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Neville Longbottom
A house-elf whom Harry freed two years ago. Dobby used to work for the Malfoys, who abused him. Dobby wants to work for pay, get time off, and wear clothes, all things that other house-elves believe are uncouth and improper. Though Dobby is happy when Dumbledore employs him at Hogwarts, he does recognize that he's an outlier and is instrumental in explaining to Harry and Hermione that Winky, another freed house-elf, isn't adjusting to freedom. Similarly, while he's something of a poster child for Hermione's organization S.P.E.W., Dobby doesn't want everything that Hermione thinks he should have (like a pension or a higher salary) and realizes that most house-elves are happy in their posts. He adores Harry, as Harry was the person who orchestrated Dobby's freedom, and to repay Harry's kindness he helps Harry with the second Triwizard Tournament task. Because Dobby loves socks, especially mismatched ones, Harry buys Dobby socks to thank him.
Dobby Quotes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Dobby or refer to Dobby . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Eight
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"House-elves is not paid, sir!" she said in a muffled squeak. "No, no, no. I says to Dobby, I says, go find yourself a nice family and settle down, Dobby. He is getting up to all sorts of high jinks, sir, what is unbecoming of a house-elf. You goes racketing around like this, Dobby, I says, and next thing I hear you's up in front of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, like some common goblin."
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
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Harry looked over at the fireplace too. Winky was sitting on the same stool as last time, but she had allowed herself to become so filthy that she was not immediately distinguishable from the smoke-blackened brick behind her. Her clothes were ragged and unwashed. She was clutching a bottle of butterbeer and swaying slightly on her stool, staring into the fire. As they watched her, she gave an enormous hiccup.
"Winky is getting through six bottles a day now," Dobby whispered to Harry.
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Dobby Quotes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Dobby or refer to Dobby . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Eight
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"House-elves is not paid, sir!" she said in a muffled squeak. "No, no, no. I says to Dobby, I says, go find yourself a nice family and settle down, Dobby. He is getting up to all sorts of high jinks, sir, what is unbecoming of a house-elf. You goes racketing around like this, Dobby, I says, and next thing I hear you's up in front of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, like some common goblin."
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
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Harry looked over at the fireplace too. Winky was sitting on the same stool as last time, but she had allowed herself to become so filthy that she was not immediately distinguishable from the smoke-blackened brick behind her. Her clothes were ragged and unwashed. She was clutching a bottle of butterbeer and swaying slightly on her stool, staring into the fire. As they watched her, she gave an enormous hiccup.
"Winky is getting through six bottles a day now," Dobby whispered to Harry.
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