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Aug 8, 2012 · Dumbledore tells Harry that since Harry got him the memory, they were closer to finding out how to defeat the Dark Lord, and that the memory shows that the Dark Lord would’ve made six Horcruxes. “But now, Harry, armed with this information, the crucial memory you have succeeded in procuring for us, we are closer to the secret of finishing Lord Voldemort than anyone has ever been before.
- Overview
- History
- Known types of Muggle-baiting
- Appearances
- Notes and references
George: "Why would anyone bother making door keys shrink?"
Arthur: "Just Muggle-baiting. Sell them a key that keeps shrinking to nothing so they can never find it when they need it... Of course, it's very hard to convict anyone because no Muggle would admit their key keeps shrinking--they'll insist they just keep losing it."
— Exchange between George and Arthur Weasley
Muggle-baiting was a term for the practical jokes which wizards and witches sometimes played on unsuspecting Muggles. These pranks typically involved enchanting everyday objects in a way that would confuse or frighten Muggles who encountered them.
According to Arthur Weasley, while some in the wizarding community considered Muggle-baiting to be simply a good laugh, it was actually a manifestation of much more serious anti-Muggle sentiments. Considered too trivial for Aurors to handle, the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol was responsible for catching such culprits instead.
The Ministry of Magic kept an official definition of what actions entail "Muggle-baiting". These definitions were "stringent", and some wizards believed more lenient definitions were in order.
During the 1990–1991 school year, a Muggle Artefact Smuggler practised Muggle-baiting by enchanting Muggle artefacts and selling them back to Muggles. He sold a cursed kettle which could severely burn its user to a Muggle, who had to be Obliviated after being burned.
Willy Widdershins was a wizard who regularly engaged in Muggle-baiting pranks, such as jinxing Regurgitating Toilets in Bethnal Green in 1995. He had prior sold Frog Spawn Soap to Muggles in the 1990–1991 school year, and was caught by the British Ministry of Magic for his crimes. He was eventually caught in December of 1995 by Ministry officials, when one of his Regurgitating Toilets backfired on him, covering him in its contents.
•Biting doorknobs
•Biting kettles
•Cursed kettles
•Regurgitating Toilets
•Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First mentioned)
•Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
•J. K. Rowling's official site (Mentioned only)
•Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
1.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3 (The Burrow)
2.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9 (The Woes of Mrs Weasley)
3.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7 (The Ministry of Magic)
4.Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test - Grade 1, Question 9
5.Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 12 (And Hello Magical Accidents and Catastrophes) - Assignment "Muggle Artefact Smuggler"
6.Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 32 (The Wizengamot Trial) - Assignment "To Catch a Prankster"
I.E. if you use a malicious spell on a Muggle it's a crime, but if the Wizengamot (or whatever body is doing the judging) determines it was motivated by blood purity, you're charged with Muggle Baiting, which is hopefully worse? This doesn't disprove your underlying point at all, more just curious about the definition of Muggle Baiting itself.
The Pensieve of Hogwarts was a magical instrument used by the Headteachers to view memories.[2] Professor Albus Dumbledore used it to review particular memories of Tom Riddle, among other things, and to give Harry Potter private lessons during the 1996–1997 school year.[4][5][6][7][8] It remained in the Headmaster's office after Dumbledore's passing, so was also used after the death of ...
Jan 9, 2022 · The memory that Harry saw in the Pensieve, of Snape being bullied and then calling Lily a slur, showed nothing that would surprise Voldemort. But we find out in “The Prince’s Tale” that the other two memories that Snape put in the Pensieve were about Snape switching allegiance to Dumbledore.
Apr 24, 2022 · When Dumbledore offers Slughorn the Hogwarts position, using Harry as bait, he knows Slughorn will be irresistibly intrigued by and attracted to Harry Potter's fame, and will want to hitch his own wagon to Harry's star; Dumbledore cleverly positions himself and Harry so that Slughorn will be fully exposed to Harry's presence.
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Dumbledore takes a small vial of memory from his robe and tells Harry that they are going to view one of Bob Ogden’s memories. Ogden worked for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Suddenly, Harry and Dumbledore are standing in a country lane, watching a plump man in glasses read a wooden signpost.
