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Recap / Elena Of Avalor S 3 E 10 The Family Treasure

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Elena and Isabel help the feuding Agama brothers find a valuable treasure hidden by their mother.


  • Big Brother Instinct:
    • Pablo claims that one time when he and Antonio were tightrope-walking as kids, Antonio pushed him off, but Antonio claims that he was trying to grab him because he was about to fall.
    • Elena's Berserk Button is pushed when Pablo and Antonio accidentally throw something towards Isabel during their fight at the beginning.
  • Breather Episode: The episode steps back from the main plot completely, with the only exception being Elena's powers occurring from anger briefly, but that's about it.
  • The Bus Came Back: Antonio and Pablo Agama appear again, after last being seen in "The Gecko's Tale" and "Masks of Magic" respectively.
  • Chekhov's Gun:
    • The brothers' tightrope-walking skills and the rope they find from their mother becomes handy when Pablo has to rescue Antonio from a waterfall without falling in himself. Interestingly, this wasn't the intended purpose of the rope, since they were just supposed to open the chest with their marbles once they found it and she may not have expected them to fall into a scenario where they needed the rope.
    • The marbles their mother hid for them are the keys to the treasure chest.
  • Cool Car: Or coach, in this case. The "Super Coach" Isabella built out of various spare parts comes equipped with a retractable ladder, cup-holders and a tea-service, a safe, a compass, a megaphone, and it is hinted to have more features.
  • Friend-or-Idol Decision: Pablo chooses to save Antonio over the treasure. It turns out the chest is sturdy enough to survive the waterfall.
  • Innocuously Important Episode: The episode is a Breather Episode, although it does provide some interesting insight on how Elena may or will feel about her estrangement from Esteban, who she had said was like her brother back when their relationship became strained.
  • Irony:
    • While watching Antonio and Pablo get into another fight, Elena says that familia (especially not siblings) shouldn't fight. Considering a certain someone that she had called her brother was more known for butting heads with her than her own sister is...
    • Likewise, Pablo refuses to blame himself for Antonio getting himself stuck in a waterfall stream when he had accidentally pushed him in, to which Elena scolds him and says that she hopes he doesn't mean that. Given Elena's severe anger towards Esteban, she might not be one to talk.
  • Minimalist Cast: There are only 4 characters who appear in the episode (Elena, Isabel, Antonio, and Pablo), the smallest amount of any episode.
  • Subtext: Antonio and Pablo's sibling feud and Elena trying to resolve it has subtext for her current relationship with her estranged "brother", Esteban.

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