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{{Episode Info
|title1 = Wizard For A Day
|image1 = JIWFTD.png
|production_code=230
|season = 2
|episode = 24
|air_date=July 10, 2009
|writer(s) = [[Todd J. Greenwald]]<br>[[Justin Varava]]
|director = [[Bob Koherr]]
|previous = [[Paint By Committee]]
|next = [[Cast Away (To Another Show)]]}}
"'''Wizard For A Day'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of [[Season 2]] of '''''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''''', and the forty-fifth overall of the series. It first aired on July 10, 2009.

== Plot ==
It is Jerry's birthday. Since all the years Justin and Alex share the same gift which Justin only works on, Max always uses the same Cat which Jerry thinks he has a collection of. But this time Justin won't share Alex his gift which is a magical pencil holder/sharpener, But this time Justin allows Max to share his gift. 

Therefore, Alex wants to get him something that he'll remember. She ends up giving him Merlin's Hat, which grants him any wish he could dream of. When his first wish is pencils for Justin's gift, Alex gets frustrated and Justin points out that Jerry is using her gift to make Justin's gift better. Alex uses the hat to turn the Sub Station into her dad's favorite restaurant as a child, The Asteroid Belt, to prove that he should not waste her gift, but mostly to prove that her gift is better than Justin's. The new restaurant then becomes a big success, but trouble arrives when aliens come to Waverly Place in an attempt to steal the long-lost milkshake machine.
== Cast ==
===Starring===
* [[Selena Gomez]] as [[Alex Russo]]
* [[David Henrie]] as [[Justin Russo]]
* [[Jake T. Austin]] as [[Max Russo]]
* [[Jennifer Stone]] as [[Harper Finkle]]
* [[Maria Canals Barrera]] as [[Theresa Russo]]
* [[David DeLuise]] as [[Jerry Russo]]
===Guest Starring===
*[[Dan Benson]] as [[Zeke Beakerman]]
*Amir Talai as Alien

== Production Notes ==
===Trivia===
* Justin is dressed as Han Solo.
* Asteroid Belt is a parody of "Johnny Rockets".
* This episode's title shares its name with [[w:c:powerrangers:Wizard for a Day|''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''' Season 3 episode 10]].
* It was Jerry's birthday in this episode. 
* This is the fourth time a birthday was mentioned. Since Alex, Harper and Max's birthday was also mentioned at some point.
* The outfit the Russo Family and Harper were wearing makes a reference to The Jetsons and maybe Star Wars. 


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