Friday, September 7, 2007

Dobby Post I mentioned

Here it is, straight from wikipedia:


Dobby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dobby is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
Dobby is a house-elf, who, unlike most other house-elves, wanted to be freed. He (like other house-elves) constantly refers to himself in the third person, for instance: "Dobby has your owl, sir!" He appeared as a major character in the second book, and has sporadic appearances in later novels; however, his small roles have often been very important.
Dobby was realized as a computer-generated creature voiced by Toby Jones in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film.
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Appearances
Before Chamber of Secrets
Dobby was the abused and tormented slave of the Malfoys prior to COS. Against his masters' wishes, he had a respect and admiration for Harry Potter.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In his first appearance in the series, Dobby knew of Malfoy's plans to re-open the Chamber of Secrets using Tom Riddle's school diary for months before it happened. As an attempt to discourage Harry Potter from returning to Hogwarts, Dobby began to intercept the letters that Harry's friends sent him. Dobby then appeared at Privet Drive to warn Harry and tell him of the danger of returning to Hogwarts, and attempted to persuade him to stay away so he would be safe from harm. For warning Harry, he had to punish himself most severely.
When Dobby's attempts failed to persuade Harry, he smashed a pudding in the Dursley's kitchen. Being caught in the kitchen with the wreckage, and receiving a warning letter for illegal use of magic, Harry was locked up by the Dursleys, who insisted that he would not return to Hogwarts. They might perhaps have been successful, but Ron, Fred and George Weasley were able to rescue Harry in their father's flying Ford Anglia.
Dobby later tried to keep Harry away from Hogwarts by magically sealing off the hidden entrance to Platform 9¾, but Harry and Ron foiled that plot by piloting the flying car back to their school, a feat that nearly got them expelled. During a later Quidditch match of Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, Dobby also enchanted a Bludger to chase after only Harry; it managed to break his arm. Gilderoy Lockhart's attempt to heal it resulted instead in the disintegration of all his bones, and Harry had to spend the night in the hospital wing while new ones grew in their place. While there, Harry saw a Petrified Colin Creevey brought in, and was visited again by Dobby.
When Harry — having just returned from the Chamber of Secrets — discovered that Dobby's master was Lucius Malfoy, Harry tricked Malfoy into setting Dobby free. The grateful elf has remained devoted to Harry ever since. At the end of the film adaptation of The Chamber of Secrets, Dobby's intervention stopped Lucius Malfoy from completing the incantation of the famous killing curse which he was going to use on Harry in revenge for tricking him into releasing Dobby, though in the book he merely lunged at Harry.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Dobby thereafter demanded to be paid for his services and he found it difficult to find any employment at all. But he later obtained a post at Hogwarts, and is the only paid house-elf on the staff; he receives one Galleon a week and a day off a month. Dumbledore, being a kind-hearted person, offered Dobby ten Galleons a week and weekends off, but Dobby turned him down, expressing that he liked freedom, but "like[d] work better." Dumbledore also said that, far from having to treat him with reverence and fear, as most house-elves did their masters, Dobby was free to call him a "barmy old codger" if he liked. He declined this as well, having developed great love for the headmaster.
Dobby gives Harry the gillyweed he needs to survive the Second Triwizard Task.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dobby was also the only house-elf who cleaned Gryffindor Tower since Hermione Granger began trying to set the house-elves free, to further her Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, because the house-elves found the clothes insulting. One night, when Dobby woke Harry from a disturbing dream, he asked Harry if he needed help; he showed Harry the hidden Room of Requirement, which Harry used for his Dumbledore's Army meetings. When Professor Umbridge found out about the meetings later, Dobby enters the room to warn the group to leave. Dobby is later mentioned by Albus Dumbledore, who says that Dobby's existence under the Malfoys was as miserable as was that of Kreacher under Sirius Black.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry entrusts Dobby to help watch Kreacher when he ordered him to work in the Hogwarts kitchens with the other house-elves. When Harry needed somebody to follow Draco Malfoy, he was helped by Kreacher and Dobby. Both returned with the important information that Malfoy was in the Room of Requirement. Because of Kreacher's hatred of Harry and his friends, he and Dobby do not get along at all. When Harry summons Kreacher to help him tail Malfoy, Kreacher appears in the middle of a fight with Dobby (apparently over something rude that Kreacher said about Harry). While Kreacher mentions that he will follow Malfoy only because he must, Dobby agrees to do so because he wants to help Harry out. When they report back, Kreacher tells Harry only mundane things, such as Malfoy's class schedule, while Dobby cuts to the chase and tells Harry about Malfoy's visits to the Room of Requirement.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Aberforth Dumbledore sends Dobby to rescue Harry, Ron, and Hermione from Lucius Malfoy's basement. Dobby helps Harry and Ron escape their prison and gets Ollivander the wandmaker, Dean Thomas, and Luna Lovegood out of Malfoy Manor, then helps Harry and Ron free Hermione and Griphook from torture at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange. While he succeeds in his task, Bellatrix throws a knife at Harry, but the knife hits Dobby instead, who dies before he can be healed (this makes Dobby one of very few characters killed in the books whose death is not the direct result of a spell). Dobby's last words were "Harry Potter", his body is buried by Harry in Bill and Fleur's garden adorned with various pieces of the mourners' clothing symbolizing Dobby's freedom from elvish servitude even in death. Harry refuses to use magic to complete the task, and laboriously digs Dobby a grave. Upon his tomb, using his wand, Harry marks "Here Lies Dobby, A Free Elf".
Role in the Films
In the films, Dobby was animated using Computer Graphics and his only appearance was in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when he played the same role as he did in the novel. He was cut from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for reasons unknown, though likely for length. He also did not appear in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and at the moment, it is unknown if he will return in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He is more likely to reappear in the film version of Deathly Hallows seeing as how he rescues Harry and is killed there, a part that most likely can't be taken over by any other character. Confidently, so far all of Dobby's parts have been replaced by Neville Longbottom in the films.



I also have some pics i have of dobby throughout the post. okay. bye!


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whoa. When i got on i saw those adorably creepy eyes and probably jumped a foot.


Bone

Anonymous said...

hey cobra,
it is moe felton(hehehe lol) i am happy it is friday:-0!!! i liked all the dobby info.(there should have been more about draco!)

Anonymous said...

hey cobra,
it is moe felton(hehehhelol) i liked the dobby info.(should have had more about draco)(lol)!!!!!!