Clover is so fascinated with Sofia's heroism that he wants to be a hero, too. While Sofia is out training, the Hoodwinks come to ask for help, and Clover lies that he's a Protector, so the Hoodwinks will reward him. But he ends up taking shortcuts and taking the easy way, creating a problem for someone else.
Tropes:
- An Aesop:
- A true hero does good deeds because they want to help, not for rewards.
- Taking shortcuts won't fix a problem entirely.
- Aesop Amnesia: You'd think Clover would've learned his lesson about taking shortcuts after the events of "The Mystic Isles: The Great Pretender".
- Call-Back: The Hoodwinks recall meeting Sofia in "The Mystic Isles: A Very Mystic Wassalia".
- Didn't Think This Through: Clover keeps taking shortcuts to solve a problem, such as moving the Wee Sprites to another location, unintentionally creating a problem for someone else.
- Never Trust a Title: Depsite the title of the episode, the Hoodwinks only play a small role.
- Shout-Out: During the song, a twister blows a house around. Hmm, sounds familiar...
- Tempting Fate: When Sofia, Clover, and Hidey find the flock of Badger Birds on the Isle of Wee Sprites, Clover doubts the birds are bad in any way because they're tiny. Cue the Badger Birds flying all over the trio, to their annoyance.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The events of the episode are all because Buzzer brought a Badger Bird to the Isle of Wee Sprites and cloned it.
