Jelly-Legs Curse

Jelly-Legs Curse
Incantation	Locomotor Wibbly (LOH-koh-moh-tor WIB-lee)
Type	Curse, Jinx
Hand movement
Light	Orange
Effect	Legs become wobbly

"Jelly-Legs Curse: Point your wand directly at your enemy and shout Locomotor Wibbly!'"

— Vindictus Viridian, Curses and Counter-Curses

The Jelly-Legs Curse, also known as the Jelly-Legs Jinx (Locomotor Wibbly) was a dark charm that caused the victim's legs to collapse as if they were turned to jelly. This spell was covered in Curses and Counter-Curses by Professor Vindictus Viridian.

This spell would have unpleasant side effects if used in conjunction with the Pimple Jinx, namely causing little tentacles to sprout all over the victim's face.

Known users

Caster(s)	Date	Notes
Nymphadora Tonks	1987	Tonks learned this spell as a young girl, and taught it to Jacob's sibling.
Jacob's sibling		Jacob's sibling was taught this spell by Tonks, as thanks for helping her avoid detention.
Jacob's sibling	1990–1991 school year	Used this spell on Merula Snyde in combination with Ben Copper's Pimple Jinx, to give her red tentacled boils on her face.
Hermione Granger	June 1995	Hermione used this spell on Harry Potter while he was practising the Shield Charm for the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament.
George Weasley		Crabbe was hit with this spell, in combination with Pimple Jinx, by Harry and George Weasley, causing little tentacles to sprout all over his face.
Neville Longbottom	September 1996	Neville used this spell during their first sixth year Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson on Hermione Granger, but she used a nonverbal Shield Charm to block it.
Kevin Farrell	2009	Kevin used this spell to subdue Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's security troll when it became aggressive and tried to attack Robyn Thistlethwaite.
Fischer Frey	2010–2011 school year	Fischer used this spell on his brother, Colby Frey, as part of a test so that the brothers could learn what the spell's effects felt like in case it was cast on them in a duel.

Known practitioners

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Neville Longbottom

George Weasley

Nymphadora Tonks

Jacob's sibling

Kevin Farrell

Fischer Frey

Behind the scenes

• In the GBC video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this spell is used to paralyse the opponent for a near-indefinite amount of turns.
• When asked whether anything in the series reflects any of her childhood fantasies, author J. K. Rowling says, "...who wouldn't want to be able to use the Jelly-Legs Curse?". This seemingly confirms that it is a curse, rather than a jinx.
• There have been various mistranslations of this spell's name, such as "Jell-O Legs", "Jam Legs", "Broken Legs" and "Twisted Limping Legs", in the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese versions of the books.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (GBC version only)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Pottermore
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened

See also

• Jelly-Fingers Curse
• Leg-Locker Curse
• Stickfast Hex