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|location=*[[Diagon Alley North Side|North Side]], [[Diagon Alley]], [[London]], [[England]], [[Great Britain]]
 
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*[[Hogsmeade]], [[Scotland]], [[Great Britain]]
 
 
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'''Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment''' is a shop in [[Diagon Alley North Side|North Side]], [[Diagon Alley]] that sold a wide variety of [[magic]]al instruments like telescopes and hourglasses. There was also a local branch in [[Hogsmeade]].
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'''Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment''' was a shop in [[Diagon Alley North Side|North Side]], [[Diagon Alley]] that sold a wide variety of [[magic]]al instruments like telescopes and hourglasses.
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== Products sold ==
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* Brass Scales (3 Galleons)
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* Brass Telescope (5 Galleons)
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* Crystal Phials (7 Galleons)
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* Moon Chart (5 Galleons)
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* Silver Scales (7 Galleons)
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* Glass Phials (5 Galleons)
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* Star Chart (6 Galleons)
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* Globe of the Moon (13 Galleons)
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
*The Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment shop's name is not revealed in the [[Harry Potter books|books]]. The shop was first referred to as such in the "Tour Diagon Alley" feature included on Disc 2 of the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|DVD release]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', and was then confirmed in ''[[Pottermore]]''.
 
*The Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment shop's name is not revealed in the [[Harry Potter books|books]]. The shop was first referred to as such in the "Tour Diagon Alley" feature included on Disc 2 of the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|DVD release]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', and was then confirmed in ''[[Pottermore]]''.
 
*The shop is showcased in Traveler's Tales ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' game. Players are able to purchase 'fun spells' with [[LEGO Harry Potter]] studs at the Diagon Alley shop; spells from the Harry Potter universe for causing mischief as you explore [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], like changing other character's appearances, causing them to dance or even belch slugs. Special spells can be found on the upper level of the shop by entering game codes.
 
*The shop is showcased in Traveler's Tales ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' game. Players are able to purchase 'fun spells' with [[LEGO Harry Potter]] studs at the Diagon Alley shop; spells from the Harry Potter universe for causing mischief as you explore [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], like changing other character's appearances, causing them to dance or even belch slugs. Special spells can be found on the upper level of the shop by entering game codes.
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*Before the Diagon Alley expansion at ''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]'', one could find a Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment (actually just a fake storefront) in [[Hogsmeade]]. Following the expansion, it was replaced by [[Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop]].<ref name="WWoHP">''"[http://blog.touringplans.com/2014/04/23/universal-potterwatch-interactive-wand-rumors-knight-bus-puddifoot/ PotterWatch: Knight Bus, Madam Puddifoot, and Interactive Wand Rumors]"'' at [http://touringplans.com TouringPlans.com]</ref>
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
*''[[Pottermore]]''<ref>http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/jk-rowlings-pottermore-reveal-harry-potter-e-books-and-more.ars</ref>
 
*''[[Pottermore]]''<ref>http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/jk-rowlings-pottermore-reveal-harry-potter-e-books-and-more.ars</ref>
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*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 02:41, 23 December 2014

Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment was a shop in North Side, Diagon Alley that sold a wide variety of magical instruments like telescopes and hourglasses.

Products sold

  • Brass Scales (3 Galleons)
  • Brass Telescope (5 Galleons)
  • Crystal Phials (7 Galleons)
  • Moon Chart (5 Galleons)
  • Silver Scales (7 Galleons)
  • Glass Phials (5 Galleons)
  • Star Chart (6 Galleons)
  • Globe of the Moon (13 Galleons)

Behind the scenes

Etymology

A "wiseacre", which is derived from the word "wise", refers to a person who claims to be knowledgeable about everything (but is not).

Appearances

Notes and references


London's wizarding quarter
England, Great Britain
Carkitt Market - Diagon Alley - Horizont Alley - Knockturn Alley
Diagon Alley
Shops

2nd Hand Brooms · Amanuensis Quills · Badeea Ali's uncle's tea shop · Bats! Bats! Bats! · Belcher's Bottled Beers · Bernie Balls Fireworks · Blinkhorn's workshop · Boogermongers · Boot and Shoemaker for Witches and Wizards · Brigg's Brooms · Bufo's · Broomstix · Broom Brakes Service · Broom Shop · Caput Mortuum · Cauldron Workshop · Cranville Quincey's Magical Junkshop · Creepy Scrawlers Stationers · Crispa Culpepper's Drugs & Preparations · Diagon Alley Arts Club · Diagon Alley cafés · The Diagon Dispensary · Eeylops Owl Emporium · Fine Enchanting Cauldrons · Flail & Hyde Furriers · Floo-Pow · Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour · Florist's stall · Flourish and Blotts · Gaberlunzie Garments · Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop · Grandma Gramercy's Grandiloquent Gramophones · The Harpy's Bazaar · Healer Shop · Herbert's Sherbets · J. Pippin's Potions · Janus Galloglass · Jimmy Kiddell's Wonderful Wands · The Junk Shop · Krakens · Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions · Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions · The Magic Lantern · Magical Menagerie · Mandrake Mufflers · Marcus Minucius Myomancer · Mourning & Starr Armourers · Mr Milvus Grizedale, Kitemaker · Mr Mulpepper's Apothecary · Mr Trismus, Mouth Magician · Mulligrubs Materia Medica · Nell's Bells · Nollikins for Scrolls & Skins · Noltie's Botanical Novelties · Obscurus Books · Oldknowe Books · Ollivanders · Owl Post Office · Pettichaps · Potage's Cauldron Shop · Praedico Predico · Quality Quidditch Supplies · Rosa Lee Teabag · S. Starling · Scribbulus Writing Implements · Second-Hand Bookshop · Second-Hand Robes · Shrew & Scold's Bridal Wear · Slug & Jiggers Apothecary · Spindlewarps Wool Shop · Sugarplum's Sweets Shop · Surgical and Dental Operator · Tangle & Noils Wigmakers & Perruquiers · Tatoo Artist · The Three Sheets · Trading Card Shop · Tut's Nuts · Twilfitt and Tattings · Twinkle's Telescopes · Unidentified shop · Vietch's Leeches · Wand Showroom · Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes · What Larks! Songbird Specialists · Whizz Hard Books · Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment · Wynch & Tugg Movers · ZA Coffee

Other services

Brews and Stews · Daily Prophet's main office · Diagon Alley stalls · GalleLoans · Gold Pole · Gringotts Wizarding Bank · The Ministry Press · Ollivanders Wand Repair and Re-Tooling · Peter Boat · TerrorTours

Locations

1 Diagon Alley · 129b Diagon Alley · 18a Diagon Alley · 275 Diagon Alley · 343 Diagon Alley South · 521 Diagon Alley · 59 Diagon Alley · 92 Diagon Alley · 93 Diagon Alley · 94 Diagon Alley · Penny Haywood's flat

Known residents and shop employees

Archibald Bennett · Broom Shop shopkeeper · Badeea Ali · Badeea Ali's uncle · Clutterbuck Crispe · Cranville Quincey · Daily Prophet personnel · Edwin Avarus · Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour attendant · Fred Weasley · Garrick Ollivander · George Weasley · Healer · Jimmy Kiddell · J. Pippin · Penny Haywood · Penny Haywood's flatmate · Madam Primpernelle · Manager of Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop · Mulpepper · Podric Batworthy · Ronald Weasley · Shimmy Hardoteer · Sugarplum · Unidentified florist in Diagon Alley · Verity · Villanelle