The Baker King

"The Baker King" is the twenty-first episode of the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, which aired on November 8, 2013.

Plot
Sofia is awakened by Violet. Violet asks Sofia which dress she would like to wear today and Sofia states "My purple dress." When Violet asks which purple dress, since she has a lot of purple dresses since purple is Sofia's favorite color, Sofia selects her usual gown and puts it on herself. Sofia and Violet both talk about the Villager's Ball tomorrow. Sofia offers to pick out a dress for Violet to wear to the ball for her but Violet tells the little princess that it's her job to serve her. Sofia heads down to breakfast. The Royal Family is enjoying their breakfast when Baileywick comes in with a list of things that require King Roland's attention. Sofia notes that her father has a lot of things to do and Amber tells her that it's because he's the king. Everyone agrees to help Roland today: James helps him "eat his breakfast", Amber helps by selecting the cake order: a strawberry cake with chocolate chips and vanilla frosting that's 100 layers tall, Miranda helps by heading to the attic to find decorations for the ball, and Sofia helps her father out as his right hand girl with his list: Selecting the new Court Jester, the elf situation, the knighting ceremony etc. They finish just in time for dinner and meet up with Miranda who shows them a mirror she found. Roland is exhusted and wishes he could be the village baker because he thinks a baker's life is simple and easy. Sofia notices the mirror sparkling but shrugs it off as nothing.

When Sofia and her family wake up the next morning, they discover themselves in the village and Roland is now the baker, much to his delight. Everyone else doesn't mind and think Roland deserves a break, but Amber thinks it'll end in disaster. The royal twins' attempts to get eggs all fail until Sofia intervenes, mostly because the two of them are used to having pretty much everything done for them. However, Amber does manage to get some flour on her own. Roland tries to get milk from a cow by commanding it which doesn't work, prompting Sofia and Miranda to step forward and show him how it's done. Roland first attempt at baking causes a huge mess since he's just as used to having just about everything done for him as James and Amber are. Amber is ready to go back to the castle but Roland refuses. Through a song, Roland voices how simple, easy, and fun he thinks life as a baker is but Miranda and Sofia, since they used to be villiagers, tell him that is not the case to which Amber and James agree. It soon becomes obvious that all four of them are right: Roland is no less busy than he was when he was King, his attempts at baking are disasters that taste so nasty. Roland is miserable mostly because he has no idea what he's doing but at the same time is too stubborn to admit that he was wrong about a villager's life, even to himself. Finally, Sofia has had enough and decides to get her stubborn father to just face facts by showing him how much the people of the kingdom need him. When Roland sees how much good he's done as a king and how much everyone looks up to him, Sofia tells him the hard fact about being King: It may be a hard job that's not as simple or as fun as he'd like it to be but someone has to do it and that somebody has to be him. Roland finally realizes that he has been selfish and decides to become king again. Upon remembering the mirror and the sparkle she saw the night before, Sofia realizes it was a magic mirror that grants wishes and when Roland wished he was the baker, it granted it. Sofia comes up with a plan to undo what's been done to them.

The family arrive at the castle with a lumpy cake for the Villager's Ball and then head for the mirror. Roland asks the mirror to undo his wish which it does, returning Roland and his family back to royalty. When Baileywick arrives, Roland orders to have the mirror placed back in the attic. The Royal family arrive for the ball and Roland tells Sofia he's lucky to have a daughter like her since she's always looking out for him whenever he is a king or a baker. Everyone helps themselves to a taste taste of the lumpy cake, only to find that it tastes nasty, prompting Roland to promise that the cake will taste better next year.

Home Video Release

 * Sofia the First: Holiday in Enchancia DVD

Songs

 * The Simple Life

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Sofia
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
 * Zach Callison as Prince James
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Tim Gunn as Baileywick
 * Jennifer Hale as Violet the Maid
 * G.K. Bowes as Village Mom
 * Nika Futterman as Village Wife
 * Craig Gerber as Village Husband
 * Maxim Knight as Boy
 * Court Young as Bakery Customer
 * Michaela Zee as Girl

Trivia

 * This is the third episode where Roland sings. the first two were "Baileywick's Day Off" and "Tri-Kingdom Picnic"
 * This is the second time since Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess that shows Sofia in her villager's outfit.
 * This is the first time in the series where King Roland II and Queen Miranda have a larger role than they usually do. The size of their role in this episode is a bit bigger than their role in the film.
 * This is the first time Princess Amber and Prince James are seen sleeping, and the first time where Queen Miranda is seen in her nightgown.
 * This is the second time Roland, James, and Miranda have been under the effects of a magic spell. The first time was Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
 * This is the second episode where we see Amber's hair in a mess, the first was in "Two to Tangu".
 * Sofia's amulet is gone and none of them notice.