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* [[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 [[Megas XLR|Coop]] and [[Justice League|Hawkgirl]] as parents to ''these'' kids.
** Don't you mean [[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun (TV)|Bug Pollone]]/[[Stargate SG-1|Pete Shanahan]] as their father?
** Also, Alucard the vampire is [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Kuja!]]
** Don't forget that his wife was [[Mad About You (TV)|Lisa Stemple]] and Juliet was [[Jonas|one of Nick Jonas' 'fall too hard, too fast' crushes]].
** Also, [[Selena Gomez]] did a brief stint as Hannah Montana's competitor in ''[[Hannah Montana (TV)|Hannah Montana]]''.
** Who knew that [[Hannah Montana (TV)|Rico]] would be a good conscience for Max?
** [[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Tommy Webber]] as a top-secret government scientist.
** [[ICarly (TV)|Gibby]] is a Wiz World executive.
** [[Good Luck Charlie (TV)|Spencer]] is apparently apart of a snooty, sophisticated group of wizards.
** [[Shakira]] is actually Uncle Kelbo in disguise.
** T.J. Taylor is a [[Spy Kids|spy]] and don't forget, a [[Generator Rex|a 15-year old boy who can control nanites and build machines from his body, fighting EVO monsters]].
** Mr. Frenchie is [[White Collar|Mozzie]].
** [[The George Lopez Show|Bennie and Ernie]] show up as Theresa's mom and luchador Muy Macho respectively.
** [[Shake It Up (TV)|CeCe]] dated Max in one episode.
*** Deuce is Max's conscience's conscience
** [[The Venture Bros|Doc Venture]] is the father of another of Max's girlfriends.
** The karate instructor from the ''[[Shake It Up (TV)|Shake It Up]]'' episode "Kick It Up" is the manager of the 13th floor, where Alex and Harper have their apartment. But he turns out to be {{spoiler|Gorog}} in disguise. He also appeared in ''[[Hannah Montana (TV)|Hannah Montana]]'' as a monotone casting agent.
** The actor who played him in his true form was Linwood Murrow in ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''.
** Justin himself is actually [[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|Ted Mosby's son from the future]].
** [[That 70s Show (TV)|Fez]] is Uncle Ernesto.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** [[Charlie Adler]] shows up in one episode as a talking report card.
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** To Bono and Harry Potter.
** Alex's boyfriend's name is [[James Dean|Dean]] [[Sherlock Holmes|Moriarty]].
** The Principal's name is Mr. Larritate. Larry Tate was Darrin's boss on ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]''. Similarly, Alex's art teacher, Ms. Majorhealey, is named for an ''[[I Dream of Jeannie (TV)|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.
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** This little gem.
{{quote| '''Justin:''' We have to be ready for the robot uprising, They'll rebel, they'll evolve, and [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|They'll have a plan!]]}}
** To [[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]] in "Saving Wiztech".
** To ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' in "Wizards vs. Vampires" and "[[New Moon|Wizards vs. Werewolves]]".
** Mason shares the same last name as another british werewolf, [[Harry Potter|Fenrir Greyback]].
** The spell to create an outlaw in the Old West dream Alex created is "Bad bad Leroy Brown, run Laritate out of town", a reference to an old Jim Croce song.
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** The name Harper Finkle could be a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch|Harvey Kinkle]].
** More Sabrina Shout-Outs: Plastic being the weakness of magic and a [[Secret-Chaser]] named Brad who suffers from [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]].
** The spell to have a picture frame show you what's happening in other places is a reference to [[Duran Duran (Music)|Duran Duran]].
** In "Hugh's Not Normous", Alex and Justin mimic an exchange from ''[[The Breakfast Club (Film)|The Breakfast Club]]'':
{{quote| '''Justin:''' What was that ruckus?"<br />
'''Alex:''' What ruckus?<br />
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** 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 Byby Cast Member]]: [[David Henrie]] wrote two episodes.
 
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