Summary:

Wizards of Waverly Place follows the Russo children, Alex, Justin, and Max, who on the surface appear to be completely normal, but beneath the sibling rivalry lies their secret. They are all wizards in training! They use their powers to do most of their tasks. Whether it’s washing the dishes or making dinner, or even getting back at a fellow sibling, whatever the reason, it’ll always have hilarious consequences. Even though they all train and study, once they turn 18, only one of them will get to keep their wizardly powers.

Cast:

• Alexandra Margarita Russo or Alex (Selena Gomez), 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, a fashion lover, street smart, and quite mischievous. She is pretty popular at school. In some episodes, Alex is shown as ‘Daddy’s Little Princess’. Often in trouble, she has been grounded many times for using magic without permission. Her best friend, Harper, is also into fashion but is dorky. Alex and Harper are constantly fighting the popular bully Gigi (Gertrude) and her crew. She is often seen picking on Justin for being smart. Alex usually keeps her wand in her shoe/sock. She was born in Cab 804, a Taxi.

• Justin Vincenzo Pepe Russo (David Henrie), the oldest child in the Russo family. He is intelligent, mature, and responsible, but is always picked on by his younger sister Alex. He enjoys watching sports, as he is a fan of the Mets and the Jets, but doesn’t enjoy playing them. He is not good at baseball although once he used magic to do well in a baseball game because he wanted to impress a girl. Though he isn’t really popular, Alex’s best friend Harper 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. In the two-part episode “Wizard School”, when Dr. Evilini sees his skill she says that Justin may become a very powerful wizard.

• Max Russo (Jake T. Austin), the youngest in the family. 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.

• Jerry Russo (David DeLuise), 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.

• Theresa Russo (Maria Canals Barrera), 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. She also is known to get very emotional when she feels that her kids are growing up too fast, as shown in the episode “Movies”. She also does not like magic, and has expressed that many times.

• Harper Finkle (Jennifer Stone), Alex’s best friend. She designs her own clothes (usually themed with food). She is hyper and optimistic. She has a big crush on Justin. Alex and Harper do a lot together. Originally, Harper didn’t know of the wizard secret but in “Harper Knows”, Alex tells her.

Episodes:

Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3