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Recap / Elena Of Avalor S 3 E 9 Sugar Rush

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When Elena has trouble making time for family, Luisa convinces her to reopen the family chocolate shop.


  • The Bus Came Back: Princess Caterina returns, after last being seen in "Olaball".
  • Brick Joke: When Elena leaves with the chocolates tainted with her anxiety-induced magic, Flo eats one that fell on the floor, and she runs all over the shop. She's not seen again until after Elena, Isabel, and Abuela make new chocolates to undo the spell.
  • Continuity Nod: The reveal that Luisa's family used to run a chocolate shop explains why she got defensive about Avaloran chocolate against Paraísoan chocolate in "Royal Rivalry".
  • Easily Forgiven: Despite how badly Elena hurt Abuela by blowing her off, Abuela is not mad after Elena confesses that her stress magic get in the chocolates and causing people who consume them to run super fast. In fact, this only gave Luisa and her grandchildren another opportunity to get that long overdue quality time by making a new batch that will put the populace back to normal.
  • Freudian Excuse: Luisa confesses that she's acting this way because of the fallout with Esteban, so she doesn't want to lose any more of her family.
  • Motor Mouth: Those who ate the chocolates coated with Elena's anxiety induced magic end up moving fast and talking at the speed of light.
  • Noodle Incident: In the beginning, when Elena calms down after her magic brings a woman in a picture to life, she says it's a relief that the woman stayed in her frame, to which Flo says "This time". This implies that prior to this episode, Elena's magic brought at least one other picture to life and the person in that picture came out of the frame.
  • Shout-Out: Possibly to Sugar Rush, Vanellope's game in Wreck-It Ralph.
  • Strong Family Resemblance:
    • Luisa strongly resembles her grandparents.
    • Lucia seems to get her looks from Luisa's mother/her maternal grandmother.
  • Super-Speed: Anyone who ate the chocolates with Elena's stress-based magic got this.

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