Teacup into Gerbil

Teacup into Gerbil
Type	Transfiguration
Hand movement
Light	None
Effect	Transformed teacups into gerbils

"'But,' said the Prime Minister breathlessly, watching his teacup chew on the corner of his next speech..."

— The Muggle Prime Minister stunned by Fudge having turned his teacup into a gerbil

Teacup into Gerbil (incantation unknown) was a transforming spell that turned teacups into gerbils.

History

In the 1989–1990 school year, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught this spell to sixth-year students in Transfiguration class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge used this spell to prove himself to be a wizard to the "Prime Minister of Muggles". The Prime Minister was stunned. Despite the evidence of his eyes, he tried for a time to convince himself that Cornelius Fudge was a hallucination. The continued presence of the gerbil was less easily explainable, but he gave it to his niece, in an attempt to rid himself of all reminders of the encounter.

Known practitioners

Minerva McGonagall

Cornelius Fudge

Behind the scenes

• This spell may be similar in mechanics to Teacup to Rat, which begins with the same object, but features a different type of rodent as the end result.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First identified as Teacup into Gerbil)