The three Spellman women can't open a jar of spaghetti sauce, and appeal to Edward for help.
When Gail and Sabrina's father have a fight, Sabrina-reluctantly-takes it upon herself to try and patch up their relationship.
In the film, she goes to school, not knowing she is a witch, but finds out the night of her 16th birthday by finding the spell book.
In the TV show, Sabrina is told she is a witch before she goes to school.For example: Harvey, Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda. With the exception of Sabrina and Marnie/Jenny everyone in both the sitcom and film are played by different actors.
In the TV show, Salem is much more self-centered and was turned into a cat for attempting to take over the world, while in the movie Salem is much more sophisticated and turned into a cat for kissing someone who did never really love him.The person who plays Salem's voice is different.In the film, both witches are quite clever, but Zelda is much more serious than Hilda. In the TV show, Aunt Hilda is the rather unintelligent "fun Aunt" and Aunt Zelda is much more brilliant and serious.Harvey is "nerdy" in the film whereas in the TV series, he is more of a "jock".Katie is more like a stereotypical cheerleader than Libby as she is blonde and slim, while Libby is dark-haired and curvy.
Michelle Beaudoin plays Marnie, Sabrina's unintelligent and unpopular friend, whereas in the first season of the TV show, her character (also Sabrina's best friend) is called Jenny and is quite clever.In the film, Katie takes the part as the antagonist, while in the series it is Libby.In the film, both her parents are witches, while in the TV show her father is a witch and her mother is mortal (non-witch).In the TV show, she uses her finger to cast spells, but in the film, she just needs the power of her mind.In the film, Sabrina lives in Riverdale (same as Archie Andrews in the comics) and in the TV show lives in Westbridge.In the film, Sabrina's last name is Sawyer and not Spellman as in the TV show.Michelle Beaudoin as Marnie Littlefieldĭifferences with the television series.Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Sawyer Spellman.The story ends happily with Sabrina and Harvey together at the dance.
All the while, Harvey likes Sabrina and waits to see if she will have a change of heart and start to notice him. Sabrina has to use her magic to turn Katie into a poodle to stop her but later changes her back. Katie discovers Sabrina's secret and sets out to let everyone know what Sabrina is. Sabrina is able to use her magic to win a track competition and get Seth to ask her to the Spring Fling. Sabrina then develops a crush on Seth, the cutest boy in school who happens to be dating Katie La More, the school's " queen bee aka mean girl." Sabrina has to find a way to use her newly discovered magical power to get Seth to notice her, but at the same time not cast a love spell, which could backfire on her.Īfter Katie dumps Seth, he starts to notice Sabrina. On her 16th birthday, Sabrina discovers that she is a witch. The movie centers around Sabrina Sawyer, who is sent to live with her eccentric aunts in Riverdale.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a 1996 American television film adaptation based on the comic book series of the same name from Archie Comics. Barney Cohen and Kathryn Wallack Productions