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*Wizards of Waverly Place*
Wizards of Waverly Place
	File:Wizard of waverly place logo.PNG The show's title card showing from left to right David Henrie, Selena Gomez, and Jake T. Austin
Created by	Todd J. Greenwald
Starring	Selena Gomez; David Henrie; Jake T. Austin; David DeLuise; Maria Canals-Barrera; Jennifer Stone;
Opening theme	"Everything is Not What It Seems" by Selena Gomez
Country of origin
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	35 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Todd J. Greenwald; Peter Murrieta
Running time	22 min. approx.
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	October 12, 2007 –; present

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Wizards of Waverly Place is a live-action Disney Channel Original Series which premiered on October 12, 2007 on Disney Channel. The series was created by former Hannah Montana writer Todd J. Greenwald, and is produced by It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. and Disney Channel Original Productions.^[1]

Wizards of Waverly Place is filmed in front of a live audience, according to "Wizards Backstage", a video from Selena Gomez's YouTube account[1].

Premise

The show centers upon Alex Russo, her older brother Justin, and their younger brother Max, and Alex's best friend Harper. The three live with their Italian-American father, Jerry, and their eccentric Mexican-American mother, Theresa. The children can use magic, but according to the premise, only one of the three will keep their magic abilities once they are adults, and this will be determined by a magic competition. Alex often gets into trouble by using magic unsupervised, and learns lessons and morals relating to friends, family, and school.

Characters

Selena Gomez stars as Alex Russo, a young wizard in training. She is the middle child and the only girl, often overshadowed in school and in wizard training by her brother, Justin. She's spunky, sarcastic, street smart, and quite mischievous (for example, "Do you have $5", "Yeah.. Why?", "Cause, I needed $5"). In some episodes, she is shown as a 'Daddy's Girl.' Often in trouble, she has been grounded many times for using magic without permission. Her best friend is Harper, and the two are constantly fighting the popular bully Gigi (Gertrude) and her copycat crew. She usually keeps her wand in her shoe/sock. Her full name is Alexandra Margarita Russo.
David Henrie portrays Justin Russo, the oldest child in the Russo family. He's intelligent, mature, and responsible. He enjoys sports, as he is a fan of the Mets and the Jets. He isn't really popular, though Harper, Alex's best friend, has an obsessive crush on him. He knows more about magic than his younger siblings, taking it very seriously, but he often gets mixed up with Alex's crazy schemes and mishaps.
Jake T. Austin portrays Max Russo, the youngest in the family. He doesn't excel in school or Wizard Training, and is usually shown as clueless. He seems to also have a short attention span, often doing unpredictable things and occasionally getting in trouble. However, he can be relied on to think of unorthodox solutions to the unusual problems that can confront a young wizard. In the episode "Graphic Novel" it is shown Max like Gigi for her hair.
David DeLuise portrays Jerry Russo, Justin, Alex, and Max's father. He runs the family's sandwich shop and trains the Russo kids in magic. When he was young, he was also a wizard. Jerry won the right to keep his powers by defeating his brother in the wizards' duel, but when he discovered that wizards can't marry mortals, he relinquished his powers to his brother to marry Theresa. He is very strict and overprotective as a magic teacher towards Alex, Justin, and Max, and he doesn't allow them to use magic in public and/or without supervision.
Maria Canals Barrera portrays Theresa Russo, Jerry's wife and Justin, Alex, and Max's mother. Although she isn't a wizard, Theresa knows all about the magical world. She helps run the sandwich shop and is very motherly, often treating her children like six year olds, much to their disapproval.
Jennifer Stone portrays Harper Finkle, Alex's best friend. She designs her own clothes (usually themed with food). She is hyper and optimistic. She thinks Justin is cute. Alex and Harper do a lot together. In Season 2, it is to be said that she will learn that Justin, Max and Alex have magical powers.^[2]

Cast	Main Character	Appearances in Season 1
Selena Gomez	Alex Russo	21
David Henrie	Justin Russo	21
Jake T. Austin	Max Russo	20
David DeLuise	Jerry Russo	18
Maria Canals Barrera	Theresa Russo	19
Jennifer Stone	Harper Finkle^[3]	13

Characters

Alex Russo (Jerry + Theresa Russo's Daughter) Justin Russo (Jerry + Theresa Russo's Son) Max Russo (Jerry + Theresa Russo's Son) Jerry Russo (Alex + Justin + Max's Dad And Theresas Husband) Theresa Russo (Alex + Justin + Max's Mum And Jerry's Wife) Harper Finkle (Alex's Bestfriend) Miranda Hampson (Justins Girlfriend)

Casting

Gomez, Henrie, Austin, Barrera, DeLuise and Stone all had roles in another Disney Channel series or Disney Channel Original Movie. All have been in Disney Channel Original Movies. Gomez will be in Princess Protection Program , Stone and Henrie will be in Dadnapped, Barrera was in Camp Rock, Austin was in Johnny Kapahala: Back On Board and DeLuise will be in Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? The writers originally struggled with naming the characters; there were originally supposed to be two children: Jordan (later Justin) and Julia (later Brooke, then Alex), but that was changed after Austin was hired.

Recurring characters

Amanda Tepe plays numerous characters. She appears as a random character who speaks with a boring drawl. Jobs she has held include department store manager, waitress, frozen yogurt store manager, hotel maitre'd, dog show security guard, the information desk lady at Volcano Land, and the art museum security guard, which was her latest job. At Volcano Land it shows that she may know something about magic herself due to that volcano land is a wizard theme park that only wizards can obtain access to. In the episode, "New Employee", her name tag says Amanda, however in "Art Museum Piece" she is known as Elaine.
Gertrude "Gigi" Hollingsworth (Skyler Samuels) is Alex's rival. She has tried to embarrass Alex ever since they were in kindergarten when Gigi's spilled juice on Alex's mat during naptime and said Alex had an "accident". Another one of Gigi's targets is Alex's best friend, Harper. Gigi's invited Harper to her annual tea party with the purpose of crowning her as the biggest loser at the tea. So far she has appeared in the episodes, "Crazy Ten Minute Sale" and "Alex's Choice" and "Graphic Novel".
Dean - Dean is Alex's new crush. She has strong feelings for him. He also makes temporary tattoos in the boy's bathroom. Dean is also a bad-boy.
Miranda Hampson (Lucy Hale) is Justin's goth girlfriend. She really likes Justin - according to Alex, she "brightens from tragic to just gloomy when they're together" and is Justin's first kiss. Harper believes that the reason Justin is dating Miranda is that Miranda looks very much like her even though they look nothing alike. She is very fond of the color black and hates Corporate America. She has so far appeared in the episodes "First Kiss" and "Pop Me and We Both Go Down". However, in recent episodes, Justin and Miranda seem to have broken up since Justin tries to impress other girls, Kari, by joining the school's baseball team in "The Supernatural", and Millie, an employee at the Sub Station in "Credit Check". She is also the new kid in the episode "Pop Me and We Both Go Down" but in the episode "First Kiss" a boy says he got a note from her in seventh grade saying she likes him.
Frankie (Paulie Litt) is Justin's rival. He seems to have a crush on Alex and Harper, and he is often seen scamming Justin. Although he is just a child, Frankie seems to have the personality of an old time Italian gangster. Frankie has a similar personality to Stanley in That's So Raven and Rico in Hannah Montana. They are all short in height, they seem to have a crush on the female main character, and they are seen scamming the brother of the female. He has so far appeared in the episodes "New Employee" and "Curb Your Dragon". In the credits he is referred to as "Joey".
Riley (Brian Kubach) is the name of Alex's crush in "I Almost Drowned in a Chocolate Fountain" and "The Supernatural" and her boyfriend in "Alex's Spring Fling". He is on the baseball team, and obviously likes Alex just as much as she does him. He appears to be at Alex's level in most school subjects, such as Spanish. He also appears to be one of Justin's friends, and is on the baseball team with him.
Zeke (Dan Benson) is Justin's best friend. He is a year older than Justin. He is in the same advanced math class as Justin. He first appears in the episode "Movies". He later appeared in "Report Card" as even though he is not called by his first name. The credits in that episode refer to him as "Friend #1". He was voted Least Boring in school and states that there's a difference from Most Exciting.

Cast	Character	Season 1	Season 2
Amanda Tepe	Various	9	-
Gabie Flowers	Girl in the class	-	7
Dan Benson	Zeke^[4]	3	1
Daniel Samonas	Dean	0	3
Brian Kubach	Riley	3	-
Andy Pessoa	Alfred	-	2
Skyler Samuels	Gigi^[5]	2	1
Ian Abercrombie	Headmaster Crumbs	3	-
Veronica Sixtos	Nellie Rodriguez	3	1
Heather Trzyna	Wannabe #1	2	-
Kelsey Sanders	Wannabe #2	2	-
Lucy Hale	Miranda Hampson	2	-
Paulie Litt	Frankie the Answer Man	2	-
Bill Chott	Mr. Laritate	2	1
Octavia Spencer	Dr. Evilini	2
Jim Wise	Mr. Malone	1
Josh Sussman	Hugh Normous	2
Bryant Johnson	Matt	1
Jack Plotnick	Pocket Elf	1
Daryl Sabara	T.J. Taylor	1
Malese Jow	Ruby Donahue	1
Candace Brown	Genie	1
Jeffrey Christopher Todd	Jeffrey	1
Matt Smith	Manny Kin	1
Sara Paxton	Millie	1
Chelsea Staub	Kari Langsdorf	1
Julia Duffy	Ms. Angela	1
Shane Lyons	Brad	1

Episodes

Season	Ep #	First Airdate	Last Airdate
Season 1	21	October 12, 2007	August 31, 2008
Season 2	26^[6]	September 12, 2008	2009

DVD releases

Name	Included Episodes	US Release Date	DVD Extras
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School	Wizard School Part 1, Wizard School Part 2, Curb Your Dragon, Disenchanted Evening	July 29, 2008^[7]	Work it like a wizard - Selena, Jake, and David's favorite things to do

Production

iTunes released the pilot episode as a free download on October 5, 2007, and on October 12, 2007 iTunes required it to be purchased. It first aired in Canada on October 26, 2007, airing on Family Channel, and first aired on Disney Channel UK on November 3, 2007. On its premiere night, it received 5.93 million viewers.^[8]

The tag lines in advertisements are "They've got the power!", "Three typical teens, where everything is not what it seems" and "Being a teenager can be tricky."

It was one of the many shows affected by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. Just shortly after the show's premiere, the writing was halted due to the strike. They are currently producing finished scripts of new episodes.

David Henrie has confirmed that he has written an episode for Season 2.

Spells

Spell	Effect
Edgebono Utoosis	The ability to duplicate the user's desired object
Mcreary Timereary	The ability to rewind time
Take this girl with the skills of a bench and turn her into a serving wench	The ability to transform a server with no skills into a professional waitress
Take this girl who's a great serving wench and give her the back the skills of a bench	The ability to transform a professional waitress into a server with no skills
Stop all the racket, I'll wear a jacket	Conjures a jacket
Commakus Pancakus	Conjures a plate of pancakes
Transportium Nextorbitorium	Teleports you to the planet of your choosing
Some people are a gem, some people are a rat, to learn who's who, give me the ear of a bat	Gives you a bat's ear
Some are evil, some are kind, but now all must speak their mind	Makes people tell the truth
Animoza Espinoza	The ability to transform a human being into an animal
Humanoza Espinoza	The ability to transform a human being that was previously enchanted into an animal
Murrieta Animata	The ability to animate any object the user desires
Garibay Immobilitay	The ability to unanimate any object the user had previously enchanted
Levitatus Liquidatus	Levitates liquids
We are now not small and teeny weeny, take us inside to see the genie	Puts you in a genie's lamp
We are now small and teeny weeny, we are done visiting the genie	Takes you out of a genie's lamp
Mailus Spontaneous (Person's name or place)	Sends mail to whoever or where ever you want
From your chin to your toes an elephant trunk grows	Makes an elephant trunk replace a persons nose
ScreamPolitty NoQuitty	Makes people not quit
Tomunanane Kinesis	Moves objects
Cerebellum Erasus	Erases memory
Cashmearus Appearus	Conjures a sweater
Cranium Revolvis	turns head
Dehidratus Lugatis Apus Escapus	Drains a place and turns all sea chimps back into people
This (person or thing) is now not, a (object or person) should fill its slot	Transforms stuff
Gialsjay Timesday	Freezes time for as long as you can hop on 1 leg
Murrieta Animata Grande	Like murrieta animata but also makes object bigger
(People's names) Cambia Corporum Meum Corpora Sua Nominavi	switches the two peoples bodies but must be undone by sunset
Frames of Figures, step out of your pictures	Brings a painting out of it's frame
Pictures of faces return to your places (Place + year of where picture taken)	Undo's frames of figures step out of your pictures
Go Through Mo Through	Makes one object go through another object
Literarium Tararium	Teleports you into a book
Bookus Mustardo	Turns a book into a jar of mustard (this spell does not actually work; it was chanted by Max as an attempt to hide Alex's journal, but to no prevail).
Seismosaurus Hallorum	Makes everything bigger
Threemetrus movietrus	Telports you ten feet away

Make Em Ups

Spell	Effect
Satisfy my empty belly, make me a peanut butter and jelly	Transforms you into peanutbutter and jelly sandwich
Although I like such tasty snacks, I'd rather have my brother Max,, I'm old enough to hang with actress/model/spokeswoman Ruby Donahue so get me into "Night of the Halloween Sorority Party Disaster 2	Takes you into Halloween Sorority Party Disaster 2
We've had enough of all this fear so hurry up and get us out of here	Takes you elsewhere
I'm scared of what might happen next, so take us to the Mondoplex	Takes you out of Halloween Sorority Party Disaster 2 and takes you to the Mondoplex

Magical Items

|- |Pocket Elves || miniature creatures that have knowledge on every subject |- |Enchanted Carpet || an enchanted carpet which can provide transportation to the user |- | Emotion Potions || Potions that cause emotions |- | Motion Potins || Potions that cause motion |- | Enchanted Broom || a flying broom |- | Genie Lamp || a home for Genies |- | Wiz Tech || a boarding school for wizards |- | 3 d glasses || glasses with D's on them |- | Tranporter || ruler that sends you up to 3 feet and knocks out anyone nearby |- | Mind Reader || a tube with glitter and macaroni used to read minds |- | Emotiscope || allows you to see a persons true feelings |- | Invisibility Pancho || a pancho that turns invisible |- | Opera gum || allows you to sing as though you were in the opera |- | Invisibility mint || makes you invisible, but tastes horrible and makes you smell like stinky cheese |- | Recorder Fish || a fish used to transport speak |- | Cinaminy Charm || a charm that makes you obey people |- | Cocoa De-charm || undoes the effects of the cinaminy charm |- | Smarty pants || pants that makes you smart |- | Speedy Shirt || a shirt that makes you run fast |- | Night Cap || a cap that makes you sleep |}

Main settings

The show is primarily set on the Waverly Place street in Manhattan.

Waverly Sub Station is the Russo Family's sandwich shop. All three kids work and hang out there. It resembles a typical New York City Subway station.
The Magic Lair is where the Russo kids have magic class with their father. Often, the freezer is used as a portal between the Waverly Sub Station, and the Russo home.
The Loft is where the Russo family lives. It is also connected to the magic lair and the Waverly Sub Station.
Waverly Place is outside of the Waverly Sub Station. Mainly, the pedestrian-only alleyway is shot and Waverly Place is only shot on certain occasions like in the episode First Kiss, prior to the crystal ball scene.
Tribeca Prep is the school that Justin, Alex, Max, and their friends attend.
The Black Cauldron is a magic potion store and is also found at the W.W.W.W.

Theme song

The show's theme song is called "Everything is Not What It Seems", which was written by John Adair and Steve Hampton, who also wrote the theme songs to fellow Disney Channel original series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Phil of the Future. The theme song, performed by series star Selena Gomez, is a techno-pop style theme (the music cues to signal commercial breaks and scene changes, also composed by Hampton and Adair, are styled similarly).

The show is one of five Disney Channel original series to feature a theme song performed by one of its own show's stars: So Weird (whose theme was performed by Mackenzie Phillips), That's So Raven (whose theme song was performed by Raven-Symoné, Anneliese van der Pol and Orlando Brown), Cory in the House (whose theme is performed by Kyle Massey and Maiara Walsh) and Hannah Montana (whose theme is performed by Miley Cyrus) are the only others.

Books

It's All Relative! - You Can't Always Get What You Carpet & Alex In The Middle (July 2008)
Haywire - Crazy Ten Minute Sale & I Almost Drowned In A Chocolate Fountain (July 2008)
Spellbound - New Employee & Alex's Choice (September 2008)
Top Of The Class - Wizard School Part 1 & Wizard School Part 2 (December 2008)
In Your Face - Pop Me and We Both Go Down and First Kiss (March 2009)

Breaks in continuity

In the episode Alex's Choice, when the mother let Justin and Max into the lair, she put the lock on the counter, but when Alex walks in, the lock is on the door. It is possible that as she was hesitant putting the lock on earlier, she later removed the lock offscreen.

In Season 1 Justin's best friend's name is Zack, but in Season 2 his name is Zeke. They may, however, both be his nicknames.

In "Alex in the Middle" it was stated that Justin didn't have any pets, but in the episode, "Curb Your Dragon", the Russo's got a dog/dragon. Also, Alex confessed to Justin that when she was five, she accidentally let Justin's dog out of his cage when she wanted to take him for a walk. However, Justin's childhood dog, the one Alex let out, and the dog/dragon in "Curb Your Dragon" might have been family pets, not just Justin's.

Around the world

Wizards of Waverly Place is broadcast on the following stations around the world:

Region	Network(s)	Series premiere
United States	Disney Channel	October 12, 2007
Australia	Disney Channel Australia	October 19, 2007
Australia	Channel 7	October 4, 2008
New Zealand	Disney Channel New Zealand	October 19, 2007
Canada	Family	October 26, 2007
United Kingdom	Disney Channel UK	November 3, 2007
France	Disney Channel France	January 22, 2008
Italy	Disney Channel Italia	January 26, 2008
Poland	Disney Channel Polska	February 29, 2008
Egypt	Disney Channel Middle East
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Denmark	Disney Channel Scandinavia
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Germany	Disney Channel Deutschland	March 8, 2008
Germany	Super RTL	September 1, 2008
Hong Kong	Disney Channel Asia	March 9, 2008
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Thailand
Vietnam
Brazil	Disney Channel Brazil	March 23, 2008 (Advance) April 11, 2008 (Premiere)
Dominican Republic	Latin Disney (North Zone)	March 23, 2008 (Advance) April 14, 2008 (Premiere)
Mexico	Latin Disney (North Zone)	March 23, 2008 (Advance) April 14, 2008 (Premiere)
Argentina	Latin Disney (Zone South)	March 24, 2008 (Advance) April 11, 2008 (Premiere)
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
Paraguay
Taiwan	Disney Channel Taiwan	March 28, 2008
Japan	Disney Channel Japan	April 18, 2008
Bangladesh	Disney Channel India	May 5, 2008
Pakistan
India

References

^ "Premier of Kids and Family Sitcom "Wizards of Waverly Place" ... "Friday, February 15 on Disney Channel"" (Press release). Disney Channel Media Net. September 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-20. premiere episode, "Crazy Ten Minute Sale,"
^ Wizards of Waverly Place 2nd Season Extende
^ "Smarty Pants", season 2 episode 1 refers to her as Finkle.
^ "Smarty Pants", season 2 episode 1 has Zeke in the credits.
^ "Crazy Ten Minute Sale", season 1, episode 1 credits.
^ Disney Channel Extends 'Wizards' Second Season
^ Amazon.com: The Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School: Todd J. Greenwald: Movies & TV
^ Top Ratings

External links

[1] "Premier of Kids and Family Sitcom "Wizards of Waverly Place" ... "Friday, February 15 on Disney Channel"" (Press release). Disney Channel Media Net. September 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-20. premiere episode, "Crazy Ten Minute Sale,"

[Season2-2] Wizards of Waverly Place 2nd Season Extende

[3] "Smarty Pants", season 2 episode 1 refers to her as Finkle.

[4] "Smarty Pants", season 2 episode 1 has Zeke in the credits.

[5] "Crazy Ten Minute Sale", season 1, episode 1 credits.

[6] Disney Channel Extends 'Wizards' Second Season

[7] Amazon.com: The Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School: Todd J. Greenwald: Movies & TV

[8] Top Ratings

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v t e Wizards of Waverly Place
Characters	Alex Russo
Episodes	Seasons: (1 2 3 4)
Films and Specials	"Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex
Related	Soundtrack Video game Spellbound Wizards Beyond Waverly Place

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