original Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-Bangs as well as a variety of new and creative pyrotechnic products.
Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs - unstoppable fireworks that violently explode when hit by a stunning spell and multiply by ten at any attempt to vanish them. These include a shocking-pink Catherine wheel, fire-breathing dragons, sparklers that spell out profanity, rockets with long tails of silver stars, and standard firecrackers. When any two types collide, they make new effects. Include Basic Blaze Box and Deflagration Deluxe. Created by Fred and George in their final year at Hogwarts, they used these fireworks as a protest against the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and new Headmistress, Professor Umbridge.
A line of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products designed and marketed for witches. The whole display is violently pink. Although they were soon banned from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with the rest of the Weasley Wizard Wheezes products, they could be sent in disguised as ordinary perfume or other such bottled products such as cough potions as a part of the mail order service.
Love Potions, that when drunk, will give the drinker an obsession with the one who bought the drink (love being impossible to manufacture). They work for up to twenty-four hours at a time, depending on the weight of the boy and attractiveness of the girl. Like all love potions the effects can increase the longer they're kept. This potion is very strong and only a very skilled potioneer can make the cure for the love potions.
Patented Daydream Charms, virtually undetectable highly realistic thirty-minute daydreams (side-effects can be: slight drooling and a dazed expression, Not for sale for wizards under 16).
Pygmy Puffs, miniature puffskeins with pink or purple fur. They have small, beady eyes and ears. Ginny Weasley is a known owner of Arnold the Pygmy Puff.
Skiving Snackbox - A Skiving Snackbox is a range of sweets to make the user ill. The user develops strange symptoms depending on the type of snack eaten. The purpose of these was to make a student appear unable to stay in class. Most came in two colour-coded parts: one that would cause the malady, and one that would heal the pupil once they had left class. It should be noted that nosebleed nougat is most popular. They include: Fainting Fancies, Fever Fudge, Nosebleed Nougat, and Puking Pastilles.
All employees at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes wear a magenta robe.
Location
The first official premises of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was at 93 Diagon Alley.
During 1997, the founders, Fred and George Weasley were known to be looking at buying Zonko's Joke Shop after it closed. However, due to various complications such as Fred's death and the return of Voldemort, it is unknown whether this purchase was actually made or not. It is assumed that it was purchased, as the business was highly successful after Voldemort's death. If this second location was purchased, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes could also have a branch located in Hogsmeade.
The Half-Blood Prince film's graphic designer, Eduardo Lima revealed that there are more than 300 names of products they had invented just for the film adaptation of "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes".[3]
Because Harry did not give his Triwizard Winnings over to Fred and George onscreen in the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, it is not clear just how the Weasley twins were able to establish Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in the first place in the film adaption of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The cash register used in the sixth film was bought off on eBay.[citation needed]
Despite the rebellious nature of some of these products, the twins were nevertheless subject to certain Ministry regulations.
