Knownly Incarcerous Spell

The Incarcerous Spell (Incarcerous) was a spell that conjured thick ropes or thin cords from "thin air", that bound whatever the caster was pointing their wand at.
==Known uses==
===Unsuccessful===
Caster(s) 	Victim 	Date 	Notes
Harry Potter	Severus Snape	30 June 1997	Used it in an failed attempt to restrain Severus Snape to stop him from fleeing from Hogwarts during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower after the murder of Albus Dumbledore.
==Known practitioners==
Quirinus Quirrel.jpg|Quirinus Quirrell
Severus Snape OOTP.jpg|Severus Snape
Remus Lupin Deathly Hallows promo image.jpg|Remus Lupin
Wormtail DH1.jpg|Peter Pettigrew
600full-Albus-Dumbledore-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-photo.jpg|Albus Dumbledore
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Draco Malfoy TDH.png||Draco Malfoy
Minerva McGonagall MA.png|Minerva McGonagall
==Etymology==
The incantation "incarcerous" most likely derives from the Latin word "incarcerus", meaning "to jail" or "to imprison". "Incarcerus" is also the Danish translation of "Incarcerous".
==Behind the scenes==
*In , Quirinus Quirrell did not used this spell on Harry Potter by nonverbally and wandlessly to bind and gag Harry, during the Attack in the Underground Chambers.
*In the books, the ropes simply wrap themselves around the centaur's arms and chest; in the film, they also encase his throat, slowly strangling and crushing him while forcing him to the ground. The ropes were animate and therefore could move and constrict their victims similarly to a constrictor snake.
*In the film adaption of , a Snatcher is seen casting this spell on Ron Weasley who is bound in chains, of course it could have been a similar spell such as "Incarcereta" (which was used in an early script of the Half Blood Prince film when Harry attacked Snape for killing Dumbledore) but it seems most likely that it was Incarcerous.
*Also in the film adaption of , while fighting their way down to the boathouse, Harry is seen casting this spell where a great flash of orange light escapes his wand and a Death Eater that was trying to lunge at him was instantly bound in chains, again it is unclear if this was Incarcerous or a different capturing-type spell.
*An etymologically and functionally related spell is Incarcifors, which transforms objects into prisons to restrict a person's movement.
*Based on conjecture, it is likely that Relashio or Emancipare could act as counter-spells to Incarcerous. The Revulsion Jinx would be able to release a person from the binding ropes of Incarcerous, while the incantation for Emancipare is derived from Latin for "set free", suggesting its ability to release a person from any form of incarceration.
*In , Minerva McGonagall uses a spell to conjure a silver rope to tie Alecto and Amycus Carrow up to the ceiling, which could be Incarcerous or a possibly a variation of it.
*Based on the text files from the PC version of , Incarcerous may have been intended to have a different effect from how it acts in the final game. In the released version of the game, Incarcerous is one of the "joke spells" used only to temporarily incapacitate minifigures. The text files of the game, however, call it "the Indy whip tie" [sic], presumably meaning the spell was originally meant to act similarly to Indiana Jones's whip from the LEGO Indiana Jones games.LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Windows) on The Cutting Room Floor
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==Notes and references==
Category:Conjurations
Category:Spells With Incantations of Latin Known Origin
Category:Known Transfiguration Spells
==See also==
*Incarcifors
*Fulgari
*Brachiabindo
*Rope Bind