Elena of Avalor S1 E19

## Plot

Mateo and Zuzo are helping Elena practice with the Scepter of Light. She's almost mastered the glow ability. The more she practices with it, the less it tires her out. With Mateo's help, she also discovered a new ability: Reveal. It lets her see through doors and walls. She's still nervous about using the blaze ability though. She never hits what she aims for. She thinks it's too dangerous to use. Zuzo and Mateo encourage her. She just needs to be calm and confident. She's come a long way since she tried blasting Orizaba with it. However, she almost hits Mateo and winds up destroying a fountain. That ability still makes her a little dizzy. Zuzo said that she would hit the target, but he never said when. Suddenly, his stripes start glowing. It indicates that one of his charges, Gustavo, needs him. He reveals that chanuls are spirit guides to multiple people, and are like your conscience, albeit one that's supposed to just give you good advice, not decide between right and wrong. Everyone has a spirit guide, but most people can't see them unless a wizard conjures them. Mateo decides to meet his, and tries summoning them. However, only a spirit monkey comes. He reveals that he's not Mateo's spirit guide, or a spirit guide to anyone. His name is Bobo. He gives terrible advice, and got kicked out of training school for it. He came to the human world to prove everyone wrong. He was able to do this with Màzico, magical corn. In his excitement, he takes away Mateo's tamborita and decides to send him to the spirit world. After all, he wanted to meet his spirit guide. Elena could use the specter to blast the corn out of his hands, but she hesitates and freezes up since Mateo is so close, and he's sent away. Bobo has no intention of bringing him back, and goes off to "help" more people. Elena calls Zuzo, and tells him what happened. He needs reinforcements to stop Bobo, but he also needs to get Mateo back. Elena wants to go to the spirit world to help him, but humans aren't allowed there. Suddenly though, Zuzo agrees that she should come, and takes her to the spirit world. I'm telling you guys, Zuzo can see the future, at least a little bit. You'll see why later. The spirit world is a giant tree with all sorts of different branches. For example, Orizaba is from the dead, dark branch, and she apparently still holds a grudge. There's a branch just for spirit guides, which is where Zuzo takes Elena. They need Mateo's spirit guide, since chanuls know where their humans are at all times. His name is Cacahuate, he's a sloth, and he's tied up. Bobo zapped him and tied him up after he found him lurking near the Màzico stones. He also used it to remove his spirit guide stripes, so he has no powers. Cacahuate is voiced by Richard Kind. Zuzo uses another Màzico to give him his stripes back. Cacahuate is like a pre character development Mateo. He doubts himself, he doesn't have a lot of faith in his abilities, he fails a lot, etc. With his powers back, Cacahuate is able to locate Mateo on The Loop branch of the spirit world tree. It belongs to the Zanies. They're… zany, and they make Mateo their king. Zuzo leaves with the other spirit guides to stop Bobo while Elena and Cacahuate try to get Mateo. Also, the other spirit guides look super cute! There's a squirrel, an owl, and a raccoon (or it could be a red panda). Also, probably not the time to mention it, but Elena has a belt that lets her carry the scepter. She didn't bring said scepter to the spirit world though, even though it might've come in handy. Or maybe she *can't* bring it with her? She decides to shoot her earring at Mateo to get his attention. Then Cacahuate will pick him up, and send both him and Elena back to their world. The plan fails when Cacahuate doesn't watch where he's going and picks up one of the Zanies instead. They want to introduce Mateo to the shadow spirits by going into a portal. If they do that though, they could pop up anywhere, or be lost forever. Elena tells Cacahuate that he's only a failure if he gives up, and he needs to do this to save Mateo. They can't try the same plan though, because Elena only had two earrings (she missed the first time), and the Zanies know that they're here now. Elena gives Cacahuate the same advice that she herself needs to take about the scepter: You can't let the fear of failure stop you. You just have to believe you can do it. *That's* why Zuzo let Elena come to the spirit world. She *and* Cacahuate both learn a valuable lesson from it. Elena poses as the queen of the Zanies, and Cacahuate saves them both and sends them home. Meanwhile, the spirit guides are trying to take the Màzico away from Bobo. He goes through a wall. Elena uses reveal and sees that he's in the library. She could use blaze to blast the corn out of his hands, but she's worried because Esteban is so close, and wonders if she'll miss. Cacahuate gives her own advice back to her, and she's able to do it this time. Bobo is sent back to the spirit world, and made the new king of the Zanies, since his kind of advice would be perfect for them. Mateo is formally introduced to Cacahuate. Both Elena and Cacahuate learned that they can't give up. Also, I love jaguars, so Mateo thinking that his spirit guide would be one is just… chef's kiss.