Sofia the First S3 E3

## Plot

Sofia and James are picking apples for kids in the village. They see that Cedric has a new flying contraption. They ask him if they can ride it, but he says no. He's using extremely rare ingredients to make a power plucking potion. He could use it to make the amulet give him any power he wants. He plans to get it by switching it with a convincing fake he made. Wormwood distracts Sofia and James, and Cedric gets the real amulet. However, when he puts it on, he's cursed for stealing it. Cedric tells his mother what happened through the magic painting in his workshop. He wants super strength as his power. However, his hands get stuck trying to open the potion. It winds up spilling on the floor, and his hands get stuck again. He wasn't supposed to put the amulet on. Once he did, he was bound by its rules. It cursed him for stealing by giving him literal sticky fingers. He has to undo the curse by giving something to Sofia, since he took something from her first. It can't be the amulet, because he needs that to take over the kingdom. It has to be something important to him, like how the amulet is important to Sofia. Wormwood has to keep Clover, Robin, and Mia away. If they try to talk to Sofia now, she'll realize that she's not wearing the real amulet. Cedric gives Sofia his flying machine. Sofia doesn't want to accept it at first, but he insists. She hugs him, and the curse is lifted. He has to do good deeds to get powers now. He has Sofia help him do nice things. They hand out apples in the village. Cedric makes a tree grow all sorts of fruit, even ones that don't actually grow on trees, like watermelons. The amulet gives him the power to grow, the opposite of Sofia's shrinking power. It gets taken away when he destroys a wagon though. Cedric fixes the wagon, but he doesn't get the power back. He has to stop doing bad deeds and keep doing good ones. He tells Sofia that he wants to do even more good deeds. He uses magic to give a small girl a literal spring in her step, so she can play with the other kids. This gives him the power to jump really high. He loses the power when he shoos some birds away though. Too bad he couldn't talk to animals. He's cursed with a bird beak. He gets rid of it by getting some raccoons out of a man's house. He gives another girl a giant ice cream sundae. He gets an ice touch like Winter. However, he freezes the lake, which causes a boat to run aground and destroy a dock. He loses the power again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't be good. He fixes things before Sofia sees it. They find a man trying to build a house for his family. His cart broke though, and the rocks are too heavy for him to carry. Cedric uses his magic to build the entire house. The amulet gives him super strength, the power he wanted in the beginning. He and Sofia finally return to the castle. Sofia tries talking to Clover, Mia, and Robin, but she can't understand them or Wormwood. She thinks something's wrong with her amulet. She decides to see if Cedric can fix it. He's in the throne room. He declares himself the new king of Enchancia, and says he'll rule with an iron fist. The amulet curses him by giving him literal iron fists. I bet Elena is having so much fun right now. Cedric didn't realize that the amulet considered taking over the kingdom to be a bad deed. He thinks he deserves to be king. Given Elena's past, I get why she sees it as a bad deed, other than just basic common sense. Cedric goes back to his workshop and tells his mother what happened. Sofia comes in and asks Cedric if he can fix her amulet. He gives her the real one back, and it breaks the curse. Sofia hugs him and thanks him again. He tells his mother that it was the only way to break the curse, but I like to think that part of him did it for Sofia, whether he realizes it or not.

## Review

I liked this episode. I thought it was the one where Cedric finally reformed, but as we'll see towards the end of the season, we were all wrong. He actually reforms in the next season. I did notice an interesting pattern involving the number three and the antagonists of the show though. Cedric seemingly reformed in the third episode of the third season. This would start a trend of various villains reforming throughout this season and the next. It makes sense, given the target demographic, and it's a nice message, but sadly, the real world isn't like that, no matter how much we may want it to be. I'll talk about this more when we get to it.