Sofia the First S2 E16

## Plot

At Royal Prep, the students will be making their very own enchanted paintings. Hildegard says that that's her specialty. Sofia asks Merryweather what an enchanted painting is. Hildegard sarcastically asks her if she doesn't know. An enchanted painting is one that you can magically jump into. When you enter it, it comes to life. Paintings from prior students line the hallways. The person next to them will be their painting partner. Amber and James are partners. Zandar and Princess Lakshmi will be partners, which Lakshmi is excited about, because she has a crush on Zandar. Sofia and Hildegard are partners. Hildegard wants to paint a mermaid's cove, and Sofia likes the idea. Hildegard says she knew she would. Sofia asks how that's possible, since they never really talk to each other. They don't, but Hildegard says that she just knows things. To leap into the painting, all they have to do is point their enchanted paintbrushes at it and say the spell Entavo paintavo. Sofia tries to listen, but Hildegard blocks her view and keeps bragging about herself. To get out of the painting, they have to say Outo paintavo. Hildegard says that people like her so much because she knows so much about everything. She tells Sofia to relax, because she already knows all the spells. However, she doesn't point the paintbrush directly at the painting like she's supposed to, and doesn't listen to Sofia trying to correct her. The spell hits a painting in the hallway, and they're pulled into that one instead. Hildegard claims that she meant to do it to give Sofia practice. She can't get them out of the painting. An old man tells them that that isn't the exit spell. He can tell them the spell, but he wants a small favor first. He wants them to get a dog from a painting of the mountains and bring him back to this painting, so neither will be lonely. Sofia asks how they can get to that painting if they can't get out of this one. He tells them that they just have to point their magic paintbrush at the edge of the painting, and a path opens up to the one next to it. They enter a painting of a flying derby race. Hildegard says she knows all about climbing, but she falls. Luckily, she lands on a flying horse. She says she knows all about flying derby races too. She also knows a lot about fan fluttering, but she actually proves it by blocking some mud from hitting her and Sofia's dresses. The next painting is of a lake. They have to sail across it. Hildegard says that she knows all about sailing. Sofia started when she was four. I think Craig Gerber said that her biological father was a sailor. Hildegard says that she should be the captain because she has more experience, but she doesn't even lift the anchor. Sofia questions her ability to actually sail, but she brushes her off. Sofia sees a storm rolling in. They lose control of the ship and fall out of it. Luckily, they land in the next painting, which is of Wei-Ling. Sofia asks Hildegard why she didn't let her steer, because she knows how to sail around big waves. Hildegard claims that she does too, but Sofia says that if that were true, then they wouldn't have been thrown out of the ship. Hildegard just says that there was no sailing around that wave. Sofia disagrees, but Hildegard says that she doesn't want to talk about it anymore. They only have to go through one more painting. It's a painting of a giant sleeping bull. Sofia wants to tip-toe past so they don't wake him up, but Hildegard says that they won't, because he's hibernating. She defines the term for Sofia, who tells her that she knows what it means, and that bulls don't hibernate. Hildegard says that they do, and she knows because she knows all about bulls. Her shouting wakes the bull up. She drops her paintbrush. She and Sofia jump into the painting with the dog. He wants to live with the man. Before they can leave, the bull enters, because he has Hildegard's paintbrush, so he can travel through paintings too. They run away and hide in a tree. They lose the bull, but they also lost the dog. Hildegard says that she knows how to find him, but is stopped in her tracks when Sofia asks how. She tells her to just stop it already. Hildegard acts like she knows everything, but she doesn't. She admits that she doesn't know anything about bulls or sailing. She just pretended to know. She thinks that princesses are supposed to know everything so people will like them. She thinks this way because of something that happened on her first day at Royal Prep. They had been let out for recess, but she hadn't made any friends yet. She saw her older sister Astrid and joined her and her friends. They were doing a move called the Princess Twirl. When she tried to do it though, she fell down because she didn't know how to do it, and everyone except her sister laughed at her. Sofia says that she had a tough first day at school too. However, knowing a lot of things doesn't make people like you. Sofia says that she likes Hildegard more now that she's told her all this. She's finally getting to know the real her. She's being honest and nice, and that's a better way to make friends than pretending to know it all. Sofia tells her that real friends are there whether you succeed or fail. She just needs to be humble, warm, and kind. Then she'd learn that no one minds if she doesn't know it all. They find the dog cornered by the bull on the mountain. Hildegard distracts the bull by fluttering her fan at it while Sofia coaxes the dog to come down. Hildegard throws her fan and gets her paintbrush back, so the bull stays in its original desert painting. Sofia steers the boat this time, and teaches Hildegard the basics of sailing. They get the dog to the man, who gives them the exit spell. They exit the painting and head back to class. They're glad that they were partners today, and even happier that they're friends.