eca ▁P rep ' s ▁" The ▁Spirit ▁of ▁America ▁Play ". ▁Max ine ▁said ▁that ▁if ▁she ' ll ▁change ▁back ▁to ▁Max , ▁Tal ia ▁will ▁like ▁him . ▁After ▁Max ine ▁changed ▁back ▁to ▁Max , ▁he ▁asks ▁Tal ia ▁to ▁go ▁out ▁and ▁she ▁agre es , ▁so ▁she ▁became ▁Max ' s ▁girl friend . ▁In ▁the ▁episode ▁" Mag ic ▁Un mask ed ", ▁Max ▁pret ends ▁to ▁like ▁Tal ia ' s ▁h obb ies . ▁Then , ▁Max ▁tells ▁Tal ia ▁that ▁they ▁don ' t ▁have ▁anything ▁in ▁common ▁and ▁breaks ▁up ▁with ▁her . ▁Later , ▁when ▁Max ▁is ▁at ▁L uch o ▁wrest ling ▁match , ▁Tal ia ▁comes ▁and ▁she ▁and ▁Max ▁get ▁back ▁together . ▁Tal ia ▁returned ▁in ▁" Alex , ▁the ▁Pu pp erm aster ", ▁where ▁her ▁parents ▁were ▁introduced . ▁Her ▁parents ▁do ▁not ▁like ▁the ▁Rus so ▁family , ▁so ▁Max ▁put ▁a ▁spell ▁on ▁them , ▁so ▁they ▁can ▁meet ▁all ▁over ▁again ▁and ▁end ▁up ▁lik ing ▁each ▁other . ▁▁ ▁( S ky ler ▁Sam u els ; ▁seasons ▁ 1 - 2 ) ▁– ▁Ger tr ude ▁is ▁Alex ' s ▁rival . ▁She ▁has ▁tried ▁to ▁embar rass ▁Alex ▁ever ▁since ▁they ▁were ▁in ▁kind erg arten ▁when ▁G igi ▁sp illed ▁ju ice ▁on ▁Alex ' s ▁mat ▁during ▁na pt ime ▁and ▁said ▁Alex ▁had ▁an ▁" acc ident ", ▁and ▁will ▁often ▁go ▁entirely ▁out ▁of ▁her