Sofia the First S4 E11

## Plot

Sofia has a snack for Clover, but he won't wake up. Mia, Robin, and Whatnaught realize that the Deep Sleeps have come to Enchancia. It's a mysterious illness that makes animals fall asleep. James comes in, and says he can't get Rex to wake up. He heard Roland say something about the Deep Sleeps. There's a fairy working on a cure, but she hasn't found one yet. He leaves to check on the horses. Before Sofia can do anything, her amulet glows, and she disappears, along with Whatnaught, who was right next to her. Mia and Robin fall asleep. Sofia and Whatnaught end up on a black and white island. They realize that they were sent there to help a princess, like with Charlotte. They're on the island that Princess Ivy was banished to, and run into her and a skunk. His name is Roma. He tells Sofia that Ivy's butterflies are missing, but she's too proud to admit it. Sofia tells Ivy that her amulet lets her talk to animals. Ivy tells Roma not to tell her anything else, and that he's being a bad skunk. She wants Sofia to leave, but she can't until she helps her. Ivy agrees, and says she let her butterflies out that morning to deal with the colorful part of the island, but they haven't come back, and she can't find them. Whatnaught climbs a tree, and sees them on the far side of the island. Ivy heads to her house, which is surprisingly spacious. Roma tells Sofia that she isn't that bad once you get to know her, and she's just worried about her butterflies. Ivy took Roma in when he was hurt. However, she doesn't appreciate him, but he doesn't mind. She only has a small net to catch the butterflies, but it's enchanted. An angry bear won't let them pass. Ivy wants to stun him with her dragonflies, but Sofia talks to him first. His name is Gruff. He's mad because he's hungry, but he can't reach the cake fruit at the top of the tree. Also, Sofia refers to Ivy as her friend. Aw! Whatnaught climbs up the tree and gets the fruit for him. He lets them pass. Sofia tells Ivy that you get more flies with honey. It's an expression her mom taught her. It means that if you're nice, you'll make more friends. Ivy wanted to do things the slightly more violent way. She sees one of her butterflies and chases after it. Sofia wants to get off the island and go home. They reach a field of colorful flowers, which Ivy hates. She wonders why the butterflies aren't turning them black and white. She orders them to get in the net, but they don't listen to her. They change color when they touch the flowers. Sofia uses a flower to get the butterflies into the net. They're attracted to it for some reason. They turn back to normal. Ivy and Roma head back home. Sofia and Whatnaught think they're done helping, but the amulet doesn't send them back. A bird suddenly falls out of the sky, due to getting the Deep Sleeps. Sofia saw him earlier. Miss Nettle is also on the island. The field of daisies cures the Deep Sleeps. She uses a daisy on the bird, and it wakes up. She asks Sofia where her butterflies are. The flowers start to wilt. They need the magic of the butterflies to bloom. Sofia explains that they're Princess Ivy's butterflies. Now she thinks that the amulet sent her to help Miss Nettle get the butterflies back to get the cure for the Deep Sleeps. They head to Ivy's house, and tell her about how the butterflies were helping the flowers grow. Whatnaught falls asleep. Soon, all the animals on the island will be asleep. However, Ivy doesn't care, because she doesn't think it concerns her. She refuses to help, so Sofia and Miss Nettle have to steal the butterflies back. Sofia knows that it's wrong, because the butterflies don't belong to them, but she also wants to help her animal friends. She decides to set them free instead. Roma sees her sneak in, and shows her where the butterflies are. She sets them free, and they start heading back to the field. Ivy sees that they're gone, and realizes that Roma helped Sofia and Miss Nettle. She goes after them, and Roma says he's on her side. Gruff has the Deep Sleeps too. Ivy sends dragonflies after Miss Nettle. Roma gives a flower to her, and she gets the butterflies back in the net. She thanks Roma for helping her, and apologizes for yelling at him earlier. However, he comes down with the Deep Sleeps too. This upsets Ivy so much that she starts crying, possibly for the first time ever in her entire life. Roma really is her friend, and she cares about him. Sofia knows how she feels, because she's worried about her animal friends too. If Ivy helps them though, she'll feel a lot better. Ivy decides to embrace what she's feeling and let go of the way she used to be. Friendship is making her see a brand new side of herself. She's feeling love. She lets the butterflies out, and gives the flower to Sofia, since Whatnaught has been asleep for longer. Aw! Whatnaught and Roma wake up. They wake up all the other animals on the island. They bring the flowers to Ivy's house so she can keep her butterflies. She apologizes to Sofia. She didn't have a friend before Roma, so she didn't know what it would feel like when one of them was in trouble. It felt good to help, so she's going to help Miss Nettle with the daisies. She still doesn't like the color, but Miss Nettle made her glasses that make her see things in black and white. They admit that they've become friends. Sofia's job, once again, was actually to compromise and help everyone. The animals made Ivy a throne to say thank you. She wanted a kingdom of her own, but never realized that she already had one until now. The amulet starts glowing. Sofia and Whatnaught say goodbye, and they're given some daisies for the animals in Enchancia. They get back home, and wake up Mia, Robin, and Clover.

## Review

I liked this episode, but I thought Ivy's redemption happened too quickly, like Miss Nettle's. That being said, this episode revealed that Miss Nettle isn't looking for a cure because she's good now, but because she wants to be famous. I thought this was a nice episode for Sofia's character development too though. She clearly didn't want to help Ivy at first, and only did so she could get back to her animal friends and help them. She was doing it for her own reasons. But then she related to Ivy, since they were both worried about their friends, and she decided to reform her, and they became real friends. I really liked the song, and I thought the animation of the island was absolutely gorgeous. Easily one of the best animated settings so far. That being said, the backgrounds almost feel *too* pretty, like the characters don't belong in the environment.