Sofia the First S2 E27

## Plot

The titular hero and her followers are basically gender-bent versions of Robin Hood and his friends, which I think is kind of cool. The royal family hears about Carol of the Arrow and her Merry Band of Helping Hands saving the day again by rescuing a fisherman who had fallen into the river. The kids are all big fans of Carol, especially Sofia, who wishes she could join the Merry Band. Everyone leaves to go grape picking. They want to make grape juice with Gwen's new juicing machine. Amber asks why they have to pick grapes. Miranda tells her that sometimes it's fun to do things yourself, and it'll be nice to spend time together as a family. They change clothes first, and Sofia is allowed to bring Minimus. They hear a man calling for help because his horses got out of the corral. Carol of the Arrow and her Merry Band round them up. Sofia fangirls over Carol and goes up to meet her. However, Carol says that someone has to help Enchancia, since the royal family doesn't. Ouch. Her cousin Harry got stuck in a bog, and the royal coach didn't stop to help. She pulled him out. The man says that the royals are good people, and just might not have seen him down there. Carol thinks that they didn't care enough to stop and help. Minimus tells Sofia to prove her wrong about royalty. Instead, she decides to hide her tiara and amulet and pretend to be a villager. She also hides Minimus's wings, since villagers don't have flying horses. Sofia tells Carol what a huge fan she is. Carol tells her that she doesn't need fans. She needs more people to join the Merry Band. However, her second in command, Jane, thinks that they have enough members. Carol reminds her that she joined the Merry Band not too long ago. If Sofia can do a good deed by the end of the day, then she'll be welcomed in the band. Jane is jealous of Sofia, and says she'll be keeping an eye on her. A family is trying to pick lemons to make lemonade, but no one can reach them. Carol shoots down some lemons, and the others collect them. Carol gives Sofia her bow so she can shoot down some lemons. She doesn't know how to, but Carol tries to teach her. Emphasis on tries, since Sofia doesn't hit a lemon on her first try, but Jane does. Carol tells Sofia that doing a good deed isn't always easy, but it's always worth it in the end. She first had trouble with a bow too, but she didn't give up and kept at it. The rest of the royal family has finished picking grapes, and they ask Baileywick to find Sofia so they can make juice. A farmer is having a drought problem. Jane suggests carrying buckets of water from a stream to his crops, but that would only help for one day, and the crops need to be watered everyday, which the old farmer can't do himself. Sofia suggests making a pulley system, which they do, but Jane sabotages her so she can't join the band. Sofia notices that the rope came undone. Also, Carol says that the royals wouldn't be able to come up with something so clever. Yeah, Carol's kind of a judgmental b-word, as is Jane. And it's probably just me, but I got the feeling that Jane really really liked Carol. A lot. In a more than friends and/or mentor-student relationship kind of way. Sofia hears Baileywick calling for her. She has him take her grapes and leave so the others don't find out that she's a princess. Jane used a donkey to get water for the crops. Sofia and Minimus hear a boy calling for help from his mother. They follow the voice. Jane sees them and follows. It turns out to be a raccoon separated from its mother. It's in the middle of a river, and can't jump across the rocks. Sofia can't jump across the rocks either, but she can have Carol shoot a rope arrow into the log, and then she can pull it to the bank. However, Jane overhears her and does it instead. They all pull on the rope, but the log won't move. Sofia ties the rope to Minimus so he can pull the log, but Jane undoes the knot again. God, I want to punch Jane in her stupid face so much right now. The knot comes undone, and the blanket is pulled off Minimus, showing his wings. The log goes down the river, and neither Carol nor Sofia can get the rope back. The mother runs after her baby. Jane asks Sofia what she's doing with a flying horse and a jewel necklace, which came out when Sofia fell. Jane realizes that she's Princess Sofia. Sofia admits that it's true, and Carol asks her why she lied about who she was. Because you're all so judgmental and jealous and quick to assume! Sofia wanted to prove to them that royals can help people too. Jane wants them to save the raccoon their selves. Sofia apologizes for lying to everyone and flies back to her family. Carol follows her. Miranda asks Sofia if something's wrong, since Baileywick found her tiara in her basket. She tells her mom what happened. Miranda tells her that she should always be proud of who she is, no matter what anyone else thinks. If she can't be herself and be in the Merry Band, then maybe they're not the group for her. Carol comes up and asks for a word with Sofia. She apologizes for what she said about the royal family. She's never met royalty before. Sofia proved her wrong about royals. Carol offers her another chance. She asks if the baby raccoon is okay. Jane is jumping across the rocks, but she lands on the log with the baby, which starts going down the rapids. Jane says she can't swim and calls for help. The others hear her, and Sofia takes Minimus there. They save Jane and the baby. Carol is glad that they're okay. Jane thought that Carol didn't need her anymore with Sofia around. Carol tells her that she and the rest of the Merry Band are her family. Aw! Jane thanks Sofia for saving her, and confesses to sabotaging Sofia, which she's sorry for. She thought Sofia was trying to take her place, but now she sees that there's room for both of them. Sofia is welcomed in the Merry Band. Baileywick and the rest of the family arrive, and have them share some grape juice with them. Liliana Mumy was the voice of Jane, who, among other roles, voiced Roxy in the Nick dub of Winx Club, and Rosebud in a few of the Buddies films.