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"Ain't Gnome Party Like a Wizard Party" is the tenth episode in Season 1 of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. It premiered on November 22, 2024.

Plot[]

When Billie's trouble-making friend from the wizard world visits, Billie goes over the top to impress her and accidentally puts Winter in danger.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

Trivia[]

  • This episode was filmed on July 19, 2024.[1]
  • Events of Everything is Not What it Seems, Saved by the Spell, and Wizards Just Wand to Have Fun were mentioned.
  • The board game "Dr. Shock" (which is likely a reference to Hasbro's electronic board game 'Operation") was shown played, it was mentioned in You Can't Handle the Tooth!, which was actually filmed after this episode.
  • Billie's friends from WizTech, Nerissa, Iggy, and Doug made their first appearances in this episode.
  • Billie and Nerissa mention a WizTech classmate named Phoenix. Jerko Phoenix was a classmate of Justin and Alex while they attended the school.
  • Nerissa is similar to Stevie Nichols from the original series they both are or were friends with the protagonist who is a rebellious wizard-in-training and caused tension between the protagonist and their mortal best friend.
  • This episode is similar to Third Wheel from the original series. Both episodes have similar storylines where the protagonist who is a rebellious wizard hangs out with their cool rebellious wizard friend which causes tension between the protagonist and their mortal best friend. In this episode Billie represents Alex Russo, Nerissa represents Stevie Nichols, Winter represents Harper Finkle.
  • Roman Russo tells Iggy that his friends call him "Rome" ironic enough the name Roman means "From Rome" in Latin as in like Rome the capital of Italy and both his parents are part Italian.
  • While the "Graveling" encountered by Billie in the Shadow Box highly resembles the sinister mysterious hooded figure who seeks to control Billie's powers, there were notable differences:
    • The Graveling did not have a wand.
    • The Graveling favored their left hand, while Billie's tormentor used their right.
    • The Graveling appeared to glide, while Billie's secret enemy simply walked.
  • This episode is directed by Raven-Symoné who co-starred with Mykal-Michelle Harris who guest stars as Nerissa in this episode in the final two seasons of Raven's Home together.
    • Since the Wizards franchise takes place in the same universe as the Raven franchise, this means that Alice Baxter has two doppelgängers. The first one being Duchess Clementine in England and the second being Nerissa in the Wizard World.
    • The director of this episode Raven-Symoné has previously worked with David Henrie who plays Justin Russo where they were co-stars in That's So Raven. They have known each other for over 20 years.
    • The creators of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas also created Raven's Home that the director of this episode Raven-Symoné starred in as the titular protagonist.

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