. ▁ ▁He ▁first ▁appears ▁in ▁" Alex ▁In ▁the ▁Middle ", ▁and ▁tempor arily ▁becomes ▁Alex ' s ▁w izard ▁t utor . ▁He ▁re app ears ▁in ▁" Ret est ", ▁it ▁is ▁requested ▁that ▁he , ▁Jerry ▁and ▁their ▁sister ▁Meg an ▁re - do ▁their ▁w izard ▁competition , ▁but ▁when ▁Meg an ▁ref uses , ▁Kel bo ▁h ires ▁a ▁mag ical ▁fish - law yer ▁to ▁help ▁them , ▁but ▁after ▁he ▁inform s ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁nothing ▁that ▁he ▁can ▁do , ▁Kel bo ▁dec ides ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁Atl ant is ▁for ▁good . ▁He ▁appears ▁once ▁again ▁in ▁" D ude ▁Looks ▁Like ▁Sh ak ira ", ▁and ▁reve als ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁Sh ak ira , ▁but ▁also ▁added ▁that ▁what ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁doing ▁is ▁against ▁the ▁w izard ▁rules , ▁and ▁can ▁no ▁longer ▁control ▁his ▁transformations . ▁The ▁Russ os ▁eventually ▁c ure ▁him ▁of ▁his ▁ill ness ▁( though ▁Sh ak ira ' s ▁career - end ▁isn ' t ▁mentioned ▁afterwards ). ▁Despite ▁his ▁imm atur ity , ▁na iv ety ▁and ▁cl uel ess ▁behavior , ▁Kel bo ▁proves ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁very ▁lov ing ▁and ▁car ing ▁uncle , ▁which ▁was ▁visible ▁in ▁his ▁second ▁appearing , ▁and ▁he , ▁unlike ▁Jerry , ▁has ▁no ▁hard ▁feelings ▁for ▁Meg an , ▁in ▁fact , ▁he ▁was ▁genu in ely ▁happy ▁to ▁see ▁her ▁again . ▁Also ▁in ▁" D ude ▁Looks ▁Like ▁Sh ak ira ",