The Ultimate Book of Spells (2001)
Synopsis
Inspired by the popular Harry Potter book and movie series, the show presents a trio of "wizards-in-training" at an enchanted private school run by Miss Crystalgazer. Cassy is a junior witch, Gus is a half-elf/half-human junior wizard, and Verne is a promising "mortie", i.e. a non-magical human. With the guidance of the talking Ultimate Book of Spells (aka UBOS), the three have to battle the evil wizard Zarlak, who's trying to steal all of the world's spells.
Creator
Stephanie Graziano, Nadia Nardonnet
Network
CBBC, YTV, Toon Disney
Episodes
Episodes
Three Is a Charm
A mortie(non-magic person) named Verne comes to a magic school. He meets Gus, a half-elf second year junior wizard and Cassy, a third year junior witch. He also meets the evil twins: Lucretia and Borgia. He also meets the headmistress Miss Crystalgazer. He also meets a prince that has been enchanted to look like a toy frog. He also meets Ubos, a book that can talk and take them to the center of the earth where an evil wizard Zarlak is stealing magic from the outside world. He becomes good friends with Cassy and Gus! Three Is a Charm, after all!
Man or Mortie
Many winged beings are crashing into turrets of the castle. The only antidote comes from an extinct animal. It's up to the trio: Cassy, Gus, and Verne.
He Who Laughs Last
Zarlak's planning on taking joy from the surface world! It's up to the trio to stop them!
Rootopia of All Evil
Zarlak wants all the flowers (and the happiness) for himself! AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! What will the trio do now?
Time and Again
Gus takes a crystal filled with ""sparklies""(It's an elf thing) when they're class goes back in time to Zarlak's trial. It turns out to be the crystal that Cassy's great grandfather Getz needed for his battle with Zarlak! What will they do now?
Fire with Fire
Gus's magic seemed to be out of whack all of a sudden. He finds out that all the elves are losing their powers because they don't have the ""Elfin Stone"" anymore. A huge dragon stole it and the trio has to get it back!
The New Librarian
Professor Beagleboyce becomes the new librarian. He absorbs books' contents and he thinks those things actually happened to him!
Shadow Land
A Shadow creature takes Cassy and Gus's shadows so it's up to Verne to get them back!
Once in a Blue Moon
Zarlak has kidnapped all the Charmlings. They are little elf-like people who can grant any wish if they want to. When Zarlak gets the ""Ring of the Blue Moon"" which can grant ANY wish in the entire world, it's up to the trio to get it back!
The Bind That Ties
Zarlak has captured all the bookbinder gnomes. They are small gnomes that keep the magical books and rivals to the elves. This forces all the books to become unglued. Ubos becomes delirious. It's up to the trio to bring them back.
Coat of Arms
Cassy finds out that her great-grandaunt Cassandra VII teamed up with Zarlak many, many, many years ago. Is it true? We'll just have to find out!
Out of Shape
Zarlak has captured small beings called ""the tricky trolls"", but one escaped and come to the kids. Zarlak then send his dragon to steal their magic book, but took Verne (who turned into into UBOS) instead, then they kidnap Gus, leaving Cassy to save the day, who is having a hard time using her shape-changing powers. Will she be able to save the day by turning into Zarlak?
The Rift
Scavenger imps get a portal that they can use to get to the surface world with. The start stealing everything! It's up to the trio to stop them! But how can they stop them now that two of the kids are caught in the hands of Zarlak?
What a Cut-Up!
Zarlak has turned everything dull! Knives, forks, axes, and even morties! It's up to the trio to save them!
Multiple Mayhem
Cassy creates a duplicate of herself to get to all her classes. But the duplicate is vandalizing the school and snubbing her friends. How can they stop her if anything they do to Cassy's duplicate if the same thing will happen to Cassy?
The Tear of Moolana
Gus and Cassy are after ""The Tear of Moolana."" That's a tear-shaped gem that give anyone who possesses it all the power they could ever want! But so is Zarlak!
Magical Logical
Everything is losing its logic! Video games, computers, wands and even Ubos! How can the trio get it back?
Veil of Illusion
The whole controversy of this episode is that the ""Veil of Illusion"" is disappearing from the school. Morties can see it! They find out that a great wizard is stealing it to hide his fortress from Zarlak! The trio needs to get it back!
Dark Image
Cassy and Gus make fun of Verne for being a mortie. He gets mad and leaves. He goes to the mortie arcade. He has a magical artifact in his backpack. It turns Verne into a powerful dark wizard. Later it Cassy into a powerful dark sorceress. It's up to Gus to stop them from destroying the earth and each other!
Sleeping Beauty School
Creatures from a land behind the grandfather clock came to Vonderland and put a sleeping spell on everyone except Cassy, Gus, Verne, and Ubos because they were off on one of their journeys. What will the trio do do now?
Elipsed
At the famous Festivus Solarus (the festival where all the witches and wizards at Vonderland get together to celebrate the time when the moon eclipses the sun), the moon is frozen infront of the sun and the temperature drops below zero! What will the trio do now?
Big Girls Don't Cry
A giant girl named Ilsa comes to Vonderland and becomes roommates with Cassy. Cassy keeps trying to help her fit in, but Lucretia (one of the evil twins) keeps doing spells behind her back to make it seem like Cassy is making fun of her. Lucretia pretends to be her friend and gets Ilsa kidnapped by Zarlak! The trio have to save her!
Lucky Gus
Gus is getting lucky all of a sudden. He's beating Cassy at sports, he's got everyone hanging on his word when he's talking! But it's a trick from Zarlak to make Cassy and Verne jealous of him so they'll break up! How will they stick together?
Magic Quest
Cassy and Gus sit in a magic chair made by Merlin and Cassy starts to change into a tree and Gus starts to turn into a werewolf! They have to find all the ingredients for the spell. But Zarlak is trying to get at least one of the ingredients first! And we find out a big secret about Verne! What could it be?
The Lure
Gus fails his mid-term. So in order to find a challenge he goes to the high seas with this old ghost. Cassy and Verne think that he went onto an old ship. But he didn't. Cassy goes onto the ship and is kidnapped. Gus and Verne have got to save her!
Solo Sorceress
Cassy sees Lucretia cheat during a their scooterrace contest, but nobody believes her. Now, it's up to her to prove it Verne and Gus that she is right.
Cast
Details
Original Title
The Ultimate Book of Spells
Status
Canceled
Seasons
1
Episodes
26
Production
BKN International
