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- "A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term banquet."
- — Description of the Hallowe'en feast in 1991[src]
The bat is a flying mammal native to many parts of the world.[3] It was also a possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.[4] They were nocturnal and/or crepuscular and feed on a range of food from insects to fruits. Bats were particularly vulnerable to the Knockback Jinx, if a need to dispatch an aggressive one arose.[5]
History[]
Bats could be found in the Forbidden Forest, nesting high in the trees.[6] The Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley sold bats; there was one on display near the front door on 1 August 1991. Bat spleens were used as a potion ingredient.[7] Vampire bats were covered on the Ministry-approved fifth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[8]
In 1991 at the Hallowe'en feast on 31 October, the Great Hall was decorated with over a thousand live bats.[1] Live bats were again part of the Hallowe'en feast festivities in 1993.[2] Later that school year, in June of 1994, bats fluttered through the windows of Hagrid's Hut.[9] A swarm of bats flew through the Forbidden Forest later that night, and Buckbeak the Hippogriff caught one, crunching noisily on it.[9] The House-elf Dobby's ears were described as being "bat-like."[10]
During the summer holidays in 1994, Harry Potter had the Dursleys convinced that Sirius Black would show up and turn them into bats if they mistreated him too badly.[11] In August 1995, Arabella Figg insulted Mundungus Fletcher by calling him a "worthless pile of bat droppings".[12] The Quidditch team Ballycastle Bats's mascot was Barny the Fruitbat.[13]
Types of bat[]
Behind the scenes[]
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, there is a minigame where the player must catch twenty bats while riding Buckbeak before a timer runs out.
- A semi-frequent joke within the series is Severus Snape's resemblance to a bat. One such example is in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Ron wonders if Snape could have beat Harry and Dumbledore to the Forbidden Forest and Harry comments "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something." Ron replies "Wouldn't put it past him." In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, during a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, it was stated that he looked "just as much like an overgrown bat as ever".
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned only)
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- J. K. Rowling's official site (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter (website) (Appears as a Patronus)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter
- LEGO Creator: Harry Potter
- Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
- ↑
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- ↑ (see this image)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 24 (Return to the Forest)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Chapter 15 (New Seeker)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 2 (Dobby's Warning)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 2 (The Scar)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 1 (Dudley Demented)
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 7 (Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland)
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)