Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
Fred and George Weasley worked for several years to develop a line of comic magic items which they hoped to sell through their company, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. They were putting together order forms during the summer of 1994 with the hope of selling the items at school, but their mother was thoroughly digusted with the whole thing and made them throw the forms away. They were undaunted, however, and they managed to impress Ludo Bagman, the head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, with one of their fake wands. At the end of the 1994-1995 school year, Harry Potter gave the Weasley twins a thousand galleons he had won in the Triwizard Tournament as seed money to start them with their business.
Some of the items Fred and George invented:
- Ton Tongue Toffees - imbued with an Engorgement Charm, these sweets make a person's tongue swell up to ten times its normal size (GF1)
- Canary Creams - innocent-looking sweets which transfigure a person into a huge canary. The effect is short-lived, however, since the person moults a few moments later and becomes their normal self.
- fake wands - Although these items look just like normal wands, when used they change into something silly such as a tin parrot or a rubber haddock. (GF22)
