The Curse of Princess Ivy

Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy is a Sofia the First special, that aired on November 23, 2014 as a Disney Junior special movie event.

Plot
In the garden, Sofia is playing hopscotch while singing a rhyme about witches and wizards. Unbeknownst to her, Amber is watching from the shadows and hears her talking to her animal friends. When Amber confronts her about it, Sofia, as usual, tries to shrug it off as nothing but Amber sees through her sister's excuses and proves her case beyond any reasonable doubt by stating she heard her tell Clover that "his rhyme was funny." Realizing she's been caught, Sofia finally reveals the truth about her Amulet, explaining that it gives her the power to talk to animals and summon Princesses whenever in trouble. Amber wants a turn wearing the amulet but Sofia refuses to take it off because of her promise to their father. This upsets Amber who tells Sofia she's not being a very good sharer and leaves in a huff. Meanwhile everyone is preparing the castle for King Roland and Queen Miranda's wedding anniversary ball. They make jiggly wiggly pudding and talk about where people will sit. Amber asks her father why he gave Sofia "the best amulet in the kingdom," and demands one just like it to no avail. That night, Amber decides to have a sleepover with Sofia in her room much to Sofia's surprise. Sofia states that she was mad, but Amber claims to have gotten over it and it's okay if Sofia can't take off her amulet. Sofia agrees to have a sleepover with Amber; the two of them build a tent, play cards, and then go to sleep. But later that night, Amber, who wasn't really sleeping, decides that if Sofia won't let her have a turn with the amulet, she'll have to take one herself. She tries to take the amulet but doesn't seem to have the courage.

In the morning, while Sofia is still sleeping, Amber decides to take one little turn and give it back when she's done. She takes Sofia's Amulet without her permission, runs to her room and puts it on with excitement about getting a Princess to appear for her. She tries to summon Rapunzel, but instead summons a princess dressed in black and white known as Ivy. The two princesses greet each other warmly and Amber invites Ivy a tour of the castle, while magical black and white butterflies begin to change colour in the castle. Meanwhile Clover tries to wake up Sofia, but without her amulet she can’t understand him. Once she discovers it's missing, she realizes Amber has taken it and goes all around the castle looking for her while everyone else is dealing with the butterflies. Outside, Sofia catches Amber with her amulet, and Amber introduces her to Princess Ivy. Sofia explains to Amber there was a misunderstanding about the whole Princess thing, where they help you in an emergency. When Ivy hears that the amulet will send her back to where she came from, she sends one of her butterflies to steal it from Amber. Through a song, Princess Ivy reveals her true nature as an evil princess who was exiled to a deserted island when she tried to overthrow her older sister, who became queen of their black and white kingdom. Now that she is free she desires to claim Enchancia as her own kingdom and to make sure she will never return to her isolated imprisonment, she plans to destroy the amulet. This upsets Sofia a lot because Amber has betrayed her and set an evil princess on their kingdom. When Amber asks why the amulet summoned an evil princess, Sofia realizes that bringing Ivy here was actually a curse that the amulet put on Amber when she stole it from her and betrayed her trust, each of which counted as a bad deed.

The girls go to Cedric for help and tell him about Princess Ivy and her plans to take over the kingdom and destroy the Amulet. Cedric tells them the Amulet is indestructible and the only way to destroy it is the fire breath of Enchancia's eldest dragon, Everburn. Unfortunately Ivy's butterflies hear everything and fly away to tell her. Ivy takes a coach and flies to an island known as the Blazing Palisades. Cedric tells Amber in order to break her curse and stop Ivy, she must return the amulet to Sofia. Amber at first doesn't understand why she has to go after Ivy due to the rough nature of the deed, until both Cedric and Sofia state that she is the person who caused this problem in the first place, and so is the only one who can solve it.

Sofia, Amber and Cedric follow Ivy in one of the old coaches and make it to Blazing Palisades with Sofia driving. Upon arriving, they being to climb the mountain with Amber complaining about how steep it is, only to be silenced by Sofia who angrily tells her to stop complaining and focus on getting her amulet back. Amber is shaken by Sofia's anger as normally she is very forgiving. Cedric explains to her that since she stole her amulet and betrayed her trust, Sofia no longer has any trust or respect for her. He recalls his own sister who used to steal his stuff all the time, and although he never got over it, he's sure Sofia herself will get over it. The trio find Ivy trying to get Everburn to burn the amulet. However with a bit of magic to distract them, Sofia gets back the Amulet, but the curse is not broken. Sofia and Amber refuse to give Ivy the amulet and run out of the cave only to wind up falling down a chasm. Ivy's butterflies try to get the amulet, but Everburn demands her to leave them alone and threatens to roast the butterflies, leading Ivy to go back to the castle. Everburn is too big to fit in the hole to rescue the princesses, and Cedric can't find his wand because his memory was erased by one of Ivy's dragonflies.

Down in the hole, Sofia remains mad at Amber for her actions and regrets trusting her with her secret. Finally Amber comes to understand that she's been a very selfish and terrible sister to Sofia, and she regrets stealing her Amulet. She sits beside her and apologizes for everything. Suddenly the Amulet begins to glow, and looking up they see Rapunzel who has come to help them out of the hole with her long hair. After getting the two princesses out of the hole, Sofia, Amber, Rapunzel and Cedric climb onto the dragons and fly back to Enchancia. While flying Amber confesses to Rapunzel that Ivy's presence is a curse on her because she stole Sofia's amulet and betrayed her trust. Through a song, Rapunzel tells her about her loved one Flynn Rider who risked everything, even his own life, to save her from Mother Gothel, and tells Amber in order to break the curse and send Ivy back she must prove her love to Sofia to a point where she means more to her than she means to herself. She wishes Amber good luck and returns to her own kingdom.

Amber and Sofia find the entire castle all in black and white. Roland tries to command her to stop but ends up being hit with a dragonfly, along with Miranda, James and Baileywick. Then she hits Cedric with a dragonfly after refusing to remove the amulet from Sofia. She then turns to Sofia and tries to hit her with a dragonfly but Amber saves her by letting herself take the it. Her self-sacrifice results in curse being lifted, sending Princess Ivy back to where she came from.

The colors across the kingdom are restored and because the dragonflies erased everyone’s memories, no one but Sofia and her animal friends remember any of the occurred events. Since Amber doesn't remember what has happened, it means Sofia's secret remains safe. The royal family proceed down the hallway to celebrate Roland and Miranda’s wedding anniversary, with Amber telling Sofia she is glad to have her as a sister.

Home Video Release

 * Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy DVD

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Sofia
 * Wayne Brady as Clover
 * Ashley Eckstein as Mia
 * Meghan Strange as Robin
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Amber
 * Tyler Merna as Prince James
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Robin Atkin Downes as Chef Andre
 * Tim Gunn as Baileywick
 * Anna Camp as Princess Ivy
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Jess Harnell as Cedric the Sorcerer
 * Mandy Moore as Rapunzel
 * John Michael Higgins as Flambeau
 * Sam Riegel as Smokelee
 * Gary Anthony Williams as Hobwing
 * Mick Wingert as Nitelite
 * Oliver Platt as Everburn

Songs

 * A Kingdom of My Own
 * Smoke, Wings and Fire
 * Dare to Risk it All

Trivia

 * Rapunzel is the first non-traditional animated Princess to appear on the show. She is also the first Disney Princess to sing a whole song by herself instead of Sofia and Amber singing along.
 * This is the second time Amber takes the amulet for her own selfish desire, the first was "Princess Butterfly".
 * Amber mentions Princess Jasmine from "Two to Tangu", Ariel from The Floating Palace, Cinderella from the pilot and Belle from "The Amulet and the Anthem". She also mentioned Rapunzel for summoning while wearing the amulet before she came to help in the palisades.
 * Rapunzel is the eighth Disney Princess to appear on the show.
 * The first was Cinderella in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
 * The second was Jasmine in "Two to Tangu".
 * The third was Belle in "The Amulet and the Anthem".
 * The fourth was Ariel in Sofia the First: The Floating Palace.
 * The fifth was Aurora in "Holiday in Enchancia".
 * The sixth was Snow White in "The Enchanted Feast".
 * The seventh was Mulan in "Princesses to the Rescue!".
 * This is the third Disney Junior special in the series, the first was Once Upon a Princess and the second was The Floating Palace.
 * Sofia shows how graceful she's become since becoming a princess.
 * Sofia learns how to drive a flying coach the hard way.
 * Sofia gains a new enemy: Princess Ivy.
 * Rapunzel is the third Disney Princess Amber meets, the first was Jasmine in "Two to Tangu" and the second was Mulan in "Princesses to the Rescue!". However due to her memory being erased, she doesn't remember meeting Rapunzel, but the lesson she taught Amber seems to have stayed with her.
 * Everburn's voice is played by 2012 and Bicentennial Man star Oliver Platt, and Pitch Perfect and Bad Teacher star John Michael Higgins provides the voice of Flambeau. Higgins is also known as Bill Feingold in Bicentennial Man.
 * This is the first time the Amulet of Avalor summons two princesses, one of which is not a Disney Princess.
 * This is also the first time the Amulet summons a princess that is up to no good and also not to help them, although it was only a curse for Amber due to her thievery and betrayal of trust when she stole it from Sofia.
 * This is the first time Amber is seen wearing the Amulet.
 * Princess Ivy is the first villain in the show who wants to destroy the amulet instead of desiring its magical abilities.
 * Princess Ivy shares the same color scheme and name as that of Ivy De Vil, the niece of Cruella De Vil.
 * This is the second time the Amulet of Avalor unleashes a curse. But this is the first time it was because its safeguard against thieves was activated.
 * Amber is the second princess to be cursed by the Amulet of Avalor, the first was Sofia in "The Amulet and the Anthem". However unlike Sofia's croaking curse which was meant to remind Sofia of the importance of humility and help her learn that actions speak louder than words, Amber's was much stronger and far more dangerous. This is because when she stole it she activated its safeguard against thieves and betrayed Sofia's trust, which is why the curse of Princess Ivy was far worse than Sofia's croaking curse.
 * This episode marks the third time the Amulet gets taken by force.
 * This episode is the third time the Princess the Amulet of Avalor summons helps out directly instead of just pointing Sofia in the right direction.
 * It's also the third time the lesson the Princess gives is directed at Amber. Rapunzel's lesson was to help Amber learn to think about her loved ones enough to put their needs before her own desires.
 * This episode reveals the reason that Cedric and Miss Nettle both kept trying to trick Sofia into giving them the Amulet is because when the Amulet of Avalor is taken from its chosen bearer by force, the amulet will place a curse on the thief who stole it. The amulet will not activate that safeguard if Sofia willingly takes off the amulet.
 * This is the second time Amber is seen in her nightgown. The first was "The Big Sleepover".
 * This is the first special where Cedric doesn't play as the main villain. However he also does not steal the amulet for himself. Princess Ivy will be the second enemy he will oppose to protect the amulet, the first was Miss Nettle.
 * The Blazing Palisades were mentioned in the lyrics of the Enchancia Anthem just like the Ever Golden Glades in "King for a Day".
 * This is the first special that Sofia doesn't sing in.
 * The amulet's weakness is revealed.
 * It is revealed that Cedric has a sister.
 * Wormwood does not play a significant role during this special.
 * No one but Sofia and her animals remember any of the events as their memories were taken by Princess Ivy's dragonflies.
 * This is the first special that the amulet doesn't grant Sofia a blessing.
 * This is the fourth time Amber is jealous of Sofia.
 * The first was Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
 * The second was "Princess Butterfly".
 * The third was "When You Wish Upon a Well".

Goofs

 * Amber's fan mysteriously appeared when Sofia said that Ivy's presence was a curse the amulet put on her.