100 Fun Facts About Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Before Sabrina, Melissa Joan Hart starred in which fourth-wall-breaking Nickelodeon sitcom?

Clarissa Explains It All. Its creator said the show set out to disprove the TV belief that boys won't watch a girl lead, and it became one of Nickelodeon's most popular series.

On what occasion does the sitcom's Sabrina learn she is a witch?

Her 16th birthday. In the Archie comics Sabrina has known about her powers since she was small; the sitcom turned the news into a birthday shock.

On the sitcom, what does Sabrina usually use to cast a spell?

Her index finger. When Sabrina catches 'finger flu', her magic jumps to a teacher, who promptly turns the vice principal into a chimp.

Which actress plays the Sabrina sitcom's impulsive Aunt Hilda?

Caroline Rhea. She left after six seasons to host a daytime talk show in the time slot Rosie O'Donnell passed on to her.

What is Aunt Zelda's job on Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

Scientist and college professor. Zelda brews potions on a portable 'labtop' at home and, in later seasons, teaches physics at the same college Sabrina attends.

On the sitcom, what happens to Sabrina's boyfriend when she first kisses him?

He turns into a frog. Sabrina had been warned it might happen and kissed him anyway, then had to pass a test of true love in the Other Realm to win him back.

Why was the sitcom's Spellman cat turned from a warlock into a cat?

He tried to take over the world. The Witches' Council gave him 100 years as a powerless cat, and Hilda, who had backed his plot, was sentenced to look after him.

Who provides the voice of the Spellmans' cat in the Sabrina sitcom?

Nick Bakay. He was a writer on the series too, so the sarcastic cat was sometimes delivering lines its own voice actor had scripted.

On the Sabrina sitcom, which famous magician played Drell, head of the Witches' Council?

Penn Jillette. His Drell turns Sabrina's friend Jenny into a grasshopper for straying into the Other Realm, while stage partner Teller plays the council's silent Skippy.

In which fictional Massachusetts town does the sitcom's Sabrina live?

Westbridge. The town is invented, but the Spellmans' Victorian house is real, and stands in New Jersey, blocks from Bruce Springsteen's childhood homes.

What is the name of Sabrina's high-school boyfriend?

Harvey Kinkle. Sabrina wipes his memory after every magical mishap until he hits his spell quota, learns she is a witch and breaks up with her.

Which spoiled cheerleader is Sabrina's high-school arch-enemy?

Libby Chessler. She brands Sabrina and her friends 'freaks' and keeps trying to steal her boyfriend, until her parents pack her off to boarding school.

Which comedian plays Mr. Kraft, the vice principal who dates both of Sabrina's aunts?

Martin Mull. His Mr. Kraft hands out detentions at the drop of a hat, yet it turns out he was once married to a witch himself.

What is the title of Sabrina's magic tutor in season two?

Quizmaster. When his real name finally comes out as plain Albert, he and Sabrina agree to stick with the title instead.

Which former child star plays Sabrina's college roommate Roxie?

Soleil Moon Frye. TV's Punky Brewster plays a cynical activist who can't stand her sunny new roommate at first, then becomes her closest friend.

What was the name of the coffee shop where Sabrina worked, later bought and renamed by Hilda?

Bean There, Brewed That. Hilda bought it once Sabrina left for college, renamed it Hilda's Coffee House and became her own niece's boss.

On which network did Sabrina the Teenage Witch premiere in September 1996?

ABC. A year in, the network built a crossover night around the show: its cat swallowed a 'time ball' and sent three other sitcoms' casts back in time.

Which network picked up Sabrina the Teenage Witch for its final three seasons in 2000?

The WB. The sitcom's first network would commit to only one more season, so the studio behind it took a two-season deal worth nearly $30 million from the younger rival.

In the sitcom's final season, Sabrina writes for which music magazine?

Scorch. Housemate Morgan wins the magazine's writing contest with an article Sabrina actually wrote, and Sabrina turns the mix-up into a job.

Who created the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

Nell Scovell. She ran the sitcom for its first season only, and years later co-wrote Sheryl Sandberg's workplace bestseller Lean In.

The Sabrina sitcom grew out of a 1996 TV movie that premiered on which channel?

Showtime. When the cable movie became a weekly series, only Melissa Joan Hart and the actress playing her best friend were kept; both aunts were recast.

In the pilot, Sabrina accidentally turns a snobbish classmate into what?

A pineapple. The victim is the cheerleader who torments her, and Sabrina ends up having the whole day rewound by the Witches' Council so she can try again.

What happens to Sabrina at the end of season six after she loses her true loves?

She is turned into stone. Zelda gives up her own adult years to bring her niece back, and starts the final season as a child.

In the series finale, Sabrina's wedding to which fiancé is called off at the altar?

Aaron. Sabrina stops the ceremony once she sees he is not her soul mate, then runs outside at 12:36, the exact minute she first met her first love.

In the Spellman house, the portal to the Other Realm is hidden where?

In the linen closet. Sabrina's schoolfriend Jenny wanders through it by accident during a sleepover and has to be persuaded it was all a dream.

Which real-life sister of the show's star played Sabrina's cousin Amanda?

Emily Hart. In the 1999 animated series the sisters traded up: Emily voiced Sabrina herself, while Melissa voiced both of the aunts.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the Spellman family has an inherited addiction to which breakfast food?

Pancakes. Sabrina laughs off her aunts' warning, gets hooked after one bite and needs a full detox after disgracing herself at a school breakfast.

Sabrina's two spin-off TV movies sent her to Rome and then to which country?

Australia. In Sabrina Down Under she holidays on the Great Barrier Reef and ends up shielding a hidden colony of merpeople from a marine biologist.

Which pop acts appeared on the Sabrina sitcom's 1998 soundtrack album?

Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. Britney's track 'Soda Pop' reached shops on this soundtrack eleven weeks before her own debut album did.

Sabrina first appeared in which comic book title in 1962?

Archie's Madhouse. She debuted in the back pages of the humour anthology and lingered in filler strips for years before winning a comic and TV shows of her own.

In the comics, Sabrina is a "half-witch" because of what?

Her mother is a mortal. The sitcom made the mixed marriage hurt: a Witches' Council decree means her mother would turn into a ball of wax if the two met.

In the Archie comics, Sabrina lives in which fictional town near Riverdale?

Greendale. The 1996 sitcom moved her to Massachusetts, but Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina took her back to the comics' home town.

Which studio produced the 1970s Saturday-morning cartoon Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies?

Filmation. The studio promoted her from a back-up segment of its Archie cartoons to top billing, a rise that left her own comic-book creator 'flabbergasted'.

Who plays Sabrina in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina?

Kiernan Shipka. After Netflix cancelled the show in 2020, she brought her Sabrina back in Riverdale, the series it was first meant to accompany.

Who developed both Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Riverdale for television?

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. He had written the horror comic the show is based on while serving as Archie Comics' chief creative officer, then adapted it himself.

Who plays Aunt Zelda in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina?

Miranda Otto. Where the sitcom's Zelda was the family's voice of reason, The Lord of the Rings star plays her as a stern, devout servant of the Dark Lord.

Melissa Joan Hart's mother, Paula, held which job on Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

Producer. Paula Hart was an executive producer and admitted it could be awkward: sometimes she had to do what was best for the show, not what Melissa wanted.

Which character is the only one besides Sabrina to appear in every episode?

Salem. Both aunts left after season six and Sabrina's boyfriend was written out for most of season five, but the wisecracking cat never missed a show.

Which surname did Sabrina have, instead of Spellman, in the 1996 TV movie?

Sawyer. In the movie she uses her brand-new powers to catch the eye of the school heartthrob, played by a teenage Ryan Reynolds.

In season three, Sabrina learns that every member of the Spellman family is born with what?

A twin. Sabrina meets hers, Katrina, at a family reunion in Hawaii, where a tribunal has to decide which of the pair is the evil one.

For four years Sabrina the Teenage Witch was a staple of which family-friendly programming block?

TGIF. The run ended in a contract stand-off in 2000, when the studio behind Sabrina moved the show to a rival network offering a longer deal.

The opening credits for the final three seasons show Sabrina around which city?

Boston. Sabrina had just left home for college in the city, so the new titles follow her past Quincy Market, Newbury Street and Beacon Hill.

Sabrina's college housemate Morgan Cavanaugh is talented at what?

Fashion design. Morgan arrives as the resident adviser of Sabrina's student house and goes on to date both of her housemate's long-term boyfriends.

Which Blondie song did Melissa Joan Hart cover for the Sabrina sitcom's 1998 soundtrack album?

One Way or Another. She first sang it on screen in 'The Band Episode', where a magic talent drink turns Sabrina and two friends into overnight pop stars.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, where does Josh leave for a job at the end of season six?

Prague. Sabrina had gambled away her own love life to bring Aunt Hilda back, and Josh's sudden job abroad was the price.

Sabrina's best friend Valerie is written out when her family moves to which state?

Alaska. Valerie had agreed to move in with the Spellmans for her senior year, then changed her mind and went north with her family.

Who voiced Sabrina in the 2013 Hub Network cartoon Secrets of a Teenage Witch?

Ashley Tisdale. Her Sabrina is a secret witch princess, and this time the family's black cat is no ally but a spy sent to make her life miserable.

How did Sabrina's aunt Hilda get rid of her violin in season four?

She blew it up with dynamite. Sick of the instrument, Hilda found a new passion for clocks and impulsively bought a clock shop instead.

Which future Hollywood comedy director played Sabrina's teacher Mr. Pool in season one?

Paul Feig. His biology teacher vanished without explanation after one season; Feig went on to create Freaks and Geeks and direct Bridesmaids.

A 1998 episode sent Sabrina's class on a field trip to which Disney theme park?

Animal Kingdom. The park had opened that same week, and a potion test there ends with two of Sabrina's classmates turned into zebras.

Which future Hollywood star played Seth, Sabrina's crush in the 1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV movie?

Ryan Reynolds played Seth two decades before Deadpool, and his character ends up losing Sabrina to the sweeter boy who had liked her all along.

In season three of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which holiday figure is revealed to be a Spellman relative?

Santa Claus turns out to be Sabrina's Uncle Nicholas, one of the relatives who each hand her a clue to the Spellman family secret that year.

Which future pop star worked as an extra on Sabrina the Teenage Witch before winning a TV talent show?

Kelly Clarkson took extra work on sitcoms after moving to Los Angeles to chase a record deal, then won the first season of American Idol in 2002.

Which 1960s sitcom star played Great Aunt Irma, the feared head of the Spellman family on Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

Barbara Eden was cast as a wink to I Dream of Jeannie, and her Irma is powerful enough to turn Sabrina's aunts into pigs over a single insult.

In the Sabrina the Teenage Witch finale, Sabrina flees her own wedding and rides away with her first love on what?

A motorcycle is waiting outside the church with her high-school sweetheart on it, and the pair ride off at 12:36, the exact time they first met.

Which video-game hero was magically pulled into Sabrina's hometown for a crossover issue of the Sabrina comic book?

Sonic the Hedgehog was dragged from his home planet by one of Sabrina's enemies and brainwashed into attacking her, and her cat turned out to be a fan of his.

Before the 1990s sitcom changed his look, the Spellmans' cat in the Sabrina comics was which color?

Orange was his color for decades, and he was an ordinary pet who could not talk until the comics adopted the sitcom's wisecracking version.

The studio behind Sabrina's 1970 cartoon first hoped to animate which live-action sitcom instead?

Bewitched was the first choice, but its makers did not hold the rights, so a network executive pointed the studio to the teenage witch in his stack of Archie comics.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the Spellmans' talking cat fakes his own kidnapping to get noticed by which pop star?

Paula Abdul became his obsession after he watched her Opposites Attract video, and the real singer appears over the end credits stroking the lovesick cat.

Why does the star of Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina rarely handle the black cat that plays her familiar?

She is allergic to cats, so the Netflix version keeps the pair's physical contact to a minimum, and this cat is a true familiar instead of a cursed warlock.

Which 1960s screen siren played Sabrina's glamorous Aunt Vesta, who lives in the Other Realm's Pleasure Dome?

Raquel Welch swept in for one first-season episode, whisking Sabrina off on a Paris shopping spree and admitting she cannot stand ordinary people for long.

In the final season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Great Aunt Irma turns Sabrina's fiancé into what?

A goldfish is what her fiancé becomes, and it is her old high-school boyfriend who borrows Sabrina's magic to change him back.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a Witches' Council decree turns Sabrina's mother into what if the two meet?

A ball of wax is the penalty for a face-to-face meeting, and when it finally happens in season six Sabrina undoes it by crying onto her mother.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sabrina graduates with a degree in which subject before taking a magazine job?

Journalism is her major, and after graduating she moves back into her aunts' old house with two friends and starts interviewing musicians for a living.

In the second of Sabrina's spin-off TV movies, Sabrina tries to protect a hidden colony of which creatures?

Mermaids are threatened by pollution and by a marine biologist hunting for their home, and Sabrina gives one ailing merman legs for 48 hours.

Melissa Joan Hart covered which Beatles song for an underwater scene in a 1999 Sabrina TV movie?

Octopus's Garden plays in her own voice during the sea-floor scenes, a year after she recorded a Blondie hit for the sitcom's soundtrack album.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a feud over a vice principal lands the Spellmans on which real host's talk show?

Jerry Springer hosts as Sabrina and Hilda bring back the vice principal's ex-wife to lure him away from Zelda, and the visit ends in an on-air brawl.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sabrina's friend Valerie uses a magic wish to dance with which sitcom comedian?

Drew Carey appears in evening wear for the dance, and Valerie gets to keep his trademark glasses once the wish is over.

Which comedy legend guest-starred on Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Duke, an old accomplice of the Spellmans' cat?

Dick Van Dyke plays a fellow plotter freed after a shorter sentence than the cat's, and his rusty magic leaves Sabrina with two right feet.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Hilda says which giant movie monster is a third cousin of the Spellmans?

King Kong appears only as a giant hand holding a blonde woman in its palm, and Hilda blames his size on a pituitary problem.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Aunt Hilda gives up music in season four and buys a store selling what?

Clocks fill her new business, and one timepiece in its back room lets people who went astray in history step into the present.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which famous couple get lost in time after an argument and land in Hilda's care?

Marie and Pierre Curie arrive one at a time, Marie speaking French until Zelda's magic translates her, and the aunts must work out what first attracted them to each other.

After high school on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sabrina shares a house while studying at which college?

Adams College is where she rooms with a cynical activist, a shallow resident adviser and a conspiracy theorist who nearly exposes her as a witch.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, what job keeps Sabrina's mother far away in Peru?

Archaeologist is the career she took up after her divorce from Sabrina's father, a split that happened when Sabrina was ten.

At the end of season six of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Aunt Hilda impulsively marries a man with which job?

A train conductor on the Halloween Express turns out to be her soul mate, and the wedding nearly collapses when Zelda and Sabrina meddle.

Sabrina's season-two magic tutor on Sabrina the Teenage Witch goes by a title until which first name is revealed?

Albert is the name that finally comes out during the season, but he and Sabrina agree to keep using his title anyway.

Sabrina Spellman spends season two with a magic tutor who prepares her to earn which official document?

A witch's license is the goal of a year of lessons, which include learning to turn herself into fire, water and wind.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, classmate Brad's witch-hunting gene is removed and turns out to look like what?

A tiny pair of jeans is the show's pun on the word gene, and removing it is the only quick way to save a young witch who became a mouse after revealing herself to him.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the Spellmans' cat starts a civil war where to lure Sabrina home from Paris?

On Pluto, of all places, the cat stirs up a war because he misses Sabrina so badly after she moves in with her father.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sabrina's friend Jenny wanders into the Other Realm and is turned into which insect?

A grasshopper is her punishment from the head of the Witches' Council, and the Spellmans undo it by convincing her the whole trip was a dream.

In Sabrina Goes to Rome, Sabrina has two weeks to free her long-lost aunt Sophia from inside what?

A gold locket holds her aunt, banished there for loving a man who gave away her secret, and it opens only when Sabrina's own crush proves trustworthy.

In Sabrina Goes to Rome, bumbling young witch Gwen accidentally turns her crush into which bird?

A pigeon is what he becomes, and since only a kiss will change him back, she goes around the city kissing every one she can catch.

In Sabrina Goes to Rome, Sabrina's new roommate Gwen travels with which kind of talking pet?

A guinea pig named after a prehistoric monument is her companion, and he teams up with Sabrina's cat to scare diners out of their food.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sabrina's coffee-shop boss Josh struggles before settling on which career?

Photographer is the path he chooses, and he sells one picture for $1,000 thanks to a secret magical boost from Sabrina.

In the 1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV movie, Sabrina turns a rival who learns her secret into what?

A poodle is what queen bee Katie becomes when she threatens to expose Sabrina, though the spell is later reversed.

The 1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV movie is set in the United States but was shot entirely where?

British Columbia doubled for the American town, and only two of the film's actors carried over into the sitcom that followed.

In Sabrina: The Animated Series, young Sabrina borrows spells from a rhyming genie who lives inside what?

A cookie jar in the family kitchen houses the Spooky Jar, whose borrowed spells rarely turn out the way Sabrina expects.

In the original Archie comics backstory, Sabrina was not born but created by her aunts from what?

A potion that went wrong is her origin, and the 1970s cartoon added that girlish items such as makeup fell into the mix by accident.

Which cousin from the Sabrina comics was left out of the 1990s sitcom but returned in Netflix's Chilling Adventures?

Ambrose was a showman cousin in the comics and the 1970s cartoon, and the talking cat largely took over his role from the 1990s on.

In 2004 the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic was relaunched with art inspired by which style of comics?

Manga was the look writer-artist Tania del Rio brought to the title, along with new characters and a more serious, continuing story.

Which Archie artist, also behind Josie and the Pussycats, co-created Sabrina with writer George Gladir?

Dan DeCarlo named Josie after his wife, and he and Gladir expected Sabrina to be a one-off story until readers asked for more.

Melissa Joan Hart's 1999 cover shoot for which men's magazine led Sabrina's comic publisher to try to sue her?

Maxim ran the racy cover as her film Drive Me Crazy came out, and the comic's publisher claimed it breached her contract.

Melissa Joan Hart dropped out of which university after landing the lead in the 1996 Sabrina TV movie?

NYU lost her to a role that grew into seven seasons of the sitcom, and she later stepped behind the camera to direct several of its episodes herself.

Melissa Joan Hart played Sabrina Spellman in a witch-themed crossover episode of which other 1990s sitcom?

Boy Meets World hosted her for an episode about witches at Pennbrook, which also featured her close friend Candace Cameron Bure as a witch.

Which rock singer played Witches' Council member Cassandra in the pilot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

Debbie Harry of Blondie is the only woman shown on the Council, and the sitcom later had its lead record one of her band's biggest hits.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Witches' Council head Drell sends Hilda which dish whenever he cancels a date?

A pot roast arrives whenever he is running late or backing out, a habit from a romance in which he once left Hilda at the altar.

In the pilot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, what does Sabrina ask the Witches' Council to do after a bad first day?

Turn back time is her plea, made without an appointment, so that she can redo her first day at a new high school.

Sabrina's Great Aunt Dorma, who sleeps ten years at a time, takes revenge for being woken by sending which flowers?

Poppies from the Other Realm put both aunts to sleep, and Sabrina clears them Wizard of Oz style by making it snow indoors.

On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Roland keeps scheming to marry Sabrina and is what kind of magical creature?

A troll who works as a finder, an equalizer and a detective, he tries several times to win or steal her heart with magic and always fails.

One of the four real cats who played the Spellmans' pet on Sabrina the Teenage Witch shared a name with which singer?

Elvis was one of the live cats used for scenes without dialogue, while animatronic puppets handled the shots in which the cat had to speak.