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The '''Knockback Jinx''' is a [[spell]] which can be used to 'knock back' an opponent, blast jars and creatures or activate magically charmed switches. The incantation of this spell is ''Flipendo''. It is considered to be a most basic spell and is described as 'utilitarian'. Chapter One in [[The Standard Book of Spells]] Grade 1 and 2 are both descriptions of how to cast and use this [[jinx]]. It can easily be deflected by a simple [[Shield Charm|Shield]] or [[Disarming Charm]]. The Knockback Jinx has a more powerful form whose incantation is ''Flipendo Tria'' which resembles a miniature tornado.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' (GBA version)</ref>
 
The '''Knockback Jinx''' is a [[spell]] which can be used to 'knock back' an opponent, blast jars and creatures or activate magically charmed switches. The incantation of this spell is ''Flipendo''. It is considered to be a most basic spell and is described as 'utilitarian'. Chapter One in [[The Standard Book of Spells]] Grade 1 and 2 are both descriptions of how to cast and use this [[jinx]]. It can easily be deflected by a simple [[Shield Charm|Shield]] or [[Disarming Charm]]. The Knockback Jinx has a more powerful form whose incantation is ''Flipendo Tria'' which resembles a miniature tornado.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' (GBA version)</ref>
   

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"Knocks opponent over"
— The spell's description in The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection.[src]

The Knockback Jinx is a spell which can be used to 'knock back' an opponent, blast jars and creatures or activate magically charmed switches. The incantation of this spell is Flipendo. It is considered to be a most basic spell and is described as 'utilitarian'. Chapter One in The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1 and 2 are both descriptions of how to cast and use this jinx. It can easily be deflected by a simple Shield or Disarming Charm. The Knockback Jinx has a more powerful form whose incantation is Flipendo Tria which resembles a miniature tornado.[1]

Hogwarts

The Knockback Jinx is taught to first years in Defence Against the Dark Arts. The textbooks 'The Standard Book of Spells' Grade 1 and 2, contain the directions on how to cast and charge the spell. By second year, students learn how to charge up the spell to more powerful levels. The caster must build up the power in their wand and release the magic when the blue spell turns a purple-red colour. Past this point, and the jinx will backfire in mid-air. The spell is capable of defeating the many Imps, Fire crabs, and Pixies residing in Hogwarts, as well as helping defend against creatures in the Forbidden Forest.

In 1993, a book entitled The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection was brought to Fred and George Weasley's Shop on the sixth floor. The book contained information to duplicate the power of the Knockback Jinx and enabled the caster to fire three Flipendo spells at once. The book was bought by Hermione Granger, a Third year Gryffindor, who taught the magic to her friends, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.

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Appearances

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Defence Against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A.)
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D.A.D.A. at Hogwarts
Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Temporary Classroom · Hogwarts Turris Magnus · Teacher's Office · Storeroom · Staircase · Storage room · Lesson Cup · Race Cup · Duelling Club · Dumbledore's Army
Professors
Isidora Morganach · Dinah Hecat · Arsenius Jigger · Albus Dumbledore · Galatea Merrythought · 1984–1985 professor · 1985–1986 professor · 1986–1987 professor · 1987–1988 professor · Patricia Rakepick · 1989–1990 professor · First 1990–1991 professor · Olivia Green · Quirinus Quirrell · Gilderoy Lockhart · Remus Lupin · Bartemius Crouch Junior (as Alastor Moody) · Dolores Umbridge · Severus Snape · Amycus Carrow (as Dark Arts teacher) · Unidentified professor · Brindlemore
Textbooks
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection · Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts · Break with a Banshee · Gadding with Ghouls · Holidays with Hags · Travels with Trolls · Voyages with Vampires · Wanderings with Werewolves · Year with the Yeti · The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts · Defensive Magical Theory · Dark Arts Defence – Basics for Beginners · Confronting the Faceless · Defence Against the Dark Arts
Spells studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Aqua Eructo · Boggart-Banishing Spell (Riddikulus) · Bombarda Maxima · Cave inimicum · Concealment Charms · Counter-curses · Counter-jinxes · Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) · Curse of the Bogies (Mucus ad Nauseam) · Cursed barrier spell · Densaugeo · Deprimo Spell (Deprimo) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Ear-Shrivelling Curse · Everte Statum · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · Fumos Duo · Green Sparks · Hex-Breaker· Hex-deflection · Hex Zapper · Homorphus Charm · Human-presence-revealing Spell (Homenum Revelio) · Impediment Jinx (Impedimenta) · Imperius Curse (Imperio) · Imperturbable Charm · Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Lacarnum Inflamari · Langlock · Levitation Spell (Levioso) · Limbo Mist anticharm · Nonverbal spells · Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum) · Pimple Jinx (Furnunculus) · Protective enchantments · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Salvio hexia · Sea Urchin Jinx · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Shield Charm (Protego) · Smokescreen Spell (Fumos) · Snake-Vanishing Spell (Vipera Evanesca) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Stretching Jinx · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimblewimble) · Trip Jinx · Twitchy-Ears Hex · Verdimillious Charm (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Duo Spell (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Tria · Vermillious Duo · Vermillious Tria · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
Creatures studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Banshee · Boggart · Chameleon Ghoul · Charmed skeleton · Cornish Pixie · Dementor · Dugbog · Erkling · Flesh-Eating Slug · Ghost · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Gytrash · Hag · Hinkypunk · Iguana · Imp · Inferius · Kappa · Manticore · Nocturnal beasts · Nogtail · Poltergeist · Red Cap · Snake · Troll · Vampire · Vampire bat · Werewolf · Yeti · Zombie