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“Who Will Be The Family Wizard”

Season 4, Episode 27
Air date	January 6, 2012
Writer	Ben Montanio, Vince Cheung & Todd J. Greenwald
Director	Victor Gonzalez
Episode Chronology
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"Who Will Be The Family Wizard" is the 27th episode of season four of Wizards of Waverly Place, and the 106th of the overall series. It aired on January 6, 2012, and it's the series finale.

Overview

The Russo siblings — Alex, Justin, and Max — face a sudden and ultimate test to determine which one of them will be entitled to keep their wizardly powers. Meanwhile, Jerry decided to close down the family business.

Summary

During a dinner that Alex made for the family (without magic), Headmaster Crumbs visits to reveal that with this selfless act, the Russo children can finally have their family wizard competition. Round one of the competition is a trivia round, in which questions related to magic are asked.

During this round, Harper and Zeke appear. Zeke has accidently smelled a purple substance in the lair that caused him to turn purple. This causes a griffin to kidnap him and Harper. Alex, Justin and Max use their three time-outs to go and rescue their friends. They make it back, only to discover that they have been gone too long and have been disqualified from the competition.

Tryhg — Justin coming out of the Tunnel of Mist

They all return home, where the lair disappears and they all lose their magic, thus becoming mortals. Justin and Max are furious with Alex because of her insistence on saving Zeke and Harper resulting in them losing. Convinced that the loss of their powers has ruined the family, Jerry decides to sell the sub shop. The kids go for a few weeks without magic, during which, deciding that it is now all they have, they reopen the shop and slowly learn to work together as a family.

Suddenly, they are returned to the area of the Wizard Competition, where the tester reveals that the griffin attack (which was actually meant for Professor Crumbs) and the weeks they went without magic were a test to test their family bond.

They enter the final round of the competition, a massive labrynth. The first out of the maze will win. Justin makes it out first and is declared the Family Wizard. However, he decides he cannot accept this because Alex was about to get out first: Justin had gotten stuck on a tree root and Alex, near the exit, came back to help.

Alex is thus declared the true family wizard. Professor Crumbs, proud of Justin's decision, declares that he is going to retire as Headmaster of Wiz-Tech and declares Justin the new headmaster, granting him full wizard powers. Jerry thus decides to one day pass down the sub shop to Max, which he happily accepts. Alex points out that the family is finally all happy at the same time and the series ends.

Production Notes

Trivia

Promotional advertisements began airing on Disney Channel on November 11, 2011.
Chancellor Tootietootie's line's closing out the competition and the series may be a stealthy feeling of gratitude to the fans of the show, possibly acknowledging the series' end.
Max is the only one who doesn't have any wizard powers anymore.
In Make It Happen Max's original plan was to work at the sub station. This goal comes to fruition after Jerry grants the sub station to Max
Justin giving up his powers upon winning mirrors Jerry's in these ways:
1. Their reasons for doing so fully or partially involved love: Jerry gave up his powers solely because he wouldn't have been allowed to marry Teresa, a mortal. Justin, instead of sacrificing his powers to be with the person he loves, gives up his powers partially because he was sad that Alex loves Mason, yet she would not have been allowed to date the Mason as a mortal.
2. Both gave up their powers because each felt it would otherwise be unfair to the younger sibling who needed/deserved magic in the long run: Jerry gave up his powers to Kelbo, who is his youngest sibling. Even though Kelbo was terrible at magic, Jerry felt it was unfair for Kelbo to lose his powers especially when Kelbo needed it to survive life in general. For Justin, it was the opposite--instead of giving his powers to Max, the youngest, gives his powers to Alex, the middle child, because he felt it was unfair for Alex to lose after having to give up her chance to win in order to save him from a tree root. In addition, although being with Mason meant more to Alex than winning the competition alone, Alex needed magic in order to be with Mason forever, as explained above.
The challenges the siblings had to face were quite similar to the ones of the Triwizard Tournament in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire':
- First Alex, Max,and Justin had to defeat a dragon, like in The First Task.
- Then their friends were taken away in a sort of intentional way like The Second Task.
- Finally, both members of the respective shows went into a maze for the Third and Final Task.
At the end of the episode, it was releaved that this episode was filmed 2011.
This episode got 9.8 million views on the premiere night, making it the most watched seires finale for Disney Channel, and the season.

Goofs

When Mason sits next to Juliet, they both mentioned their fight in "Wizards vs. Werewolves" as the last time seeing each other. However, they both were in Gorog's basement together in Wizards vs. Everything. However, they were both under influence of Gorog and may not have remembered.
In this episode Alex got her powers right then and there, but in The Good, The Bad and the Alex they had to go to the Hall of Transfers to be a full wizard.
In "The Good, The Bad and the Alex", when Warren Nichols got his powers, he had a visor saying "Full Wizard", but Alex did not.
Professor Crumbs states that he has been Headmaster of WizTech for 3,000 years, though in Wizard School Part 1 or 2, Professor Crumbs says he is at most 803 years old. An explanation might have been that he was lying about his age to be seemingly younger.
When the Wizard Competition is about to begin, and Jerry is talking to the kids about family, Theresa has a handbag over her right shoulder. Although, when she leaves and is talking to Mason, the handbag dissapears.

Notes

Quotes

Mason: And I'm the last werewolf standing.

Jerry: Son, since Alex and Justin are keeping their family wizard powers, I'm passing on to you the family business. The sub station is going to be yours someday.

Max: So Alex and Justin get to be wizards and I get the family sub station? That's awesome! Hey guys, guess what? I get the sub station!

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Cast

Special Guest Stars

Guest starring

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 *#Their reasons for doing so fully or partially involved love: Jerry gave up his powers ''solely'' because he wouldn't have been allowed to marry Teresa, a mortal. Justin, instead of sacrificing his powers to be with the person ''he ''loves, gives up his powers partially because he was sad that Alex loves Mason, yet she would not have been allowed to date the Mason as a mortal.
 *#Both gave up their powers because each felt it would otherwise be unfair to the younger sibling who needed/deserved magic in the long run: Jerry gave up his powers to Kelbo, who is his '''youngest '''sibling. Even though Kelbo was terrible at magic, Jerry felt it was unfair for Kelbo to lose his powers especially when Kelbo needed it to survive life'' in general. ''For Justin, it was the opposite--instead of giving his powers to Max, the '''youngest,''' gives his powers to Alex, the '''middle child,''' because he felt it was unfair for Alex to lose after having to give up her chance to win in order to save him from a tree root. In addition, although being with Mason meant more to Alex than winning the competition alone, Alex needed magic in order to be with Mason forever, as explained above.
-*The challenges the siblings had to face were quite similar to the ones in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"'':
+*The challenges the siblings had to face were quite similar to the ones of the Triwizard Tournament in '''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire':''
-**First Alex, Max,and Justin had to defeat a dragon, like in The First Task
+**First Alex, Max,and Justin had to defeat a dragon, like in The First Task.
-**Then their friends were taken away in a sort of intentional way like The Second Task
+**Then their friends were taken away in a sort of intentional way like The Second Task.
-**Finally both times they all had to go through a maze for the last task.
+**Finally, both members of the respective shows went into a maze for the Third and Final Task.
-*At the end of the episode, it releaved that this episode was filmed 2011.
+*At the end of the episode, it was releaved that this episode was filmed 2011.
 *This episode got 9.8 million views on the premiere night, making it the most watched seires finale for Disney Channel, and the season.

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