Wizards of Waverly Place: How a Sitcom Ends

YouTube's copyright system auto-flagged the theme a month later. He's the original opening of this video. https://youtu.be/A1AvCmul2ro I made a slightly goofier-than-usual error at then end of the movie. Alex is NOT a full wizard at the end. There's two lines of dialogue in the last minute where Justin realizes Alex surrendered her full powers and Alex says she wanted everything to go back to normal. I completely missed that. I'd edit it out, but then I think the video would re-check for copyright and get claimed again. However, I don't think I properly explained the thing about Alex looking out the window. I'm correct. Geographically, the Window Alex should be looking out is the "4th" wall; a window that doesn't exist. Then, it cuts to her looking out the window of the exact opposite wall. They filmed her looking out the left window (our left), because the right most likely doesn't have an outside part built. (It's never shown in any episode). They absolutely filmed her on one of the left two windows, then showed her looking out the opposite window that the exterior shot showed her looking through. But I've never ever made any other error of any sort at any point in my life, ever.

Max calling Alex mija because he doesn’t speak Spanish but knows Theresa calls her mija is genuinely kinda cute

I need a movie where Alex, Justin and Max finally realize that the “one wizard per family” rule is wrong and start a mission to overthrow the corrupt wizarding government

max's "mom!" while bring physically carried away by his siblings when he realizes his mom doesn't recognize him in the wizards movie breaks my heart every time i hear it

Wait so Uncle kelbo used his powers to become shakira. In the movie Jerry never gives up his powers, in that weird timeline does shakira not exist?

cant belive u never took a moment to appreciate how incredibly funny the "shakira was made up by their weird uncle shape-shifting" plotline is like thats insane, top tier concept

I know the creator hated it, but Shakira being Kelbo is a legitimately hilarious idea and a great way to use your guest star. For one, if you only have them for a limited time, it means you can write an in story reason why they aren't currently around (Kelbo tunred back, etc.), but it's also a fun way to make them feel like part of the universe and not just a contrived cameo.

56:14 As a kid I actually got to see this episode taped live (my mom is friends with David Deluise) and there was a cut take of them banging their heads on the pipe walking down stairs and the prop actually broke and fell in Justin's hands leading to the AMAZING improv interaction of: Justin: Shouldn't there be water flowing through these? Jerry: We really need to get that checked out.

I thought that when Alex used the stone to wish for everything to go back to normal it also meant she gave up being a full wizard since everything reverted back. Thus why the show continues. That’s how I always saw it and explains why they have another wizard competition.

In an early episode, Jerry said that the reason he was so strict about magic was because he didn't want the kids to become overly reliant on it, since 2/3 of them would lose it, and there was no sure way to know who it would be. So it makes sense that a Jerry who didn't lose his magic, and has no kids to worry about, wouldn't be so concerned, since it's not his problem

The fact that Frankengirl was all adorably like "hi daddy" to Justin, because she was literally his innocent daughter and barely a few days old, before they condemned her to monster jail forever is so evil

Jennifer & David's podcast revealed why S4 was different: Just had an interview with Peter Murrietta, who was the major voice of the show and would constantly push back against Disney executives, was the showrunner for S1-3, and was fired after S3 and has to this day not seen anything of S4 at all. He reveals what his ending would have been: Alex wins the wizard competition, but gives the power to Justin to be with Mason and then pan out to reveal Harper's reading it as a story to some kids. They've mentioned this also a couple times that the movie had a horrible first script with characters not being consistent at all and Peter is the one that helped revise the script so the right characters said the right things.

I’d be so incredibly mad if I were Max. It seems like the “only one wizard per family” rule is just 100% flexible and can be changed at any time and yet here he is… the only child stripped of his magic and having to run a sandwich shop as a teen.

It’s really weird that the show made a whole point about how Wizard tournaments tear families apart, but then says the person trying to get rid of them is evil

Genuinely, as bad as the special is, Alex asking Justin “Tell me we’ll find normal people” and Justin responding with “We’re not normal people” is so unironically raw and the performances from both of them are so incredible it kinda makes up the whole rest of the special.

Laritate being the principal while teaching like 4 classes in New York is honestly more impressive than any magic they do in the show

the amount of times hes said "im sure alex will never use magic irresponsibly again" is hilarious especially after the first 2 seasons and after the movie

It's really messed up how Max is left out of the family dynamic. He rarely goes on the same adventures as Justin and Alex, all the sibling bonding scenes are between Justin and Alex, and then the everyone wins happy ending is Justin and Alex keeping their powers but not Max

Looking back makes me realised that David was one of the main reasons I loved this series - the fact he wasn't praised more for his acting and hasn't become more of a name is crazy to me. I doubt anyone else playing across from Selena could have made the series what it became.

Justin calling Stevie evil is the same vibe as paparazzi calling celebrities crazy for raging out on them.