| Baileywhoops | |
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| Season 2, Episode 17 | |
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| Air date | November 7, 2014 |
| Production Code | 219 |
| Written by | Michael G. Stern |
| Storyboards by | Kurt Anderson Viki Anderson Carole Holliday Amber Hollinger |
| Directed by | Jamie Mitchell Mircea Kyle Mantta Sam Riegel |
| Songs in this Episode | Helping Hand |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous Episode Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy (production order) "The Princess Stays in the Picture" (airing order) |
Next Episode "The Leafsong Festival" (production order) Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy (airing order) |
"Baileywhoops" is the forty-first episode of the Disney Junior animated series, Sofia the First. It premiered on November 7, 2014, and is the seventeenth episode of the second season.
Overview[]
A new castle steward puts a curse on Baileywick in an attempt to take over his job.
Plot[]
The Kingdom of Enchancia is having its Royal Jubilee. When King Magnus arrives, Baileywick is greeted by his Royal Steward Slickwell, who gives him a double-headed snake pin. Baileywick gratefully accepts the gift and Slickwell wishes him luck before muttering coyly to himself "You're going to need it." Baileywick suddenly gets a bad case of clumsiness and crashes into King Roland. Slickwell helps Roland up and introduces himself. In the castle, King Roland explains the Jubilee itinerary to everyone: The adults will play some games and go on a cruise while the kids will be entertained by King Magnus's sorcerer, Greylock the Grand, and, to the shock of everyone, Cedric. Cedric and Greylock compete fiercely against each other to show who's more fun conjuring up origamis, balloons, piñatas, and finally, a flying carousel that together they entertain the children with for the rest of the day. All the children enjoy it, that is, except Sofia, who skips the whole thing.
The reason for this is because Sofia is very worried about Baileywick. After another clumsiness attack, Slickwell urges him to retire, stating he must have become too old to continue being Castle Steward of Enchancia, but Sofia defends him and, through a song, tells him she'll help him out by becoming his junior steward and putting on an outfit similar to Baileywick's with earrings, her hair curled up in a ponytail, and a floor-length skirt similar to her princess dress, essentially a female version of the castle steward uniform just right for Sofia's age and size. Meanwhile, through the same song, Slickwell reveals that he's the one after Baileywick's job, and that the pin he gave him is a cursed object, meaning that it will coerce Baileywick into resigning from his position as the Enchancia Castle Steward, and Slickwell will take over as the new steward of the castle once Baileywick resigns in disgrace at being unable to perform his duties.
The adults are playing sports in the castle courtyard and, thanks to Sofia, Baileywick is doing much better. Seeing the young Princess' aid as a threat, Slickwell deliberately interferes with Sofia's next attempt to help Baileywick on the pretext of cleaning her shoes and, without Sofia, Baileywick's clumsiness attacks cause another mishap that he blames himself for. Once again, Slickwell urges Baileywick to retire, stating once again that he's getting on in years and that King Roland can surely find an able replacement, but Sofia defends him and reminds Baileywick that when she first became a princess, she felt she couldn't do it and would've quit just like that if he and her parents hadn't supported her, which encourages Baileywick to stay on. After the Jubilee cake is frosted, Sofia helps Baileywick bring it out perfectly, but this is made a moot point when Baileywick sneezes Roland into his Royal Gifts. That being the last straw, humiliated at this final act against his own sovereign, Baileywick resigns as Castle Steward of Enchancia, despite everyone's protests. Slickwell takes over from Baileywick and rubs the castle staff the wrong way with his bossy ways. Sofia goes after Baileywick and tries to convince him to not retire by offering to do more for him such as carrying things for him and serving the meals and pleads "Just don't leave!" Baileywick tells Sofia that it's time for him to go, but Sofia insists that it's not, telling him that he's the best steward in the world and that people admire him so much that they even give him gifts. Baileywick tells Sofia that he appreciates everything she's done for him before leaving to go pack and prepare to depart now that he's no longer needed. Suddenly, Sofia, and then Clover, both have clumsiness attacks that help Sofia realize that Baileywick didn't get clumsy until Slickwell gave Baileywick the pin. Realizing the pin made Baileywick clumsy, the pair decide to confront Slickwell about it. When they get to the kitchen, the pin makes Sofia fall and knock Slickwell's bag off the table. Inside it, she finds a book called The Beginner's Guide to Magically Cursed Objects. Reading it, they learn that the pin is called the Pin of Klutzenheimer, a cursed pin that puts a clumsiness curse on anyone who even touches it. Because of these discoveries, Sofia and Clover realize that Slickwell gave Baileywick the pin on purpose so he could steal the latter's job. Furious, Sofia tells Clover to make sure Slickwell doesn't get away with it, while she goes off to tell Baileywick of her findings.
When Clover finds Slickwell escorting everyone to the cruise, he decides "It's time you had a taste of your own medicine" and puts the pin on Slickwell's coattails, causing him to have clumsiness attacks that end up endangering everyone on board. Meanwhile, Sofia finds Baileywick and tells him about the pin and Slickwell's plot against him. Together, they go off to confront Slickwell, and arrive in time to find the Royal Schooner in danger and, with help from Greylock and Cedric, they manage to rescue everyone. Once everyone is safe, Roland apologizes to everyone about the cruise and mess. Slickwell offers to clean up the mess, but Sofia steps forward, stating icily "No, allow me to tell everyone what you did!", and proceeds to tell everyone and her parents on the Royal Schooner about Slickwell's wrongdoings and the pin. Slickwell finally realizes that the reason he became clumsy is that the pin was somehow put on him and finds it just in time to prove that Sofia's telling the truth and Baileywick was innocent all along. Everyone is furious about what he did to Baileywick. He tries to offer an explanation, but Roland angrily cuts him off, stating "I think we've seen all we need to see!" and tells him that his services are no longer required. Slickwell protests that Roland can't fire him because he works for King Magnus, promoting King Magnus to step forward and angrily state "Not anymore, you don't, Slickwell!" Slickwell tries to get him to change his mind, but his plea is cut short by the pin's curse, and the guards escort him to the gates and throw him out. Everyone gladly welcomes Baileywick back and the Jubilee continues with him back in charge.
Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
- Tim Gunn as Baileywick
- Tyler Merna as Prince James
- Wayne Brady as Clover
- Jess Harnell as Cedric the Sorcerer
- Mitchell Whitfield as Greylock the Grand
- Christian Borle as Slickwell
- Carlos Alazraqui as King Magnus
- Travis Willingham as King Roland II
- Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
- Sabrina Carpenter as Princess Vivian
- Michaela Zee as Princess Jun
Songs[]
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 1.724 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- This is the second episode to feature Baileywick's name in the title. The first was "Baileywick's Day Off".
- This is also the second episode where he has a more active role as well.
- This is the third time Baileywick is negatively affected by magic. The first time was in the episode "Mom's the Word", when Marla the witch turned him into a frog, and the second was in "Mystic Meadows" when Cedric and Goodwyn turned him and everyone else into snowmen. Although technically it wasn't a spell but the magic inside a cursed pin that made him clumsy.
- This is the fourth time Sofia becomes a supporting assistant for someone. The first time was when she became Cedric's apprentice in the episode "Cedric's Apprentice", Aunt Tilly's companion in "Great Aunt-Venture", and when she acted as James's royal adviser in "King for a Day".
- Sofia gets a new hairstyle for the first time in this episode.
- This is the second time Sofia wears an outfit which replicates the one of another character. The first was the replica version of Aunt Tilly's from "Great Aunt-Venture".
- Greylock's name was first mentioned in the episode "Cedric's Apprentice", but the character was not shown then. King Magnus, who did appear in that episode, is revealed to be the ruler of the kingdom of Rudistan.
- This is the second episode whose song is a duet that Sofia and an antagonist both sing. The first was the episode "The Amulet of Avalor".
- This episode reveals that Vivian and her mother are the Queen and Princess of Zumaria, respectively.
- Moral: The best person to see to your needs is a loyal friend.
Goofs[]
- When Sofia was singing to Baileywick, Slickwell was in a room next door to where she and Baileywick were, singing his plot out loud. But the door was wide open, and Sofia and Baileywick didn't even notice.
- In the first scene inside the castle, Baileywick is seen without the pin.
- Sofia and Clover found Slickwell's bag in the kitchen, but Slickwell never carried anything with him when he arrived at the castle (except for the pin).
- When Sofia and Clover found out that the pin was making Baileywick clumsy, Sofia told Clover, "We need to talk to Slickwell". But Clover can't even talk to humans, except Sofia.
Transcript[]
The transcript for Baileywhoops may be viewed here.
References[]
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (November 10, 2014). Showbuzz Daily's Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 11.7.2014. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2024.