Wrackspurt

Wrackspurt
Species information
Mortality	Mortal
Distinction	Invisible Flying into people's ears and making their brain fuzzy.
Status	Extant

"A Wrackspurt... They're invisible. They float in through your ears and make your brain go fuzzy, I thought I felt one zooming around in here."

— Luna Lovegood to Harry and Neville while on-board the Hogwarts Express in 1996

A Wrackspurt was an invisible magical creature which floated into a person's ears, making their brain become unfocused and confused.

Description

Supposedly, Wrackspurts could be seen with aid of Spectrespecs. Those suffering from Wrackspurt infections could possibly dispel them by thinking positive thoughts.

History

In the 1989–1990 school year, Badeea Ali claimed the Hog's Head Inn was infested with Wrackspurts. This, however, was actually a distraction so Jacob's sibling could put on their Invisibility Cloak without Aberforth Dumbledore noticing.

In 1998, The Quibbler reported that some Wrackspurts broke out of the Ministry Elfin' Safety Enquiry.

Xenophilius Lovegood's attempt to recreate Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem included Wrackspurt siphons "to remove all sources of distraction from the thinker's immediate area".

Once in Diagon Alley, Luna Scamander suggested to a muddled student that there might be Wrackspurts flying around their head.

In the 21st century, Wrackspurts had to be collected by the Statute of Secrecy Task Force in order to address the Calamity.

Behind the scenes

• In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Wrackspurts can be seen by using spectrespecs. In this way, Luna is able to locate Harry under his Invisibility Cloak after he was put under the Full Body-Bind Curse by Draco Malfoy because Luna claims his brain is infested with Wrackspurts. In the book, however, it is Tonks who finds Harry under the Invisibility Cloak.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (First appearance) (Non-canonical appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Mentioned on The Quibbler)
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)
• Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Harry Potter (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Dimensions (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned only)