Gregory the Smarmy
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Gregory the Smarmy
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- "This is Gregory the Smarmy, you know. A fine wizard, but I hear tell he was a bit, well, smarmy."
- —Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington[src]
Gregory the Smarmy (fl.1189) was amedievalBritishwizard andpotioneer, who inventedGregory's Unctuous Unction, apotion that made the drinker believe whomever gave the potion was their best friend.[1]
Biography[]
After inventingGregory's Unctuous Unction, Gregory allegedly used the potion to worm his way intoKing Richard's confidence, earning him a fortune.[1] He appeared on a silverChocolate Frog Card for his legacy.[1]
Gregory knewErling the Great.[2]
Post-mortem[]
A secret passage out ofHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, found byFred andGeorge Weasley on their first week of school, is located behind a statue of Gregory the Smarmy. Early in the1991–1992 school year,Lee Jordan discovered a secret passage that Fred and George suspected was probably this one.[3]
A statue of Gregory the Smarmy was located on thefirst-floor corridor.[4]
A corridor on the fifth floor of the east wing was referred as "Gregory the Smarmy's corridor". Whether this is because it held a statue of him, or some other reason, was unclear.[5] In early1996, Fred and George set off aPortable Swamp there to serve as a distraction soHarry Potter could useDolores Umbridge's fireplace to communicate with his godfather,Sirius Black.[6][7]
Magical abilities and skills[]
- Potions: Gregory the Smarmy was skilled with potions, having createdGregory's Unctuous Unction in his lifetime, a potion which fooled the drinker into thinking the giver of the potion was their best friend, for which he was included on aChocolate Frog Card.[1]
Etymology[]
The nameGregory is derived from the LatinGregorius, meaning "watchful, alert".Smarmy means "excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile".[8]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)(Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)(Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)(Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)(Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)
- Hogwarts Legacy(Appears as statue)
- The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac(Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened(Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.11Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- ↑Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "Duelling Deathday Party"
- ↑Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 9 (The Midnight Duel) - "'Anyway, we've got to go, Lee Jordan reckons he's found a new secret passageway out of the school.' 'Bet it's that one behind the statue of Gregory the Smarmy that we found in our first week. See you.'"
- ↑Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- ↑Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice) - "'You'll see, little bro,' said Fred, as he and George got up again. 'At least, you will if you trot along to Gregory the Smarmy's corridor round about five o'clock tomorrow.' [...] 'But he had made up his mind — hitching his bag more securely onto his shoulder he set off at a run, weaving in and out of students now hurrying in the opposite direction, off to see what all the fuss was about in the east wing...'"
- ↑Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice) - "'So!' said Umbridge triumphantly, whom Harry realised was standing just a few stairs in front of him, once more looking down upon her prey. 'So . . . you think it amusing to turn a school corridor into a swamp, do you?' 'Pretty amusing, yeah,' said Fred, looking back up at her without the slightest sign of fear."
- ↑Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp) - "Fred and George had made sure that nobody was likely to forget them very soon. For one thing, they had not left instructions on how to remove the swamp that now filled the corridor on the fifth floor of the east wing."
- ↑Dictionary.com definition: Smarmy
