<P> The first season takes place in the human world and focuses on a young girl named Leah Thompson, who is friends with a pair of twin genies in training named Shimmer and Shine . Leah's genies grant her 3 wishes every day, but they often mess up . Each episode features Leah working together with her genies to solve the problems they inadvertently cause, all while keeping Shimmer and Shine a secret from her next - door neighbor and best friend Zachary Molloy . </P> <P> In the second season, the characters are transported to Zahramay Falls, a magical land where Shimmer and Shine live . Leah reveals her genies' existence to Zac, who is given a genie of his own named Kaz . Shimmer and Shine continue to grant Leah wishes in Zahramay Falls and befriend the sovereign of the land, Princess Samira . The season also includes Samira's pet peacock, Roya; Zeta, a villainous sorceress; and Zeta's dragon, Nazboo . </P> <Ul> <Li> Shimmer (voiced by Eva Bella)--An optimistic genie with blue eyes and pink hair . She is enthusiastic and encouraging . She loves cleaning, glitter, and collecting genie bottles . Her pet is a gibbon monkey named Tala . </Li> <Li> Shine (voiced by Isabella Cramp)--A courageous genie with purple eyes and blue hair . She is an animal lover and is often hungry . Her pet is a Bengal tiger cub named Nahal . Due to her love of animals, she is very knowledgeable about the behaviors of magical creatures native to Zahramay Falls . Unlike her sister, she hates cleaning . A running gag involves Shine saying "It's like I always say ..." only to humorously reveal that she has just made up whatever she says next . </Li> <Li> Leah Anne Marie Thompson (voiced by Alina Foley)--A blonde girl with blue eyes who owns a genie bottle necklace, which includes Shimmer and Shine . Although Shimmer and Shine usually mess up her wishes, Leah is patient and forgiving with them . Originally, she was forced to keep her genies existence a secret from her close friend Zac, but revealed her secret to him after being transported to Zahramay Falls . In the second season, Princess Samira grants Leah and Zac's wish to visit Zahramay Falls whenever they want . While visiting her genies in Zahramay Falls, Leah magically dons a genie disguise in order to blend in, as humans are normally not allowed in Zahramay Falls . </Li> <Li> Zachary "Zac" Molloy (voiced by Blake Bertrand in the first two seasons, Justin Felbinger from season three and onward)--Leah's neighbor and best human friend . In the first season, he is oblivious to the fact that Leah has genies . Whenever something strange or unusual happens, he responds to it in a carefree manner . He also has a habit of telling humorous experiences he has had to Leah . In the second season, he learns that Leah has genies and gets a genie of his own named Kaz . </Li> <Li> Princess Samira (voiced by Nikki SooHoo)--The ruler of Zahramay Falls, who is in charge of checking up on all the genies in training . She can grant wishes along with the younger genies . She occasionally rewards genies with magic Genie Gems that can have a variety of magical effects . She acts as Shimmer and Shine's mentor and teacher . Despite Zeta being her self - proclaimed rival, Samira likes Zeta and is willing to give her a second chance at becoming a genie - in - training, which in season three is revealed to be due to her past friendship with Zeta when they were both students under Empress Caliana and hopes that Zeta and her can one day become friends again . </Li> <Li> Zeta the Sorceress (voiced by Lacey Chabert)--A resident of Zahramay Falls who is Princess Samira's rival and wishes to replace her as the most powerful person in Zahramay Falls . Zeta is a sorceress instead of a genie, as she has no desire to grant the wishes of others, relying on magic potions and magical items . Her plans are almost always thwarted by Shimmer, Shine, and Leah . However, her own arrogance and ignorance can cause her to foil her own schemes as well . Despite the trouble she causes, the girls and Zac don't hold it against her and generally try to be friendly towards her when not foiling her schemes . Though she tends to be antagonistic towards Leah and her genies, she can be civil towards them at times and even work with them such when she finds herself and / or Nazboo in danger usually when her schemes backfire, which usually results in them saving her . Before becoming a sorceress, she was a genie - in - training under Empress Caliana along with Samira, whom Zeta befriended when she was a new student, though later quit school due to her jealousy of Samira and decided to become a sorceress instead, though despite her current rivalry with Samira is shown to cherish their past friendship as she held onto a feather pen Samira gave her when they first met along with a picture of the two of them together when they were both still friends . </Li> <Li> Kaz (voiced by Jet Jurgensmeyer)--A genie in training who becomes Zac's genie in the second season . In contrast to Zac's easy - going and adventurous personality, Kaz is more cautious and scared easily . Despite their contrasting personalities, Zac and Kaz work well together and can be brave when he has to be . His cautious nature also means he puts more thought into how he grants Zac's wishes . Like most genies in Zahramay Falls, he has his own magic carpet, though sometimes uses Zac's Super Zoom Flyer, a magic carpet wished up by Zac . Kaz has a pet Ziffilon named Zain, who summoned by one of Zac's wishes after he learned that Kaz always wanted a Ziffilon as a pet . Though he and Zac get along well, he occasionally becomes unenthusiastic when granting wishes for Zac he would prefer not too . He was initially afraid of Zac's dog Rocket due to being unfamiliar with dogs, though eventually overcame his fear after Zac and the girls reminded him of how other genies were initially scared of Zain before they got to know him . </Li> <Li> Empress Caliana (voiced by Barbara Eden)--Princess Samira's famous, semi-retired mentor . Caliana was the one who gave Samira her special necklace back when she was a little genie - in - training . Empress Caliana was a great explorer when she was a little girl and made many groundbreaking discoveries, such as finding the Caliana Caves . She is also old friends with Rohan, the normally shy crystalline golem that guards the caves . When Zeta and Samira were younger, Caliana taught genies - in - training at her school in Genie Hall, where Zeta was her top student . While praising Zeta's potion making skills, she tried to teach her to be more considerate of others and assigned Samira to sit next to Zeta when Samira was a new student which lead to Samira befriending Zeta, though Zeta eventually became jealous of Samira when she became the class's new top student, which eventually lead Zeta to quit school and decide to become a Sorceress instead after her attempt to sabotage Samira backfired, though Caliana expressed hope to Samira that she would one day return . </Li> <Li> Captain Zora (voiced by Kellie Pickler)--A pirate genie who is Shine's idol . She is absentminded at times and can be very clumsy and forgetful, especially when she is on an adventure . She owns a flying pirate ship that she sometimes accidentally docks in odd places . Shine loves pirate genies and Captain Zora is her favorite of them all, so she gets very nervous and sometimes cannot talk clearly when she is around Zora . </Li> <Li> Layla (voiced by Danica McKellar)--An ice genie who is a good friend of Princess Samira . She possesses an ice gem necklace that gives her freezing powers and keeps her body cold . She originally lived in a genie bottle buried on a sandy beach in Zahramay Falls, but it was accidentally broken by Leah and her genies . She currently lives in an ice palace . </Li> <Li> Shaya (voiced by Kin Santiago)--A lightning genie in training who rides around on a flying cloud - board and can generate magical lightning . Leah and her genies help him catch a run away magic lightning bolt he created while practicing his magic . Though he is reluctant to work with Leah and her genies at first, he eventually learns the value of teamwork from them . </Li> <Li> Nila (voiced by Mila Brener)--A mermaid who lives in the waters near Zahramay Falls . Leah and her genies befriend Nila after Leah wishes to find a Mermaid after learning they are real . She helps the girls obtain the Mermaid Gem to change the girls back to their non-mermaid selves after Leah accidentally uses up her wishes which leaves the girls trapped in Mermaid form . After Nila and the girls obtain the gem by befriending its lonely Guardian, she teaches them the spell to activate the gem's power which can both transform into Mermaids as well as undo the transformation allowing the girls to visit Nila and go on underwater adventures with her . </Li> <Li> Imma (voiced by Grace Kaufman)--The Waterfall Genie who oversees the source of the rainbow waterfalls of Zahramay Falls in Rainbow Zahramay . The girls befriend her after Samira sends them on their first adventure to Rainbow Zahramay to investigate the cause of a weird mist produced by the falls that disrupts magic in Zahramay Falls and help Imma resolve the problem . Imma can use water magic that allows her to manipulate water using her magic staff which she also uses to activate the locks that control the flow of rainbow water to the falls . </Li> <Li> Wishy Washy Genie (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - A male genie whose powerful magic is to remove or fix a wish that cannot be used on other genies . He can be very wishy washy, just like his name . But while on the their adventure to find his home, the children help him make decisons . </Li> <Li> Ayla (voiced by Liliana Mumy)--A hair - changing genie who has the power to change hairstyles . </Li> <Li> Minu (voiced by Kitana Turnbull)--A flitter genie . </Li> <Li> Nadia - The dream genie who is the only genie capable of granting wishes involving dreams and specializes in dream magic which involve using magic dust . She is also in charge of crafting special dreams for everyone in Zahramay Falls . As a result she knows about everyone in Zahramay Falls . However it is rare for her to make dreams actually come true . </Li> <Li> Ezri - Nadia's assistant who like Nadia knows about everybody in Zahramay Falls as he recognizes Leah, Shimmer, Shine, and even Zeta on first meeting them . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Shimmer (voiced by Eva Bella)--An optimistic genie with blue eyes and pink hair . She is enthusiastic and encouraging . She loves cleaning, glitter, and collecting genie bottles . Her pet is a gibbon monkey named Tala . </Li>

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