Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses; valuing hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. The emblematic animal is a badger, and yellow and black are its colours. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout and the Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost.
Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earthThe Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling, and it is for that reason that the House colours were chosen: yellow represented wheat, while black was emblematic of soilPottermore - New from J. K. Rowling: Colours. The Hufflepuff points hourglass contains yellow diamondsJK Rowling's Twitter, 24th April 2014.
==Traits==
Students belonging to this house are known to be hard-working, friendly, loyal, honest and rather impartial. It may be that due to their values, Hufflepuffs are not as competitive as the other houses, or are more modest about their accomplishments. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses; valuing hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its membersments.
Hufflepuff appears to have the least rivalry with the other houses, except in Quidditch, although the Triwizard Tournament did temporarily put a great deal of strain on the relationship between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, due to unusual circumstances of the selection of both Gryffindor student Harry Potter and Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory as Champions.
==Reputation==
According to Minerva McGonagall, all four of the houses have produced exceptional witches and wizards in their time, but due to Helga Hufflepuff's policy of accepting any student and its usually poor performance in the House Cup, Hufflepuff is often thought to be the house of less talented wizards. However, this is merely a misunderstanding of the Sorting Hat's poem. The Hufflepuff house has produced a great many of successful and influential members of the wizarding world.
Hufflepuff has produced the fewest number of dark wizards than any other house at Hogwarts. Their cheerful and friendly demeanor can probably account for this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its loyalty during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, when they were second only to Harry Potter's own house of Gryffindor in the number of students willing to stay and fight against Voldemort and his forces in the defence of their school.
==Common Room==
The Hufflepuff Dormitories and Common room have never been seen by outsiders and is the only house with repelling devices in case of intruders. They are accessed through a pile of large barrels, found stacked in a shadowy stone recess on a right-hand side corridor near the kitchens. The barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, will open if tapped in the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff'.
As a security device to repel non-Hufflepuffs, tapping on the wrong barrel, or tapping the incorrect number of times, results in one of the other lids bursting off and drenching the imposter in vinegar.
However, once you make it through the tunnel entryway, the Hufflepuff dormitory is a quite cosy and welcoming place; it always feels sunny. The common room is a large, earthy, round room with low ceilings. The view from the round windows is of dandelions and rippling grass.
The decor emphasises the earthy-feel of the room with plants hanging and resting all about the room, some that even sing and dance. Burnished copper touchings with plush, cosy yellow and black patterned sofas and chairs welcoming a Hufflepuff student to relax and discuss the interesting specimens brought in by the Head of House, Professor Sprout. A Hufflepuff student retires through big, round doors in the walls of the common room to their dormitory. "A transcript of a web chat with J.K. Rowling" from The Leaky Cauldron
==Head of House==
The Hufflepuff's head of house before and during Harry Potter's time was Pomona Sprout. She was the Herbology professor at Hogwart School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is possible that before Pomona was appointed as the Herbology professor and made head of house that Herbert Beery the previous Herbology teacher was the head of house, depending on if she was a Hufflepuff or not.
==Known Hufflepuffs==
Awaiting image.jpeg|Helga Hufflepuff †
Fat Friar.jpg|Fat Friar †
Awaiting image.jpeg|Hengist of Woodcroft
Awaiting image.jpeg|Bridget Wenlock †
Awaiting image.jpeg|Artemisia Lufkin †
Awaiting image.jpeg|Grogan Stump †
Awaiting image.jpeg|Newton "Newt" Scamander
Awaiting image.jpeg|Pomona Sprout
Awaiting image.jpeg|Nymphadora Lupin †
Awaiting image.jpeg|Cedric Diggory †
Awaiting image.jpeg|Stebbins
Awaiting image.jpeg|Zacharias Smith
File:Justin Finch-Fletchley (McGonagall's Class) (1).png|250px|Justin Finch-Fletchley
File:Ernie GOF.jpg|250px|Ernie Macmillan
Awaiting image.jpeg|Hannah Longbottom 
File:Susan01.png|250pxSusan Bones
Awaiting image.jpeg|Leanne
Awaiting image.jpeg|Anthony Otterburn
Awaiting image.jpeg|Marilyn
Awaiting image.jpeg|Arthur
Awaiting image.jpeg|Heather
Awaiting image.jpeg|Karl Limpley
Awaiting image.jpeg|Hufflepuff Duelling Club Captain
Awaiting image.jpeg|Potions Club girl
Awaiting image.jpeg|Hufflepuff Wizard Duelling Champion
Awaiting image.jpeg|Male Muggle Studies teacher's student assistant
Hufflepuff 	Period Attending Hogwarts 	Notes
The Fat FriarF.A.Q. question on J.K. Rowling's Official Site	unknown 	Now the house ghost.
Hengist of Woodcroft
Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)	Medieval era 	Founded the all-wizard village of Hogsmeade.
Bridget Wenlock 	c. 1213 to 1220 	Famous Arithmancer who discovered the magical properties of seven.
Artemisia Lufkin 	c. 1765 to 1772 	Minister for Magic from from 1798 to 1811.
Grogan Stump 	c. 1781 to 1788 	Minister for Magic from from 1811 to 1819.
Newton "Newt" Scamander 	c. 1908 to 1916 	Famous magizoologist and Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Dugald McPhail 	unknown 	Minister for Magic in an unknown period.
Eglantine Puffett
transcribed Pottermore House information 	unknown 	Inventor of the Self-Soaping Dishcloth.
Hepzibah Smith 	unknown 	Descendant of Helga Hufflepuff.
Silvanus Kettleburn 	unknown 	Later professor of Care of Magical Creatures,
Pomona Sprout 	1942 - 1949 or 1952 - 1959Pottermore biography of Minerva McGonagall (transcription available here)	Later professor of Herbology and Head of Hufflepuff House.
Nymphadora Tonks
F.A.Q. question at J.K. Rowling's Official Site	1984 - 1991 	Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Wed to Remus Lupin and mother of Teddy Lupin. She was killed in the Final Battle.
Gabriel Truman 	1980s and 1990s 	Prefect
Cedric Diggory 	1989 - 1995 	Prefect, Captain and Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, Triwizard Champion; killed in his sixth year.
Anthony Rickett 	1990s 	Beater for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Cadwallader 	1990s 	Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Gregory Munslow 	1990s 	Only seen in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game).
Heidi Macavoy 	1990s 	Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Herbert Fleet 	1990s 	Keeper for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Malcolm Preece 	1990s 	Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Maxine O'Flaherty 	1990s 	Beater for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Stebbins 	1990s 	
Summerby 	1990s 	Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Summers 	1990s 	
Tamsin Applebee 	1990s 	Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.
Zacharias Smith 	1990s 	Chaser and Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team; member of Dumbledore's Army (abandoned).
Justin Finch-Fletchley 	1991 - 1997 (?) 	Member of Dumbledore's Army. Due to Muggle-born status, most likely did not attend his final year, during which Lord Voldemort controlled Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic.
Ernie Macmillan 	1991 - 1998 	Prefect and member of Dumbledore's Army.
Hannah Abbott 	1991 - 1998 	Prefect and member of Dumbledore's Army. Married to Neville Longbottom.
Leanne 	1991 - 1998 	Friend of Katie Bell and witnessed her being cursed. Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. Survived the war.
Megan Jones 	1991 - 1998 	
Susan Bones 	1991 - 1998 	Member of Dumbledore's Army. Was the first to Splinch herself in Apparition lessons.
Wayne Hopkins 	1991 - 1998 	
Oliver Rivers 	1991 - 1998 	1991 - 1998
Roger Malone 	1991 - 1998 	
Heather 	1992 - 1999 	Duelling Club member.
Eleanor Branstone 	1994 - 2001 	
Kevin Whitby 	1994 - 2001 	
Laura Madley 	1994 - 2001 	
Owen Cauldwell 	1994 - 2001 	
Rose Zeller 	1995 - 2002 	
Rohit Das 	Observed during 1993–1994 school year 	
Gabriel Tate 	1990's 	
Melvin Catterick 	 	
Linda Chaddesley 	 	
Thora Dinnet 	 	
Nitin Divekar 	 	
Nicola Dodworth 	 	
Haruka Endoh 	 	
Annabel Entwhistle 	 	
Kay Formby 	 	
Trudy Galston 	 	
Brendon Halkirk 	 	
Raashid Hussain 	 	
Sisi Makerere 	 	
Bernard Maltby 	 	
Benjamin McEwen 	 	
Hecate Oakham 	 	
Madeline Ormskirk 	 	
Madhumati Parmar 	 	
Gayle Pocklington 	 	
Satinder Singh 	 	
Manish Sreenivasan 	 	
Lesley Toddington 	 	
Darrel Turner 	 	
Katsuji Yamazaki 	 	
Kousuke Yoshioka 	 	
Matthew Kettletoft 	 	
==Behind the scenes==
*In J. K. Rowling's earliest concepts for the series, Hufflepuff's mascot was a bear rather than a badger.J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - with annotations, The Guardian
*Hufflepuff has produced the fewest Dark wizards of all the four Houses, if any.
*Giffard Abbott was most likely a Hufflepuff, given his attitude towards this House and sharing a surname with known Hufflepuff Hannah Abbott.
*Amos Diggory may have been a Hufflepuff if he attended Hogwarts, as his son Cedric was.
*The most members of Hufflepuff house appear to have either blonde or brunette hair, while Susan Bones and Helga Hufflepuff had reddish hair. Furthermore, Professor Pomona Sprout often wore brown clothes. Interestingly, this is reminiscent of the house attributions; brown/brunette is associated with the element of earth and is similar to black (one of the Hufflepuff colours). Likewise, blonde hair could represent yellow — another house colour.
*The Hufflepuff Basement was the only common room that Harry Potter didn't enter during his years at Hogwarts.
*On Harry Potter: Beyond the Page, J.K. Rowling had this to say about Hufflepuff House..."This may surprise people, but it is the truth...In many, many ways, Hufflepuff is my favourite House. Here's my reasoning, bear with me. (Again, I don't want to spoil things too much for people who haven't read the whole series, so I'm going to say what I'm about to say quite carefully). There comes a point in the final book where each House has the choice whether or not to rise to a certain challenge, and that's everyone in the House. The Slytherins, for reasons that are understandable, decide they'd rather not play. The Ravenclaws, some decide they will, some decide they won't. The Hufflepuffs, virtually to a person, stay, as do the Gryffindors. Now, the Gryffindors comprise a lot of foolhardy and show-offy people, that's just the way it is, I'm a Gryffindor, I'm allowed to say it. You know, there's bravery, and there's also showboating, and sometimes the two go together. The Hufflepuffs stayed for a different reason; they weren't trying to show off, they weren't being reckless, that's the essence of Hufflepuff House. Now my oldest child (my daughter, Jessica) said something very profound to me, not very many days ago, actually, she said to me --and she, by the way, was not sorted into Hufflepuff House-- but, she said to me, 'I think we should all want to be Hufflepuffs.' I can only say to you, that I would not be at all disappointed to be sorted into Hufflepuff House."
*Gabriel Truman states that Hufflepuffs are often good at Herbology. Neville Longbottom was known to excel at Herbology but was placed in Gryffindor, despite begging the Sorting Hat to place him Hufflepuff.
*Hufflepuff House won the fourth House Cup on Pottermore. 
*In the video game adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Hufflepuff robes are purple, instead of yellow.
==Appearances==
*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 
*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
*Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
*LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
*LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
*Wonderbook: Book of Spells
*Pottermore
==See also==
*Helga Hufflepuff
*Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
*Hufflepuff Quidditch team
*Hufflepuff basement
*Gryffindor
*Ravenclaw
*Slytherin
==Notes and references==
 
Category:Hogwarts Houses