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George and Fred have been interested in practical jokes all during their [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] years. Zonko's Joke Shop was their favorite store in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogsmeade|Hogsmeade]]. Beginning in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet of Fire|''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'']], theywe see them turnturning their (often underestimated) talents to inventing and developing unique wizarding jokes and novelties. They begin a small mail order business, which we hear about when their [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Molly Weasley|mother]] discovers the order forms and expresses her disapproval. Their dream of starting their own joke store is realized when [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] gives them the 1000 Galleon [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Triwizard Tournament|Triwizard]] prize he won. Harry says that given [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Voldemort's]] return, "We could all do with a few laughs."
 
In [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']], the twins actively test and market their products at Hogwarts, often using first year students as paid guinea pigs. Somewhere during the year, they secure the store premises in Diagon Alley and, eventuallyshortly after [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]]'s departure, leave school early to operate full-time out of those premises.
 
In contrast to the ordinary buildings around it, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes<ref>For American readers, it should be noted that wizard, as an adjective, is similar in meaning to "terrific", and wheeze is a synonym for joke.</ref> is described as "hitting the eye like a firework display." A poster in one window reads ''WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO? YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT U-NO-POO - THE CONSTIPATION SENSATION THAT'S GRIPPING THE NATION!''.
 
When [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]], and the Weasleys visit the shop at the beginning of ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,'' it is completely packed with customers. The shop sells all sorts of tricks, toys, and novelty items, such as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Skiving Snackbox|Skiving Snackboxes]], which make you appear ill so you can get out of class. (We have seen these before; Fred and George have been working on them throughout ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', and have been testing them on themselves and first-year volunteers, and Harry has inadvertently contributed to them as well.) Other products include Daydream Charms, WonderWitch cosmetic products for young women, Reusable Hangman, trick wands and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Darkness Powder|Peruvian instant darkness powder]]. All of the magic deployed is quite sophisticated and probably beyond the capability of the average witch or wizard. Even Hermione is quite impressed with the magical knowledge and skill employed by Fred and George. Fred tells Harry that they also do steady business selling Defenceproducts Againstto thedefend against Dark Arts products, particularly to the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Ministry of Magic|Ministry]]. Apparently there are a lot of wizards at the Ministry who are unable to perform a decent [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Protego|Shield charm]], making the Twins' "Shield Hats" a valued commodity at the Ministry among other places.
 
The shop employs a woman named Verity who, to Harry's amusement, calledcalls the twins "Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley".
 
As Voldemort's power grows in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'']], members of the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]] eventually must go into hiding to evade capture. This includes Fred and George, who close up shop temporarily at some point near Christmas of that year. Unrepressed, they continue operation working by mail order out of the safe house they are sent to. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Auntie Muriel|Auntie Muriel]], whose house it is, is reportedly almost driven to distraction by the endless commerce in her back bedroom.
 
In interviews after the publication of the final book, the author has said that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]] also worked at the shop for a while after graduating from Hogwarts.
 
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