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 MoreDobby 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 MoreDobby 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 MoreDobby 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 MoreDobby 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 MoreDobby 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 MoreDobby 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 MoreDobby and Winky start working at Hogwarts• Event
Professor Dumbledore agrees to let the dismissed house-elves Dobby and Winky work at Hogwarts, and even agrees to pay Dobby. Dobby is thrilled with his new situation, but Winky is deeply ashamed of being a free house-elf (GF21). Dumbledore originally offered Dobby ten Galleons a week plus time off,… Read MoreDobby blocks the barrier at King's Cross• Event
From a hiding spot where he has been watching for Harry, Dobby blocks the gateway to Platform 9 3/4 when Harry and Ron try to go through it, causing them to miss the Hogwarts Express (CS5, CS10). Read MoreDobby visits Harry's dormitory on Christmas morning• Event
Harry wakes up on Christas morning to find Dobby staring at him, eager to give Harry his present. Harry’s startled response wakes up the other boys, and they start opening presents. Pretending he had thought to get Dobby a gift, Harry opens his trunk and gives the elf an ugly… Read MoreDobby prepares Harry for the second task• Event
Dobby wakes Harry up ten minutes before the second task, tells him that he will have to rescue Ron, and gives him Gillyweed (GF26). Harry had fallen asleep in the library, where he was doing research trying to solve the egg’s riddle. Luckily, the Invisibility Cloak slipped off his… Read MoreHarry instructs Dobby and Kreacher to tail Malfoy• Event
At night in the Hospital Wing after McLaggen injures him in a Quidditch match, Harry summons Kreacher and Dobby and orders them to tail Malfoy and figure out what he’s up to. Dobby punches Kreacher in the mouth after he insults Harry (HBP19). Read MoreDobby decorates the Room of Requirement for Christmas• Event
Dobby takes it upon himself to decorate the D.A. classroom with mistletoe and one hundred golden ornaments bearing Harry’s face and the words “HAVE A VERY HARRY CHRISTMAS!” (OP21). Read MoreDobby learns about gillyweed from the fake Moody• Event
Barty Crouch Jr. (while disguised as Moody) summons Dobby to the staffroom on the pretense of collecting dirty laundry and then makes sure the elfs hears him having a very loud discussion with McGonagall about the second task and the possibility of Harry using gillyweed to complete it (GF26,… Read MoreDobby receives socks as a thank you from Harry• Event
Shortly after breakfast, Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit the kitchens to give Dobby the outlandish socks they picked out as a thank-you present for giving Harry the gillyweed for the second task. They also see that Winky is unhappier than ever. Before leaving, Harry, Ron, and Hermione take some food… Read MoreDobby tries to dissaude Harry from returning to Hogwarts• Event
Dobby appears in Harry’s bedroom and tells Harry that his life will be in danger if he returns to Hogwarts for his second year. Between his excitement about meeting Harry, his sense of urgency in his mission to warn him, his astonishment at Harry’s kindness, and his guilt and fear… Read MoreDobby and Winky decide to try getting work at Hogwarts• Event
After an unsuccessful two-year search for paid work, Dobby visits Winky and learns that she, too, has been freed. Dobby proposes they team up and ask Professor Dumbledore to let them both work at Hogwarts (GF21). Read MoreDobby visits Harry in the Hospital Wing after breaking his arm• Event
Late at night in the Hospital Wing, Harry awakes to find that his brow is being sponged by Dobby. An emotional Dobby laments that Harry has returned to Hogwarts and accidentally reveals that he was responsible for both the closed gateway at King’s Cross and the rogue bludger. Dobby also… Read MoreDobby the house-elf is freed from service to the Malfoy family• Event
He is freed when Harry tricks Lucius Malfoy into throwing him a sock (CS18). Read MoreDobby and Kreacher discover that Malfoy is using the Room of Requirement• Event
Late at night, Dobby and Kreacher appear in the common room to tell Harry what they have learned from tailing Draco Malfoy. Kreacher says only good things about Draco, but Dobby says that he has been visiting the Room of Requirment and using what seem to be several different students… Read MoreHarry, Ron, and Hermione visit the Hogwarts kitchens and catch up with Dobby and Winky• Event
Harry and Ron accompany Hermione on her visit to the house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchens. Among the house-elves in the kitchen are Dobby and Winky, who have been working at Hogwarts for a week. Winky is still deeply upset about being sacked, Dobby is happy with his new situation, and… Read More