Wizards of Waverly Place/Trivia

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Ascended Fanon:
    • Fans theorized that Mason would somehow come back at one point, reverting to his human-like form. This turns out to be what the last few episodes of Season 3 revolve around.
    • Harper is constantly being written by fans as a girl who has a terrible life at home, and is eventually forced to live with the Russos. In Season 3, she moves in.
    • Ever since Zeke's introduction, he was paired with Harper by fans, due to their similar Sidekick statuses. In recent episodes, they have a love interest growing.
    • Many fan stories have been written about Alex fearing Justin leaving for college, and coming up with wacky hijinks to stop him from leaving. In Delinquent Justin, this turns out to be the entire plot, which she has been planning for four years in advance. The entire episode, especially the end, is a Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming.
    • One of the most famous fanfics in the Jalex fandom, In Fire, In Ice, revolves around the government finding out about magic, and the government hunting down/imprisoning all wizards, and Justin and Alex going on the run desperately trying to survive. In the Season 3 finale, the government finds out about magic and imprisons the Russos along with numerous other wizards.
      • Of course this was all fake as it was just a test by Professor Crumbs
  • Actor Allusion: "Off The Chain" is mentioned by Alex who's actor Selena Gomez has a song called Off The Chain in the episode Eat To The Beat.
  • Hey, It's That Guy!: While this is a live-action show, it still feels weird seeing Coop and Hawkgirl as parents to these kids.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!:
    • Charlie Adler shows up in one episode as a talking report card.
    • See above. Again, Coop. And Hawkgirl. Waaaaay out of character.
    • Adam Carolla as Cab 804, the taxi Alex brought to life.
  • Retroactive Recognition:
  • Shout-Out:
    • To Bono and Harry Potter.
    • Alex's boyfriend's name is Dean Moriarty.
    • The Principal's name is Mr. Larritate. Larry Tate was Darrin's boss on Bewitched. Similarly, Alex's art teacher, Ms. Majorhealey, is named for an I Dream of Jeannie character.
    • The vampire father in the special is named Alucard. Although it is in question whether or not it's a shout out to Castlevania.
      • Alucard has been used as an alias/CaptainErsatz for Dracula many times before Castlevania so maybe, maybe not. Regardless it's still a shout out to the Count himself.
    • Also from the vampire special, could they get any less subtle than naming the girl Juliet?
    • To Michael Jackson in "Wizards and Vampires vs. Zombies":

Female Zombie: One music video and we're expected to dance battle everywhere.

    • In "Franken Girl", Justin brings his creation to life using 1.21 gigawatts of electricity.
    • Leave it Justin to nerd up a Scarface reference:

Justin: (bad fake Cuban accent): Say hello to my little surge protector!

Justin: We have to be ready for the robot uprising, They'll rebel, they'll evolve, and They'll have a plan!

Justin: What was that ruckus?"
Alex: What ruckus?
Justin: I heard a ruckus.
Alex: Can you describe the ruckus?

  • Throw It In: All Myths Are True, as long as they can be Played for Laughs.
  • What Could Have Been: Had the producers stuck with their original idea of Justin and Alex beings friends not siblings, all of the awkwardness involving the popularity of Jalex could've been avoided. Although there is much debate as to whether they'd still act like the same lovable yet snarky couple, if they weren't related.
    • In Delinquent Justin when Theresa tells Justin and Alex to just say that they love one another (in a non-Squick manner, of course), they both say, "No, we don't!" Everyone was assuming that the producers were saving that up for a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming in the Grand Finale. Turns out that they either overlooked it or didn't want to focus on their relationship over the wizard competition.
    • The family was originally supposed to be Irish, but was changed for Gomez.
  • Written by Cast Member: David Henrie wrote two episodes.