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“Harperella”

Season 4, Episode 26
Air date	November 18, 2011
Writer	Richard Goodman & Justin Varava
Director	Victor Gonzalez
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"Harperella" is the 26th episode of season four of Wizards of Waverly Place, and the 105th of the overall series. It premiered on November 18, 2011.

Overview

When Harper reads one of Alex's childhood wizard fairy tale books to a group of children, Alex tries to warn her that if you read from it, you become a part of the story. Harper plays out the story of Cinderella. However, when the story gets mashed up with the The Three Little Pigs, Justin, Max and Zeke become the threelittle pigs, and Mason becomes the big bad wolf.

Summary

The episode begins in the Waverly Place Street where Harper is reading the fairytale Cinderella to a group of children, when Alex pushes her away. Alex explains that she is reading out of a wizard storybook, which differs from regular ones in that it transports the reader into the story.

Just as Alex finishes explaining this, Harper is teleported into the Loft, where she finds that Theresa has become her evil (or wicked, as she referred) stepmother in this story, who forces her to do the chores, and she herself has become 'Harperella'. Justin and Max then show up, and it is revealed that they play the role of her evil stepbrothers in this version of the fairytale. They come down the stairs and gave her laundry to her wash.

Later on, as Harper washes the interior of the Waverly Substation, she suddenly recalls the events of the story, and decides to summon her fairy godmother, which turns out to be Alex. Alex then informs Harper that the only way out of the story is to ensure that the events of fairytale plays out in chronological order. Max then comes in and says that Prince Charming has decided to use the Substation to be the location for a royal party he is hosting. Harper expresses interest in this party, but her stepfamily laughs at her.

Harperella — Alex giving Harper her princess dress.

Back in the loft, Harper summons Alex, who uses a spell to transform Harper's bookdress into a lavish ball gown, and turn glass bowls into glass slippers. They exit the Substation and go into the street, where Alex turns the hot dog stand into a carriage to take Harper to the party. Alex then informs Harper that it is crucial for her to return by midnight, as the spells will wear off and her dress and carriage will revert to their original forms. At the party, Harper dances with Prince Charming, who turns out to be Zeke. At the stroke of midnight she runs out to avoid being seen when the spells wear off, leaving her glass slipper behind.

Then, to both girls' shock, the story suddenly changes, and they find Justin, Max and Zeke as pigs just outside the substation, who are being chased by a big, bad wolf (Mason). Alex realizes that some pages of the wizard's storybook are missing. which caused the two stories, Cinderella and the Three Little Pigs, to blend together. The pig-turned boys and Harper rush into the loft being chased by Mason.

While Alex looks for the pages, Harper has to keep Mason from eating Z

eke (who built the straw house). Alex eventually finds a drawer full of loose book pages, and she randomly starts inserting pages into the book, hoping to find the right ones. Alex tries a page from Max's favourite magic trick book, which caused magician David Copperfield to appear in the room, and he does a few magic tricks, which impresses Harper. The next page that Alex tried was from Justin's science textbook, and a caveman appeared, who seemed to take a liking to Harper. As Harper watches and is clearly impressed by the magic trick, the caveman becomes jealous and tries to attack David Copperfield. Finally, Alex finds the right page and the story goes back to Cinderella.

Zeke Charming enters the loft with the glass slipper Harper left behind, and Theresa tries to fit in slipper, but fails. Harper then tries it on, and it obviously fits. She and Zeke go back to the royal party, where they dance and end the story, which successfully brings Harper back out of the storybook.

At the very end of the episode, back in their normal lives, Mason, Alex, Harper, Zeke, Theresa and Justin are seen dancing at the substation with Max working the stereo. The girls expect to be able to dance as they did in the story, but Zeke turns out to be much less coordinated in real life. The episode ends with Max changing the song to country music, and, much to Harper's dismay, Zeke starts clog dancing instead of slow-dancing with her.

Production Notes

Trivia

This was the last episode to be filmed in front of a studio audience.
This is the only episode that the scene sequence was a book
This is the only episode to not have a subplot.

Cast

Main Cast

Guest Stars

Absent

David DeLuise as Jerry Russo

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 ==Summary==
-[[File:Harper_reading.png|thumb|Harper reading to a group of children.]]The episode begins in the [[Waverly Place|Waverly Place Street]] where [[Harper]] is reading a storybook to a group of children when [[Alex]] pushes her away. Alex explains that it's a Wizard Storybook, a [[magic]]al journal that has the [[powers|power]] of turning what the person reads real. Then Harper is teleported into the [[The Loft|Loft]] where [[Theresa]], her evil (or wicked as she referred) stepmother forces her to do the chores.
+[[File:Harper_reading.png|thumb|Harper reading to a group of children.]]The episode begins in the [[Waverly Place|Waverly Place Street]] where [[Harper]] is reading the fairytale'' Cinderella'' to a group of children, when [[Alex]] pushes her away. Alex explains that she is reading out of a wizard storybook, which differs from regular ones in that it transports the reader into the story.
+Just as Alex finishes explaining this, Harper is teleported into the [[The Loft|Loft]], where she finds that [[Theresa]] has become her evil (or wicked, as she referred) stepmother in this story, who forces her to do the chores, and she herself has become 'Harperella'. [[Justin]] and [[Max]] then show up, and it is revealed that they play the role of her evil stepbrothers in this version of the fairytale. They come down the stairs and gave her laundry to her wash.
-Then her evil stepbrothers, [[Justin]] and [[Max]] come down and gave her laundry to her wash. Later Harper is washing the [[Waverly Place Sub Shop|Waverly Substation]] when Alex appears, as she's Harper's fairy godmother. Alex explains to Harper that the fairy tale as to run as it's supposed to and then vanish. Then Max comes in and says that the prince charming has decided to use the Subsation to be the ballroom for the royal party. Harper says that she can go to the party but her stepfamily laughs at her.
+Later on, as Harper washes the interior of the [[Waverly Place Sub Shop|Waverly Substation]], she suddenly recalls the events of the story, and decides to summon her fairy godmother, which turns out to be Alex. Alex then informs Harper that the only way out of the story is to ensure that the events of fairytale plays out in chronological order. Max then comes in and says that Prince Charming has decided to use the Substation to be the location for a royal party he is hosting. Harper expresses interest in this party, but her stepfamily laughs at her.
-[[File:Harperella.png|thumb|left|Alex giving Harper her princess dress. ]]Back in the loft Harper summons Alex, she uses a [[Spellcasting|spell]] to transform Harper bookdress into a night dress and turn glass bowls into glass slippers. They go down (through the door) into the street and Alex turns the hot dog stand into a carriage to take Harper to the party. There she dances with prince charming, [[Zeke]] . At the stroke of midnight she goes outside leaving her glass slipper behind.
+[[File:Harperella.png|thumb|left|Alex giving Harper her princess dress. ]]Back in the loft, Harper summons Alex, who uses a [[Spellcasting|spell]] to transform Harper's bookdress into a lavish ball gown, and turn glass bowls into glass slippers. They exit the Substation and go into the street, where Alex turns the hot dog stand into a carriage to take Harper to the party. Alex then informs Harper that it is crucial for her to return by midnight, as the spells will wear off and her dress and carriage will revert to their original forms. At the party, Harper dances with Prince Charming, who turns out to be [[Zeke]]. At the stroke of midnight she runs out to avoid being seen when the spells wear off, leaving her glass slipper behind.
-Then, to both girls shock, Justin, Max and Zeke rush inside the substation being chased by the big, bad wolf, [[Mason]]. Alex realizes that some pages are missing and cinderella and three little pigs stories were blend together. The pig-turned boys and Harper rush into the loft being chased by Mason.
-While Alex finds the pages Harper has to keep Mason from eating Z[[File:Harperellabook.jpg|thumb]]eke (who built the straw house), Alex eventually finds the book pages in a drawer along with other book pages. Alex tries a page from Max's favourite magic trick book then ''David Copperfield ''comes into the room and does some magic tricks which impresses Harper. But another page what Alex tried was from Justin's bscience book and a caveman appeared, but the caveman has a thing for Harper. So when Harper is impressed by the magic trick he is jealous and tries to attack ''David Copperfield. ''finally Alex finds the right page and the story goes back to Cinderella.
+Then, to both girls' shock, the story suddenly changes, and they find Justin, Max and Zeke as pigs just outside the substation, who are being chased by a big, bad wolf ([[Mason]]). Alex realizes that some pages of the wizard's storybook are missing. which caused the two stories, Cinderella and the Three Little Pigs, to blend together. The pig-turned boys and Harper rush into the loft being chased by Mason.
-Zeke Charming comes in and Theresa tries to wear the slipper but fails. Then Harper tries it and fits. She and Zeke go back to the royal party where they dance and then the story ends and the world is returned to its normality. Last but not least, Harper was back in the real world and she lived happily ever after. Finally, Alex planned that Harper and Zeke dance because they were great when they danced in romance, so they practiced but they were really bad.
+While Alex looks for the pages, Harper has to keep Mason from eating Z[[File:Harperellabook.jpg|thumb]]eke (who built the straw house). Alex eventually finds a drawer full of loose book pages, and she randomly starts inserting pages into the book, hoping to find the right ones. Alex tries a page from Max's favourite magic trick book, which caused magician David Copperfield to appear in the room, and he does a few magic tricks, which impresses Harper. The next page that Alex tried was from Justin's science textbook, and a caveman appeared, who seemed to take a liking to Harper. As Harper watches and is clearly impressed by the magic trick, the caveman becomes jealous and tries to attack David Copperfield''. ''Finally, Alex finds the right page and the story goes back to Cinderella.
+Zeke Charming enters the loft with the glass slipper Harper left behind, and Theresa tries to fit in slipper, but fails. Harper then tries it on, and it obviously fits. She and Zeke go back to the royal party, where they dance and end the story, which successfully brings Harper back out of the storybook.
+At the very end of the episode, back in their normal lives, Mason, Alex, Harper, Zeke, Theresa and Justin are seen dancing at the substation with Max working the stereo. The girls expect to be able to dance as they did in the story, but Zeke turns out to be much less coordinated in real life. The episode ends with Max changing the song to country music, and, much to Harper's dismay, Zeke starts clog dancing instead of slow-dancing with her.
 ==Production Notes==

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