▁Arch ie ▁is ▁a ▁sk illed , ▁but ▁un l ucky ▁and ▁s ard onic ▁ill usion ist ▁and ▁con ▁artist , ▁and ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁com ical ▁fo il ▁and ▁anti - h ero ▁of ▁the ▁movie . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁w izard ▁until ▁his ▁brother ▁defeated ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁w izard ▁contest . ▁He ▁and ▁G is elle ▁constantly ▁get ▁in ▁trouble ▁with ▁local ▁authorities ▁and ▁try ▁to ▁conv ince ▁the ▁Russ os ▁in ▁the ▁search ▁for ▁" The ▁Stone ▁of ▁Dream s ", ▁but ▁fail ▁due ▁to ▁Jerry ▁and ▁Ther esa ' s ▁dist rust ▁of ▁them . ▁However , ▁after ▁a ▁time ▁par ado x ▁caused ▁by ▁Alex ▁that ▁could ▁destroy ▁the ▁entire ▁family , ▁she ▁and ▁Justin ▁have ▁no ▁choice ▁other ▁than ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁object . ▁During ▁the ▁movie , ▁Arch ie ▁serves ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁of ▁G is elle , ▁helping ▁her ▁due ▁both ▁to ▁his ▁cr ush ▁on ▁her ▁and ▁his ▁own ▁personal ▁desire ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁Stone . ▁Arch ie ▁is ▁shown ▁to ▁feel ▁rem or se ful , ▁however , ▁when ▁he ▁sec ures ▁the ▁Stone ▁from ▁G is elle ▁and ▁gives ▁it ▁to ▁Ther esa ▁– ▁after ▁having ▁used ▁his ▁wish ▁to ▁und o ▁G is elle ' s . ▁Despite ▁his ▁ant agon istic ▁nature ▁for ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁movie , ▁he ▁has ▁shown ▁a ▁much ▁kind ▁and ▁car ing ▁side , ▁as ▁he ▁wor ried ▁about ▁Alex ▁and ▁Justin ▁could ▁possibly ▁fall ▁down ▁and ▁how ▁he ▁gave