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Dobby • Character Dobby was a house-elf, for years indentured to the Malfoy family, until his admiration for Harry Potter goaded him into trying to warn Harry against coming to school in his second year because he knew what Lucius was planning with the diary. Dobby interfered with Harry’s life a number of… Read More

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Is Dobby a Communist? • Article

Posted March 2, 2004 by Morag Traynor in Canon discussion / Essays

The name “Dobby” appears in A Fine Old Conflict, 1 Jessica Mitford’s memoir of her radical youth in 1950s America—and a book J K Rowling has almost certainly read. Rowling, as we know from interviews, admires Jessica Mitford—she even named her daughter after the left-wing political campaigner and journalist. “Dobby” Walker (no other… Read More

Dobby to the rescue • Trivia It was Dobby who gave Harry the Gillyweed, after he heard a staged conversation between the fake ‘Mad-eye’ and Professor McGonagall. Read More

🎙️ Is Dobby Really Necessary? • Article

Posted March 10, 2018 by Eileen Jones in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

In my latest re read of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this question just hit me: Is Dobby really necessary to the end result of book 2? To be clear this is a different question than asking if he is essential to the… Read More

Dobby the House Elf • Image Dobby, house-elf, house-elves, tea… Read More

Lucius Malfoy and Dobby • Image Lucius Malfoy, Dobby, house elf, house-elves (CS18)… Read More

Dobby the Free House-Elf • Image Dobby, house-elf, house-elves, socks… Read More

Dobby returns Hedwig to Harry • Event Harry, having fallen asleep in the common room, wakes up from his recurring dream to find Dobby before him. The elf is wearing a tower of knitted hats with a cured Hedwig on top of them. Dobby tells Harry that Winky is still drinking and struggling emotionally, and asks Harry… Read More

Dobby Returns Hedwig (Book 5) • Image OP18… Read More

Dobby intercepts Harry's mail all summer • Event In an attempt to protect Harry by making him feel he has no reason to return to Hogwarts for his second year, Dobby intercepts and keeps all mail being sent to Harry by his new friends from school (CS2). Read More

Dobby retrieves gillyweed from Snape's office • Event After hearing the fake Moody’s staged conversation about gillyweed, Dobby darts to Snape’s office to get some gillyweed for Harry (GF35). Read More

Dobby starts searching for paid work • Event After being freed, Dobby begins searching for paid work. He travels all over the country looking for a job and being turned away by people who wanted nothing to do with a freed house-elf who wore clothes and wanted to be paid (GF21). Read More

Dobby watches Harry from a hedge • Event When sitting on a bench in the garden after breakfast and ruminating on the bad start to his twelfth birthday, Harry gets a surprise when he notices two big eyes watching him from a hedge (CS1). Read More

Dobby is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange • Event The elf dies from a knife wound in rescuing Harry and his friends from Malfoy Mansion . Bellatrix had kept the short, silver knife underneath her robes before she threw it toward where Harry and his friends are vanishing (DH22). It hits Dobby in the chest. His last words were “Harry…… Read More

Dobby the Secret-keeper has his own page • Article

Posted August 16, 2006 by Lisa Bunker in What's New

Dobby actually has 2 new pages. One for character information, and one for his quotes! I will be adding artwork, but the pages are essentially finished. Comments and corrections appreciated! One quote that struck me as interesting was this one “Dobby likes Professor Dumbledore very much, sir, and is… Read More