Max Russo (Wizard)

Max Russo's History

Max often uses his siblings' situations to his benefit. For example, when Alex used magic to go to the Crazy 10-Minute Sale, Max used that time to tell his dad, Jerry, that he had broken his wand. Max is shown to have a C+ in Wizard Class which makes him average. He has a few strange habits such as putting marshmallows with asparagus and he uses his mom's dress as a Darth Vader cape. In fact, this unusual way of thinking allowed him to outsmart (or as Alex said, "out-dumb") a genie into undoing her twisted wishes.

It is unknown if Max has lived at Waverly Place his whole life, but it is known that he has Hispanic heritage from his mother's side. His mother often tries to get the kids to learn about their Latino heritage. From his father's side, he inherited his wizardry powers. He is also half Italian from his father due to the last name "Russo", and the fact that Alex has stated that they are only half Latino.

It is revealed that Max likes Chinese food and pineapple in Potion Commotion.

Max is known to play soccer as Justin is seen practicing kissing on Max's soccer ball in the episode First Kiss. He also likes to make strange sandwiches (which is useful, as his parents own a sandwich shop), and he loves to eat them even more.

Max is a witty and cheeky boy, and when covering for his sister he manages to get sneakers off of her for it. His shoe size is a size 5. He is actually quite clever, and always tries to bend situations to his benefit (i.e. when Alex was in trouble he used the opportunity to tell his dad that he broke the former's wand.) He did not get into much trouble as his dad was preoccupied with Alex.

Max has little regard for safety or forethought. When reading up on the conscience spell, he deliberately ignored the 'please read' notice that went with it listing the dangers, which resulted in his conscience taking on a physical form. He has also shown to have a dark side to himself that equals, or even surpasses Alex. He blatantly told his conscience that when it comes to a choice between right and wrong, he prefers wrong. He would rather sabotage his brother in the contest than study, even when Alex chose to study. When Conscience tried to warn him about the dangers of summoning monsters from Justin's handbook, Max completely ignored his warnings of mass chaos and danger, and proceeded anyway.

In Season 2, he starts to "work" for money with his best friend Alfred. An example is in Smarty Pants, where tries to sell water bottles; and in Beware Wolf, he cared for dogs.

Apparently, he has a crush on Gigi which can be seen in Graphic Novel, and has his first date in Alex Does Good.

As the series progressed Max was flanderized to appear less intelligent with each passing season, though he does seem more intelligent than most give him credit for.

Maximan is a superhero that Max played in the episode "Alex's Brother, Maximan." He wore a cape with sharks on it, his underwear, long blue tights, and a long sleeved yellow shirt with a big M on the front. His dad pretended to be a burglar in an attempt to get his children to work together on a disarming spell, and Alex and Justin came to help Max with climbing up a wall outside of the substation.