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'''The Secret World of Alex Mack''' was a live-action show which aired on [[Nickelodeon]] and told the story of Alex Mack (Larisa Oleynik), a young girl who lives with her parents and older sister in a planned community owned by a chemical plant, where her parents work. She has a bad first day at her new school, and to make matters worse, a truck from the plant crashes and drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.
 
The chemical gives her an... [[Combo -Platter Powers|interesting variety of superhuman powers]]: [[Psychic Powers|telekinesis]], the ability to [[Shock and Awe|zap electricity]] from her fingers, the ability to <s>turn into a puddle of cheesy CGI "water"</s> melt a la ''[[Terminator]] 2'', and glow when she senses danger or gets upset. Her best friend Ray Alvarado (Darris Love) and her older sister Annie (Meredith Bishop) learn soon after and try to keep it a secret from anyone else. Unfortunately, Danielle Atron (Louan Gideon)--the head of the chemical plant that created GC-161--wants to see what effect the chemical has on human beings and has decided that finding the kid who was drenched and experimenting on him/her is a good way to go about this. She enlists the help of Vince Carter (John Marzilli), the head of plant security, to track her down. Vince is partnered up with Dave Watt (John Nielsen), the driver responsible for the accident, who may or may not (more likely the latter) be able to recognize the child.
 
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** This is unfair; according to [[IMDb]], she appeared in ''three'' episodes. She is even less mentioned on the cover than the number of episodes she appears in.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Ray
* [[Combo -Platter Powers]]: Lightning generation and TK make a little bit of sense, but how either one fits with turning into what looks like quicksilver is beyond me.
* [[Cool Loser]]: Alex and her group of friends aren't considered cool or popular, but Alex is on the school newspaper and generally considered to be a fun, nice person, and Ray is on the basketball team.
* [[Correspondence Course]]: One plot has Dave taking a course in detective work and eventually discovering Alex's secret identity. This also led to him using [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] for the rest of the show to stop anyone from realizing he knew,
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