"The Elf Situation" is the one hundred and sixth episode of the Disney Jr. animated series, Sofia the First. It premiered on May 18, 2018, and is the twenty-fifth episode in the fourth season.
Synopsis[]
When Sofia, Amber, and James are left in charge of the castle for the day, they attempt to make peace between the River Elves and the Tree Elves.
Plot[]
At Enchancia Castle, Clover enters Sofia's room to find her. Sofia had been cleaning out her closet and found some toys she always loved playing with. The first she shows to Clover are Merlin's Blocks, magical blocks that make anything one builds float in the air. According to Sofia, James used them to build a castle so big that it flew away and landed in the Kingdom of Freezenburg. She then takes out her Enchanted Jump Rope, a magical rope that twirls itself. Sofia demonstrates by jumping the rope while reciting "Jumping, jumping all the time, Spell your name and make a rhyme, S-O-F-I-A Glad I spelled it right today". Clover tries to repeat it but trips on the rope. Embarrassed, Clover says the rope is defective. Sofia tells him not to feel bad as Amber jumped backwards into a fountain when she showed her how to use it. Sofia voices how she always had the best time playing with Amber and James, which she fears is now over now that they are going to attend their new schools soon. Clover tells her she should go play with her older siblings right now. Sofia agrees and goes to find them.
When Sofia finds them, Amber is studying Diplomacy as she will need to know it when she is the Queen of Enchancia while James is practicing his Knight skills. Sofia shows Amber the Enchanted Jump Rope and asks her if she wants to play with it. Amber refuses, saying that she has grown out of it as being Heir to the Throne is a very grown-up job. So, she only does grown-up things now. Sofia then shows James the Merlin's Blocks and asks him if he wants to play with them. James also turns her offer down as he has to practice his Knight skills. Sofia notes they are really good, but James states that good is not enough if he is going to impress everyone at Chivalry Hall. Amber apologizes to Sofia and explains that she and James do not have time to play with her. Roland comes in with Baileywick, who has a cold. After sending Baileywick to bed, Roland explains that it is Royal Staff Appreciation Day and he and Queen Miranda are taking them on a picnic to give them the day off. Because of this, he is leaving the three of them in charge of the Castle until they get back on the condition that they only get Baileywick if they need help. Roland also informs them that he has arranged a peace conference to resolve the Elf Situation once and for all so they can finally get a road built.
After Roland leaves, Sofia is overjoyed since she sees this as a chance to play with her older siblings. However, Amber sees this as a chance to be Queenly and James sees this as a chance to be Knightly. Sofia insists that they play together since they will never get another chance like this again. The three of them then start playing together.
Later, the three of them have put Merlin's Blocks under a rug with a rope on it. Suddenly, Baileywick comes in with a note sent by a messenger pigeon: the Royal Coach broke down so Roland will not be back in time for the peace conference. Baileywick offers to get everything ready for the conference but the kids send him back to bed as he still has his cold. They then go on their rug ride. Suddenly, Arielf, Queen of the Tree Elves, and Elfabelle, Queen of the River Elves, arrive for the peace conference. After Amber goes to get Roland's agenda, Sofia and James realize why their father has never been able to resolve the Elf Situation: Arielf and Elfabelle really do not like each other. When Amber gets back with the agenda, they lead them into the dining room.
Once at the dining room, they serve the two Elves food and lemonade. Amber leaves to ask Baileywick about a part of the agenda that she cannot make out, due to Roland's terrible handwriting. While she's gone, James and Sofia learn the reason for two Elf Queens' feud is because Elfabelle broke Arielf's great grandelf's best family dish by accident, and Arielf broke Elfabelle's great grandelf's family dish to get even due to thinking she did it on purpose. To get them to make peace, Sofia and James get them to start having fun together. Unfortunately, Amber shows up and ruins the fun by voicing the next part of the agenda: to air their grievances. Sofia and James try to stop her because they were having fun and the elves vouch for it, but Amber thinks there is no time for fun on duty and makes them say what bothers them. This makes the two Elves start fighting again and leave. Amber realizes her mistake. Sofia cuts her some slack because she was just following the agenda. Amber decides they can have fun. The trio goes after them and finally resolve the Situation by getting them to play games together. The Elves finally make peace. King Roland and his guards see them, and he is pleased by what a great job they did and realizes that the children are now growing up and are no longer children anymore and it ends with everybody playing tag.
Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Sofia
- Wayne Brady as Clover
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
- Nicolas Cantu as Prince James
- Travis Willingham as King Roland II
- Tim Gunn as Baileywick
- Rachael MacFarlane as Elfabelle
- Ashley Jensen as Arielf
Videos[]
Transcript[]
For a full transcript of The Elf Situation, click here.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.599 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- This is the third appearance of the Rolling Wheelie shoes in the series, following "King for a Day" and "The Littlest Princess".
- Arielf and Elfabelle's names are inspired by the Disney Princesses Ariel and Belle.
- When Princess Amber is greeting the elves, you can see a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I.
- "The Elf Situation" was a running gag first made back in the Season 1 episode "The Baker King".
- This is the final half-hour episode of the series.
- Following this episode, Sofia the First went on a hiatus, as well as Miles from Tomorrowland three days later.[2] Both subsequently aired their series finales in September.[3]
- This is the penultimate episode of the series and the last to premiere on Disney Channel before Disney Jr.
- Moral: It's important to make time for fun.
International premieres[]
- September 30, 2018 (Brazil)
References[]
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (May 21, 2018). Updated: Showbuzz Daily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.18.2018. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ↑ AP (May 12, 2018). "I thought the season 4 TV movie final for Sofia the First was going air in June. did they move it to July? @_CraigGerber is the Sofia the First tv movie season 4 final going air in June or was it moved? DisneyTVA says Sofia the First is on hiatus for June". X. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ↑ NickandMore (August 20, 2018). "(now-deleted tweet) 2 preschool series finales of note: "Sofia the First: Forever Royal" 90-minute finale airs Sept. 8 at 11am on the Disney Junior channel (and Sept. 10 on Disney Channel). "Mission Force One" (originally "Miles from Tomorrowland") airs Sept. 10 at 5pm on the DJr channel". X. Retrieved May 18, 2024.