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Stevie Nichols
Stevie
Character Statistics
Gender: Female
Relationships
Brothers: Warren Nichols
Nemesis: Justin Russo
Alex Russo
Max Russo
Harper Finkle
Production Info
Portrayed by: Hayley Kiyoko
First Appearance: Detention Election
Last Appearance: The Good, The Bad and the Alex

Stephanie "Stevie" Nichols was a young wizard. She first appeared in "Detention Election" where she meets Alex and becomes friends with her.

Appearance[]

Stevie is a tan-skinned teenager with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Although her ethnicity is never specified, it is possible that she has some Japanese ancestry, as evidenced by her brother Warren being visibly Asian, as well as the fact that she is played by a Japanese-American actress. Stevie has frosted tips in her hair, which is worn in a pixie cut. Throughout her various appearances, Stevie is typically seen in tank tops and ripped jeans, reflecting American punk culture of the early 2010s.

History[]

Stevie first appeared in "Detention Election." While she was in detention, Stevie meets Alex. They soon became friends and learned they have a lot in common. For example: they both like to misbehave and cause trouble, as evidenced in the episode: "Detention Election," where Mr. Laritate finds his office plastered in election posters from Justin, which Stevie later confessed to being her doing, opening up her locker and letting multiple of Justin's election posters to fly out.

In "Eat to the Beat," when Alex and Justin were fighting, Stevie used a spell to turn a rock band into a smooth jazz band. Harper, who saw Stevie use magic, attempted to tell Alex. However, Stevie was able to stop her by using a spell to erase Harper's memory of what she saw.

Harper was able to regain her memory of the event in the lunchroom at the beginning of "Third Wheel," and informed Alex that Stevie is, in fact, a wizard. Soon after, Alex and Stevie went off to go on magical adventures together, leaving Harper behind.

In "The Good, The Bad and the Alex," Stevie conducts a revolution of wizards to override the power distributor, which is what takes wizards' powers away and transfers them when they lose in their family's wizard competition, and convinces Alex and Max to join her. However, she was unaware that Alex would turn on her. Alex and Harper helped Warren get his full powers by transferring Stevie's powers to him, while Stevie was frozen in stone. Not long after, Max accidentally tipped over Stevie's statue, shattering her body.

Stevie was fused back together and sent off to an island for 6 months of 'Soul Rehab'. She now lives a happy, fulfilling life back in the Wiz World with her new dogs, Mark and Susan.

Personality[]

Stevie's personality is very similar to Alex in being witty, snarky, rebellious, impulsive and loving to cause trouble. However, Stevie seems to not possess the same compassion and kind-heartedness that Alex does as it shows that she is actually an evil and manipulative person through her brother Warren's side to their separation story.

Abilities[]

Stevie demonstrates a good handle on using spells and like Alex is good to improvise. However, her powers are not as good as her brother's, having lost to him in the family competition.

Relationships[]

Alex and Stevie were good friends in the episodes listed below. They bonded together most of the time and made trouble which brought them closer. In the episode "The Good, The Bad and the Alex", Alex discovered that Stevie was forming a wizard revolution, which Stevie convinced Alex to join. Alex agreed, but Stevie didn't realize that Alex was plotting against her to overthrow the revolution, which led to the end of her friendship with Alex.

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • Justin pointed out that Alex and Stevie were very similar in personality (though they were revealed to be a bit different later when Alex and Stevie's friendship ends due to the Wizard Revolution).
  • Stevie keeps her wand in her boot just like Alex.
  • Stevie is one of the only two known wizards to have attended Tribeca Prep, other than the Russo siblings. The other is T.J. Taylor.
  • Despite her status as a villain, Stevie was very well received by the fanbase. Many fans didn't understand why she was characterized as "evil" and, in fact, sympathized with her anger over losing her powers. Multiple fanfics have been written where Stevie returns from the dead and patches things up with Alex.
    • In fact, many supported Stevie's idea of a revolution to abolish the "family wizard" tradition; since it left many siblings bitter, as they wasted their youth learning to use magic that was taken from them.
  • She is the second character out of four characters that die on-screen (the first being the Mummy, followed by Gorog, followed by Dominic).
  • In response to fans wondering if Stevie had died, Todd J. Greenwald followed up on Stevie's storyline. He stated that "Stevie was fused back together and sent off to an island for 6 months of 'Soul Rehab'. She now lives a happy, fulfilling life back in the Wiz World with her new dogs, Mark and Susan. He also stated that this will never be shown in an episode, and Stevie's storyline has ended.
  • On the Wizards Of Waverly Pod, showrunner and writer Peter Murrieta revealed that he wanted to expand on Stevie and Alex's romantic relationship, but at the time Disney wasn't ready for it.
    • With this information in mind, it can be inferred that Stevie (not unlike her portrayer Hayley Kiyoko) is likely attracted to women.
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