40 Fun Facts About Twitches

Which magical dimension, ruled by their royal birth family, is home to the twins in Disney's Twitches?

Coventry is the realm the twins must save, and in the original novels it is an island hidden in Lake Superior. Their guardians carried them from there to Earth as babies.

Tia and Tamera Mowry, the stars of Twitches, first played separated twins on which 1990s sitcom?

Sister, Sister ran from 1994 to 1999 and also cast the Mowrys as twins separated at birth, a premise Twitches later gave a magical twist.

Tia and Tamera Mowry of Twitches were born in which European country while their father served in the Army?

Germany, then West Germany, is where the twins were born in the town of Gelnhausen in 1978. Tamera arrived two minutes before Tia.

On which holiday night are Alex and Camryn born in Twitches, making it their shared birthday?

Halloween is the twins' birthday, and Disney Channel matched the calendar: both films premiered in mid-October, in 2005 and 2007.

Which simple gesture between Alex and Camryn first unleashes their magic in the movie Twitches?

Holding hands sets off a burst of energy when Camryn grabs Alex to stop her fleeing their first meeting. From then on the twins discover they share a bond.

Which uncle of Alex and Camryn is unmasked as the villain behind the evil force in Twitches?

Thantos murdered his own brother, the twins' father, in a grab for wealth and power, then married their widowed mother.

Where do Alex and Camryn come face to face for the first time on their 21st birthday in Twitches?

A clothing store is where Camryn is trying on outfits when Alex walks in, nudged there by their guardians. In the original novels the twins meet at fourteen instead.

Alex's amulet in Twitches matches her night-owl habits by taking the shape of which object?

The Moon hangs around the neck of Alex, who stays awake until it sets, while her early-rising twin Camryn wears a matching Sun.

Patrick Fabian, the villain of Twitches, later played lawyer Howard Hamlin in which acclaimed TV drama?

Better Call Saul cast Patrick Fabian as the polished Howard Hamlin from 2015, a decade after he menaced a magical kingdom for Disney Channel.

Twitches moves between Earth and a magical realm, but which Canadian city hosted the entire shoot?

Toronto hosted the whole production from June 2005, with green screens standing in for the journeys between worlds.

Jennifer Robertson, one of the twins' guardians in Twitches, later played Jocelyn on which Canadian sitcom?

Schitt's Creek earned Jennifer Robertson a Screen Actors Guild Award. She did not return for Twitches Too, where Leslie Seiler took over the part.

Tamera Mowry, who plays Camryn in Twitches, later won a Daytime Emmy co-hosting which talk show?

The Real had Tamera Mowry at its table from 2013 to 2020, and she shared the 2018 Daytime Emmy for talk show hosting with three co-hosts.

Tia Mowry, who plays Alex in Twitches, went on to star as Melanie Barnett in which comedy-drama series?

The Game began in late 2006, a year after Twitches, and Tia Mowry starred in it for five seasons before announcing she would not return for a sixth.

Which royal birth name was Camryn given before she was adopted on Earth in Twitches?

Apolla is Camryn's royal name, adapted from the god Apollo, while her twin Alex was born Artemis.

Which household chore goes wrong when Camryn tries doing it by magic at the start of Twitches Too?

Loading the dishwasher by spell leaves Camryn with a mess in the sequel's first scenes on Earth, where Alex has moved in with the Barnes family to attend university.

In Twitches Too, Camryn falls for Demitri believing he is a prince, but what is his actual job?

Kitchen servant Demitri has no powers when Camryn meets him, but the queen later restores them and he helps the twins get back into the castle.

Which pair of guardians, who hid the baby twins on Earth, marry at the end of Twitches Too?

Karsh and Ileana announce their engagement early in the sequel, and the twins' reunited parents pronounce them husband and wife.

Which children's publisher released the ten T*Witches novels behind the Disney film Twitches?

Scholastic published the series between 2001 and 2004, written by H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld.

Which Disney Channel series premiered on the very same night as the sequel Twitches Too?

Wizards of Waverly Place debuted on October 12, 2007, handing Disney Channel a new magical family on the night its twin witches returned.

Kristen Wilson, the twins' birth mother in Twitches, played Lisa in three films of which comedy series?

Dr. Dolittle cast Kristen Wilson as Lisa across three films, yet she was only about nine years older than the Mowry twins when she played their mother.

Which director, who also made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, was behind both Twitches films?

Stuart Gillard directed both films and knew his way around witches, having also directed episodes of the original Charmed.

Twitches writer Dan Berendsen earlier wrote and produced which series about a girl with secret powers?

Sabrina the Teenage Witch employed Dan Berendsen as a writer and supervising producer, and he also scripted two Sabrina TV movies before Twitches.

Which Gothic Revival mansion, also the X-Mansion in X-Men, was a filming location for Twitches Too?

Casa Loma was built between 1911 and 1914 for financier Sir Henry Pellatt and is now a museum popular with film crews and wedding parties.

Which best friend takes Alex in as a roommate after her adoptive mother dies in Twitches?

Lucinda shares a single bedroom with Alex, and her younger sibling Nicole adores the spooky season.

Which surname does Alex carry in Twitches, taken from the single mother who adopted her?

Fielding marks Alex's modest upbringing, while her twin became a Barnes, adopted by a wealthy couple.

Which royal family name do Alex and Camryn share by birth in the Disney movie Twitches?

DuBaer is the ruling house of the twins' homeland, which makes Alex and Camryn princesses as well as witches.

Which warlock, the father of Alex and Camryn in Twitches, gave up all his magic to protect them?

Aron poured every bit of his power into his newborn daughters and died doing it, though Twitches Too reveals he may not be gone for good.

Which queen, the birth mother of Alex and Camryn in Twitches, senses that her daughters are still alive?

Miranda rules the twins' homeland and had remarried her late husband's brother, unaware that he was the killer.

What name is given to the evil force that kills the twins' father and stalks them in Twitches?

The Darkness was put on screen with green screens and a wind machine, and it turns out to be controlled from inside the royal castle.

Alex in Twitches thinks she is inventing a fantasy world, but she records true history through which pastime?

Writing stories late into the night, Alex chronicles magical twin sisters without knowing she is one of them, while Camryn sketches the same world at sunrise.

Which two forces do Alex and Camryn combine to defeat their uncle at the climax of Twitches?

Light and love not only vanquish the villain but revive the twins' mother and both guardians, who had sacrificed themselves to help Camryn.

In Twitches Too, Alex and Camryn find clues that their father is alive in which realm?

The Shadowlands also hold the twins' uncle, so a spell to destroy it would wipe out their father along with him.

Which sky event makes the twins' powers strongest, setting the hour for the vanquishing spell in Twitches Too?

A solar eclipse is when the queen wants the spell cast, but Alex resists because it would also destroy the father she hopes to rescue.

How is the twins' uncle finally defeated by their father in Twitches Too?

He falls down a portal that sends him to the afterlife, moments after the twins and their mother bring the king back.

At the start of Twitches Too, the queen tells which object in the king's study how much she misses him?

His portrait hangs in a study the queen then hides behind a wall with a wave of her hand.

Which ex-boyfriend of Camryn mistakes Alex for her on the university campus in Twitches Too?

Marcus only realises his mistake when Beth sets him straight, and by the closing wedding he and Alex are exchanging winks.

Which first novel in the T*Witches series was adapted into the Disney Channel film Twitches?

The Power of Two launched the ten-book series in 2001 and supplied the story for both Disney films.

In the T*Witches novels behind Twitches, Alex grows up in a trailer in which US state?

Montana is where Alex grows up in the books, a long way from Cam's comfortable suburb of Marble Bay, Massachusetts.

In the T*Witches novels behind Twitches, which psychic gift does Alex have while Cam sees the future?

Reading minds is Alex's gift in the books, where the twins meet as schoolgirls with ESP rather than as 21-year-olds.

H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld, authors of the books behind Twitches, also wrote novels for which teen comedy?

Clueless spawned a run of tie-in novels that became H. B. Gilmour's best-known work, written with the same partner she later joined for the twin witches.