Full Body-Bind Curse

The Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus), also known as the Body Freezing Spell,Cast-a-Spell kit found in the Library section of the Harry Potter Official Site was a curse that temporarily paralysed the opponent. It was often used by inexperienced or young wizards and witches in duelling. This curse could be found in Curses and Counter-Curses by Vindictus Viridian.
==Effects==
When used on a living subject, the victim's arms and legs snapped together, and they would fall down, stiff as a board. However, the person's abilities to hear, see (albeit just straight forward), feel, and think still worked properly.
Technically, the spell also worked on inanimate objects, but its effects were usually imperceptible, because the object was not moving in the first place.
The effects of the Full-Body Bind Curse could be undone by use of the General Counter-Spell, the healing spell Episkey, an Anti-Paralysis Potion or the Reparifors spell. The effects can also be undone by the death of the caster.
Despite the incantation, the Full Body-Bind Curse was fundamentally different from Petrification, which was highly advanced Dark Magic and which could not be reversed by a simple counter-curse.
==Known uses==
===Successful===
Caster(s) 	Victim(s) 	Date 	Notes
Hermione Granger	Neville Longbottom	4 June 1992	Hermione used it to immobilise Neville, when he tried to prevent her, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley from sneaking out of their dormitories, which they did in order to prevent the theft of the Philosopher's Stone.
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==Known practitioners==
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==Etymology==
The root of this curse's incantation seems to be the Latin words petra, "rock", ficus, "making or doing something" and totus, "whole" or "entire". Also, pertrificus seems to come from the word "petrify", meaning to turn into stone, or describes a manner in which someone takes on the characteristics of a stone. Totalus likely comes from "Total", meaning complete or wholly. Following this, the spell likely means, entirely petrify.
==Behind the scenes==
*When Dumbledore immobilises Harry, the latter says, in wondering how it could have happened, that it was a Freezing Charm (Dumbledore had done so wandlessly and nonverbally). However, less than a few pages later, after Dumbledore is killed, he notes that the Full Body-Bind had lifted.
*In the films and video games, this spell occasionally appears blue, white or purple.
*When Hermione uses this on Neville a mist-like effect issued from her wand and there was a faint white flash around his body before the curse took effect.
*The only instances in the films where a victim's arms and legs are snapped together as depicted in the books is when Hermione used it on Neville in Philosopher's Stone, when Draco used it against Harry on the train in Half-Blood Prince, and Newt's use of this spell on Mr Bingley in Fantastic Beasts; any other time it was used, such as when Neville used it on a Death Eater in Order of the Phoenix and when Hermione used it on Antonin Dolohov in Deathly Hallows: Part 1, they were either immobilised in their current position, or they were spread eagled.
*The Knockback Jinx and the Full Body Bind Curse are covered in Charms class. This seems unusual, as defensive and offensive spells have not been shown as being part of the Charms curriculum, but in Defence Against the Dark Arts class instead. Although jinxes, hexes and curses can be grouped together in a category called Dark charms, which explains why such spells were taught under Charms class. 
**When used in duelling, it creates a purple electric effect around the target and causing their arms and legs to briefly snap together while remaining upright with a chance to stun. In cutscenes, it causes the target to freeze and fall over, but inconsistent with whether their arms and legs are snapped together.
**The game also depicts the healing spell Episkey as a counter-curse for this curse, but this is quite unusual, as it is used for healing minor injuries and not to reverse the effects of a curse
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*Warner Bros. Harry Potter Official Site
==Notes and references==
Category:Curses
Category:Defence Against the Dark Arts
Category:Spells With-An Light
Category:Spells With Incantations of Latin Origin HiStory
==See also==
*Freezing Charm
*Petrification
*Statue curse
*Petrificus Totalus Duo
*Petrificus Totalus Tria