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.

Dobby is also a friendly hobgoblin in Yorkshire. Offerings to fairies were set out on Dobby Stones.^[1]

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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 House-elves are fictional magical creatures in the Harry Potter series of books written by J. K. Rowling. ... Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as the speaker, the addressee, and others. ...

Dobby was realized as a computer-generated creature voiced by Toby Jones in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film. Computer-generated imagery (commonly abbreviated as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media. ... Toby Jones as Truman Capote, with Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee, in Infamous (2006) For the artist, see Toby Jones (artist). ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter films series, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ...

Appearances

Before Chamber of Secrets

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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. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Tom Marvolo Riddle is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Tom Riddles diary is a fictional magical object that appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter fantasy series of books. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, within J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series, is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...

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. The Dursleys or the Dursley family are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Ronald Bilius Ron Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Frederick Fred and George Weasley are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... The Ford Anglia was a British car from Ford in the UK. It was related to the Ford Prefect and the later Ford Popular. ...

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. // Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J. K. Rowling, found in the internationally bestselling Harry Potter novels and films. ... ŃIn the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... ŃIn the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... Gilderoy Lockhart is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. ... Petrified wood In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone or a similar substance. ... Colin and Dennis Creevey are fictional characters in the Harry Potter series of books. ...

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 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. Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character and antagonist in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... In the magical world of the Harry Potter series of fictional novels, many spells are used by the characters. ...

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. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ... The Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (often abbreviated S.P.E.W. or SPEW) is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Dumbledores Army (D.A.) is a fictional, magical self-defence organization founded in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ... Kreacher is a fictional magical creature in the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling and the Warner Bros. ... Sirius Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

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. 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. Draco Malfoy is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ...

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". Aberforth Dumbledore (born c. ... Mr. ... This article is about minor Harry Potter characters who are Gryffindor students in the same year as Harry. ... Luna Lovegood is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... William Arthur Bill Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Fleur Isabelle Delacour is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

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 later films. The Harry Potter film series is a series of fantasy films based on the best-selling series of novels by English author J. K. Rowling. ... For the journal by ACM SIGGRAPH, see Computer Graphics (Publication). ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter films series, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy adventure film and the fourth in the popular Harry Potter films series. ... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name, by J. K. Rowling. ...

Relationship with Harry

Dobby constantly provides assistance to Harry, and in fact spent both his first and last appearances trying to save Harry's life. However, in CoS he tries to do so by harming Harry: causing his aunt and uncle to lock him up in his bedroom, closing the gates of the train platform to the Hogwarts Express, and bludgeoning (literally) Harry's arm during a Quidditch match. Despite this, Harry grows to like Dobby, his sympathy aroused when he discovers that Dobby (like Harry himself) suffers under a cruel master, and subsequently tricks Lucius Malfoy into freeing Dobby. In contrast, Dobby's methodology across the rest of the series is far more positive (attempting to help Harry reach something instead of prevent it), and in the end he does succeed in saving Harry's life, though at the cost of his own.

The seventh book describes Harry's rage and grief at Dobby's death to be equal to his reaction to Dumbledore's, and Harry takes it upon himself to bury Dobby and mark his headstone as a tribute to the elf.

Potential real-life inspirations

In Yorkshire and Lancashire, a dobby is another name for a brownie; an elf that anonymously performs household tasks at night.^[2] Offerings to fairies were set out on Dobby Stones.^[3] A signature Cox Brownie A brownie, brounie/Urisk (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around Scotland and England (especially the north). ...

Writer John Rose mentions that a person named Dobby appears in A Fine Old Conflict, the autobiography of Jessica Mitford, who is an admitted hero of Rowling.^[4] The Honourable Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, known to friends and family as Decca (September 11, 1917–July 22, 1996), self-described muckraker and political radical, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, daughters of David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, the 2nd Baron Redesdale. ...

A Person named K. Dobson in Hartlepool, UK, is called Dobby by most people who know him.

Supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the makers of the Harry Potter films of modelling Dobby after Putin.^[5] Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

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