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"...immobilising two pixies at once with a clever Freezing Charm and stuffing them back into their cage."
Hermione Granger's use of the charm in a second-year Defence Against the Dark Arts class[src]

The Freezing Charm[4][5] (Immobulus)[1][2][3] was a charm which immobilised and stopped the actions of the target.[4] With the use of this charm, the movement of living[5] or animated targets was stopped,[4] and the functioning of objects such as Muggle burglar alarms was halted.[6] It could also be used to render a Whomping Willow safely immobile.[7][8]

History[]

This spell was covered in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk,[5] and was thus likely taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to second-year students in Charms class.

At the end of the 1986–1987 school year at Hogwarts, this spell was taught to Jacob's sibling by their House Prefect as a farewell gift.[9]

Known uses[]

"It's quite easy once you know how, one simple Freezing Charm on these absurd burglar alarms..."
— Horace Slughorn telling Albus Dumbledore about his use of this charm[src]
Caster(s) Date Notes
Hermione Granger Fall 1992 Used this spell to successfully freeze a pair of pixies in her second year after her teacher tried and failed to subdue them using the nonsense incantation Peskipiksi Pesternomi.[4]
Horace Slughorn 1996 Used this charm to freeze the burglar alarms of Muggle houses he stayed in while in hiding from the Death Eaters.[6]

Known practitioners[]

Etymology[]

The incantation is derived from Latin immobilis meaning "immobile, unmoving".

Behind the scenes[]

ImmobulusPAS

This spell as seen in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

Appearances[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (see this image)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Treat: we're giving you a spellbinding Pottermore Treat" on the Pottermore Insider
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Pottermore, The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4 (Horace Slughorn)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
  8. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 24 (Return to the Forest) - Herbology Lesson "Whomping Willow"
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "Farewell My Prefect"
  10. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 26 (Chaos Ensues)
  11. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Side Quest "Tournament of Clubs"
  12. "Ollivanders Wand Shop in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" on YouTube
  13. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

See also[]

Charms (class)
PS Wingardium Leviosa feather
Charm-book writers and developers
Blagdon Blay · Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Helixa Hyslop · Syna Hyslop · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Violeta Stitch
Professors Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick · Abraham Ronen · Unidentified male professor · Unidentified medieval professor
Textbooks Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Anti-Alohomora Charm · Ascension Charm (Ascendio) · Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Blackboard Writing Spell · Blue sparks · Bombardment Spell (Bombarda) · Box Blasting Charm (Cistem Aperio) · Bubble-Head Charm · Cheering Charm · Cleaning Charm · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Confundus Charm (Confundo) · Counter-charm for hiccoughs · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Entrancing Enchantments (theoretically) · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Extinguishing Spell · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Gouging Spell (Defodio) · Growth Charm · Ice Jinx · Impervius Charm (Impervius) · Knitting Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spells · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar to wine spell · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)
The Standard Book of Spells
Book of Spells 1
Grade 1 · Grade 2 · Grade 3 · Grade 4 · Grade 5 · Grade 6 · Grade 7
Charms included in the series: Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Nonverbal spell · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
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