 She is extremely skilled at magic as in "Tough Luck" when she picks up Hex's staff to defeat Charmcaster, Charmcaster replies that it can only be worked in the hands of a master magician and Gwen could still fire a yellow energy beam from it, even though she hadn't learnt about them.Max mentions having spent his childhood summers on his Uncle Jedediah's farm, where he learned about the merits of hard work.A "not-quite-all-there" Max, under the effects of Zombozo's happiness draining, mentions having been afraid of heights as a kid and then, when "enough was enough", Max "climbed up to the top of the water tower" and "scared the fear" right out of him.