Maxine Russo is Max as a female. This happened when Alex and Justin crossed spells and made Max a little girl. She shows up in six episodes. She still thinks and acts like Max, and even has some characteristics similar to Max such as foot stink, or as she calls it, "fink". The cover-up story the Russo's came up with to explain Max's apparent disappearance and replacement with a little girl is that Maxine is their cousin from North Dakota, and Max and Maxine are part of the Russo family Cousin-Exchange Program.