Wyatt Halliwell
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Wyatt Matthew Halliwell is a fictional character
on the WB television series Charmed
. Charmed is a series which focuses on three good witches, the prophesied "Charmed Ones", sisters who battle the forces of evil. In present day scenes, infant Wyatt is portrayed by twins Jason and Kristopher Simmons
from the fifth season through to the series finale. As an adult, in flashforward
and in time travel stories
, Wyatt is portrayed by actor Wes Ramsey
in four episodes.
In the series' narrative, Wyatt is the son of Charmed One Piper Halliwell
(Holly Marie Combs
) and her husband Leo Wyatt
(Brian Krause
), her Whitelighter
(a witch's guardian angel
). Wyatt is himself the prophesied Twice-Blessed Child, a being of unimaginable power. He is the first born of a Charmed One, the first male born to his line in generations, delivered under special astrological circumstances, and an inheritor of Whitelighter abilities. He is considered to be one of the most powerful witches ever to walk the earth. The character's storylines focus on trying to avert a future in which Wyatt uses his vast powers for evil, and in present-day stories where Wyatt's playful and often unconscious uses of his abilities cause serious repercussions for his mother and aunts.
episode "Morality Bites" (1999), she discovers that she and her Whitelighter
and future husband Leo Wyatt
have a daughter, Melinda Wyatt named for her ancestor Melinda Warren. Although Piper fears in "Bite Me" that due to various physical trauma
s sustained over the years, she might never conceive a child, in the season finale "Witch Way Now?", the Angel of Destiny informs her that she is in fact, pregnant. In the season 5 première "A Witch's Tail", when Piper nearly drowns, an apparition of her mother Patty Halliwell counsels Piper to have faith; when Piper rises to the surface, she discovers her unborn baby's powers of self-healing
, and from "Sam, I Am" onwards, it begins protecting Piper with an indestructible force field (science fiction). In "The Day That Magic Died" (2003), all magic ceases to work on the day of Wyatt's birth, foretold in a prophecy concerning the birth of the 'Twice-Blessed Child'. Magical creatures
such as unicorn
s and golden geese
come to hail the child's birth. In the episode's conclusion, Piper's baby is born, and magic is restored. However, all are surprised when the baby is a boy.
In "Baby's First Demon", demons attempt to abduct newborn baby Halliwell. Piper and her half-sister Paige Matthews
each launch attacks on the demon market in an attempt to deter demons from coming after Wyatt. Having touched the child and seeing a glimpse of the future, psychic demon the Crone puts out the word that the child is off-limits. In this episode, Piper decides to name the baby Wyatt Matthew Halliwell in honor of Leo and Paige who nearly died protecting him. Several episodes later, the Crone tries to steal Wyatt and use his power for herself in "Sense and Sense Ability", before the sisters kill her. Wyatt's great-grandmother Penny
is summoned from the afterlife for baby Wyatt's wiccaning
; she initially refuses to bless Wyatt because he is a boy and feels men cannot be trusted with power, though she later warms to him. In the season finale "Oh My Goddesses", a Whitelighter from the future who calls himself Chris Perry
arrives, ostensibly to help the Charmed Ones defeat the Titans
; in a moment left alone with Wyatt, Chris reacts to Wyatt's protective bubble, noting that Wyatt will eventually learn to trust him.
In season 6, Wyatt is erased from existence by the magical "Cleaners" when he exposes magic by conjuring a massive dragon, until Piper persuades the Cleaners she can control him in "Forget Me... Not". In "Sword and the City", it is revealed that Wyatt is the heir to the mythical sword Excalibur
of Arthurian legend
. "Chris-Crossed" reveals Chris's animosity towards Wyatt when Chris is brought to the future by his lover Bianca, Wyatt is revealed to be Chris's older brother, and ruler of the underworld in a dystopian future
; though Chris reveals Wyatt grows up to be evil, he does tell the sisters he is Piper's son, though Phoebe
learns Chris is her nephew through a premonition in "The Legend Of Sleepy Halliwell". Learning of the evil future, Whitelighter Elder Gideon
vows to kill Wyatt to prevent this future, unaware that the trauma from sustained attempts are what turn Wyatt evil. In season finale "It's A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World", Gideon successfully penetrated Wyatt's force field. Gideon enlists Barbas, Demon of Fear
to realise Leo's fear of an evil Wyatt; Leo is distracted fighting with a physical apparition of Wyatt while Gideon kills Chris. Leo is forced to kill Gideon while Wyatt looks just before Piper gives birth to Chris in hospital.
In season 7, Wyatt learns how to heal in order to save Piper's life in "The Seven Year Witch". The episode "Imaginary Fiends" revisits the question of Wyatt's future morality. Piper is called to Wyatt's pre-school when he has begun talking to himself; in reality, Wyatt is talking to the demon Vicus, who is invisible and plots to slowly corrupt Wyatt with evil. Piper casts a spell so that she can better understand Wyatt, which has the effect of summoning adult Wyatt from the future. Future Wyatt kills several of Vicus' henchmen with a wide blast of explosive energy. After Vicus curses Wyatt's teddy bear, future Wyatt physically alters, becoming the evil Wyatt of the parallel universe. Adult Wyatt seeks to take baby Wyatt to the future so that the family cannot alter his timeline, so sisters set a trap for Wyatt using Leo as bait; Leo is able to convince baby Wyatt to give up the cursed teddy bear, restoring the timeline. In the finale "Something Wicca This Way Goes?", the sisters place Wyatt and Chris in the care of his grandfather, Victor before they are forced to fake their deaths to defeat the demon Zankou.
Using magical disguises to hideout as their own cousins, "the Bennetts", the Charmed Ones and Leo regain custody of Wyatt and Chris in season 8 première "Still Charmed and Kicking", before regaining their real identities in "Rewitched". In "Gone with the Witches", a demon tells young witches Billie
and Christy Jenkins
that the Charmed Ones' self-interest and greed will lead to the dark future where Wyatt is evil; to protect the future from Wyatt, they must kill the Charmed Ones. In "Kill Billie Vol. 2", the Jenkins sisters use Wyatt's powers to summon the Hollow — a dangerous mystical artifact that absorbs others' powers — and the Charmed Ones use their own to summon it too; the Jenkins steal Wyatt's abilities. In series finale "Forever Charmed", Adult Wyatt and Chris arrive from the future when they observe the timeline change and Wyatt's loss of his powers. They also let slip to their aunt Phoebe that she and Coop (Victor Webster
) are a true love and will have children together. Wyatt and Chris feature in the flashforward montages to the future, which detail how the Charmed Ones lived long and happy lives; One or both of the two become parents, after taking up the fight against evil where their parents left off.
. Teleportation
, extra-sensory perception
; Numerous other magical abilities, and ownership of Excalibur
.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the WB television series Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
. Charmed is a series which focuses on three good witches, the prophesied "Charmed Ones", sisters who battle the forces of evil. In present day scenes, infant Wyatt is portrayed by twins Jason and Kristopher Simmons
Jason and Kristopher Simmons
Jason Patrick Simmons and Kristopher Robert Simmons are American identical twins. Their parents are Maria and Robert Simmons. They were born in Los Angeles, California. From 2003 to 2006 , they played the character Wyatt Matthew Halliwell on the TV series Charmed. Kristopher and Jason started on...
from the fifth season through to the series finale. As an adult, in flashforward
Flashforward
A flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
and in time travel stories
Time travel in fiction
Time travel is a common theme in science fiction and is depicted in a variety of media. It simply means either going forward in time or backward, to experience the future, or the past.-Literature:...
, Wyatt is portrayed by actor Wes Ramsey
Wes Ramsey
Wesley A. Ramsey is an American actor.He is perhaps best known for his performance in the romantic drama Latter Days and for his multiple appearances in Charmed as Wyatt Halliwell.- Film credits :*Way Off Broadway...
in four episodes.
In the series' narrative, Wyatt is the son of Charmed One Piper Halliwell
Piper Halliwell
Piper Halliwell is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Piper is introduced in the series as a witch and, more specifically, a Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Holly Marie Combs throughout the...
(Holly Marie Combs
Holly Marie Combs
Holly Marie Combs is an American film and television actress and producer whose roles have included a portrayal in Charmed as Piper Halliwell and another in Picket Fences, where she received a Young Artist Award for her role, as Kimberly Brock...
) and her husband Leo Wyatt
Leo Wyatt
Leonardo "Leo" Wyatt is a fictional character from The WB television series Charmed, portrayed by Brian Krause. A possible breakout character included in the writing initially as a love interest beginning in the seventh episode of the first season that initially set Phoebe and Piper quarreling and...
(Brian Krause
Brian Krause
Brian Jeffrey Krause is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Leo Wyatt on the WB Network TV series Charmed from 1998 to 2006.-Background:...
), her Whitelighter
Whitelighter
A Whitelighter is a fictional character featured on the WB television series Charmed. These beings are former human mortals who are given a second chance at life in order to serve under an angelic group known as The Elders as guardian angels for good witches and other future...
(a witch's guardian angel
Guardian angel
A guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group. Belief in guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity...
). Wyatt is himself the prophesied Twice-Blessed Child, a being of unimaginable power. He is the first born of a Charmed One, the first male born to his line in generations, delivered under special astrological circumstances, and an inheritor of Whitelighter abilities. He is considered to be one of the most powerful witches ever to walk the earth. The character's storylines focus on trying to avert a future in which Wyatt uses his vast powers for evil, and in present-day stories where Wyatt's playful and often unconscious uses of his abilities cause serious repercussions for his mother and aunts.
Television
Although Wyatt does not appear until midway into season five, the character's presence is felt long before his arrival. When Piper visits the future in season twoCharmed (season 2)
The second season of Charmed, an American supernatural drama television series, began airing on September 30, 1999 on The WB. Airing on Thursdays at 9 P.M., the season consisted of 22 episodes and concluded its airing on May 18, 2000....
episode "Morality Bites" (1999), she discovers that she and her Whitelighter
Whitelighter
A Whitelighter is a fictional character featured on the WB television series Charmed. These beings are former human mortals who are given a second chance at life in order to serve under an angelic group known as The Elders as guardian angels for good witches and other future...
and future husband Leo Wyatt
Leo Wyatt
Leonardo "Leo" Wyatt is a fictional character from The WB television series Charmed, portrayed by Brian Krause. A possible breakout character included in the writing initially as a love interest beginning in the seventh episode of the first season that initially set Phoebe and Piper quarreling and...
have a daughter, Melinda Wyatt named for her ancestor Melinda Warren. Although Piper fears in "Bite Me" that due to various physical trauma
Physical trauma
Trauma refers to "a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident." It can also be described as "a physical wound or injury, such as a fracture or blow." Major trauma can result in secondary complications such as circulatory shock, respiratory failure and death...
s sustained over the years, she might never conceive a child, in the season finale "Witch Way Now?", the Angel of Destiny informs her that she is in fact, pregnant. In the season 5 première "A Witch's Tail", when Piper nearly drowns, an apparition of her mother Patty Halliwell counsels Piper to have faith; when Piper rises to the surface, she discovers her unborn baby's powers of self-healing
Self-healing
Self-healing is a phrase applied to the process of recovery , motivated by and directed by the patient, guided often only by instinct. Such a process encounters mixed fortunes due to its amateur nature, although self-motivation is a major asset...
, and from "Sam, I Am" onwards, it begins protecting Piper with an indestructible force field (science fiction). In "The Day That Magic Died" (2003), all magic ceases to work on the day of Wyatt's birth, foretold in a prophecy concerning the birth of the 'Twice-Blessed Child'. Magical creatures
Legendary creature
A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature.-Origin:Some mythical creatures have their origin in traditional mythology and have been believed to be real creatures, for example the dragon, the unicorn, and griffin...
such as unicorn
Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead, and sometimes a goat's beard...
s and golden geese
Golden Goose
The Golden Goose is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm .-Story:The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Dummling. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel...
come to hail the child's birth. In the episode's conclusion, Piper's baby is born, and magic is restored. However, all are surprised when the baby is a boy.
In "Baby's First Demon", demons attempt to abduct newborn baby Halliwell. Piper and her half-sister Paige Matthews
Paige Matthews
Paige Matthews is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Paige is introduced at the start of season four as the fourth Halliwell sister and youngest Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Rose McGowan...
each launch attacks on the demon market in an attempt to deter demons from coming after Wyatt. Having touched the child and seeing a glimpse of the future, psychic demon the Crone puts out the word that the child is off-limits. In this episode, Piper decides to name the baby Wyatt Matthew Halliwell in honor of Leo and Paige who nearly died protecting him. Several episodes later, the Crone tries to steal Wyatt and use his power for herself in "Sense and Sense Ability", before the sisters kill her. Wyatt's great-grandmother Penny
Penny Halliwell
Penelope Halliwell is a recurring, supporting fictional character from the WB television series Charmed that acts in our world from beyond death....
is summoned from the afterlife for baby Wyatt's wiccaning
Wiccaning
A wiccaning is a Wiccan ceremony or ritual analogous to a christening or baptism for an infant which centers on the presentation of the infant to the God and Goddess for protection.-Application:...
; she initially refuses to bless Wyatt because he is a boy and feels men cannot be trusted with power, though she later warms to him. In the season finale "Oh My Goddesses", a Whitelighter from the future who calls himself Chris Perry
Chris Halliwell
Christopher Perry "Chris" Halliwell is a fictional character on The WB television series Charmed. He is played by actor Drew Fuller. He is the son of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt.- Character's background :...
arrives, ostensibly to help the Charmed Ones defeat the Titans
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
; in a moment left alone with Wyatt, Chris reacts to Wyatt's protective bubble, noting that Wyatt will eventually learn to trust him.
In season 6, Wyatt is erased from existence by the magical "Cleaners" when he exposes magic by conjuring a massive dragon, until Piper persuades the Cleaners she can control him in "Forget Me... Not". In "Sword and the City", it is revealed that Wyatt is the heir to the mythical sword Excalibur
Excalibur
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was...
of Arthurian legend
King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
. "Chris-Crossed" reveals Chris's animosity towards Wyatt when Chris is brought to the future by his lover Bianca, Wyatt is revealed to be Chris's older brother, and ruler of the underworld in a dystopian future
Utopian and dystopian fiction
The utopia and its offshoot, the dystopia, are genres of literature that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world, or utopia, as the setting for a novel. Dystopian fiction is the opposite: creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia...
; though Chris reveals Wyatt grows up to be evil, he does tell the sisters he is Piper's son, though Phoebe
Phoebe Halliwell
Phoebe Halliwell is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Phoebe is introduced in the series as a witch and, more specifically, a Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Lori Rom in the unaired pilot,...
learns Chris is her nephew through a premonition in "The Legend Of Sleepy Halliwell". Learning of the evil future, Whitelighter Elder Gideon
Gideon (Charmed)
Gideon is a fictional character on the television show Charmed.- Character's background :Gideon is one of the most powerful Elders and is the headmaster of Magic School, an institution where young magical beings learn magic...
vows to kill Wyatt to prevent this future, unaware that the trauma from sustained attempts are what turn Wyatt evil. In season finale "It's A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World", Gideon successfully penetrated Wyatt's force field. Gideon enlists Barbas, Demon of Fear
Barbas (Charmed)
Barbas, the Demon of Fear, is a fictional character cast as a major foe from the WB Television Network television series, Charmed...
to realise Leo's fear of an evil Wyatt; Leo is distracted fighting with a physical apparition of Wyatt while Gideon kills Chris. Leo is forced to kill Gideon while Wyatt looks just before Piper gives birth to Chris in hospital.
In season 7, Wyatt learns how to heal in order to save Piper's life in "The Seven Year Witch". The episode "Imaginary Fiends" revisits the question of Wyatt's future morality. Piper is called to Wyatt's pre-school when he has begun talking to himself; in reality, Wyatt is talking to the demon Vicus, who is invisible and plots to slowly corrupt Wyatt with evil. Piper casts a spell so that she can better understand Wyatt, which has the effect of summoning adult Wyatt from the future. Future Wyatt kills several of Vicus' henchmen with a wide blast of explosive energy. After Vicus curses Wyatt's teddy bear, future Wyatt physically alters, becoming the evil Wyatt of the parallel universe. Adult Wyatt seeks to take baby Wyatt to the future so that the family cannot alter his timeline, so sisters set a trap for Wyatt using Leo as bait; Leo is able to convince baby Wyatt to give up the cursed teddy bear, restoring the timeline. In the finale "Something Wicca This Way Goes?", the sisters place Wyatt and Chris in the care of his grandfather, Victor before they are forced to fake their deaths to defeat the demon Zankou.
Using magical disguises to hideout as their own cousins, "the Bennetts", the Charmed Ones and Leo regain custody of Wyatt and Chris in season 8 première "Still Charmed and Kicking", before regaining their real identities in "Rewitched". In "Gone with the Witches", a demon tells young witches Billie
Billie Jenkins
Billie Jenkins is a fictional character on The WB television series Charmed. She was played by actress Kaley Cuoco, and appeared in every episode of the series' eighth and final season....
and Christy Jenkins
Christy Jenkins
Christy Jenkins is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. The character was primarily portrayed by Marnette Patterson in eight episodes in 2006, with the character as a whole appearing in ten episodes of the eighth season.-Television:...
that the Charmed Ones' self-interest and greed will lead to the dark future where Wyatt is evil; to protect the future from Wyatt, they must kill the Charmed Ones. In "Kill Billie Vol. 2", the Jenkins sisters use Wyatt's powers to summon the Hollow — a dangerous mystical artifact that absorbs others' powers — and the Charmed Ones use their own to summon it too; the Jenkins steal Wyatt's abilities. In series finale "Forever Charmed", Adult Wyatt and Chris arrive from the future when they observe the timeline change and Wyatt's loss of his powers. They also let slip to their aunt Phoebe that she and Coop (Victor Webster
Victor Webster
Victor Webster is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Brennan Mulwray in Mutant X and "Coop" on Charmed.-Life and career:...
) are a true love and will have children together. Wyatt and Chris feature in the flashforward montages to the future, which detail how the Charmed Ones lived long and happy lives; One or both of the two become parents, after taking up the fight against evil where their parents left off.
Literature
Wyatt is set to appear in the Charmed comic books published by Zenescope Entertainment. The first issue (to be collected in Charmed Season Nine, Volume 1) will première in July 2010. The four-page preview of the first issue depicts pre-teen Wyatt and Chris.Powers and abilities
Force fields, telekinesis, reality warpingReality warping
Reality warping is a superpower in superhero fiction. It is the ability to reshape matter and energy, create or alter life forms, turn a person's thoughts or desires into reality, simulate any and all other powers and abilities, bend time and space, and possibly even rewrite the laws of physics.All...
. Teleportation
Teleportation
Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...
, extra-sensory perception
Extra-sensory perception
Extrasensory perception involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Frederic Myers, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and...
; Numerous other magical abilities, and ownership of Excalibur
Excalibur
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was...
.