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− | {{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}} |
+ | {{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}} |
+ | '''Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes''',<ref name="HBP6"/> also known as '''Weasley & Weasley''',<ref name="OOTPF">{{OOTP|F}}</ref> was a joke shop located at [[93 Diagon Alley|93]] [[Diagon Alley]] founded by [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]]. |
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− | + | The shop contained practical joke objects, such as [[Extendable Ears]], a [[Reusable Hangman]], [[Skiving Snackbox]]es, and Fred and George's special [[WonderWitch]] products, such as [[Love Potion]]s, [[Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher]]s, and [[Pygmy Puff]]s. There was also a section of [[Muggle Magic]] Tricks, which were said to have done steady business, despite not being big sellers. The shop also sold a number of defensive magical objects.<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref> |
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+ | This establishment started out as an 'owl-post service' led by the twins from [[the Burrow]], and later continued from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], selling joke-products until the store front was opened. |
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+ | The shop was the Weasley twins' dream. The seed money for the shop was [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Triwizard Tournament]] 1,000 [[galleon]] winnings.<ref name="GOF37">{{GOF|B|37}}</ref> |
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+ | {{Quote|Set against the dull, poster-muffled shop fronts around them, Fred and George's windows hit the eye like a firework, display. Casual passersby were looking back over their shoulders at the windows, and a few rather stunned-looking people had actually come to a halt, transfixed. The left-hand window was dazzlingly full of an assortment of goods that revolved, popped, flashed, bounced, and shrieked; Harry's eyes began to water just looking at it.|Harry Potter describing the exterior of the shop|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}} |
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+ | [[File:Exterior of Weasleys Wizards Wheezes shop.JPG|250px|thumb|left|93 Diagon Alley]] |
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+ | The first official premises of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was at [[93 Diagon Alley]].<ref name="HBP6" /> The shop's exterior was bright and attention grabbing, when compared to the shops that surrounded it. |
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⚫ | In [[1997]], the founders, [[Fred and George Weasley]] were known to be looking at buying [[Zonko's Joke Shop]] after it closed.<ref name="HBP19">{{HBP|B|19}}</ref> However, due to various complications such as [[Fred Weasley|Fred]]'s death and the return of [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]], it is unclear if this purchase was made. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{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}} |
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+ | While still students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], Fred and George were inspired to develop a number of practical joke products. They initially developed these products in their room at [[The Burrow]]. Their initial efforts were sold as mail-order items using [[Owl Postal Service|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. She also wished them to get jobs in the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], like their [[Arthur Weasley|father]].<ref name="GOF5">{{GOF|B|5}}</ref> Even though she burned the orders, her twin sons still maintained their ambition to open a joke shop. |
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− | + | 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.<ref name="GOF37" /> |
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− | + | Luckily, the twins got the money for the shop through [[Harry Potter]]'s unwanted [[Triwizard Tournament]] winnings of 1,000 [[Galleon]]s, while the three were alone before disembarking the [[Hogwarts Express]] at [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters]]. They reluctantly accepted the winnings only on his insistence, with his only requests being that they not tell Molly where the money came from, and to buy Ron new [[dress robes]] without mentioning Harry's name. Since Harry gave them their start-up loan, after establishing their storefront Fred and George in turn insisted that he help himself to whatever he wanted, free of charge.<ref name="GOF37" /> |
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− | {{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 |
+ | {{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}} |
⚫ | During their last and unfinished year at Hogwarts, Fred and George tested many of their products on fellow students, wishing to determine if everyone responded the same to their products. [[Gryffindor]] [[prefect]] [[Hermione Granger]] did not approve of this.<ref name="OOTP12">{{OOTP|B|12}}</ref> The twins apparently did not warn the younger students what the sweets would do. |
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+ | [[File:Skiving Snackbox revealed.gif|250px|thumb|right|The twins setting up their Skiving Snackboxes in the [[Gryffindor common room]]]] |
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+ | Hermione was furious (while fellow prefect [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] refused to interfere) and she immediately told the twins and Lee off for experimenting on unsuspecting children. George and Lee tried to reassure her that it was not dangerous, while Fred claimed it was fine since they had paid their subjects, but Hermione insisted that they stop. Fred and George initially scoffed at her attempt to stop them, but immediately backed down when she threatened to tell their [[Molly Weasley|mother]]. Hermione was quite annoyed with Ron for not supporting her in standing up to the twins.<ref name="OTP13">{{OOTP|B|13}}</ref> |
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+ | [[File:Peeves salutes Weasley twins' departure - PM.png|250px|thumb|left|The Weasley twins' departure from Hogwarts]] |
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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]] in order to rebel against [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s tyrannical rule, the twins left to fulfil their dreams of opening a joke shop.<ref name="OOTP29">{{OOTP|B|29}}</ref> |
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⚫ | 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.<ref name="OOTP29" /> Fred and George gave Peeves final instructions just before they left the school. Peeves saluted the twins, this was possibly the first time he had knowingly and willingly obeyed a Hogwarts student.<ref name="OOTP29" /> |
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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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+ | {{Dialogue|Molly Weasley|U-No-Poo. They’ll be murdered in their beds!|Ron Weasley|No they won’t! This is brilliant!|Molly and Ron see the shop for the first time|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}} |
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+ | [[Argus Filch]] banned all of [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley|George]]'s products from Hogwarts in [[1996]]. However, as no one paid much attention to things Filch banned, this had little effect. The Triwizard Tournament winnings allowed them to purchase a storefront in [[Diagon Alley]] shortly after leaving Hogwarts in April [[1996]], employing a shop assistant named [[Verity]]. |
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− | + | They also intended to buy [[Zonko's Joke Shop]] in [[Hogsmeade]] in order to extend their business.<ref name="HBP6" /> However, because of Hogwarts security being raised to the point that all Hogsmeade trips were cancelled,<ref name="HBP18">{{HBP|B|18}}</ref> they saw no point to this. However, they did start selling [[Love Potion|love potions]] by [[Owl Order Service|Owl Order]] disguised as [[cough potion]]s, as [[Argus Filch]] couldn’t recognise one [[potion]] from the other.<ref name="HBP15">{{HBP|B|15}}</ref> |
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+ | [[File:Tumblr ls5c1s1zVN1qbm32lo5 250.gif|The shop in [[1996]]|250px|thumb|left]] |
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+ | 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 for free, as he was their investor.<ref name="HBP6" /> 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.<ref name="HBP29">{{HBP|B|29}}</ref> Their mother, despite not initially approving their dream, was glad to see they managed to make such success and joy in their career. |
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+ | Although much of their products were meant for fun and games, when the Ministry bought 500 [[Shield Hat]]s for staff protection, the twins decided to expand their products to a more serious line of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]], as many bureaucratic employees could not cast so much as a decent [[Shield Charm]]. They also made a mockery of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] by placing one of their product's slogan on the front window: [[U-No-Poo]], which led their mother to fear for their lives, but Ron to laugh.<ref name="HBP6" /> |
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+ | [[File:B6C6M1 inside Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The trio, Ginny, and Mrs Weasley inside the shop]] |
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+ | In 1996 the store was packed with customers. When Harry visited he could not get near the shelves. In the summer of 1997, the Death Eaters seized control of the [[British Ministry of Magic]]. |
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⚫ | 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.<ref name="DH25">{{DH|B|25}}</ref> Fred and George both fought in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], where Fred was killed in an explosion whilst fighting alongside [[Percy Weasley]].<ref name="DH32">{{DH|B|32}}</ref> |
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+ | {{Quote|In the immediate aftermath of the battle Weasley, whose famous ginger hair appears to be thinning slightly, entered into employment with the Ministry of Magic alongside Potter, but left only two years later to co-manage the highly successful wizarding joke emporium Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Was he, as he stated at the time, <nowiki>'</nowiki>''delighted to assist my brother George with a business I've always loved''<nowiki>'</nowiki>?|[[DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY REUNITES AT QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP FINAL]]|Pottermore}} |
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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 turn Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into an even more gigantic money-spinner.<ref name="Bloomsbury" /> |
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+ | By December [[2010]], some of the products invented for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes including [[Fever Fudge]] and the [[Electric Shock Shake]], were also being sold at [[Zonko's Joke Shop]].<ref name="MAW">{{MA|WW}}</ref> |
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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> |
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==Products== |
==Products== |
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+ | The shop was filled with boxes that were piled to the ceiling. When entering the shop the boxes that were in sight were the [[Skiving Snackboxes]].<ref name="HBP6" /> The Nosebleed Nougat were the most popular, only one battered box was left on the shelf. Within sight of the door on the way to the counter were bins full of trick wands. Near the trick wands there was boxes of quills.<ref name="HBP6" /> |
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− | [[File:Skiving_Snackbox_Weasley_and_Weasley.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Skiving Snackbox]]es, a Weasley product.]] |
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+ | [[File:Love potions in Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes HBPF.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley at the [[WonderWitch]] display]] |
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+ | There were reusable hangmen located at the counter. [[Patented Daydream Charms]] were a large display near the counter. The WonderWitch products were near the daydream charms next to the window.<ref name="HBP6" /> The WonderWitch products were a array of violently pink products that attracted the attention of girls. A cage of [[Pygmy Puffs]] was located there as well.<ref name="HBP6" /> |
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+ | Towards the back of the shop was a stand of Muggle magic tricks. Near the Muggle magic tricks was a tub labelled edible dark marks''.'' The more serious products that focused on [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] were located in the back behind a certain out of sight.<ref name="HBP6" /> The packaging on these products were more subdued and less flashy.<ref name="HBP6" /> |
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+ | ===Product packaging=== |
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+ | <gallery orientation="none" position="center" spacing="small" widths="120"> |
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+ | Dung Bombs from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.jpg|[[Dungbomb]] |
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+ | Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs.JPG|[[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs]] |
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+ | DemonDungCrackers.jpg|[[Demon Dung]] |
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+ | BoxingTelescope.jpg|[[Boxing telescope]] |
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+ | ThorsThunderCracker.jpg|[[Thor's Thunder Cracker]] |
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+ | Bottles of U-No-Poo (Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes product).JPG|[[U-No-Poo]] |
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+ | Sticky Trainers-0.jpg|[[Sticky Trainers]] |
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+ | JinxOffPackage.jpg|[[Jinx-Off]] |
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+ | DiabolicDareDevils.jpg|[[Diabolic Dare Devils]] |
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+ | BasicBlazeBox.jpg|[[Fred Weasley's Basic Blaze Box]] |
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+ | BombtasticBombPackage.jpg|[[Bombtastic Bomb]] |
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+ | GeorgesCompendiumBoxofPyrotechtrix.jpg|[[George's Compendium Box of Pyrotechtrix]] |
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+ | Screaming Yo-Yo from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.jpg|[[Screaming Yo-yo]] |
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+ | PeaceDisturbers.jpg|[[Peace Disturbers]] |
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+ | WeatherinaBottle.jpg|[[Weather in a Bottle]] |
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+ | Comb-a-chameleon.jpg|[[Comb-a-Chameleon]] |
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+ | BangBangBogartBanger.jpg|[[Bang Bang Boggart Banger]] |
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+ | Loonar Loop Luminator.jpg|[[Loonar Loop Luminators]] |
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+ | Silver Sparkling Snakes.jpg|[[Silver Sparkling Snakes]] |
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+ | ElectricShockShakeBox.jpg|[[Electric Shock Shake]] |
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+ | FeatheryFlamingoFlameFuzzer.jpg|[[Feathery Flamingo Flame Fuzzer]] |
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+ | MiraculousMysticMayhemMakers.jpg|[[Miraculous Mystic Mayhem Makers]] |
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+ | Skiving snackbox.jpg|[[Skiving Snackbox]] |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ===Items sold=== |
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+ | Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sold a large variety of magical products. These included simple things, objects with advanced magical abilities, and Pygmy Puffs. |
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+ | [[File:Store - Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Advert.jpg|155px|thumb]] |
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*[[Broom Broom kit]] |
*[[Broom Broom kit]] |
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*[[Bruise removal paste]] |
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*[[Comb-a-Chameleon]] |
*[[Comb-a-Chameleon]] |
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*[[Creepy Crawlies]] |
*[[Creepy Crawlies]] |
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*[[Demon Box]] |
*[[Demon Box]] |
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+ | *[[Dungbomb]]s |
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− | *[[Dolores Umbridge toy]] |
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− | *[[Dungbombs]] |
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*[[Electric Shock Shake]] |
*[[Electric Shock Shake]] |
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− | [[File:Extendable_Ears.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Extendable Ears]].]] |
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*[[Fanged Flyer]] |
*[[Fanged Flyer]] |
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*[[Fanged Frisbee]] |
*[[Fanged Frisbee]] |
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*[[Happy Bubble Box]] |
*[[Happy Bubble Box]] |
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+ | *''[[Headless Hat]]s'' – make the wearer's head invisible (along with the hat itself). |
+ | *[[Loonar Loop Luminators]] costs 1 Galleon 6 Sickles 3 Knuts |
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*[[Lucky Dip Box|Lucky Dip]] |
*[[Lucky Dip Box|Lucky Dip]] |
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*[[Magical Moustache Miracle Stubble Grow]] |
*[[Magical Moustache Miracle Stubble Grow]] |
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*[[Mysterious Midnight Moon Madness]] |
*[[Mysterious Midnight Moon Madness]] |
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*[[Nose-Biting Teacup|Nose Biting Teacup]] |
*[[Nose-Biting Teacup|Nose Biting Teacup]] |
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− | *[[Otters Fizzy Orange Juice]] |
+ | *[[Otters Fizzy Orange Juice (Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes)|Otters Fizzy Orange Juice]] |
*[[Out to Lunch Fake Moustache]] |
*[[Out to Lunch Fake Moustache]] |
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*[[Penelope's Purple Pussy Cats]] |
*[[Penelope's Purple Pussy Cats]] |
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− | *''[[Portable Swamp]]'' |
+ | *''[[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. |
− | *''[[Reusable Hangman]]'' |
+ | *''[[Reusable Hangman]]'' – "''Spell It Or He'll Swing''." |
*[[Rubby O' Chicken|Rubby O’Chicken]] |
*[[Rubby O' Chicken|Rubby O’Chicken]] |
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− | *[[Screaming Yo-yo]] |
+ | *[[Screaming Yo-yo]] 5 Galleons |
*[[Self-Propelling Custard Pie|Self-propelling Custard Pies]] |
*[[Self-Propelling Custard Pie|Self-propelling Custard Pies]] |
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*[[Self-Writing Quill]] |
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*[[Sunny Spells]] |
*[[Sunny Spells]] |
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*[[Tiny Twister]] |
*[[Tiny Twister]] |
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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]]'' |
+ | *''[[U-No-Poo]]'' – a causative product with a name meant to parody "[[Tom Riddle|You-Know-Who]]" (causes constipation). |
+ | *[[Umbridge on Unicycle]] |
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*[[Unlucky Dip]] |
*[[Unlucky Dip]] |
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*[[Weasley Authentic]] |
*[[Weasley Authentic]] |
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*[[Weasleys Wonderous Wands|Weasley’s Wonderous Wands]] |
*[[Weasleys Wonderous Wands|Weasley’s Wonderous Wands]] |
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*[[Weasleys' Dragon Roasted Nuts]] |
*[[Weasleys' Dragon Roasted Nuts]] |
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*[[Bang Bang Boggart Banger]] |
*[[Bang Bang Boggart Banger]] |
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*[[Bombtastic Bomb]] |
*[[Bombtastic Bomb]] |
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*[[Box 'O' Rockets]] |
*[[Box 'O' Rockets]] |
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*[[Crystal Incantation Comet]] |
*[[Crystal Incantation Comet]] |
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*[[Diabolic Dare Devils]] |
*[[Diabolic Dare Devils]] |
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*[[Dragon Fire]] |
*[[Dragon Fire]] |
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*[[Thor's Thunder Cracker]] |
*[[Thor's Thunder Cracker]] |
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*[[Voodoo Fountain]] |
*[[Voodoo Fountain]] |
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− | *''[[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs]]'' |
+ | *''[[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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*[[Eduardo's Unbreakable Eggs|Edurado’s Unbreakable Eggs]] |
*[[Eduardo's Unbreakable Eggs|Edurado’s Unbreakable Eggs]] |
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*[[The Haunted Deck|Haunted Deck]] |
*[[The Haunted Deck|Haunted Deck]] |
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*[[Smith & Co. Tick Tock Clock]] |
*[[Smith & Co. Tick Tock Clock]] |
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*[[Soldiers On Parade|Soldiers on Parade]] |
*[[Soldiers On Parade|Soldiers on Parade]] |
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⚫ | *''[[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]]'' – When thrown into the air, this powder covers everything around it in darkness, which cannot be penetrated by spells like the [[Wand-Lighting Charm]] or [[Fire-Making Spell]] 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.<ref name="HBP29">{{HBP|B|29}}</ref> |
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⚫ | *''[[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]]'' When thrown into the air, this powder covers everything around it in darkness, which cannot be penetrated by spells like |
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⚫ | Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products designed and marketed for witches. The whole display is violently pink.<ref name="HBP6"/> 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.<ref name="HBP15"/> |
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*[[Calamity Lotion]] |
*[[Calamity Lotion]] |
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*[[Crush Blush]] |
*[[Crush Blush]] |
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*[[Kissing Concoction]] |
*[[Kissing Concoction]] |
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*[[Love is Blind Eye Serum]] |
*[[Love is Blind Eye Serum]] |
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+ | *''[[Patented Daydream Charm]]s'' – virtually undetectable highly realistic thirty-minute daydreams (side-effects can be: slight drooling and a dazed expression, Not for sale for wizards under 16).<ref name="HBP6"/> |
− | *''[[Pygmy Puff]]s'' |
+ | *''[[Pygmy Puff]]s'' – miniature [[puffskein]]s with pink or purple fur. They have small, beady eyes and ears. Ginny Weasley was a known owner of [[Arnold]] the Pygmy Puff.<ref name="HBP6"/> |
*''[[Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher]]'', excellent on everything from boils to blackheads. |
*''[[Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher]]'', excellent on everything from boils to blackheads. |
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*[[Twilight Moonbeams]] |
*[[Twilight Moonbeams]] |
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+ | *''[[Candy In a Can]]'' – "''This product contains candy''" |
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+ | *''[[Edible Dark Mark]]s – '' "''They'll make anyone sick!''" |
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*[[Sugar Hexes]] |
*[[Sugar Hexes]] |
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− | *''[[Ton-Tongue Toffee]]'' (tested by the Weasley twins on [[Dudley Dursley]] |
+ | *''[[Ton-Tongue Toffee]]'' – (tested by the Weasley twins on [[Dudley Dursley]]) - when eaten, they cause the tongue to rapidly swell and turn purple.<ref name="GOF4">{{GOF|B|4}}</ref> |
+ | *[[Unchewable Chew Chews]] (UCC) |
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*''[[Wakefields Off the Record Glow in the Dark Gum]]'', glow in the dark [[bubblegum]]. |
*''[[Wakefields Off the Record Glow in the Dark Gum]]'', glow in the dark [[bubblegum]]. |
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+ | </tabber> |
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+ | ==Additional services== |
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− | ==Employees and associates== |
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+ | {{Quote|Well, we haven’t had a chance to get premises yet, so we’re running it as a mailorder service at the moment. We put advertisements in the ''Daily Prophet'' last week.|Fred and George's startup business was mailorder|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
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+ | [[Owl Order Service]] was used by various business in order to deliver their products to buyers. The ''[[Daily Prophet]] ''used this service to deliver their newspapers and so does Weasley's Wizard Wheezes to deliver a wide range of products. The twins would send them disguised as perfumes and [[cough potion]]s.<ref name="HBP15">{{HBP|B|15}}</ref> |
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+ | Fred and George Weasley did this in order to smuggle banned items from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. They did this under the nose of caretaker [[Argus Filch]], disguising the products as perfumes and cough potions.<ref name="HBP15" /> Information regarding this service was explained on the back of the [[WonderWitch]] products the twins showed [[Hermione Granger]] and their sister Ginny in the summer of 1996.<ref name="HBP6" /> |
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+ | ==Associates== |
+ | <gallery widths="125" orientation="portrait" spacing="medium"> |
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− | *The first official premises of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was at 93 Diagon Alley. |
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+ | Harry Potter.jpg|[[Harry Potter]] (Investor) |
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+ | PHELPS2-1.jpg|[[Fred Weasley]] † (Founder) |
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+ | DH promo front closeup George Weasley.jpg|[[George Weasley]] (Founder/Co-Manager) |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | All employees at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes wore a magenta robe. [[Harry Potter]] noted that these robes clashed magnificently with Fred and George's red hair.<ref name="HBP6" /> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | [[File:Weasleys Wizard Wheezes 2.png|thumb|The shop as seen in {{PAS}}]] |
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+ | *[[Argus Filch|Filch]]'s ban on the [[Weasley's Wizard Wheezes|store]]'s products did not span to [[Pygmy Puff]]s, as [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] takes her Pygmy Puff, [[Arnold]], into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. |
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⚫ | *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)| |
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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">{{HBP|F}} DVD 2nd-disc Special Feature: Close-Up with the cast of Harry Potter - Art with [[Bonnie Wright]].</ref> |
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− | *The cash register used in the sixth film was bought off on eBay.{{Fact}} |
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⚫ | *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]]''. |
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+ | *The cash register used in the sixth film was bought off of eBay.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-20-surprising-facts-211784/ 'Harry Potter': 20 Surprising Facts About Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Shop]</ref> |
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*Despite the rebellious nature of some of these products, the twins were nevertheless subject to certain [[Ministry of Magic Regulations — REDt230/0008 ELIMA — No. 999888000009.PRET|Ministry regulations]]. |
*Despite the rebellious nature of some of these products, the twins were nevertheless subject to certain [[Ministry of Magic Regulations — REDt230/0008 ELIMA — No. 999888000009.PRET|Ministry regulations]]. |
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+ | *Fred and George's latter skill with their shop was actually foreshadowed in the video game versions of the series. |
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+ | **In the PC/MAC version and console versions of [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|''the Philosopher's Stone'']] the twins trade Harry [[Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans|Bertie Bott's Beans]] for Famous Wizard trading cards; the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube versions in particular they set up a shop in Gryffindor tower, which is only open at night in a [[Disused Bathroom (Fred and George's Shop)|secret bathroom]] (past a portrait with a password) that must be accessed by sneaking through the [[Gryffindor Tower reading room|Study Room]] past Percy. The Game Boy versions had the boys setting up shop in [[Classroom 5B]] with ''two'' shops; [[Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement]] and [[Weasley Candy Emporium]]. [[File:PAS Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.png|thumb|150px|right|The Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes logo]] |
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+ | ***This is the only time in the games where the boys have two shops with individual names. |
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+ | ***In the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube versions, there is also a chest that Harry can pay beans to for a random item, good or bad. |
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+ | **The PC/MAC version of [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'']] has the boys set up an economic system of merchants throughout the school, while the other console versions the location is the same as before (only the randomization chest is removed). In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBC)|GBC version]] it is a shop in Diagon Alley and not connected to the Weasleys in any way. |
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+ | ***Ironically the boys would end up opening their own shop there four years later. |
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+ | **In [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']] the twins' shop somewhat differs; in the console versions, it is a [[Disused Bathroom (Fred and George's Shop)|similar bathroom]] on the sixth floor, only much larger with a challenge room beyond it for the [[Marauders' Map]]; while on the GBA version, it is instead a shop similar to the GBC games that can be accessed on the [[Disused seventh floor bathroom|seventh floor]] instead. Their inventory has expanded significantly from the second game, including [[Cauldron Cake]]s, [[Pumpkin Pasty|Pumpkin Pasties]], [[Password]]s for the portraits around the castle, and special [[Chocolate Frog Card]]s. |
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+ | ***Most notably, at the back of the shop is a card with the wizard's image blocked out, which Fred and George promise to give Harry for free if he collects all other cards in the set. Collecting all of the Wizard cards unlocks Harry's own wizard card and opens the [[Bean Bonus Room]] with an unlimited timer. This is the only time in the series Fred and George have displayed the ability to access the room. |
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==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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{{Imagecat|Images of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes}} |
{{Imagecat|Images of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes}} |
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+ | *{{GOF}} {{1st}} |
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+ | *{{OOTP}} |
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− | *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st Mention}} |
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+ | *{{OOTP|F}} {{C|as Weasley and Weasley}} |
+ | *{{OOTP|G}} |
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− | *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' |
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+ | *{{HBP}} |
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− | *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' |
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+ | *{{HBP|F}} {{C|as Pieces of Modern Magic}} |
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− | *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]'' |
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+ | *{{HBP|G}} |
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− | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{Mention}} |
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+ | *{{DH}} |
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− | *''[[Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book]]'' |
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+ | *{{DH|F1}} |
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− | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]'' {{Mention}} |
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+ | *{{DH|G1}} |
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− | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'' |
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+ | *{{CC}} {{Mention}} {{Possible}} |
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+ | *{{CC|P}} {{Mention}} {{Possible}} |
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+ | *{{PM}} |
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+ | *{{WW}} |
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+ | *{{HPFW}} |
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+ | *{{MHP}} |
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+ | *{{HPPU}} |
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+ | *{{LEGO|C}} {{Mention}} |
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+ | *{{LEGO|Y2}} |
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+ | *{{LEGO|D}} |
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+ | *{{LEGO}} |
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+ | *{{WWHP}} {{C|[[Diagon Alley]]}} |
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+ | *{{HPV|CH}} {{Mention}} |
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+ | *{{HPV|CR}} |
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+ | *{{WU}} |
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+ | *{{PAS}} |
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 23 March 2024
Warning!
At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. |
- "WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO?
YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT U-NO-POO —
THE CONSTIPATION SENSATION THAT'S GRIPPING THE NATION!" - — Sign outside Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes[src]
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes,[1] also known as Weasley & Weasley,[2] was a joke shop located at 93 Diagon Alley founded by Fred and George Weasley.
The shop contained practical joke objects, such as Extendable Ears, a Reusable Hangman, Skiving Snackboxes, and Fred and George's special WonderWitch products, such as Love Potions, Ten-Second Pimple Vanishers, and Pygmy Puffs. There was also a section of Muggle Magic Tricks, which were said to have done steady business, despite not being big sellers. The shop also sold a number of defensive magical objects.[1]
This establishment started out as an 'owl-post service' led by the twins from the Burrow, and later continued from Hogwarts, selling joke-products until the store front was opened.
The shop was the Weasley twins' dream. The seed money for the shop was Harry Potter's Triwizard Tournament 1,000 galleon winnings.[3]
Location
- "Set against the dull, poster-muffled shop fronts around them, Fred and George's windows hit the eye like a firework, display. Casual passersby were looking back over their shoulders at the windows, and a few rather stunned-looking people had actually come to a halt, transfixed. The left-hand window was dazzlingly full of an assortment of goods that revolved, popped, flashed, bounced, and shrieked; Harry's eyes began to water just looking at it."
- — Harry Potter describing the exterior of the shop[src]
The first official premises of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was at 93 Diagon Alley.[1] The shop's exterior was bright and attention grabbing, when compared to the shops that surrounded it.
In 1997, the founders, Fred and George Weasley were known to be looking at buying Zonko's Joke Shop after it closed.[4] However, due to various complications such as Fred's death and the return of Voldemort, it is unclear if this purchase was made.
History
Starting up
- 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[src]
While still students at Hogwarts, Fred and George were inspired to develop a number of practical joke products. They initially developed these products 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. She also wished them to get jobs in the Ministry of Magic, like their father.[5] 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.[3]
Luckily, the twins got the money for the shop through Harry Potter's unwanted Triwizard Tournament winnings of 1,000 Galleons, while the three were alone before disembarking the Hogwarts Express at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. They reluctantly accepted the winnings only on his insistence, with his only requests being that they not tell Molly where the money came from, and to buy Ron new dress robes without mentioning Harry's name. Since Harry gave them their start-up loan, after establishing their storefront Fred and George in turn insisted that he help himself to whatever he wanted, free of charge.[3]
Twin's 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..."
- — Fred thinking of buying Zonko's[src]
During their last and unfinished year at Hogwarts, Fred and George tested many of their products on fellow students, wishing to determine if everyone responded the same to their products. Gryffindor prefect Hermione Granger did not approve of this.[6] The twins apparently did not warn the younger students what the sweets would do.
Hermione was furious (while fellow prefect Ron Weasley refused to interfere) and she immediately told the twins and Lee off for experimenting on unsuspecting children. George and Lee tried to reassure her that it was not dangerous, while Fred claimed it was fine since they had paid their subjects, but Hermione insisted that they stop. Fred and George initially scoffed at her attempt to stop them, but immediately backed down when she threatened to tell their mother. Hermione was quite annoyed with Ron for not supporting her in standing up to the twins.[7]
After releasing their Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs and Portable Swamp on school grounds and defecting from Hogwarts in order to rebel against Dolores Umbridge's tyrannical rule, the twins left to fulfil their dreams of opening a joke shop.[8]
Prior to their departure, they offered a discount for any Hogwarts students who would swear to use their products to eliminate Umbridge.[8] Fred and George gave Peeves final instructions just before they left the school. Peeves saluted the twins, this was possibly the first time he had knowingly and willingly obeyed a Hogwarts student.[8]
The Second Wizarding War
- Molly Weasley: "U-No-Poo. They’ll be murdered in their beds!"
- Ron Weasley: "No they won’t! This is brilliant!"
- — Molly and Ron see the shop for the first time[src]
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. The Triwizard Tournament winnings allowed them to purchase a storefront 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.[1] However, because of Hogwarts security being raised to the point that all Hogsmeade trips were cancelled,[9] they saw no point to this. However, they did start selling love potions by Owl Order disguised as cough potions, as Argus Filch couldn’t recognise one potion from the other.[10]
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 for free, as he was their investor.[1] 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.[11] Their mother, despite not initially approving their dream, was glad to see they managed to make such success and joy in their career.
Although much of their products were meant for fun and games, when the Ministry bought 500 Shield Hats for staff protection, the twins decided to expand their products to a more serious line of Defence Against the Dark Arts, as many bureaucratic employees could not cast so much as a decent Shield Charm. They also made a mockery of Lord Voldemort by placing one of their product's slogan on the front window: U-No-Poo, which led their mother to fear for their lives, but Ron to laugh.[1]
In 1996 the store was packed with customers. When Harry visited he could not get near the shelves. 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.[12] Fred and George both fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, where Fred was killed in an explosion whilst fighting alongside Percy Weasley.[13]
After the war
- "In the immediate aftermath of the battle Weasley, whose famous ginger hair appears to be thinning slightly, entered into employment with the Ministry of Magic alongside Potter, but left only two years later to co-manage the highly successful wizarding joke emporium Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Was he, as he stated at the time, 'delighted to assist my brother George with a business I've always loved'?"
- — DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY REUNITES AT QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP FINAL[src]
George continued to operate the business after Fred's death, despite never fully getting over the loss of his twin.[14] 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 turn Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into an even more gigantic money-spinner.[14]
By December 2010, some of the products invented for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes including Fever Fudge and the Electric Shock Shake, were also being sold at Zonko's Joke Shop.[15]
Products
The shop was filled with boxes that were piled to the ceiling. When entering the shop the boxes that were in sight were the Skiving Snackboxes.[1] The Nosebleed Nougat were the most popular, only one battered box was left on the shelf. Within sight of the door on the way to the counter were bins full of trick wands. Near the trick wands there was boxes of quills.[1]
There were reusable hangmen located at the counter. Patented Daydream Charms were a large display near the counter. The WonderWitch products were near the daydream charms next to the window.[1] The WonderWitch products were a array of violently pink products that attracted the attention of girls. A cage of Pygmy Puffs was located there as well.[1]
Towards the back of the shop was a stand of Muggle magic tricks. Near the Muggle magic tricks was a tub labelled edible dark marks. The more serious products that focused on Defence Against the Dark Arts were located in the back behind a certain out of sight.[1] The packaging on these products were more subdued and less flashy.[1]
Product packaging
Items sold
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sold a large variety of magical products. These included simple things, objects with advanced magical abilities, and Pygmy Puffs.
- 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.
- Broom Broom kit
- Bruise removal paste
- Bubble Boy
- Canary Cream 7 Sickles
- Comb-a-Chameleon
- Creepy Crawlies
- Demon Box
- Dungbombs
- Electric Shock Shake
- Extendable Ears – used to hear voices at the other end of the ear.
- Fanged Flyer
- Fanged Frisbee
- Happy Bubble Box
- Headless Hats – make the wearer's head invisible (along with the hat itself).
- Loonar Loop Luminators costs 1 Galleon 6 Sickles 3 Knuts
- Lucky Dip
- Magical Moustache Miracle Stubble Grow
- Mega Box
- Mysterious Midnight Moon Madness
- Nose Biting Teacup
- Otters Fizzy Orange Juice
- Out to Lunch Fake Moustache
- Penelope's Purple Pussy Cats
- Portable Swamp – creates a swamp when used.
- Quality Weasley Goods
- Quills – in Smart Answer, Self Inking and Spell Checking varieties.
- Reusable Hangman – "Spell It Or He'll Swing."
- Rubby O’Chicken
- Screaming Yo-yo 5 Galleons
- Self-propelling Custard Pies
- Self-Writing Quill
- Shimmering Silver Salt Drops
- Sticky Trainers
- Sunny Spells
- Tiny Twister
- 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).
- Umbridge on Unicycle
- Unlucky Dip
- Weasley Authentic
- Weasley Joke Box
- Weasley's Snowstorm
- Weasley's Wet Weather
- Weasley’s Wonderous Wands
- Weasleys' Dragon Roasted Nuts
- Weather in a Bottle
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.
- Bang Bang Boggart Banger
- Bombtastic Bomb
- Box 'O' Rockets
- Crystal Incantation Comet
- Demon Dung Crackers
- Diabolic Dare Devils
- Dragon Fire
- Exploding Whizz Poppers
- Feathery Flamingo Flame Fuzzer
- Fred-N-Georges' Pyrotechnics Compendium
- Fred Weasley's Basic Blaze Box
- George's Compendium Box of Pyrotechtrix
- Loonar Loop Luminators
- Miraculous Mystic Mayhem Makers
- Peace Disturber
- Rocket Box
- Silver Sparkling Snakes
- Spectrum Splasher
- Thestral Thrasher
- Thor's Thunder Cracker
- Voodoo Fountain
- 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.
- Whack Trance Whammy Rocket
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products designed and marketed for witches. The whole display is violently pink.[1] 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.[10]
- Calamity Lotion
- Crush Blush
- Cupid Crystals
- Everlasting Eyelashes
- First Love Beguiling Bubbles
- Flirting Fancies
- Heartbreak Teardrops
- Kissing Concoction
- Love is Blind Eye Serum
- 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).[1]
- Pygmy Puffs – miniature puffskeins with pink or purple fur. They have small, beady eyes and ears. Ginny Weasley was a known owner of Arnold the Pygmy Puff.[1]
- Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher, excellent on everything from boils to blackheads.
- Twilight Moonbeams
Additional services
- "Well, we haven’t had a chance to get premises yet, so we’re running it as a mailorder service at the moment. We put advertisements in the Daily Prophet last week."
- — Fred and George's startup business was mailorder[src]
Owl Order Service was used by various business in order to deliver their products to buyers. The Daily Prophet used this service to deliver their newspapers and so does Weasley's Wizard Wheezes to deliver a wide range of products. The twins would send them disguised as perfumes and cough potions.[10]
Fred and George Weasley did this in order to smuggle banned items from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They did this under the nose of caretaker Argus Filch, disguising the products as perfumes and cough potions.[10] Information regarding this service was explained on the back of the WonderWitch products the twins showed Hermione Granger and their sister Ginny in the summer of 1996.[1]
Associates
Uniform
All employees at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes wore a magenta robe. Harry Potter noted that these robes clashed magnificently with Fred and George's red hair.[1]
Behind the scenes
- Filch's ban on the store's products did not span to Pygmy Puffs, as Ginny Weasley takes her Pygmy Puff, Arnold, into Hogwarts.
- 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".[19]
- 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 of eBay.[20]
- Despite the rebellious nature of some of these products, the twins were nevertheless subject to certain Ministry regulations.
- Fred and George's latter skill with their shop was actually foreshadowed in the video game versions of the series.
- In the PC/MAC version and console versions of the Philosopher's Stone the twins trade Harry Bertie Bott's Beans for Famous Wizard trading cards; the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube versions in particular they set up a shop in Gryffindor tower, which is only open at night in a secret bathroom (past a portrait with a password) that must be accessed by sneaking through the Study Room past Percy. The Game Boy versions had the boys setting up shop in Classroom 5B with two shops; Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement and Weasley Candy Emporium.
- This is the only time in the games where the boys have two shops with individual names.
- In the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube versions, there is also a chest that Harry can pay beans to for a random item, good or bad.
- The PC/MAC version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has the boys set up an economic system of merchants throughout the school, while the other console versions the location is the same as before (only the randomization chest is removed). In the GBC version it is a shop in Diagon Alley and not connected to the Weasleys in any way.
- Ironically the boys would end up opening their own shop there four years later.
- In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban the twins' shop somewhat differs; in the console versions, it is a similar bathroom on the sixth floor, only much larger with a challenge room beyond it for the Marauders' Map; while on the GBA version, it is instead a shop similar to the GBC games that can be accessed on the seventh floor instead. Their inventory has expanded significantly from the second game, including Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties, Passwords for the portraits around the castle, and special Chocolate Frog Cards.
- Most notably, at the back of the shop is a card with the wizard's image blocked out, which Fred and George promise to give Harry for free if he collects all other cards in the set. Collecting all of the Wizard cards unlocks Harry's own wizard card and opens the Bean Bonus Room with an unlimited timer. This is the only time in the series Fred and George have displayed the ability to access the room.
- In the PC/MAC version and console versions of the Philosopher's Stone the twins trade Harry Bertie Bott's Beans for Famous Wizard trading cards; the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube versions in particular they set up a shop in Gryffindor tower, which is only open at night in a secret bathroom (past a portrait with a password) that must be accessed by sneaking through the Study Room past Percy. The Game Boy versions had the boys setting up shop in Classroom 5B with two shops; Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement and Weasley Candy Emporium.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (as Weasley and Weasley)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (as Pieces of Modern Magic)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only) (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only) (Possible appearance)
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- Harry Potter Film Wizardry
- The Making of Harry Potter
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- LEGO Dimensions
- LEGO Harry Potter
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Diagon Alley)
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
- Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
- The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
- The Art of Harry Potter Mini Book of Graphic Design
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37 (The Beginning)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 19 (Elf Tails)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 5 (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 18 (Birthday Surprises)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 29 (The Phoenix Lament)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 25 (Shell Cottage)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 32 (The Elder Wand)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007
- ↑ Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Where's Wolf
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 21 (The House-Elf Liberation Front)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 6 (The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 4 (Back to The Burrow)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 'Harry Potter': 20 Surprising Facts About Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Shop
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