History Series / TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Danielle Atron

* ExactEavesdropping: That's how Dave learned Danielle's true colors.

* FifteenMinutesOfFame: Alex and Louis across a kid trapped under a giant pipe. Louis tries to lift it and Alex uses her powers to make it seem like he does in order to save the kid. The kid turns out to be the governor's son, promptly putting the spotlight on Louis.

* FreeTheFrogs

* IJustWantToBeNormal: During the first season (and some parts of the second season), she frequently complains about her powers and wishes she never had them. Despite the trouble they get her into and the people hunting her down because of them, she grows to enjoy her powers. [[spoiler:She even keeps them at the end of the series when given a chance to be normal, at least according to the lead actress]].

* LethalJokeItem: According to George Mack, GC-161 was intended for a mundane usage. [[note]]A dietary aid for weight loss.[[/note]] Guess they need to go back to the drawing board with that one.

** Also a non-romantic platonic example occurs when Louis first moves to town and becomes such good friends with Ray that Alex begins to fear that her own friendship with Ray was in jeopardy.

* MagicalGirl
* {{Masquerade}}

* NearVillainVictory: Danielle nearly had her secret safe and sound and her escape ensured: She had the Plant rigged to blow, made certain that Alex, her parents, and Ray would perish in the blast, thus covering up any evidence of her misdeeds with GC-161, and had a helicopter ready to pick her up and evacuate her before the FDA arrived. Too bad for her, Alex was able to get everyone safely out via her powers before the bombs blew, and Hunter restrains her from reaching her escape helicopter, forcing it to retreat without her as the FDA arrive as TheCavalry thanks to Dave warning them in advance to arrest her for her crimes.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Alex, she even says "I was just another average kid until an accident changed my life" in the opening credits. It's also worth noting that she wore a similar outfit to the one mentioned in the description of this trope on the day she was soaked with the chemicals that gave her superpowers.
* ParentalObliviousness: Rather selective. The Mack parents often notice the problem of the episode that Alex and/or Annie is having, but didn't notice Alex's powers or Annie studying her for four years.
* ParentsAsPeople

* PhlebotinumRebel

* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Louie]] doesn't take it seriously when Ray told [[spoiler:him not to discuss Alex's secret at a cell phone. That's how Danielle's spies learn the secret.]]
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Alex has a prophetic dream in the finale of [[spoiler: everyone learning about her powers, just before her secret actually gets out.]] Note that precognition has never been part of Alex's powers before.

* SearchingTheStalls: Alex Mack once avoided detection this way: when her stall was opened for examination, she had liquefied and hid in the toilet bowl.

* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:And, unbeknownst to any of them until the finale, Dave, the driver responsible for the accident. Dave himself found out without much effort.]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Dave''': ''[watching from a distance]'' Don't worry, Alex. Your secret is safe with me.]]
** [[spoiler:And it was Dave warning the FDA of Danielle's escape plan and erasing any trace of evidence linking her to GC-161 by blowing up the Plant that allowed them to arrive in time to catch her before she could escape.]]

* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: The first time Alex Mack liquefies herself, she leaves her clothes behind, reappearing naked a few moments later [[ShouldersUpNudity behind some convenient boxes.]] After that, she figures out [[MagicPants how to take her outfit with her.]]

* SuperSerum: GC-161

* TheyWouldCutYouUp

* ThreeAmigos
* TomboyishName: She prefers it to her [[EmbarrassingFirstName real first name]], "Alexandra."

* UnflinchingWalk: Danielle Atron when [[spoiler: the chemical plant explodes in the series finale, [[NearVillainVictory convinced she had removed the only threats to her plans and would be making good her escape]].]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At first, Danielle was interested in keeping the GC-161 child alive as a test subject. However, once the development of the GC-161 reached a level where having the child would be of no use to further development, she wanted the child destroyed, especially to cover up any evidence of her wrongdoings.

''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' was a live-action show which aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and told the story of Alex Mack (Creator/LarisaOleynik), a young girl who lives with her parents and older sister in a planned community owned by a chemical plant, where her parents work. She has a bad first day at her new school, and to make matters worse, a truck from the plant crashes and drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.

* KarmaHoudini: In "The Feud" Ray almost sells Alex out to the plant, just because he's miffed she didn't invite him to a concert. He's never properly called out on this. YMMV on this though, since Ray reveals that he had no intention of selling her out, and pulled a BatmanGambit on Vince instead.

* GentlemanAndAScholar: Annie is really smart and also quite a NiceGirl, as well as a CoolBigSis to Alex.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Alex ends up naked after morphing the first time, though of course nothing graphic is shown. Also, in a later episode, her aunt talks of how she made a jackass out of herself at christmas.

The chemical gives her an... [[ComboPlatterPowers interesting variety of superhuman powers]]: [[PsychicPowers telekinesis]], the ability to [[ShockAndAwe zap electricity]] from her fingers, the ability to melt a la ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', and glow when she senses danger or gets upset. Her best friend Ray Alvarado (Darris Love) and her older sister Annie (Meredith Bishop) learn soon after and try to keep it a secret from anyone else, including the show's other two regulars, Alex and Annie's parents, George (Michael Blakely) and Barbara (Dorian Lopinto). Unfortunately, Danielle Atron (Louan Gideon)--the head of the chemical plant that created GC-161--wants to see what effect the chemical has on human beings and has decided that finding the kid who was drenched and experimenting on him/her is a good way to go about this. She enlists the help of Vince Carter (John Marzilli), the head of plant security, to track her down. Vince is partnered up with Dave Watt (John Nielsen), the driver responsible for the accident, who may or may not (more likely the latter) be able to recognize the child.

''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' was a live-action show which aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and told the story of Alex Mack (Larisa Oleynik), a young girl who lives with her parents and older sister in a planned community owned by a chemical plant, where her parents work. She has a bad first day at her new school, and to make matters worse, a truck from the plant crashes and drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.

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* TheCavalry: The Feds arriving just before Danielle could make her escape thanks to Hunter restraining her, forcing her chopper to flee once they realized the cops were coming, leaving Danielle to fend for herself.

* NearVillainVictory: Danielle nearly had her secret safe and sound and her escape ensured: She had the Plant rigged to blow, made certain that Alex, her parents, and Ray would perish in the blast, thus covering up any evidence of her misdeeds with GC-161, and had a helicopter ready to pick her up and evacuate her before the Feds arrived. Too bad for her, Alex was able to get everyone safely out via her powers before the bombs blew, and Hunter restrains her from reaching her escape helicopter, forcing it to retreat without her as the Feds arrive as TheCavalry thanks to Dave warning them in advance to arrest her for her crimes.

** [[spoiler:And it was Dave warning the Feds of Danielle's escape plan and erasing any trace of evidence linking her to GC-161 by blowing up the Plant that allowed them to arrive in time to catch her before she could escape.]]

* BlackBestFriend: Ray.

--->[[spoiler: '''Dave''': ''[watching from a distance]'' Don't worry, Alex. Your secret is safe with me. ]]

* UnflinchingWalk: Danielle Atron when [[spoiler: the chemical plant explodes in the series finale.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At first, Danielle was interested in keeping the GC-161 child alive as a test subject. However, once the development of the GC-161 reached a level where having the child would be of no use to further development, she wanted the child destroyed.

* EnemyWithout: In one episode, Alex got a duplicate, who among other things, nearly killed her by trapping her in the basement of a building scheduled for demolition and later by trapping her puddle form in some clogged plumbing and waiting for her to either suffocate or reform while still inside the pipes.
* EvilTwin: In one episode, Alex got a duplicate, who among other things, nearly killed her by trapping her in the basement of a building scheduled for demolition and later by trapping her puddle form in some clogged plumbing and waiting for her to either suffocate or reform while still inside the pipes.

* AlphaBitch: Kelly. There was also a character named Libby who was like this and was intended to develop into a bigger character but pulled a BrotherChuck and her spot was taken by Kelly. Libby did appear in a dream sequence in the finale along with Kelly where everyone knew about her powers.

* AmbiguousEnding: We never find out whether or not [[spoiler:Alex took the antidote to GC-161 and lost her powers]]. Although [[WordOfGod Larisa Oleynik]] maintains that [[spoiler:she didn't]].

The show ran for four seasons on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 1998. A series of chapter books for kids was also released.

* HauntedHouse: In the Halloween episode.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: In one episode, Alex got a duplicate, who among other things, nearly killed her by trapping her in the basement of a building scheduled for demolition and later by trapping her puddle form in some clogged plumbing and waiting for her to either suffocate or reform while still inside the pipes.

* BlobMonster: Alex's most infamous power was turning into goo. Went from a jellyfish-looking thing to actual silvery goo.

* ComboPlatterPowers: Lightning generation and TK make a little bit of sense, but how either one fits with turning into what looks like quicksilver is puzzling to say the least.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: When Danielle Atron realized that GC-161 has too many side effects to be used as a weight loss product she decided to sell it as such anyway and leave the country with the money before the FDA would realize what happened. It never occurred to her that she would be able to make a lot more money (and not be an outlaw) if she would sell it to the army as a SuperSerum.

* PowerUpFood: Whenever Alex eats curry, she'd gain SuperStrength.

* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Alex Mack and Danielle Atron. Also, in a couple fourth season episodes, Alex and school bully Jo. Jo didn't have any idea she was BullyingADragon, not that Alex used her powers when dealing with Jo.

* WhatIf: Ray has an AllJustADream episode where [[LightningCanDoAnything a bolt of lightning]] causes Alex's powers to jump to him and Alex has two WhatIf episodes: one where she switches bodies with her mother (making her mom have Alex's powers) and one where [[WonderfulLife Alex sees what the world would be like if she were never born]], which also includes her mom being the victim of the chemical accident that led to Alex's powers.
* WonderfulLife: See BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The 1999 family film ''P.U.N.K.S.'' from ''Alex Mack'' producer/writer/director Sean McNamara also focused on kids who gain super powers thanks to a secret experiment by a greedy corporation. It even has Louan Gideon (Danielle Atron) and John Nielson (Dave) pretty much playing the exact same characters. Former ''Mack'' guest star Jessica Alba also stars as one of the kids.

* HeroAntagonist: Dave qualifies without knowing it. While he actively helps Danielle and Vince, he honestly thought he'd be helping "the accident kid."

* Split-PersonalityMerge: In one episode, Alex got a duplicate, who among other things, nearly killed her by trapping her in the basement of a building scheduled for demolition and later by trapping her puddle form in some clogged plumbing and waiting for her to either suffocate or reform while still inside the pipes.

The chemical gives her an... [[ComboPlatterPowers interesting variety of superhuman powers]]: [[PsychicPowers telekinesis]], the ability to [[ShockAndAwe zap electricity]] from her fingers, the ability to melt a la ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', and glow when she senses danger or gets upset. Her best friend Ray Alvarado (Darris Love) and her older sister Annie (Meredith Bishop) learn soon after and try to keep it a secret from anyone else. Unfortunately, Danielle Atron (Louan Gideon)--the head of the chemical plant that created GC-161--wants to see what effect the chemical has on human beings and has decided that finding the kid who was drenched and experimenting on him/her is a good way to go about this. She enlists the help of Vince Carter (John Marzilli), the head of plant security, to track her down. Vince is partnered up with Dave Watt (John Nielsen), the driver responsible for the accident, who may or may not (more likely the latter) be able to recognize the child.

* NaiveEverygirl