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Alistair Goodspeed was the wizard who became Headmaster of WizTech after Justin Russo was fired following the "Unicorn incident." Several years later, he stepped down from the position when he was offered membership on the Wizard Tribunal. He is portrayed by Amir Talai.

Biography[]

He was the true cause of the circumstances behind Justin Russo being fired as Headmaster of WizTech, as his jealousy drove him to scheme against his younger superior. When the escalating events, during the WizTech graduation exercises, which Goodspeed secretly instigated began occurring on the school grounds, endangering the students and guests, Justin asked Goodspeed to hand him his wand but caught Alistair placing a hex on it. Goodspeed then assaulted his hated rival by casting the Cerebellum Erasus spell, thus the unsuspecting target was ineffectual in the effort to protect the school from a stampede of frightened Unicorns. Yet, when Goodspeed seemingly stepped in to avert the crisis, he was given credit for preventing a disaster, he, himself, had covertly orchestrated, which subsequently became known as the "Unicorn incident." Alistair was appointed Headmaster of WizTech, after Justin was dismissed for his apparent failure. Years later, he chose to leave the position when he was offered a membership on the Wizard Tribunal. However, Alex Russo somehow came into possession of the magical memory projection of Goodspeed which had been previously implanted as a safeguard against his actions ever being recalled by her older brother, Justin. With this incontrovertible evidence, his disgraceful past misdeeds were exposed, with the likely result that Alistair Goodspeed's offer to join the Wizard Tribunal was immediately rescinded.

Appearances[]

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place[]

Season 1[]

Trivia[]

  • Presumably, he was the replacement Justin selected for Dominic at WizTech, following the events of The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex.
  • Apparently, Alex Russo was on the school grounds of WizTech to witness Goodspeed's scheme, as she recalls the Unicorn incident being hilarious,
  • Alistair Goodspeed's magical mental projection of himself that he had secreted in Justin's memories, attacked Billie and Roman Russo, when they secretly restored Justin's lost memory, but was captured by them and sent to Alex Russo.
  • As his victim, Justin Russo, appears reluctant to bring up the past, and has expressed the realization that without the betrayal occurring, he would never have his current life with his loving family, Alistair Goodspeed is not likely to face any further punishment, other than the public disgrace of having his actions exposed, and enduring expulsion from the Wizard Tribunal.
  • Amir Talai previously appeared in Wizard For A Day as the Alien Leader.
    • Amir Talai becomes the first performer to appear in both Wizards of Waverly Place and Wizards Beyond Waverly Place and not reprise their original character.
    • He also appeared as "Sanjay" in the Debt It Be episode of Hannah Montana, "Dex Bratner" in the A Very Hairy Problem episode of Zeke and Luther and "Avi Patel" in the Iron Weasel: The Video Game episode of I'm in the Band, and contributed voice work on Amphibia, The Lion Guard and Hailey's On It!
    • Amir Talai has also played another character called "Alastor" (Still Pronounced like Alistair) In the hit Amazon Prime Video show based off the Indie Pilot on Youtube "Hazbin Hotel"

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