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{{Quote|Merlin's beard! No need to disfigure me, Albus.|[[Horace Slughorn]] to [[Albus Dumbledore]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)}}
  
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'''Untransfiguration''' is a type of [[counter-spell]] that is the exact opposite of [[Transfiguration]] i.e. it returns something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a transfiguration.
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'''Untransfiguration''' is a branch of [[transfiguration]] [[magic]] and a type of [[counter-spell]], which involves returning something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a transfiguration.
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Untransfiguration is covered in beginner-level spellbooks such as ''[[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]]''. Learning untransfiguration is mandatory at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] from [[1926]] onward.<ref name="FBF">{{FB|F}} {{See image|File:Daily Prophet - 29 Nov 1926.png}}</ref> Failure to at least attempt to untransfigure a wrongly-done transfiguration is considered irresponsible.
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==Methods==
  
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[[File:Tumblr lqb21vsMf81qb9qh4o6 250.gif|236x236px|thumb|left|Professor McGonagall untransfiguring Draco Malfoy in 1994]]
   
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''[[Reparifarge]]'' seems to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of a [[Transformation spell]] that was poorly performed and only partially [[Transfiguration|transfigured]] the object in question.<ref>''[[Pottermore]]''</ref> Probably, there are other Untransfigurative spells, and these are possibly taught at N.E.W.T.-level.
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''[[Reparifarge]]'' seems to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of a [[Transforming Spells|Transformation spell]] that was poorly performed and only partially [[Transfiguration|transfigured]] the object in question.<ref>{{PM}}</ref> The spell is located in [[A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration]] by [[Emeric Switch]].
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''[[Snake-Vanishing Spell|Vipera Evanesca]]'' is also a Untransfiguration spell. The incantation for the spell that causes a target Snake to vanish in a puff of black smoke. As such, it can be used as a counter-spell for spells that produce serpents, such as ''[[Snake Summons Spell|Serpensortia]]'' or the Fire to snake spell, annihilating the conjured or transfigured snake. 
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[[Revelio Charm|Revelio]] could be used to untransfigure a human transfiguration.
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In the aftermath of the arrest of [[Percival Graves]], [[Newton Scamander]] used a [[Revelio Charm]] to reveal that it was actually the [[Dark Wizard]] [[Gellert Grindelwald]], who had used [[Human Transfiguration]] to take the appearance of the [[Magical Congress of the United States of America|MACUSA]] official.
   
 
In [[Harry Potter]]'s first Transfiguration class, in [[1991]], when Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] Transfigured her desk into a pig, and the pig back to a desk.
  
In [[Harry Potter]]'s first Transfiguration class, in [[1991]], when Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] Transfigured her desk into a pig, and the pig back to a desk.
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Also in 1993 when [[Remus Lupin]] and [[Sirius Black]] changed [[Peter Pettigrew]] from a rat back into his usual human appearance.
  
Also in 1993 when [[Remus Lupin]] and [[Sirius Black]] changed [[Peter Pettigrew]] from a rat back into his usual human appearance.
   
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In 1994 when the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor [[Bartemius Crouch Junior|Barty Crouch Jr]] (disguised as [[Alastor Moody]]) transfigured [[Draco Malfoy]] into a ferret [[Minerva McGonagall]] transfigured him back.
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*According to [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]], it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', when [[Draco Malfoy]] is turned into a [[ferret]], [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.
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According to [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]], it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, in {{GOF}}, when [[Draco Malfoy]] is turned into a [[ferret]], [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.
   
 
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— Horace Slughorn to Albus Dumbledore[src]

Untransfiguration is a branch of transfiguration magic and a type of counter-spell, which involves returning something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a transfiguration.

Untransfiguration is covered in beginner-level spellbooks such as A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration. Learning untransfiguration is mandatory at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1926 onward.[1] Failure to at least attempt to untransfigure a wrongly-done transfiguration is considered irresponsible.

Methods

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Professor McGonagall untransfiguring Draco Malfoy in 1994

Reparifarge seems to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of a Transformation spell that was poorly performed and only partially transfigured the object in question.[2] The spell is located in A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch.

Vipera Evanesca is also a Untransfiguration spell. The incantation for the spell that causes a target Snake to vanish in a puff of black smoke. As such, it can be used as a counter-spell for spells that produce serpents, such as Serpensortia or the Fire to snake spell, annihilating the conjured or transfigured snake. 

Revelio could be used to untransfigure a human transfiguration.

Known instances of Untransfiguraton

In the aftermath of the arrest of Percival Graves, Newton Scamander used a Revelio Charm to reveal that it was actually the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who had used Human Transfiguration to take the appearance of the MACUSA official.

In Harry Potter's first Transfiguration class, in 1991, when Professor Minerva McGonagall Transfigured her desk into a pig, and the pig back to a desk.

Also in 1993 when Remus Lupin and Sirius Black changed Peter Pettigrew from a rat back into his usual human appearance.

In 1994 when the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Barty Crouch Jr (disguised as Alastor Moody) transfigured Draco Malfoy into a ferret Minerva McGonagall transfigured him back.

Known practitioners

Behind the scenes

According to W.O.M.B.A.T., it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when Draco Malfoy is turned into a ferret, Professor McGonagall Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) (see this image)
  2. ↑ Pottermore
  3. ↑ Pottermore - News: "Dressing the Goldstein sisters: a closer look at 1920s witch fashion"
Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers
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