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TV's Smartest Supernatural Characters: 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Wizards Of Waverly Place' & More (PHOTOS)

Posted: 01/06/12 06:34 PM ET Updated: 01/13/12 06:04 PM ET

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Wizards Of Waverly Place

Whether it's a drama, sitcom, sci-fi series, or even reality TV program, there needs to be some suspension of disbelief when watching your favorite characters on the small screen. Of course, that's particularly true when it comes to wizards, witches, fairies, vampires and their ilk.

One such star, the sarcastic and sassy Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), will wave her magic wand for the last time on Disney Channel's "Wizards Of Waverly Place" this week (Fri., Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. EST). As we watch her poof off our our screens, HuffPost TV takes a look at those 13 (of course) supernatural characters -- past, present and of course, future -- who had our minds boggled with their powers and intelligence.


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Alex, the middle and only female Russo child on "Wizards of Waverly Place," is perhaps the most sarcastic character ever to grace the Disney Channel and it's hard not to love her. Although she typically winds up in trouble -- either for her sharp tongue or her constant schemes -- it takes a lot of brain power to come up with the words and devious plans she does. While her older brother/arch nemesis Justin excels in both wizard and high school, it's Alex (Selena Gomez) who has the street smarts. As she says in one episode, "I am too book smart! Sure, I don't read books, but I hollow them out and hide things in them." Maybe she even has enough smarts to win the family wizard competition after four seasons of ups and downs.
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Whether it's a drama, sitcom, sci-fi series, or even reality TV program, there needs to be some suspension of disbelief when watching your favorite characters on the small screen. Of course, that's pa...
Whether it's a drama, sitcom, sci-fi series, or even reality TV program, there needs to be some suspension of disbelief when watching your favorite characters on the small screen. Of course, that's pa...
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12:26 PM on 01/14/2012
They forgot Alision Dubois from "Medium" and the Ancients from Stargate SG-1!... sigh.. and seriously.. "The secret circle"?
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BlackJAC
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04:56 PM on 01/08/2012
Starbuck was a ghost, because she and a Leoben found the wreckage of her Viper with her charred corpse still in it on "Earth."  The hallucinatory versions of Six and Baltar would've been a better choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3eHK-0anxU

And what about Bob, aka Hrothbert of Bainbridge from The Dresden Files?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tczR4Y8Ujy4
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Dan the Critic
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10:08 AM on 01/08/2012
You forgot Data on Star Trek The Next Generation.
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BlackJAC
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04:56 PM on 01/08/2012
Data was a robot.  I think you mean Q.
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Dan the Critic
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06:08 PM on 01/08/2012
You are so right. I stand corrected. Thanks
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JuilaHeart
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06:34 AM on 01/08/2012
Sookie is by far one of the dumbest TV characters of all time. Even most hardcore True Blood fans regard her as a complete idiot. Also how does having guys want to drink your blood make you smart?
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BlackJAC
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04:57 PM on 01/08/2012
I tried reading the books the show is based on.  I only got four chapters into the first one before tossing it into a book donation bin.
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gpuppy1
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06:13 PM on 01/07/2012
Hey! What about Mr. Spock? Huh? Didja forget about Mr. Spock? Hmmmph. They forgot about Mr. Spock. This list bites.
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01:22 PM on 01/15/2012
How is Spock a supernatural being? He is half-human and half-vulcan. Not Supernatural at all.
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11:39 AM on 01/07/2012
At6 least you included Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell from Charmed. That, by itself, makes this a list worth considering.
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11:37 AM on 01/07/2012
BSG as a show sucked when compared to the original. So, Starbuck's character really doesn't matter in this list.
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09:51 AM on 01/08/2012
I thought it was great for the first three seasons. Season 4 was a train wreck.
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11:24 AM on 01/08/2012
It lasted a lot longer for you than it did me. I gave up after the first couple of episodes. Did watch the end just to see how they'd do it.
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11:06 AM on 01/07/2012
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww more crappppp tvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
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Jenn2
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12:45 AM on 01/07/2012
Supernatural, the TV show, is the best, I dont watch the others.
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Lesann
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05:58 PM on 01/08/2012
I have to say that I do love Crowley.
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FinalHorcrux
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11:31 PM on 01/06/2012
There's only one Alex that deserves to be on this list, and that's Mack. That Russo girl needs to go...
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essssteban
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08:39 PM on 01/06/2012
How did "Buffy" or Giles not make this list?
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Jeffrey Karter
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11:53 PM on 01/08/2012
Or Willow? Or Fred from Angel??
Or River from Firefly?!?
Or most of the characters from Dollhouse.
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07:23 PM on 01/06/2012
Take Sookie off this list. She is one of many characters on "True Blood" too stupid to live, including her brother and her best friend Tara.

The list is meaningless without Willow from "Buffy" and Doctor Who, pick your favorite version.
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09:53 AM on 01/08/2012
Sookie's brother and Andy the sheriff are my two favorite characters, and really the only reason I continue to watch. They're both just as dumb as Sookie is, but they make it delightfully entertaining.
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