Harry Potter Spells 101

Pronunciation: Ak-ee-o

What It Does: The spell summons an object to its caster. Lazy wizards.

Our Favorite Moment: Two: retrieving his Firebolt during the Triwizard Cup's dragon fight and escaping his first run-in with the resuscitated Voldemort by launching the portkey Cup in his general direction.

Moment We Want to See: Harry summons another butterbeer from the fridge, while in the middle of an intense Wizard Chess game.

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Pronunciation: Ah-gwa-men-tee

What It Does: Spurts a blast of water from the wand. Never go thirsty again with Aguamenti!

Our Favorite Moment: The only cinematic instance - Harry filling the Horcrux birdbath to give Dumbledore a drink.

Moment We Want to See: There are 1001 frathouse-inspired pranks to be pulled with an unlimited jet of water.

Pronunciation: A-lehrt-tey ah-sen-deh-rey

What It Does: Tosses a creature or object in the air

Our Favorite Moment: Gilderoy Lockhart "fixing" the snake problem by launching it upward. Little did he know that the counterspell "gravity" would come into effect.

Moment We Want to See: Everytime Dobby the House Elf tries to return to the franchise, he's promptly shot into the air.

Pronunciation: Al-lu-ha-mor-ah

What It Does: Unlocks locks

Our Favorite Moment: The wiley trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione sneak into a forbidden section of Hogwarts in Sorcerer's Stone.

Moment We Want to See: Does it work on anything else besides locks?

Pronunciation: Ah-rahn-ee-a eks-su-may

What It Does: Specially designed for blasting away spiders

Moment We Want to See: Ron accidently destroying Neville's copy of Spider's 1981 album Between the Lines.

Pronunciation: Ah-sen-di-oh

What It Does: Propels the caster upward

Our Favorite Moment: During the second challenge of the Triwizard cup, Harry (wrestling with several grindylows) shoots himself out of the water before drowning.

Moment We Want to See: From courtyard to owlery in only two seconds!

Pronunciation: Ah-vah-dah keh-dav-rah

What It Does: Instant death to the receiver.

Our Favorite Moment: Spoiler alert: Snape kills Dumbledore.

Moment We Want to See: It's not like we want to see anyone die, but we weren't exactly at a loss when we heard the annoying photographer kid Colin Creevey was petrified.

Pronunciation: Bom-bar-dah max-ee-mah

What It Does: Creates a big explosion (aka the Michael Bay of spells)

Our Favorite Moment: Umbridge takes down the wall to the Room of Requirements in Order of the Phoenix.

Moment We Want to See: Couldn't they just fire one of these at Voldemort and be done with it?

Pronunciation: Sis-tem uh-pe-ree-o

What It Does: Opens chest

Our Favorite Moment: Oh come on, just go open the damn thing! Tom Riddle opens Hagrid's box to discover his pet spider Aragog in Chamber of Secrets.

Moment We Want to See: A shortcut for open heart surgery.