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"Princess Butterfly" is the first Halloween episode of the Disney Junior animated series Sofia the First, originally aired as the fourteenth episode of the show's first season.

Plot[]

Amber uses a magic spell to one-up Sofia's costume and win a contest, making her a cheater as well as jealous.

Synopsis[]

Everybody at Royal Prep is looking forward to the All-Hallows Eve costume ball, where everyone gets to dress up in different costumes and attend a party, and nobody loves dressing up more than Amber, who has always won the costume contest held each time at the ball. However, this year the fairies decree that everyone must make their own costume, and Amber doesn't know how to. When she sees Sofia's beautiful swan costume, she gets jealous, and worried of her chances to win, deciding to borrow a magic spell from Cedric to create her costume. Cedric gives her some magic crystals that will conjure a beautiful butterfly costume, but his true intention is to steal Sofia's amulet. His crystals work on Amber during the ball, and she wins the contest yet again, only to find that she is unable to take it off and that the costume is real.

Returning to Cedric, who had predicted this and done it on purpose, he promises an antidote, but one that needs Sofia's amulet. Knowing of how precious it is to her sister, Amber ponders for a day and is forced to wear it to school. After a few unsuccessful attempts to take Sofia's amulet (and the fact Sofia refuses to take it off because she promised her dad she wouldn't), she confides in her sister about her predicament, and Sofia generously gives it to Amber. Just as she is about to take it, she rejects Sofia's amulet and decides to tell the fairies of her dishonest behavior, only for Wormwood, Cedric's pet crow whom he had ordered to tail Amber, to steal it instead. A chase ensues throughout the Royal Prep campus, where Amber realizes her butterfly wings can actually fly. After hitting down Wormwood and regaining the amulet, Amber comes clean to the fairies, who lift the spell. Amber promises to return the trophy to the school.

Availability[]

The episode was made available on the Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy DVD, released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on February 24, 2015.

Cast[]

Voice actor Character
Ariel Winter Sofia
Karan Brar Prince Zandar
Darcy Rose Byrnes Princess Amber
Zach Callison Prince James
Jim Cummings Wormwood
Barbara Dirickson Flora
Harley Graham Princess Clio
Coco Grayson Princess Hildegard
Jess Harnell Cedric
Sara Ramirez Queen Miranda
Eric Stonestreet Minimus
Russi Taylor Fauna

Songs[]

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.
  • 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".
  • Had Cedric successfully gotten Amber to take Sofia's amulet, this would've activated the amulet's safeguard and cursed her, as punishment for taking it from its chosen bearer without warning.
  • Moral: Never resort to cheating or thievery.

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