"Make Way for Miss Nettle" is the sixteenth episode of the Disney Jr. animated series, Sofia the First. It premiered on August 23, 2013.
Overview[]
A new fairy teacher, Miss Nettle, who was once the apprentice of Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, arrives at Royal Prep to be a teacher for the after-school gardening club. However, Miss Nettle has ulterior motives for coming to the school, namely, to find a spell-book belonging to the three fairies, which would enhance her powers.
Plot[]
With school over, Sofia and James ask Amber if she would like to join them in the After School Gardening Club, but she refuses because she doesn't like digging in the dirt. Sofia and James head to the greenhouse and meet up with their friend, Prince Desmond. The three good fairies arrive to introduce Miss Nettle, a fairy who was their own apprentice, to be a teacher for Enchanted Gardening.
The three good fairies leave, and Miss Nettle teaches them about plants that grow big with magical plant food until they learn to grow plants on their own, demonstrating a Rising Rose and a quartet of Bouncing Bluebells. She then sets Desmond to grow a Singing Sunflower, Sofia a Dancing Daisy, and James some Laughing Lilies. Sofia produces a small, but still active daisy, Desmond grows a spectacular (both in height and singing ability) Singing Sunflower, and James falls into temporary fits of hysterical laughter due to standing too close to his bunch of lilies. Miss Nettle heads to the school campus, but Sofia notices Miss Nettle's glove fell and she attempts to return it, leaving James and Desmond to have fun.
After Miss Nettle sneaks into the main office of Royal Prep, she tries to find the spell book which would make her the most powerful fairy in the world until Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather show up and spot Miss Nettle. As the fairies confront her for finding the spell book in their office, Miss Nettle traps them in a bubble with their wands confiscated so they won't go after her. Suddenly, Sofia witnesses Miss Nettle and the fairies trapped, and the fairies seek help from Sofia and her friends to get the spell book before Miss Nettle gets it.
Sofia warns James and Desmond about the fairies and hurries to get Professor Popov for help as no one else in the school is left. As they went from the ballroom to get him, Professor Popov spotted Miss Nettle messing up the library and tried to stop her, but she trapped him in a bubble too. The three gangs try to find more ways like finding a map of the whole school and turns out the spell book is located in the clock tower as the fairies made Sofia some ideas while in the bubble.
The gang approaches the clock tower and since it's impossible to climb up, Sofia uses her rose pinned from her hair to let Desmond grow it to a stalk, making them climb up while Desmond is afraid to do it. As they reach the top, the clock moves and they notice the spell book as it's carried by one of the figures that resemble Flora. Miss Nettle shows up, trapping them, and does "the best part" and made a "deal" to get the spell book. The three agree, but it leaves them tricked when she says that she would only free the fairies after learning every spell from their book and become the most powerful fairy in the world, and rushes to the greenhouse.
Sofia and the gang remember what the laughing lilies did to James, and lets Desmond grow them, but he's still too scared to face her, until James advises him about being royal and brave. Somehow, James makes an idea, and the gang rushes to the greenhouse, sneaking by Miss Nettle to distract her from doing her spells. Sofia and Desmond continue sneaking to grow the laughing lilies until Miss Nettle spots them underneath the table, but the lilies grow and spray pollen on her face, which makes her laugh uncontrollably until she drops the spell book. The gang rushes to the office where the fairies are trapped and are saved by their cleverness to find the spell on the 24th page and a wand.
With the fairies freed from the bubble, they ask where Miss Nettle has gone to and find she has disappeared and sneaked up behind them. The evil fairy makes her final move but Desmond jumps on her, leaving her wand and him in a bubble. Miss Nettle has finally lost, and the fairies free Desmond. Finally, the fairies banish Miss Nettle with her wand confiscated. The brave gang still forgets one thing, they'll have to free Professor Popov, ending the episode as they chase the poor trapped professor across the grounds.
Home Video Release[]
Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Sofia
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
- Zach Callison as Prince James
- Maxim Knight as Prince Desmond
- Barbara Dirickson as Flora
- Russi Taylor as Fauna
- Tress MacNeille as Merryweather
- Megan Mullally as Miss Nettle
- Jim Cummings as Professor Popov
Additional voices[]
- Kari Wahlgren
- Debi Derryberry
- Kate Higgins
- Keith Silverstein
Transcript[]
The transcript for Make Way for Miss Nettle (episode) may be viewed here.
Song[]
Videos[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 2.096 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- This is the first episode where Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather play a more active role in the series.
- This knows that Desmond is afraid of his Aunt Nadine. Thus, marking this episode the first time an aunt is mentioned.
- This is the third episode whose song is a villain song. The first was "Cedric the Great" in "Cedric's Apprentice" and the second was "I'll Get My/That Amulet" in "The Amulet of Avalor".
- This episode marks Miss Nettle's debut appearance.
- The line "Thank you! Thank you for the kind applause!" is reused twice in the same scene.
- The episode was originally titled "Fairy, Fairy, Quite Contrary".
- Moral: The true courage is being able to do something despite being scared.
Goofs[]
- When Miss Nettle hands out the flowers, she introduces them in the wrong order.
- Her wings morph through her cloak when you view her from the back.
- During the scene in the clock tower, the rising rose is seen rising through the trapdoor but later, the trapdoor is shut, and there is no trace of the rising rose.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 26, 2013). Friday Cable Ratings: 'Gold Rush: South America' Wins Night + 'WWE Friday Night SmackDown', NASCAR, 'Continuum' & More. TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2024.