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"Princess Butterfly" is the nineteenth episode of the Disney Junior animated series Sofia the First. It premiered on October 11, 2013.

Plot[]

The princes and princesses are excited for the All Hallows Eve Costume Ball, especially Princess Amber, who's determined to win the Costume Contest for the third year in a row. But the Fairies have changed the rules to the contest: The students have to make their own costumes by themselves. Princess Sofia is excited to get started, but the other princesses are dismayed, especially Amber, who's never done any sewing in her life.

At home, Amber tries to make her costume, but she can't even get the thread into the needle. Sofia comes by and offers to show her big sister how to sew her costume as she threads the needle. Amber declines Sofia's offer and claiming she's doing fine, tries to start sewing once Sofia leaves, but she winds up pricking her finger. Sometime later, just as Amber is about to give up after struggling with a length of cloth around herself, she hears Queen Miranda compliment Sofia on her costume. Amber goes to Sofia's bedroom and sees that Sofia has made a beautiful silver swan dress. Knowing that Sofia is sure to win the costume contest this year, Amber is disappointed but then comes up with the idea to go to Cedric for a spell that would give her a magnificent costume. At first, Cedric disapproves of the idea of using magic to win, but he gives her some magic powder to sprinkle over herself, a spell word to activate it, and instructions to do so just before her entrance at the ball. He assures her this will give her a great costume, but it turns out to be another plot to get Sofia's amulet.

At the costume ball, Sofia gains a lot of attention when everybody sees her beautiful swan costume. Everybody is sure that she will win the contest. Having made the excuse that she will change clothes at the school, Amber uses her spell to turn her gown into a realistic butterfly costume, and she wins the costume contest. But there's one big problem: when she gets home, she can't remove the costume as it turns out that Amber is now an actual human butterfly! She goes to Cedric to help undo the spell, who claims he doesn't know "what went wrong" and decides to use a potion to undo it. But he tells her he needs a large, purple gem as an ingredient, then 'realizes' that the one from Sofia's amulet would be perfect. Amber doesn't want to take Sofia's amulet, and she decides to go to the fairies instead, but Cedric points out that if she does, she must tell them that she cheated by using magic to make her costume. Hoping she can just borrow it, Amber asks if she would get the jewel back afterwards, but Cedric says it would be an ingredient that would be used up in the spell. Not wanting to face the music or give up her new trophy, Amber reluctantly decides that she has to get Sofia's amulet. After she leaves, Cedric crows that he'll soon have the Amulet of Avalor and with it the power to take over the kingdom, but just in case, he orders Wormwood to keep an eye on Amber and make sure she follows through.

The next day, Amber decides to trick Sofia into taking off her amulet. She comes up with the story that it would be fun to "dress up for school" together, drops by Sofia's room, and offers to let her little sister wear her pixie costume from last year. Amber says that Sofia would have to take the amulet off to put the costume on. But as she tries to remove the amulet, James reminds his sisters that it's time to leave for school, which means that Sofia doesn't have time to change clothes. At school, everybody is wondering why Amber is wearing her "costume" to school, and Amber claims that she loves All Hallows Eve so much that she's decided to celebrate a little longer. Flora luckily accepts this explanation, but expects Amber to wear her regular gown tomorrow.

During gym class, Amber asks Sofia to demonstrate going upside-down on the uneven bars. As Sofia is on the bars, Amber tries to remove her amulet, but Sofia gets down quickly, now suspicious that Amber's up to something. Outside, Amber throws her drink at Sofia's gown from behind and tries to take the amulet, but Sofia now knows that her big sister is definitely up to something since she never trips and never spills anything. Amber's cover is blown when her butterfly wings send her flying, and she winds up telling Sofia that she used magic to make her costume, that the spell went wrong, and Cedric said that he needs the amulet to undo it. Sofia decides to give Amber her amulet to get back to normal and takes it off, but Amber then changes her mind and refuses to take it, because she admits it was wrong to cheat and it's not fair for Sofia to give up something she loves because Amber made a terrible mistake. However, Wormwood sees where this is all going and snatches the Amulet instead. Amber flies after him while Sofia gets Minimus from the stables, and they chase Wormwood around and into the school, getting the attention of their classmates. Amber directs Sofia to go around in the other direction so they can surprise and corner him. When the sisters meet up in the ballroom, Sofia's sudden appearance in front of Wormwood startles him into dropping the amulet, which Amber catches; Sofia then has Minimus drive the raven out an open window and kick it closed.

Sofia decides it would be good to take it to Cedric now, but Amber has a better idea. Amber confesses to the fairies that she used magic to make her costume instead of making it herself because she was jealous of Sofia when she saw her swan costume. But now, Amber knows that she shouldn't have been jealous of her little sister and that she should appreciate her because Sofia would do anything for her. While the fairies express disappointment in Amber for cheating and tell her that she has to return the trophy, they are pleased that she realized her mistake and learned from it, and they easily undo the spell. Sofia and Amber agree to work on the costumes together next time and happily walk out hand in hand.

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Goofs[]

  • As Amber approaches the stage to receive the trophy, doubles of Prince Derek (marching band costume), Prince Frederick (giraffe costume), and an unnamed prince (samurai warrior costume) are seen in the crowd in front of her and behind her.
  • When Amber and Sofia arrive at school the next day, Prince Frederick is seen walking behind them, but in the next scene, he is with Jin and Zandar in the playground.

Trivia[]

  • This is the second time Sofia takes off the Amulet. The first was in "The Amulet of Avalor".
  • A few moments after the beginning of the episode, Hildegard mentions Queen Clarion.
  • The spell Cedric gives Amber, "Lepidop Leonidas", is a combination of Latin and Greek words. Lepidop derived from the Latin word Lepidoptra, meaning an order of insects comprising of butterflies and moths, and Leonidas, which translates into Lion-like, and is the name of a Spartan king.
  • There is a slight running gag in this episode involving James, Prince Zandar, and Prince Jin when in their costumes. Both James and Zandar are unable to find each other and complete their costume until the very end of the contest, and Jin's costume of armor is difficult to wear. Since it is real armor, and Jin is barely in double digits, he twice falls over due to the weight of it, gasps out that he is okay, and is then helped up by Prince Khalid.
  • Sofia's talent as a seamstress is shown at its full potential for the first time.
  • This is the second time Amber becomes jealous of Sofia after the premiere.
  • This is also the second time there is a brief hostility between Sofia and Wormwood after Once Upon a Princess.
  • The dialogue "Is that a bird... Is that a flying horse ... Is that Amber?" of some Royal Prep students in the school house is similar to the quote about Superman: "It's a bird... It's a plane... It's Superman".
  • Many of the costumes seen in this episode would be reused for the end performance of "Sidekick Clio".
  • This is the first episode where the plot focuses more on Amber than on Sofia.
  • Moral: Never resort to cheating or thievery because it never pays.


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Princess SofiaQueen MirandaKing Roland IIPrince JamesPrincess AmberPrincess HildegardCedric the SorcererWormwoodBaileywickRobinMiaCloverWhatnaughtGoodwyn the GreatWinifred the WiseJadeRuby HanshawPrincess ClioPrince ZandarPrincess JunPrince HugoMinimusPrincess VivianCrackleKing Marcus and Queen CecilyTrollsLucindaPrince JinMagic CarpetJasperPrince KhalidMeg and PegMadam UbetchaPrince DesmondMiss NettleSir GilliumProfessor PopovHelen HanshawOonaQueen EmmalineCoraPlankAunt TillyWilbur the WombeastSvenEmperor QuonEmpress Lin-LinRexPrince AxelKing GarrickElectraVaughan and VanceMarlaSir BartlebySir MaxwellSir FinneganGwenChef AndreSofia the WorstLady JoyLord GilbertWu-ChangJade JaguarSir DaxBooPrincess LaniMamanuKamea and HaliaPralineFreedoPrincess ZooeyPrincess AstridSlickwellGreylock the GrandPrincess IvyDragons of EnchanciaWinterWhiskersGlacia the Ice WitchElliot, Amy, and KurtTizzyMaster ErwinBryce TwigleyButton, Benngee, and BrodyMossyCarol of the ArrowJanePrincess KariMiss ElodieFlukeSlimShellyFlipMantacornOnyx and OpalWendell FidgetMrs. FidgetSaffronMuck, Gunk, and GrimeSpruceBallerinaMazzimoPrince RoderickGavinKazeemSergeant FizzKing Habib and Queen FarnazChief GnucklesFlinchGrottaElfonsoElfredMilo the SnakeKing HenrikCordelia the ConjurorCalistaMorganaCrispyBarleySassofrasProfessor Zacharias FleeberGrand MumGemina and ArgusCount BarnstormSir OliverSir JaxonWillawingKaiPrincess CharlotteMorrisZinessaKing Philip and Queen EverlyLilyIndigoMarty and MapleGrimtrixWriggley, Pumpkin, and ChesterSkyePiccoloBaron Von RochaProfessor PecullianSea MonstersMalachite and FigOmarPrismaAzurineOrionVegaChrystaSizzleCinderSingeMare of the MistKing Roland IRomaGiggling GoblinCaptain QuiversTwitchVorNerissa

Elena of Avalor: Princess ElenaPrincess IsabelFranciscoLuisaShurikiAlacazarZuzoMateoMigs, Luna, and SkylarRafaChancellor EstebanArmandoKing Raul and Queen LuciaNaomi Turner
Guest Characters: Flora, Fauna, and MerryweatherCinderellaJasmineMagic CarpetBelleArielAuroraSnow WhiteMulanRapunzelTianaMeridaOlafMerlinArchimedes

Episodes
Season One: "Just One of the Princes" • "The Big Sleepover" • "Let the Good Times Troll" • "Cedric's Apprentice" • "A Royal Mess" • "The Shy Princess" • "Blue Ribbon Bunny" • "The Princess Test" • "Baileywick's Day Off" • "Tri-Kingdom Picnic" • "The Little Witch" • "Two to Tangu" • "Finding Clover" • "The Amulet of Avalor" • "The Buttercups" • "Make Way for Miss Nettle" • "The Amulet and the Anthem " • "Tea for Too Many" • "Princess Butterfly" • "Great Aunt-Venture" • "The Baker King" • "The Floating Palace" • "Holiday in Enchancia" • "Four's a Crowd"

Season Two: "Two Princesses and a Baby" • "The Enchanted Feast" • "The Flying Crown" • "Mom's the Word" • "The Silent Knight" • "Enchanted Science Fair" • "King for a Day" • "When You Wish Upon a Well" • "Gizmo Gwen" • "Sofia the Second" • "Mystic Meadows" • "Princesses to the Rescue!" • "Ghostly Gala" • "The Emerald Key" • "Scrambled Pets" • "The Princess Stays in the Picture" • "Baileywhoops" • "The Curse of Princess Ivy" • "Winter's Gift" • "The Leafsong Festival" • "Substitute Cedric" • "Clover Time" • "In a Tizzy" • "A Tale of Two Teams" • "The Littlest Princess" • "Buttercup Amber" • "Carol of the Arrow" • "Sidekick Clio"
Season Three: "Cool Hand Fluke" • "Minimus is Missing" • "Cedric Be Good" • "Princess Adventure Club" • "Minding the Manor" • "The Secret Library" • "New Genie on the Block" • "The Fliegel Has Landed" • "The Princess Ballet" • "All the Sprite Moves" • "Sofia in Elvenmoor" • "Stormy Lani" • "Lord of the Rink" • "The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle" • "Gone with the Wand" • "Bad Little Dragon" • "Bunny Swap" • "Her Royal Spyness" • "Best in Air Show" • "Dads and Daughters Day" • "The Tale of the Noble Knight" • "The Bamboo Kite" • "Beauty is the Beast" • "Cauldronation Day" • "Camp Wilderwood" • "Royal Vacation" • "Hexley Hall" • "The Princess Prodigy" • "One for the Books"
Season Four: "Day of the Sorcerers" • "The Secret Library: Tale of the Eternal Torch" • "The Crown of Blossoms" • "Pin the Blame on the Genie" • "The Mystic Isles" • "The Mystic Isles: The Princess and the Protector" • "The Royal Dragon" • "The Mystic Isles: The Mare of the Mist" • "Through the Looking Back Glass" • "Princess Jade" • "Ivy's True Colors" • "Too Cute to Spook" • "Pirated Away" • "The Mystic Isles: The Falcon's Eye" • "The Mystic Isles: The Great Pretender" • "The Mystic Isles: A Very Mystic Wassalia" • "The Birthday Wish" • "In Cedric We Trust" • "The Mystic Isles: A Hero for the Hoodwinks" • "The Mystic Isles: Undercover Fairies" • "A Royal Wedding" • "The Royal School Fair" • "The Lost Pyramid" • "Return to Merroway Cove" • "The Elf Situation" • "Forever Royal"

Songs
Theme Song

Once Upon a Princess: I'm Not Ready to Be a PrincessRoyal PrepA Little Bit of FoodTrue SistersRise and Shine
Season One: Princess ThingsAnythingPerfect Slumber PartyMake Some NoiseCedric the GreatGoldenwing CircusAll You NeedBlue Ribbon BunnyI Belong(You Can Always) Count On BaileywickPicnic of the YearGood Little WitchThe Ride of Your LivesBring My Best Friend BackI'll Get My/That AmuletThe ButtercupsMake Way for Miss NettleEnchancia AnthemMake It RightBigger Is BetterWho's That?A Recipe for AdventureThe Simple LifeMerroway CoveThe Love We ShareWassaliaPeace and JoyRoyal Fun
Season Two: Sisters and BrothersTwo by TwoAll You DesireHuzzah! Huzzah!Me and My MomTilly, Oh TillyFriendship Is The FormulaBe Your Own KingMake Your Wishes WellBelieve in Your DreamKeeping Promises No Matter WhatMystic MeadowsStronger Than You KnowGhostly GalaA Princess TrueIn Your PawsKnow It AllHelping HandA Kingdom of My OwnSmoke, Wings and FireDare to Risk it AllFrom the HeartI Feel So FreeNever Forget the Sorcerer's SecretHoppin' Out With YouMake Our Dreams Come TruePlay With UsIt's a Small New WorldImproviseAny Deed For Those In NeedMy First FlightWings of a Dream
Season Three: Moment to ShineWendell's WayA Better MeWhen It Comes To Making FriendsIt's Up To YouDo I DareGenie RulesThis Fliegel Has LandedGotta Reach a Higher HeightI Like You So MuchElvenmoorHappy ThoughtsTake A LeapMy Finest FlowerMagic Like MerlinYou're the Cutest ThingLiving It UpBe an Expert ExpertI'm A New Horse NowDads and Daughters SongA Knight Such As IThis Panda Just Wants to DanceMore to AdoreThe Broomstick DanceThe Summer Camp BluesWhat A VacationThe Great UnknownThe Spirit of AvalorMy TimeOur Wizards Are the BestThe Magic in the MusicLive It to Learn It
Season Four: My Evil DreamsThis Island Belongs To UsThe Right Wrong Thing To DoGive The Kid One More ChanceThe Magic of the Mystic IslesOur Royal PlanMy Power Will Be Crystal ClearThat's Not Who I AmTough EnoughAll Fired UpPick MeMagic TouchThe Dunwiddie DittyThis Feeling I'm Feeling In MeSuper Spooky NightNever Lost AgainListen UpLearn This RhymeThat's What Wassalia's ForGonna Be GreatI Am On Your SideThe Boldest, Bravest Bunny of All TimeThe Fairy WayMeant To BeWhat You're Gonna DoCome To Your Senses With MeWhen I Start to Make Some WavesYou've Gotta Have FunA Big DayGet WickedFor One and AllOn Your/My Own

Locations
EnchanciaRoyal Preparatory AcademyTanguMerroway CoveWei-LingMystic MeadowsWildwing ValleySecret LibraryElvenmoorHakaloFreezenburgEnchanted Animal ParkAvalorDragon HoldMaruHexley HallMisty PalisadesMystic IslesEverRealm
Objects
Amulet of AvalorAunt Tilly's Carpet BagEnchanted MirrorFloating PalaceMermaid Comb of Merroway CoveEnchanted Swing SetWishing WellEmerald KeyPin of KlutzenheimerFlying CrownFamily WandDazzleballSnowdropsDragonclaw WandKazeem's LampBehind the WallsShuriki's WandEternal TorchForever FountainCrown of the GnomesEnchantletLooking Back GlassWicked Nine
See Also
Elena of AvalorButtercupsSpells and MagicJaquinsMerpeopleChanulHoodwinks
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