History Series / TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack

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* CoolLoser: Alex and her group of friends aren't considered cool or popular, but Alex is on the school newspaper and generally considered to be a fun, nice person, and Ray is on the basketball team.

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-->--'''Alex Mack's opening exposition'''

''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Ken Lipman. It tells the story of Alex Mack (Creator/LarisaOleynik), a teenager who lives with her family in Paradise Valley, Arizona, with her parents and older sister in a planned community owned by a local chemical plant. She has a bad first day at her new school, and to make matters worse, a truck from the plant crashes and inadvertently drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.

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 the T-1000]], 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 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--intends to see what effect the chemical has on human beings and to do so, she tries searching for the kid who was drenched and experimenting on them. 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 show ran for four seasons on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 1998. [[TieInNovel A series of chapter books for kids]] was also released alongside the show.

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 the T-1000]], 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 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--intends to see what effect the chemical has on human beings and to do so, she tries searching for the kid who was drenched and experimenting on him/her. 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.

* PutOnAPrisonBus: The local police place Danielle Atron in their car and drive away from the destroyed plant at the end of the series.

''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Ken Lipman. It tells the story of Alex Mack (Creator/LarisaOleynik), an Arizona teenager who lives with her family 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 inadvertently drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.

* JerkAss: Louis in his initial appearance. He gets better over the series and evolves into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* PutOnAPrisonBus: At the end of the series, Danielle Atron is last seen being taken into police custody.

''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Ken Lipman. It tells the story of Alex Mack (Creator/LarisaOleynik), a teenager who lives with her family 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 inadvertently drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.

''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Ken Lipman. It tells the story of Alex Mack (Creator/LarisaOleynik), a California teenager who lives with her family 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 inadvertently drenches her in a top-secret chemical called GC-161.