"It's me, Magic Malika!" |
Magic Malika is a minor character who was Freddie Benson's date to the Girls' Choice Dance. She's obsessed with performing magic tricks, and though her skills are phenomenal to say the least, her excessive use of these tricks tends to irritate almost everybody she meets.
Malika first appeared in the episode iSpeed Date. She was one of three girls (the other two being Ariana and Jamie) who asked Freddie to the Girls' Choice Dance, and used her magic tricks as a way of asking him. Freddie hadn't answered the other two girls because he was holding out for Carly to ask him. Malika's way of asking Freddie was to pull out a blank piece of paper out of her cape, crumble it up, toss it in the air and make it disappear in a puff of smoke. The paper reappeared in Freddie's coat pocket with the question. While he hesitated on his decision, she disappeared and a shirtless Gibby appeared in her place holding mystery banana in his hand.
In the end, Freddie is forced to take her to the dance because he took too long to respond to the other girls and they asked other boys. Malika performs magic tricks at The Groovy Smoothie such as levitating Freddie's cell phone and making his smoothie light on fire. When Freddie tells her to give him back his cell phone, she makes it drop on Freddie's groin. When she realises it's her curfew she teleports herself home Freddie responds to by clapping, saying, "Best trick of the night."
Malika's trick of asking Freddie to the dance can actually be explained; she snuck up behind Freddie, giving her the opportunity to stick the crumpled white paper in his pocket. Some people assume she is a witch or sorceress, but it is unknown how Malika performs her magic tricks
Malika returns in the revival episode IReunited and It Felt OK, where she attends the Ridgeway school reunion. She poofs in front of Carly and Freddie, much to their shock. Malika is happy to see Freddie, who she hung out with in their senior year. It is revealed they used to break into bowling alley's and were pretty rebellious. Malika is later seen asking Carly to take the reunion photo as she isn't credited as an official graduate. After Carly gets her credits and officially graduates, Malika is seen in the reunion photo taken by Freddie's daughter Millicent.
Malika is portrayed by Skyler Day.
Relationships[]
Freddie Benson[]
(2009; 2013; 2023; Dated, Friends)
Malika asked Freddie to the girls choice dance in ISpeed Date, but he was waiting for Carly to ask him so he held off as he was also asked by Jamie and Ariana. After Carly said no and the other girls now had dates, Freddie agreed to go with Malika. Freddie seemed irritated with Malika after the dance when she would perform magic tricks in The Groovy Smoothie but offered to get his mom to take her home when she was late, but Malika had already left as she proofed herself home. Relived, Freddie said it was her best trick of the night. It is revealed in IReunited and It Felt OK that Freddie and Malika were friends in their senior year in 2013, and they would break into bowling alleys together and pull pranks. They see each other again 10 years later at their high school reunion and are shown to friends.
Carly Shay[]
(2009, 2023; Friends)
Carly and Malika were somewhat friends at Ridgeway. Although they never hung out the two of them, Carly was impressed with Malila's use of magic tricks in ISpeed Date, like after Malika proofed herself out of The Groovy Smoothie, and Carly said she could get a job out of it before she was interrupted by Austin. The two see each other over a decade later at their high school reunion in IReunited and It Felt OK, where Carly learns of Freddie's friendship with Malika and asks her for a nickname. Malika is impressed when Carly saves Shane from a wasp sting. Carly is shown to be impressed when Malika appears out of nowhere in front of her and Freddie, as well as then Malika leaves to fix her makeup.
Toby & Barry[]
(2009-2013; 2023, Friends)
Malika hang out with Barry and Toby, along with Freddie in their senior year and are seen spending time with them at their high school reunion in 2023. It is revealed that Malika spent time with Barry and Toby in her senior year, along with Freddie,
Trivia[]
- It is never explained how Malika does her magic, but some people believed she was either a witch or sorceress.
- She only appeared in iSpeed Date and iReunited and It Felt OK.
- Her last name was never revealed.
- She was close friends with Freddie in senior year and they used to break into places together, such as bowling alleys.