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[[Image:PiratesPenzance1879.gif|thumb|300px|right|Poster announcing the [[copyright performance]] at the Bijou Theatre, Paignton]]
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In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, many '''magical objects''' exist for the use of the [[List of characters in the Harry Potter books|characters]].
'''''The Pirates of Penzance''', or The Slave of Duty,'' is a [[comic opera]] in two acts, with music by [[Arthur Sullivan]] and [[libretto]] by [[W. S. Gilbert]]. It is one of the [[Savoy Opera]]s. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in [[New York City]] on [[December 31]] [[1879]], where the show was a hit with audiences and critics [http://www.savoyoperas.org.uk/pirates/pp2.html]. The London premiere was on [[April 3]] [[1880]], at the [[Opera Comique]], where it ran for 363 performances, having already been playing successfully for over three months in New York.
 
==Letters and signs==
''Pirates'' remains popular today, taking its place along with ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' as one of the most frequently played [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] operas. Its successful 1981 Broadway revival by [[Joseph Papp]] refreshed its popularity.
===The Dark Mark===
 
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==Background==
''The Pirates of Penzance'' was the only [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] opera to have its official premiere in [[New York]]. At the time, American law offered no [[copyright]] protection to foreigners. After their previous opera, ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'', was a hit in [[London]], over a hundred American companies quickly mounted unauthorized "pirated" productions, often taking considerable liberties with the text and paying no royalties to the creators. By mounting their next opera in New York, Gilbert and Sullivan hoped to forestall further "piracy," by establishing the official production in America before others could copy it. Gilbert, Sullivan, and their producer, [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]], tried for many years to control the American performance copyrights over their operas, without success.<ref>[http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=963540 Article on the pirating of G&S operas (and other works) and the development of performance copyrights]</ref>
 
===Letters===
The creative period for ''Pirates'' was unusual, in that Sullivan composed the acts in reverse &mdash; bringing the completed Act&nbsp;II with him, with Act I existing only in sketches. When he arrived in New York, he found that he had left the sketches behind, and he had to reconstruct the first act from memory. Gilbert told a correspondent many years later that Sullivan was unable to recall his setting of the entrance of the women's chorus, so they substituted the chorus "Climbing over rocky mountain" from their earlier opera, ''[[Thespis (operetta)|Thespis]]''. Sullivan's manuscript for ''Pirates'' contains pages removed from a ''Thespis'' score, with the vocal parts altered from their original context as a four-part chorus.
Witches and wizards can write words in the air with their wands.
 
[[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] writes the lyrics to the [[Hogwarts]] school song in the air in the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|first novel]].
Some scholars (e.g., Tillett and Spencer, 2000) have offered evidence that Gilbert and Sullivan had planned all along to re-use "Climbing over rocky mountain," and perhaps other parts of ''Thespis'', noting that the presence of a ''Thespis'' score in New York when there were no plans to revive it might not have been accidental. In any event, "Climbing over rocky mountain," one other song, and a ballet are the only portions of the score of ''Thespis'' known to have survived.
[[Tom Riddle]], at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', does this to show that '''I am [[Lord Voldemort]]''' is an [[anagram]] of '''[[Tom Marvolo Riddle]]'''. It is possible that this is an unspoken form of the [[Canonical spells in the world of Harry Potter#Flagrate|Flagrate]] spell that Hermione uses to mark doors in the [[Ministry of Magic#Department of Mysteries|Department of Mysteries]] in [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|the fifth book]]. Also, after the first task in the Triwizard Tournament, the judges "write" the champions' marks in the air.
 
==Potions==
On [[December 10]] [[1879]], Sullivan wrote a letter to his mother about the new opera, upon which he was hard at work in New York. "I think it will be a great success, for it is exquisitely funny, and the music is strikingly tuneful and catching." True enough, ''The Pirates of Penzance'' was an immediate hit in New York, and later London, and takes its place today as one of the most popular G&S works.
 
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There was one other premiere of note. To secure [[United Kingdom|British]] [[copyright]], there was a perfunctory performance the evening before the New York premiere, at the Royal Bijou Theatre [[Paignton]], [[Devon]], organised by [[Helen Lenoir]] (who would later marry Richard D'Oyly Carte). The cast, having performed ''[[HMS Pinafore|Pinafore]]'' the night before, read from scripts carried onto the stage, making do with whatever costumes they had on hand.
 
==Prank objects==
The work's title is a multi-layered joke. On the one hand, [[Penzance]] was a docile seaside resort at the time, and not the place where one would expect to encounter pirates. On the other hand, the title was also a jab at the ''theatrical'' pirates who had staged unlicensed productions of ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' in America.
===Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes===
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===Other===
Sullivan's score borrowed from several musical traditions. In the Major-General's Act&nbsp;II song, "Sighing softly to the river", the composer imitates Schubert's partsongs for male voices. Also, the "Come, Friends Who Plough the Sea" section of "With Catlike Tread" resembles the anvil chorus from ''[[Il Trovatore]]''. In another scene in Act&nbsp;II, Mabel addresses the police, who chant their response, in an imitation of the form of an Anglican church service's canticle and response. One of the most famous passages from the finale to Act&nbsp;I, referred to as "Hail Poetry", is a five-part musical piece, utilising all of the voices in a chorale style.
 
; Dungbomb : Explodes into a large and extremely smelly mess.
==Roles==
; Fanged Frisbees: Literally frisbees with fangs. First mentioned in The Goblet of Fire, as one of Filch's newest restricted items at the beginning of term speech. First seen in Half Blood Prince. It whirled around the room changing course with a mind of its own, taking a bite out of a curtain, after Ron Weasley threw one in the Gryffindor common room. May be capable of causing damage.
*Major-General Stanley (comic [[baritone]])
; Screaming yo-yos: Presumably screams loudly when worked.
*The Pirate King ([[bass-baritone]])
; Stink Pellets : Used to distract prefects and teachers, and gives an unpleasant smell.
*Samuel, ''his Lieutenant'' ([[baritone]])
; Ever-bashing boomerangs : Presumably hit their target repeatedly after being thrown. They are banned at Hogwarts.
*Frederic, ''the Pirate Apprentice'' ([[tenor]])
*Sergeant of Police ([[Bass (vocal range)|bass]])
*Mabel ([[soprano]]), Edith ([[mezzo-soprano]]), Kate ([[mezzo-soprano]]), Isabel (speaking), ''General Stanley's Daughters''
*Ruth, ''a Piratical Maid of all work'' ([[contralto]])
 
==Transportation==
*Chorus of Pirates, Police and General Stanley's Daughters
It should be noted that a major form of transportation in the Harry Potter universe is [[Magic (Harry Potter)#Apparation and Disapparation|apparation and disapparation]], which is a [[Magic (Harry Potter)|spell]] that does not involve artifacts of any kind.
 
==Synopsis=Broomsticks===
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'''Act I'''
[[Broomstick]]s are used for transportation by wizards and witches of all ages and for the game of [[Quidditch]]. Their use is similar to flying carpets, although those are banned in [[England]].
 
Broomsticks are treated as a major consumer product in the wizard world. There are numerous brands and models of brooms, that all vary in their capabilities (see [[Broomsticks in Harry Potter]]). These range from expensive high-performance models that come out every year, to toy broomsticks for young children which only fly a few feet off the ground. The cultural significance of broomsticks is similar to that of cars.
[[Image:Pirates of Penzance (A.S. Seer, 1880).jpg|thumb|250px|1880 poster]]
On the coast of [[Cornwall]], Frederic, a young man with a strong sense of duty, celebrates, amidst the [[pirates]], the completion of his twenty-first year and the apparent end of his apprenticeship ("Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry"). The pirates' maid of all work, Ruth, appears and reveals that, as Frederic's nursemaid long ago ("When Frederic was a little lad"), she had made a mistake through being hard of hearing: she had misheard Frederic's father's instructions and apprenticed him to a pirate, instead of to a ship's ''[[Helmsman|pilot]]''.
 
Since Harry Potter plays Quidditch, his brooms - a Nimbus 2000 and a Firebolt - are prominent in the series. The Nimbus 2000 was given to him by Professor Minerva McGonagall, while the Firebolt was given to him by Sirius Black.
Frederic has never seen any women other than Ruth, and he believes her to be beautiful – the pirates know better and suggest that Frederic take Ruth with him when he returns to civilisation. Frederic announces that, although it pains him to do so, such is his sense of duty that, once free from his apprenticeship, he will be forced to devote himself to their extermination. He points out that they are not very successful pirates, since, being all orphans, they are tenderheated and often let their prey go free. Frederic invites the pirates to give up piracy and go with him, so that he need not destroy them, but the Pirate King notes that, compared with respectability, piracy is comparatively honest ("Oh! better far to live and die"). The pirates depart, and, Frederic sees a group of beautiful young girls approaching the pirate lair, realising that Ruth lied to him about her appearance ("Oh false one! You have deceived me!"). He hides before the girls arrive.
 
===Floo powder===
The girls burst exuberantly upon the secluded spot ("Climbing over rocky mountain"). Frederic reveals himself ("Stop, ladies, pray!") and appeals to them to help him reform ("Oh! is there not one maiden breast?"). One of them, Mabel, responds to his plea, and chides her sisters for their lack of charity ("Oh sisters deaf to pity's name for shame!"). She sings to him ("Poor wand'ring one"), and Frederic and Mabel quickly fall in love. The other girls contemplate whether to eavesdrop or to leave the new couple alone ("What ought we to do?"), and eventually decide to "talk about the weather," although they steal a glance or two at the affectionate couple ("How beautifully blue the sky").
'''Floo powder''' is a glittering powder used by wizards to travel and communicate using fireplaces. It was invented by Ignatia Wildsmith (1227-1320) and named after the passageway which leads from a fireplace to the chimney so hot gases can escape, or [[Wiktionary:flue|flue]] (which did not exist at the supposed time of invention).
 
Floo powder can be used with any fireplace connected to the [[Floo Network]]. To transport from one fireplace to another, the traveller throws a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace (if a fire is lit, it will turn green), states the intended destination in a clear voice, then steps into the fire. Alternatively, the traveller can stand in the fireplace, then throw the powder at their feet. Floo Powder can also be used for communication, a wizard or witch can kneel in front of the fire and stick their head in, which will appear in the fire at another fireplace.
Frederic warns the girls of the pirates nearby ("Stay, we must not lose our senses"), but before they can flee, the pirates arrive and capture all the girls, threatening to marry them ("Here's a first rate opportunity"). Mabel warns the pirates that the girls' father is a Major-General ("Hold, monsters!"), who soon arrives and introduces himself ("[[Major General's Song|I am the very model of a modern Major-General]]"). He appeals to the pirates not to take his daughters, leaving him to face his old age alone. Having heard of the famous Pirates of Penzance, he pleads for clemency on the (false) grounds that he's an orphan ("Oh, men of dark and dismal fate"). The soft-hearted pirates are sympathetic and release the girls ("Hail, Poetry!"), making Major-General Stanley and his daughters honorary members of their band.
 
In the second book the [[Weasley family|Weasleys]] travelled to [[Diagon Alley]] by Floo powder. Harry did not say "Diagon Alley" clearly, so he was instead sent to [[Borgin and Burkes]] shop, in [[Knockturn Alley]]. In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|fourth book]], [[Arthur Weasley]] uses his position at the [[Ministry of Magic]] to have the [[Dursleys]]' fireplace temporarily connected to the Floo network, unaware that the fireplace had been bricked up. [[Sirius Black]] uses the network to communicate with Harry in the same book. In the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|fifth book]], Harry puts himself in considerable risk when he uses [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s fireplace to communicate with Sirius Black; he is however forced to do so because Umbridge is monitoring all other lines of communication in and out of Hogwarts.
'''Act II'''
 
===Flying carpets===
The Major-General sits in a ruined chapel on his estate, surrounded by his daughters. His conscience is tortured by the lie that he told the pirates, and the girls attempt to console him ("Oh dry the glist'ning tear"). The Sergeant of Police and his corps arrive to announce their readiness to go forth to arrest the pirates ("When the foeman bares his steel"). The girls are proud of the police for facing slaughter at the hands of fierce and merciless foes, and though the police are somewhat intimidated by this, they finally go. Left alone, Frederic, who is to lead the group, pauses to reflect on his opportunity to atone for a life of piracy ("Now for the pirate's lair"), at which point he encounters Ruth and the Pirate King. It has occurred to them that his apprenticeship was worded so as to bind him to them until his twenty-first ''birthday'' &ndash; and, because that birthday happens to be on the ([[February 29]]) in [[Leap Year]], it means that [[Quibble (plot device)|technically]] only five birthdays have passed ("When you had left our pirate fold"), and he will not reach his twenty-first birthday until eighty-four years after his birth. Frederic is convinced by this logic that he must rejoin the pirates, and thus he sees it as his duty to inform the Pirate King of the Major-General's deception. The outraged outlaw declares that their "revenge will be swift and terrible" ("Away, away, my heart's on fire").
'''Flying carpets''' are an alternative wizarding type of transportation, possibly around the world, but illegal in [[Europe]] (or at least in England). Usually they are a thick rug, frequently highly patterned and often manufactured in the [[Middle East]]. The obvious advantages of the carpet over the broomstick are that they can seat a number of people, including children and invalids, and are probably more comfortable to ride.
 
Flying Carpets were once an accepted form of travel for the British magical community, but they are now banned due to being defined as a Muggle Artifact by the Registry of Proscribed Charmable Objects. It's therefore now against British wizarding law to charm carpets or fly them, although they are still legal in other countries. [[Arthur Weasley]] was very much involved in the introduction of this legislation due to his position in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office. It's known that the ban was relatively recent, not only from Arthur's involvement, but also from the fact that [[Barty Crouch Senior]]'s grandfather owned a 12-seater [[Axminster]] back in the days before they were prohibited.
Frederic meets Mabel ("All is prepared"), and she pleads with him to stay ("Stay Frederic, stay"), but he explains that he must fulfill his duty to the pirates until his 21st birthday in 1940. He promises to return then and claim her. They agree to be faithful to each other until then, though to Mabel "It seems so long" ("Oh here is love and here is truth"), and Frederic departs. Mabel steels herself ("No, I am brave") and tells the police that they must go alone to face the pirates. They muse that an outlaw might be just like any other man, and it is a shame to deprive him of "that liberty which is so dear to all" ("When a felon's not engaged in his employment"). The police hide on hearing the approach of the pirates ("A rollicking band of pirates we"), who have stolen onto the grounds, meaning to avenge themselves for the Major-General's lie ("With cat-like tread").
 
A merchant by the name of Ali Bashir is very keen to export flying carpets to Britain and is very upset that local laws are preventing him from doing so. He regularly berates Arthur about the subject but it's very unlikely that the law will be changed.
The police and the pirates prepare for the fight ("Hush, hush! not a word"). Just then, the Major-General appears, sleepless with guilt, and the pirates also hide, while General Stanley listens to the soothing sighing of the breeze ("Sighing softly to the river"). The girls come looking for him ("Now what is this and what is that"). The pirates leap to the attack, and the police rush to the defence; but the police are easily defeated, and the Pirate King urges the captured Major General to prepare for death. The Sergeant plays his trump card, demanding that the pirates yield "in [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]'s name"; the pirates, overcome with loyalty to their Queen, do so. Ruth appears and reveals that the orphan pirates are in fact "all noblemen who have gone wrong". The major-general is impressed by this and all is forgiven. Frederic and Mabel are reunited, and the Major-General is happy to marry his daughters to the noble pirates after all.
 
==Musical=Hogwarts numbersExpress===
*Overture (includes "With cat-like tread", "Ah, leave me not to pine", "Pray observe the [[magnanimity]]", "When you had left our pirate fold", "Climbing over rocky mountain", and "How beautifully blue the sky")
 
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===Act I===
*1. "Pour, oh pour, the pirate [[sherry]]" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates)
*2. "When Fred'ric was a little lad" (Ruth)
*3. "Oh, better far to live and die ...I am a pirate king!" (Pirate King and Chorus of Pirates)
*4. "Oh! false one, you have deceiv'd me" (Frederic and Ruth)
*5. "Climbing over rocky mountain" (Chorus of Girls)
*6. "Stop, ladies, pray" (Edith, Kate, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls)
*7. "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls)
*8. "Poor wand'ring one" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls)
*9. "What ought we to do?" (Edith, Kate, and Chorus of Girls)
*10. "How beautifully blue the sky" (Mabel, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls)
*11. "Stay, we must not lose our senses" ... "Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls and Pirates)
*12. "Hold, monsters" (Mabel, Major-General, Samuel, and Chorus)
*13. "[[Major General's Song|I am the very model of a modern Major-General]]" (Major-General and Chorus)
*14. Finale Act I (Mabel, Kate, Edith, Ruth, Frederic, Samuel, King, Major-General, and Chorus)
** "Oh, men of dark and dismal fate"
** "I’m telling a terrible story"
** "Hail, Poetry"
** "Oh, happy day, with joyous glee"
** "Pray observe the magnanimity"
 
The '''Hogwarts Express''' is ridden by students between [[London]] and [[Hogsmeade]]. The train starts from [[King's Cross railway station]] [[railway platform|platform]] 9¾, which is invisible to [[Muggle]] eyes and is reached through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
===Act II===
*15. "Oh, dry the glist'ning tear" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls)
*16. "Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted" (Frederic and Major-General)
*17. "When the foeman bares his steel" (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, and Chorus of Policemen and Girls)
*18. "Now for the pirates' lair!" (Frederic, Ruth, and King)
*19. "When you had left our pirate fold" ("A paradox") (Ruth, Frederic, and King)
*20. "Away, away! My heart's on fire!" (Ruth, Frederic, and King)
*21. "All is prepar'd; your gallant crew await you" (Mabel and Frederic)
*22. "Stay, Fred'ric, stay" ... "Oh, here is love, and here is truth" (Mabel and Frederic)
*23. "No, I'll be brave" ... "Though in body and in mind" (Reprise of "When the foeman bares his steel") (Mabel, Sergeant, and Chorus of Police)
*23a. "Sergeant, approach!" (Mabel, Sergeant of Police, and Chorus of Police)
*24. "When a felon's not engaged in his employment" (Sergeant and Chorus of Police)
*25. "A rollicking band of pirates we" (Sergeant and Chorus of Pirates and Police)
*26. "With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates and Police)
*27. "Hush, hush, not a word!" (Frederic, King, Major-General, and Chorus of Police and Pirates)
*28. Finale, Act II (Ensemble)
** "Sighing softly to the river"
** "Now what is this, and what is that?"
** "Frederic here! Oh, joy! Oh, rapture!"
** "With base deceit you worked upon our feelings!"
** "You/We triumph now"
** "Away with them, and place them at the bar!"
** "I pray you, pardon me, ex-Pirate King!" (Reprise of "I am the very model")
** "Poor wandering ones!"
 
==Versions=Knight Bus===
In the original productions, the revelation by Ruth that the pirates are "all noblemen who have gone wrong" prompted the following exchange (recalling a famous passage in ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]''):
 
[[Image:Knight Bus.jpg|thumb|300px|The Knight Bus in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' film]]]]
::GIRLS: Oh spare them! they are all noblemen who have gone wrong.
The '''Knight Bus''' is a heavily enchanted, violently purple, triple-decker bus which transports [[Magic in Harry Potter|magical]] folk.
::GENERAL: What, all noblemen?
::KING: Yes, ''all'' noblemen!
::GENERAL: What, all?
::KING: Well, nearly all!
 
The bus functions as public transportation for the wizard or witch in need everywhere in [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]], bringing passengers to the destinations of their choice with seemingly no set route. It bolts through the streets, entirely invisible to [[Muggle]]s and causing other objects to dodge it (rather than dodging the objects) to cover short distances. For long ones, the Knight Bus makes hundred-mile (160 km) leaps accompanied by a great bang and jolt, possibly similar to [[Apparating]]. The interior of the bus changes or is changed depending on the time of day, having chairs by day and beds by night. Its only limit in travelling is that it can't enter water.
Gilbert deleted this exchange in the 1900 revival, and the Chappell vocal score was revised accordingly. The new [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] restored the original version in their 1989 production.
 
The Knight Bus is generally used only by those who can't or won't choose another means of transportation. The jolts make travelling a severely uncomfortable experience. While the bus is lightning-fast by [[Muggle]] standards, still faster are near-instananeous [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Floo powder|Floo powder]] and [[Apparating]]. It charges for the service; Harry was charged 11 Sickles to travel from [[Little Whinging]] to [[Diagon Alley]].
==Production history==
From the beginning, ''The Pirates of Penzance'' has been one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular comic operas. After its unique "triple opening" in 1879&ndash;80, it was revived in London in 1888, in 1900, and for the Savoy repertory season of 1908&ndash;09. In the British provinces, the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] toured it almost continuously from 1880&ndash;1884, and again in 1888. It re-entered the touring repertory in 1893, and was never again absent through to the company's closure in 1982.
 
The [[Conductor (transportation)|conductor]] of the Knight Bus is [[Stan Shunpike]], and its driver is [[Ernie Prang]]. The bus makes its début along with its staff in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|third book]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] unwittingly "hails" the Knight Bus by holding his wand arm out in front of him as he is standing on Magnolia Crescent. Harry also rides on the Knight Bus with a number of his friends in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''.
In America, after the New York opening on New Year's Eve, 1879, [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]] launched four companies that covered the United States on tours that lasted through the following summer. Gilbert and Sullivan themselves trained each of the touring companies through January and early February 1880, and each company's first performance &ndash; whether it was in Philadelphia, Newark, or Buffalo &ndash; was conducted by the composer.
 
In the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' film]], Stan and Ernie are accompanied by a talking [[shrunken head]] [[voice actor|voiced]] by [[Lenny Henry]].
There was still no international copyright law, and the first ''unauthorized'' New York production was given by the Boston Ideal Opera Company at Booth's Theatre in September 1880. The first non-D'Oyly Carte professional production in a country that had been subject to Gilbert's copyright (other than [[J. C. Williamson]]s' authorised productions) was in [[Stratford, Ontario]], [[Canada]], in September 1961. In 1979, the [[Torbay]] branch of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society presented a centenary tribute to the world premiere performance of ''Pirates'' in Paignton, with a production at the Palace Avenue Theatre (situated a few metres from the former Bijou Theatre).
 
Stan and Ernie are the Christian names of Rowling's grandfathers. A [[shunpike]] is a back road used to avoid tolls on a [[turnpike]] (or a person who habitually uses them), while "prang" is [[British English|British]] slang for crashing a car or other form of transport (a word much used by [[RAF]] pilots in [[World War II]]). Ernie almost crashes into a house because he is so surprised at Harry's tendency to say Voldemort's name. Luckily, inanimate objects have a way of jumping out of the way of the Knight Bus.
As discussed below, [[Joseph Papp]]'s 1980-83 ''Pirates'' gave a boost to the opera's popularity. Professional and amateur productions of the opera continue with frequency. In March 2007, the [[New York City Opera]] is mounting a new production, following their recent productions of ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[Patience (opera)|Patience]]''.[http://www.nycopera.com/browse/production.aspx?prod=37]
 
===Portkeys===
The following table shows the history of the D'Oyly Carte productions in Gilbert's lifetime:
'''Portkeys''' are first mentioned in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. Once created by using the ''[[Spells in Harry Potter#Portus|Portus]]'' spell, a Portkey can be set to transport anybody who touches it to a designated ___location, or to become active at a pre-determined time and transport to that ___location anybody who happens to be touching it at the moment.
 
The user feels a pulling or jerking sensation behind their navel, and then they suddenly appear at the destination. With enough practice, a graceful landing is possible: after the Portkeyed trip to the [[Quidditch World Cup]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]'', [[Cedric Diggory]], [[Arthur Weasley]], and [[Amos Diggory]] landed on their feet, while the others (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and the twins) fell onto the ground.
{|class="wikitable"
!Theatre!!Opening Date!!Closing Date!!Perfs.!!Details
|-
|Bijou Theatre, Paignton||nowrap|[[December 30]] [[1879]]||nowrap|[[December 30]] [[1879]]||align=center|1||English [[copyright performance]].
|-
|rowspan=2|Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York||[[December 31]] [[1879]]||[[March 6]] [[1880]]||rowspan=2 align=center|100||rowspan=2|Original run in New York. The company toured the Eastern seaboard between March 8 and May 15. Three other touring companies were launched in January and February 1880.
|-
|[[May 17]] [[1880]]||[[June 5]] [[1880]]
|-
|Opera Comique||[[April 3]] [[1880]]||[[April 2]] [[1881]]||align=center|363||Original London run.
|-
|Savoy Theatre||[[December 23]] [[1884]]||[[February 14]] [[1885]]||align=center|?||Series of matinées with a juvenile cast.
|-
|Savoy Theatre||[[March 17]] [[1888]]||[[June 6]] [[1888]]||align=center|80||First professional revival.
|-
|Savoy Theatre||[[June 30]] [[1900]]||[[November 5]] [[1900]]||align=center|127||Second professional revival.
|-
|nowrap|Savoy Theatre||[[December 1]] [[1908]]||[[March 27]] [[1909]]||align=center|43||Second Savoy repertory season; played with five other operas. (Closing date shown is of the entire season.)
|}
 
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', [[Barty Crouch Jr.]], who was impersonating [[Alastor Moody]], made the [[Triwizard Tournament]] cup a Portkey so it would transport anybody who touched it straight to the hands of [[Lord Voldemort]], expecting it would be [[Harry Potter]]. However, Harry took the cup together with [[Cedric Diggory]], so Voldemort had Cedric murdered with ''[[The Unforgivable Curses in the world of Harry Potter#Avada Kedavra (The Killing Curse)|Avada Kedavra]]''.
==Historical casting==
The following tables show the casts of the principal original productions and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring repertory at various times through to the company's 1982 closure:
 
It has been noted by some fans that the simplicity with which Portkeys are created in the beginning of the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|fourth book]] (as a method for transportation to the [[Quidditch World Cup]]) and in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|fifth book]] causes a possible plot hole in the fourth book: Crouch, posing as Moody, could have turned, say, a book, into a Portkey, called Harry into his office, and said, "Here, take this." This would have eliminated the need for Moody's entering Harry in the Triwizard tournament and guiding Harry through it, and the majority of the fourth book.
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!Role!!Paignton<br>1879!!New York<br>1879!!Opera Comique<br>1880!!Savoy Theatre<br>1888!!Savoy Theatre<br>1900
|-
|''Major-General''||[[Richard Mansfield]]||[[J. H. Ryley]]||[[George Grossmith]]||[[George Grossmith]]||[[Henry Lytton]]
|-
|''Pirate King''||F. Federici||Sr. Brocolini||[[Richard Temple]]||[[Richard Temple]]||Jones Hewson
|-
|''Samuel''||G. J. Lackner||Furneaux Cook||George Temple||Richard Cummings||W. H. Leon
|-
|''James''||[[John Le Hay]]||colspan=4 align=center|''role eliminated''
|-
|''Frederic''||Llewellyn Cadwaladr||[[Hugh Talbot]]||George Power||J. G. Robertson||[[Robert Evett]]
|-
|''Sergeant''||[[Fred Billington]]||Fred Clifton||[[Rutland Barrington]]||[[Rutland Barrington]]||[[Walter Passmore]]
|-
|''Mabel''||Emilie Petrelli||[[Blanche Roosevelt]]||[[Marion Hood]]||[[Geraldine Ulmar]]||[[Isabel Jay]]
|-
|''Edith''||Marian May||[[Jessie Bond]]||Julia Gwynne||[[Jessie Bond]]||Lulu Evans
|-
|''Kate''||Lena Monmouth||[[Rosina Brandram]]||Lilian La Rue||Nellie Kavanagh||Alice Coleman
|-
|''Isabel''||Kate Neville||Billie Barlow||Neva Bond||Nellie Lawrence||Agnes Fraser
|-
|''Ruth''||Fanny Harrison||[[Alice Barnett]]||Emily Cross||[[Rosina Brandram]]||[[Rosina Brandram]]
|}
 
However, several reasonable assumptions can explain this. Since [[Hogwarts]] has an anti-apparition enchantment, it would make sense for the creation of Portkeys on the grounds to be restricted. Moody would still be able to make the Triwizard Cup a Portkey, if it was supposed to be a Portkey anyway, to transport the winner out of the maze. This would explain why the Portkey took Harry back to Hogwarts and out of the maze when he touched the Cup the second time instead of back into the maze at Hogwarts. The creation of Portkeys may be highly restricted in general; although [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] is able to set up an "Unauthorised Portkey" in the fifth book, it is treated as a serious crime; [[Cornelius Fudge|Fudge]] is upset that Dumbledore would create one in front of him, and at one point [[Remus Lupin|Lupin]] says "...it's more than our life's worth to set up an unauthorised Portkey."
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!Role!!Savoy Theatre<br>1908!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1915 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1925 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1935 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1945 Tour
|-
|''Major-General''||[[Charles H. Workman]]||[[Henry Lytton]]||[[Henry Lytton]]||[[Martyn Green]]||[[Grahame Clifford]]
|-
|''Pirate King''||[[Henry Lytton]]||Leicester Tunks||[[Darrell Fancourt]]||[[Darrell Fancourt]]||[[Darrell Fancourt]]
|-
|''Samuel''||[[Leo Sheffield]]||Frederick Hobbs||Joseph Griffin||[[Richard Walker (singer)|Richard Walker]]||Hilton Layland
|-
|''Frederic''||Henry Herbert||Dewey Gibson||Charles Goulding||[[John Dean (singer)|John Dean]]||[[John Dean (singer)|John Dean]]
|-
|''Sergeant''||[[Rutland Barrington]]||[[Fred Billington]]||[[Leo Sheffield]]||[[Sydney Granville]]||[[Richard Walker (singer)|Richard Walker]]
|-
|''Mabel''||Dorothy Court||Elsie McDermid||[[Elsie Griffin]]||Kathleen Frances||[[Helen Roberts]]
|-
|''Edith''||Jessie Rose||[[Nellie Briercliffe]]||Eileen Sharp||[[Marjorie Eyre]]||[[Marjorie Eyre]]
|-
|''Kate''||Beatrice Boarer||Betty Grylls||Aileen Davies||Maisie Baxter||Ivy Sanders
|-
|''Isabel''||Ethel Lewis||Kitty Twinn||Hilary Davies||Elizabeth Nicell-Lean||Maysie Dean
|-
|''Ruth''||Louie Rene||[[Bertha Lewis]]||[[Bertha Lewis]]||Dorothy Gill||[[Ella Halman]]
|}
 
It should also be noted that Voldemort may initially have intended to make his return public ([[Sirius Black|Sirius]] points out that his comeback didn't come off quite the way he wanted it to) and has a predilection for overcomplex plots (as [[Wormtail]] noted, he could have used the blood of any enemy and returned at the beginning of the book, but Voldemort then states that Harry's blood holds certain properties that Voldemort wished to acquire). It is possible that he intended to cause maximum chaos to the wizarding world by murdering Harry and returning to his former position in as spectacular a manner as possible.
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!Role!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1950 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1958 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1968 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1975 Tour!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1982 Tour
|-
|''Major-General''||[[Martyn Green]]||[[Peter Pratt]]||[[John Reed (actor)|John Reed]]||James Conroy-Ward||Alistair Donkin
|-
|''Pirate King''||[[Darrell Fancourt]]||[[Donald Adams]]||[[Donald Adams]]||[[John Ayldon]]||[[John Ayldon]]
|-
|''Samuel''||Donald Harris||[[George Cook]]||[[Alan Styler]]||Jon Ellison||Michael Buchan
|-
|''Frederic''||[[Leonard Osborn]]||[[Thomas Round]]||[[Philip Potter]]||Colin Wright||[[Meston Reid]]
|-
|''Sergeant''||[[Richard Watson]]||[[Kenneth Sandford]]||[[George Cook]]||Michael Rayner||Clive Harre
|-
|''Mabel''||Muriel Harding||Jean Hindmarsh||[[Valerie Masterson]]||Julia Goss||Vivian Tierney
|-
|''Edith''||Joan Gillingham||[[Joyce Wright]]||Peggy Ann Jones||[[Patricia Leonard]]||Jill Pert
|-
|''Kate''||[[Joyce Wright]]||Elizabeth Howarth||Pauline Wales||Caroline Baker||Helene Witcombe
|-
|''Isabel''||Enid Walsh||Jane Fyffe||Susan Maisey||Rosalind Griffiths||Alexandra Hann
|-
|''Ruth''||[[Ella Halman]]||[[Ann Drummond-Grant]]||Christene Palmer||Lyndsie Holland||[[Patricia Leonard]]
|}
 
===Time-Turners===
==Joseph Papp's ''Pirates''==
A Time-Turner is a device in the magical world of [[Harry Potter]], that allows for [[time travel]].
In 1980, [[Joseph Papp]] and the [[Public Theater]] of New York City brought a new production of ''Pirates'' directed by [[Wilford Leach]] to the [[Delacorte Theatre]] in [[Central Park]], one of the series of [[Shakespeare in the Park]] summer events. The show played for 10 previews and 35 performances. It then transferred to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], opening on [[January 8]] [[1981]] for a run of 20 previews and 787 performances at the [[George Gershwin Theatre|Uris]] and [[Minskoff Theatre|Minskoff]] Theatres.
 
[[Hermione Granger]] received a Time-Turner from [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', so she could attend more classes than time would normally allow. Hermione is ordered to keep it a secret from everyone, including Harry and Ron, although they do notice the impossibility of her schedule, and several bizarre disappearances and reappearances. Hermione lets Harry in on the secret near the end of the book, where she and Harry use the Time-Turner to save [[Sirius Black]] and [[Buckbeak]].
Compared to traditional productions of the opera, Papp's ''Pirates'' featured a more swashbuckling Pirate King and Frederic, and a broader, more [[musical comedy]] style of humour. It also featured an adapted orchestration and a number of key changes. The "Matter Patter" trio from ''[[Ruddigore]]'' and "Sorry her lot" from ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' were interpolated. The production also restored Gilbert and Sullivan's original New York ending, with a reprise of the Major-General's song in the Act II finale.
 
Hermione's Time-Turner resembled an [[hourglass]] pendant on a necklace. The hourglass pendant would be twisted to move through time, and the number of turns on the hourglass corresponded to the number of hours one travelled back in time. It would appear that traveller is transported back to the general area where he or she was at the moment in time at which they arrive.
[[Linda Ronstadt]] starred as Mabel, [[Rex Smith]] as Frederic, [[Kevin Kline]] as the Pirate King, [[Patricia Routledge]] as Ruth (replaced by [[Estelle Parsons]] for the Broadway transfer), [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]] as the Major-General, and [[Tony Azito]] as the Sergeant of Police. Notable replacements during the Broadway run included [[Pam Dawber]], [[Karla DeVito]], and [[Maureen McGovern]] as Mabel; [[Robby Benson]], Patrick Cassidy, and [[Peter Noone]] as Frederic; [[James Belushi]], [[Gary Sandy]], and [[Treat Williams]] as the Pirate King; George S. Irving as the Major-General; and [[Kaye Ballard]] as Ruth.
 
A large supply of Time-Turners is kept at the [[Ministry of Magic]], as seen in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''; however, during the events of that book the entire supply of Time-Turners is destroyed. Due to their time-affecting properties, they are seen to smash and reassemble, over and over.
The production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], London, on [[May 26]] [[1982]] for a run of 601 performances. Notable among the cast were [[George Cole]] and [[Ronald Fraser]] as the Major-General; [[Michael Praed]] and [[Peter Noone]] as Frederic; [[Tim Curry]] and [[Oliver Tobias]] as the Pirate King; [[Chris Langham]] as the Sergeant of Police; [[Pamela Stephenson]] as Mabel; and [[Annie Ross]] as Ruth.
 
The possibility of time travel within the Harry Potter universe may seem to allow many plot holes, but characters appear to use them for trivial tasks that have no effect on existence as a whole. The one notable use of the Time-Turner within canon (to save Buckbeak and Sirius), obeys [[Novikov self-consistency principle]]. This fatalistic theory of time-travel (i.e. "Nothing can be changed because anything a traveler does merely produces the circumstances they had noted before traveling") is, incidentally, reminiscent of Rowling's employment of [[self fulfilling prophecy]], but while prophecies within canon are relevant only to the degree that characters place relevance on them, (the books state Harry and Voldemort 'could' walk away and void the Prophecy if they chose), the same cannot be said for time-travel (there is no suggestion that one can change events by inaction). It has not been revealed in the series if any major events within the books or the Harry Potter universe as a whole have been related to time turners' misuse.
The production was turned into a film (released in 1983), with all of the original Broadway cast reprising their roles, except that [[Angela Lansbury]] replaced Estelle Parsons as Ruth. The film was not a success, but, according to the IMDB, this "had nothing to do with the reviews, which were often quite positive. The real problem lay with Universal's decision to release the film simultaneously to [[SelecTV]] and to theaters. Theater owners were so angry that they boycotted the film; in the end, only 92 theaters agreed to show it, and it enjoyed a long run at only one of them." [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086112/trivia] The film has been shown occasionally on television. Another film based loosely on the opera, ''[[The Pirate Movie]]'', was released during the Broadway run.
 
===Vanishing Cabinet===
The production design has been widely imitated in other modern productions of ''Pirates'', even where traditional orchestration and standard score are used.
At the end of the sixth book, Hogwarts is invaded despite its magical defences against transportation spells by means of a Vanishing Cabinet. This transfers objects which go into one Cabinet to a second paired Cabinet where they emerge. One broken Cabinet was already in the [[Hogwarts layout|Room of Requirement]] at Hogwarts. This was repaired by [[Draco Malfoy]]. At the start of book 6 he is seen in [[Borgin and Burkes]] shop in [[Knockturn Alley]] purchasing an item, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione are unable to see what it is, because he is standing behind a Cabinet. He also requests Borgin's help to repair some object. It is likely that the Vanishing Cabinet was broken in the second book, when Peeves drops it over Filch's office as a diversion.
 
The Vanishing Cabinet is mentioned several times in the earlier books, such as when [[Hogwarts ghosts|Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]] convinces [[Peeves]] to drop it (perhaps breaking it) over [[Argus Filch]]'s office in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', in order to help [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] escape detention for "befouling of the castle" (tracking in [[mud]]). It was also used in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' by [[Fred and George Weasley]], when they forced [[Minor Slytherins#Montague|Montague]], the [[Hogwarts Houses#Slytherin|Slytherin]] Quidditch captain and member of [[the Inquisitorial Squad]] into it when he tried to take house points from Gryffindor. ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' reveals that Montague's experience led [[Draco Malfoy]] to recognise that a pair of Vanishing Cabinets could be used as a magical passage. Malfoy later uses this artifact to smuggle [[Death Eaters]] into Hogwarts. The Vanishing Cabinets have yet to appear prominently in the films; in a deleted scene (available on DVD) in ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' Harry hides in a cupboard in Borgin and Burke's.
==Cultural impact==
On February 29, 1940, the ''[[New York Times]]'' ran an article noting that Frederic was finally out of his indentures.
 
==Other magical objects==
The music to the song ''I am the very model of a modern Major-General'' has been used with [[Major-General's Song#References and parodies|numerous other fast-sung lyrics]], notably as [[Tom Lehrer]]'s song, ''[[The Elements (song)|The Elements]]''. Many other parodies of this song can be found at [[Major-General's Song]].
===Magical sweets===
A multitude of sweets are produced in the stories; many have a violent or bizarre side-effect, especially those created by Fred and George Weasley. Most sweets can be found in the sweetshop [[Honeydukes]].
 
====Acid Pops====
Other tunes that have been used frequently in other contexts include:
[[Acid]] Pops are [[lollipop]]s that can burn a hole through one's tongue.
* The tune for the chorus for ''With cat-like tread'', which begins "Come, friends, who plough the sea" is also known as the tune for "Hail, hail, the gang's all here."
* ''With cat-like tread'' and ''Modern Major General'' were both parodied in an episode of ''[[Animaniacs]]''. The former was changed to a song about surfing a whale, and the latter became a song by [[Yakko Warner]] about him being "the very model of a cartoon individual".
 
====Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans====
[[Isaac Asimov]] wrote a short story called "The Year of the Action", in which the protagonists try to decide whether the action of ''Penzance'' took place on March 1, 1873, or March 1, 1877. (That is, did Gilbert forget, or not know, that 1900 was not a leap year?)
Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans are [[jelly beans]] that come in literally every flavour. The flavours described in the book as normal include [[caramel]], [[chocolate]], [[coffee]], [[marmalade]], [[peppermint]], [[strawberry]], [[lemon]], and [[toffee]].
The "unusual" flavours include [[baked bean]], [[curry]], [[earwax]], [[mucus|bogey]], [[grass]], [[liver]], pepper, [[sardine]], [[spinach]], sprout, [[tripe]], and [[vomit]]. The [[Jelly Belly]] candy company produces real versions of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. They have produced odd flavours in and out of the market since (--). Apart from some "regular" flavours, the company also produces several "unusual" flavours mentioned in the books. Other flavours include [[bacon]], dirt, [[earthworm]], rotten [[egg (food)|egg]], and [[soap]].
 
In the film [[Pretty Woman]], Edward Lewis ([[Richard Gere]]) covered a social gaff by prostitute Vivian Ward ([[Julia Roberts]]), who said that the opera ''[[La Traviata]]'' was so good that she almost "peed in [her] pants" by saying that she had said that she liked it almost as much as "The Pirates of Penzance."
 
In the TV series, ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'', "The Pirates of Penzance" and other Gilbert & Sullivan plays are mentioned, in particular by Deputy Communications Director, Sam Seaborne, who was once recording secretary of the Gilbert and Sullivan society in school.
 
====Cockroach Clusters====
In [[Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney's]] cartoon ''Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers'' (2004), there is a performance of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' that becomes the setting for the climactic battle between the Musketeers and [[Black Pete|Captain Pete]].
A very strange type of sweet, which Harry discovers accidentally to be one of the passwords to Professor Dumbledore's office. We can assume it to contain parts of or whole cockroaches, or to at least be shaped like cockroaches, as other sweets are shaped like frogs or mice. They are sold at Honeydukes shop in Hogsmeade.
 
====Chocolate Frogs====
In the movie ''[[Kate and Leopold]]'', there are multiple references made to ''The Pirates of Penzance'', including a scene where Leopold sings "I Am The Very Model of A Modern Major General" and accompanies himself on the piano.
Chocolate Frogs are, as the name implies, [[frog]]s made of [[chocolate]], which may also be enchanted to move about like real frogs. Like bubble gum and other items in the muggle world, they are each packaged with a [[collectible card]] displaying a magical picture and brief [[biography]] of a famous witch or wizard. The cards named by the ''Harry Potter books'' include:
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Agrippa|Agrippa]]
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Ptolemy|Ptolemy]]
* [[Albus Dumbledore]]
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Nicolas Flamel|Nicolas Flamel]]
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Morgana|Morgana]]
* [[Hengist of Woodcroft]]
* Alberic Grunnion
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Circe|Circe]]
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Paracelsus|Paracelsus]]
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Merlin|Merlin]]
* [[Historical characters in Harry Potter#Druidess Cliodna|Druidess Cliodna]]
* [[Minor Harry Potter characters#Crospin Conk|Crospin Conk]]
* Bertie Bott
* [[Felix Summerbee]]
* [[Cassandra Vablatskey]]
* There is probably a card for [[Flavius Belby]], the only person known to have survived a Lethifold attack.
Additionally, [[J. K. Rowling]] designed{{Fact|date=June 2007}} four Wizard Cards for the four [[The Hogwarts Founders|Hogwarts founders]].
 
Chocolate Frogs first appear in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', when Harry is on the [[Hogwarts Express]] heading to Hogwarts. Having just met [[Ron Weasley]], Harry buys a large amount of food and sweets, including Chocolate Frogs, for the two of them to share. Harry opens a package to discover that the card inside depicts [[Albus Dumbledore]]. The films depict these frogs as capable of movement, though this does not appear to be canonically supported.
In the video game [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], a casino is called "Pirates in Men’s Pants", a crude play on Pirates of Penzance.
 
Chocolate Frogs appear throughout the series. Some fans had speculated that members of the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]] used the cards found with the Frogs to communicate. [[J.K. Rowling]] has denied this. Chocolate Frogs of a sort are also available through the [[Cap Candy Company]], though availability is limited in summer months due to the risk of them melting in transport. They each come with one [[holographic]] [[lenticular]] collector card.
The [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra]] adventure game [[Space Quest III]] has the title "The Pirates of Pestulon".
 
====Droobles Best Blowing Gum====
In the TV series, ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'', a poster from "The Pirates of Penzance" hangs on Matt Albie's ([[Matthew Perry]]) office wall.
Drooble's Best Blowing Gum is a [[bubble gum]] that fills a room with bluebell bubbles that refuse to pop for days. In Order of the Phoenix Alice Longbottom gave Neville a Droobles Bubblegum wrapper for Christmas.
 
====Fizzing Whizzbees====
The opera has lent itself to unlikely slang used by Melbournian youths. It is common jargon to refer to marijuana as "Pirates of Penzance" and/or the "Gilbert & Sullivan Special"
Fizzing Whizbees cause the consumer to levitate for a while. They are rumoured to contain dried [[Minor Harry Potter beasts#Billywig|Billywig]] stings. Fizzing Whizzbees are also made by Cap Candy, and come with three packets (one Raspberry, one Strawberry and one Orange). They actually resemble [[Pop Rocks]].
 
==Adaptations==Pepper Imps====
Pepper Imps are tiny and black; they cause the consumer to smoke at the ears and breathe fire.
*''Di Yam Gazlonim'' A [[Yiddish]] adaptation of ''Pirates'' by Al Grand that continues to be performed frequently in the United States.
*''Parson's Pirates'' by [[Opera della Luna]]
*''[[The Pirate Movie]]''
*''PIRATES! Of Penzance: A Musical Comedy'' (2006), an adaptation by Nell Benjamin, first presented Nov 1, 2006 at [[Goodspeed Opera House]]. The adaptation is also scheduled to be presented in 2007 at the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]].
*''[[Pirates of Penzance - The Ballet!]]''
 
==See==Peppermint alsoToads====
Peppermint Toads are peppermint creams in the shape of a [[toad]]. Once eaten, they give the sensation that they hop in the stomach.
* [[Major General's Song]]
 
====Pumpkin Pasties====
==References==
Pumpkin Pasties are Pumpkin shaped pasties with no magical qualities.
* {{cite book|last=Gänzl|first=Kurt|year=1986|title=The British Musical Theatre&mdash;Volume I, 1865&ndash;1914|___location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
 
====Toothflossing Stringmints====
* {{cite book|last=Rollins|first=Cyril|year=1962|coauthors=R. John Witts|title=The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: A Record of Productions, 1875&ndash;1961|___location=London|publisher=Michael Joseph}} Also, five supplements, privately printed.
Toothflossing Stringmints are odd splintery mints that presumably clean and [[flossing|floss]] one's teeth.
 
====Ice Mice====
* {{cite paper|author=Tillett, Selwyn & Roderick Spencer|date=2002|title=Forty Years of ''Thespis'' Scholarship|url=http://www.chimesmusicaltheatre.co.uk/Thespis.pdf|accessdate=2006-05-25}}
Ice Mice are [[mouse]]-shaped candy that make one's teeth squeak and chatter.
 
====Levitating Sherbet Balls====
Levitating Sherbet Balls are sweet balls that make the eater levitate.
 
====Liquorice Wands====
It is not known whether Liquorice Wands contain any magical qualities. They appear in ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' on the sweets cart on the train, and in the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]] film when Ron requests them, again on the train.
 
====Sugar Quills====
Sugar [[Quill]]s are popular among students, as they can be eaten during class, "and just look like you're thinking what to write next," according to Ron Weasley.
 
===Two-way mirrors===
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', [[Sirius Black|Sirius]] gives Harry a mirror he originally used to communicate with James in detention. It is activated by holding one of them and saying the name of the other possessor, their face appears on your mirror and vice-versa. Harry receives this mirror from Sirius in a package after spending his Christmas holiday at [[Grimmauld Place]]. Harry, at first, chooses not to open the package, although he does discover the mirror after Sirius's death, by which point it is no longer functional although it would have by far been an easier method to check if Sirius was alive. Rowling has noted that the mirror "will help more than you think", implying that it will return in the last book. It makes its appearance when [[Mundungus Fletcher]] loots Grimmauld Place and sells it to Dumbledore's brother, [[Aberforth Dumbledore]], who uses it to watch out for Harry.
 
===Deathly Hallows===
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===Foe-glass===
A '''Foe-glass''' is a mirror that shows its owner's enemies in or out of focus, depending on how close they are, though, like all Dark detectors, they can be fooled, as mentioned by Harry in the fifth book at the beginning of the first D.A. meeting.
 
===The Goblet of Fire===
The Goblet of Fire is used solely to choose the school champions on the occasion of a [[Triwizard Tournament]], in {{HP4}}, serving as an "impartial judge" and is apparently of the possession of [[Albus Dumbledore]]. It is not known whether it has any other magical ability, though [[Alastor Moody]] (the impostor) stated once that the Goblet of Fire was "a very powerful magical object" and it is very difficult to be hoodwinked, unless if someone uses an exceptionally strong Confundus Charm(During the fourth film). This is one of the first clues that he is involved in the hoodwinking.
 
===Gubraithian fire===
'''Gubraithian fire''' is first mentioned in chapter twenty of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''. Hagrid and Madame Maxime gave a branch of Gubraithian fire to the giant leader (Gurg) in his journey. Gubraithian fire will never die out, and it is said that only extremely skilled wizards and witches can conjure it.
 
The name of Gubraithian Fire is evidently taken from the [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]] phrase ''"gu bràth"'' which means "forever" [http://www.taic.btinternet.co.uk/faclair.htm]. The phrase also appears in the [[Oil Thigh]] song of [[Queen's University]] (Kingston Ontario).
 
In addition, it is possible that Gubraithian Fire is a reference to [[greek fire]], a type of flammable liquid used as a weapon by the Byzantine empire. Once lit, Greek fire would remain burning for long periods of time, even if doused in water (this actually made it hotter if not used sufficiently, as it would merely spread the liquid).
 
===Horcruxes===
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===Howler===
A '''Howler''' is a bright red letter usually signifying displeasure and/or anger from the sender directed at the recipient. When it is opened, the sender's voice will bellow at the recipient with the voice magically magnified to deafening volumes before self-destructing. If it is never opened, it will explode violently and the message will be heard anyway. In the film version, the Howler folds itself into a stylised set of lips before dissolving into scraps of paper.
 
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]]'', Ron receives a Howler from his mother, [[Molly Weasley|Mrs Weasley]] after he steals his father's enchanted car and flies it to [[Hogwarts]] with [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]].
 
Neville Longbottom received one from his grandmother after [[Sirius Black]] used his list of passwords to enter [[Gryffindor]] Common Room in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''.
 
Dumbledore sends Petunia Dursley a Howler in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' to remind her of the agreement to allow Harry to live at Privet Drive when Harry's Uncle Vernon attempts to throw him out after the [[Dementor]] attack.
 
===Invisibility Cloak===
An '''Invisibility Cloak''' makes its wearer [[invisible]]. Harry Potter inherited one from his father, who had left it in the care of [[Albus Dumbledore]], and uses it throughout the books in order to sneak around the school. The Cloak is large enough for [[Ron Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] to accompany him underneath it, although this becomes more difficult as they grow throughout the series.
 
Invisibility Cloaks are very rare and expensive, and they are spun from the pelts of [[Magical beasts (Harry Potter)|Demiguises]], magical herbivores that are found in the [[Far East]], or are ordinary cloaks with an invisiblity spell placed on them. It is stated that over time, they will lose their invisibility ability, eventually becoming opaque. In [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]], it was revealed that the invisibility cloak Harry had was one of the [[Deathly Hallows (object)|Deathly Hallows]], which are magical objects which can give the owner of all the objects lordship over death. Harry's cloak is a perfect example. Its invisibility charm will never wear off, but gives him absolutely perfect invisibility forever.
 
;Known owners:
 
*[[Mad-Eye Moody]] (who is known to possess two; one of these is borrowed by [[Sturgis Podmore]] in the course of work for the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]]); he can see through them with his magical eye.
*[[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]; the previous owner of this Cloak was his father [[James and Lily Potter|James Potter]]. It is also one of the fabled [[Deathly Hallows (object)|Deathly Hallows]], the others of which are the Elder Wand and the Resurrection Stone.
*[[Barty Crouch Senior]], who used it to hide his son.
 
Invisibility Cloaks can be seen through by certain people and creatures, such as [[Alastor Moody]] (because of his magical eye), and also apparently [[Albus Dumbledore]] and Mrs Norris, feline pet of Filch, caretaker of Hogwarts. Dementors, who are blind, and who sense rather than see humans, are unaffected by Cloaks.
 
Rowling has stated that James Potter's Cloak was indeed in the care of Albus Dumbledore (as stated in the note included with it when Harry received it at Christmas of his first year) at the time James died and noted that there is an important reason for this.
 
===The Marauder's Map===
The '''Marauder's Map''' was created by [[Remus Lupin]], [[Peter Pettigrew]], [[Sirius Black]], and [[James and Lily Potter|James Potter]] (the '''[[Marauders (Harry Potter)|Marauders]]''') to aid their mischief-making. They gained extensive knowledge about Hogwarts grounds from their frequent night-time adventures while transformed as animals (Black, Pettigrew and Potter being [[Animagus|Animagi]] and Lupin a werewolf). They used this knowledge to create the Marauder's Map. The Map bears its creators' nicknames (derived from their animal forms): ''Moony'' (Lupin, a [[werewolf]]), ''Wormtail'' (Pettigrew, a rat), ''Padfoot'' (Black, a dog), and ''Prongs'' (Potter, a [[deer|stag]]).
 
At first glance, the Map is simply a blank [[parchment]]; but when the user says, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," it reveals the message, "Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are proud to present the Marauders Map," and Hogwarts' layout (including secret passageways) is shown. Saying, "Mischief managed!" returns the map to its original blank state. The Map also gives information on how to open secret passageways. Several locations (such as the [[Locations in Hogwarts#Room of Requirement|Room of Requirement]] and probably the [[Chamber of Secrets]]) do not appear on the map. It would seem that the four friends either did not have any knowledge of them, or&mdash;in the case of the former&mdash;they are unplottable.
 
The Marauder's Map is covered in tiny ink dots accompanied by minuscule names, indicating the every person's ___location in Hogwarts. This, according to Harry, is the map's most remarkable feature, and is helpful in evading teachers and other people whom one wishes to avoid while "managing mischief." The Marauder's Map cannot be fooled by [[Animagus]] disguises or [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Invisibility Cloak|Invisibility Cloaks]]. Not even [[Potions in Harry Potter#Polyjuice_Potion|Polyjuice Potion]] can outwit the Marauder's Map: Crabbe and Goyle liberally use Polyjuice Potion in The Half-Blood Prince, but the map continues to displays their true identities. For this reason, Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Mad-Eye Moody, considered it a threat and asks to 'borrow' the map from a trusting Harry.
 
The Map was given to Harry by [[Fred and George Weasley]], who found it in [[Argus Filch|Filch]]'s office. It makes its first appearance in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', and has been featured in all subsequent novels.
 
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] finds the Map in Harry's possession and tries to force it to reveal its secrets; the Map responds by insulting him. Professor Lupin arrives, says he will investigate, and takes it with him. He returns the map to Harry after resigning his post at Hogwarts. The Map retains an echo of its creators' personalities, much like the [[#The Sorting Hat|Sorting Hat]] remembers the thoughts and opinions of the school founders. Snape, however, continues to insist that the Map contains Dark Magic.
 
In the book the Map is a piece of parchment; in the films, the Map appears with a cover that unfolds in two with many other folds inside each other. All the lines in the Map are made up of what at first glance are just random letters, but upon closer inspection are Latin words.
 
In the books, there is no mention of Harry recovering the Map from the office of the [[Barty Crouch Junior|Professor Moody imposter]]; when asked, Rowling answered that Harry had indeed sneaked into the office and recovered it in the days following the Third Task. She also commented that she had intended to include a scene or mention it.
 
===The Mirror of Erised===
The '''Mirror of Erised''' is a mystical mirror discovered by Harry in a back corridor of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. On it is inscribed, ''erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi'' &mdash; which, when reversed and correctly spaced, reads ''I show not your face but your heart's desire''. According to [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], the Mirror "shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts"; Harry, upon encountering the Mirror, can see his parents, as well as what appears to be a crowd of relatives; Ron sees himself as Head Boy and [[Quidditch]] Captain holding the Quidditch Cup (thus revealing his wish to be acknowledged in the shadow of his highly successful older brothers). Dumbledore, one of the only other characters to face the Mirror in the novel, claims to see himself holding a pair of [[sock]]s, telling Harry that ''"...one can never have enough socks." '', also lamenting that he did not receive any for [[Christmas]], since people will insist on giving him books. If the claim was true, it might suggest that Dumbledore is, indeed, so content that he can wish for such small things. On the other hand, as the book is careful to inform us, Harry suspects he might merely have not wished to tell Harry. "It had been rather a personal question." Dumbledore lying about this seems to be corroborated by Rowling as well. Dumbledore's deepest desire is revealed in the last book to be the knowledge of who killed Arianna, if it was [[Grindelwald]], [[Aberforth Dumbledore]], or himself.<ref>[http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview2.shtml MuggleNet | Emerson and Melissa's J.K. Rowling Interview Page 2]</ref>
 
The Mirror of Erised was the final protection given to the [[Philosopher's Stone]]. Dumbledore hid the Mirror and hid the Stone inside it, knowing that only a person who wanted to ''find'' the Stone, but not to ''use'' it, would be able to obtain the stone. Anyone else would see himself making an Elixir of Life or turning things to gold, rather than actually see himself find the Stone, as [[Professor Quirrell]] claimed to have seen - as Dumbledore tells Harry, "It was one of my more brilliant ideas, and between you and me, that's saying something."
 
===Moody's Magical Trunk===
Alastor Moody owns a rather interesting magical trunk. It has seven locks on it, and the trunk opens to a different assortment of objects for each lock. Most notably, though, the seventh compartment is about 10 feet deep, and is where Barty Crouch Jr. imprisoned the real Moody. Other compartments contain spellbooks, Dark Detectors, and Moody's Invisibility Cloak.
 
===Omnioculars===
Omnioculars are magical brass binoculars used by Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the fourth book during the Quidditch World Cup. Omnioculars, besides having magnified lenses, have many features. Among them, the ones mentioned are the ability to replay or slow down something seen through the lenses, although a side-effect being that the view in the lenses is not accurate of what is currently happening, since it's going slower than real life. They also have a play-by-play feature, where the names of moves performed by Quidditch players is shown in bright purple letters across the Omnioculars lenses.
 
===Pensieve===
A '''Pensieve''' is a stone receptacle in which to store memories. Covered in mystic runes, it has liquid nor gas within its basin. A witch or wizard can extract their own memories or someone else's and store them in the Pensieve and review them later. It also relieves the mind when it becomes flooded with information. Anyone can examine the memories in the Pensieve, which also allows viewers to fully immerse themselves in the memories stored within, much like a magical form of [[virtual reality]]. [[Tom Riddle's diary]] seems to have this same form of virtual reality. Oddly, users of these devices view the memories from a [[Third-person narrative|third person]] view, providing a near-[[omniscient]] perspective of the events preserved. This of course, raises questions of how they are able to see things beyond what they have remembered. Rowling answered this question in an interview, confirming that memories in the pensieve allow one to view details of things that happened even if they did not notice or remember them, and stated that "that's the magic of the Pensieve, what brings it alive" [http://mugglenet.com/jkrinterview3.shtml]. The contents of a Pensieve, as mentioned in the book, look neither like smoke nor like water. The "memory" has the appearance of silver threads. Memories that have been heavily manipulated or tampered with to alter perspectives (such as [[Horace Slughorn]]'s) may appear thick and jelly-like and offer obscured viewing. Memories are not limited to just those of humans, since at least one [[house-elf]] provided Dumbledore with one as well.
 
It is questionable as to what will happen to the Pensieve in Dumbledore's office, as it contains many secrets and a considerable part of Dumbledore's knowledge. The Pensieve could pose a possibly powerful threat if Voldemort should choose to try and take it, or a powerful tool for Harry should he have access to it.
 
''Pensieve'' is a portmanteau of 'sieve' (a device used for sifting) and 'pensive' (thoughtful or full of thoughts). It is also a (possibly unintentional) anagram of Pevensie, the surname of Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy in the [[Chronicles of Narnia]].
 
Dumbledore's Pensieve first appears in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', again in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', and plays a pivotal role in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. It makes a last appearance in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' when Harry uses it to decipher the memories of [[Severus Snape]].
 
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===Deluminator===
The '''deluminator''' is a device used, and possibly invented, by [[Albus Dumbledore]] to turn off the streetlights along a street at night. It looks like a standard cigarette lighter. It never officially receives the name "Put-Outer"; after a description of what it is and what it does, the narrator dubs it a ''Put-Outer''. The Put-Outer makes four appearances:
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Dumbledore uses the Put-Outer to darken Privet Drive, where the [[Relatives of Harry Potter#Vernon Dursely|Dursley]] household is located. Dumbledore is expecting [[Rubeus Hagrid]] to transport the infant Harry to Privet Drive, where Dumbledore will leave him at the Dursley household. Dumbledore's Put-Outer allows Hagrid to arrive with added secrecy, which is necessary because Harry's parents have been murdered the night before. This makes the Put-Outer the first piece of magic to be shown in the novels.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Dumbledore loans the Put-Outer to [[Mad-Eye Moody]], who uses it when transporting Harry from the Dursleys' home to the headquarters of the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]] at [[12 Grimmauld Place]]. Again the Put-Outer provides secrecy to keep Harry and the headquarters safe.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Dumbledore uses it again to darken Privet Drive before collecting Harry.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', it is known as the Deluminator. It is bequeathed to [[Ron Weasley]] by Dumbledore and he uses it to return to Harry and Hermoine after leaving in a fit of anger. It is also used in the Malfoy Manor's cellar, where Ron and Harry are caught by the Death Eaters and thrown in.
 
===Quick Quotes Quill===
A stenographic tool of sorts employed by Rita Skeeter which spins the words of her subjects into a form more fitting to its owner.
 
Rita Skeeter uses the quill to interview Harry (inside a Hogwarts broomstick cupboard) about his participation in the Triwizard Tournament in the movie, "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire" for her column "Me, Myself, and I" in the newspaper, "The Daily Prophet". Harry continually tries to correct the inaccuracy of the quill to Rita.
 
This quill would also seem to be acid green and needs to be licked on the tip before it can be used.
 
===Quidditch equipment===
There are several enchanted objects needed to play [[Quidditch]], the most obvious being flying broomsticks. All the balls in the game are enchanted in some way. The [[Golden Snitch]] is enchanted to fly around, mimicking the flight patterns of the Golden [[Minor Harry Potter beasts#Snidget|Snidget]], and also to not leave the playing field. The [[Rules of Quidditch#The Balls|Bludger]] is enchanted to fly around and try to knock players off their broomsticks. A Bludger does not focus on one player unless it has been tampered with, as was the case in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. The [[Quaffle]] may appear an exception, but it is also enchanted to make it easy to grip, and to fall more slowly than normal.
 
===Remembrall===
A '''Remembrall''' is a small, clear orb that turns red if its user has forgotten something (it most likely got its name by combining "remember all"). Unfortunately, it does not tell the user what he/she has forgotten. The very forgetful [[Neville Longbottom]] is given a '''Remembrall''' in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', but gives it to Harry after he retrieves it from Malfoy. This is because Neville had no use for it, as he was unable to remember what he forgot. Their use is forbidden during OWL exams.
 
The [[DVD]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' contains a software approximation of a remembrall.
 
===Revealer===
Used in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]]'' when [[Hermione Granger]] tries to make something appear in [[Tom Riddle's diary]], this object is a bright red eraser which makes invisible ink appear.
 
===Secrecy Sensor===
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]'', this magical object was mentioned when Harry went into [["Mad-Eye" Moody|Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody]]'s office. It is described as "An object that looked something like an extra-squiggly, golden television aerial." It vibrates when it detects concealment and lies. Moody mentions that its, "No use here of course, too much interference-students in every direction lying about why they haven't done their homework." However, it may be that this was due to the sinister intentions of Moody.
Eric (the Atrium desk wizard) also uses a Secrecy Sensor on visitors to the Ministry of Magic.
Secrecy Sensors, like all other Dark Detectors, can be fooled, as mentioned by Harry in the fifth book at the beginning of the first D.A. meeting.
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', due to Hogwart's new stringent security measures, Argus Filch is assigned to run every student entering the entrance hall of the castle with Secrecy Sensors and all the owls flying into Hogwarts, too, to detect any Dark object within the castle. Later, Hermione explains that though Secrecy Sensors detect jinxes, curses, and concealment charms, they cannot detect love potions.
 
===Self-Shuffling playing cards===
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]]'', a pack of these cards is mentioned as one of the objects littering the floor of [[Ron Weasley|Ron]]'s room. They are probably used to play [[Exploding Snap]].
 
===Sneakoscope===
A '''Sneakoscope''' is a magical device which serves as a [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark Arts]] detector, and is described as a miniature glass spinning top that emits shrill noises in the presence of deception: for instance, when an untrustworthy person is near or when a deceitful event takes place nearby.
 
Sneakoscopes are first introduced in the third book, ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', when [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] gives [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] one of the devices as a present for his 13th birthday. [[Bill Weasley]] claimed that the sneakoscope was faulty, because it howled continuously for no apparent reason once while the Weasley family were eating dinner together in Egypt, but Bill didn't realise that Fred and George had put beetles in his soup. The sneakoscope appears again on the [[Hogwarts Express]], and again up in Harry and Ron's dormitory. Harry later discovers that Scabbers, Ron's rat, who was present each time the Sneakoscope was spinning, is actually a traitorous [[animagus]] named [[Peter Pettigrew]].
 
In book four, ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', the somewhat paranoid [["Mad-Eye" Moody|Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody]] has several sneakoscopes that he somehow disabled (possibly related to a crack it was described as having), "It wouldn't stop whistling." However, it may have been because Mad-Eye was really [[Barty Crouch Jr]].
 
In book seven, Hermione gives Harry a Sneakoscope for his 17th birthday which they later use to help as a lookout.
 
===The Sorting Hat===
The '''Sorting Hat''' is a [[sentient]] [[artifact (fantasy)|artifact]] used at [[Hogwarts]], which magically determines to which of the four school houses &mdash; [[Hogwarts Houses#Gryffindor|Gryffindor]], [[Hogwarts Houses#Hufflepuff|Hufflepuff]], [[Hogwarts Houses#Ravenclaw|Ravenclaw]] or [[Hogwarts Houses#Slytherin|Slytherin]] &mdash; each new student is to be assigned. During the opening banquet at the beginning of the school year, the First-Year students are lined up and their names read aloud alphabetically; each then takes a seat on a stool and the hat is placed on their head. After a moment of consideration, the hat announces its choice aloud for all to hear, and the student joins the selected house. The moment of consideration varies in length, from nearly a minute to less than a second. Judging from Harry's own account of his Sorting, and a brief comment made by Hermione, the hat speaks to the student while they're being Sorted.
 
The Sorting Hat originally belonged to [[The Hogwarts Founders#Godric Gryffindor|Godric Gryffindor]], one of the founders of [[Hogwarts]].
 
The Sorting Hat's songs vary in length and content. Before sorting the students each year, the hat recites a new introductory song. These songs occasionally warn of danger to come, as in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''.
 
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the hat plays a critical role in the climax of the story by coming to Harry's aid in the Chamber and providing him with Godric Gryffindor's sword. The sword and hat together make up the two known relics of that Founder.
 
The Sorting Hat had a difficult time placing [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]], almost placing him into [[Slytherin]] house before he requested specifically and emphatically not to be. The Hat instead placed him into [[Gryffindor]], after both his parents.
 
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' the Sorting Hat is lit on fire by Lord Voldemort, although it is unclear if the hat was destroyed, as references to the sorting were used during the epilogue 19 years later.
 
In the first two Harry Potter movies, he is voiced by actor [[Leslie Phillips]].
 
===Spellotape===
'''Spellotape''' is [[magic (Harry Potter)|magical]] [[adhesive tape]]; it is a [[Parody|spoof]] of the real life product [[sellotape]].
 
Spellotape is referenced in all of the Harry Potter books, apart from ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', and is seen in the movie [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie)|''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'']].
 
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===Blood Quill===
In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Harry has detention with [[Dolores Umbridge|Professor Umbridge]] on several occasions. During these detentions, he is required to write lines (''I must not tell lies''), and is not released from this until Umbridge believes "the message has sunk in." Rather than use a regular quill, Umbridge makes Harry use a blood quill, which is unusually sharp with a black nib. As the user writes, the quill magically (and painfully) cuts into the back of the user's hand and uses their blood for ink. When carried out repeatedly over a period of time, this can lead to permanent scarring, as shown by Harry to [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. Other victims of this form of detention include [[Lee Jordan]].
 
===Wand===
To perform feats of magic a ''[[wand]]'' is usually used. Without a wand magic is possible, but this seems to be very difficult and uncontrolled. A wand is personal for a wizard, although other wizards' wands can be used, generally to a less potent effect than by using one's own wand. When Harry Potter was selecting his wand, he had to try out many wands until he found a wand that created sparks as he waved it. A wand is usually made of wood and has a core of an organic, magical object or substance. Such cores mentioned include [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] tail feathers, [[unicorn]] tail hairs, [[dragon]] heartstrings and [[veela]] hair. Wands with cores from the same source give strange effects ([[Canonical spells in the world of Harry Potter#Prior Incantato|Priori Incantatem]]) when forced to fight each other, as is the case with Harry Potter's and [[Lord Voldemort]]'s wands in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. Each of their wands contains a tail feather from [[Fawkes]], the phoenix belonging to [[Albus Dumbledore]]. The only named wand shop is Ollivander's, owned by [[Ollivander]], where Hagrid takes Harry to buy his first wand. However, in the "Weighing of the Wands" chapter of "Goblet of Fire", Ollivander is seen to evaluate two foreign wands: [[Viktor Krum]]'s wand: a Gregorovitch creation and unusually thick; and [[Fleur Delacour]]'s wand, whose core (a hair from her veela grandmother) was a core he felt created "temperamental" wands, and thus did not use himself. Rather than carry a wand inside one's robes, they can be put into other objects, as Lucius Malfoy does by hiding his inside his cane in the films, and Moody seems to have his actually inside his walking staff in the Order of the Phoenix film. Harry also suspects that Hagrid has the broken halves of his wand inside his umbrella.
 
===Weasley Clock===
The [[Weasley family]] has a clock in their home, [[The Burrow (Harry Potter)|the Burrow]], with nine hands, one for every member of the family. Instead of telling the time, the clock reveals the ___location or status of each family member. The known locations are:
 
*Home
*School
*Work
*Travelling
*Lost
*Hospital
*Prison
*Mortal Peril
 
Only the ___location of "mortal peril" is known (it is situated where the numeral 12 would normally be). Throughout the first five books, the hands changed to reflect the varying statuses of the family members, but by [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Book Six]], all nine hands had taken to pointing to "mortal peril" at all times, except when someone was travelling. [[Molly Weasley|Mrs Weasley]] took this to mean that, with [[Lord Voldemort]] having returned, everyone was technically in mortal peril.
 
The Weasleys are the only family mentioned to own such a clock and Mrs Weasley notes that she does not know of anyone else with one.
 
===Wizard's Chess===
'''Wizard's chess''' is a version of [[chess]] played with small pieces and a board like real chess, except that the pieces are animated.[http://chess.about.com/b/a/187742.htm] The players simply tell the pieces to move with the proper commands, which the pieces obey. The pieces attack each other in cases where an opposing player's piece would be taken, usually by breaking the opposing piece in half. However, because sets can be inherited and loaned, the pieces are assumed to rebuild themselves after the game. Ron has a set left to him by his Uncle Bilius. Harry first plays with pieces borrowed from [[Seamus Finnigan]], and later gets a set in one of his wizard crackers during his first Christmas at Hogwarts. During the climactic chapters of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' Harry, Ron and Hermione become chess pieces in a life-size game of wizard's chess, thus risking their lives.
 
Recently, the company Deagostini have released a magazine series called "Harry Potter Chess", which is based on the life-size game near the end of the film version of Philosopher's Stone. The chess pieces that come with it are based on the life-size pieces in the film. Arco Toys and others also have a Wizards Chess Set.[http://www.amazon.com/Arco-Toys-Ltd-Potter-Wizard/dp/B0000669DT][http://www.chesscentral.com/sets-pieces-chess/harry-potter-chess.htm]
 
 
 
===Hand of Glory===
The [[Hand of Glory]] is an unpleasant instrument used by [[Draco Malfoy]] in ''[[The Half-Blood Prince]]''. It was seen previously in ''Chamber of Secrets'', when Draco and his father, [[Lucius Malfoy]], visited the [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark Arts]] store [[Borgin and Burkes]] down [[Knockturn Alley]]. (At that point, Lucius denied Draco's request to have it, saying that it was a tool for a common thief.) It is a large shrivelled hand displayed on a cushion in the shop. When it is given a candle, it gives light only to the one holding the hand.
In the Half Blood Prince, was used by Draco when leaving the Room of Requirements, and was able to escape Ron and a few other members of the DA, after using the Instant Darkness Powder.
 
In the movie ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the Hand appears in [[Borgin and Burkes]]. When Harry examines it, it attempts to break his wrist.
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/html/pirates_home.html ''The Pirates of Penzance'' at The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive]
* [http://www.concentric.net/~Oakapple/gasdisc/pirmovie.htm ''The Pirates of Penzance'' at The Gilbert & Sullivan Discography]
* [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hrgsp/old/productions/pir00/pir00hist.htm Discussion of the background of the Paignton and New York openings]
* [http://www.imdb.com/find?tt=on;nm=on;mx=20;q=The%20Pirates%20of%20Penzance ''The Pirates of Penzance''] at [[IMDB]]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4088 Papp's ''Pirates''] at The Internet Broadway Database
* [http://www.savoyoperas.org.uk/pirates/pp2.html Review of the opening night by [[Clement Scott]]]
* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/whowaswho/index.htm Site containing biographies of the people listed in the historical casting chart]
* [http://sitemaker.umich.edu/umgass/files/gasbag227.pdf Kevin Wachs' research as to the original incarnation of the opera] (PDF file)
*[http://oldsoaks.mugss.org/shows/2002/index.htm Page includes MP3 files of music from ''Pirates'']
*[http://www.amiright.com/parody/performers/g/gilbertsullivan.shtml Page linking to numerous Pirates song parodies]
 
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