Jerry Russo

Jerry Russo
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	Character Information
Full Name:	Gerald Russo
Nickname(s):	Jerry (by everyone) ; Dad (by Justin, Alex and Max Russo) ; Mr. Russo ; Geraldo (by Carmela); Grandpa (by Roman and Milo Russo)
Lives In:	Waverly Place, New York City, New York
Age:	Unknown
Occupation:	Spellp Hot-Line (currently); Athlete (formerly); Owner of Waverly Sub Station (formerly); Magic Teacher (formerly); Russo Family Wizard (formerly)
Affiliation:	Spellp Hot-Line; Waverly Sub Station (formerly)
Gender:	Male
Talents:	Magic (formerly), Spellcasting (formerly), Teaching Magic, Excellent Business Skills
Likes:	Food, Eating, Pudding, Teaching Magic, Corn Dogs, Bull Riding, Free Stuff
Dislikes:	His kids using magic irresponsibly; Spending money
	Appearance
Species:	Human (currently) Born Full Wizard
Height:	6’0”
Eye Color:	Brown
Hair Color:	Brown
	Relationships
Hank Russo (father); Rose Russo (mother); Kelbo Russo (brother); Megan Russo (sister); Theresa Russo (wife); Justin Russo (oldest son); Alex Russo (daughter); Max Russo (youngest son); Roman Russo (grandson); Milo Russo (grandson); Carmela (paternal cousin); Francesca (paternal cousin); Bianca Russo (paternal cousin); Gino Russo (paternal cousin); Ignatius Russo † (paternal great-great-grandfather); Unnamed Father-in-law; Magdalena (mother-in-law); Ernesto (brother-in-law); Giada Russo (daughter-in-law ; Unnamed Grandmother-in-law
Friends:	Harper Finkle; Zeke Beakerman; Professor Crumbs; Mason; Juliet; Billie
Romance:	Theresa Russo (wife)
Enemies:	Alucard van Heusen (formerly); Cindy van Heusen (formerly)
	Production Info
Portrayed by:	David DeLuise
Season(s):	1, 2, 3, 4
First Appearance:	Crazy 10-Minute Sale (WOWP) ; We're Gonna Need a Bigger Float (WBWP)
Last Appearance:	Who Will Be the Family Wizard? (WOWP) ; The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex

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Gerald "Jerry" Russo is one of the main characters in Wizards of Waverly Place. He is Theresa Russo's husband, and father to Justin, Alex and Max. He was born a wizard and having possessed magic powers as a child, he won the family wizard competition, but gave them to his brother, Kelbo Russo, in order to marry Theresa, a mortal. Jerry instructs his children in the proper practices to be used when conducting magic. He owns the Waverly Sub Station and runs the restaurant with his wife. He is portrayed by David DeLuise.

Background[]

Personality[]

Jerry Russo is the average father. He is stern, protective, and is constantly annoyed by his children. Although he does not have powers, his children inherited their powers from him. It is known that he wanted to be a bull rider for his backup plan. Jerry is stern, protective, smart, intelligent, caring, goofy, silly, funny, sensitive, obsessive, creative, and lazy. Jerry and his family live on Waverly Place, a street in downtown Manhattan, above their restaurant. In a few episodes, he has been known to call Theresa old.

Jerry is proud of his magical ancestry and teaches his children about new spells and the proper uses of magic in "Wizards Training Class" on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, his children often disobey his magic rules, and he has to punish them.

In the episode Alex in the Middle, it was revealed that Jerry was actually the one who won the competition for the family wizard. He defeated both Kelbo and their sister Megan, but since wizards can't marry non-wizards, he gave his powers to Kelbo so he could marry Theresa. Megan is mad at him for giving his powers to Kelbo and not her, but he explains that it's because Kelbo needed them more than her; he added that while they would be fine without magic, Kelbo could not survive without powers. Jerry had also said that he had once used magic to try to impress a girl, such as in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, but it "didn't end up well", for he wound up marrying her.

In First Kiss, Jerry had stated that the spell, McReary Time Reary was a life-saver for him when he was young, probably hinting that he often got into trouble as well.

Jerry's parents were mentioned in the Episode Hugh's Not Normous as Rose and Duke Russo. In Rock Around the Clock, his father's name was changed to Hank.

Biography[]

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Relationships[]

Family[]

Hank Russo (father)
Rose Russo (mother)
Kelbo Russo (brother)
Megan Russo (sister)
Carmela Russo (cousin)
Fabrizio Russo (uncle)
Ignatius Russo (paternal great-grandfather)
Justin Russo (oldest son)
Alex Russo (daughter)
Max Russo (youngest son)
Roman Russo (grandson)
Milo Russo (grandson)
Magdalena Larkin (mother-in-law)
Ernesto Larkin (brother-in-law)
Giada Russo (daughter-in-law)

Friends[]

Love Interest(s)[]

Theresa Russo (wife)

Appearances[]

Wizards of Waverly Place[]

Season 1[]

Crazy 10-Minute Sale (first appearance)
First Kiss
I Almost Drowned in a Chocolate Fountain
New Employee
Disenchanted Evening
You Can't Always Get What You Carpet
Alex's Choice (mentioned)
Curb Your Dragon
Movies
Pop Me and We Both Go Down
Potion Commotion
Justin's Little Sister
Wizard School (Part 1)
Wizard School (Part 2)
The Supernatural
Alex in the Middle
Report Card
Credit Check
Alex's Spring Fling (mentioned)
Quinceañera
Art Museum Piece

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Season 4[]

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place[]

Season 1[]

Everything is Not What it Seems (mentioned)
Saved by the Spell (mentioned)
Wizards Just Wand to Have Fun (mentioned)
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Float
Potions Eleven (flashback)

Quotes[]

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Trivia[]

As his cousin, Carmela calls him "Geraldo," it implies his first name is actually "Gerald."
He is Italian, as revealed in Quinceañera. His actor David DeLuise is also of Italian descent.
Justin is very much like Jerry, as shown in the episode Retest.
Jerry is also very much like his grandson Roman Russo.
Jerry and Alex also share many similarities with each other, both tend to be very lazy, love food, and love eating.
Jerry and his brother Kelbo Russo are similar to each other as well, both are goofy guys, but Kelbo more so than Jerry.
He has met Amy, Justin's ex-girlfriend.
His old wand from his childhood, which he calls "Ole Black Licorice," greatly resembles a typical magician's wand. It is a straight, black shaft with a white tip on one end. He lets Max borrow it in Crazy Ten Minute Sale, but he accidentally sits on it and breaks it.
Jerry's great-great-grandfather Ignacius Russo wrote the very first joke book about giants, to which Jerry denies any knowledge of.
Both he and Theresa openly admit they are terrible parents.
Both he and Theresa possess things they love that the other hates and are constantly trying to get rid of.
Jerry and Theresa met on a holiday. In The Movie it was revealed that it happened in the summer right after Theresa finished college, making her around 22 or 23 when they met.
It was revealed in Rock Around the Clock, that his father gave him his first-time machine, as part of his wizard training.
In the series finale, Who Will Be The Family Wizard, he stated the family business would be passed down to Max since Justin and Alex kept their powers, but Max didn't.
His high school classmates are all named after the '70s & '80s movie character: Ponyboy (The Outsiders, 1983), John Bender (The Breakfast Club, 1985), and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980).
Jerry Russo is very similar to Bob Duncan from Good Luck Charlie.
Jerry Russo is similar to Vic Madden from the Disney channel original series Villains of Valley View. Both Jerry and Vic gave up their powers in order to be with the person they loved, as Jerry was a wizard who gave up his powers and became a mortal to marry Theresa, a mortal woman because wizards can’t marry non-magical beings, while Vic was a superhero who had his powers taken away by his family after choosing to be with the supervillain Surge, who had fallen in love with and became a supervillain, and both have three kids with powers.