"Day of the Sorcerers" is the eighty-second episode of the Disney Jr. animated series, Sofia the First. It premiered on April 28, 2017 and is the first episode of the fourth season.
Overview[]
After a secret meeting of sorcerers, Cedric must choose between two choices: either taking over the kingdom or maintaining his friendship with Sofia against Grimtrix.
Plot[]
Sofia arrives at Hexley Hall with Cedric and Wormwood for the Conjurors Conference, a gathering of every sorcerer from every kingdom. Sofia is once again serving as Cedric's apprentice to help him with his spells at the Conference. Sofia fears that Grimtrix will be at the Conference, but Cedric assures her he will not try anything with so many people around. Once inside, Sofia is wowed by all the sights. She stops by a sorceress painting an Enchanted Painting. The sorceress tells her she is painting the Mystic Isles, the land where all magic comes from and which is home to all sorts of magical creatures that are really hard to get to. Sofia also meets up with Princess Jun, who is there to help Wu-Chang at the Conference. Suddenly, Grimtrix's weasel Wriggley comes up and gives Cedric an invitation to a meeting of the greatest sorcerers in the world in the Enchanted Portrait Parlor. Sofia asks Jun where Cedric went and Jun points out where. When she sees Wriggley, Sofia realizes something is wrong and follows them.
Cedric arrives at the meeting, which is attended by Grimtrix, Greylock the Grand, Morgana, Baron Von Rocha, a grumpy wizard Cedric bumped into earlier, and a midget wizard. The meeting is for all spellcasters who feel overlooked by the Royals and believe they should rule their kingdoms. To accomplish this, Grimtrix is assembling the group into the Order of the Wand and giving its members Medusa Stones, magical stones that make any spell cast with the wand they are put on permanent. Sofia, who has heard everything, pulls Cedric out of the meeting. Sofia tells Cedric she cannot believe what Grimtrix is doing and asks him why Grimtrix would think he would be part of such a horrible plan. Cedric tells her that he intends to stall Grimtrix, and urges her to go ask the other sorcerers/sorceresses for help. After Sofia leaves, Cedric tells Wormwood he is not sure he wants to do what Grimtrix wants, but Wormwood encourages him to do it to gain respect. Hearing this, Cedric takes a Medusa Stone from Grimtrix.
Meanwhile, Sofia meets up with Jun and asks her where Wu-Chang is. Jun tells her that he and most of the other sorcerers were led to the library. Sofia tells Jun about Grimtrix's plot, and together they head to the library. When they get there, they find that all the good sorcerers have been trapped inside by the shusher. They get the shusher off the door by being as loud as they can. Their plan works, and Merlin and the other good sorcerers are free. Sofia tells them about Grimtrix's plot. Merlin tells her how to undo the effects of the Medusa Stones, and when they discover the evil sorcerers have already left, the good sorcerers take off to protect their kingdoms from them. Sofia assumes that Cedric was not able to stall them and goes to see if he is okay. But when Sofia finds him, Grimtrix is telling him to have fun taking over Enchancia. Sofia confronts him and Wormwood, who tells her he is going to take over Enchancia and about all his plots to steal her Amulet since she arrived at the castle, which Cedric admits to, leaving Sofia heartbroken. Cedric goes to take over Enchancia while Sofia grabs a magic broom and goes after him.
Cedric arrives back at Enchancia Castle and freezes everyone using the Medusa Stone's magic, saving the Royal Family for last. Sofia arrives to stop him, but, because Cedric cannot bear to use the Medusa Stone to freeze her, she manages to grab it away from him. Sofia then drops the Medusa Stone to the ground and destroys it, which undoes the effects of the Medusa Stone's magic. Once unfrozen, King Roland has the guards seize Cedric. Upon being asked for an explanation, Cedric reveals all the frustration and resentment he has been feeling all these years before the guards take him to the dungeon. Sofia tries to defend Cedric, but Miranda dismisses it, telling Sofia she is trying to see the good in someone who doesn't have any in him. Nonetheless, while Cedric miserably played a harmonica in his cell, Sofia goes to visit him in the dungeons. While she lets him know of how angry she is for his actions, she tells him that while he did lie and steal from her, the worst thing he did was not the fact that he tried to take over the kingdom, it was telling her they were not friends, which she knows is not true. She recalls many time where he was good and had helped her, she tells him out of sadness that only a great sorcerer and friend would risk their lives for another, causing a remorseful Cedric to sincerely apologize to her.
Meanwhile, Grimtrix looks through his crystal ball and sees his fellow evil sorcerers have successfully taken over various kingdoms, but notices that Cedric failed so he goes to Enchancia Castle to help him succeed. He freezes everyone again with Medusa stones. Sofia goes to stop him while Cedric frees himself and Wormwood. When he catches up to Sofia, Grimtrix allows Cedric to do the honors of stopping Sofia and taking over Enchancia once and for all, but this time, remembering what Sofia told him, Cedric willingly helps Sofia defeat Grimtrix and save the Royal Family, finally giving up on stealing the throne. Grimtrix is taken away by the guards.
Cedric then apologizes to the Royal Family, who are skeptical of how they can forgive him after what he's done. Roland states that Cedric is not locked up because he saved the family from Grimtrix. When Sofia tells Roland to give Cedric a second chance just as she had done to Amber, Roland declares that Cedric will be reinstated as the royal sorcerer on the condition that if it weren't for Sofia, he would've left the kingdom. Cedric states that he'll never forget everything Sofia has done for him in the past. Sofia then returns Cedric his wand. James asks Cedric to put on a magic show for them, which Sofia disapproves of until Cedric agrees as well as having Sofia as his apprentice once again.
Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
- Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
- Travis Willingham as King Roland II
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
- Nicolas Cantu as Prince James
- Jess Harnell as Cedric the Sorcerer
- Jim Cummings as Wormwood
- Tim Gunn as Baileywick
- Michaela Zee as Princess Jun
- Keone Young as Wu-Chang
- Jeff Bennett as Merlin
- Billy West as Grimtrix
- Mitchell Whitfield as Greylock the Grand
- Nika Futterman as Sorceress
Additional voices[]
- Jess Harnell
- Jeff Bennett
- Jim Cummings
- Nika Futterman
Transcript[]
For a full transcript of Day of the Sorcerers, click here.
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Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.764 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- Sofia finally learns that Cedric was evil in this episode. Cedric, in turn, finally "officially" becomes good.
- Sofia also finally learns from Wormwood of Cedric trying to steal her amulet.
- Greylock the Grand, Morgana, Merlin, Marshak, Baron Von Rocha, Wriggley, and Grimtrix make their second appearance in this episode.
- Starting with this episode, the show now shows opening credits, featuring the writers, storyboard artists, and directors, just like Elena of Avalor.
- Greylock the Grand is revealed to be evil in this episode.
- The Mystic Isles are mentioned in this episode.
- This is the third time Sofia wears her sorcerer's outfit, following "Cedric's Apprentice" and "The Enchanted Feast". She wears it throughout the whole episode.
- The Order of the Wand might be a reference to the Order of the Phoenix from the Harry Potter franchise.
- Princess Ivy is mentioned for the first time in the series since her debut on Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy.
- Sofia mentions to Roland that when she first became a princess, Amber did mean things to Sofia, but she gave Amber a second chance in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
- This marks the second time Sofia fights Cedric after The Floating Palace (albeit she didn't recognize him).
- Prisoners in the dungeon resemble characters from the jail scene of Pirates of the Caribbean.
- This is the second time James calls Cedric "Mr. Cedric" after "Substitute Cedric".
- Sofia reminds Cedric of how they worked together to solve problems in "Substitute Cedric", "The Curse of Princess Ivy", and "Gone with the Wand".
- Although this episode premiered in 2017, it was produced in 2016 according to the credits.
- Moral: True friends help a friend do what's right.
Goofs[]
- Cedric's outfit and Wormwood's feathers become black when they arrive at Enchancia Castle.
- During the episode, Queen Miranda is wearing the red outfit in "Holiday in Enchancia" instead of the original.
International premieres[]
- July 7, 2017 (Brazil)
References[]
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (May 1, 2017). Updated: Showbuzz Daily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.28.2017. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 2, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2024.