Halloween: Princess Butterfly (Sofia The First Episode Review)

Hello & welcome back  to the Halloween  celebration here on A Look at Disney and today,  we are taking a look at the Halloween episode  of Sofia The First,  Princess Butterfly.



Episode Title


Princess Butterfly


Nothing too fancy  about this title  and at first glance, you  wouldn't  even  think that  this  has  anything to do with  a Halloween episode.  Which  I guess you  can  let  slide  as  this  episode mostly  takes  place on  the day after  Halloween.




The  Plot


It's   time  for the All  Hallows  Eve  Ball  at Royal  Prep  and  there will be  a  costume  contest , that Amber  has  won  each  year but  this  year,  the  rules are  a bit  different  as  the students  must  make their  own costumes  this  year and  this  does  not sit well  with Amber  as  she's  never made a costume before  and as we see back at the palace,   she doesn't  have  very  many sewing skills  unlike her younger  sister.

Instead,   she   goes  to Cedric  to ask  to help and  she'd  do  anything  and knowing this, Cedric  gives  Amber some magic gems  that she  can put on her before the party  and it will give  her the  most stunning butterfly costume  but there's  a catch with the costume.   Amber  arrives  at the  party and blows everyone  with her butterfly  costume.

Amber Always Knows How To Make An Entrance

She blows away the competition and wins  the contest for another year and I will admit that I do like that butterfly costume.  (Probably going to put my store bought  Tin Man costume to shame).

But things are about to get worse as the costume starts to come alive and Amber can't get it off.  Cedric had  planned this as he wanted to see if he could Sofia's Amulet out of it because when Amber goes to Cedric,   he tells  her that one of the ingredients needed for him to remove the costume would be a purple jewel  i.e. Sofia's Amulet.   Cedric reminds her that she can't tell the fairies (from Sleeping Beauty,  they are the principals and teachers at the school,the kids attend) because that means that she would have to admit that she cheated.  And as I mentioned earlier,  we see how the costume  starts to come alive as the wings start to flap and Amber then spends the rest of the day trying to trick her younger sister to get her Amulet  and Sofia soon grows wise to this and  Amber comes clean and we get a touching moment, where Sofia is willing to give up her most precious item to help her sister.

However,   Amber refuses  because  of her guilty conscious but that does  not stop ,  Cedric's   pet bird,  Wormwood from swooping in  and taking it  and we see  the sisters go on a chase to get back the Amulet throughout the school  and  in the end,  Amber  admits that she cheated and the Fairies remove the costume.

  












All  in all,   I liked  this  episode   as  it was a good first outing  for  Amber in a lead  role  and  has  a good message for kids about  not taking shortcuts.



Characters


Amber voiced by Darcy Rose Byrnes

I liked  Amber in this episode   as  she was really good with the humor  and  also  seeing her struggle with the costume made me think of  The Haunted Mask,  a bit.   (Funny, how  yesterday's  article was about Goosebumps)   and  you  could just  see that she really wanted  out of this costume  and would do anything to get out of it  but realized  that she may have been going too far.


Sofia  voiced  by Ariel Winter

I  really  liked  Sofia  in this episode  as it proved that she  can see through someone trying to mess with her and the moment, where  she was willing to give up her Amulet to help Amber shows how much Sofia  is willing to help her family and will put her loved ones before items, even ones that she holds dear.






Villain


Cedric voiced by Jess Harnell

Cedric was delightfully evil in this episode as he stooped to new lows with this costume trick to try and get the Amulet and it shows that he can be a really fun villain at times and  he was a true highlight of the episode.



My Final Thoughts

All in all, this was a fun episode and one that I was glad to start the Halloween season off with but tomorrow, we are getting into something really fun with one of my favorite Disney Villains, who has quite a few songs to his name and one of the best villain voices ever.  Join me tomorrow as we celebrate the songs sung by...


Jafar