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Character page for Sofia's family and the royal court.

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The Royal Family of Enchancia

Princess Sofia

Princess Sofia Balthazar

^{Click to see her pre-Elena and the Secret of Avalor appearance.}

Voiced by: Ariel Winter

The daughter of a shoe-saleswoman, who became a princess when her mother married the king. Sofia is a kind, thoughtful, and loving young girl who is always willing to help. Her biggest trait though has to be her belief in the good in others even if some, or they themselves, don't see it.

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• Academic Athlete: She's as passionate about studying as she is about sports like flying derby racing and dazzleball.
• Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: She pronounces Cedric's name as "See-drick" throughout Season 1.
• Adopted into Royalty: Thanks to her mother marrying King Roland.
• Adorably Precocious Child: Sofia has shown throughout the series to have an unusually high level of maturity and self-control for a child her age. She is able to remain calm in most situations and rarely loses her temper. It's revealed in "Stormy Lani" that Sofia achieves this by thinking "sunny thoughts".
• Affectionate Nickname: James and Clover refer to her as "Sof".
• All-Loving Hero: In addition to being kind, caring, and polite, she tends to see the best in others.
• Animorphism: By late Season 3 after freeing Elena, she gains the ability to transform into animals. But for this to work, she has to look at the actual animal she wants to turn into.
• The Apprentice: Becomes Cedric's magic protégée in "Cedric's Apprentice".
• The Baby of the Bunch: She's not only the youngest in the royal family, she's also younger than almost every character on the show, with the exception of Calista and Prince Chad. Subverted as she's also one of the most mature.
• Badass Adorable: She's a brave go-getter who's faced down fearsome sorcerers and monsters.
• Badass Bookworm: Often seen or mentioned reading books about new stories and magical creatures. This is taken further when she becomes Storykeeper, an adventurer whose duty it is to finish the unresolved stories in her own world. Taking on this role is what eventually leads her to help free Elena.
• Badass Normal: Downplayed, considering the Amulet of Avalor grants her all sorts of magical and arguably superhuman abilities, but she's still the only Protector who is a human, a non-magical creature, as of the end of the series.
• Berserk Button: She's a sweet little girl and hardly stays angry for long, but that doesn't mean nothing can make her angry or drive her crazy.
  • If she trusts you, then you need to value that trust. Otherwise, she won't be happy, especially if you try to defend yourself.
  • Repeating her birthday too many times in a row was enough to make her have a breakdown.
  • No matter what reason you have, don't ever make big decisions for her without asking. Amber learned this the hard way.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Sofia is almost constantly cheerful. That might be dropped when she's feeling insecure or hurt. But in the rare event she gets truly angry? She is absolutely venomous—sometimes without even dropping the cheerful smile.
• Big Sister Mentor: She fulfills this role to Cedric's niece, Calista.
• Brainy Brunette: While Sofia's greatest assets are the power of her heart and the moral strength that comes with it, Sofia prefers to rely on knowledge and patience. This is because after her first attempt at casting a spell, she came to value the slow and steady approach. Sofia places a lot of faith in books she has read, usually thinks things through, and, contrary to what her family and Admiral Hornpipe believe, she is a hardheaded pragmatist who does not believe that something is so until she knows for sure that it is so and is very practical and realistic. She has a hunger for knowledge that makes her find out stuff that other people, especially Roland, usually overlook, like the fact that the "troll attack" King Gideon supposedly stopped was in fact a huge misunderstanding. This has also given her superb detective skills.
• Brought Down to Normal: If Sofia ever takes off the Amulet of Avalor or if it is removed somewhat, she loses all her powers gained from it. Most importantly, she cannot talk to her animal friends without the Amulet since it was the first power she got blessed with.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "A-mazing!"
  • "Yay!" (usually her response when someone agrees to do something for her).
• Character Development:
  • Due to past magical experiences, Sofia is usually very careful and hesitant when using active magic, respecting its power and what it's capable of, whether it's done correctly or incorrectly.
  • Initially, she's overwhelmed by the escalating range of challenges put before her after becoming a princess, but she learns to be adept at any given situation (even when her youth and small size would be disadvantages), becoming a bolder and more self-actualized person who'll stand up to defend her loved ones no matter the danger. This culminates with the Series Finale, where she becomes a Protector, a position of guardianship, while Amber takes the role of queen and future leader.
• Cheerful Child: A young girl who's often smiling and thinking "sunny thoughts". She even sometimes smiles cheerfully while angry.
• Child Prodigy: She learned how to sew, let alone do a swizzle stitch, before she could even walk.
• The Chosen One: The current bearer of the Amulet of Avalor. Turns out, Elena chose her based on her age and courage, and to see if she is the one who will free her from it.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: For better or worse Sofia can't resist helping people, even if she doesn't really want to.
• Class Princess: Both figuratively and literally—she's an actual princess, and her kind heart makes her very popular at Royal Prep.
• Color Motifs: Purple, symbolizing her royal status. Much of her clothing is purple, her jewels from her first Cool Crown are purple.
• Cool Crown: A diamond tiara.
• Costume Evolution: Her dress transforms following the freeing of Elena from the amulet, notably the skirt is shorter to expose her shoes, and parts in the middle, and is much more pinkish-purple instead of a pale indigo.
• The Cutie: Just look at her! She is very cheerful, kindhearted and absolutely adorable.
• Daddy's Girl: An unusual example since King Roland is her "stepfather" rather than her "birth father", but they have a great deal of father-daughter bonding in "The Baker King", and when Roland appreciates his king status again at the end of the episode, he lists all the great things about being king, but finishes the list with Sofia, who loves him whether he's a baker or a king.
  • Played with in "Dads and Daughters Day" when we see that despite Roland and Sofia having a very close relationship, Sofia harbors feelings of being just a step-daughter to him, something that shocks not only Roland but Amber as well. By the end of the episode though the two make it clear to Sofia that despite that he wasn't there at her birth Sofia is just as much King Roland's child as Amber and James are.
• Death Glare: She gives a rather hateful one at Amber in the pilot upon realizing she tricked her and ruined her dance lesson.
• Disappeared Dad: Her birth father was a sailor who was lost at sea some time before the series proper starts.
• Fan of Underdog: She is easily the biggest believer of Cedric's magical abilities, despite being regarded as inept by everyone else.
• Foil: To Prince Hugo. They each took a liking to an activity that was said to be for the opposite gender. Sofia was rather open about her love of flying derby and willing to participate in it, not caring that others said it was a princely thing, while Hugo was rather secretive about his love for Enchanted Ice Dancing and feared being made fun of.
• Friend to All Living Things: Practically her superpower, Sofia will try to befriend anyone. Her Amulet has also helped her handle dangerous animals by talking to them, as shown in her mediating with Wilbur the Wombeast and the Jade Jaguar.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Sofia isn't quite as girly as her stepsister Amber, but she's definitely not a tomboy: she has long flowing hair, wears violet and pink dresses and tiaras, likes dancing, loves cute animals, and has a lot of traditionally feminine interests such as tea parties, and is good at sewing. However, she also enjoys doing "princely things" and playing with boys sometimes, and is much more willing to take physical risks than a typical Princess Classic, without being a full-on Action Girl; and is also the only princess ever to try out for and earn a spot in Royal Prep's flying derby team.
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Even before she became a princess, she liked the color. Her entire wardrobe is full of purple dresses mingled with a few gowns of different colors, especially pink, blue, and green.
  • Her main dress changes as of "Elena and the Secret of Avalor", consisting of a darker purple with pink tones.
• Greater-Scope Paragon: For Elena of Avalor as while Sofia is only rarely mentioned and doesn't show up except in the piolet movie and the Grand Finale, the latter of which was only for a cameo, Sofia is still directly responsible for freeing Elena from the Amulet, overthrowing Shuriki, and allowing the events of the series to take place at all.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Probably Sofia's only truly negative trait, she can become pretty jealous when she has to share her friends or mother.
• Guile Hero: Often subtle given the demographic, but Sofia is extremely good at manipulating the people around her, even if it is almost always for good. Even when there isn't an especially "right" or "wrong" option (such as getting Cedric to help her with various things), you can bet she'll almost always manage to convince anyone around her to act in whatever way aligns with her interests. This may involve stroking egos, striking deals, or simply putting her foot down; and if one tactic isn't working, expect her to shift gears rather fluidly.
• Happily Adopted: By her stepfather.
• Happy Holidays Dress: In "Holiday In Enchancia", she wears an ice blue dress with snowflake decorations. And in "Winter's Gift", she wears a golden gown and a tiara with leaves.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Many times, Sofia has shown compassion, kindness and resolve, all of which have helped her overcome the challenges that she has faced as a princess, as well as helping others. She never gives up, always finds a way to succeed and the goodness of her heart has helped others find an anchor of support and re-evaluate their problems.
• Heart Symbol: Her bodice and tiara, as well as her chest with her possessions that she had as a cobbler's daughter, have heart designs.
• Humble Hero: Sofia tends to be modest in her dealings with others, and even when she has temporary lapses of arrogance (boasting about her singing talent for example, or wanting to have her mother to herself on Mother's Day), she always fixes the problem eventually. She treats everyone with respect, even people who do not normally inspire it, such as Cedric or Minimus. Finally, she usually takes others' ill feelings in stride and concentrates on proper behavior—for example, when the merpeople forbid her from returning unless she brings the mermaid queen's daughter back in "The Floating Palace", Sofia simply responds, "I understand," and goes to rescue the girl.
• Hyper-Awareness: With her intelligence, resourcefulness and keen eye for detail, Sofia has shown that she's very good at detective work.
• I Gave My Word: Sticks solemnly to her promise to never, ever take off her amulet.
  Sofia: (to Cedric who asks to see it) But I promised never to take it off. And my mother says, "A broken promise can never be glued back together."
• Informed Ability: She states in "Finding Clover" that she takes mandolin lessons, but is never actually seen playing mandolin.
• Ink-Suit Actor: She looks like a younger Ariel Winter dead-on.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: She has blue eyes is kind, altruistic, and humble.
• Innocently Insensitive: She can be this at times, such as in "Blue Ribbon Bunny", where she failed to see how hurt Clover was by her taking another bunny to the pet contest.
• Intergenerational Friendship: How she sees her relationship with Cedric, whom she views as a secondary paternal/mentor figure. Her friendship with Clover and the other animals can have shades of this as they are all adults by the standards of their species if not actually older than Sofia.
• Kid Hero: Increasingly so as Sofia's rogues gallery starts to escalate in threat level, especially after she becomes Storykeeper.
• Lovable Jock: She's a derby-racer for Royal Prep, a Buttercup Scout, Dazzleballer of the Dunwiddie Ducks, and an ice dancer. She's also an extremely nice person.
• Magical Girl Warrior: She learns to be a decent spell-caster, but much of her magical ability extends from the Amulet. She more or less becomes the Magical Girl Warrior of her own world when she is enlisted into the Protectors of the Mystic Isles in Season 4.
• Magic Pants: Her clothes disappear and reappear along with her whenever she transforms into animal and back, only keeping her Amulet.
• Mama Bear: When at least one of her animal friends is missing, she'll jump to find them without a second thought.
• Meaningful Name: Her name means "wisdom" or "knowledge" in Spanish.
• Morality Pet:
  • For Cedric in "Cedric's Apprentice". Best exemplified in "Day of the Sorcerers", in which he can't bring himself to freeze Sofia when he has the opportunity.
  • For Amber most of the time, and a couple times for James.
• My God, What Have I Done?: On the rare occasion when Sofia does something wrong (the crises in "The Littlest Princess", "Sofia the Second" and "New Genie On The Block" are basically her fault), her reaction is very much this trope, and she immediately starts looking for ways to fix it.
• Nice Girl: Cheerful, generous, sweet, and humble.
• Not So Above It All: Rarely, like when she's disobeying her parents.
• One Name Only: Averted. According to Word of God, her last name is Balthazar, her father's last name. invoked
• Only Friend: Of Cedric, according to his mother Winifred.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: She's usually a very sweet girl, but when you do something bad to her, she won't be afraid to snap at you. Amber lampshades this in "The Curse of Princess Ivy".
• Pimped-Out Dress: With pearl trimmings on the bodice and skirt. Her more formal outfits up the fancy factor even further.
• Pink Means Feminine: Sofia's secondary color is pink, featured on her new dress and tiara. Her clothing is usually a mix of pink and purple.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Surprisingly, she's able to lift anyone bigger than she, including a grown man in armor!
• The Pollyanna: Very optimistic and tends to look at the bright side.
• Positive Friend Influence: She is incredibly good at bringing the best out of those around her, and very easily makes friends. Cedric, Lucinda, Vivian, Desmond, Gwen, Hildegard, Clio, Hugo, Princess Oona, Princess Lani, Chrysta, the Protectors, Miss Nettle, and Princess Ivy are extremely good examples.
• Pretty in Mink: In the Christmas Episode "Holiday In Enchancia", she wears a Pimped-Out Cape and hat each trimmed with ermine.
• Princess Classic: A reconstruction of the trope in the same line as Rapunzel and Anna. She is more adventurous and outspoken than the classic portrayals of this character and has shades of being a Tomboy Princess, and can do wrong from time to time (although she always does the right thing at the end which delivers the moral), but otherwise fits the archetype perfectly.
• Rags to Royalty: Her mother was a shoemaker before she married the King.
• Secret Identity: She tries to keep the amulet's powers a secret from everyone because for some reason, she feels she's not allowed to tell them, as her family assumed it's just a necklace and she learned it's more than that.
• Sizeshifter: The Amulet has granted her the power to shrink to the size of a sprite, or even smaller.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: The Amulet of Avalor gives her the power to speak with animals. However, it doesn't work the other way around, like when she's turned into a cat in "When You Wish Upon a Well" and she loses her ability to talk to humans (but she can still talk to her animal friends).
• Silent Snarker: She rarely ever expresses her exasperation in words, but her expressions sometimes speak for themselves.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Word of God says that she looks more like her birth father than Miranda.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Sofia is rather tomboyish, especially when compared to her sister Amber. She has become more feminine over time, especially when looking at her outfits in Season Four.
• Tomboy Princess: Adventurous and isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. Even joins the all-male flying horse derby races in the first episode, "Just One of the Princes".
• Tomboyish Ponytail: Starts to wear her hair up on occasion around season 2, and it's practically her de facto hairstyle by the end of season 4.
• Took a Level in Badass: Sofia was always more resourceful and resilient than her age would imply, and by the end of the series she's able to face down the most powerfully wicked entity in the show's universe through sheer force of will.
• Unknown Rival:
  • Sofia is unaware of Cedric's plans to steal her amulet at the start of the series. She realizes by "Day of the Sorcerers".
  • She was also initially unaware of Amber's jealousy towards her, but realizes in time by the dance lesson.
  • When she tried to become part of Carol's Merry Band, she was unaware that Jane was jealous of her and tried to sabotage her tests. Like Amber, she eventually found out the truth.
• Unwanted Assistance: When Sofia goes hiking with her fellow buttercup scouts, King Roland is afraid she'll get hurt and orders Baileywick to go along. Baileywick insists on doing things for her, which makes her lose several chances of earning merit badges.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: The Amulet has granted her the power to turn into a mermaid, fairy, and into any animal she sees.
• Xanatos Speed Chess: Despite being a micromanager, Sofia also values quick thinking and being able to improvise. She is able to come up with plans on the spot. She is also very creative to the point where it was why she made an excellent royal adviser.

Princess Amber

Princess Amber

Voiced by: Darcy Rose Byrnes

The elder of Roland's twin children and Sofia's stepsister. Unlike James, Amber does not share her brother's humility. She can be downright haughty and mean, but underneath it all she is a nice girl who cares deeply for her friends and family. Doesn't mean she won't comment on your outfit, just means she wants you to be, and look, your best.

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• Alpha Bitch: Originally, Amber was cold, spoiled, bratty and envious. When Sofia became a princess, Amber took an immediate dislike to her, fearing that Sofia would steal her thunder, with her brother James remarking that Amber "won't be the fairest of them all."
• Always Someone Better: She feels this way about Sofia, whom she thinks is a much better heroine than Amber herself. Fortunately, Sofia reminds Amber of the heroic things she's done.
• Big Sister Bully: In the pilot, she was mean to Sofia and hated being called out for it. Amber's jealousy increased when the other children acted friendly to Sofia. Amber acted manipulative and even tricked James into humiliating Sofia. She comes around later and for the most part, averts it in the series proper.
• Big Sister Instinct: Following her Heel–Face Turn, she won't take it well if you mess with Sofia.
  • In "Just One of the Princes", her reaction to Prince Hugo cheating in the Flying Derby try-outs to sabotage Sofia is an instant loss in romantic interest in him, openly booing him, and start cheering for her sister.
  • In the climax of "The Curse of Princess Ivy", she jumps in front of an amnesia spell meant for Sofia; her act of selflessness ends up undoing the Amulet's 'curse' and leads to Ivy being banished.
• Character Development:
  • As the series has progressed, she is growing to be more responsible, kind and respective towards Sofia by teaching her more about being a princess. She tries keep Sofia out of harm's way as well. And while she is still holding on to her old haughty, vain and spoiled behavior, Amber is steadily improving not only as a princess, but as a person as well. She has especially matured in the fourth season, being more flexible, brave, and aware of previous bad behavior. This maturity has led to her joining Sofia on an adventure with the amulet that she doesn't forget, and becoming the future Queen of Enchancia.
  • At first, Amber saw Sofia as just her step-sister, but as the series progressed, she started to see Sofia as her real sister.
• The Chew Toy: She's more often on the receiving end of physical gags than her other siblings.
• Cool Big Sis: Following the premiere movie, she is helpful to Sofia and fiercely protective of her as well.
• Cool Crown: She has thousands of them, and she shows them off to her parents to distract them from seeing the broken stained glass window in "A Royal Mess".
• Daddy's Girl: While Princess Amber was initially resentful of how her stepsister Princess Sofia was more liked than she by practically everyone, it didn't help matters she saw her father giving Sofia a family heirloom as a welcome gift.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: Amber is a deconstruction of the Wicked Stepsister. Amber has spent her whole life trying to live up to her image of what the ideal princess should be, giving her deep-seated insecurities about being anything less than perfect, which she masks with a haughty Alpha Bitch demeanor. She's instantly jealous of and threatened by Sofia when their parents get married, and feels the need to put Sofia down or embarrass her at every turn because everyone (including, she fears, her father and brother) likes Sofia more despite her not coming close to Amber's standards, not understanding that people like Sofia because she's nice and friendly and doesn't act like she's better than other people. She does eventually realise the error of her ways and accepts Sofia's offer of friendship when Sofia reaches out to her at her lowest moment.
• Deuteragonist: Outside of Sofia herself, she gets the strongest character development of any of the show's characters. The most notable case is that she's the only other character to appear in all of the movies, playing a major role in 4 out of 6 of them.
• Didn't Think This Through: There are times when she just does something without realizing the results, like when she saw that the Wishing Well twisted her second wish yet didn't specify her last one. Also, she added a big punch fountain to her go-carriage for style, not realizing it would slow her down.
• Fatal Flaw: Envy. Even after her Heel–Face Turn in "Once Upon a Princess", she can still be jealous of her sister sometimes, and she'll do whatever it takes to get what she wants without realizing it could affect someone, specifically Sofia. It's not until she sees the consequences of her actions that she truly regrets what she did to make it happen in the first place.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Depends on which sibling you compare her to—the responsible to James's foolish sibling and the foolish to Sofia's responsible sibling.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Much like Sofia, jealousy is a major vice of Amber's, and it tends to lead to major problems.
• Grew a Spine: Much of her development focuses on her becoming more independent and courageous.
• Happily Adopted: By her stepmother, who's actually happier than Amber at first.
• Heroic Sacrifice: In "The Curse of Princess Ivy", she stands in the way of her sister almost getting her memory erased by Ivy's dragonfly, only to get her own erased in the process. It is that which breaks the curse and sends Ivy back to her kingdom.
• Hidden Depths:
  • Late into Season 2, she becomes quite adept at astronomy, even discovering her own star.
  • She knows how to square dance.
  • Amber can be quite hands-on and adventurous, but only if it involves things and people she loves.
  • During Aunt Tilly's wedding, Amber demonstrates an amazing knowledge of protocol and linguistics when dealing with the royals of other kingdoms and, indeed, other species such as kobolds and centaurs.
• Hypocrite:
  • In "Dads and Daughters Day", Amber told Hildegard off for causing trouble in order to get something she wanted, which is ironic because she's caused trouble many times before in order to get something she wanted, and does it again in "The Mystic Isles".
  • In "Dads and Daughters Day", Amber tells Hildegard off for telling Sofia that Roland isn't her real father, saying that stepdads are just as real as dad-dads. However, in "Pirated Away", Amber claims in a petty huff that Miranda isn't her real mother. Sofia calls her out for this.
• Ink-Suit Actor: She closely resembles her voice actor, notably the hairstyle.
• It's All About Me: While always somewhat selfish, how much this trope affects her or the story generally depends on how much focus she has in the episode, where it can be Played for Laughs or Played for Drama.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the TV series — she's kind, helpful, proud, jealous, sassy, curious, and impatient at times.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: In "The Curse of Princess Ivy" after taking an attack meant for Sofia, on the plus side while she forgets about the Amulet's powers, her Heroic Sacrifice is enough to undo the curse the amulet put on her.
• Little Miss Snarker: While a good person at heart, Amber's certainly the cattiest of the siblings, though she largely grows out of it.
• Lovable Alpha Bitch: In the series, most of it comes from her ideas on how a proper princess should behave. While Amber matures emotionally throughout the series, she is still able to put up a snooty, self-centred, and snarky persona to distract Prisma in "The Mystic Isles" while Sofia breaks Prisma's good sister Azurine out of imprisonment.
• Meaningful Name: Her name comes from an ancient yellowish relic holding a fossil, often used to make jewelry. Like her namesake, she is malleable.
• Missing Mom: The series finale reveals that her birth mother died giving birth to her and James.
• My God, What Have I Done?:
  • In "Princess Butterfly", Amber has been trying to take Sofia's amulet because Cedric (as part of an evil scheme) said that he could only fix Amber's "magic butterfly costume" (which Amber had earlier used to cheat and win a costume contest) using a potion that requires the amulet as an ingredient. Eventually Sofia discovers the truth, but then Sofia just offers her amulet, since Amber is more important to Sofia than her promise to her father never to remove it. So Amber is about to solve her problems without having to admit to the fairies that she cheated...but Amber suddenly finds she can't go through with it. As Amber says, she was the one who lied and cheated, so it wouldn't be fair if Sofia was the one who had to give up something.
  • She has an even bigger moment in "The Curse of Princess Ivy", as it's her envy and greed that caused an amulet curse that summoned Princess Ivy to Enchancia in the first place.
• The Perfectionist: She insists that all her parties must be "perfect", and she gets upset if there's even one little mistake in the preparations. In "Gizmo Gwen", Baileywick reminds her that her banquet doesn't have to be "perfect" to be fun.
• Proper Lady: Decorum and proper etiquette are very important to her, but it takes her a while to embody the grace and maturity of the archetype.
• Royal Brat: Especially in the premier movie — she was a selfish and mean girl to Sofia, thankfully she matures. And while she can be this sometimes in the TV series, she'll learn her lesson by the end.
• Silk Hiding Steel: A more kid-friendly version, but Amber is willing to mix it up and get her hands dirty if properly motivated or if she gets angry enough.
• Slasher Smile: She gives a rather frightening one to a shocked Sofia during the dance lesson in the pilot, after giving her trick shoes.
• Spoiled Brat: Her first priority is often herself, she loves flaunting her finery and she's used to having others do whatever she wants. Throughout the series, her main character arc is learning to be more responsible, empathetic, proactive, and honest with her feelings.
• Stealth Pun: She wears a yellow-green dress, which hints that she's sometimes literally green with envy.
• Strong Family Resemblance: She looks like a younger version of her birth mother Lorelei.
• Successful Sibling Syndrome: She feels inferior to Sofia, who lets nothing stand in her way of helping others while she thinks more of herself. Fortunately, Sofia helps Amber realize that there were times when she put others first.
• Taking the Bullet: Jumps in front of an amnesia spell meant for Sofia in "The Curse of Princess Ivy".
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Sofia's tomboy. Amber is a prim and proper princess who likes collecting tiaras and having fancy tea parties, while Sofia, who's learning to be prim and proper like her, likes racing at the derby and playing sports with James.
• Toxic Friend Influence: The advice she gives Sofia is often well-meaning but incredibly bad advice.
• Upper-Class Twit: In the debut movie, she is this. She is more Spoiled Sweet in the TV series.
• Wrench Wench: During the student exchange program in "Princess Jade", despite initial reluctance, she gets pretty into engineering and construction projects during the Architecture class in the village school.

Prince James

Prince James

Voiced by: Zach Callison (Season 1, first 11 episodes of Season 2), Tyler Merna (from Season 2 Episode 12 to Season 3 Episode 19), Nicolas Cantu (from Season 3, Episode 25 onward)

Heir to the throne, like his father, James is mostly humble and always does everything with enthusiasm and genuine interest.

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• Awesome, but Impractical: His plan for his dream castle involve building it on a giant cannon.
• Big Brother Instinct: He'll stand up to anyone who picks on Sofia, and when she and her griffin flew into the Hanging Gardens, he flew in after her.
• Big Eater: Ate a whole plate of swan cookies in "Royal Tea Party" when Amber and Sofia weren't looking.
• Book Dumb: He dislikes schoolwork, and is astounded at himself for being the first to finish an assignment in "One for the Books."
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "Brilliant!"
  • "Boom goes the cannon!"
• Cool Big Bro: Unlike Amber, he really liked Sofia from the start.
• Didn't Think This Through: One of his main flaws is that he'll often tackle a problem headfirst without thinking things through. For example, in "A Royal Mess", he manages to hide a part of a stained glass window he accidentally shattered using a suit of armor with Sofia's help, then proceeds to lean on the armor's spear, resulting in it getting further cracked anyway.
• Green-Eyed Monster: He was this to Amber when it turned out that the latter was the real heir to the throne due to being older by seven minutes.
• Happily Adopted: By his stepmother.
• Hypocrite: In "A Royal Wedding". He clearly doesn't enjoy all the diplomatic responsibilities that come with being heir to the throne, but when he finds out that Amber (who genuinely enjoys diplomacy) is the true heir, he is outraged, claiming that he could have learned to like those duties.
• Inadequate Inheritor: Zigzagged. "King for a Day" is all about how James' on-the-fly method of problem-solving isn't conducive to being a leader, and he even admits that he doesn't find the policy-making part of ruling very fun. Still, he doesn't hesitate to jump in the fray to help the villagers, a quality that's desired in a king and perfect for a knight. When Amber is revealed to be the rightful heir, after he sees how much more responsible and adept his sister is at ruling, he sees that she's more fit to inherit the crown.
• Kazoos Mean Silliness: James' favourite childhood toy was a kazoo, which he often used to blow in his twin sister Amber's face. In the episode "Two Princesses and a Baby", a de-aged James, now a goofy toddler, finds the kazoo again and resumes this action, to Amber's annoyance. However, after baby-James accidentally breaks the kazoo, Amber ultimately seeks out Cedric to use magic to repair it and return it to him (in normal age) as a birthday present.
• Knight in Shining Armor: Dreams about becoming the First Knight of Enchancia.
• Lovable Jock: Good at sports (and occasionally a bit of a Sore Loser) but a complete aversion of the Jerk Jock trope; he's as nice as they come.
• Nice Guy: He's inherited his father's affable and easygoing nature, though he does occasionally get into mischief.
• Missing Mom: The series finale reveals that his birth mother died giving birth to him and Amber.
• Polar Opposite Twins: Physical, outgoing, energetic and humble James contra refined, dainty, stuck-up Amber. On the flip side, he is also more stubborn, while she is more willing to change.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The latter to his friend Desmond, being more confident and brave than him.
• Ship Tease: In the Elena of Avalor spin-off, he dances with Princess Isabel near the end of "Coronation Day".
• Sore Loser: Has this problem in the "Tri-Kingdom Picnic". He's also a sore winner. He becomes a sore loser again in "A Royal Wedding" when Amber becomes the heir to Enchancia's throne due to being born first, but, as before, he accepts his loss.
• The Squire: Becomes one in one episode. He even decides to become a knight when he grows up.

King Roland II

King Roland II

Voiced by: Travis Willingham

The King of Enchancia and a member of the House of Winslow, Roland is very humble, and always has the best interest of his subjects in mind. As a father he always tries to make time for his children even if it means he might suffer for it later.

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• Academic Athlete: He was known as a Lovable Jock in his school days, and his favorite subject was Enchanted Science.
• Affectionate Nickname: Miranda more often than not refers to him by "Rolly."
• Big Little Brother: His older sister, Duchess Matilda, barely reaches up to his shoulders.
• Character Catchphrase: "Great!"
• Childhood Friends: He and Cedric have known each other for most of their lives due to Cedric's father being the royal sorcerer before him. It's because of this (and a realization prompted by Sofia and Miranda about how he's consistently done little to encourage Cedric's confidence) that Roland ultimately decides to let Cedric continue being royal sorcerer after his attempted coup.
• Create Your Own Villain: Roland and Cedric were childhood friends, but after the Sorceress Ball incident, Roland kept putting him down and treating him like a joke, driving Cedric to seek the throne.
• The Good King: Roland has been shown trying to make things fair for everyone, despite name, rank, or such. One example was raising Gwen's position from kitchen maid to royal inventor, to show his thanks for her help.
• Happily Married:
  • To Miranda.
  • Presumably, he was this with his first wife as well as there is nothing to say that he wasn't. Craig Gerber even confirmed his first marriage wasn't arranged.
• Helicopter Parents: He's showing signs of this. In the episode "The Buttercups", he didn't want Sofia to go to the woods even though she'd be with her troop and have adult supervision, so he sends Baileywick over to chaperone her.
• The Illegible: "The Elf Situation" reveals that Roland has terrible penmanship.
• Large Ham: Travis Willingham can't resist having him as this at times, particularly in "The Baker King", with moments such as him commanding a cow to make milk for him.
• The Lost Lenore: It's implied that his first wife, Queen Lorelei, died in childbirth. He used his first wish to ask for children, which her body couldn't handle, and he's shown feeling some heavy remorse by her deathbed.
• My Greatest Failure: His first wish. He wished that he and Lorelei could have children. They do, but Lorelei's body couldn't handle it and she passed away.
• Nice Guy: He is regal and imposing, yet kind and welcoming. He cares not for background, but rather for character, seeing as he married Miranda (a shoemaker) for true love and he was happy that Sofia accepted him as her new father.
• Noble Bigot: In "Let The Good Times Troll", he shows a distrust over trolls because of their apparent assault of the kingdom when his grandfather ruled. Thanks to Sofia, he learns that the creatures never had malicious intent and gladly welcomes them.
• Not So Above It All:
  • Often lets his composure slip and reveals his dorky Manchild side.
  • In the flashback in "Through the Looking-Back Glass," we see just where James and Amber might've gotten their mischievous streaks, as he's briefly shown playing a prank by filling someone's hat with water.
• Papa Wolf: In "Forever Royal," his first instinct after Sofia frees him and the family from Vor's mind control is to lead the escape and get his family to a secure location by boat. However, Sofia reminds him that as king, his protection should extend to all of his subjects.
• Pushover Parents: Downplayed, but while he is willing to discipline his children to a degree, he has far more trouble saying "no" to them than Miranda does.
• Reasonable Authority Figure:
  • With the exception of his rashness in "Let The Good Times Troll", King Roland II is this trope (and even in that episode, he listened to reason eventually). Every decision Roland makes is for the good of the kingdom, he's a source of advice and wisdom to his children, and on the very rare occasions where he has to give a punishment, it's usually of the "today you have to stay home from the latest fun event" variety.
  • After the events of "Day of the Sorcerers", he allows Cedric to be reinstated as the Royal Sorcerer when it becomes apparent that Cedric is genuinely remorseful for his coup attempt, on the condition that he always remember that he owed his job to Sofia.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense:
  • In "A Royal Mess", he never questions how "Sofia" simply playing ball could cause an entire huge stain glass window to completely shatter.
  • In "The Baker King", he tries to get milk from a cow by commanding it to make it for him.
• Second Love: To Miranda. Before meeting, falling in love with, and marrying her, she was previously married to Birk Balthazar, and he was married to a woman named Lorelei.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Zig-Zagged with Cedric. Unlike Cedric, he does a much better job at putting up a dignified front befitting of his station, though he's by no means a stick in the mud. However, his politeness contrasts Cedric's pre-Character Development abrasive and cynical demeanor.
• Strong Family Resemblance: He's the spitting image of his father, King Roland I.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He loves Jigglywiggly Pudding and gets absolutely giddy whenever it's on the menu.
• Uptown Guy: Roland (a king) married Miranda (a now-former shoemaker).
• With Friends Like These...: He wasn't the best friend towards Cedric, to put it gently, losing faith in him after an incident at Cordelia's Sorceress Ball and constantly putting him down as adults. He finally realizes his mistake in "In Cedric We Trust", and the two make amends.

Queen Miranda

Queen Miranda Cordova

Voiced by: Sara Ramirez

Shoemaker turned queen, Miranda is always understanding and tries to be a good role model to all her children.

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• Brainy Brunette: Is one of the smartest and most sensible characters on the show — and, of course, a brunette.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Word of God states that Miranda was born in Galdiz, the show's fantasy equivalent of Spain. Her last name, Cordova, indicates her Hispanic heritage.
• Happily Married: To King Roland II.
• Hidden Depths: Though she usually stays in the background and is mostly portrayed as calm and dignified, on some occasions she'll demonstrate just where Sofia got her sense of fun and adventure from.
  (after their boat has lost control and gone down some rapid torrents)
  Sofia: Wow...
  Miranda: That was really...
  Both: ...FUN! *laugh*
• The High Queen: She wasn't born into royalty, but she carries it off splendidly.
• Like Parent, Like Child: Much of Sofia's personality, as well as appearance, are her mother's. Apparently, Sofia gets her curious and adventurous spirit from Miranda. Miranda is also prominent in Sofia's kindness, optimism, perseverance and intuition.
• Mama Bear: She's very protective of her children.
• Nice Girl: Kind, supportive, and motherly.
• Not So Above It All: She's (at first) just as unwilling as Roland to give Cedric another chance, though this is understandable as she doesn't know him very well.
• Pink Means Feminine: Her main Pimped-Out Dress is varying shades of pink.
• Rags to Royalty: Was a shoemaker before marrying the King.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: It's easy to see where Sofia gets her sense of maturity and fair play from.
• Red Is Heroic: Her throne color and some of her dresses are red.
• Satellite Character: To Sofia and Roland, though she grows out of it later on.
• Second Love: To Roland. Before meeting, falling in love with, and marrying him, he was previously married to the former Queen.
• Spirited Young Lady: Perhaps a bit older than most examples, but Miranda is a gracious, intelligent woman who still carries a lot of practical knowledge and down-to-earth common sense from her time as a commoner.
• Wicked Stepmother: Averted — she's a kind, patient and loving stepmother to James and Amber. She even admits there aren't many fairy tales with a non-evil stepmother, and that she wants to break that particular tradition.
• Women Are Wiser: Not the most extreme of examples as her husband is no slough himself — but where he has his moments of folly, Miranda does not, and on the rare occasions when they disagree about something, Miranda tends to be the one who's right.

Other family members

Aunt Tilly

Duchess Matilda "Tilly"

Voiced by: Bonnie Hunt

Roland's older sister.

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• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Or Amazingly Embarrassing Aunt in this case. Amber and James dread her visit at first because she pinches their cheeks and pats their heads before asking them to help her bake pies, but they and Sofia find her cool in her next visit.
• Character Catchphrase: "Whiz-bang!"
• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: More than a little dotty. Although, given that she's successfully tamed a Dragon, one wonders how much of it is Obfuscating Stupidity.
• Cool Big Sis: A loving older sister to Roland who welcomes Miranda and Sofia with open arms.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite her kooky tendencies, she's a skilled adventurer. She even managed to tame a dragon once.
• Department of Redundancy Department: In "A Royal Wedding", she appears with a pair of wings and a character comments on it, prompting her to tell the character it was "an observant observation you observed".
• Expy: Of Mary Poppins. She has a similar Bag of Holding and umbrella, and she's a quirky semi-magical Trickster Mentor.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Downplayed. She's a smart lady, but she's aware that her demeanor and interests don't align with those required of her birthright as the lawful heir to the throne. Thus, she and her parents were content to let Roland take the reins on Enchancia.
• Hidden Depths: Not only was she the previous owner of the Amulet of Avalor, she's in charge of a magical secret library as the Storykeeper whose job it is to give unfinished stories happy endings, and she wants Sofia to inherit her role.
• Lady and Knight: With Sir Bartleby; she's a rather unconventional type of lady, and he loves her all the more for it.
• Nice Girl: Joyful, kind, and brave.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: She has successfully tamed a dragon, but to most people, it appears that she's utterly nuts. It's evidently an act, especially given that she seems totally normal, if a bit wild and adventurous, when around Sofia alone.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Outside of formal introductions, no one calls her Matilda.
• Pep-Talk Song: Has two, "A Recipe for Adventure" from her debut episode and "It's Up To You" from “Minding the Manor”.
• Rebellious Princess: Had shades of this when she was a little girl, as shown by her riding a pogo stick at a fancy party and being reprimanded by her father for it.
• Rejecting the Inheritance: Gave up her birthright to the throne to her younger brother.
• Secret-Keeper: She knows all about the Amulet of Avalor and its powers, as she wore it herself in her youth.
• Secret Test of Character: She set Sofia several of these in "Minding The Manor," with Sofia inadvertently choosing the hardest one. Once Sofia passed, Tilly knew she was ready to find the Secret Library.
• Supreme Chef: She bakes an excellent apple pie.

Grand Mum

Voiced by: Florence Henderson

The Grand Queen of Enchancia, Roland and Tilly's mother, Miranda's mother-in-law, Amber and James' grandmother, and Sofia's step-grandmother.

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• Almighty Mom: Roland thinks that his mother is this, when really she's quite the gentle soul.
• Cool Old Lady: She enjoys watching the Starwings' Stunt Show, and even takes part in it, performing quite well before the accident.
• Grand Dame: A dignified, elderly queen, but one with quite a bit of spirit in her.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Bears more than a passing resemblance to Florence Henderson.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her revealing that Amber is actually heir to the throne leads to the monumental disaster that occurs at Tilly's wedding — which James sabotages in revenge to make Amber "look a fool" and incompetent so that they choose him instead.

Deceased

King Roland I

Voiced by: Travis Willingham

Roland and Tilly's father, the previous king of Enchancia.

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• Disappeared Dad: He's all but said to have passed away; he's always referred to in the past tense within the show, and Sofia's never even met him.
• Distressed Dude: Goodwyn the Great's saved his life nine and a half times, at one point even saving him from a Kraken.
• Generation Xerox: He's quite the dead ringer to his son, down to his voice.
• Posthumous Character: Given that Roland II was king from the start of the show, it's safe to bet that Roland I has been dead for a while. He's only ever seen in flashbacks and mentioned by other characters who'd have known him, such as his family and Goodwyn’s.

Queen Lorelei

King Roland II's first wife. She passed away shortly after Amber and James were born.

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• Death by Childbirth: She died giving birth to Amber and James. She and Roland wanted children, but she wasn't able to, leading to him making a wish for it. It worked... but Lorelei's body couldn't handle the stress of childbirth either, so she passed away.
• Generation Xerox: She's the spitting image of her daughter, Amber.
• Happily Married: To Roland. Craig Gerber said that their marriage wasn't arranged, and Roland was devastated when she died.
• Ironic Name: In German folklore, Lorelei threw herself off a seaside cliff in despair that her lover had cheated on her. Instead of dying, she was turned into a siren that lured men off of the cliff with her song. Here, Lorelei is Roland's Lost Lenore before he went on to have a Second Love, and Miranda's first love, Birk, died at sea.
• Missing Mom: She passed away after giving birth to the twins.
• No Name Given: Her name is only given by Word of God.
• The Reveal: What happened to her is not revealed until the Series Finale.
• Shout-Out:
  • The shot of her lying on her deathbed while Roland grieves over her is a reference to the iconic scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs where the Prince finds Snow White in eternal sleep in her glass coffin.
  • Her being a Missing Mom is also a reference to the other absent mothers (who were also usually queens) in Disney Princess movies, those being Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid (1989) (with the death of Ariel's mother shown in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning), Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas.

Birk Balthazar

Queen Miranda's first husband. Having worked as a sailor, he was lost at sea.

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• Alliterative Name: Birk Balthazar.
• Disappeared Dad: He died shortly before the beginning of the show.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: As Word of God stated that Sofia was of Scandinavian descent (or at least the Ever Realm equivalent of it, that being Freezenburg), "Birk" is a name of Scandinavian origin.
• The Ghost: What he looked like is not shown. In his only mention, Sofia and Miranda are seen looking at a ship-in-a-bottle.
• Ironic Name: Balthazar is the name of one of the Three Kings that visited Jesus when he was born. Balthazar wasn't a king, but Miranda's second husband, Roland, is.
• Meaningful Name: King Balthazar visited Jesus when he was born. Birk is the father of The Hero, Sofia.
• Never Found the Body: He's simply said to have been "lost at sea". Given the magical nature of the Ever Realm, it's possible he's still alive, but the show's intent is that he has passed away.
• Never Say "Die": He's not said to have died, just "lost at sea", but it's clear that the intent is that he died.
• No Name Given: His name is only given by Word of God.
• The Reveal: What happened to him is not revealed until the Series Finale.
• Shout-Out: Being lost at sea and possibly dying is a common and well-known trope in Disney animated films, including The Little Mermaid (Eric nearly drowning), Tarzan (Tarzan's parents survived a shipwreck), Frozen (2013) (Anna and Elsa's parents died in a storm), and Moana (Tui's friend drowned).
• Strong Family Resemblance: Word of God states that Sofia resembles him more than she resembles Miranda.

The Royal Court

Cedric the Sorcerer

Cedric the Sorcerer

Voiced by: Jess Harnell

King Roland II's royal sorcerer, often derided as the worst sorcerer the kingdom's ever had. While he's actually pretty good at his job, he rarely thinks things through, so he often fails in his schemes to obtain Sofia's amulet and use its power to take over Enchancia, of which she is unaware of.

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• All of the Other Reindeer: He is constantly put down by King Roland, which creates a vicious cycle of him being too nervous to perform his magic correctly, which then gives foot for the other inhabitants of the castle to put him down.
• Animal Motifs: Ravens; he has one for an animal companion, dresses in dark clothes, and themes his would-be throne room in "Day of the Sorcerers" after ravens rather than Enchancia's iconic flying horses. His plots also mostly involve stealing or acquiring something valuable, most notably the Amulet of Avalor. And whether intentionally or not, his guffaws sound pretty close to the hoarse cry of a raven.
• Anti-Villain: Though he'd deny it, he's a Type II. In Season 2, he borders on Type IV, helping Sofia far more than he does try to steal the amulet.
• The Atoner: He becomes this in "In Cedric We Trust", desperately trying to get Roland to forgive him for his previous act of treachery. He only succeeds after saving Sofia's life.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Has his first moment of this in "Cedric's Apprentice" when Sofia's kindness causes him to reconsider taking the amulet after helping her pass her sorcery test. Later when he is about to carry out his scheme, one look at Sofia's smiling face causes him to give up for her sake. In "Day of the Sorcerers", because Sofia was nice to Cedric all this time, he can't bring himself to freeze Sofia when he has the opportunity, costing him his plan to take over the kingdom.
• Beneath the Mask: He is almost always keeping his amulet plots a secret, especially around Sofia. Even when he mumbles portions of it out loud, he has to quickly rephrase it so they buy it.
• Big Bad Friend: Sofia considers him a friend, and has no idea he's evil.
  • Or at least, if she's started to catch on, she doesn't care. In "Substitute Cedric", he describes a spell he's working on to her with zero hesitation, and while it's not evil per se (he wants to make his face appear in every mirror in the kingdom so everyone will admire him "...at least whenever they fix their hair"), it's pretty ego-maniacal and morally dubious at best. Sofia simply smiles through the whole thing and offers to help him get the rest of the ingredients he needs in exchange for doing her school a favor.
  • As of "Day of the Sorcerers", Sofia now knows that Cedric is evil because Wormwood confessed to all of Cedric's previous evil plots to steal her amulet, and Cedric openly tries to take over the kingdom in this episode—but it's also in this episode that Cedric's friendship with Sofia motivates him to give up his Big Bad Friend status.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Aspires to be a diabolical sorcerer and usurper of the throne, but it becomes increasingly evident that he doesn't really have it in him, particularly when it comes to having to face Sofia, which he can't bring himself to do when he finally has the chance.
• Boss's Unfavorite Employee: Downplayed in that Roland generally treats his staff very amicably, but through most of the series he clearly doesn't place a lot of confidence in Cedric's abilities.
• Butt-Monkey: Frequently the butt of physical comedy, often brings it upon himself with backfired magic spells.
• Can't Catch Up: Always compared to his father and pressured to be the great wizard he was.
• Card-Carrying Villain: "Smells like evil."
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "Merlin's mushrooms!" among other alliterative phrases that seem to be a favorite within his family.
    • When he meets Merlin and mutters his catchphrase, Merlin offers a conjured plate of steaming hot mushrooms while commenting on how they're quite good.
  • "I'll take over the kingdom!" or some such variation, repeated often and said in the exact same giddy tone every time.
• Character Development: Cedric has become less fixated on stealing Sofia's amulet and become more open to helping Sofia and her friends with various things, not finding them to be wastes of his time and talents like he used too, most clearly shown in "Substitute Cedric."
  • As of "Day of the Sorcerers", he has finally given up on his desire to rule Enchancia. After a failed coup, Sofia told him that she was mad at him, but that she still considered him a friend because of things he'd done to help her in the past. When he gets a second chance to take over Enchancia, he decides that Sofia's friendship was far more important. And his apology to Roland was genuinely humble. What's more, you can tell how far he's come. In his first episode, he was grumbling about doing "parlor tricks", while he's is now more than happy to fulfill James' request for a magic show (provided he can have the aid of his trusted apprentice, Sofia).
  • His next appearance, "Through the Looking Back Glass", pushing it further by revealing the incident in his childhood that caused him to be deemed a bungler by everyone and have a falling out with his sister, and also revealing that it wasn't actually his fault and that he only became a bungler because everyone treated him like one and it affected his self-esteem. He then reconciles with his sister and pledges to improve his magic even more. At this point, Cedric is a big contender for the show's most dynamic character.
• Childhood Friends: He and Roland were raised in the castle together, and while they were close friends as boys, by the time Miranda married into the family, they've drifted apart considerably. It's heavily implied that Cedric's jealousy of Roland's popularity growing up is part of why he wants to take over Enchancia.
• Children Raise You: He starts off as a grouch stewing over his position in life, but steadily rebuilds his confidence and his strained relationships with his family and childhood friend over the course of the series, largely in response to Sofia and his niece Calista's unwavering fondness and belief in him.
• Cool Teacher: Surprisingly enough, he is a very competent and well-meaning teacher. This is also subtly reflected in "Substitute Cedric" when while the class is struggling with a bouncing spell, Sofia is the only one in her class to make the spell work on her first try. In the same episode, it's shown that during his time in Hexley Hall, he did have one professor who was kind and patient with him, and he takes after his example.
• Cool Uncle: His niece Calista adores him, and he adopts a mentorship role towards her, so much so that his sister Cordelia, who is normally critical and untrusting towards Cedric, doesn't object.
• Court Mage: One who's come from a long line of Court Mages, with ambitions to become a Sorcerous Overlord.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's actually very skilled at magic, just too clumsy to usually show it.
• Deadpan Snarker: When he's not being a Large Ham, he's often this. Or at times a hammy snarker.
• Devil in Plain Sight: No one ever suspects him, not because he's good at covering his tracks, but because his plans are always such Epic Fails that no-one ever realizes his true intentions. As of "Day of the Sorcerers", his true intentions are publicly revealed, but he finally gives them up.
• Didn't Think This Through: Some of Cedric's schemes have at least a major flaw in them.
  • Cedric planned to blackmail Sofia into handing the amulet to her by having her cast not a dance spell, but a spell to make everyone in the ballroom fall asleep; by the time Cedric realizes he has to stay out of the ballroom when the spell is cast, it's too late.
  • One time when he tried to use a puppet show as a front to take the amulet from Sofia, he didn't know the overly ecstatic Ruby and Jade would constantly interrupt him and ask him to do a trick for them.
  • When Cedric tried to use a magnetizing spell to pull the amulet into his grasp, he didn't know Sofia would quickly duck out of the way and dodge the beam, which in turn causes Cedric to be pulled into the royal window instead.
  • Another time when Cedric tried to blackmail Sofia was when she was cursed to croak like a frog for boasting to Ruby and Jade. While she refuses to give it to him because of the promise she made to never take it off, he does not care and plans to use her fear and indecision to the point she'll be too uncertain to think of a solution that she'll have to give it to him. However, the amulet summons Princess Belle, who reveals Sofia has to make things right with Ruby and Jade to break the curse, and this in turn restores her confidence and she turns Cedric down, to his dismay.
  • When Cedric finally gets a hold of the amulet, he realizes too late that taking it away from its chosen bearer will curse him nonstop until he gives it back to her.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: His motivation. In the Season 4 premiere, he does reveal his true colors to the royal family, but not without letting them know how he was being treated. After he saves their lives, they do give him a second chance and promise to give him more respect.
• Easily Forgiven: Zigzagged. When he was arrested for his attempted coup in "Day of the Sorcerers", Sofia, though mad at him, was already pleading with Roland that arresting Cedric was a mistake. When Grimtrix attempts to complete the coup, Cedric turns on him. Because of this, Roland doesn't have him returned to the dungeon. However, Roland was more than ready to banish Cedric until Sofia and Miranda pleaded on the humbled sorcerer's behalf. Roland does acknowledge he hasn't been giving Cedric enough respect and allows him to return to his position as Royal Sorcerer, but on the condition that he forever remember that he owes his job to Sofia. Cedric soon returns the favor to Sofia by making her his permanent apprentice. It then takes Roland a number of episodes to truly forgive Cedric, making it clear that he’ll be thrown in the dungeon if he so much as blows up the castle, though he does when the Sorcerer saves Sofia's life.
• Embarrassing Nickname: His mother Winnie calls him "Ceddy-kins" in front of the Buttercups in "Mystic Meadows", embarrassing him.
• Evil Former Friend: Downplayed towards King Roland. Though they had a close friendship while they were young, now Cedric dislikes Roland and even seeks to usurp his throne. However, this is because Cedric was often put down by Roland, who stopped having his back ever since he gained a reputation as a bungler, and Cedric eventually comes to have second thoughts about his evil plans due to Sofia's kindness. After Cedric's Heel–Face Turn, Roland continues to distrust Cedric, but changes his mind after Cedric saves Sofia's life and their friendship is salvaged.
• Evil Sorcerer: Repeatedly tries to get the Amulet of Avalor from Sofia.
• Evil Brit: He has an English accent and is evil until he has a Heel–Face Turn.
• Failure Is the Only Option: His schemes to take the Amulet will always end in failure, either something going wrong or Sofia's kindness moving him.
• Famous Ancestor: He comes from a long line of Royal Sorcerers.
• Five Stages of Grief: He goes through them in "Cedric Be Good" — realizing the Amulet curses him when he does a bad deed upon switching it (denial), clearly not happy this is happening (anger), constantly tries to do good deeds to earn powers from it (bargaining), sad that he'll never get his kingdom wish (depression), and returning the amulet to Sofia, knowing how much she needs it so he does the right thing (acceptance).
• Freudian Excuse: As his song "King Cedric The Great" reveals, Cedric believes the only way he can get some respect is if he's in charge of the whole kingdom. It's revealed later that he's a "Well Done, Son" Guy to his constantly demeaning and disapproving sorcerer father. In "Through The Looking Back Glass", his whole debacle during his little sister's big event was his true Start of Darkness — why he felt like he wasn't getting the respect he deserved, as that one incident branded him for life.
• Gag Nose: Is fairly attractive looking aside from his oddly shaped big nose.
• Geek Physiques: The skinny and fragile type; chasing Rex around the gardens wears him out rather quickly, and he laments to himself that he should get to the gymnasium more often.
• Genius Slob: Cedric isn't that well organized in his workshop, which his sister chastises him for. Sofia also points out his dirty spell books in "Cedric's Apprentice."
• Good Feels Good: A subtly-integrated part of his character arc, especially during and after Season 2. He'll often initially be involved in Sofia and her friends' stories for selfish reasons (whether it's to get closer to the Amulet, save face from magical rivals, or simply because it's his job), and he disdains going out of his way to be altruistic. But just the act of helping others, receiving positive encouragement, and working with them for the sake of a common goal happens to bring out the best in him, without Cedric even realizing so.
• The Grinch: He expressed his disdain to the Wassailia celebration, though more because he found the sentiment of the holiday rather shallow, given that no one before Sofia gave him gifts with any meaning behind them.
• Harmless Villain: He Wouldn't Hurt a Child, so his attempts to steal the amulet pose no threat to Sofia.
• Heel–Face Turn: Due to spending so much time with Sofia, he begins to question his own goals, and starts having second thoughts. By the end of "Day of the Sorcerers", he is now firmly on the side of good. It could be argued that he's very gradually been having one starting as far back as "Cedric's Apprentice".
• Hero-Worshipper: He's revealed to worship Merlin and be worshiped in return by his young niece Calista in "Gone With The Wand".
• Hoist by His Own Petard: In "The Leafsong Festival", his plot to cover the land in Forever Frost results in him slipping on the ice he created and inadvertently helping Sofia and Crackle get everything back to normal.
• Inadequate Inheritor: He comes from a long line of Royal Sorcerers, yet his father Goodwyn the Great didn't find him suited for the job nor the family wand. This changed after the episode 'Mystic Meadows' with the help of Sofia.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: So much so, in fact, that hardly anyone knows he is a villain until "Day of the Sorcerers", when he openly tries to take over the kingdom.
• Intergenerational Friendship: Though at first he only takes on a mentorship role to Sofia to get her amulet, he soon forms a genuine bond with her and takes pride in having her as his apprentice.
• Irony: Cedric chastises his niece Calista for stealing Merlin's Dragon Claw Wand, telling her that she shouldn't take things that belong to other people. The only thing that keeps this from being Hypocritical Humor is that Cedric has largely avoided any plots to outright steal the Amulet of Avalor by this point.
• It Runs in the Family: Everyone in his immediate family has strong magical capabilities.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Usually pretty acerbic and condescending around people he considers nuisances, such as Roland's children. His friendship towards Sofia changes him for the better, and he becomes much nicer by the end of the series.
• Karmic Jackpot: After making a full Heel–Face Turn in "Day of the Sorcerers", Cedric's fortunes get better in every subsequent appearance: he reconciles with his estranged sister, rekindles his childhood friendship with King Roland, and in "Forever Royal", his use of a spell to free Sofia from the Amulet earns him the respect and glory he's always desired, with Roland giving him the title of "Cedric the Great".
• Laughably Evil: He's not above stealing, tricking children and endangering others with elemental magic like the Forever Frost, but his incompetence and sheer bad luck means that almost nothing goes his way.
• Lean and Mean: He's surly more often than not, and under his robes is shown to be very skinny.
• Limited Wardrobe: Cedric really gets the short end of the stick when it comes to outfits, as he's pretty much always seen in his robes whereas other characters get some variation depending on location and weather.
• Love at First Sight: Was instantly smitten with Miss Nettle's sorceress alter-ego Sascha, but things quickly turned sour after Miss Nettle dropped the act.
• Love Redeems: One of his most redeeming qualities from early on in the series is his protective instincts towards kids, which can break through his default state of disdain towards them. We see it most often in action with Sofia, and it's her reminding him of all the times he's put himself at risk for her and her friends that compels him to perform a full Heel–Face Turn.
• Mage Tower: Mainly works in one within the castle grounds. Notably, it's the only castle tower with a half-timbered exterior and can be seen in plain sight from the castle ballroom.
• The Magnificent: In "Mystic Meadows," he expresses a desire for such a title, like his father, Goodwyn "the Great." At the end of the episode, Goodwyn bestows one on him, calling him "Cedric the Sensational."
• Momma's Boy: He's much closer to his mother than with his father, even though it does embarrass him that she still coddles him.
• Moral Myopia: He really thinks that he deserves to take over the kingdom. When the Amulet of Avalor cursed him for trying in "Cedric Be Good," he was truly baffled over why it did that, despite moments ago announcing that he would send anyone who disobeyed him to the dungeons, and "rule with an iron fist."
• Mystical White Hair: Just a few strands on the front, a trait he shares with his niece Calista. The creator neither confirmed nor denied that this was a result from a prank pulled by his younger sister as revenge for what she believed he did to her hair. invoked
• No-Respect Guy: Largely regarded as a laughingstock in Enchancia's magical circles, and his intro scene strongly implies that it's more or less nepotism that's keeping him in Roland's court.
• Non-Human Sidekick: His beloved raven, Wormwood, whom he refers affectionately as "Wormy".
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He's determined to get the Amulet — and equally determined not to let anyone else get it (see "The Enchanted Feast" and "The Curse of Princess Ivy").
• Out of Focus: As more of the show's focus shifted towards Sofia and her circle going on higher-scale adventures, and especially after his attempt at actually taking hold of the Amulet in "Cedric Be Good" was a total botch, Cedric became less of a focal point throughout seasons 3 and 4. While this makes sense for the episodes that take place on Avalor (the royal family was off on a trade summit) or the Mystic Isles (which were focal to Sofia and Amber's development), he's strangely absent from episodes where it would make sense for him to appear, like "The Birthday Wish" and "A Royal Wedding."
• Papa Wolf: One of the first signs of his more selfless side goes back to "Cedric's Apprentice," when Sofia accidentally spilt a potion on herself that turned her into a lizard, and his reaction is very much like that of a worried parent who saw his kid fall off a bike. When she's not directly interfering with his plans, he's consistently protective of Sofia, and this later extends to his niece Calista as shown in "Gone with the Wand."
• Performance Anxiety: Cedric is a capable sorcerer, but his spells tend to backfire when in front of an audience, or really anytime somebody is judging him. This turns out to be a result of a misunderstanding from his childhood that made people think he was a bungler, creating a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
• Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Part of what contributes to him becoming Out of Focus shortly after "Cedric Be Good." The villains that Sofia confronts after she becomes Storykeeper, such as Shuriki, Prisma, and Vor pose a far greater threat on a larger scale. Subverted when his machinations are brought back into the spotlight in "Day of the Sorcerers," but that mostly serves as a turning point for his arc from an antagonist to one of the more important hero figures in the series finale.
• Pronouncing My Name for You: Sofia often mispronounces his name as "SEE-drick", so he always corrects her that it's "SEH-drick".
• Purple Is Powerful: He is a powerful sorcerer, and purple is a color associated with great magic. The darker color of his robes also serves as a direct point of comparison to Sofia's much softer lavender palette. Purple is also the color of royalty and since his goal is eventually to take over the kingdom...
• Rebuilt Pedestal: Though Sofia tries to stop him after he reveals his true intentions and almost takes over the kingdom, he regains her friendship and respect after saving the royal family. This also applies to a lesser extent to James, who forgives him and simply tells him to put on a magic show.
• Redemption Promotion: One of very few Disney villains to actually get an arc covering what happens to him post-Heel–Face Turn. While he still has his moments of clumsiness, Cedric begins to cast magic with much more skill and initiative, being able to quickly think on his feet even in the heat of danger. This culminates in him freeing Sofia and Prisma from the Amulet of Avalor, combining his power with that of Sofia's friends and family.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: A misunderstanding when Cedric was a little boy made everyone deem him a bungling magician even though he was actually perfectly competent. This created anxiety within Cedric whenever he does magic, particularly in front of others, and turned him into the bungler everyone had claimed he was.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Zig-Zagged with Roland. Unlike the composed and diplomatic Roland, Cedric exudes anxiety and is prone to making emotionally-driven decisions. However, he is also abrasive and cynical (at least pre-Character Development), whereas Roland has more of a polite attitude.
• Series Goal: Use the power of the Amulet of Avalor to take over the kingdom. He completely drops it after his scheme is revealed in "Day of the Sorcerers".
• Shaped Like Itself: One of his corrections to Sofia mispronouncing his name. In complete deadpan: "It's Cedric. As in. Cedric."
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: In the finale "Forever Royal" he summons a magical Birdcage to Lock Wormood inside right after he Insults him.
• Sibling Rivalry: He and his sister Cordelia were on rather frosty terms, and growing up she had a habit of taking his things without permission.
• Sissy Villain: He is skinny, clumsy, has a high-pitched voice, and has virtually no menace factor to him whatsoever.
• Smug Snake: Has often tried to manipulate/blackmail Sofia or Amber into doing his bidding.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Especially in Season 2; as embittered as he is on the inside, Cedric is capable of kindness and even heroism. By Season 4, the "ice" part's all but melted.
• Super-Strength: One of the blessings the Amulet of Avalor grants Cedric in "Cedric be Good".
• Take Over the World: His main goal, though mainly just Enchancia.
• Tempting Fate: He brings it upon himself in "Cedric Be Good" by donning the Amulet immediately after he just swiped it from under Sofia's nose, something his mother calls him out on given the Amulet's special conditions. To give one example, when Cedric obtains the Amulet and it gives him super strength, he comments that he'll rule with an iron fist. Right after that, the Amulet curses him by turning his fists into iron.
• Took a Level in Badass: In the pilot movie, he ends up as a victim of his own sleeping spell. By the end of the series, he's able to conduct a ritual that frees two people from one of the most powerful magical artifacts in-universe.
• Took a Level in Kindness: With his Heel–Face Turn, he earnestly seeks to become a noble asset to the royal family.
• Tritagonist: He's the first recurring villain of the show, and the first character to be given an episode mostly set from his POV (Sofia's more a Decoy Protagonist in "Cedric's Apprentice"). He's featured less often than Amber, but he also has one of, if not the most significant character growths amongst the main cast.
• Undying Loyalty: Later develops this towards the royal family in Season 4, especially Sofia and Roland.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: At least up to his preteens, Cedric was a cheerful, precocious child until the incident at Cordelia's Sorceress Ball took a major swing at his self-confidence.
• Used to Be More Social: He was once Roland's playmate and used to be inseparable with his older sister. As his sore reputation grew, his circle of friends diminished to pretty much just Wormwood until Sofia came along.
• Villains Out Shopping: He actually doesn't do anything evil in several episodes.
• Vocal Evolution: His voice gets progressively less reedy and devious in later seasons. His accent in particular becomes more refined to sound closer to the Received Pronunciation spoken by his parents.
• Walking Spoiler: Any trope or trope description here relating to "Day of the Sorcerers" and its aftermath spoils the fact that Cedric eventually gives up being a villain and becomes a true ally to the royal family.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: He was shown to be this in "Mystic Meadows". In the end, his dad even literally uses the words "Well done, son."
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: While self-interest and a desire for power and respect motivates him, he believes that if he ruled the kingdom, he could make life better for all the people of his position and social class, namely sorcerers.
• Wouldn't Hurt a Child: His plots to steal the amulet, pre-Heel–Face Turn, never involves anything that would harm Sofia. The closest he gets to averting this is in "The Floating Palace" when he captures Oona, but even then he only wants her Mermaid Comb and only fights back when Sofia and co. tried to intervene.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: For all of Cedric's boasting, he has some deep-rooted self-doubt due to a lifetime of harsh criticism from others. Sofia, a newcomer to the world of magic, never doubted Cedric's capabilities and encouraged him as she would to any of her friends. That encouragement helps him channel his magic through a more positive and focused mindset, and he's able to perform even more astounding feats when he finally lets go of his bitterness and sets out to prove himself as a good guy.
• Younger Than They Look: He's around the same age as Roland (so roughly anywhere from his early thirties to forties), but his hunched posture, greying hair (though not because of old age), and the stress lines on his face do little to emphasize that.
• Youngest Child Wins: Zig-zagged. While he bears the high title of royal sorcerer over his older sister Cordelia, he serves more or less as an on-call stage magician for much of the series, is demeaned by almost everyone, and has a non-existent social life compared to Cordelia's. It's by letting more of his long-repressed nobler side shine through that he becomes much more adept at magic and his father and sister are finally able to let go of their low opinions of him.

Baileywick

Baileywick

Voiced by: Tim Gunn

King Roland's personal assistant, and head steward of the castle. Baileywick sometimes acts as a third parent for the children and very obviously loves his job.

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• Affectionate Nickname: His older brother Nigel calls him "Wicky", which the royal children find funny.
• Battle Butler: When Vor began her invasion of the castle in "Forever Royal", Baileywick immediately picks up a display sword to fight off her minions. It doesn't really work, as said minions are basically cannon fodder for a dangerously powerful sorceress, but kudos to him for taking the initiative.
• Benevolent Boss: He treats the servants under his command quite well.
• Character Catchphrase: "We can make it work." It also doubles as an Actor Allusion.
• Excellent Judge of Character: In "A Royal Mess", even though he admits he hasn't know Sofia as long as he's known James, he correctly deduces that it was James who broke the window and Sofia covered for him.
• Ink-Suit Actor: He is very heavily based on his voice-actor, Tim Gunn, using a lot of Gunn's mannerisms and phrases. The creators of the show have admitted that they deliberately invoked this as a Parental Bonus.
• The Jeeves: He serves as the castle steward and is always at the royal family's beck and call, even during his day-off.
• Married to the Job: In "Baileywick's Day Off", he's so focused on making Sofia's royal playdate perfect that he's unable to find time to spend his birthday day-off with Nigel, to the latter's frustration. However, the children realize that they weren't being thoughtful of Baileywick, so Sofia organizes as "day-off do-over" for him and Nigel to make up for their lost time.
• Meaningful Name: A bailiwick is a district ruled by a court officer who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests. It can also refer to one's particular area of interest, in this case, his job as butler.
• The Pollyanna: At one point in "Baileywick's Day Off", Nigel tells Baileywick that Baileywick always likes to look on the bright side. Baileywick responds that it's because "there's a better view there".
• Reasonable Authority Figure: To the castle staff. And while he technically has to answer to the king's children, he'll still lend his advice and opinion when needed. For example, early on in the episode "A Royal Mess" from Season 1, even though Sofia admitted to breaking the stained glass mural that Roland commissioned for Miranda (when it was actually James who broke it), Baileywick tells her that while he might not have known Sofia for as long as he's known James, he can put two and two together. He commends her for her noble intentions, but admonishes her that she still technically lied, and kindly shares some tea with her while she's grounded.
• Servile Snarker: A very mild case, and mostly towards Cedric, to whom he might actually be regarded as an equal, or even a superior, in the Castle's ranking.
  Baileywick: Sofia, what are you doing here [in Cedric's lab]?
  Sofia: Learning magic.
  Baileywick: How wonderful. You'll have to teach Cedric some when you're done.
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Has traces of this, occasionally played up for laughs, such as this Expospeak Gag:
  Baileywick: Excuse me, kind sir — might we inquire about engaging your vessel for a brief, yet utterly vital excursion?
  Fisherman: Hm?!
  James: We need to borrow your boat.
  Amber: It's an emergency.
  Fisherman: Why didn't you just say so? Go ahead!
  Baileywick: We are most gratified by your sincere generosity.
  Fisherman: Wha — what?
  James: He said "thanks".
  Fisherman: Oh. Don't mention it.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: With his brother Nigel. Baileywick is a sophisticated steward who makes sure he does his job well, while Nigel is a boisterous man who still treats him like a "baby brother" and likes teasing him.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Much like Amber, he's afraid of frogs, although in his case it seems to be actual ranidaphobia.

Animal Companions

Clover

Voiced by: Wayne Brady

A lop-eared, gray rabbit and the most prominent of Sofia's animal friends. Loyal, easygoing and friendly, but with a sarcastic streak a mile wide and an appetite that's larger than he is.

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• Badass Adorable: While not really an action hero (and perhaps less badass than he himself thinks), he's certainly tougher than he looks.
• Big Eater: Of all Sofia's animal friends; Clover is by far the most food-obsessed, and seems to always be hungry.
• Deadpan Snarker: Clover never runs out of snark, and occasionally engages in Snark-to-Snark Combat with Mia and Robin — especially Robin.
• Fanboy: Towards Snow White, as it turns out.
• Gender-Blender Name: Clover is usually a girl's name.
• Greed: His major vice; he loves food, wishing for a lifetime of radishes in "When You Wish Upon a Well", and unwittingly setting off the conflict of "The Crown of Blossoms" by using seeds from the titular crown to make the new garden grow quickly. He also is possessive of being Sofia's primary animal sidekick, as he was willing to cheat in order to become her magical animal helper.
• Hates Being Touched: He has traces of this — he's cute and cuddly, but he does not like to be cuddled. He eventually lets up enough to let Sofia give him the occasional hug — and if it's Snow White he'll willingly let himself be cuddled. This is Truth in Television, as rabbits actually don't like being cuddled.
• Manchild: While an adult by rabbit standards he is often far more immature than Sofia. He refers to himself as a bunny, the term for a juvenile rabbit, hinting that his immaturity may come from him actually being in his late teens in rabbit years. He has recently matured along with Sofia.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Plays this role in most of the episodes he's in.
• Rascally Rabbit: Though mostly gentle, he's got a bit of a mischievous streak (especially when it comes to sneaking food).
• Trademark Favorite Food: While he eats almost any fruit or veggie, blueberries are his most favorite food. He uses them for his talent act in "Blue Ribbon Bunny", gets upset when Farley steals his bag of blueberries in "The Floating Palace", and playfully steals some that Sofia is harvesting in "Gizmo Gwen".
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Mild case with Robin; they're always snarking at each other but it's seldom serious.

Robin, Mia, and Whatnaught

Voiced by: Meghan Strange (Robin), Ashley Eckstein (Mia)

Two birds and a squirrel who together with Clover act as Sofia's friends and helpers.

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• Acquired Situational Narcissism: In "The Leafsong Festival," Robin lets director dove's compliments over her singing voice go to her head. She starts talking about doing a solo during her duet with Mia, and outright ignoring her.
• Badass Adorable: Whatnaught. In "Forever Royal", when Sofia and the Royal Family are escaping imprisonment from Vor's minions, Whatnaught leads the other animals to fire a catipult that takes out the minions.
• Deadpan Snarker: Robin; not to the extent of Clover, but she can still hold her own in a Snark-to-Snark Combat with him.
• A Dog Named "Dog": Or, in this case, a robin named Robin.
• Comically Missing the Point: Mia often misunderstands figures of speech thanks to being rather Literal-Minded.
• The Ditz: Mia, who has a tendency towards scatterbrainedness.
• Feather Fingers: Mild version; Robin and Mia use their wings to gesticulate in very humanlike ways, but use their beaks to pick things up.
• Hidden Depths: In the episode Gizmo Gwen, Whatnaught surprisingly turns out to have an innate understanding of machinery; at least when he finds a screw on the floor he's instantly able to deduce not only that it's missing from Gwen's malfunctioning machine, and that this is why the machine was malfunctioning in the first place, but even (by looking at the blueprints) which part of the machine it comes from. In "Forever Royal", it's implied that he built a captapult that he and the other animals use to take out the guards imprisioning the royal family.
• Out of Focus: Whatnaught is easily the least prominent of the four animals and is often left out of episodes altogether.
• The Smart Guy: Robin is the cleverest and most sensible of the animals, and has the majority of the good ideas.
• Those Two Guys: Robin and Mia, who almost always appear as a duo.
• The Voiceless:
  • Whatnaught. Despite the amulet giving Sofia the ability to understand all animals, Whatnaught still doesn't talk at all. This is due to him being an Homage to Harpo Marx, according to Word of God.
  • Mia is also an Homage, but to Marilyn Monroe.

Minimus

Voiced by: Eric Stonestreet

A winged horse that Sofia rides during Flying Derby.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: He has purple skin and hair.
• Big Damn Heroes: In the Grand Finale, he saves Sofia from falling to her death when Vor caused her to fall off the castle bridge.
• Character Development: While being Sofia's partner, Minimus is steadily growing bolder and gaining confidence in himself.
• Deadpan Snarker:
  Someone: Mommy!
  Sofia: Did you hear that?
  Minimus: All the time. Mostly from me.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Minimus' name is like a combination of 'Mini' and 'Pegasus', referring to him being a small winged horse.
  • Minimus is Latin for "smallest".
• Nice Guy: Minimus is a sweet horse.
• Performance Anxiety: When Sofia first meets him in "Just One of the Princes", he's nervous about the upcoming derby try-outs and often stumbles during practice. He learns to overcome this with Sofia's encouragement, and together, they win the try-outs along with James.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Despite being the smallest winged horse seen in the show, he is strong enough to a carry a coach containing two adults and three kids (As seen in "Holiday In Enchancia").
• Undying Loyalty: Minimus is loyal to Sofia. In fact he loves her as much as Clover does. He's willing to do anything to make her happy, from saving Clover to trying out new Derby Team plays.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Sofia tells him this in "Just One Of The Princes".

Wormwood

Voiced by: Jim Cummings (1952)

Cedric's pet raven, and a willing participant in his schemes to get Sofia's amulet.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Cedric calls him "Wormy".
• Beleaguered Assistant: Downplayed; While Cedric treats him well most of the time, he isn't above using him as a guinea pig for his spells, or locking him outside his workshop when he's annoyed by him.
• Bilingual Backfire: In "Once Upon A Princess"; He gloated to Clover that Sofia would never find the counter spell book, pointing out it was behind a painting. He didn't know at the time that Sofia could understand him, and was shocked when she got the book.
• Feathered Fiend: According to Craig Gerber, he is more evil than his owner. He's also just a generally unpleasant and arrogant bird all-around.
• For the Evulz: The whole reason he chose to abandon Cedric in favor of Prisma was because he wanted to keep working for a master who was evil.
• Hyper-Competent Sidekick: He's smarter than Cedric, and often despairs of/laughs at his endless failures and magical foul-ups. Whenever he takes an active role in going after the amulet, he rarely makes mistakes. That said, he's also repeatedly shown to be Not So Above It All.
• Jerkass: Unlike Cedric, he has absolutely no redeeming qualities.
  • Character Development: The events of "Hexley Hall" brought out better qualities in Wormwood and taught him to be more respectful and accepting of his master in spite of his faults, and even to recognize his own faults as well. Unfortunately, later episodes have shown that this hasn't stuck.
• Kick the Dog: In "Day of the Sorcerers", he informed Sofia that Cedric has been trying to steal her amulet ever since she arrived at the castle, wearing a smug grin on his beak throughout the scene.
  • In "In Cedric We Trust", he betrays Cedric and says that gaining power is more important to him than their friendship.
• Laser-Guided Karma: In "Forever Royal", he is trapped in a cage by Cedric, the very master he betrayed.
• Leeroy Jenkins: In "The Leafsong Festival", he thought it was a good idea to get into a shoving match with Crackle, who happens to be twice his size. Crackle knocked him down with a single shove.
• My God, What Have I Done?: In "Hexley Hall" when he blabs about the amulet to the other sorcerer's pets.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He was forced to work with Clover in "The Enchanted Feast"; They spent the whole time insulting and mocking each other.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Despite starting to have a few Pet the Dog moments early on in Season 2, like listening to Sofia's instructions in "The Enchanted Feast", as well as "Hexley Hall", he sheds all of it as of Season 4.

Praline

Voiced by: Keith Ferguson

Amber's pet peacock.

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• Gender-Blender Name: His name can also be used for girls.
• Narcissist: Very vain and concerned with his appearance.
• Nice Guy: Vanity aside, he's quite cordial and friendly with other animals.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He is very fond of apples.
• Uncatty Resemblance: In the episode "Scrambled Pets" he is revealed to be much like Amber, posh and stylish.
• The Voiceless: He didn't actually speak in his first appearance.

Freedo

Voiced by: Mick Wingert

James' pet baboon.

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• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Very easily distracted, especially if there's a ball around.
• Keet: Freedo is a very hyperactive baboon.
• Mischief-Making Monkey: In the episode "Scrambled Pets" he is shown to be playful and enjoys a game of fetch. However sometimes his playful running around can cause problems and bother the other pets, especially Praline. When James brought him to school he got mixed up in a sorcery class accident turning him into a peacock baboon. He enjoyed being mixed up and began to run around the school and when Amber made him bigger he rampaged through the school gym playing with the balls.
• The Voiceless: Like Praline, he never spoke in his debut appearance.

Rex

Voiced by: Jim Cummings (1952)

James' overly playful foxhound.

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• Big Friendly Dog: Affectionate and playful with others (except cats, who he likes to chase).
• A Day in the Limelight: In the first episode of the second season, "Two Princesses and a Baby", Rex plays a more active role, and speaks for the first time.
• Dogs Are Dumb: Not very bright.
• Keet: Rex is an active dog.
• Smarter Than You Look: Implied. He is a bit goofy, but he claims he is smarter than he looks.
• The Voiceless: He made a number of appearances in season one, but didn't speak in any of them. It wasn't until season two that he started talking.

Others

The Amulet of Avalor

A magical amulet given to Princess Sofia by her stepfather, King Roland II, having previously been owned by Aunt Tilly, and before her, Princess Charlotte.

In Season 3, it is discovered that the amulet contained Princess Elena of Avalor, having been saved by the amulet when she was attacked by the evil sorceress Shuriki forty-one years ago. Avalor's Royal Sorcerer, Alacazar, took the amulet to find someone that could free Elena and thus save Avalor from Shuriki, eventually landing in Sofia's ownership. Sofia would be the one to free Elena and help her return Avalor to freedom.

For information on Princess Elena, see the Elena of Avalor character page.

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• Ambiguous Situation: The show implies that the Amulet summons princesses by transporting them from whatever they're doing at the moment, with Sofia being suddenly summoned to help Charlotte, Ivy being transported from her island, Olaf saying that he was hanging out with Anna when he got summoned, and Tiana saying that Mama Odie told her that she would be summoned by Sofia. On the other hand, Ariel appears in her mermaid form despite her father permanently turning her into a human at the end of her movie (and although he does temporarily return her to her mermaid form in the sequel, Cinderella talking about how her stepsisters stayed mean even though Anastasia had a Heel–Face Turn in 3: A Twist In Time suggests that expanded material is not canon here) and having already experienced her movie, and Rapunzel appears with her signature hair that she braids during her movie (Tangled: The Series had not been released yet at the time of her appearance).
• And I Must Scream: Elena was trapped in the amulet for forty-one years when Shuriki attempted to kill her with a magic spell, and that's after she witnessed her parents get assassinated by said spell, and she had to live the next few decades uncertain of her remaining family members' fate along with Avalor's fate. Combine that with the fact that people have been trying to take the amulet for themselves for their own nefarious purposes or to just destroy it. The only way to be freed from the amulet is with a huge amount of magical power. Elena's family wizard, Alacazar, never figures out how to free her, but fortunately for them, his grandson Mateo figures it out before any more time can pass. Mateo's solution is getting a hold of Shuriki's wand and using it with a combination of ancient Maruvian magic — two powerful things that not even Alacazar could rival.
  • In the Series Finale, Sofia and Prisma are trapped inside the Amulet, and would have been for a long time had Cedric not come up with his magic spell that involved everyone contributing their magic.
• Animorphism: It can grant its users the ability to transform into animals; however, the user must actually see the animal they want to transform into should it work.
• Clingy MacGuffin: It must be worn consistently by its current bearer, and must not be taken off.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: When Elena first received the Amulet, the big jewel was red, but when she got trapped in it, it turned a very deep purple. Then when Elena was freed, the jewel turned hot pink.
• The Chooser of the One: The Amulet has the ability to select its new bearers, with Sofia being the most recent. It was later revealed Elena was the one who chose the next bearer, based on their age and courage.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: The Amulet never summons Pocahontas, Elsa and Anna, or Moana before its princess-summoning power is removed. Presumably, Pocahontas never appears due to the controversial reception of her movie's depiction of Native Americans, Moana due to her film being too recent while the show was airing, while Elsa and Anna are teased... only for Olaf to appear instead because the amulet is acting up that episode. Craig Gerber confirmed that Anna and Elsa did not appear in the show to avoid contradicting with the then-upcoming Frozen II. Though, Pocahontas is referenced when Sofia enters the Secret Library for the first time and Elsa & Anna (and/or Olaf) are referenced in the Series Finale when Sofia falls into the Amulet.
• Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: Don't you DARE take the amulet away from its chosen bearer, otherwise you'll be cursed.
• Empathic Weapon: Not so much a weapon, but it is responsive to its wearer's emotions and actions. Initially seems to mainly be because of Elena according to Alacazar, but the amulet seems sentient without her anyway. The Amulet also appears to reflect the magic of its bearer, as it gave Cedric the Heel–Face Revolving Door a rapid series of playful hexes and powers, and the two bearers known to have received abilities are both magically-inclined to some degree.
• Good Is Not Soft: The amulet takes this and Only the Chosen May Wield beyond 11. If you steal it from its chosen bearer without warning, then it instantly recognizes you as not its true master and activates its safeguard, cursing you nonstop until you return it to its true owner.
• Gratuitous Princess: The Amulet can summon any princess (from all time, no matter if they exist in the Ever Realm or not, technically aren't princesses, or are from the future) to give advice to its holder. The Amulet seemingly loses this power after Elena is freed, but Sofia may simply need it less now that she is older. In addition, Sofia's summoning power has "leveled-up" to allow her to help princesses, especially previous amulet-bearers.
• It Was with You All Along: In the Series Finale, when Sofia is trapped in the Amulet with Vor, she is unable to use her Amulet to defend herself since she's in the Amulet, all while Vor brags to Sofia that she's all alone with no one to help her. When Sofia realizes that she has the love of her family, friends, and the princesses, along with everything she's learned throughout the series, she summons a light from her heart — in the same area where her amulet would be, and defeats Vor with that light.
• Laser-Guided Karma: When Elena was trapped in the amulet, she would curse whoever was wearing it for any bad deed performed. She would also repeatedly curse the thief who took the Amulet from its chosen bearer without warning, and only stopped once the Amulet was returned.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler:
  • When Amber tries to use the amulet for bad, it summons a bad princess, that princess being Princess Ivy.
  • When Cedric finally gets a hold of the amulet after several failed tries, this triggered its safeguard and cursed him. He only broke the curses when he returned the amulet to Sofia, seeing how much she really needs it and is the only one who can wield its power.
  • With the release of Elena of Avalor, it is now considered common knowledge now that Elena was trapped in the amulet for decades until Sofia frees her in Elena and the Secret of Avalor.
• Loyal Phlebotinum: The Amulet stays true to its power that it only works for the one it chose as its current bearer; Sofia is the only one who can use it. If the Amulet is stolen or taken without warning, then the Amulet will curse the thief until it is returned; Cedric learned this the hard way. It was later revealed that Elena was the one who did the cursing.
• MacGuffin: Numerous villains want to use its power for their own evil purposes, Cedric in particular. Due to its nature, it isn't so quick to giving itself up to them.
• Only the Chosen May Wield: The amulet can only be worn by its chosen bearer; if someone else ever steals it or gets their hands on it without warning, the amulet will activate a safeguard and curse them until it is given back. It was later revealed Elena was the one behind the cursing, and once she's freed from the amulet, the bearer is now in control.
• Power at a Price: While the amulet grants its users magical powers, it also curses them if they do any bad deeds, only lifting it until they correct what they've done. These curses depend on the Amulet's "master" and their connection to their bearer. Elena cursed Sofia, but the current spirit of the Amulet does not.
  • The Amulet's potential for great power also makes it a magnet for the dark forces, adding an extra string by making its bearer have to be protective of it, and also be vulnerable to danger.
• Sealed Good in a Can: Elena, until Sofia frees her.
• Secret Test of Character: All of Sofia's powers and curses from the amulet were to test her to see if she was the princess who could free Elena. According to Alacazar, this is Elena's doing.
• Sizeshifter: The Amulet has granted its users the power to shrink to the size of a sprite. It grants Sofia this power after she helps some Wee Sprites.
  • In "Cedric Be Good," Winifred reveals the Amulet can also make one grow to the size of a giant.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: The Amulet of Avalor gives its users this power.
• Undying Loyalty: The Amulet appears to be sentient, and remains loyal to their chosen bearer to the point if someone ever steals it, then ot will curse the thief until they give it back.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: The Amulet grants its users the power to turn into a mermaid, and into any animal and fey she sees.
• Walking Spoiler: Elena is in the amulet.

Cedric's family

Goodwyn the Great & Winifred the Wise

Voiced by: Jim Cummings (1952) (Goodwyn), Russi Taylor (Winifred)

Cedric and Cordelia's parents and Calista's grandparents. Goodwyn was King Roland I's Royal Sorcerer, and the couple are currently retired in the Mystic Meadows.

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• Affably Evil: While Winifred encourages Cedric to pursue his goal to steal the Amulet of Avalor, she Is still a loving mother to him, and gets along well with Sofia.
• Affectionate Nickname: They call each other "Goodie" and "Winnie".
• Good Angel, Bad Angel: Goodwyn and Winifred present themselves as the "good angel" and "bad angel", respectively, to Cedric in "Cedric's Apprentice". Because Sofia thanked Cedric for his help in practicing her magic for her exam and left him a gift, Goodwyn warns him not to steal the Amulet of Avalor from her because he would break her heart if he does so. Winifred, on the other hand, encourages Cedric to steal it anyway so he can take over Enchancia it. Cedric reluctantly decides to follow Goodwyn, but he still plans to steal the Amulet another day.
• Wizard Classic: Goodwyn has the look down pat, from the robes to the long white beard.

Cordelia the Conjuror

Voiced by: Rachael MacFarlane, Gabriella Graves (as a child)

Cedric's sister and Calista's mother. As children, Cordelia and Cedric were very close and inseparable until Cordelia's sorceress ball when a spell gone wrong ruined her hair, she blamed Cedric for it.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Cedric refers to her as "Cordy".
• Annoying Older Sibling: To Cedric after the Sorceress Ball fiasco.
• Cool Big Sis: She cares about her little brother.
• Daddy's Girl: Her father started to favor her over Cedric after the incident at her Sorceress Ball.
• Doting Parent: Towards her daughter. Even though her opinion of her brother is frosty to say the least, she doesn't discourage Calista's admiration for her uncle.
• Gag Nose: Both she and her brother inherited long, thin pointed noses from their mother.
• Meaningful Name: In French, her name may have been derived from coeur de lion, meaning "heart of a lion".
• My God, What Have I Done?: Has this moment after learning the reason her brother's smoke serum spell ruined her hair was all her fault, and that she had contributed to making Cedric's life miserable for nothing.

Calista

Voiced by: Katie Zieff

Cedric's niece, daughter to his sister, Cordelia the Conjuror. She loves her uncle to the point where she not only has the same hairstyle as him but wears the same clothes as him, except in red.

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• Annoying Younger Sibling: To Sofia and Cedric in her debut episode — she climbs on an exasperated Cedric's back, mildly irritates him by sitting on Sofia's invitation to Merlin's (because of the writing being in red, her favourite colour), rushes around Cedric while holding onto him and grips his leg (his reaction to this is "She can't come with us. What if she keeps doing what she's doing?"), and annoys Sofia with the revelation that she stole Merlin's dragon claw wand.
  • In "Too Cute to Spook," Sofia's witch friends see her as this.
• Ascended Extra: Along with her mother, goes from a one-off character in Season 3 to a recurring one in Season 4.
• Big Sister Worship: Sees Sofia as a big sister and considers her one of her two favorite people.
• Cheerful Child: A very bubbly little girl.
• Hero Worship: Calista idolizes her "Uncle Ceddy", glomping him twice in just the first scene she appears in.
• Perky Goth: Halloween is her favorite holiday, and she has her mother read books about monsters and Halloween to her every night.
• Sticky Fingers: As noted above, in her debut appearance she would take any red-colored objects she could get her hands on.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Greatly resembles Cedric when he was a kid, emphasized by how she asked her mother to magically make her hair look like his.
• White Sheep: Unlike the rest of Cedric's family, who treat him with disdain, she adores her "Uncle Ceddy", and recognizes him as the great sorcerer he really is.

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