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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Ron's Howler|250 px|thumb|right|The Howler]]
 
 
*In {{COS|FA}}, Mrs Weasley's Howler has a slightly different message:
 
*In {{COS|FA}}, Mrs Weasley's Howler has a slightly different message:
 
:''RONALD WEASLEY! HOW ''DARE'' YOU STEAL THAT CAR! I AM ABSOLUTELY ''DISGUSTED!'' YOUR FATHER'S NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT'S ''ENTIRELY'' YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ''ANOTHER'' TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT ''HOME!'' — Oh, and Ginny dear, congratulations on making Gryffindor. Your father and I are ''so'' proud.''
 
:''RONALD WEASLEY! HOW ''DARE'' YOU STEAL THAT CAR! I AM ABSOLUTELY ''DISGUSTED!'' YOUR FATHER'S NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT'S ''ENTIRELY'' YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ''ANOTHER'' TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT ''HOME!'' — Oh, and Ginny dear, congratulations on making Gryffindor. Your father and I are ''so'' proud.''
 
*In the film, when the Howler is opened, its message doesn't simply play from the envelope; rather, it first yells Ron's name, then, it morphs into a mouth and shouts its message at Ron. The Howler then blows a raspberry and shreds itself to pieces.
 
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*The Howler message from the second film was parodied by fans and posted as comments on the music video of Ed Sheeran's 2012 hit, "Lego House", which also starred Rupert Grint as an Ed Sheeran lookalike who is mistaken as Sheeran: ''"RONALD WEASLEY! HOW ''DARE'' YOU STAR IN A MUGGLE MUSIC VIDEO/LIP SYNC TO A MUGGLE SONG! I AM ABSOLUTELY ''DISGUSTED!'' YOUR FATHER'S NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT'S ''ENTIRELY'' YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ''ANOTHER'' TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT ''HOME!'' — Oh, and Ed dear, congratulations on your new single. Your fans and I are ''so'' proud."''
:The Howler then blows a raspberry at Ron and shreds itself to pieces.
 
 
*In the film, when the Howler is opened, its message doesn't simply play from the envelope. Rather, it morphs into a mouth and shouts its message at Ron.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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Revision as of 22:27, 25 May 2020

"Look everyone! Weasley's got himself a Howler!"
Seamus Finnigan[src]

This Howler was written by Molly Weasley to Ronald Weasley, in 1992, after she learned that he and Harry Potter drove Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts.[1]

Contents

— STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY'D EXPELLED YOU, YOU WAIT TILL I GET HOLD OF YOU, I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU STOPPED TO THINK WHAT YOUR FATHER AND I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE SAW IT WAS GONE —

LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT YOUR FATHER WOULD DIE OF SHAME, WE DIDN'T BRING YOU UP TO BEHAVE LIKE THIS, YOU AND HARRY COULD BOTH HAVE DIED —"

— ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED — YOUR FATHER'S FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK, IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT AND IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT BACK HOME.

Behind the scenes

RONALD WEASLEY! HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT CAR! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED! YOUR FATHER'S NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME! — Oh, and Ginny dear, congratulations on making Gryffindor. Your father and I are so proud.
  • In the film, when the Howler is opened, its message doesn't simply play from the envelope; rather, it first yells Ron's name, then, it morphs into a mouth and shouts its message at Ron. The Howler then blows a raspberry and shreds itself to pieces.
  • The Howler message from the second film was parodied by fans and posted as comments on the music video of Ed Sheeran's 2012 hit, "Lego House", which also starred Rupert Grint as an Ed Sheeran lookalike who is mistaken as Sheeran: "RONALD WEASLEY! HOW DARE YOU STAR IN A MUGGLE MUSIC VIDEO/LIP SYNC TO A MUGGLE SONG! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED! YOUR FATHER'S NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME! — Oh, and Ed dear, congratulations on your new single. Your fans and I are so proud."

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)