The Lightning Warrior

**"The Lightning Warrior**" is the seventy-second episode of the Disney Channel animated series *Elena of Avalor*.

## Plot

At Avalor Palace, Elena is practicing using her Scepter left-handed. Suddenly, Quita Moz shows up and tells Elena she can prepare for what Esteban and Ash are planning by releasing Ixlan the Lightning Warrior. However, she needs a Malvago to set her free. Naomi suggests Victor and Carla. Elena doesn't want their help because of everything they did. Mateo and Naomi tell her there's no choice and that people can change. Quita Moz tells Elena you never know you can trust someone until you do so. On the boat ride, Elena tries to prepare lunch, but fails due to the cast on her arm. The Delgados offer to help, and are temporarily freed by Elena. As they cook, they sing of times 'Way Back When'

They arrive on La Isla de Yalcatura. Victor and Carla free Ixlan, who is unimpressed with Elena. Ixlan asks them how they got past the Moyacu which guards the island. Victor spots something in the water. However, Elena refuses to believe him. What Victor saw turns out to be the Moyacu itself, who swallows Victor, Carla, Elena, Naomi and Ixlan whole.

Victor asks Elena to give him and Carla their tamboritas so they can escape the Moyacu, but Elena refuses due to the fact she still doesn't trust them. Victor tries to get them out by making the Moyacu sneeze with pepper. However, this only gets Victor blown out through its spout. Carla blames Elena for this disaster. Elena voices her distrust. Naomi reminds Elena of what Quita Moz said about trust, even with your enemies who have seen the error of their ways and want to repent. Elena decides to trust Carla and Victor. Then Carla and Victor free themselves, Elena, Naomi and Ixlan from the Moyacu. Carla and Victor apologize to Elena. Then Quita Moz gives Ixlan her gloves. Elena also finally takes off her cast as she sees Mateo undoing the Malvago spell on Carla and Victor.

## Cast

* Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
* Stephanie Beatriz as Ixlan
* Jillian Rose Reed as Naomi Turner
* Lou Diamond Philips as Victor Delgado
* Myrna Velasco as Carla Delgado
* Joseph Haro as Mateo
* Cheech Marin as Quita Moz
* Robert Pine as Octavio
* Laila Berzins as Moyacu

## Trivia

* Another Maruvian in the series is revealed; the first was its last royal sorceress who created the powerful, mystical Scepter of Light
* Victor is finally revived from being a solid stone statue since "The Magic Within"
* Quita Moz visits Avalor for the first time.
* Ixlan is the only living Maruvian left.
* Elena gets her cast removed at the end of the episode, meaning that her arm has fully recovered.
* Victor and Carla Delgado officially reform and join the team.
	+ They also give up being malvagos so they can become wizards to learn good magic and at the end of the episode they are back to be wearing their outfits prior being malvagos.
* **Moral**: You'll never know if you can trust someone unless you do trust them.
* This episode was supposed to air in June 2020, but was pushed back to July 2020 by unforeseen circumstances
* The Moyacu swallowing the boat is a reference to Monstro swallowing Geppetto's boat and Pinocchio saving his father in the 1940 animated film, *Pinocchio*.
* Carla and Victor are the third and fourth characters that love to cook and the two characters that also love to cook are Carmen and Doña Angelica.
	+ Carla is the second character to say "I missed cooking with you" after Carmen in the episode A Day to Remember.

## References

↑ "Craig Gerber's Post". *Twitter*. (April 7, 2020)