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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- An Aesop: Make your wishes well.
- And I'm the Queen of Sheba: 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."
- Animorphism: Amber's wish for Roland to be allergic to Sofia causes her to transform into a cat, because Roland is allergic to cats.
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: 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 racquet) Our game of Blazing Badminton!
- Be Careful What You Wish For: 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.
- Cool Crown: Amber's first wish in the Wishing Well is a new tiara.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Amber sings in "Make Your Wishes Well" that she could've used her wishes to make any dream come true instead of asking for something bad.
- Creepy Monotone: How the Wishing Well talks.
- Didn't Think This Through: Amber sees that the Wishing Well twisted her second wish and yet doesn't expect any twists with her last one to wish Sofia was no longer a purple cat.
- Easily Forgiven: Sofia immediately forgives Amber for turning her into a cat, not to mention wanting Roland to be allergic to her. Roland also lets Amber off the hook for what she did.
- Exact Words: 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.
- Forced Transformation: 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.
- Green-Eyed Monster: The reason Amber wished for Roland to be allergic to Sofia is because she wants his attention when he's busy with Sofia.
- Here We Go Again!: The last scene is Clover discovering the Wishing Well and using it to wish for a lifetime supply of radishes.
- Insistent Terminology: The Wishing Well prefers being called a "wish-granting water feature".
- Karma Houdini: Amber doesn't get in trouble for turning Sofia into a cat. She does learn her lesson, though.
- Literal Genie: 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.
- Mirror Reveal: After Sofia is turned into a cat, she doesn't realize it when Roland sneezes when around her. Then she takes a look at her hand which turned into a paw, causing her to realize she's changed, and she sees her full reflection for the first time in the water under the nearby bridge.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Amber has this moment when she sees that her second wish turned her sister into a cat.
- Noodle Incident: 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. The first wish is revealed in the series finale "Forever Royal" that the first wish was Amber and James, but their mother died giving birth to them.
- Plot Allergy: Roland is allergic to cats, and Amber exploits that by wishing that he's allergic to Sofia, turning her into a cat.
- Something Only They Would Say: 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.
- Tempting Fate: 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.
- Three Wishes: 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.
- Wasteful Wishing: 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.
- Wham Line: 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.
