Let the Good Times Troll

"Let The Good Times Troll" is the third episode of the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, which aired January 25, 2013.

Plot
Sofia, James and Amber are flying kites when Sofia trips and loses hers. She is about to go down and retrieve, it when Amber tells her the area down below is where the castle Trolls live, and that they're green and creepy. However, Sofia still goes down there anyway, though she is scared off when she sees a troll peering out through the rocks and leaves her torn kite behind.

Sofia brings up the trolls at dinner, which prompts King Roland to mention the story of King Gideon and the trolls. Back when their great-grandfather Gideon was king, he heard a loud thumping outside the castle one night, and discovered a bunch of trolls banging their clubs on the ground. The frightened king summoned his guards to chase trolls away and since then no one has ever seen them outside their cave, since King Gideon later made a rule saying that the trolls have to stay below in their cave and the castle's inhabitants have to stay above close to the castle.

The next morning, Sofia's sleeping on her reading nook, sicee she's still not used to sleeping on a big, soft, and poofy bed, when she's awakened to find her kite returned to her, fixed. Sofia realizes that the troll she saw must've fixed it and returned it to her and decides to go thank him, despite her animal friends misgivings that that may not be such a good idea. Sofia heads down to the cave and goes inside. As she crosses a bridge, The troll she saw pulls her off it and tells her that the bridge is unsafe since some of the boards on it are really loose and tells her his name is Gnarly. Gnarly takes Sofia to the Troll's Grotto where she meets the other trolls and takes a shine to a little one named Teeni. All the sights make Sofia squeal with delight and Gnarly reveals his people's love of stars. When Sofia asks why they don't go out to look at the real stars, Gnarly and Teeni tell her King Gideon's story from the trolls point of view: The troll's great Grandparents had gone up to look at the stars, not to attack the castle as Gideon thought and, through a song, Gnarly reveals that banging their clubs on the ground like a drum is how the trolls' way of making music.Sofia realizes that the "troll attack" was in fact just a big misunderstanding that occuredd because the late King Gideon jumped to conculsions without even trying to get the facts first and the young princess resolves to correct this injustice that was done to her new friends.

Sofia meets up with James and tells him everything. James agrees to help Sofia show everyone that they don't have to be afraid of the trolls. Sofia comes up with a plan after seeing Bailiwick escort some acrobats in. Despite having some misgivings, Gnarly agrees with Sofia's plan. After dinner, Sofia and James both state that their full and excuse themselves, making Amber suspicious. James and Sofia sucesssfully sneak the trolls inside the throne room and gives them instructions. When the rest of the Royal Family arrives, Amber asks James what he and Sofia are up to but James tells her it's nothing. When the acrobats have finished performing, Sofia gives the signal: James opens the curtain to reveal the trolls playing their music. Amber gets the message and states "These trolls are king of fun!" but Miranda is horrified and Roland is furious! Roland orders the guards to capture the trolls, despite Sofia protests that they mean no harm and pleading to leave them alone. The trolls manage to escape and Sofia is taken to her father. Roland angrily asks Sofia "How did trolls get into the castle?!" and Sofia, horrified by what she saw her father do, meekly states that she brought them. Roland tells his youngest child they'll talk about this later and tells Miranda to take the children to their rooms. Sofia looks into her father's eyes with a hurt expression that he returns with an angry glare. Sofia is called away by her mother and Baileywick tells Roland he'll have a guard placed outside the trolls' cave by morning.

In Sofia's room, Miranda tucks Sofia into bed and confronts her about what happened and Sofia tells her she was only trying to help everyone get along and that the trolls aren't like everyone thinks. Miranda states "That's one of the things I love about you: You always wnnaa see the good in everyone. We can talk more about it in the morning. Bu, for now, you need to get some sleep. I love you. Good night." Clover, Robin, and Mia come out of hiding and ask her how things went and she tells them it was a no holds barred disaster. Sofia puts on a robe and with a firefly lantern to light the way, Sofia and her animal friends head to the trolls' cave so she can apologize to them and say good-bye. In her haste to get to the cave, Sofia fails to notice that she's been spotted by Roland, who goes after her. Sofia arrives at the cave and heads inside, cllingg out for Gnarly. She's crossing the unsafe bridge again when Roland catches up to her. Roland grabs Sofia and pulls her close to him telling her they must go back as it's not safe just before they fall through the bridge and land in a pit. Trapped together, Roland asks Sofia why she brought the trolls into the castle and Sofia tells him the reason she did that is because she found out that the "troll attack" was a big misunderstanding and that everyone's wrong about the trolls. The trolls show up and rescue the pair. They head back to the trolls and Roland abolishes his grandfather's rule and states that the trolls are welcome to come to the castle whenever they want to look at the stars.

Songs

 * Make Some Noise

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Sofia
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Wayne Brady as Clover
 * Tim Gunn as Baileywick
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
 * Zach Callison as Prince James
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Ashley Eckstein as Mia
 * Meghan Strange as Robin
 * Zoe Robb as Teeni
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Gnarly

Trivia

 * The title is based on "Let the Good Times Roll".
 * "Let the Good Times Roll" is also the name of a jump blues song by Louis Jordan.
 * This episode also makes references to two songs by Qulinez, "Troll" and "Noise".
 * This is the first time Roland shows that he is very protective of Sofia.
 * This is the first time Sofia is seen wearing a robe.
 * This is the first time Sofia strengthens ties between her family and supernatural creatures.