Coronation Day

**"Coronation Day"** is the seventy-seventh episode in *Elena of Avalor*, the twenty-eighth episode of the third and final season, and the series finale overall. It is considered a three-part episode and movie finale.

## Plot

In Avalor City's Marketplace, Prince Armando and Princess Marlena put on a puppet show about Crown princess Elena, Shuriki's takeover, Avalor's liberation, and how Esteban fled after Elena discovered his part in Shuriki's takeover and disowned him, kicking him out of the Royal Family for having allied with Shuriki and committed treason against Avalor, which led to the deaths of her parents, the late King Raul and Queen Lucia. They also announce how Elena's becoming Queen this very day, which has been a long time coming.

Meanwhile, at Avalor Palace, Elena is about to drink some beverage when Zuzo appears. Zuzo congratulates Elena for finally becoming Queen of Avalor. Elena questions Zuzo about Quita Moz's prophecy regarding her big test before she can become Queen, and he tells her to just focus on her coronation. Elena heads off for the dining room. Francisco intercepts her and takes her to the Grand Council Chamber. Once there, she finds that her family, her friends, and the Grand Council have thrown her a surprise party to celebrate her coming of age to be crowned Queen of Avalor. Elena tells them she's still going to ask them for advice when she needs it, even after becoming Queen. Everyone then sets off to get everything ready for the coronation, including welcoming her royal friends from other kingdoms in the Ever Realm to Avalor.

Suddenly, Mateo tells Elena there something she needs to see. When Elena shows up in Mateo's room, she finds Isabel, Ixlan, and many of her friends waiting for her. Mateo announces that he found a spell he could use to find Ash and her team and track them down before they make their move first to attack Avalor. He then uses it to show everyone where they are. They realize that Ash's group is in Nueva Vista and that the citizens and the Sirena Kingdom of Coronado there are in danger. Elena heads back to the Grand Council Chamber to inform the Grand Council of this. The Grand Council gives her their permission to go and aid King Pescoro, his family, and the Sirenas, along with the residents of Nueva Vista. Francisco wishes they had forgiven Esteban when they had the chance, but Elena tells him he can't be forgiven for what he did, remaining steadfast and adamant on her hatred of him for his part in Shuriki's original takeover of Avalor and not stopping Shuriki from murdering Raul and Lucia when she turned on him. Elena's team and Antonia then set out on the Jaquins with the Delgados.

In Nueva Vista, Ash's group is revealed to be looking for the Shadow Gateway, the barrier keeping the Shadows of the Night out of the EverRealm. Esteban is apprehensive as the Shadows of the Night nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Maru in the past and is worried they will do the same to Avalor now. Ash tells him that's why she wants to recruit them. When Esteban question how she can be sure the Shadows will help them, she tells him that they will do so out of gratitude for freeing them. Chatana finds a clue that reveals that the Gateway is under the sea. Upon their arrival, Ash uses her magic to reveal the Gateway.

Suddenly, Elena's group arrives and attacks Ash's group. Marisa shows up to help them after having realized Ash's group was threatening her family and Coronado alongside Nueva Vista with her plans. Elena's group easily overpowers Ash's. Most get knocked out and taken prisoner, until only Ash and Esteban remain. Antonia takes the prisoners back to Avalor Palace to be incarcerated. Meanwhile, Elena goes after Esteban, blinded by her hatred against him for his part in Shuriki's takeover that led to Shuriki killing Raul and Lucia. This proves to be a costly mistake, as it gives Ash time to open the Shadow Gateway, through which she and Elena fall through with Flo going after them to try and help Elena and being pulled in as well. The Shadows of the Night come through and ask Esteban if he freed them. With Ash gone and no longer giving him orders, Esteban lies and says he did. He also tells them Elena's group is attacking him. The Shadows overwhelm Elena's group, forcing them to retreat and return to Avalor City to warn Isabel and the others. The Shadows rename themselves the Four Shades of Awesome. The Shades introduce themselves as Hetz, Vuli, Yolo, and Cahu. They pledge themselves to Esteban and vow to make him King of Avalor and the five of them set off to conquer Avalor.

Meanwhile, it's revealed that Elena, Flo, and Ash have been sent to the dark side of the Spirit World. They get caught in vines on the tree on that side of the Spirit World. Suddenly, Bobo and the Zanies show up and set the three of them free. Bobo also reveals that only the Grand Macaw can send them back to Avalor. So they set off to find him. Meanwhile back in Avalor, everyone looks to Isabel for leadership since she's now in charge due to being Elena's heir and younger sister, causing Isabel to remember the vision Quita Moz showed her and Elena previously to help her find her inner confidence should the need arise for her to take charge of protecting Avalor if Elena is unavailable to do so herself. Isabel tells Mateo to summon Zuzo so they can find Elena. She also decides to tell some of the coronation guests what's going on so they can help. Mateo summons Zuzo and tells them what happened. Back in the Spirit World, Elena, Ash, Flo, Bobo, and the Zanies arrive at the Grand Macaw's place where they meet Troyo, who got eaten by a tiger-hawk sometime after he was turned into a snurtle. The Grand Macaw declares that he will only send the winner of an Olaball game back. Ash gets to pick her teammates from the dark side of the Spirit World and Elena gets to pick her teammates from the light side. Elena enlists her parents and Bobo for her team and Ash picks Troyo, Orizaba, and Zipoltie, who also got eaten by a Tiger-Hawk sometime after he got turned into a bird, for her team. The Grand Macaw announces that there are no rules. Zuzo appears and tells Elena that the Grand Macaw doesn't always mean what he says or says what he means. Puzzled by what this refers to, Elena ignores it for now as the game begins, with many spirits, including the likes of Shuriki and Alacazar, serving as the spectators and cheering on their respective teams as the match gets underway.

Meanwhile back in Avalor, the Four Shades of Awesome launch their attack. Isabel's leadership in Elena's stead as Crown Princess-in-waiting enables them to send Hetz back to the Spirit World by getting him to blast himself with his own lightning attack. Unfortunately, Cahu, Vuli, and Yolo prove to be way too powerful and Isabel's defenses are quickly beaten back. Meanwhile, Elena's team is having no luck in their Olaball match against Ash's team. Raul calls for a timeout when he notices how Elena is blowing her top over little things. He and Lucia confront Elena about why she's being such a hothead. Elena tells them about how hurt she is by Esteban's betrayal and her doubts about living up to Raul's standards. Raul tells Elena that her job is to protect the kingdom, not to get revenge for what happened to them. He and Lucia tell her that getting revenge won't bring them back from the dead and wanting it will only lead to bad decisions. Realizing the truth in his words, Elena feels remorseful for going after Esteban instead of Ash back in Nueva Vista. Raul adds that he didn't always make good decisions. He also admits it's his fault Shuriki took over Avalor. He stopped her from attacking Avalor's allies, so she turned her attention to Avalor to get revenge, so once Avalor was hers, she could turn her attention back to its allies and conquer them as well, ruling every kingdom in the EverRealm under her iron fist. Estaban tried to warn him she would do so, but he didn't listen to him, which is why he joined Shuriki, and that's what led to Shuriki reneging on her promise to Esteban and murdering Raul and Lucia.

Back in Avalor, Esteban and Cahu enter the palace, where they are confronted by his grandparents. Francisco angrily asks Esteban why he's doing this. Esteban explains that it's because he has been ignored all his life. He only wants power so people will listen to him. Luisa tells him it will come at the cost of being a villain who is loved and respected by no one. Cahu, annoyed by their defiance and stalling with trying to guilt-trip Esteban, shuts them up on the matter when she turns them to stone with her powers. Esteban, shocked by this, demands that she change them back, only for Cahu to tell him he keeps making the same mistake every time he allies with someone: trusting those who pretend to listen.

Cahu reveals that the Shades were just using Esteban. Meanwhile, Ash wins the Olaball game, only to learn that the winner is the one who has to stay in the Spirit World forever, hence why Elena lost the match, having realized the meaning in what Zuzo said earlier with what the Grand Macaw said and regarding the result of the match, and lost on purpose so she would be allowed to return home. Ash is taken away, pleading and crying to be allowed to return to Avalor, while Elena is sent back. King Verago, his Jaquin guards, and the Sunbirds show up and tell Elena of the situation back in Avalor before taking her back to deal with the remaining Shades.

Elena's group takes down Vuli and Yolo and sends them back to the Spirit World to join Hetz, but Cahu proves to be way too powerful as she manages to turn Mateo and Gabe to stone while they are not paying attention, forcing Elena to have Naomi take Isabel to safety before the same fate befalls them, then does the same to Skylar as he tries to fly Elena to safety. Before she can turn Elena to stone after immobilizing her via slowing time for her, Esteban takes the hit for her, apologizing for having hurt her because of his actions in the past, which saddens Elena to the point where she finally forgives her cousin for his past crimes after remembering the advice Raul and Lucia gave her in the Spirit World. Her forgiveness activates her emotion magic, which changes Esteban back, and she uses her magic to undo Cahu's spell and those of the other Shades all over Avalor, restoring those Cahu turned to stone and revert those turned into other things by the other Shades back to normal as well. Cahu tells Elena that she's only delaying her fate, and Esteban tries to throw his cousin her scepter only for it to glow in his hand, which means he's capable of using it.

Pointing the scepter at Cahu, Esteban casts the *Blaze* spell, which hits her and breaks her hourglass, stripping her of her abilities. Cahu is not fazed by the loss of her abilities and says that she cannot be defeated as she tries to recover the spilled sand to restore her powers, and Elena picks up Esteban's staff and decides to send her back to the Spirit World to join Hetz, Vuli, and Yolo. Since the staff isn't powerful enough to go that far, Esteban and Elena combine their magic and send Cahu back to the Spirit World together.

When they return, Quita Moz reveals to Elena that her test was Esteban and learning to forgive him. Since she forgave him, she passed her test and can now become Queen. That night, Elena's coronation finally commences, with the Enchancia Royal Family, consisting of Sofia and her family, showing up as the last guests for the ceremony. Amber tells Elena "We Queens have to stick together" to which Sofia reminds her she's not the Queen of Enchancia yet as long as their parents can still rule. Elena names Naomi her Chancellor, Gabe a General, Mateo Master Wizard, and Isabel the Royal Inventor. She then dances her first dance as Queen of Avalor with her grandfather Francisco. However, he reveals that he was only tired all day because he stayed up all night writing a song for the coronation. With that, everyone dances in celebration.

## Final Appearances of Cast

#### Main

* Aimee Carrero as Crown Princess Elena
* Jenna Ortega as Princess Isabel
* Keith Ferguson as Zuzo
* Julia Vera as Luisa
* Emiliano Díez as Francisco
* Jillian Rose Reed as Naomi Turner
* Jorge Diaz as Gabe
* Joseph Haro as Mateo
* Carlos Alazarqui as Skylar
* Yvette Nicole Brown as Luna
* Chris Parnell as Migs
* Joe Nunez as Armando
* Christian Lanz as Chancellor Esteban
* Mikey Kelley as Higgins
* Jenny Slate as Cahu
* Mark Hamill as Vuli
* Fred Armisen as Yolo
* Andy García as Hetz
* Patrick Warburton as Grand Macaw
* Constance Marie as Doña Paloma
* Lou Diamond Phillips as Victor Delgado
* Myrna Velasco as Carla Delgado
* Grey DeLisle as Ash Delgado
* Jaime Camil as Julio
* Justina Machado as Carmen
* Gina Rodriguez as Princess Marisa
* Mario Lopez as Cruz
* Desmond Gerber as Mingo
* Gia Lopez as Estrella
* Rachel Brosnahan as Princess Chloe
* Andrea Martin as Queen Abigail
* Jess Harnell as King Hector and Chief Zephyr
* André Sogliuzzo as King Verago
* Tony Shalhoub as Zopilote
* Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Princess Rebecca
* John Leguizamo as Tziloco
* Cheech Marin as Quita Moz
* Whoopi Goldberg as Lama
* Cloris Leachman as Hool
* Chrissie Fit as Princess Valentina
* Tyler Posey as Prince Alonso
* Melissa Fumero as Antonia Bello
* Stephanie Beatriz as Ixlan
* Kether Donohue as Flo
* George Takei as King Toshi
* Echo Kellum as King Joaquín

#### Minor

* Nestor Carbonell as King Raul
* Andrea Navedo as Queen Lucia
* Max Mittelman as Bobo
* Eden Espinosa as Orizaba
* Grant George as Troyo
* Ana Ortiz as Rafa
* Julie Nathanson as Scarlett Turner
* Rich Sommer as Daniel Turner
* Gina Torres as Chatana
* Tom Kenny as Pili
* Gaby Moreno as Marlena
* Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia (only appearance)
* Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber (only appearance)
* King Roland II (cameos)
* Queen Miranda (cameos)

## Songs

* Long May She Reign
* Fit to Be Queen
* The Four Shades of Awesome
* Never too Late
* Guiding Light

## Trivia

* **1st** **Moral:** Actions can have the most dire of consequences
* **2nd Moral:** Learn from your mistakes to be a better person
* **3rd Moral:** Forgive and forget.
* It has been four years since the series premiere.
* Ash is locked up in the spirit world forever, due to winning Olaball while Elena is sent back to Avalor alongside Flo.
* Naomi traps and defeats Chatana for good with the same magic bolagro bag that she trapped Tziloco before she released him and traps Kizin inside. Chatana, Tziloco and Pili are locked inside cells when Antonia Bello brings the three prisoners to the dungeon.
* King Pescoro and Queen Camila do not appear during the series finale episode even their daughter and son made an appearance.
* The Four Shades of Awesome are sent back to the Spirit World.
* It is revealed that Troyo is sent to the Spirit World after he was transformed into a snurdle and eaten by a tiger-hawk. Zopilote is also sent to the Spirit World after he was transformed into a small bird and eaten by a tiger-hawk.
* Mateo, Carmen and the people of Avalor are temporarily put under the influence of Vuli, the chaos shade.
* Antonia, Higgins, Armando, Mateo, Gabe, Luisa, Francisco, Esteban and the palace staff were turned to stone by Cahu, the time shade.
	+ This is the second time Gabe has been turned to stone after "Spellbound."
* Mateo's grandfather Alcazar makes a cameo watching the olaball game between Elena's team and Ash's team, and also Shuriki as Spirit behind Hetz eating popcorn.
* Orizaba made a reference to "The Scepter of Light" for the second time after "Finding Zuzo" when Elena damaged her wing.
* The ultimate test Princess Elena had to pass was to forgive cousin Esteban, as all he had ever wanted was to be loved and heard by those who took him since he lost his beloved parents, Lady Margarita and her unnamed husband, at a much younger age than she had hers.
* The way Esteban, Francisco, Luisa, Isabel, Elena, Naomi, Mateo, Gabe and Armando are standing at the end is similar to the end of the theme song.
* **Emotional Magic:** Anger and Forgiveness.
	+ Crown Princess Elena activates a new emotion: Forgiveness, the strongest of all her emotions. When Elena feels this emotion, her dress turns white.
* When Elena names Naomi Chancellor, Gabe General, Mateo Master Royal Wizard and Isabel Royal Inventor at the end of the episode, it is similar to the way Elena picked Naomi, Esteban, Luisa and Francisco to be the members of the Grand Council at the end of the series premiere episode.
	+ Zuzo's quote at the end is similar to his quote at the end of the first episode.
* It is revealed that Esteban can use the Scepter of Light, too.
* Carla and Victor made a reference to "The Lightning Warrior" that they want to learn good magic and they also want to help Elena defend Avalor from Ash.
* Isabel made a reference to "Heart of the Jaguar when she is sitting on the throne.
* Princess Sofia and her mother and step-family appear at the end of the episode, attending Elena's coronation, as it was not possible without their help four years ago.
* Even though Mateo says "You got my name right", Carla Delago said "Mateo" while she disguised herself as Rita Perez during the episode Rise of the Sorceress and she got his name right during another episode of the series.

## Gallery

Grand MacawPoster For The FinaleSofia and her Family
## References

https://mobile.twitter.com/DisneyTVANews/status/1281658689921978368
https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/elena-of-avalor-vol-6/id148504985