119 Fun Facts About DCOM Trivia: Disney Channel Original Movies

Which 1997 comedy does Disney Channel itself count as the first Disney Channel Original Movie?

Under Wraps opened Disney Channel's own count of 100 DCOMs and was remade in 2021; some lists instead start with Northern Lights, shown two months earlier in August 1997.

Before the DCOM brand arrived in 1997, what were Disney Channel's TV movies branded as?

Premiere Films was the label from Tiger Town in 1983 until 1997; Disney even dropped the DCOM name for 'Disney Original Movie' in March 2023 before bringing it back.

Which 2016 film was celebrated as the 100th Disney Channel Original Movie?

Adventures in Babysitting premiered in June 2016 as the 100th DCOM; Disney Channel built up to it with a Memorial Day weekend marathon of 51 earlier DCOMs.

The 100th DCOM paired Sofia Carson with which Girl Meets World star?

Sabrina Carpenter, Maya Hart on Girl Meets World, starred opposite Sofia Carson; she had first drawn notice by placing third in an online singing contest run by Miley Cyrus.

Which DCOM premiere set an all-time basic cable record with 17.2 million viewers in August 2007?

High School Musical 2 held the cable record for under four months: a Patriots–Ravens Monday Night Football game drew 17.5 million viewers that December.

In the summer sequel to High School Musical, which song does Troy sing alone on a golf course?

Bet on It is Troy's furious solo after Gabriella quits and his friends stop speaking to him: questioning what the summer has made of him, he resolves to put things right.

High School Musical is set in Albuquerque, but it was primarily shot in which state?

Utah's real East High School in Salt Lake City played the Albuquerque campus; a later spin-off series is set at the actual school, among students staging the film as a musical.

How many million viewers watched the January 2006 premiere of High School Musical?

High School Musical's January 2006 premiere drew 7.7 million viewers on a budget of about $4.2 million, and its soundtrack topped the Billboard 200.

What is the name of the Evans family's country club where Troy and the Wildcats work in the 2007 sequel?

Lava Springs is where Sharpay has Troy hired for the summer, hoping to win him over; he takes the job only after getting Gabriella and the other Wildcats hired too.

Which director-choreographer helmed the Wildcats trilogy and the first three Descendants films?

Kenny Ortega directed all three High School Musical films and Descendants 1–3; his own first film as director, the 1992 musical Newsies, flopped in cinemas before finding a cult following.

Which 2009 DCOM drew 11.4 million viewers, then the second-biggest DCOM premiere ever?

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie has Alex wish in anger that her parents had never met; it comes true, so she and her brothers start to forget their past and face vanishing for good.

In the 2009 DCOM spun off from Selena Gomez's sitcom, the Russos hunt what magical object in the Caribbean?

The Stone of Dreams can grant any wish or reverse any spell; Alex and Justin race to find it to undo Alex's wish that their parents had never met.

Selena Gomez's two 2009 DCOMs were both filmed on which Caribbean island?

Puerto Rico hosted both shoots a year apart; in the first, Gomez plays the Louisiana tomboy whose home hides a princess posing as an ordinary American teenager.

Demi Lovato's Rosalinda, hidden in Louisiana in a 2009 DCOM, is princess of which fictional country?

Rosalinda is princess of Costa Luna; when General Kane of neighboring Costa Estrella seizes her country, she is hidden in Louisiana as plain 'Rosie Gonzalez'.

Halloweentown (1998) was shot in which small Oregon town?

St. Helens lent its riverfront district as the film's town square, and each October the town now stages a month-long Halloween celebration that draws crowds of families.

Which Hollywood legend played the witch grandmother Aggie Cromwell in the Halloweentown films?

Debbie Reynolds, the Singin' in the Rain star, played Aggie in all four films; in the first, her grandchildren stow away on her magic bus home and discover the town is real.

Which Halloweentown mayor turns out to be the villain of the 1998 original?

Kalabar is the mayor unmasked as the film's demon: a warlock and old boyfriend of Marnie's mother Gwen, he urges the townspeople to help him take over the mortal world.

Who replaced Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie in Return to Halloweentown (2006)?

Sara Paxton took over Marnie Piper for Return to Halloweentown, which sends her to Witch University; Kimberly J. Brown had played the role in the first three films.

Zenon, raised on a space station in 2049, is punished by being sent where?

Earth is the strange new world for Zenon: sent to live with her Aunt Judy after angering the station's commander, she finds classmates who think her space slang is weird.

What is the name of the pop idol Zenon Kar is desperate to see in concert on the space station?

Proto Zoa, frontman of the band Microbe, is Zenon's idol; by the sequel he has become a recluse who feels his career has peaked, and Zenon has to track him down.

Which actress played Zenon's best friend Nebula Wade in the 1999 original?

Raven-Symoné played Nebula four years before That's So Raven began; she is missing from the 2001 sequel, where Shadia Simmons took the part, and returned for the third film.

Which Disney Channel series premiered immediately after Zenon: The Zequel in January 2001?

Lizzie McGuire followed Zenon: The Zequel's premiere and was still one of Disney Channel's top-rated shows when filming stopped: it had reached 65 episodes, then the channel's customary limit for a series.

In Smart House (1999), what name does the Cooper family's computerized home answer to?

PAT, short for Personal Applied Technology and played by Katey Sagal, is reprogrammed to be more motherly, studies 1950s TV shows for pointers and ends up refusing to let the family leave.

Which Star Trek: The Next Generation actor directed Smart House (1999)?

LeVar Burton, Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation, directed Smart House, in which a family wins a computerized home in a contest and ends up locked inside it.

In Johnny Tsunami, a Hawaiian surfer has to adapt when his family moves to which state?

Johnny Kapahala's family moves from Hawaii to Vermont, where the surfer swaps his board for the slopes; the 2007 sequel Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board followed.

Brink! (1998) loosely updates which 19th-century novel?

Brink! reworks Mary Mapes Dodge's 1865 novel Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates: Erik von Detten's 'soul-skater' takes a paid spot on Team X-Bladz to help his family.

In The Thirteenth Year, swimmer Cody Griffin discovers on his 13th birthday that he is turning into what?

Cody learns he is becoming a merman, born to a mermaid mother; the signs include sticky hands, electric-shock kisses and scales that appear when he gets wet.

Motocrossed (2001), where Andrea races disguised as her twin brother, loosely adapts which Shakespeare play?

Motocrossed reworks Twelfth Night: like Viola posing as a man, Andrea Carson races as her injured twin Andrew, and the love tangle follows Shakespeare's.

In The Luck of the Irish, basketball star Kyle Johnson learns his mother is secretly what?

Kyle's mother is a leprechaun, and Kyle himself starts shrinking and turning Irish after his lucky gold coin is stolen; the film premiered on March 9, 2001.

In Cadet Kelly (2002), which squad does Kelly mock as robots and then try out for?

The drill team starts as Kelly's punishment: a cadet court sentences her to shine its uniforms, but she warms to the squad and ends up competing with it.

Which teen star played wealthy Manhattan sleuth Lexy Gold in Get a Clue (2002)?

Lindsay Lohan played Lexy Gold, a wealthy Manhattan student who turns sleuth when one of her teachers goes missing.

Which singer was first cast as Aqua in The Cheetah Girls but pulled out to focus on her debut album?

Solange Knowles pulled out before filming to concentrate on releasing her album Solo Star; 3LW's Kiely Williams took the role beside her own bandmate Adrienne Bailon.

The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) sends the group on a whirlwind trip to which country?

The Cheetah Girls 2 takes the group to Barcelona, Spain, for a music festival; its August 2006 premiere drew a then-record 8.1 million viewers.

The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) sends the trio to which country?

The Cheetah Girls: One World sends the trio to India, where they compete for the lead in a Bollywood musical; it was shot on location in Mumbai and Udaipur.

In Pixel Perfect (2004), what is the name of the hologram created to dance with the band the Zetta Bytes?

Loretta is built with Roscoe's father's holographic equipment because Sam, the band's singer, is told she must dance to succeed; Sam soon grows jealous of the hologram's 'perfection'.

In Stuck in the Suburbs, Brittany accidentally swaps what with pop star Jordan Cahill?

Brittany (Danielle Panabaker) accidentally swaps cell phones with Jordan Cahill, and she and her friend Natasha use the star's phone to meddle in his manufactured image.

Which twin sisters star as separated-at-birth witches Alex and Camryn in Twitches (2005)?

Tia and Tamera Mowry, the Sister, Sister twins, play witches born on Halloween in the magical realm of Coventry, hidden apart for their safety and reunited on their 21st birthday.

In a 2007 DCOM, young boxer Izzy Daniels secretly discovers a talent for which sport?

Double Dutch hooks Izzy when his friend Mary asks him to fill in on her jump-rope team, even though he is training to follow his father by winning a Golden Gloves boxing title.

Which 2007 DCOM briefly held the premiere ratings record with 8.2 million viewers?

Jump In! took the DCOM premiere record from The Cheetah Girls 2 in January 2007 and kept it only until that August, when a far bigger premiere more than doubled it.

In Minutemen (2008), what do outcasts Virgil, Charlie and Zeke build in their school?

Virgil, Charlie and Zeke build a time machine and, dressed in snowsuits, go back to undo classmates' embarrassments; their meddling eventually tears open a black hole that only they can close.

Which June 2008 DCOM introduced Demi Lovato and drew 8.9 million viewers?

Camp Rock is beyond Mitchie's family budget: she gets in only because her mother is hired to cook for the camp, then lies about it to impress the richer campers.

Starstruck (2010) follows a jaded teenager from which Michigan city who tangles with a pop idol?

Kalamazoo is home to Jessica Olson, who is visiting her grandmother in Hollywood when pop idol Christopher Wilde hits her with a door and takes her to hospital to be checked over.

The five bandmates in Lemonade Mouth (2011) first meet where?

The five meet in detention: when the music teacher supervising them steps out they tap out a beat that grows into a song, and she pushes them to enter a talent contest as a band.

In Teen Beach Movie, Brady and Mack get sucked into a 1960s musical with what title?

Wet Side Story is the 1960s surfers-versus-bikers musical Brady loves; a freak wave pulls him and Mack inside it, where they meet Lela and Tanner.

Which actress played Mal, daughter of Maleficent, across the Descendants films?

Dove Cameron played Mal in the first three Descendants films; born Chloe Celeste Hosterman, she took the name Dove, her late father's nickname for her.

Which Broadway star played Maleficent in the first Descendants film?

Kristin Chenoweth, Broadway's original Glinda in Wicked, played Maleficent, who ends the film shrunk into a tiny lizard, her size set by how little love she has in her heart.

In Descendants, the villains and their children are banished to which magic-free island slum?

The Isle of the Lost holds the villains Belle and Beast banished behind a barrier that suspends magic; their son Ben's first decree invites four of the villains' children to school in Auradon.

In Descendants 2, China Anne McClain's Uma is the daughter of which Disney villain?

Ursula's daughter Uma, still bitter that she was not chosen to leave for Auradon, rules the Isle with a pirate crew that includes the sons of Captain Hook and Gaston.

Which Descendants 2 song introduces Uma?

What's My Name is Uma's rallying cry to her crew, bitter that Mal was chosen for a new life in Auradon and she was not; the film itself premiered on six networks at once, from Disney Channel and ABC to Lifetime.

Which actor played Hades, revealed to be Mal's father, in Descendants 3?

Cheyenne Jackson played Hades, unmasked as Mal's father, in Descendants 3; Disney cancelled the red-carpet premiere after Cameron Boyce's death and dedicated the broadcast to him.

Which character steals Maleficent's scepter and becomes the villain of Descendants 3?

Audrey, Sarah Jeffery's daughter of Sleeping Beauty's Aurora, takes Maleficent's scepter and the queen's crown after Ben proposes to Mal, becoming Descendants 3's villain.

Zombies (2018) is set in what conformist planned community?

Seabrook prizes perky conformity: fifty years after a zombie outbreak its humans still keep the zombies walled off in Zombietown, until zombie students are finally let into Seabrook High.

What kind of creatures do the zombies and cheerleaders have to accept into town in Zombies 2?

Zombies 2 brings werewolves out of the Forbidden Forest into town; they take white-haired Addison for the 'Great Alpha' who can lead them to their lost moonstone.

Zombies 3 premiered first on which streaming service in July 2022, weeks before its cable airing?

Zombies 3 debuted on Disney+ on July 15, 2022, and reached Disney Channel on August 12; its plot adds an alien invasion during Zed and Addison's senior year.

Which star of the original animated series appears as pop star Poppy Blu in the live-action Kim Possible?

Christy Carlson Romano, the animated Kim's voice, cameos as pop star Poppy Blu; Sadie Stanley plays Kim, and Patton Oswalt returns as Professor Dementor.

The 2018 DCOM Freaky Friday was adapted from what unusual source for the franchise?

The 2018 Freaky Friday adapted the 2016 stage musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; Heidi Blickenstaff reprised her stage role as the mother, with Cozi Zuehlsdorff as the daughter.

In Spin (2021), Indian-American teen Rhea Kumar discovers a talent for what?

Rhea Kumar (Avantika) discovers a gift for DJing in Spin, blending Indian music from her family's restaurant life with electronic beats for a DJ competition.

In both the 1997 original and its 2021 remake, what do the kids name the mummy they revive?

The kids name the mummy Harold in both films; the 2021 remake, directed by Alex Zamm, premiered on October 1, 2021.

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) was shot almost entirely in which country?

New Zealand's Auckland hosted almost the whole shoot; Brenda Song's Wendy is too busy campaigning for homecoming queen to accept that she is a reincarnated warrior who must stop an ancient evil spirit.

In The Color of Friendship (2000), a congressman's daughter hosts an exchange student from which country?

South Africa sends Mahree Bok, who arrives in 1977 expecting a white host family, while Congressman Ron Dellums's family had expected a Black student; the film is based on real events.

In The Even Stevens Movie, the island of Mandelino turns out to be the set of what?

A hidden-camera reality show called Family Fakeout: its host stirs up a feud that splits the Stevens family in two for ratings, in a film that doubled as the sitcom's finale.

Which actress, April O'Neil in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, played Marnie's mother Gwen in Halloweentown?

Judith Hoag played Gwen in all four Halloweentown films from 1998 to 2006, staying put even when her on-screen daughter Marnie was recast for the last one.

Radio Rebel (2012) stars Debby Ryan as a shy student secretly hosting a hit radio show in which city?

Seattle is only the setting: Radio Rebel was shot in Vancouver, with Debby Ryan's Tara starting out as an anonymous podcaster in her bedroom before her stepfather's station puts her on air.

Let It Shine (2012), about a shy rapper whose verses are delivered by his best friend, retells which play?

Cyrano de Bergerac gets a hip-hop update: Cyrus hides his raps from a pastor father who disapproves of the music, so when a contest credits his friend Kris, singer Roxie falls for the wrong boy.

Which teen novelist's book about a modern-day King Arthur was adapted into the DCOM Avalon High (2010)?

Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, wrote the novel, which the film only loosely follows: on screen it is new girl Allie, not quarterback Will, who turns out to be King Arthur reborn.

In the 2012 Halloween DCOM starring Olivia Holt, what does Skylar discover she is?

A fifth-generation monster hunter is what Skylar turns out to be, as she learns the hard way: sneaking out on Halloween by cutting the house's power, she frees Deimata, a monster her parents had locked away.

Cloud 9 (2014) is set in the world of which competitive sport?

Snowboarding drives Cloud 9: dropped by her team, Kayla trains with Will Cloud, a former champion whose career ended when a video of his wipe-out went viral.

Who directed Teen Beach Movie (2013), starring Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell?

Jeffrey Hornaday, the choreographer of Flashdance, directed Teen Beach Movie, which premiered on July 19, 2013, and its 2015 sequel Teen Beach 2.

In Zombies (2018), what is the surname of Zed, the zombie who wants to play football?

Zed Necrodopolis, played by Milo Manheim, makes the football team by catching a falling Addison at a pep rally, then has his friend Eliza hack his Z-Band so he plays better.

Which Lemonade Mouth star, who played Mo Banjaree, became Princess Jasmine in Disney's live-action Aladdin?

Naomi Scott went from Lemonade Mouth, her first role in an American production, to Jasmine in the 2019 Aladdin and a lead in Charlie's Angels the same year.

Which pop superstar, also a producer of The Princess Diaries, produced the 2003 DCOM The Cheetah Girls?

Whitney Houston produced The Cheetah Girls with partner Debra Martin Chase, who talked Disney into releasing the film's songs as a soundtrack album.

Which Disney Channel star played Zoey Stevens, whose dog-training app starts controlling boys, in Zapped (2014)?

Zendaya plays Zoey, who downloads the app to control the family dog; after an accident it starts working on the boys in her life instead.

In Descendants (2015), Cameron Boyce plays Carlos, the tech-savvy son of which Disney villain?

Cruella de Vil's son Carlos arrives at Auradon Prep terrified of dogs, then gets over it by befriending Dude, the school's own mutt.

Which Married... with Children star played PAT, the house that turns overprotective, in Smart House (1999)?

Katey Sagal's PAT studies old TV shows to become a mother figure, then locks the Cooper family indoors because the outside world is too dangerous.

In Johnny Tsunami (1999), the title nickname belongs to which relative of young surfer Johnny Kapahala?

His grandfather is the surf legend Johnny Tsunami, played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who stays behind in Hawaii when the family moves to the mainland.

Which Disney star played free-spirited Kelly Collins, sent to a military academy, in Cadet Kelly (2002)?

Hilary Duff was made an honorary cadet sergeant during the shoot of Cadet Kelly, which was only her second starring film role.

In Zombies 3 (2022), what kind of newcomers arrive claiming they only want to enter a cheer contest?

Aliens named A-Lan, A-Li and A-Spen use the National Cheer Off as cover while they hunt for a map to Utopia, a new home for their species.

Which singer played spoiled rock star Shane Gray opposite Demi Lovato's Mitchie Torres in a 2008 Disney Channel musical?

Joe Jonas played Shane as lead singer of the trio Connect 3, with his real-life brothers Nick and Kevin as his bandmates.

Which singer supplied most of Troy Bolton's singing voice in the first East High musical, instead of Zac Efron?

Drew Seeley sang most of Troy's parts because the role was written for a tenor and Zac Efron is a baritone; Seeley then took Efron's place on the concert tour.

Let It Shine (2012), starring Tyler James Williams as a pastor's son who raps in secret, is set in which city?

Atlanta is home to Cyrus DeBarge, a teenage choir director who hides his rhymes from his father and writes them under the alias Truth.

Which Disney Channel cartoon's 2011 DCOM, subtitled Across the 2nd Dimension, exposes a family pet as a secret agent?

Phineas and Ferb learn that their platypus Perry fights evil for a living, a secret he gives up only to save the boys from his own cyborg double.

In The Suite Life Movie (2011), the Gemini Project leaves twins Zack and Cody able to do what?

They sense each other's feelings: the experiment gives the twins a physical bond first, then an emotional one, in a film Dylan and Cole Sprouse also executive produced.

Which Modern Family actress played Dylan Schoenfield, the subject of a classmate's documentary, in Geek Charming?

Sarah Hyland's Dylan expects the documentary to seal her popularity, then watches the premiere audience laugh at how shallow she looks on screen.

Which real-life sisters played teen writer Jamie Bartlett and her alter ego Is in Read It and Weep (2006)?

Kay and Danielle Panabaker split one girl in two: Kay is Jamie, whose private journal is published by accident, and Danielle is Is, the bolder heroine she invented.

Which pop duo played spoiled sisters put to work at their father's dairy in Cow Belles (2006)?

Aly & AJ are real-life sisters Alyson and Amanda Michalka, and Cow Belles pulled in more than 5.8 million viewers on its first night.

Which Suite Life of Zack & Cody star played the title role in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006)?

Brenda Song's Wendy cares only about the homecoming crown until a young monk tells her she is the reincarnation of a mighty female warrior.

In Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off (2003), Eddie Ogden's cooking final falls on the same day as a final in which sport?

Baseball is his father's dream for him, since Dad coaches the team, but Eddie catches the cooking bug after watching chef Bobby Flay on television.

In Go Figure (2005), figure skater Katelin Kingsford gets into a top boarding school by joining which team?

Ice hockey pays her way: the school's last scholarship for the sport lets Katelin train with a famous Russian skating coach, if she can survive the team.

Tiger Cruise (2004), starring Hayden Panettiere, follows Navy families aboard a carrier during which real event?

The 9/11 attacks reach the USS Constellation at sea, turning a family visit into a full alert; the real carrier had relatives aboard that very day.

Which Disney Channel animated series ended its original run with a 2005 DCOM featuring an army of peanut clones?

The Proud Family signed off with a villain cloning the Prouds from peanuts to get at Oscar's snack formula, a finale the 2022 revival wrote off as a dream.

In Hatching Pete (2009), Pete Ivey becomes a local star by secretly filling in as his high school's what?

Chicken mascot duty falls to Pete because his best friend Cleatus is allergic to the suit, and the masked bird becomes a hit with the whole town.

Which Hannah Montana co-star played Melissa Morris, whose novelist father is kidnapped by fans, in Dadnapped (2009)?

Emily Osment's Melissa feels overshadowed by Tripp Zoome, the hero of her dad's spy novels, when his obsessive fans snatch him before a family holiday.

Which 3LW singer played Chanel 'Chuchie' Simmons in all three Cheetah Girls movies?

Adrienne Bailon's Chanel ended up leading the group: by the third film, One World, the Cheetah Girls are a trio and she is out front.

In Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011), the Duncan family is trying to reach Grandma's house in which city?

Palm Springs gets harder to reach once Teddy gives up her plane seat for a free ticket, leaving her and her mom to cross Utah and Nevada by bus, rented car and hitchhiking.

Double Teamed (2002) tells the true story of twins Heather and Heidi Burge, who both reached which pro league?

WNBA games never actually pitted the Burge twins against each other, though the film ends with them tipping off for rival teams.

In the 1998 DCOM Brink!, which actor played Andy Brinker, leader of the Soul-Skaters inline skating crew?

Erik von Detten's Brink skates for fun until his family's money troubles push him to join the sponsored rivals, Team X-Bladz, for $200 a week.

Which actress, who also appeared in Johnny Tsunami, starred as space-station teen Zenon Kar in three DCOMs?

Kirsten Storms led the Zenon trilogy from 1999 to 2004 and went on to voice cheerleader Bonnie Rockwaller on Kim Possible.

In Avalon High (2010), who turns out to be the reincarnation of King Arthur when a prop sword becomes Excalibur?

Allie spends the film sure that quarterback Will is the returned king, until her stage sword turns into the real thing in her own hands.

In Halloweentown (1998), Benny, the cab driver who tells corny jokes, is what kind of creature?

A skeleton at the wheel, Benny keeps the gags coming while he drives Marnie, Dylan and Sophie to their grandmother's mansion.

In Halloweentown (1998), what do Marnie and Dylan sneak aboard to follow their grandmother home from the mortal world?

A bus carries Aggie home, and when it pulls in Marnie and Dylan discover that their little sister Sophie stowed away on it too.

In the 2001 sequel Halloweentown II, what turns the town's creatures into humans?

The Grey Spell drains Halloweentown to black and white, and Marnie has to undo it before the portal home closes at midnight on Halloween.

In Halloweentown High (2004), what does Marnie Piper stake on her plan to bring Halloweentown teens to a mortal school?

Her family's magic is on the line by mistake: Marnie blurts out the bet to win over a wary council, and loses everything if the plan fails.

In Return to Halloweentown (2006), Marnie Piper accepts a full scholarship to which school?

Witch University is a letdown at first: students are barred from using their powers, and the classes look much like a mortal college's.

Which 1999 Halloween DCOM drew complaints from parents who said it scared their children?

Don't Look Under the Bed follows Frances, framed for pranks by a creature only kids can see, with an imaginary friend named Larry Houdini as her guide.

Which Revenge of the Nerds star played vampire hunter Malachi Van Helsing in Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire?

Robert Carradine's Van Helsing is called in by eight-year-old Taylor, the only one of the kids who has seen their mom's date Dimitri turn into a bat.

Which 2002 Halloween DCOM stars Kat Dennings and Eric Idle in a story about ghosts who round up reluctant souls?

The Scream Team's ghosts, nicknamed the Soul Patrol, include a dead skydiver called Jumper and a Revolutionary War soldier known as Coffin Ed.

In Twitches (2005), which evil force do the twin sisters have to vanquish to save the realm where they were born?

The Darkness killed the twins' father on the Halloween night they were born, and the person behind it turns out to be their own uncle.

Which Disney Channel star played Cleo, whose experiment makes her sister vanish on Halloween, in Invisible Sister?

Rowan Blanchard's Cleo spills chemicals that turn a moth invisible; her popular older sister Molly then swallows the moth in a glass of antacid.

In Up, Up and Away (2000), the superhero Marshall family shares a weakness to which everyday kitchen item?

Aluminum foil is the Marshalls' kryptonite, a secret their powerless teenage son is forced to give away by a villain's brainwashing CD-ROM.

Which Malcolm in the Middle star played soap box derby racer Justin Yoder in Miracle in Lane 2 (2000)?

Frankie Muniz played the real Justin Yoder, a wheelchair user who became the first child with a disability to race in the All American Soapbox Derby.

Which Even Stevens star played Eddie, the twin brother filmed for a documentary, in Tru Confessions (2002)?

Shia LaBeouf plays Eddie, whose developmental disability dates from oxygen loss at birth, and who becomes the star of his sister's contest film.

Which future Ugly Betty star played Yolanda in Gotta Kick It Up! (2002), based on a real middle school dance team?

America Ferrera made the dance film her first television movie in July 2002, the same year she made her feature debut in Real Women Have Curves.

Which 2000 DCOM settles a rivalry between two towns with a bowling match for a trophy called the Mighty Apple?

Alley Cats Strike opens with a tied basketball game between East and West Appleton, and the two mayors bet the naming of a new school on the rematch.

Which future Breaking Bad star played Nick Wrigley, an uncle on the run from crooks, in the 2001 DCOM 'Twas the Night?

Bryan Cranston's Nick hides out in a stolen Santa suit and ends up delivering the real Santa's presents with his 14-year-old nephew Danny.

Which three real-life brothers starred together in the 2001 DCOM Jumping Ship, a sequel to Horse Sense?

The Lawrences, Joseph, Matthew and Andrew, shot the adventure in Australia, with Joey and Andy back as cousins Michael and Tommy from Horse Sense.

Full-Court Miracle (2003), about a struggling Jewish school basketball team, is built around which holiday?

Hanukkah's miracle of the oil gets a courtside echo: the gym's emergency generator keeps running through the final game after its fuel is gone.

The 2002 DCOM A Ring of Endless Light, starring Mischa Barton, is based on a novel by which author?

Madeleine L'Engle's novel becomes a lighter story on screen, with Vicky discovering she can communicate telepathically with a dolphin named Basil.

In The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000), two girls find a machine belonging to Santa Claus that controls what?

The weather machine lets the girls make it snow in Los Angeles to start Christmas vacation a day early, so Santa sets out to get it back with two elves sent by Mrs. Claus.

Which actress plays cheerleader Addison Wells opposite Milo Manheim's Zed in the Zombies movies?

Meg Donnelly's Addison wears a blonde wig to cover her naturally white hair, because her town is against anything different.