- "Knock it off!"
- ―Theresa Russo
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| Character Statistics | |
| Nickname: | Mom (by Alex, Justin, and Max)
Mrs. Russo |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthday: | Unknown |
| Height: | 5’6 ½” |
| Interests: | Popularity
Tennis |
| Dislikes: | Magic being used in the house Cucuys |
| Lives In: | New York City, NY |
| Species: | Human |
| Occupation: | Waverly Sub Station (owner: formerly)
Athlete (currently) |
| Affiliations: | Waverly Sub Station (formerly) |
| Relationships | |
| Brothers: | Ernesto Larkin
Kelbo Russo (brother-in-law) |
| Sisters: | Megan Russo (sister-in-law) |
| Mother: | Magdalena Larkin
Rose Russo (mother-in-law) |
| Father: | Unknown father
Hank Russo (brother-in-law) |
| Husband: | Jerry Russo |
| Children: | Alex Russo (daughter) Justin Russo (oldest son) Max Russo (youngest son) |
| Family: | Roman Russo (grandson) Milo Russo (grandson) Giada Russo (duaghter-in-law) |
| Friends: | Harper Finkle Zeke Beakerman Juliet van Heusen Mason Greybeck |
| Nemesis: | Alucard van Heusen (formerly) Cindy van Heusen (formerly) Giselle |
| Production Info | |
| Portrayed by: | Maria Canals-Barrera |
| Season(s): | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| First Appearance: | Crazy 10-Minute Sale |
| Last Appearance: | The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex |
Theresa Russo (née Larkin) is one of the main characters and the main pentagonist in Wizards of Waverly Place. She is the mother of Alex, Justin, and Max Russo, the sister-in-law of Kelbo and Megan Russo, and the daughter-in-law of Hank and Rose Russo. She runs the Waverly Sub Station with her husband, Jerry Russo. As a mortal, she possesses no powers but encourages her children's discovery of things such as school and their Latino heritage (Alex and her brothers are half Mexican from Theresa's side of the family). She does not like magic, and can't stand it when she finds "magic running amok in the house." She is portrayed by Maria Canals-Barrera.
Background and Personality[]
Theresa can be fussy, emotional, caring, and is smart, intelligent, can be pretty embarrassing, goofy, silly, wild, more on the wild side, sometimes can be a bit vain and self-centered and is stern, protective, and obsessive. Theresa lives in Waverly Place in Manhattan with her husband, Jerry Russo, and their three children: Justin, Alex, and Max. Unlike her children, she is a mortal and Jerry gave up his powers so he could be with her. However, all three of her children still inherited his magic abilities.
Biography[]
TBA
Relationships[]
TBA
Appearances[]
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
- 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 (mentioned)
- Alex in the Middle
- Report Card
- Credit Check
- Alex's Spring Fling (mentioned)
- Quinceañera
- Art Museum Piece
Total: 19/21
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Trivia[]
- Theresa shares many characteristics to the character Darrin Stephens from Bewitched. Both are humans who married a magical being, and have children with powers. Just like Darrin, Theresa dislikes magic and tries to discourage the use of it in her home whenever possible. However unlike Darrin, Theresa has shown to be more tolerant of its use, especially considering her husband gave up his magic to be with her.
- Her mother said in a speech at Alex's Quinceañera that Theresa was born at 6:02 pm, on a rainy day. She could hear the leaky roof.
- Her father would give that "leaky roof" speech for any special occasion, so Theresa already knew it. Given he did not show up for Alex's quinceañera, Theresa's father is likely deceased.
- Her maiden name is Larkin.
- She is two months younger than her husband.
- She was wildly popular in high school, which she mentions several times. This is because she was the first girl admitted into a formerly all-boy high school, which she forgets to tell people.
- She thinks that because she's not a wizard, she can't get in trouble for wizard laws.
- Out of all the main characters, she appears in the least amount of episodes, unlike Alex who appears in every single episode.
- She revealed that she doesn't like the Sub Station, and wants the Sub Station to be destroyed permanently, as seen in the episode Wizards Unleashed.
- She's only taught a brief wizard lesson until the kids start fighting and lets Justin teach it.
- She is said to be a fast swimmer in Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana, always winning first place, mostly because she was afraid of swimming and couldn't wait to get out of the water.
- She doesn't like when her children use magic around the house.
- She wanted to have a Quinceañera for her 15th birthday, but her family couldn't afford to give her a party.
- She is the one Alex usually comes to when she has a problem that is non-magical.
- In Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, it was revealed that she met Jerry in the summer after finishing college.
- Theresa is similar to Amy Duncan from Good Luck Charlie.
- Theresa is similar to Eva Madden from the Disney original series the Villains of Valley View in being both married people on the opposite sides, with Jerry being a wizard, who gave up his powers and became a mortal in order to marry her because she is a mortal and Wizards can’t marry non-magical beings, and Vic was a superhero, who had his powers taken away from him after choosing the supervillain Surge, who had fallen in love with and became a supervillain, and both have three kids, an oldest son, one daughter, and an youngest son, all with powers, but while Theresa does not have powers, but Eva does.
- In Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, she took up tennis.