Original title
Wizards of Waverly Place
Released
10/12/2007
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production companies
It's a Laugh Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
106
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
The first season of Wizards of Waverly Place aired on Disney Channel from October 12, 2007 to August 31, 2008. The season introduces the Russo children, Alex, Justin, and Max Russo as they compete to become the leading wizard in their family. Maria Canals Barrera and David DeLuise co-star as their parents and Jennifer Stone co-stars as Alex's best friend, Harper Finkle Guest stars and recurring cast include: Amanda Tepe as Monotone Woman, Skyler Samuels as Gigi Hollingsworth, Bill Chott as Mr. Laritate, Daryl Sabara as T.J. Taylor, Brian Kubach as Riley, Shane Lyons as Manny Kin, Eric Allan Kramer as Coach Gunderson, Chelsea Staub as Kari Langsdorf, Sara Paxton as Millie, Julie Brown as Ms Angela and Jeff Garlin as Uncle Kelbo.
Alex duplicates herself so she can be in magic class and at a sale at the same time. Meanwhile, Jerry gives Max his first wand.
Justin is given several chances to receive his first kiss when Alex turns back time. The New York Mets consider Max's sandwich as a contender to become the team's official sandwich.
So she could go on a date, Alex uses a magical pocket elf to pass an exam for Spanish. However, a chocolate-devouring pocket elf is sneaked into her purse in a plot divised by her brothers.
After Harper is hired at the sub station, Alex uses magic to help Harper overcome her clumsiness, which eventually backfires on Alex. A whiz kid is upset for losing business when Justin starts a tutorial service.
Alex wants unlimited use of magic from her parents, after she meets a fellow wizard at her school who is allowed unlimited magic from his parents. There is a meeting which Alex sets up between the two sets of parents.
Alex finds her parents old magic carpet and convinces her dad to give her flying lessons.
Gigi invites Harper to her annual tea party and Alex gets mad when she accepts. Alex learns that Gigi plans to embarrass Harper so she uses her magic to get back at Gigi.
Justin learns that his new pet beagle is actually a magical dragon. To his dismay, someone else claims the "dog" and enters it in a local canine competition.
Justin does not let Alex into an R-Rated movie, so she uses magic to get in. However, she may accidentally get into the film, too.
Justin gets a zit before his prom date with a junior, and to make matters worse, Alex accidentally animates it.
Justin has some competition from a popular classmate when he wants to be chosen for the World School Summit at the U.N. Meanwhile, Alex becomes in love with herself due to a potion.
Alex hates being compared to her older brother, Justin, so she asks a genie to remove the resemblences.
Alex and Justin go to a summer school for wizards and Alex has a hard time fitting in. Back at home, Jerry and Max try to prove their manhood.
Alex may have her chance to shine when she finds out Dr.Evalinie's plan to take away Justin's powers during a tournament at the school.
Justin casts a spell on himself to impress a girl, and ends up being the baseball team's star pitcher. When Alex finds out, she uses it to become the catcher's "good luck charm".
When Jerry's fun-loving brother comes for a visit, Alex tries to get him to be her magic teacher instead of her strict dad.
When Alex gets an F on her wizarding report card, she does her best to keep it a secret. But hiding the truth becomes a problem when her powers are taken away from her for turning her parents into guinea pigs.
Alex takes on an internship with a top Fashion Magazine and decides to put on an outrageous fashion show featuring Harper's bizarre wear to teach her boss a lesson for taking credit for her ideas. Jerry and Theresa hire a new girl, Millie, at the Sub Station that Justin immediately falls in love with so Max tries to help.
Alex makes a mannequin come to life and goes out with him, in order to make Riley jealous. Meanwhile, Jerry and Theresa go out of town and leave Justin in charge of the household.
It is Alex's 15th birthday and she uses the switching spell to avoid being in her Quinceanera. Justin and Max have to learn how to dance for Alex's party.
Alex wants an easier way to complete her Art History assignment, so she brings historical masterpieces to life to help her complete her worksheet. Meanwhile, Jerry and Max use a spell to play football in the house, which turns out badly.
The second season of Wizards of Waverly Place aired on Disney Channel from September 12, 2008 to August 21, 2009. The season deals with the Russo children, Alex, Justin and Max Russo continuing to compete to become the leading wizard in their family. Also starring in the series are María Canals Barrera and David DeLuise as their parents, Theresa and Jerry, and Jennifer Stone as Alex's best friend, Harper Finkle.
Alex and Harper enter an academic competition, but Alex wears "smarty pants" that give her all of the answers. At first it's great, but Alex soon realizes that her cheating doesn't allow Harper to shine. Meanwhile, Max tries to con everybody at school into buying his water bottles.
Justin falls for a new girl who is a werewolf and turns him into one, too; Max starts a dog-walking business with a new friend.
Justin and Max steal Alex's diary only to have it stolen again by Gigi, Alex's arch nemesis. In an attempt to recover the diary, the brothers accidentally place Gigi inside the book and into Alex's secret fairy-tale princess world.
Alex uses the restoration and upcoming race of Jerry's junky old car as an opportunity to develop her relationship with her "gear head" crush, Dean. Meanwhile, Max orders a mind-reading kit.
The kids fail at their group magic project, so Jerry devises a plan that will force them to work together. Now Alex must wrestle with sacrificing her first one-on-one date with Dean so that she and Justin can help Max's superhero, "Maximan," solve the crime and prove to Jerry that the siblings can work as a team.
Wiz Tech is forced to close, and the Russo's must take in Professor Crumbs and fellow student Ronald, who quickly develops a magical connection with Alex. Max teaches Professor Crumbs how to assimilate into the mortal world and Justin saves the day by finding the solution to reopen Wiz Tech.
After enrolling in Wiz Tech, Alex realizes her new crush, Ronald, has kidnapped her former crush, Dean. Max and Professor Crumbs join forces to become a dynamic duo, and Justin and Alex must team up to save Wiz Tech from falling into the hands of Ronald and his evil father.
Alex tries to avoid running into Harper at the annual Comic-Con type convention in order to protect her wizard secret but winds up revealing the truth after Harper takes a spin in Alex’s power laden Battle Diva costume. Meanwhile, Justin and Max work alongside Hugh Normous and the Emergency Wizards to make sure other wizards don’t perform any real magic.
Alex tries to save the taxi that she was born in. Meanwhile, Justin sets out to find his birthplace.
Alex gets Cupid to help her parents after an argument, but will Cupid cause more trouble than he solves? After being hit by Cupid's arrow, Justin falls in love with Harper.
When Mr. Stuffleby, a wizard guidance counselor, informs the kids that they must have a viable profession to fall back on in the event that they don't become wizards, Max chooses to become a street magician while Alex and Justin decide to form a band. They all test their skills by hosting a Waverly After Dark performance at the Sub Station.
Alex gets the lead as Tinkerbell in the school's production of Peter Pan but doesn't want the part. So when she enlists the help of a real fairy to sub in and play the part, it causes the production to get out of control and the play is not necessarily performed in the same way as the traditional Peter Pan fairytale!
Alex helps Harper care for a famous designer's gown during fashion week, but she accidentally ruins it. In order to repair the gown, she must use magic to fix things.
When Justin invents a helping hand, Alex wears it out by getting it to do her chores.
Max makes up a disease to get out of gym class. Meanwhile, Alex finds out her art teacher is a 16-year-old girl, and turns her back. This results in art, Alex's best subject, being canceled.
Alex helps Harper care for a famous designer's gown during fashion week, but she accidentally ruins it. In order to repair the gown, she must use magic to fix things.
After skipping class, the principal places Alex in a "happy helpers" club, however she soon finds out what truly makes the helpers happy. Max's attempt to impress a girl backfires.
Alex tries to help Hugh find his birth parent's after he finds out he is adopted. Meanwhile, Max's plan to get revenge on Alex backfires.
Justin decides to use magic to change the weather, but when Mother Nature finds out about it, she begins to cause weather trouble for Justin.
Alex uses a spell to switch brains with Harper, but she keeps on getting the spell wrong, including accidentally leaving Harper with no brain.
When Alex, Harper and Justin are accidentally transported into a silent movie, Justin and Harper begin to recognize a closer bond between them. Things heat up at the restaurant when Theresa and Jerry begin arguing about who has the more difficult job. To determine who's right, the two switch places.
Alex and Justin bond with Max's new tutor and scheme to get her a permanent job with the family, but the plan involves Max failing a test. In the end they relize that Max's tutor is just an elf that's why they have been bonding with her.
Alex is selected to paint the school's mural, which she is very excited about. However, after using magic to make the mural, she ends up messing up her own artistic ideas.
Alex tries to outdo Justin by giving their dad Merlin's hat, which grants unlimited wishes for his birthday. When she thinks Jerry's wishes are too simple, she takes matters into her own hands, but is unprepared for the consequences, including a visit from an alien spaceship.
Justin wins an essay contest that allows him to go on the S.S. Tipton and meet London Tipton. Alex soon becomes friends with Bailey Pickett, and uses magic to bring Harper on-board. Max and Zack Martin compete against each other in many crazy challenges. The crossover continues on The Suite Life on Deck: S01E21 Double-crossed (II). It ends on Hannah Montana: S03E20 Super(stitious) Girl (III)
When a vampire family opens a deli down the street, Justin falls for their daughter!
Justin's new vampire girlfriend Juliet gets the Russos to change their lifestyle by adding healthy foods and exercise. However Alex is concerned about Juliet's true intentions for Justin when she discovers that vampires like the taste of healthy blood.
After Dean moves away, Alex continues to date him by using magic to enter his dreams. When he pays her a surprise visit and the real date isn't as great as she had dreamt, she searches for a way to break up with him. Meanwhile Justin tells his vampire girlfriend Juliet that he is not allowed to go on her family camping trip.
Justin promises Juliet an unforgettable prom date. But when Alex organizes a zombie-themed anti-prom, things get out of hand when real zombies arrive. Meanwhile, Harper and Zeke go to the prom together.
Jerry and his siblings, Kelbo and Megan (Jerry revealed to the kids they have an aunt), need to retake the Wizard test that, in their teen years, determined who got to keep their powers. When Alex, Justin and Max see how competitive the contest gets, they realize the same test could eventually tear their family apart as well.
The third season of Wizards of Waverly Place aired on Disney Channel from October 9, 2009 to October 15, 2010. The Russo children, Alex, Justin, and Max Russo continue to compete to become the leading wizard in their family and meet many friends and adversaries along the way. Maria Canals Barrera and David DeLuise co-star as their parents and Jennifer Stone co-stars as Alex's best friend, Harper Finkle. This is the first season of the series to be broadcast in high-definition.
Justin becomes fed up with Alex constantly going through his stuff and creates a female monster to guard his room and to think like Alex. However Justin's plan backfires when the monster and Alex become fast friends.
The Russo family comes together to create the scariest haunted house ever for Halloween.
When Justin completes his ten-thousandth spell, he signs up for a Monster Hunting class.
Justin is taking his Monster Hunting Course and finds out that Juliet and her vampire family are the monsters he has been looking for!
Justin is summoned to track down a scary mummy as part of his monster hunting duties. He and Juliet set off to the museum to track the monster, but things take a turn for the worse when Justin and Juliet become trapped in the museum. Meanwhile, Alex tries to separate Max from his conscience after he starts excelling in his wizard studies.
When Harper learns that her family is moving away, the Russos offer to let Harper live with them. While Alex and Harper clean out the basement to make room for Harper's stuff, Alex shrinks herself down to fit in her old doll house, but Jerry and Theresa give the doll house away to a little girl named Olive with Alex still in it.
After Alex uses magic to help Harper win a marathon, she recreates the activities for her friend, so a very upset Harper can win on her own. Meanwhile, Justin decides to enter the marathon to win the first athletic trophy for the Russo family.
Alex starts to date Mason, a transfer student from England. He is perfect in very way with the exception of his view of art. In order to make him a better artist, Alex takes matters into her own hands by putting a spell on him.
Justin and Max continue to search for Juliet. Meanwhile, Mason and Alex continue dating but Mason keeps running away from Alex before the evening. She becomes suspicious and follows him one night. Alex and Harper discover that Mason is actually a werewolf.
Alex has a crush on a boy who won't talk to her because of her sour attitude. She then uses magic to make herself positive. Justin joins the basketball team and tries to capture a big senior year moment on video
Justin’s chances at becoming Student Body President are put in jeopardy after someone wallpapers Principal Laritate’s office with posters from Justin’s campaign and he is accused of masterminding the prank. Meanwhile, Alex befriends Stevie, a rebellious new girl in school, and Jerry, Max and Harper get stuck on a Ferris wheel during their trip to Coney Island.
Alex, Justin and Max are shocked to discover that international music sensation Shakira is actually their Uncle Kelbo, who has been abusing one of the Main Eleven Wizards Rules.
After Harper's lunchtime Shakespeare impressions are a total bust, Alex and Stevie ask Justin to hire a rock band to play at lunchtime. Justin agrees, feeling that he owes Stevie since she got him elected to become Student Body President.
Harper is desperately trying to remember something, but she cannot. Alex offers to help Harper recall her memory, so she casts a spell on her. Harper then remembers: Stevie is a wizard, and she saw her cast a spell. Alex and Harper confront Stevie, and she confirms their suspisions by casting a spell in the ground that opens up a warp hole and a student falls in. Alex is happy that she has a wizard friend, but Harper feels left out.
Alex discovers her friend Stevie is leading a wizard revolution. To the dismay of Justin and Harper, she decides to help Stevie with her quest to make sure no wizard ever has to give up their powers again.
When the school's superintendant fires Mr. Laritate because of Alex, Mr. Laritate gets a job at a western place. When the school hires a strict new principal, Alex transports Mr. Laritate back to the Old West in an attempt to show him that it's not what he thought it was and make him want to come back to Tribeca Prep.
Alex sells shirts she makes herself, but Justin makes her give the money to Student Council since she sold them on school grounds without permission. Then when she wins a citizenship award, some feel she does not deserve it.
After Jerry is bitten by a bug from the wizard world he is transformed into a giant bug himself. Meanwhile, Harper joins the Alien Language League Zeke and Justin are in and they hold the annual banquet at the Sub Station.
Harper and Alex find out that Max has a girlfriend named Nancy Lueke, but has been keeping it a secret so not to get embarrassed by his family. Later his mother finds out about it and tells him that it's not okay to hide the truth from anyone. Since he took his mothers advice, he tells Nancy his secret about being a wizard. The Russos make up another lie to cover the truth, and Nancy breaks up with him.
Alex sets up Harper on a date with Justin's best friend Zeke, but the relationship doesn't go as she planned. Meanwhile, Justin prepares a project for a science fair.
Alex reveals she has made a clone of Justin and he has been attending college for the past four years. But, when she tries to undo the spell the two Justins to merge into one.
Justin and Alex are chosen to create an issue of the Captain Jim Bob Sherwood comic book, with Justin writing the story and Alex doing the illustrations. But when they can't agree on their ideas, Alex uses magic and displaces Captain Jim Bob from the comic book, leaving him loose out in the city.
Harper and Alex join Harper's parents in a signing act. But Alex finds out it is a lot of working and wants to go home.
Alex is punished for buying a vending machine with her parents money. Alex sees a mirror that says "Do Not Go In Alex". After Alex steps through a magical mirror, the universe becomes all about her, and when the mirror breaks after she doesn't want to come back to the real world, Alex is possibly stuck in the parallel 'you-niverse' forever.
Wilmer Valderrama guest stars on Wizards of Waverly Place in the episode 'Uncle Ernesto'. Uncle Ernesto has no idea that the Russo's have magic abilities, so they promise a magic free night so that he can come over for a birthday dinner. Meanwhile, the kids get a magical chicken that can tell them the answer to anything. They ask it the age-old question, "Which one of us is going to win the wizard competition?" But when the chicken runs amuck, they have to catch it before he lays the answer and Uncle Ernesto finds out about magic.
When Alex and Harper witness a forlorn Justin moping around the Sub Station due to his depression over losing Juliet, they devise a plan to help him move on, in which Alex magically transforms Harper into Juliet.
While watching a news broadcast, Alex discovers that Mason (in wolf form) is in the Poconos Mountains trapped by country wizards. The country wizards will only give back Mason if Alex trades them their portal. Alex then discovers that the country wizards have turned Mason into a half wolf form. But can she live to be with Mason like this without being embarrassed by him?
The Russo family's lives might be in jeopardy when a secret government agency suspects that they're wizards.
The fourth and final season of Wizards of Waverly Place aired on Disney Channel from November 12, 2010 to January 6, 2012. The Russo children, Alex, Justin, and Max Russo continue to compete to become the leading wizard in their magical family and begin to make difficult decisions about their futures. María Canals Barrera and David DeLuise co-star as their parents and Jennifer Stone co-stars as Alex's best friend, Harper Finkle. This is the second season of the series to be broadcast in high-definition.
After the government has taken all the wizards away, Alex decides to reveal wizards to the world. The rest of the wizarding world doesn't exactly take well to it.
Alex quits her wizard training after she decides there will never be enough time to regain her status and compete for the title of family wizard. However, she is shocked to learn that, as a mortal, she will no longer be able to date Mason. Meanwhile, after meeting with the Wizard Family Competition Commissioner, Justin decides to tutor delinquent wizards and do whatever it takes to get himself back in the running for the wizard competition. And a family of Cucuys, Latino mythical monsters, invites the Russos for an evening on their yacht.
Alex continues her life as a mortal but it causes tension between her and Harper. Meanwhile, a magical robe of Jerry's is found torn into pieces
Alex and Mason try to be just friends but that's hard when Dean returns and Mason gets jealous. Meanwhile, Justin tries to motivate some wizards.
Alex joins Justin's wizard class to try to move up in the competition. Max joins a sophisticated wizard society. They suggest he move the wizard competition up and he moves it to a few days away. Max quits the society because he finds out that they are taking advantage of him. Alex and Justin transform into Max in an attempt to change the date of the family wizard competition back to it's original date and succeed. In the end of the episode they accidentally turn Max indefinitely into a little girl.
Max, now Maxine, has become the center of Jerry and Teresa's attention, leading Alex to become jealous. Justin takes Maxine to karate class. Harper tries to keep Zeke away from the Russos in order to avoid having to explain Max being replaced by Maxine.
When a new student named Rosie joins Justin's remedial wizard class, he falls madly in love with her and discovers she's an angel. Jerry, Teresa, and Harper try to boost sales at the sub shop, using Maxine to their advantage.
Justin, Alex, Rosie and Harper go to an angels club while Theresa and Jerry enter Maxine in a beauty pageant.
Alex discovers that Rosie isn't what she seems, and is tricking Justin into doing evil. With the help of angel-in-training Tina, she tries to defeat the plans of the dark angel Gorog. Harper forces Maxine to have a slumber party so that she can live vicariously through her.
Professor Crumbs is planning to check on the Russo's to see how their wizard training is progressing. This causes Alex and Justin to panic since they don't know how to explain "Maxine", and they try to find a way to turn Maxine back to Max. Meanwhile, "America's Got Talent" runner-up Jackie Evancho sings at Tribeca Prep's "Spirit of America Play", which gives Harper a run for her money as she takes the stage for the first time.
Zeke seeks magic as a new hobby, and when Alex impulsively and secretly assists in one of his routines, he begins to suspect that he himself might be a wizard, and consoles Harper about this, forcing her to convince Alex to either expose the truth about wizardry to him, or she will.
Alex encourages retired wrestler Muy Macho, her childhood hero, to return to the ring. Meanwhile, Zeke makes plans to wrestle Macho by persuading Justin to use his magic to turn him into a contender.
Mason tries to hide the truth about his parents from Alex, and about Alex from his parents. Max makes his parents' food taste like kid food in order to make it taste good, but it has adverse effects.
When Mason ignores Alex's invitation to the Beast Bowl so he can work on an anniversary gift, Alex decides to go anyway and she meets a boy named Chase.
Alex is given an award for saving the world from Gorog, and thus reinstated into the family wizard competition. Celebrity Chase Riprock visits the lair to congratulate Alex, and the media gets the wrong idea about their relationship, causing tension between Alex and Mason. Justin scrambles to change his award ceremony video from one ridiculing Alex to one congratulating her in order to impress Chancellor Rudy Tootietootie.
The Russos visit the beach and come across Zelzar, a fortune-telling machine that Jerry warns the kids will give wizards real fortunes. Alex receives a seemingly lethal fortune, causing the kids to bargain with Zelzar in order to change her fate.
Alex, Justin, and Max must get into a Captain Jim Bob Sherwood spaceship in order to destroy an asteroid coming toward the earth.
When Justin's students fail their exams, he instinctively accuses Alex, but Alex knows she's not to blame, causing her to discover the true culprit. Meanwhile, Teresa and Jerry find that they saved nothing of Max's childhood and seek help from Harper to recreate it.
Alex and Harper decide to move out and live on their own, but they need money first, so they they decide put on puppet show. But when Alex doesn't keep up her end of the bargain, she and Harper have a fight. Meanwhile, Max might lose his girlfriend when Talia's parents don't like his parents.
Harper must choose Zeke or Alex and she chooses Zeke. So, Alex makes a clone of Harper to spend time with. Meanwhile, Jerry, Justin and Max create another restaurant in the Wizard world.
Alex and Harper rent an apartment in a complex whose 13th floor is exclusively for Wizard World creatures, only to find that Mason also lives there.
Alex and Harper find an extra roommate, Lucy, to help with their living expenses. Lucy is heartbroken over the loss of her previous boyfriend over the Bermuda Triangle, so they try to cheer her up by finding her a new boyfriend. Zeke's mail-order robot finally arrives, only for him to suspect it's evil.
Mr. Laritate, who lives on a different floor in Alex and Harper's apartment complex, discovers the 13th floor after Mason breaks the elevator, and ends up bitten by a zombie. Meanwhile, Felix's wand is stolen.
After Dexter reveals himself as Gorog, the angel of darkness, he turns Felix evil in order to use his powerful wand to take over the Wizard World. Alex, Justin and Max learn from Professor Crumbs that they must use their wizard powers together to defeat Gorog and the dark side.
The family goes back in time to try and save their lair.
Harper gets zapped into a Cinderella Book.
During a dinner that Alex made for the family, Headmaster Crumbs visits to reveal that with this selfless act, the Russo children can finally have their family wizard competition.
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