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Wizards of Waverly Place Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Episode 1
Smarty Pants
Fri, Sep 12, 200823 mins
Alex and Harper enter an academic contest, for which Alex wears a pair of "smarty pants" that gives her all the answers, without any regard for Harper. Elsewhere, Max starts a water bottle business at school.
Episode 2
Beware Wolf
Sun, Sep 21, 200823 mins
Justin meets a girl on the World Wide Wiz-Web who seems nice enough... except that she's a werewolf.
Episode 3
Graphic Novel
Sun, Oct 5, 200823 mins
Justin and Max steal Alex's diary only to have it stolen again by Gigi, Alex's arch nemesis. In an attempt to recover the diary, the brothers accidentally place Gigi inside the book and into Alex's world, the younger sister saves the day.
Episode 4
Racing
Sun, Oct 12, 200823 mins
In an effort to spend time with Dean so she can talk him into becoming her permanent boyfriend, Alex invites him to the Russo family basement/garage to help fix an old car that Jerry never had time to take care of and enter it in a race in New Jersey.
Episode 5
Alex's Brother Maximan
Sun, Oct 19, 200823 mins
Failing to get his kids to work together on a spell, Jerry tells Max about an apparent spree of delicatessen robberies that prompts him to become Lower Manhattan's newest superhero; Maximan.
Episode 6
Saving Wiz Tech: Part 1
Sun, Oct 26, 200823 mins
Wiz Tech is temporarily closed and students are housed in the real world.
Episode 7
Saving Wiz Tech: Part 2
Sun, Oct 26, 200823 mins
Max has joined Professor Crumbs at Wiz Tech.
Episode 8
Harper Knows
Sun, Nov 23, 200824 mins
The Russo family is assigned to a popular convention to be on the lookout for rogue wizards who use magic to stir up trouble. But when Alex and her brothers go to the convention on a special assignment, Harper is along for the ride for the costumes.
Episode 9
Taxi Dance
Sun, Dec 7, 200830 mins
When word that the taxicab she was born in is being prepared for the scrap yard, Alex uses magic to try to restore it and does a better job of it than she expected... according to the cab.
Episode 10
Baby Cupid
Sun, Dec 14, 200823 mins
Alex and Max are playing a virtual ninja video game, but when Jerry tries to play, his ninja player accidentally breaks Theresa's lamp again. Theresa becomes furious over her family's carelessness on using magic and she cancels her plans to go to dinner with Jerry. Alex assumes that her parents will break up, so she orders Cupid on the world wide wiz-web so that he can shoot an arrow at Theresa. But Alex's plan gets derailed, when Max accidentally breaks Cupid's arrow and when he fixes the arrow, he ends up shooting Justin, causing him to fall in love with Harper. Jerry finds out that Alex ordered Cupid because of the argument he had with Theresa. During the open house at Tribeca Prep, Max is able to fix Cupid's arrow and Harper has had enough of Justin's overly affectionate behavior, causing him to be free of Cupid's effect. While Theresa is talking to Mr. Laritate, Cupid tries to hit Theresa with his arrow, but he hits an elderly woman by accident and she starts flirting with Jerry. Theresa sees the elderly woman flirt with her husband and she tells her to back off. At the Russo apartment, Theresa decides to use Cupid's love arrow on herself and Cupid is able to leave. Unfortunately, Theresa's loving nature doesn't last long and Max breaks her lamp again, leaving Theresa upset.
Episode 11
Make It Happen
Thu, Jan 1, 200922 mins
A guidance counselor from the Wizard World is sent to advise the Russo kids on alternate career plans in case they fail their wizard training. After much arguing between Justin and Alex, they decide to form a two-person rock band, a la The White Stripes, and prove to be quite the duo.
Episode 12
Fairy Tale
Sun, Jan 25, 200922 mins
Justin casts Harper to play Tinkerbell in the school production.
Episode 13
Fashion Week
Sun, Feb 15, 200923 mins
Harper helps Mr. Frenchy during Fashion Week and enlists Alex's help.
Episode 14
Helping Hand
Mon, Feb 16, 200923 mins
Justin invents a "helping hand" with which to help the elderly, but Alex steals it to use for herself.
Episode 15
Art Teacher
Sun, Mar 1, 200924 mins
Alex finds out that her favorite teacher, Miss Jennifer Majorhealy, is in reality a 16-year-old girl who was transformed into an adult by TJ Taylor. When she sprinkles her with undo dust and changes her back, she puts the entire art program at risk of being cut.
Episode 16
Future Harper
Sun, Mar 15, 200922 mins
The Russo siblings learn of their secret being exposed by a popular author via her novels, but when they go through the Inter-Wizard People Porter to confront her, they make a shocking discovery.
Episode 17
Alex Does Good
Sun, Apr 5, 200923 mins
The school principal enrolls Alex in the Sunshine Club.
Episode 18
Hugh's Not Normous
Sun, Apr 12, 200923 mins
Upon facing the realization that he was never the giant he believed himself to be, Hugh Normous runs away from home... to the Russos.
Episode 19
Don't Rain on Justin's Parade - Earth
Sun, Apr 19, 200924 mins
The desire to keep his favorite weatherman from being fired prompts Justin to get him to call for outlandish forecasts that he makes come true, and brings Mother Nature herself to take her anger out on him.
Episode 20
Family Game Night
Sun, Apr 26, 200923 mins
Alex switches brains with Harper by using the body switching spell so that she can write her essay and get a passing grade, but there is another problem, Alex and Harper can't switch back because the body switching spell has been recalled due to the glitches. Meanwhile, Justin cannot stand Daphne and he decides to invite her to family game night after Jerry has persuaded his family to play the Almost Charades game, even though Theresa got rid of the game because of all the arguing and cheating.
Episode 21
Justin's New Girlfriend
Sat, May 2, 200923 mins
A shared interest in silent movies is bringing Justin and Harper closer together, much to the delight of Harper, and the chagrin of Alex.
Episode 22
My Tutor, Tutor
Fri, May 29, 200923 mins
Jerry hires a tutor named Tutor to help Max pass a test at school!
Episode 23
Paint by Committee
Fri, Jun 26, 200923 mins
Alex is commissioned to paint the school mural.
Episode 24
Wizard for a Day
Fri, Jul 10, 200923 mins
Alex gives her dad a Merlin's hat with unlimited wishes for his birthday.
Episode 25
Cast-Away (to Another Show)
Fri, Jul 17, 200924 mins
Justin wins an essay contest that allows him to go on the S.S. Tipton and meet London Tipton. Alex soon becomes friends with Bailey Pickett, and uses magic to bring Harper on-board. Max and Zack Martin compete against each other in many crazy challenges.
Episode 26
Wizards vs. Vampires on Waverly Place
Fri, Jul 24, 200923 mins
Business at the Waverly Sub Station is slow.
Episode 27
Wizards vs. Vampires: Tasty Bites
Fri, Jul 31, 200923 mins
Justin's new girlfriend Juliet gets the Russos to change their lifestyle.
Episode 28
Wizards vs. Vampires: Dream Date
Fri, Aug 7, 200923 mins
Alex continues to date Dean by using magic to enter his dreams.
Episode 29
Wizards & Vampires vs. Zombies
Sat, Aug 8, 200924 mins
Justin convinces Juliet that their prom date will be the most memorable.
Episode 30
Retest
Fri, Aug 21, 200922 mins
Jerry and his siblings, Megan and Kelbo, decide to take the infamous Wizard test again, the one that decided which of them got to keep their powers years ago, but when his children see the rivalry, they fear that it could tear their own family apart
