Great I'm Alex Russo and my hobby is I like to poke things with a stick
but I haven't figured out how to make money with that yet so I'm in school
Alexandra Russo is the snarky mischievous and lethargic protagonist of Wizards of Waverly Place
throughout the show's run Alex grows quite a lot as a character which isn't very common in Disney
sitcoms another thing that really makes Alex stand out is how borderline villainous she can be at
times often citing her rebellious behavior as a way of maintaining her bad girl image
but I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to Alex's constant pranks than just an
obsession with her image what could that be what actions and attractions inspire Alex's anarchic
antagonistic and apathetic attributes at ease my ambitious audience and allow me to analyze
there's not enough people with originality so here i am to save the day Jayniac
well it was the first thing I thought of and you know me
I don't usually keep thinking of things once I think of something
Alex has a knack for getting herself into trouble often devoting a great deal of her time
to pickpocketing pulling pranks and insulting people you'd think with such a crafty mind she
would excel academically but it turns out Alex doesn't do very well in school she tends to
ignore her school studies in favor of creating art you see Alex's passion for art and fashion
tend to override any school-related priorities but what makes her work ethic significantly worse
is the fact that Alex knows magic magic that if used correctly can instantly solve any day-to-day
problem she has can't be in two places at once magic didn't study for a quiz magic want to make
your boyfriend jealous ma-ma-ma-magic remember when I said that Alex goes through a lot of
character development I feel like a great deal of that development can be attributed to her magic
not going the way she planned ironically the most common reason for her magic life hacks failing is
her once again ignoring important details if Alex put as much thought and effort into studying for
school or magic as she does for scheming she would be invincible I'd even argue that if she
didn't face as many consequences as she regularly does Alex Russo would be a villain think about it
if her abuse of magic only ever resulted in a positive change then she wouldn't have to learn
the importance of responsibility she'd just keep abusing it so in a way it's kind of a good thing
she's a slacker in both school and magic because her mishaps actually force her to mature this is
demonstrated most clearly in the later two seasons where Alex a girl initially known for being lazy
and dressing tomboyish begins to dress more femininely and become more studious not as
studious as her older brother Justin mind you but studious enough to beat him in the grand finale
more on that later but one character trait that never really leaves Alex is her rebellious nature
unlike her other negative character traits that she slowly grows out of or learns to come to terms
with Alex's rebellion only gets worse as time goes on she starts the show pulling simple pranks on
people and overlooking rules and consequences but by season 3 she full-on manipulates people
and hates rules and consequences she also becomes noticeably more anti-social
her innocent little quips turn into scathing and venomous remarks Alex says she's doing
this intentionally to keep a rebellious image and stay out of the in-crowd but if you're insistently
going out of your way to be a rebel are you really a rebel or are you just a poseur I think a better
explanation for Alex's antics can be found when looking at her relationship with her family
just give me one second let me ask my parents mom dad some dude from
fashion fatale magazine just offered me an internship and I'm gonna take it okay okay
being the middle child of the Russo family you'd think Alex would suffer from what's
commonly referred to as middle child syndrome for those unfamiliar it's the theory that the
eldest child is the most responsible because of their parents expectations the youngest child
is the least responsible because of the parents constantly babying them and the middle child is
usually even-tempered and uninvolved because the parents don't pay attention to them surprisingly
this wouldn't apply to Alex at least not entirely early on in the series especially the first season
on more than one occasion Alex's dad Jerry Russo makes it quite clear who his favorite child is so
we know that Alex doesn't really get ignored I'd even go so far and say that of the three siblings
she probably gets the most attention whether or not this has anything to do with her being the
only girl is up to you to decide the only part of this theory that does apply to Alex is that she
tends to act out for attention but not for her parents attention no something that I'm sure a
lot of fans of the show must have noticed is Alex always seeking her older brother Justin's approval
whether it's getting him to say that her piece is cool in season 1's episode art museum piece
or trying to prevent him from leaving to go to college in season 3's episode delinquent Justin
perhaps the primary reason for Alex's endless harassment towards Justin is her way of trying
to get her brother's attention because her harassment always gets what she wants at home
she probably adopted that mentality with everything else in life but as I said earlier
the consequences she usually faces help mellow her out preventing her from being nothing more than
a spoiled brat which is why in the finale if anyone deserves to be the family wizard
it is Alex she's gone through the most change as the series progressed and honestly I think
the way Justin's story ends is very fitting for a character that works as hard as he does
along with that something that really rubbed me the wrong way in the series finale is the
fact that after Alex tells Justin and Max that the only way to save Zeke and Harper is to use
their timeouts they all agree and go to save them but after discovering that their powers are gone
Justin and Max treat Alex like trash they're furiously blaming her for the loss of their powers
um your friends are going to die if you don't do this why are you getting mad at Alex this
is enough reason for Justin not to be the family wizard but for Max this isn't his worst offense
by far the worst thing max did was kill the best character on this show I know the creator
said Stevie got better off screen but this is the last time we saw her in the show
so no Max and i mean if Alex is able to put up with Mason she can't be all that bad
Alex Russo is without a doubt one of the most interesting Disney sitcom protagonists
instead of being a plucky girl with a laundry list of self-doubt she's a rebellious girl
who's completely confident and comfortable with who she is and what's most amazing about her is
she actually goes through a bit of change sorry I couldn't use as many clips in this video as
I'd like to Disney's really got an iron grip on their shows I hope that didn't disappoint anybody
this show surprised me with how funny it could be at times I really didn't care for it until
doing this analysis video but after watching it yeah I see the hype anyway you know the
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leave you with this what about no don't you get so go and tell your friends I'm not really interested
it's about time that you leave