Why Dobby Should Be Math Team Captain

Dobby is the man. Or the House Elf. But he is so freakin cool that he really has to be the math team captain. He would revolutionize Math Team and change it for the better and you would love him forever. There are so many reasons he should be captain that I don’t even know were to start. I might as well start at the beginning.

NUMBER ONE- HE IS REALLY GOOD AT MATH....


"Dobby is used to death threats, sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home." (CoS)

"Socks are Dobby's favorite, favorite clothes, sir!" he said, ripping off his odd ones and pulling on Uncle Vernon's. "I has seven now, sir. . . . But sir ..." he said (GoF)

As you can see from those quotes above, Dobby is a uncommonly gifted house elf. Not only can he count, but he can count all the way to seven, the most magically powerful number. Having Dobby’s extreme counting skills on the Math Team will give our school a high advantage over the surrounding towns.

Winky lowered her voice by a half-octave and whispered, "He is wanting paying for his work, sir." (GoF)

"Professor Dumbledore offered Dobby ten Galleons a week, and weekends off," said Dobby, suddenly giving a little shiver, as though the prospect of so much leisure and riches were frightening, "but Dobby beat him down, miss. . . . Dobby likes freedom, miss, but he isn't wanting too much, miss, he likes work better." (GoF)

Not only can Dobby count, but he can negotiate and understands how money works. The students at our school would really benefit from his expertise and wisdom.

NUMBER TWO- HE IS VERY LOYAL

"Dobby likes Professor Dumbledore very much, sir, and is proud to keep his secrets and our silence for him." (GoF)

Dobby is a very loyal house elf that will keep the secrets of the team and their strategies to himdelf. Even under the influence of Butterbeer, he will mantain constant vigilance that he is not revealing any important information.

"Dobby is a free house-elf and he can obey anyone he likes and Dobby will do whatever Harry Potter wants him to do!" (HBP)

Dobby will bend easily to the mathletes kind demeanors and will put his full efforts into doing what the Math team needs him to do.

NUMBER THREE- HE CAN COOK

“Dobby will have to punish himself most grievously for coming to see you, sir. Dobby will have to shut his ears in the oven door for this." (CoS)

This shows he knows how to use an oven, so at least he is better off then Ada.

NUMBER FOUR- HE HAS GOOD DECORATING SKILLS

“Harry arrived early in the Room of Requirement for the last DA meeting before the holidays and was very glad he had, because when the torches burst into flame he saw that Dobby had taken it upon himself to decorate the place for Christmas. He could tell the elf had done it, because nobody else would have strung a hundred golden baubles from the ceiling, each showing a picture of Harry's face and bearing the legend: 'HAVE A VERY HARRY CHRISTMAS!” (OoP)

There is no chance of a party being boring when Dobby is around! He will make festive decorations to amaze everyone!

NUMBER FIVE- HE WON’T KILL YOU

“Dobby never meant to kill! Dobby only meant to maim, or seriously injure!”

This is perhaps the most important point of them all. You want to make sure your Math Team captain isn’t a serial killer, so this quote proves Dobby’s innocence.


Not only is Dobby, a fun, lovable guy, he can cook, count, decorate, and is loyal. I don’t get why you ever considered anyone else. Dobby is the man. Elect him now.