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* KarmaHoudini: Amber doesn't get in trouble for turning Sofia into a cat.

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* KarmaHoudini: Amber doesn't get in trouble for turning Sofia into a cat. She does learn her lesson, though.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Amber is jealous that Roland is busy with Sofia to play with her.

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* GreenEyedMonster: The reason Amber is jealous that wished for Roland to be allergic to Sofia is because she wants his attention when he's busy with Sofia to play with her.Sofia.

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* CreepyMonotone: How the Wishing Well talks

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* CreepyMonotone: How the Wishing Well talkstalks.


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* ForcedTransformation: Amber wishes Roland was allergic to Sofia; because he's allergic to cats, she is turned into a cat for most of the episode until Roland undoes the wish.
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* {{Animorphism}}: Amber's wish for Roland to be allergic to Sofia causes her to transform into a cat, because Roland is allergic to cats.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The last scene is Clover discovering the Wishing Well and using it to wish for a lifetime supply of radishes.
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* TemptingFate: After Amber uses up all her three wishes and fails to turn Sofia back to normal, the former laments, "Could this day get any worse?" Cue Wormwood flying in to try stealing Sofia's Amulet.

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* PlotAllergy: Roland is allergic to cats.

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* PlotAllergy: Roland is allergic to cats.cats, and Amber exploits that by wishing that he's allergic to Sofia, turning her into a cat.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Clover doesn't initially believe that the purple cat he's talking to is Sofia, so he quizzes her on her favorite things. She gets them all right, proving that she did turn into one.

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* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: When Sofia runs into Clover after being turned into a cat, she tells him that it's "[her], Sofia." Clover initially doesn't believe her and replies, "Yeah, right. And I'm King Roland."



-->'''Amber:''' I know

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-->'''Amber:''' I knowknow.
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* InsistentTerminology: The Wishing Well prefers being called a "wish-granting water feature".
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* MirrorReveal: After Sofia is turned into a cat, she doesn't realize it when Roland sneezes when around her; she eventually sees her reflection in water nearby, causing her to realize she changed.

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* MirrorReveal: After Sofia is turned into a cat, she doesn't realize it when Roland sneezes when around her; her. Then she eventually sees takes a look at her reflection in water nearby, hand which turned into a paw, causing her to realize she's changed, and she changed.sees her full reflection for the first time in the water under the nearby bridge.
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* MirrorReveal: After Sofia is turned into a cat, she doesn't realize it when Roland sneezes when around her; she eventually sees her reflection in water nearby, causing her to realize she changed.
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* CoolCrown: Amber's first wish in the Wishing Well is a new tiara.
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* PlotAllergy: Roland is allergic to cats.



* WastefulWishing: Considering Amber is a princess and has a cabinet full of tiaras, she didn't need to wish for a new one, but she does anyway.

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* WastefulWishing: Considering Amber is a princess and has a cabinet full of tiaras, she didn't need to wish for a new one, but she does anyway.anyway.
* WhamLine: Up until "Forever Royal", this has sent viewers scratching their heads.
-->'''Wishing Well:''' You have one wish remaining.
-->'''Amber:''' One wish? That means you made a wish ''before'' this one.
-->'''Roland:''' ''(sighs)'' I did once, and ''my'' wish didn't turn out so well either.
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* WastefulWish: Considering Amber is a princess and has a cabinet full of tiaras, she didn't need to wish for a new one, but she does anyway.

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* WastefulWish: WastefulWishing: Considering Amber is a princess and has a cabinet full of tiaras, she didn't need to wish for a new one, but she does anyway.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Amber sings in "Make Your Wishes Well" that she could've used her other two wishes to make any dream come true instead of asking for something bad.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Amber sings in "Make Your Wishes Well" that she could've used her other two wishes to make any dream come true instead of asking for something bad.



* ThreeWishes: The Wishing Well grants no more than three wishes to each person. This poses a problem as Amber already wastes her three wishes and is unable to turn Sofia back to normal.

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* ThreeWishes: The Wishing Well grants no more than three wishes to each person. This poses a problem as Amber already wastes her three wishes and is unable to turn Sofia back to normal.normal.
* WastefulWish: Considering Amber is a princess and has a cabinet full of tiaras, she didn't need to wish for a new one, but she does anyway.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Amber is jealous that Roland is busy with Sofia to play with her.
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* CreepyMonotone: How the Wishing Well talks
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Amber sees that the Wishing Well twisted her second wish and yet doesn't expect any twists with her last one.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Amber sees that the Wishing Well twisted her second wish and yet doesn't expect any twists with her last one.one to wish Sofia was no longer a purple cat.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Wishing Well lampshades this, and Amber not only regrets wishing for her father to be allergic to Sofia but doesn't specify her last wish. All Roland ever reveals about his first wish in the well is that it didn't turn out very well.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Wishing Well lampshades this, and Amber not only regrets wishing for her father to be allergic to Sofia (he's allergic to cats, thus the wish turns Sofia into a cat) but doesn't specify her last wish. All Roland ever reveals about his first wish in the well is that it didn't turn out very well.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Amber doesn't specify her last wish, which is why the Wishing Well changes the color to Sofia's cat fur instead of turning her back to normal.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Amber doesn't specify her last wish, which is why sees that the Wishing Well changes the color to Sofia's cat fur instead of turning twisted her back to normal.second wish and yet doesn't expect any twists with her last one.



* ExactWords: Amber wishes Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore, and when her wish is granted, Sofia is no longer a purple cat but a ''pink'' cat.

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* ExactWords: Amber doesn't specify her last wish in the Wishing Well--she wishes Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore, and when her wish is granted, Sofia is no longer a purple cat but a ''pink'' cat.



* NoodleIncident: The Wishing Well reveals that Roland already made a wish before, and all he reveals is that the wish didn't turn out too well. [[spoiler:The first wish is revealed in the series finale "Forever Royal".]]

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* NoodleIncident: The Wishing Well reveals that Roland already made a wish before, and all he reveals is that the wish didn't turn out too well. [[spoiler:The first wish is revealed in the series finale "Forever Royal".Royal" that the first wish was Amber and James, but their mother died giving birth to them.]]

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-->'''Roland:''' ''(takes out a racket)'' Our game of Blazing Badminton!

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-->'''Roland:''' ''(takes out a racket)'' racquet)'' Our game of Blazing Badminton!


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* NoodleIncident: The Wishing Well reveals that Roland already made a wish before, and all he reveals is that the wish didn't turn out too well. [[spoiler:The first wish is revealed in the series finale "Forever Royal".]]
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* LiteralGenie: If wishes in the Wishing Well are not specified, it'll take the wishes literally, as shown when Amber wishes for Sofia to not be a purple cat anymore, and the Wishing Well turns her pink.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: In the end, it seems like Roland is going to punish Amber for what she did to Sofia, but he gives his daughter what she wanted from the start.
-->'''Roland:''' ''(angrily)'' I believe we have some unfinished business, young lady!
-->'''Amber:''' I know
-->'''Roland:''' ''(takes out a racket)'' Our game of Blazing Badminton!

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Amber sings in "Make Your Wishes Well" that she could've used her other two wishes to make any dream come true instead of asking for something bad.



* EasilyForgiven: Sofia immediately forgives Amber for turning her into a cat, not to mention wanting Roland to be allergic to her.

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* EasilyForgiven: Sofia immediately forgives Amber for turning her into a cat, not to mention wanting Roland to be allergic to her. [[KarmaHoudini Roland also lets Amber off the hook for what she did.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Amber doesn't specify her last wish, which is why the Wishing Well changes the color to Sofia's cat fur instead of turning her back to normal.



* ExactWords: Amber wishes Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore, and when her wish is granted, Sofia is no longer a purple cat but a ''pink'' cat.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Amber has this moment when she sees that her second wish turned her sister into a cat.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Amber has this moment when she sees that her second wish turned her sister into a cat.cat.
* ThreeWishes: The Wishing Well grants no more than three wishes to each person. This poses a problem as Amber already wastes her three wishes and is unable to turn Sofia back to normal.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Amber wished for Roland to be allergic to Sofia only for the latter to turn into a cat, which Roland is allergic to. When Amber tries to turn Sofia back to normal, she doesn't specify her last wish, wishing Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore, which is why Sofia turns pink. When Roland turns Sofia back to normal, the Wishing Well reveals that he has one wish remaining, and that wish didn't turn out too well.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Wishing Well lampshades this, and Amber wished not only regrets wishing for Roland her father to be allergic to Sofia only for the latter to turn into a cat, which Roland is allergic to. When Amber tries to turn Sofia back to normal, she but doesn't specify her last wish, wishing Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore, which is why Sofia turns pink. When wish. All Roland turns Sofia back to normal, the Wishing Well ever reveals about his first wish in the well is that he has one wish remaining, and that wish it didn't turn out too well.very well.
* EasilyForgiven: Sofia immediately forgives Amber for turning her into a cat, not to mention wanting Roland to be allergic to her.
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* KarmaHoudini: Amber doesn't get in trouble for turning Sofia into a cat.
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Amber wants to play with Roland, but he's too busy helping Sofia on the obstacle course, to the former's jealousy. When Amber finds an old wishing well in the garden, she wishes for her father to be allergic to Sofia, causing the latter to turn into a cat.

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* AnAesop: Make your wishes well.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Amber wished for Roland to be allergic to Sofia only for the latter to turn into a cat, which Roland is allergic to. When Amber tries to turn Sofia back to normal, she doesn't specify her last wish, wishing Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore, which is why Sofia turns pink. When Roland turns Sofia back to normal, the Wishing Well reveals that he has one wish remaining, and that wish didn't turn out too well.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Amber has this moment when she sees that her second wish turned her sister into a cat.

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