Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Episode Information
Production Code	231S-315 231S-316 231S-317
Season number	1 (Elena of Avalor) 3 (Sofia the First)
Episode number	1 (Elena of Avalor) 25 and 26 (Sofia the First)
Written by	Craig Gerber
Storyboards by	Aldina Dias John Pomeroy Eugene Salandra Holly Forsyth Hank Tucker Kathy Jones
Directed by	Jamie Mitchell Mircea Kyle Mantta
Air date	November 20, 2016 (Disney Channel and Disney Jr.)
Songs in this Episode	The Great Unknown The Spirit of Avalor My Time
Episode Guide
Previous	"Gone with the Wand" (production order) "Dads and Daughters Day" (chronological order)
Next	"The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle" (production order) "The Secret Library: The Tale of the Noble Knight" (chronological order) Elena of Avalor: First Day of Rule

Elena and the Secret of Avalor is the Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor crossover special that premiered on November 20, 2016. It is also the fourth installment in Sofia the First Secret Library Story Arc and the prologue pilot adventure before Elena of Avalor's series premiere episode "First Day of Rule".

Synopsis

Sofia discovers the incredible mystery behind her amulet. Princess Elena from the Kingdom of Avalor has been magically trapped inside Sofia's amulet until her 41st year, waiting for another Princess to set her free, and Sofia is up to the task to break the spell.

Elena finally free from her imprisonment in the Amulet after 41 years.

Plot

In the prologue from the Kingdom of Avalor, Elena takes Naomi up a mountain to show her favorite view of Avalor City next to a large waterfall. Naomi is impressed, until Elena laments to her how much she missed it since she was trapped in the Amulet of Avalor for forty-one years, so a lot has changed since then as Avalor isn't the same as it was before her imprisonment. Elena then takes out a broken wand from a box in her saddlebag and shows it to Naomi. Elena explains to her that it was Shuriki's wand and how she would still be trapped in the Amulet if it wasn't for the name of a brave, young princess of Enchancia: Sofia the First. Elena then proceeds to tell Naomi the whole story that led to the present:

A coach is heading toward Avalor Castle, carrying the Avalor sovereigns, King Raul and Queen Lucia, as passengers while being chased by a green mist, and it's clear from the terrified shouts of the royal guards driving the carriage that they're trying to get the sovereigns to safety, urging the horses to hurry back to the castle as quickly as possible. When the coach reaches the castle, Elena, wearing the Amulet of Avalor, comes out to greet her parents, just in time to see the mist get revealed as a sorceress who murders Elena's parents with a spell, taking out the royal guards and the horses as well in one fell swoop at the same time. Horrified, Elena runs back into the castle in terror to try and hide, only to be intercepted by the sorceress as she chases Elena down, then proceeds to strike Elena with the same spell in a bid to remove the only witness to her crimes and take over unopposed and remove any evidence that could cause an uprising after she takes over.

The attack is revealed to be a daydream that Sofia's having in class at Royal Prep, causing her to wake up with a startled gasp, drawing concern from her elder step-brother, Prince James. Flora then flies by and dismisses the students for summer vacation. As the Royal Kids of Enchancia head back to the coach to head home, Sofia's Amulet suddenly glows blue, alerting her to the fact that it's time to go to the Secret Library. Meanwhile, King Roland and Queen Miranda are trying to decide where to take their kids for their summer vacation, but are unable to make up their minds. When the Royal Twins meet up with them, they reveal that they still haven't picked a place out.

Meanwhile, Sofia grabs Behind the Walls and heads for the Secret Library. When she arrives, the Library picks out a book called The Lost Princess of Avalor, to the shock of Sofia, who asks "Like my Amulet of Avalor?" When the book goes into the pendulum, it turns into a man who states "Exactly like your Amulet of Avalor!", startling Sofia when he appears. The man tells Sofia that he's Alacazar, the Royal Wizard of Avalor. Alacazar then proceeds to tell Sofia the story after making her comfortable to hear it:

On Elena's fifteenth birthday, Queen Lucia gave her the Amulet of Avalor. One fateful day, Shuriki invaded Avalor. She murdered the King and Queen and set her sights on the palace. Elena chose to face Shuriki on her own. When Shuriki tried to strike Elena down, the Amulet saved her life by pulling her inside it. Alacazar found the Amulet and discovered that the only way to free Elena was to find a special princess to set her free. Alacazar traveled for years to find this princess until he grew too old to continue his search. He then used the last of his magic to turn himself into the book he transformed from to introduce himself to Sofia.

Alacazar then tells Sofia that the daydream she had earlier in class was Elena telling her that the time had come for her to be set free from the Amulet. Sofia is doubtful, but Alacazar tells Sofia that she can do it as the Amulet tested many princesses before her and she is the only one the Amulet chose. Alacazar tells Sofia what she has to do to free Elena: She must go to his home in Avalor and summon his chanul. He also warns Sofia to be careful as Shuriki is as powerful and evil now as when she first took over Avalor over four decades ago, especially as Queen at the moment. Sofia goes to her family and convinces them that they should spend their vacation in the Kingdom of Avalor. With everyone in agreement, the Royal Family of Enchancia then sets sail for Avalor to enjoy their vacation and open up trade relations between Avalor and Enchancia as well.

The Royal Family of Enchancia arrives in the Kingdom of Avalor on the Royal Galleon under the command of Admiral Vasquez, pulling into Avalor Harbor. When Sofia sees Avalor City after waking up and putting on her dress for visiting Avalor in, she wonders how she's going to find Alacazar's house in such a huge city. However, Sofia is unnerved to learn that they're going to meet Shuriki first since her father sent a messenger ahead telling her they were coming since it's the custom to meet the kingdom's ruler when visiting a new kingdom, but as only Sofia knew of Shuriki's takeover of the throne, her family believes Shuriki is the rightful Queen, while Sofia knows she's not as Elena is the true sovereign as eldest daughter of Raul and Lucia. Meanwhile, Shuriki is using her magic to get ready for their arrival by hiding her true appearance when Chancellor Esteban and Armando come in and tell her that they've arrived. The pair assure Shuriki that everything will be perfect and to Shuriki's strict guidelines she implemented when she took over. The Royal Family of Enchancia are greeted by a cheering crowd, but Sofia notices that the crowd isn't actually happy as they seem to be forced to do so by the guards to avoid punishment, and when Shuriki arrives, she is instantly wary. Sofia notices a boy playing his flute, to Shuriki's chagrin due to outlawing music under her reign. As they get into the coach, Sofia sees Shuriki's soldiers take the flute away from the boy playing it, upsetting him. They arrive at Avalor Castle where Shuriki gives them a tour before taking them out to a feast Esteban has prepared. Suddenly, Jaquins, the Symbols of Avalor, arrive and snatch some of the food after singing a bit to annoy Shuriki. Shuriki tells them to get lost, but they ignore her. She is about to pull out her wand to blast them, which would blow her cover, but Esteban stops her and leads everyone back inside. Sofia's Amulet glows and pulls her toward the Jaquins, which Sofia takes to mean that they can help her. Sofia goes up to the Jaquins and asks them to help her. The Jaquins refuse, stating that they don't help friends of Shuriki. Sofia explains she's there to help bring Princess Elena back. Hearing this, the Jaquins instantly become delighted to help her and fly her to Alacazar's house, explaining in song how they keep the hope of Avalor alive during Shuriki's reign as the Symbols of Avalor and the Guardians sworn to protect it before Shuriki took over.

Sofia arrives at Alacazar's house. A woman greets her at the door. Sofia tells her why she's there, but the woman proves to be no help as she dismisses Sofia and closes the door. Alacazar's grandson, Mateo, walks up, and asks Sofia about her magical knowledge and reveals that the woman is his mother, Rafa. Sofia introduces herself and tells him that Alacazar sent her. Mateo realizes that Sofia's amulet is the Amulet of Avalor and takes her to his workshop. Once there, Mateo reveals that he's been training himself to be a wizard in secret since Shuriki outlawed all magic other than her own when she took over, as Mateo hopes to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. Mateo also reveals that a chanul is a spirit animal that acts as a guide to all the magical things in the world and that it was Alacazar's chanul who revealed to him that Elena is trapped in the Amulet and how to get her out. Mateo summons Alacazar's chanul, Zuzo, who tells Sofia what she has to do to free Elena from the Amulet: First, she has to get Shuriki's wand. Once she gets it, she has to wrap the Amulet around it and put both on the Crown of Aziluna. Mateo explains that Aziluna was a Maruvian healer who could break any spell or curse and that there's a statue of him up in the mountains. Zuzo also tells Sofia a cryptic clue, "Just because you're the one doesn't mean you're the only one," before he vanishes. Sofia doesn't know how she's going to get Shuriki's wand, until Mateo accidentally gives her an idea: To dance with her. At Avalor Castle, Armando is entertaining the Royal Twins while Roland and Miranda's conversation with Shuriki is having her contemplating invading Enchancia as her next target. Sofia comes in and asks Shuriki to dance the Sambarossa with her. Shuriki, who hates music and dancing to the point where she banned both in Avalor when she took over, is reluctant, to which Sofia, who has been told of the ban by Mateo and the Jaquins, asks if there's a law against dancing, to which her father tells her "Sofia, no one would pass a law against dancing. That's like passing a law against fun." which makes Shuriki agree, not wanting to blow her cover and expose herself if she refused. After Armando has shown them how, everyone dances the Sambarossa. During the dance, Sofia pretends to trip and step on Shuriki's shoes. While Shuriki is recoiling from the pain, Sofia uses the opening and steals her wand from her. After pocketing the wand, Sofia convinces Shuriki to let her and her siblings play hide and seek with Armando while her parents resume their discussions with her. When Armando starts counting, Sofia pulls her brother and sister away with her. Amber realizes that Sofia is up to something and asks her what's up. Sofia tells her and James that she'll explain later and that she needs them to stay hidden for as long as possible. James instantly agrees, but Amber demands "Why won't you tell us?" Sofia tells her it's for their own good and leaves. Sofia heads back to Mateo, Skylar, and Luna, and shows them that she got the wand. Mateo and the Jaquins are impressed with her for pulling it off, with Skylar speaking for all of them by saying "Girl looks sweet as sugar but she's got some skills." The group then flies off to free Elena.

The group arrives at the Maruvian Temple where the Crown of Aziluna is. They go inside and find an enchanted lake. Mateo tells Sofia that she needs to swim across the magical waters for the magic to work. Asking the Amulet of Avalor to turn her into her mermaid form, Sofia turns into a mermaid and dives into the lake. Once underwater, she finds the Crown of Aziluna and does as Zuzo instructed when she spoke with him back at Mateo's house. This causes an island with a statue on it to rise out of the water. Once it surfaces, Sofia, back to her human self as she reverted back once above water, slides down to the base of the statue. Suddenly, Sofia's Amulet glows pink and descends. Once it hits the ground, a person appears in a flash of pink light. The Amulet returns itself to Sofia, now pink instead of the purple when she first received it, or red when Elena got it. The person is revealed to be Princess Elena, who's finally free. Elena hugs Sofia and then greets Mateo and the Jaquins. She then voices her intention to free Avalor from Shuriki as she retrieves Shuriki's wand from the crown and sets off with Mateo and Sofia on Skylar and Luna. The group lands and Elena tells them what she's going to do: She's going to use Shuriki's own wand against her. Sofia and Mateo want to help, but Elena refuses and flies off on Skylar to face Shuriki alone with Mateo and Sofia going after her anyway on Luna.

Armando is still playing hide and seek with Amber and James when Elena lands in the castle. Skylar wants to help, but Elena tells him she has to do this on her own as she heads to the throne room to confront Shuriki. Shuriki has just signed the parchment to open up trade between Avalor and Enchancia when Elena storms in to confront her, to Shuriki's shock. Elena tells her it's time for her to pay for her crimes, to Shuriki's horror. Roland asks in confusion, "What crimes?" Elena tells them that Shuriki invaded Avalor and seized the throne from the Royal Family of Avalor, her family. Roland and Miranda are shocked at hearing this before Shuriki has the royal guards restrain them after admitting the truth, much to Roland's anger and Miranda's shock. Shuriki tries to pull out her wand to blast Elena, only to find out that Elena has it, to which she deduces must be because Sofia took it. A shocked Miranda asks "Sofia's involved in this?" Elena confirms this and tries to blast Shuriki with her wand, using the same spell Shuriki used on her and her parents over 40 years ago, but fails. She tries again, but due to a guard's interference, the spell ricochets and blasts a tapestry revealing a painting of Elena's maternal grandparents Fransico and Luisa and her little sister Isabel. Shuriki reveals that was how Alacazar protected them: By placing them inside an enchanted painting that even her magic can't touch. Shuriki also reveals that Esteban is Elena's cousin. Shuriki takes back her wand and orders her guards to seize Elena. Skylar flies in, frees Elena from the guards restraining her, and takes off with Elena. Shuriki orders her guards to capture Elena and Sofia. Roland angrily shouts at Shuriki to leave his step-daughter alone, only for Shuriki to order the guards to lock up the Enchancia Royals. Though Roland warns her she won't get away with this, Shuriki is smug in thinking she will by retorting that she doubts it as she watches them be taken away.

Elena meets up with Sofia, Mateo, and Luna and tells Sofia that Shuriki has her family. Together, they fly back to Mateo's house to keep Sofia safe when attacked by Shuriki's archers from her royal guard. When they arrive back at Mateo's house, Mateo's mother Rafa comes out and reveals the spell that can free Elena's family. Citizens of Avalor, having heard the news of Elena's return, come over and, at Sofia's urging, remembering the riddle that Zuzo told her earlier, Elena agrees to let them help with taking their kingdom back from Shuriki.

Sofia and Elena fly to a secret entrance into the castle and sneak into the dungeon, avoiding the guards assigned by Shuriki to look for them out in the harbor. Once inside, they run into Armando, who agrees to help. While Armando distracts the lone guard after the other one leaves to speak to Shuriki thanks to his first attempt to lure both guards away only convinces one of them to leave, Sofia sneaks past him using her shrinking ability and grabs the keys to the cells. Sofia finds her family, but Miranda tells her that she has a lot of explaining to do regarding recent events. Sofia assures them that they'll get one and lets them out. Roland knocks out the guard and locks him up. Elena then reveals the truth of Sofia's Amulet and asks Roland and Miranda not to be mad at her for her true reasons in coming to Avalor to help Elena take back Avalor from Shuriki. Miranda tells Sofia that she should've told them what was going on so they could've helped, to which Sofia tells them she felt it was best to keep them out of trouble. Roland forgives Sofia for her secrecy, which the rest of the family follows. The group then sets off to execute Elena's plan.

Meanwhile, Shuriki demands that Esteban produce the results she desires. Esteban protests that when he helped her invade Avalor, she promised no one in his family would get hurt, to which Shuriki retorts that she also promised him power, which she granted when she appointed him Chancellor. Shuriki tells him to be grateful she kept at least one of her promises, or he'll end up like his aunt and uncle, Raul and Lucia. Suddenly, Luna flies in and attacks Shuriki, who chases after her with Esteban. Once Shuriki's gone, Mateo sneaks in and, using the spell his mother gave him, frees Elena's family, who all happily reunite with Elena. The entire group then flies off on the Jaquins to execute the next part of Elena's plan: Rallying the citizens of Avalor against Shuriki. United, the Avalorians and Enchancians all march on the castle together and overwhelm the guards, who lock the gates. Although Elena suggests breaking the gates down, Sofia instead suggests flying right over them and opening them from the other side. Sofia and Elena fly in and open the gates, through which the citizens of Avalor march through while Roland keeps the guards busy. The royal guards lose their nerve when confronted by Elena, Sofia, Sofia's parents, Elena's grandparents, Mateo, and the citizens, and flee, but Shuriki halts the crowd as she casts dark storm clouds over the palace. Despite being outnumbered, Shuriki still has her magic, and as Shuriki raises her wand to blast Elena, which would break the spirit and will of everyone else, but Esteban, who has had enough, grabs Shuriki's wand and tosses it to Elena, who destroys it. With her wand gone, Shuriki's powers are destroyed and she ages into an old woman. Horribly weakened, Shuriki falls over the edge of the bridge and down a waterfall. She later resurfaces and swims away to regroup. Seeing that his granddaughter is disturbed by Shuriki's fall, Francisco tells her that the sorceress is gone now and they've won. Elena is reinstated as the true heir and sovereign of Avalor. Sofia offers the Amulet to Elena to return it after Elena thanks Roland and Miranda for their help reclaiming her kingdom, but Elena tells her she can keep it, not only for what she did for Avalor, but Elena has seen enough of the Amulet for the rest of her life. Elena then assumes the throne as Crown Princess, to the joy of the Avalorians.

Back in the Secret Library, both Sofia and Alacazar both review the story Sofia just finished, giving it the happy ending it deserved. Alacazar tells Sofia she gave Elena's story a great ending to which Sofia states that she gave Elena's story a great beginning. After he vanishes, Sofia's dress undergoes a transformation and she leaves the Secret Library.

Back in the present, Elena and Naomi both decide to lock Shuriki's wand in the treasury forever so that no one will ever touch it a gain to the wrong hands.

Home Video Release

• Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Cast

• Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
• Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
• Jane Fonda as Shuriki
• Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
• Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
• Tyler Merna as Prince James
• Travis Willingham as King Roland II
• Barbara Dirickson as Flora
• Chris Parnell as Migs
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Luna
• Carlos Alazraqui as Skylar
• Jenna Ortega as Princess Isabel
• Emiliano Diez as Francisco
• Julia Vera as Luisa
• Christian Lanz as Chancellor Esteban
• Jillian Rose Reed as Naomi
• Joseph Haro as Mateo
• Keith Ferguson as Zuzo
• Andre Sogliuzzo as Alacazar
• Joe Nunez as Armando
• Ana Ortiz as Rafa
• Fritz Sperberg as Panicked Guard

Songs

• The Great Unknown
• The Spirit of Avalor
• My Time

Reception

The special has been nominated for Outstanding Animated Program on 69th Emmy Awards (2017).

Videos

Elena and the Secret of Avalor - The Great Unknown

Sofia the First" Secret Of Avalor🏕"

Sofia The First Elena And The Secret Of Avalor- Sofia Goes Into A Secret Tunnel!

Sofia's Amulet brand new power

Sofia the First- Elena and The Secret Of Avalor-🌠

Sofia The First Elena And The Secret Of Avalor- Sofia Transforms Into A Mermaid

Elena and the Secret of Avalor - The Spirit of Avalor

Sofia The First🥇Movie- Elena And The Secret Of Avalor

Joshua Orro's Elena And The Secret Of Avalor Blog

Elena and the Secret of Avalor - My Time

Goofs

• Amber is not on board the purple jaquin with Sofia during My Time reprise beginning, and appears seconds later.
• When Esteban said that they only dance on special occasions, his goatee was missing, and Shuriki looked at him as though she'd noticed.

Trivia

• Viewership: This special was watched by 2.385 million viewers on its premiere.
• This special introduces Princess Elena, who is the leading character of the spin-off series, Elena of Avalor.
• This is the fourth special in the series, followed by Once Upon a Princess, The Floating Palace, and The Curse of Princess Ivy. It is also the second to be a standalone movie due to the fact that it is a crossover between Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor.
• This special's events take place after the Sofia the First episode "Dads and Daughters Day" and before the entire Elena of Avalor series, as well as before all Sofia the First episodes from "The Secret Library: The Tale of the Noble Knight" to "Royal Vacation".
• King Roland II mentions the events of Once Upon a Princess, specifically the time he gave a welcome gift to Sofia an Amulet of Avalor.
• After Sofia frees Elena, the Amulet of Avalor changes color to ruby pink. This was carried over in the current season.
• This episode marks Sofia's family finally learning her secret about the Amulet of Avalor. They accept it and also keep this secret from outsiders.
  • This is the second time Amber learns Sofia's secret. The first time is The Curse of Princess Ivy. However, the consequence is Amber later loses her memories about the Amulet of Avalor because of her jealousy towards Sofia.
• This is the last episode where both Sofia's dress and amulet are purple, since the next episode, Sofia starts wearing her new dress in recent episodes.
• This is the last episode where Sofia is in her original mermaid design. She has a new one in "Return to Merroway Cove" due to her amulet changing color.
  • This is also the first time that one of Sofia's abilities remains working without the amulet.
• It is later revealed that Elena had trouble walking after being freed from the amulet because according to Craig Gerber, when Sofia and Prisma/Vor were walking around in the amulet in Sofia the First: Forever Royal, they weren't technically walking because they were magical spirits.
• The special was originally titled Sofia the First: Journey to Avalor, but was renamed due to the spinoff airing early. The framing device where Elena recounts the special to Naomi was added in last-minute to make up for said time.
• This is the fifth time Sofia uses her shrinking ability.
• This is the first special where Cedric and Baileywick do not appear, as well as the first special where none of Sofia's animal friends appear.
• This is the first special where the Amulet doesn't summon a Princess to help.
• This is the first time Mateo summons a chanul, according to himself.
• The special was originally planned to premiere on July 22, 2016 but for some reason was rescheduled.
• The DVD of the special was released on February 7, 2017.
• Although past TV listings considered this crossover as part of Elena of Avalor, it was produced as part of Season 3 of Sofia the First, which is why it uses the STF art style and end credits, and is listed as part of the latter series on Disney+.
  • Also, on Disney+, the prologue and epilogue scenes are cut.
• Moral: You don't always have to face a problem alone. You can get help of good people to fight if you lead them.

International premieres

• November 20, 2016 (Canada)
• December 3, 2016 (United Kingdom)
• December 9, 2016 (Spain)
• December 10, 2016 (Portugal)
• March 18, 2017 (Brazil, Disney Channel Latin América, Japan)

Transcript

Elena and the Secret of Avalor/Transcript

External links

• IMDb website
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor on Wikipedia
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor on Elena of Avalor Wiki