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Season 1
- Near the end of the Secret of Avalor movie, Elena and Sofia rallying the citizens of Avalor against Shuriki. With everyone marching on the castle together and singing a reprise of My Time.
- Esteban chalking up the courage to grab Shuriki's wand just as she's about to strike a spell at Elena and the crowd before tossing it to Elena so that she can finally defeat Shuriki for once and for all.
- When Elena, in "Royal Retreat," frees the Mariposa dolphins over King Hector's assurance that she'll never in the Kings' Club, she points out she's going to be the Queen.
- In "Finders Leapers", Esteban's refusal to follow instructions leads to the escalation of the situation with the Duende Brothers and he continuously puts the blame on Naomi for his screw-ups because he believes she shouldn't have been put in charge of the archeological dig of the recently discovered Maruvian site due to being a commoner. The third time he does this, Elena and Professor Mendoza finally call him out and stand up for Naomi.Elena: You haven't been following her, Esteban! You were the one who let the first Duende out, you ignored Naomi at the park, and you sprung the trap too early. The problem hasn't been Naomi; it's been you!
Prof. Mendoza: Yeah, I guess you were never "royally trained" in listening. - "Oleball" gives Gabe two moments:
- He finally learns and masters oleball when Elena encourages him to play like the Royal Guard he actually is instead of relying on what his father wants him to do.
- Isabel and Kat sneak up on the Voladoras pole during the oleball game because they want to see how it works. They end up getting stuck up on the platform, then start crying for help. Gabe immediately climbs up the tower and gets the girls safely down by using the same technique the Voladoras use to reach the ground during their ceremony. This is what finally gets Roberto to understand and respect his son's decision to become a Royal Guard.
- "The Princess Knight" has pretty good moments.
- Elena fencing and succeeding in the tournament with only a few days of practice under Gabe's tutelage.
- Nobody in the crowd during the tournament knew that Elena was Sir Elezar. When she won the tournament, she revealed her true identity; the whole crowd responds by cheering for her, and Sir Cassius is elated by the fact that he just dueled the Crown Princess of Avalor even though he lost the match.
- Francisco tells Elena that her mother, Queen Lucia, entered a fencing tournament and dueled a knight from Brazendell but broke her wrist and had to forfeit. Later, Elena spies on her mother's ex-fencing opponent, Lord Elrod, who reveals to his son Sir Cassius that he broke Lucia's wrist on purpose. When Elena confesses to her grandparents that she's Sir Elezar, she also reveals the truth behind her mother's injury, which encourages both of them to allow her to continue in the tournament. After Elena wins the competition, Luisa goes Mama Bear at Lord Elrod, threatening to challenge him to a duel for injuring her daughter on purpose.
- "Let Love Light the Way" from "Navidad" is epic on a number of levels. First off, Elena could have pulled a tyrant move, using her power to force everyone to celebrate together; instead she leads a carol to encourage positivity. Secondly, the point of the song is that celebrating is about being with those we care about, not who's right or wrong or who wins. And third, background characters are actively seen reconciling with an exchange about how we should all be respectful of each other's traditions, even if we don't understand them.
- Esteban dancing his way through the booby-trapped treasury room and not getting a single scratch on him in "King of the Carnaval".
- Victor's (and/or Shuriki's) evil plan in "Realm of the Jaquins" works flawlessly. Though the heroes think they've save the day this time, Victor, Carla, and Shuriki got what they wanted. Those sly, sneaky bastards...
- In "Realm of the Jaquins", while Marimonda attacks the palace, Esteban and Abuelo charge at Marimonda with swords along with Gabe and the Royal Guard. It doesn't work, but points for trying.
Season 2
- Just like Victor/Shuriki's plan with Marimonda, Carla's undercover arc in Season 2 works perfectly. At this point, perhaps now you understand why Shuriki was in power for so long.
- Gwen from Sofia the First makes a cameo in "Class Act".
- Elena mastering the "Vanish" spell from the Scepter of Light at the last minute in "Song of the Sirenas", which is followed by a "Blaze" spell that apparently incinerates Shuriki to death. That's right, a Disney Princess on a Disney Junior show fired off a spell with justifiable lethal intent, and apparently succeeded.
- Mateo showing off some serious magic parkour in his rematch against Fiero.
- Armando standing up to his snooty older brother in "All Kingdoms Fair".
- In "Snow Place Like Home", Victor Delgado goes full Papa Wolf and carries Carla, who has strained her leg and cannot walk, through a blizzard all the way to their house.
Season 3
"Sister of Invention"
"To Save a Sunbird"
"Father-in-Chief"
"The Incredible Shrinking Royals"
"Norberg Peace Prize"
"The Magic Within"
"Flower of Light"
"Captain Mateo"
"Sugar Rush"
"The Family Treasure"
"Dreamcatcher"
- The way Elena belts out "Unspoken".
- Elena unflinchingly walking towards Esteban, even using her Seal powers to create a crystal wall to block a violent gust of wind without looking.
"Changing of the Guard"
- Antonia earning the respect of her fellow cadets and making a name for herself as the first female royal guard.
"King Skylar"
- Skylar shows just how much he's grown since "Flight of the Jaquins". In the middle of the episode, he comes up with an idea to find Bruce the butterfrog and turn all the animals back to normal, and what happens when everyone, especially King Verago, mocks his idea? Skylar roars at them to be quiet and says under his breath, "The king has spoken". Even Verago is scared by his son's roar.
"Spirit of a Wizard"
"Team Isa"
"The Last Laugh"
"Festival of Lights"
- Rebeca using a hatchet to hack down her ship's mast as a makeshift bridge for her and her family to escape on to shore.
"The Birthday Cruise"
"Giant Steps"
"Shooting Stars"
- The song "Put Your Mind to It" is pretty catchy. Kimiko Glenn surely had fun singing this song.
"Crash Course"
"To Queen or Not To Queen"
- As this episode shows, if Elena wasn't born a royal, she would always be born to be a leader.
- Elena singing another song of courage and rallying the citizens against a tyrant, just like she did in “Elena and The Secret of Avalor”.
"Coronation Day"
- The way Hetz dies because of Isabel is pretty cool. She redirects his lightning via the lightning rod from "Shooting Stars" so that it hits him. That is pretty smart.
- Elena figuring out last minute that the Grand Macaw intends to send the losers to the living world while the winners remain with him and sabotaging her own game, leaving Ash in the spirit world while she escapes.
- The initial fight between Ash's team vs Team Avalor, where everyone gets something cool to do.
- Gabe and Mateo defeating Vuli and Yolo with an enchanted sword and a very powerful spell. Bonus points to Gabe for hitting Vuli with the same move he taught Elena in "The Princess Knight".
- While she's a villain, Cahu's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Esteban on his flaws and inability to learn his lessons. She then proceeds to petrify nearly all of Avalor alone after her three companions are defeated.
- When Cahu is about to petrify Elena, Esteban finally does the right thing and takes it for her. Which then leads into Elena's moment where her forgiveness of Esteban lets her unlock her magic to a higher level than ever before, unleashing a World-Healing Wave over all of Avalor and canceling out the Shades' magic by herself. The Shades were so dangerous that the kingdom of Maru had to pull a massive Heroic Sacrifice just to seal them away, and Elena undid their work all by herself.
- Elena and Estaban, combining their magic to send Cahu back to the Spirit Realm. While the pair are clearly exhausted upon their return back to the mortal realm, it was still a rather impressive display.
