"Gone with the Wand" is the sixty-seventh episode of Sofia the First. It premiered on March 4, 2016 and is the fifteenth episode of the third season.
Overview[]
Cedric's trouble-making niece swipes a wand, summoning his arch-enemy Morgana, during a trip to Merlin's castle.
Plot[]
Cedric is working in his workshop when Sofia comes in. Sofia has won a contest at school and the prize she won is an invitation to Merlin's castle. The invitation states that she's allowed to bring two guests and Sofia invites Cedric, to the sorcerer's joy. Cedric has always wanted to meet Merlin due to idolizing him. Suddenly, Cedric's sister, Cordelia the Conjurer, and her daughter Calista come in and remind Cedric that he is supposed to watch the latter. Calista is revealed to be going through a kleptomaniac stage where she takes things without asking, especially anything red. At first, Cedric fears he can't go meet Merlin until Sofia reminds him she can bring two guests.
The trio arrives at Merlin's castle, Dragon Hold. After going inside, they hear a voice coming from a mirror. The voice is revealed to be Merlin's. Merlin comes out and reveals it's a spell he's working on. Cedric goes gaga over meeting Merlin, who conjures up mushrooms. Calista sees a red hat and takes it, but Sofia and her Uncle Ceddy insist that she put it back. Merlin then gives them a magical tour of his castle. During the tour, Merlin shows them the Dragonclaw Wand, which he used to defeat his arch-enemy, Morgana the Evil Enchantress.
The trio thank Merlin for the tour and leave. Sofia and Cedric both voice how happy they are until Calista reveals she took the Dragonclaw Wand, to their horror. Things get worse when Morgana appears and takes the Wand from Calista. Fortunately, she can't use it because Merlin put a protection charm on it that makes it so that only he can use it. Cedric tries to get the Wand back with a spell, but Morgana reflects his spell back at him and escapes. After Cedric is freed by his niece, the trio head to Morgana's castle, which is guarded by imps. After learning they're always hungry, Sofia comes up with the idea to use food to distract them and Calista conjures up cookies. The cookies distract the imps and the trio use the opening to sneak into the castle and find it full of mirrors. Unfortunately, Calista sees a ruby and takes it, awakening a centaur who chases Sofia, Cedric, and Calista across the hall. Calista trips, so Cedric takes her only for them to be captured by the centaur. Cedric frees Calista, who escapes with Sofia. The centaur informs the imps about Cedric being a burglar and takes him to Morgana.
Calista mentions that she took things because there are so many things she wants. Sofia tells her that just because they want things doesn't mean they should take them, especially when they belong to someone else. Calista didn't think at all, and Sofia decides for them to head back to Dragonhold where Calista, at Sofia's urging, apologizes to Merlin. Merlin wonders what needs to be done to defeat Morgana without his Dragonclaw Wand. Sofia comes up with an idea for her, Merlin, and Calista to head in a mirror to surprise Morgana.
At Morgana's castle, Cedric is caged while Morgana is figuring out how the Dragonclaw Wand works. The imps arrive with a mirror, and Morgana wonders why it is so special. Sofia, from inside the mirror, mentions the many things why Morgana is so special, even after Calista mentions bugs. Sofia and Calista head out of the mirror, where Calista frees Cedric and Sofia gets the Dragonclaw Wand back before giving it to Merlin. Morgana attempts to use her wand, but Calista, Cedric, and Merlin use their wands to trap Merlin in the mirror. Outside Dragon Hold, Merlin tells Sofia and Cedric that he hasn't had that much fun in years and will always remember the name Cedric the Sensational. Calista is given the red hat she wanted earlier and promises to ask for things she wants from now on.
Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
- Jess Harnell as Cedric the Sorcerer
- Rachael MacFarlane as Cordelia the Conjuror
- Catherine O'Hara as Morgana
- Jeff Bennett as Merlin
- Katie Zieff as Calista
- Mick Wingert as Skinny Imp
- Keith Ferguson as Centaur
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Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 1.3 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- Cedric's sister and niece make their debut appearance in this episode.
- Cedric mentioned his sister in The Curse of Princess Ivy.
- Calista is the second known character in the series younger than Sofia. The first was Prince Chad in "Princess Adventure Club".
- The title is a play on the book and the 1939 MGM feature film Gone with the Wind. The same Gone with the Wind play-of-words "Gone with the Wand" was previously used in the 1945 MGM Tex Avery cartoon Swing Shift Cinderella.
- Merlin from The Sword in the Stone makes a guest appearance in this episode.
- In this episode, Sofia wears the same gown she wore to her royal debut ball.
- Catherine O'Hara (who voiced Morgana) turned 62 on the day this episode first aired.
- Aurora and Cinderella are mentioned in this episode. This is the third time Disney Princesses are mentioned on the show.
- This is also the second time Cinderella is mentioned on the show, the first being The Curse of Princess Ivy.
- Calista's cookies were just like the plaid cookies in "Baileywick's Day Off".
- Morgana's Imps share some similarities to Maleficent's Goons.
- The line Morgana quotes "Mirror, Mirror in my hand, who is the baddest in the land" is a pun to the line quoted by The Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, when she asks the Magic Mirror who's the fairest of them all.
- Archimedes painting made a cameo.
- This is the last episode to be produced in 2015 according to the credits.
- Moral: Never take things without asking.
International premieres[]
- April 18, 2016 (Brazil)
Transcript[]
The transcript for Gone with the Wand may be viewed here.
References[]
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 7, 2016). Updated: Showbuzz Daily's Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.4.2016. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2024.