Dobby

Dobby is also a common reference to the game tag in the Midlands in the UK.

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Tag - Midlands - UK

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Dobby is also a trade term used to refer to the strip of closely-woven material often seen on towels (and much less commonly on washcloths). This use refers to a type of loom originally used to create a more intricate weave. See dobby loom.

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Dobby (birthday June 28th){{fn|1}} is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series, inspired by the brownies of folklore. His name is another name for a brownie in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Dobby was a House-Elf, who unlike Winky and most House-Elves, wanted to be freed. He was forced to guard many dark secrets.

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Fictional character - Harry Potter - Brownies - Yorkshire - Lancashire - House-Elf - Winky

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Dobby first appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where he was a central character in the story. Dobby served the Malfoy family and its current head Lucius Malfoy. He knew of Malfoy's plans to reopen the Chamber of Secrets using Tom Riddle's (later known as Lord Voldemort) 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 had sent him. Dobby later snuck out of his home to tell Harry of the danger of returning to Hogwarts and attempted to persuade him to stay home and remain safe. However, Dobby unintentionally let slip some details, for which he had to punish himself. When this did not prove enough of a dissuasion, he crashed a cake onto the head of a visitor the Dursleys had to dinner in an attempt to get Harry expelled from Hogwarts for practising magic outside of school. This would have been successful, but Ron, Fred and George Weasley rescued Harry in their father's flying Ford Anglia.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Lucius Malfoy - Tom Riddle - School diary - Harry Potter - Hogwarts - Ron - Fred and George Weasley

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Dobby later tried to make Harry remain at home by closing the entrance to Platform 9¾, but Harry and Ron took the flying car to Hogwarts, which nearly got them expelled. He also enchanted a Bludger to chase only Harry, which managed to knock Harry from his broom with a broken arm. Gilderoy Lockhart's attempt to heal Harry's arm resulted in the removal of Harry's bones in that arm, and Harry had to spend the night in the hospital wing to regrow them. While there, Harry saw a petrified Colin Creevey brought in, and was visited again by Dobby.

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Bludger - Gilderoy Lockhart - Colin Creevey

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When Harry discovered who Dobby's master was, Harry tricked Malfoy's father, Lucius Malfoy, into setting Dobby free. Dobby was very grateful to Harry Potter and promised never to try to save his life again.

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Dobby henceforth wanted to be paid for his service, which meant he had trouble finding work. He later obtained a post at Hogwarts, and he became the only elf there who was paid.

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Since he began working at Hogwarts, he helped Harry several times, though he had been less destructive in these situations. For example, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dobby helped Harry with the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament and in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he showed him the Room of Requirement, which Harry used for his D.A. meetings.

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Triwizard Tournament - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Room of Requirement - D.A.

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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 Elvish Welfare.

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Gryffindor Tower - Hermione Granger - Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare

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According to Albus Dumbledore, Dobby's existence under the Malfoys was as miserable as that of Kreacher under Sirius Black.

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Albus Dumbledore - Kreacher - Sirius Black

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry inherited Kreacher and ordered him to work in the Hogwarts kitchens with the other House-Elves. At Hogwarts, Kreacher's despisement of Harry came into conflict with Dobby's awe of him causing them to get into a number of fights, much to Peeves's delight. When Harry needed somebody to follow Draco Malfoy to find out where he was disappearing to, he was helped unwillingly by Kreacher and willingly by Dobby. They came back to him with the important information that Malfoy was in the Room of Requirement.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Peeves - Draco Malfoy

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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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Computer-generated - Toby Jones - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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