Report Card

“Report Card”
Season 1, Episode 17
Air date	June 29, 2008
Writer	Gigi McCreery, Perry Rein & Peter Murrieta
Director	Andrew Tsao
Episode Chronology
← Previous	“Alex in the Middle”
→ Next	“Credit Check”

"Report Card" is the 17th episode of season one of Wizards of Waverly Place, and the 17th of the overall series. It first aired on June 29, 2008.

Overview

Alex, Andre,Justin, and Max get their wizard report cards. Justin gets an overall A (with a B+ in rhyming spells), Max gets a C and Alex and Andre  get an F. To hide the fact that she did not do well, Alex and Andre  try to destroy the report card which due to being magical continues to reappear undamaged where her parents will find it. In a panic, Alex and Andre  turn t heir parents into guinea pigs right before they find the card. After Headmaster Crumbs finds out Alex and Andre  lied about their parents and their report card, he suspends Alex' and Andre's s powers. Meanwhile, Max and Justin lose the guinea pigs, unknown to them, they are their parents.

Summary

The episode starts out with Jerry giving Alex, Max, and Justin an exam. After finishing the written part, they move over to the next piece of the exam. The object was to turn a guinea pig into a dove. Justin successfully makes it, and Max at least turns the guinea pig into a dove, even if with the minor problem of it coughing up snot. Unfortunately, Alex turns her guinea pig into a brick. Justin claims that he is the best wizard and will become the family wizard. Alex teases Justin and says that even if the rules changed so that only girls could become the family wizard, he would still win. Justin countered by saying that Alex doesn't take magic seriously.

Professor Crumbs comes in and collects their exams. After asking why their father didn't collect their exams and grade them, Alex starts batting her eyelashes. Professor Crumbs replies that he is collecting them so that 'someone' won't get a better grade by flirting. Justin teases Alex and mimics her. The credits start rolling.

The next scene finds Alex sitting on the couch and Max bursting in with the wizard report cards.

Magic

Spells

Transfiguration spell

• Incantation: This (person/thing) is now not, a (person/thing) should fill its slot
• Description: Transforms things. If the caster is not concentrating, it will change into something at random. If the caster says 'snot' as opposed to 'slot,' it will come out the way intended, but eventually sneeze.

Magical-ability Removal spell

• Incantation: You haven't acted with any responsibility, say goodbye to your magical ability
• Description: Possibly spell improvisation; Suspends a wizard's powers

Transfiguration Improv spell

• Incantation: These guinea pigs are small, dumb, and hairy, make them human to find Theresa and Jerry
• Description: Spell improvisation; Transforms two guinea pigs into humans so that they can help
  Counter-spell
• Incantation: This guinea pig is a bad dresser, turn him now into my professor
• Description: Spell improvisation; Turns Professor Crumbs back into a human

Production Notes

Continuity

• We're shown that Wizard Tech report cards can't be destroyed.
• Justin and Zack are in AP Biology together.
• Max is excited about his exercise ball and says, "I'm going to use it forever!" This line is similar to Alex's line, "We're/They're going to be together forever," later in the series.
• There is a two handed wizard handshake.
• This is the first time we see Max's room.

Trivia

• Justin's lucky mug is a 2000 Children In Need mug.
• Dan Benson returns to play Justin's friend, but he is credited as "Friend #1", not Zack. Alex doesn't seem to recognize him either. It's possible that this is Zeke's first appearance since he acts more like the Zeke featured in the rest of the series.
• When Max said "This Guinea pig is now not a dove, a dove with wings should fill its snot" Making the dove sneeze.
• Running Gag: When people say or do something they're not really proud, they say something like: "Darn it, I panicked".

Cast

Main Cast Selena Gomez as Alex Russo David Henrie as Justin Russo Jake T. Austin as Max Russo David DeLuise as Jerry Russo Maria Canals Barrera as Theresa Russo Jennifer Stone as Harper Finkle

Guest starring Ian Abercrombie as Professor Crumbs Charlie Adler as Report Card Co-starring Dan Benson as Friend #1 Kara Taitz as Guinea Pig #1 Keith Blaney as Guinea Pig #2