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Fred and George Weasley (both born April 1, 1978) are fictional characters in the Harry Potter series of novels, created by J. K. Rowling. They are the twin sons of Arthur and Molly Weasley. They are younger brothers of Bill, Charlie and Percy. They are older brothers of Ron and Ginny, who are both members of Harry Potter's close group of friends. The twins are also good friends with Harry, and generally treat Harry better than they treat Ron, whom they love to torment along with Percy. As the rest of the Weasleys, they have flaming red hair.

Fred and George, who attended Hogwarts from 1989 to around the start of the 1995-96 Summer Term, were the school clowns, more interested in making new jokes than studying, although they show a high degree of knowledge and skill in creating magical jokes and tricks. It is, therefore, not surprising that their birthday is April 1st, April Fool's Day. They are supremely popular characters among fans and many of their jokes and pranks are legendary both in the stories and in the real world. Fred at times appears to be the more dominant twin, but they generally work as a team. They were the beaters on the Gryffindor Quidditch team before they were banned by Dolores Umbridge and consequently quit Hogwarts. They now own a joke shop on Diagon Alley. Much to their mother's disappointment, they are her only sons who weren't made prefects (though it is important to note that neither was their younger sister, Ginny). Their appearance and personality are so indistinguishable that they can fool even their mother, who once sent them jumpers monogrammed "G" and "F." The twins swapped jumpers and called themselves "Gred" and "Forge."

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Fred and George begin selling their own jokes by mail order, under the name "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". They play a prank on Harry's first cousin, the fat and idiotic Dudley Dursley by "accidentally" dropping several Ton Tongue Toffees—Dudley, a glutton on a forced diet, soon has a foot-long tongue protruding from his mouth; at the Quidditch World Cup they impress Ludo Bagman, Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports at the Ministry of Magic with their fake wands.

Despite their mother's wish that they should follow their father in working at the Ministry of Magic, their ambition in life has always been to run their own joke shop. Harry (who had inherited more than enough money for his needs) makes this possible by giving them his winnings from the Triwizard Tournament.

The pair provide Harry with useful assistance throughout the series; in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets they and Ron help him escape from his arrest at Privet Drive, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban they give him the Marauder's Map, and in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix they provide distractions so that Harry can use the Floo system unmonitored in Dolores Umbridge's office. They were also members of Dumbledore's Army, a group started by Harry, Ron, and Hermione to provide the practical instruction in Defence Against the Dark Arts, which Umbridge had removed from that course's curriculum. Later in that year, they are banned from Quidditch and decide to give up formal education; they do not, however, leave before paying tribute to Dumbledore by waging a virtual war against Umbridge. Eventually threatened with flogging for conjuring a "portable swamp" in a corridor, they depart on broomsticks, yelling to Peeves in the process, "Give her hell from us, Peeves." This can be taken as the only instance in the entire Harry Potter series that Peeves can be said to have done what he was told to do. As they leave, they inform their fellow students of their new shop in Diagon Alley and offer discounts to students who will likewise harass Umbridge. Their departure is widely regarded as one of the emotional high points of Book 5, an often bleak book. The swamp, meanwhile, remains for some time, since Umbridge is unable to remove it and no other teacher particularly wishes to. After Professor Umbridge is driven from the school, Professor Flitwick removes almost all of it, leaving a bit as a tribute to the Weasley twins.

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