"The Little Witch" is the eleventh episode of the Disney Jr. animated series, Sofia the First. It premiered on May 31, 2013.
Overview[]
Sofia meets a lonesome young witch named Lucinda in the village who's hexing all the village kids. Sofia tries to fix Lucinda's behavior, so she can be invited to a birthday party for Sofia's friend Jade.
Plot[]
Sofia, Ruby, and Jade are making preparations for Jade's birthday party when a witch, who's hiding in the bushes started hexing them. Sofia learns from Jade that the witch's name is Lucinda, and Lucinda also hexed Jade's garden, flowers, and the decorations before leaving. Jade tells Sofia that Lucinda came to the village a few months after she went to live at the castle, and Ruby adds that she's always playing tricks on everyone. They explain that last week, Lucinda put a hex on Jade's dolls and turned them into mice and melted Ruby's crayons. Because the lanterns have been turned into beehives, causing bees to fly around, Sofia suggests moving the party indoors. With that settled, the three girls go into the village to hand out invitations.
Unfortunately, they ran into Lucinda again and she begins hexing everyone and Jade demanded her to stop. Sofia decides to go have a talk with her, despite her friends' fear that she will be hexed. Sofia notices Lucinda sitting alone on the staircase in front of her house, looking sadly at one of the invitations and saying that she never gets invited to parties. When Sofia moves toward her, she goes back to being snarky and when Sofia says it's not nice, Lucinda says that's the point. She then reveals that she doesn't have friends and claims to not want any, but Sofia correctly guesses that since she wants to be invited to Jade's party she does want friends. Lucinda threatens to hex her if she doesn't leave her alone, but Sofia stands her ground and shows no fear, even after Lucinda carries out her threat. Seeing she can't fool the Princess, Lucinda admits that Sofia is right and tells her that she can't help being mean since she comes from a long line of witches and all they do is hex others so they have a hard time getting along with regular people. Sofia tells her how she became a Princess overnight and how it took practice and a little help learning how to be a Princess. She offers to help Lucinda make friends and says the first step is to apologize to everyone but Lucinda struggles to say "I'm sorry." Ruby and Jade are still handing out invitations when Sofia and Lucinda come over. The two of them panic when they see Lucinda, but Sofia tells them it's okay, and that the witch is with her, causing Jade to exclaim "WHAT?!" and Ruby to exclaim "How?!". Lucinda manages to apologize to Jade, who unfortunately does not accept it. Sofia thinks Lucinda is being sincere, and as such, thinks Lucinda should be invited to the party. But Jade absolutely refuses to do this as she still believes Lucinda is planning a much meaner trick later on and angrily tells Lucinda that she'll never invite her. Angered at this, Lucinda casts a hex that makes a rain cloud appear over Jade, causing a couple of kids to run off screaming. Sofia says "Oh no!", and Jade, angrily pointing to the rain cloud says "See?!" Lucinda laughs, but Sofia scolds her and Lucinda makes the rain cloud go away and conjures a breeze that dries Jade off. Unfortunately, Jade still doesn't dare to invite Lucinda and tells Ruby she plans to build a witch trap to keep her from ruining her party.
Lucinda tells Sofia she'll never make any friends and Sofia tells her it's just going to take more than one apology. Lucinda decides to go back to being mean since it's easier for her and takes off on her broom, which Sofia grabs onto. Sofia slips off and Lucinda saves her by conjuring up a pillow for her to land on. A grateful Sofia suggests that Lucinda show the other kids that she's sorry by undoing all her hexes. The other kids run away when they see Lucinda until she and Sofia assure them she's there to undo all her hexes that she made. Nobody believes her until she does undo the hexes and they're all grateful and decided to forgive her. Ruby tells Lucinda that she'll invite her to Jade's party, but that it's up to Jade. Since the party isn't till later, Sofia tells her there's still time to patch things up with Jade. Lucinda thanks Sofia for helping her and convince her to ride to Jade's house on her broom.
They arrive at Jade's house and Lucinda unhexes the garden. Meanwhile inside the house, Ruby and Jade are getting the house ready for the party when they hear laughter outside. When they see Lucinda, Jade immediately thinks that Lucinda came to ruin her party again and sets a trap for her. However, Sofia comes in first and gets caught in the trap. The trap ruins the cake and all the decorations when it goes off. Jade blames Lucinda for this and yells at her to go away, causing Lucinda to run off in tears. Sofia scolds Jade, explaining that Lucinda came to fix her garden so she can be invited. Jade, now feeling bad, goes after Lucinda. Upon finding her, she apologizes for not giving her a second chance and admits she was wrong about not believing that she had changed her ways. Jade then invites her to the party. With amends made, Lucinda uses her magic to fix the party, making it better than ever, and she makes many new friends.
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Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Sofia
- Isabella Acres as Jade
- Diamond White as Ruby
- Merit Leighton as Lucinda
- Fiona Bishop as Kate
- Jaden Betts as Village Boy Graham
- Olivia Grace as Village Girl Carrie
Additional voices[]
- Olivia Grace
- Khamani Griffin
- Fiona Bishop
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Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 1.73 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- This is the first episode to not feature Princess Amber, Prince James, King Roland II, and Queen Miranda, making Sofia the only main cast member to appear in this episode.
- This is the third episode where none of the events take place at Enchancia Castle, the others were "The Princess Test" and "Tri-Kingdom Picnic".
- The Enchancia Castle is only shown in the background at the beginning of the episode.
- This is the second time Sofia revisits Dunwiddie Village after "Blue Ribbon Bunny".
- This is the second time Sofia helps a negative character by helping her reform; the first was Amber in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
- Moral: If you want to have friends, you need to be a friend.
References[]
- ↑ Disney Channel ratings (May 27-June 2, 2013). Son of the Bronx (June 7, 2013). Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2024.