Maria Canals Barrera and David DeLuise star as their parents and Jennifer Stone co-stars as Alex's best friend, Harper Finkle.

Guest stars and recurring cast include: Amanda Tepe as Monotone Woman, Skyler Samuels as Gigi Hollingsworth, Bill Chott as Mr. Laritate, Daryl Sabara as T.J. Taylor, Brian Kubach as Riley, Shane Lyons as Manny Kin, Eric Allan Kramer as Coach Gunderson, Chelsea Staub as Kari Landsdorf, Sara Paxton as Millie, Julie Brown as Ms. Angela and Jeff Garlin as Uncle Kelbo.

The theme song, "Everything Is Not What It Seems", written by John Adair and Steve Hampton, is of techno-pop style and is performed by Selena Gomez.

Set on Waverly Place in Manhattan, New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood, Wizards of Waverly Place centers on the Italian-Mexican Russo family, which includes Alex (Selena Gomez), her older brother Justin (David Henrie) and their younger brother Max (Jake T. Austin).

The show debuted on Disney Channel on October 12, 2007 after the premiere of Twitches Too, gathering 5.9 million viewers.

Alex decides to cheat on her Spanish test using pocket elves, who have in-depth knowledge of diverse subjects.

She somehow convinces her parents to actually hire her, but it turns out that Harper is a complete klutz and has never worked a real day in her life.

Guest star: Daryl Sabara as T.J. Alex stumbles upon Jerry's old magic carpet and convinces him to give her flying lessons.

Gigi invites Alex and Harper to her annual tea party held at the Hotel Fleur Dubladubladufladufla.

Alex tries to convince Harper not to go, because she learns that Gigi plans to embarrass Harper by crowning her the biggest loser with the crown with the pink upper case letter "L." Meanwhile, Justin and Max send out a prank letter in the Wizard Mail, one where they claim they are lost on an island in "The Lava Sea", and they and Theresa, who let them into the lair, get into trouble by emergency wizards.

Guest stars: Skyler Samuels as Gigi, Brian Scolaro as Goblin, Michael A. Shepperd as Officer Lamp Alex buys Justin an enchanted dragon disguised as a beagle because she feels bad she lost his other dog nine years ago.

Guest stars: Lucy Hale as Miranda, Charlie Bodin as Trophy Man, J.R. May as Large Boyfriend, Zone as DJ, Curtis Armstrong as The Zit Justin wants to be chosen for the World School Summit at the U.N., but he faces tough competition from a popular classmate Alex is infatuated with.

For Alex and Justin's summer vacation, Jerry and Theresa send them to a wizard school called Wiz Tech, which is presided over by teacher Dr. Evilini.

Guest stars: Octavia Spencer as Dr. Evilini, Josh Sussman as Hugh Normous, J. Evan Bonifant as Jerko Phoenix Alex tries to stop Wiz Tech teacher Dr. Evilini from draining Justin's powers during a school championship tournament of a wizard's table tennis-esque sport called 12 Ball.

At the end of the 12 ball tournament, Alex uses a truth spell on Dr. Evilini to get her arrested and to prevent Justin from getting his powers drained.

Guest stars: Octavia Spencer as Dr. Evilini, Josh Sussman as Hugh Normous, Amanda Tepe as Information Desk Lady, J. Evan Bonifant as Jerko Phoenix, Ian Abercrombie as Headmaster Crumbs, Robyn Moran as Salad Bowl Girl Justin uses magic to land a spot on the school's baseball team so he can impress a girl named Kari.

Guest stars: Brian Kubach as Riley, Chelsea Staub as Kari Landsdorf, Michael Patrick McGill as Ump Jerry's wizard brother, Kelbo Russo, visits.

He shows the kids a different, less conservative style of wizard training from that which Jerry uses (namely, actually letting them use their powers).

Guest stars: Jeff Garlin as Uncle Kelbo, Eric Allan Kramer as Coach Gunderson Alex, Justin, and Max get their wizard report cards.

To hide her failing grade, Alex attempts to destroy her report card numerous times, all of which are unsuccessful.

To do so, Alex animates a mannequin, names him "Manny Kin", and pretends that they are developing a relationship whenever she's in front of Riley.

Alex then animates Justin's prized Calico Woman action figure and tries to make Manny fall in love with her.

After Justin chases after Alex to retrieve his Calico Woman figure, Manny finally turns back to his original form when he falls in a tank of water during the chaos.

Guest stars: Brian Kubach as Riley, Lauren Phillips as Calico Woman, Matt Smith as Manny The family prepares for Alex's quinceañera.

When Alex decides to use magic to take a shortcut on her Art History assignment, she brings historical masterpieces to life—namely Mona Lisa, The Blue Boy, Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and The Scream—in order to answer questions on her worksheet correctly.

Meanwhile, Max and Jerry play football in the house using an intangibility spell, which they accidentally spread to Theresa.