I dunno if this fits in here, I just have to ask the question. Now, I have to admit, maybe this is something that I havent noticed, or maybe I just haven't read the books so thorougly, but where did madam Hooch go? As far as I can remeber, I haven't seen (read) anything about her since, what, the first book?

Is there something i skipped?

Dainsie: In future use proper spelling and grammar.

I have to agree with Dainsie, proper grammar rocks... *smirks as he thinks of what he would do if he could edit posts*

But onto Madame Hooch...as best I can tell she's still teaching first years how to fly their brooms, and since there are always new first years...she's just not going to be a major character in the series, which just goes to show you Hogwarts is really a bigger school than we think and there are likely more teachers than we know...

In the third book, she starts ranting about the firebolt at training. aka: Silver Arrows

They discussed this on Mugglecast. Madame Hooch, as far as I can tell, teaches first years to fly, referees Quidditch games, and sometimes oversees practices.

i agree i think the last was in the first book!! but i dont really no wat happened to her.

There have been slight mentions of her overseeing matches and practices but other than that she spends most of her time with the first years. She hasn't dissapeared. It's just there are no classes with her and thus, she is never mentioned.

mmm - now that you mention it I don't remember reading about her either. I guess she justs teaches the first years and referee's the games. That sounds like an easy job, LOL...

I wonder if she'll turn up in book 7 or if that's it for her?

Really, who cares where she is? She isn't that interresting a character! Why don't you ask where that brasilian boa for the 1st book is? What happened to him? Did he make it to Brasil? For that, i am worried, for Hooch not so much... She can always make a huge come back in book 7 and be the heroine of the day but i wouldn't count on it...sorry.

I like the way Madam Hootch teaches the first years how to fly on their broomsticks in book one, I also like how she raves about the firebolt against the silver arrow the one she was trained on.

She's not really a huge part of the story, i think she just teaches the first years to fly fr one year and then they drop it, and thats it. She doesn't really need to be in the books that much. She's just the person who referees (sp?) the quidditch matches.

She was in the third book, although i don't think she's a real big character

Yes that is what I always thought. She teachs first years to fly and referees Quidditich. I'm not sure she's meant to be a major character.

you have Madam Hooch in HBP as well! she's still there!

no, she was in the Order of the Phoenix, she was yelling at Crabbe for hitting the bludger at Harry after he had caught the snitch. That was when Malfoy made fun of Mrs. Weasley, and the twins and harry got tossed from the Quiddich team.

this is from HBP, ch.14 Felix Felicis



And I think this is from ch 19. Elf Tails


So you do have Hooch in HBP...she's just not playing an important role.

Ive always wondered that.
Why do only first years have flying lessons?

I know she is the quidich referee but she still isnt really in it.
Hmmmm.

She's not a very big character, but she does appear here and there.

I remember slight mentions of her throughout the series.

Madam Hooch served her purpose in the first book already. This was to teach Harry and his classmates how to fly. Since she isn't a major role and had already done what JK Rowling needed her to do, she is no longer seen in great amounts in the book and is occasionally mentioned in Quidditch and stuff.

Ya she isnt a real big Character so...
You only see her once in a while

We don't actually know that this is true since we're never shown a timetable or given a full list of subjects that they have. Hermione tells Ron and Harry that they've got to keep all their old subjects when they choose new ones in Chamber. Since Hermione hates flying and you can't learn how from a book, I doubt that she considers flying lessons a subject at all and they are dropped at the end of the second year to make room for the new subjects. So possibly Madam Hooch teaches the first and second years how to fly. We only ever get to see one flying lesson, in which she doesn't actually get to teach them very much, but I reckon she must be a good teacher to still be knocking around Hogwarts.