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Selena Gomez's character was originally named "Brooke O'Malley." Some of the spells are created by using the names of the producers. (e.g. Murrieta Animata = Peter Murrieta, Executive Producer.) The hardware store is called "Greenwalds Hardware", which is a reference to the creator Todd J. Greenwald. Despite the Russo family mixed ethnicities of Mexican and Italian, Selena Gomez (Alex) in real life is the only actor to have both ethnicities whereas Jake T. Austin (Max) is Puerto Rican, Polish and Argentine, David Henrie (Justin) and David DeLuise (Jerry) are Italian while 'Maria Canals Barrera' (Theresa) is Cuban.
Etymology
The show was originally called "The Amazing Hannigans", then it was changed to "The Amazing O'Malleys", then it was changed to "Wizards of Waverly Place", then to "Disney Wizards" and now it is back to 'Wizards of Waverly Place".
Reference
This series bears many similarities with the two Twitches movies that aired on Disney Channel. Both feature a lead magic character named Alex, a supporting character named Miranda, and a setting called Waverly.
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