History Recap / MerlinS03E06TheChangeling

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Twenty years later, the baby has grown into a young princess with a daffodil-coloured dress and a lack of coordination. She picks her teeth, breaks wind, and takes a large bite from an apple before marching outside in bare feet to where to where her father is waiting for her. Though they obviously love each other, Princess Elena complains about travelling in a coach, prefering to ride on horseback. Her father responds that he'd much rather her arrive in style, like the princess she is. At that moment, Elena's nurse Grunhilda arrives with a pair of high-heeled shoes that Elena grudgingly squeezes her feet into. The carriage sets off...

* MeaningfulName: {{Averted}}. At the time, many fans thought that the name "Elena" bore enough of a resemblance to "Elaine" that it foreshadowed an eventual relationship with Lancelot. {{Jossed}} as of the end of series four.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Grunhilde's pelvic thrust when she talks about Arthur's "brawn."

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Grunhilda, to Gaius.
* {{Adorkable}}: Elena. Elena. A hundred times, Elena!

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Grunhilda feeds Elena a live frog. It's never explained, it's utterly pointless, and it's never mentioned again.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Elena, on account of her general cuteness, being a rare non-evil female character, and a temporary love interest who posed no permanent real threat to any FanPreferredCouple. Ironically, actress Georgia King endured some RealLife DieForOurShip when it became apparent that she was dating Bradley James.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Elena has the title of princess even though her father is just a lord.