She was cool, she could turn into a silver puddle, AND she wore awesome hats.
The Secret World of Alex Mack pretty much dominated Nickelodeon in the '90s.
The show lasted four seasons from 1994 to 1998.
And you could get these awesome books to accompany you on your Alex adventures.
The show's heroine was really just a normal teenage girl who walks home from school one day only to get HIT BY A TRUCK FROM A CHEMICAL PLANT!
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Even though being covered in weird nuclear goop was a total inconvenience, it gave Alex some nifty superpowers.
Alex was able to turn herself into a puddle of silvery liquid, perform telekinesis, and zap people with these little lightning bolts that came out of her fingers.
While puberty isn't usually accompanied by supernatural side effects, what Alex went through pretty much felt akin to being a hormonal teenager.
The actress Larisa Oleynik, who played Alex, told the Huffington Post : "I think [the powers] were, for me, more of a metaphor for all the weird changes you go through in that time in your life."
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