| Return to Merroway Cove | |
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| Season 4, Episode 24 | |
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| Air date | May 17, 2018 |
| Written by | Craig Carlisle |
| Directed by | Jamie Mitchell |
| Songs in this Episode | When I Start to Make Some Waves |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous Episode The Lost Pyramid |
Next Episode The Elf Situation |
"Return to Merroway Cove" is the one hundredth and first episode of the Disney Junior animated series Sofia the First. It premiered on May 17, 2018, and is the twenty-fourth episode in the fourth season.
Plot[]
Sofia and her family visit Merroway Cove once more with the Floating Palace. King Roland tries fishing, but still has some issues with the fishing rod, while Sofia wants to meet Oona, her mermaid friend. Her father tells her to be back when the water show that Queen Emmaline prepared for them starts in the evening. After informing her dad she will, Sofia turns into a mermaid herself via the Amulet of Avalor after making sure she did so out of sight of her family so they did not discover it and dives into the water to search for her mermaid friend. She finds her and the others practicing for the water show under Emmaline's supervision. While everyone shows great tricks with their equipment for the water show, Oona is only allowed to use her magical comb to conjure up a few little waves. Sofia greets everyone and comments on the fountain Cora made. Meanwhile, Oona is disappointed because her waves were barely noticeable. She tries to persuade her mother into teaching her more skills with the comb for the water show, but Queen Emmaline denies her request, stating she is still too young and inexperienced for such a thing and will teach her when she is old enough. After Cora tells her sister that the fountain she will make will be the star of the show, Oona, now feeling very jealous, gets angry and swims away, expressing how everyone treats her like a little child, unable to handle the responsibility of such a powerful magical artifact. So, she tries to create a small sea twister, despite not being trained enough to attempt it. Oona succeeds, but the twister gets too big and is soon out of her control and gets away.
Oona follows it, afraid that her mom could see what she has done and be angry with her for disobeying her and being irresponsible with the Mermaid Comb. Meanwhile, Sofia has decided to search for her friend. She swims inside a cave, but gets startled by a Scare-Acuda who taunts her until an adult mermaid named Nerissa captures the fish and scolds him. Sofia recognizes Nerissa's bracelet as an Enchantlet and realizes the mermaid is a Protector. Nerissa recognizes Sofia and tells her she trained together with Chrysta. Nerissa sends the Scare-Acuda home to the north end of the cove. Nerissa explains to Sofia the reason why she is in Merroway Cove: To find Ursula's Necklace, one of the Wicked Nine which is hidden in the Kelp Forest to take back to lock up with the others that have been collected already on the Isle of Protectors. Nerissa leaves, heading to the hiding place of the Wicked Nine item she is searching for. Oona, still searching for her missing sea twister, swims into Sofia and asks her if she had seen it. Sofia notices something's wrong and Oona confesses her mistake. Sofia suggests telling Queen Emmaline, but Oona tells her not to because she is afraid of the consequences she might face if her mother finds out that she was irresponsible with the Mermaid Comb. So she pleads Sofia to help her find the sea twister. Now Sven arrives, wanting to inform Oona about the sea twister which has gone wild, but Oona tells him she already knows about it because it is her fault. The seahorse makes the same suggestion as Sofia did earlier, but Oona dismisses him again, saying she is able to stop it herself.
Sofia, Oona, and Sven swim towards the Kelp Forest, where the sea twister was last seen, only to discover the twister has moved on. While following the path of destruction the twister left behind, they help some sea creatures in need, one of them being an octopus named Octavio who was saved by Nerissa, but has seen her being dragged away by the rampaging sea twister with her Enchantlet left behind. Octavio leads them to the Stormy Shipwreck where the twister went. The group finds Nerissa with her tail stuck underneath the fallen mast of the sunken ship. Sofia frees her by binding the Enchantlets together as only one of them is not strong enough. After Nerissa is freed they continue their search for the sea twister. Nerissa also tells them that Ursula's Necklace has been carried away by the twister. When they discover the twister, Oona follows it very closely. Sven notices the chest which contains the necklace in the eye of the twister. Now, Oona tries to get the sea twister to go away, but her yelling "Go!" with the mermaid comb in her hands only leads to the twister growing in size until she cannot swim against the current any longer, as the comb misinterpreted her saying "Grow!". Nerissa saves her, but Sofia and Sven are pulled into the twister. While the princess manages to get the necklace out of the chest, she is unable to free herself from the twister. Nerissa pulls her out again by binding the Enchantlets together like before. After Sofia is free, they notice that the twister is moving towards the palace, threatening the rest of the colony. Oona finally agrees to get her mother.
While Oona swims as fast as she can to get her mother, Nerissa and Sofia attempt to slow down the twister with some rocks. Oona arrives at the palace, but cannot find her mother, only her older sister Cora. Sven tells Cora what happened. At first, Cora is angry at Oona, just as Oona feared would happen if she told Emmaline, before Oona tells her how she just wanted to impress the others at the show, but she never wanted any of this to happen. She is sorry about that, but soon suggests using the Trident to stop the twister without help from Queen Emmaline to cover up Oona's deed, even though she has only seen her mother use it. Sven is worried that Cora cannot control the Trident and leaves, fearing that Oona will just make things worse by having Cora use the Trident instead of Emmaline. Oona and Cora swim towards the sea twister with the Trident, but cannot stop it as every shot they fire at it misses. Sofia and Nerissa's attempt to stop it with some heavy rocks has also failed. Suddenly, Queen Emmaline arrives and stops the rampaging sea twister with the Trident herself. As it turns out, Sven got her to help. Nerissa thanks Sofia for getting the necklace and leaves to take it to the Mystic Isles to be locked up with the other Wicked Nine that have been collected already. Queen Emmaline, on the other hand, is angry with her daughters for using the trident and the comb and causing all this trouble. She grounds them as punishment for their irresponsibility. But because they apologized and told the truth in the end, she allows them to take part in the show after all and announces the start of their punishment for tomorrow after the show tonight. Now it is time for the show, Sofia arrives in time and they all enjoy the show together. Roland, as it turns out, only caught a long nap while he was fishing.
Cast[]
- Ariel Winter as Sofia
- Travis Willingham as King Roland II
- Kiernan Shipka as Oona
- Jodi Benson as Queen Emmaline
- Sarah Mitchell as Cora
- John Ross Bowie as Sven
- Alyssa Rhoney as Nerissa
- Hudson Yang as Octavio
- Chris Grace as Scare-Acuda
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Trivia[]
- Moral: Do not overestimate yourself and get help if a problem gets too big.
- The protectors get Ursula's necklace.
- This is the first episode to feature Sofia's new mermaid design.