A Doll's Story

**A Doll's Story** is the 5th episode of Season2 of *Sabrina the Teenage Witch*, and the twenty-ninth episode overall.

## Summary

After agreeing to babysit Amanda, Sabrina gets excited at the thought of being paid $100 to keep an eye on her incorrigible cousin. However, Sabrina soon realizes that Amanda is more than she can handle when she gets turned into a doll and put in her cousin's toy box, where she meets the other people that made Amanda mad. The Quizmaster then shows up to tell her that her assignment is to get everybody out of the toy box.

Meanwhile, irritated at how much time they have spent together,  Zelda and Hilda decide to go to an Other Realm spa to spend some relaxing time apart but discover that they have been put in the same room and become rivals for an appointment with a renowned witch known for her "baby-butt facials."

## Cast

### Starring

* Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman
* Nick Bakay as Salem Saberhagen
* Caroline Rhea as Hilda Spellman
* Beth Broderick as Zelda Spellman
* Nate Richert as Harvey Kinkle
* Lindsay Sloane as Valerie Birkhead
* Alimi Ballard as Albert the Quizmaster

### Guest starring

* Paul Dooley as Ralphie
* Donna D'Errico as Carol
* Paul Sand as Dr. Rafkin
* Emily Hart as Amanda Wiccan

## Quotes

**Valerie:** I was just invited to a party.

**Sabrina: At seven o’clock?**

**Valerie:** Well I wasn’t exactly invited but people saw me hear about it and didn’t warn me to keep away. D’ya wanna come?

**Sabrina:** Gee I’d love to, since they went to so much trouble not to ban us, but I can’t. I’m baby-sitting my little cousin.

(Amanda and Salem are playing on the see-saw. She is gently pushing Salem up and down)

**Amanda:** UP... and down... and UP... and down... and UP... and down... and UP...!

(Pushes her end of the see saw sharply, catapulting Salem across the room)

**Salem:** I HATE MY LIFE!!!!

## Magic Notes

### **Uses of Magic**

* Zelda makes car alarms go off.
* Hilda conjures up a balloon.
* Zelda conjures a chalkboard.
* Hilda and Zelda shove Sabrina's arm away.
* Zelda. makes the. phone float.
* Amanda gives Sabrina a big lipstick smile.
* Sabrina and Amanda fight over Harvey's heirloom.
* Amanda makes Salem grow and shrink.
* Steam escapes Amanda's ears.
* Amanda turns Sabrina into a doll.
* Quizmaster appears and disappears.
* Amanda makes the cotton swab bigger.
* Sabrina locks Amanda's fingers together.
* Amanda turns Dr. Rafkin, Carol and Ralphie back to normal.

## Trivia

* This is the second appearance of Amanda.
* Clarissa Explains it all episode Babysitting is similar to Sabrina the teenage witch episode A Doll's Story. Elisie Soaperstein played by actress Michelle Trachtenberg is also similar to Amanda Sabrina's cousin on the show.

* Libby and Mr. Kraft do not appear in this episode.

* Sabrina makes Amanda turn back Dr. Rafkin, Carol, and Ralphie. What about the telephone who was once Amanda's neighbor?
* Donna D'Errico (Carol) played Nurse Nancy in the first season episode "As Westbridge Turns."
* Hilda's face-peeling appointment with Madame Dermis is at: 2:30 PM (presumably ET) on Tuesday, April 2, 2047. Mark the date! Only 8,940 days to go! Or 24 years, 5 months 23 days, from now, excluding the end date. ﻿