The Big Sleepover

"The Big Sleepover" is the second episode of the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, which aired on January 18, 2013.

Synopsis
Sofia is going to have her first royal slumber party. Amber brings her to the castle's observatory, where everyone will be sleeping that night, and tells her the most important part of a royal slumber party is the guests. She invited Princess Hildegard and Princess Clio, the most popular princesses at their school, while Sofia invited her friends Ruby and Jade. Amber is shocked that Sofia would invite non-royal village girls, but Sofia tells her that Ruby and Jade are really fun to be with.

Down in his lair, Cedric is visited by the king and queen, and is asked to put on a magic show for the girls at their party. Initially disgusted at having to do such a thing, he soon realizes this is an opportunity for him to steal Sofia's amulet, and plans to do it by performing a magic trick with his puppets that will make the amulet disappear, right into his hands.

Sofia and Amber's guests arrive at the castle, and Amber, Hildegard and Clio show annoyance towards Ruby and Jade immediately. After seeing the two of them doing a goofy dance while wearing pine cones in their hair, Amber pulls Sofia aside and tells her that at a perfect slumber party, everyone has to fit in. But Sofia disagrees, saying that the point is to have fun and she will show them that Ruby and Jade can fit in, though the princesses are unconvinced.

Sofia gives her friends royal makeovers to make them look like princesses, but they still don't really act like princesses. While painting fans, Ruby paints a smiley face on hers instead of roses like she's expected to, then Jade knocks over a display of the Solar System while playing pin-the-tail-on-the-unicorn. Before Amber can scold Sofia again for her friends' behavior, it's time for Cedric's magic show, and Sofia doesn't see how Ruby and Jade could cause trouble when all they have to do is sit and watch.

Cedric's plan to steal Sofia's amulet does not work since Ruby and Jade keep interrupting his act. James enters the room and the two of them knock over the chocolate milk fountain in their rush to go over to him, getting chocolate milk all over themselves and a small amount on Amber's gown, which she makes a big deal out of. While Sofia's friends are getting cleaned up and Amber and her friends have left to go to the ballroom, Sofia sadly tells James that Ruby and Jade are ruining the party and doing everything wrong, according to Amber and the princesses anyway, but James says it shouldn't matter what they think.

Sofia gently tells her friends they should act more like princesses and they promise to, but they are no longer having as much fun and end up just sitting and watching the others dance. Eventually they decide to just go home, and Sofia only makes things worse when she says they were being embarrassing, to which Jade responds by saying that maybe they shouldn't be friends anymore. Sofia is visited by her mother and tells her about failing to make her friends more like princesses, but her mother says that perhaps Sofia should be more of a princess herself, by not trying to change her friends regardless of the opinions of others.

Sofia rushes to catch up with Ruby and Jade as they are leaving. She apologizes and says they can have their own slumber party with just the three of them. Amber and the princesses hear them having fun and go down to see them. Amber admits things aren't as fun without Sofia and her friends, and soon the whole group is partying together again.

Trivia

 * During the magic show, Clio, Hildegard, Jade and Ruby meet Cedric for the first time in the series.
 * This is so far the only episode that shows Hildegard and Clio wearing jewel tiaras.

Songs

 * Perfect Slumber Party

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Sofia
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Tim Gunn as Baileywick
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
 * Zach Callison as Prince James
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Jess Harnell as Cedric the Sorcerer
 * Jim Cummings as Wormwood
 * Coco Grayson as Princess Hildegard
 * Diamond White as Ruby Hanshaw
 * Isabella Acres as Jade
 * Harley Graham as Princess Clio