1913 Defence Against the Dark Arts Boggart

"Are you a wizard, or what?"

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"It was Boggart time. Dumbledore supervised the line of teenagers advancing to try their luck. "Riddikulus", "Riddikulus", gusts of hilarity as a shark became a flotation device, a zombie's head turned into a pumpkin, a vampire turned into a buck-toothed rabbit."

— The Boggart during a lesson^[src]

This Boggart was procured by Professor Albus Dumbledore for use in a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson in the 1912–1913 school year.^[2]

Biography[]

In 1913, Albus Dumbledore taught his students the Boggart-Banishing Spell using this Boggart. During a class, the Boggart turned into the fears of several students: a shark, a zombie, a vampire, a Ministry desk (for Newton Scamander), and the drowning Corvus Lestrange V (for Leta Lestrange).^[2]

Appearances[]

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Appears in flashback(s))

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Boggart" at Harry Potter (website)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay, Scene 69

[PM-boggart-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Boggart" at Harry Potter (website)

[COG69-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay, Scene 69

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