Portrait of the Fat Lady

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Portrait of the Fat Lady is a magical talking painting in the Harry Potter series that serves as the guardian and gatekeeper to Gryffindor Tower at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
The Fat Lady 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional object
gatekeeper
guardian
magical painting
talking portrait
appearsIn Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone NERFINISHED
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban NERFINISHED
Harry Potter series NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmAdaptation Harry Potter film series NERFINISHED
associatedWithHouse Gryffindor NERFINISHED
belongsToCategory Fictional paintings
Harry Potter characters
Magical objects in Harry Potter
createdBy J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus magical
function security measure for Gryffindor Tower
guards Gryffindor Tower NERFINISHED
Gryffindor common room entrance NERFINISHED
hasAbility movement between frames
speech
hasCharacteristic dramatic
easily offended
temperamental
hasGender female
hasTitle Fat Lady NERFINISHED
interactsWith Harry Potter NERFINISHED
Hermione Granger NERFINISHED
Neville Longbottom NERFINISHED
Ron Weasley NERFINISHED
language English (in dialogue)
locatedInFictionalUniverse Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED
medium oil painting (in-universe implication)
partOf Hogwarts portraits
requires password for entry
roleInStory controls access to Gryffindor common room
setInLocation Hogwarts castle NERFINISHED
speaksTo Gryffindor students
universe Wizarding World NERFINISHED

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Gryffindor House commonRoomEntrance Portrait of the Fat Lady
Gryffindor Tower guardedBy Portrait of the Fat Lady
this entity surface form: The Fat Lady