Even Cedric's title of "the Sorcerer" shows how inept he is. Most esteemed wizards, like Cedric's father Goodwyn "the Great", have a title that reflects their skill or deeds. Cedric isn't even well-known enough to have his own title; he's not a "great" sorcerer, he isn't even a "good" sorcerer. He's just a sorcerer.
Confirmed in "Mystic Meadows" — though by the end, he's been renamed "Cedric the Sensational".
At first, some fans might wonder about the different punishments Amber and Cedric received during each one's turn to steal the Amulet of Avalor. The difference makes sense upon considering each one's objective: Amber wanted to meet a Princess so the Amulet gave her Princess Ivy; and Cedric wanted to use the Amulet's power to take over Enchancia so it gave him a curse that made him destroy the potion he made to enable him to use the blessings without the risk of being cursed.
Cedric's go-to curse is "Merlin's mushrooms!" (and he absolutely fanboys over Merlin when given the opportunity to meet him). Meanwhile, Wormwood's version namedrops Morgana, Merlin's archenemy. It's a nice demonstration that, despite having a wicked goal, Cedric is good at heart, while Wormwood is evil to the core.
"Once Upon a Princess":
Amber uses a broom to defend Sofia from Wormwood. The rabbit says that it's the first time Amber's picked up a broom, but she sure knows how to use it. However, as we saw at Royal Prep, at which Amber's a student, everyone studies fencing, and she wields the broom like a sword. She's using her fencing training, even though she doesn't have a sword at hand.
A classic example of Didn't Think This Through: Cedric gives Sofia a spell that will put everyone in the ballroom to sleep, but watches it from the ballroom and falls victim to the spell himself. In a sense, this is Foreshadowing of Cedric's entire motivation. The Amulet of Avalor rewards its wearer's good deeds and punishes their bad deeds. Cedric knows this, as he's the one who told Sofia in the first place, and yet, he somehow thinks he can use the object to take over the kingdom. If he ever got his hands on it, it would probably be worse than useless in a hostile takeover.
Confirmed in "Cedric Be Good". Cedric finally gets the Amulet and, once it gives him Super-Strength, he tries to take over the kingdom and declares that he'll rule with an "iron fist".
That same episode also offers some justification to why he thinks his plan would work — he's not supposed to wear it to use its power to take over the kingdom, this just ended up happening by accident, and doing good deeds to gain powers is simply his backup plan. It also never occurred to him that the amulet would consider his attempted takeover to be a bad deed.
"Make Way for Miss Nettle": Miss Nettle makes a comment about being "as famous as Maleficent". Using Maleficent as a reference makes sense because Miss Nettle is a former pupil of the very same fairies who helped to protect Sleeping Beauty from her.
"The Floating Palace": The seahorse army that's just the "immediate family". Seahorses are known explosive breeders in real life.
In "Sofia the Second", the duplicate Sofia was wearing a pink dress. Sofia had worn a nearly identical dress- in the first episode where she had been cursed. At the very least, it's a bit of Fridge Brilliant foreshadowing; and if the above assumption that the Amulet is intelligent is correct, it could even have been an indication that punishment for her selfish motives was the reason Sofia's spell worked improperly.
Another interpretation of why Sofia's clone was evil is actually quite simple. Empathy, a trait required for basic human decency, is also one developed over time as one grows older. Essentially, Sofia's clone is born as an eight-year-old girl, skipping most of her developmental years for empathy.
Many fans were put off by the ending of "The Curse of Princess Ivy" due to Amber's character development being essentially undone — but what if it wasn't Amber who was truly meant to be given characterization in this special-,but the Amulet itself? After all, the Amulet's endangering an entire kingdom over a single child being slightly petty is pretty much the crowning jewel of Disproportionate Retribution. But wait. Amber asked for Rapunzel, and eventually the Amulet gave her Rapunzel... who gave her exactly the advice that caused her to lose her memories. What if the entire curse was a grand orchestration by the Amulet to protect its own privacy and teach Sofia the consequences of telling others about it?
If so, than "The Mystic Isles" happened because the Amulet felt Amber was ready to find out again.
Word of God is that the Amulet cannot be used by someone unless it is willingly passed on. And yet Cedric was able to use the Amulet's power in "Cedric Be Good", with Sofia none the wiser that he'd even taken it. However, the Amulet eventually gives him a curse that could only be broken by him returning the Amulet to Sofia. The Amulet allowed itself to be used by Cedric so that he would realize that his efforts to take and control its power would always end up in failure.
"Day of the Sorcerers" and "In Cedric We Trust": Cedric is always saying he wants to use the Amulet to rule Enchancia. But if you pay attention to his motives, what he really wants is to be appreciated and respected. When do his efforts to take the Amulet fade off? When Sofia starts helping him get some respect and appreciation from Roland and his own father, Goodwyn. The Amulet is helping Cedric indirectly by granting him what he really wanted, as opposed to his stated goal.
Cedric's dream of gaining respect by taking the crown was also Tragic Dream. When Grimtrix sees that Cedric has failed to take Enchancia, he smarmily responds with "No surprise there", implying he sees Cedric as a bungler like everyone else. If Cedric had frozen Sofia and become king, it would have been All for Nothing; the other evil sorcerers and Wormwood would still see him as an inept bungler, and disrespect him and scapegoat him for problems. Worse, he would have frozen the only person who genuinely saw him for the competent and capable sorcerer that he is.
In "Pin the Blame on the Genie", Omar's Verbal Tic of "If I may..." makes sense with the reveal that he's a genie himself. Genie magic is triggered via fulfilling a master's request. While that seems to be more of a guideline than an actual law of the universe, it's likely something that's drilled into every genie pretty early on. Whether he physically needs the king's permission or not, he's probably used to asking for it.
"The Mystic Isles: The Princess and the Protector": Chrysta's initial disdain towards Sofia, and princesses in general, makes some more sense after learning about her life growing up on the Island of Fairies in "A Very Mystic Wassalia", and "Undercover Fairies". With no family of her own, the only company she could've had growing up were the other fairies on the island, but they all shunned her due to her rough-and-tumble nature not meshing with their delicate, dainty society, which Chrysta probably equated to princess society as well due to their superficial similarities with those fairies.
Cedric states that undoing a salamander transformation is an easy spell he learned on his first day of sorcery school. Honestly, that's the perfect spell to start students out with, especially since it seems to be just as easy to turn someone into a salamander. Either by accident or by bullying, Hexley Hall students are probably turned into various amphibians all the time, so it makes sense that the staff makes sure their students can undo it first thing.
Queen Miranda's desperation to help an endangered ship in "Pirated Away" makes more sense after "Forever Royal" reveals what happened to her first husband.
As a general rule, people seem content to turn a blind eye to the darker elements of the world, presenting the rather distinct possibility that it is a Crapsaccharine World.
What about the fact that Sofia gets into so many life-and-death situations? You would think that some of the older wizards, fairies, and witches would make a group similar to the Protectors, considering all the evil magical villains in the show (most of them have reformed, but only thanks to Sofia, who shouldn't have to be the one fixing all the magical problems in the first place! And she doesn't even have extensive magical training to rely on, so if she loses the Amulet, she won't be able to defend herself. And it is seriously doubtful that her Protector items would help her against a skilled sorcerer).
Considering Ivy and Prisma are both motivated by the discontent and loathing they feel toward their older sisters, Amber should feel lucky that Sofia is kind, patient, and caring, or Sofia could very easily have ended up like them. Even worse, Amber could have ended up like them on several occasions if not for Sofia's pure heart.
In "The Little Witch", imagine if Lucinda hadn't saved Sofia when she fell from her broom. If Sofia had died, Lucinda very likely would've been held responsible for it, and who knows what the kingdom would've done to her in response? Even worse, imagine how this would've affected Lucinda, who probably would've blamed herself for causing Sofia's death.
When the local village didn't have enough harvest, Roland ordered that Cedric just head down and magic up more food, fixing the problem overnight. How convenient and idealistic! ...But what about villages that aren't essentially the castle's front porch? And what would happen if a kingdom's local sorcerer happened to be preoccupied with other urgent matters, or couldn't get components to create the growth powder? The people are so dependent on magic to fix their biggest problems that anything disrupting that routine would have immediate and dire consequences.
"The Floating Palace":
Plank accuses Sofia of kidnapping Oona and convinced Queen Emmaline to sink the ship. If Sofia didn't make it in time, combined with not having Sven helping her, her family could've drowned! Not only would the mermaids eventually find out that Sofia was telling the truth, but they would also be responsible for murdering an innocent human family and making Sofia an orphan. Kinda jarring how they all glossed over that in the end.
Let alone, the mermaids wouldn't just have killed a normal human family, but the royal family of Enchancia! What would have happen to the kingdom now that the royal family have been lost and drowned at the sea?! Would people riot over what remains from the kingdom? Would Cedric eventually use his newfound water powers to take over it with no competition to stop it?
It's probable that without Sofia's involvement, Cedric would've gotten his hands on the Mermaid's Comb and Cora and Oona's mother would've sank Roland's floating palace and likely killed them all. Now ask yourself, "How was Sofia even able to get involved?" By helping Oona and earning the ability to turn into a mermaid from the Amulet, right? But Oona wouldn't have gotten tangled in that line if she'd done the normally sensible thing of laying low after being spotted the first time. But instead, she came back up. With no cover. TWICE! Even getting closer each time! Basically, if Oona hadn't been holding the Idiot Ball at that moment, all of the main characters would be dead, Cedric would have an extremely powerful magical artifact to play with, and the Amulet of Avalor would either be lost on the cove's seafloor or taken by one of the mermaids, leaving Elena with no hope of ever escaping it. Admittedly, Roland has plenty of ships, so even if the Floating Palace sunk, at least the royal family would be able to evacuate on lifeboats, but it would still be a tragedy waiting to happen.
One of the rules for the Conjuration Contest in "Mystic Meadows" was "no summoning of spirits from the netherworld", confirming that either necromancy or demon summoning (or both) exist in this world.
"The Curse of Princess Ivy":
Princess Ivy wanted to destroy the amulet. If she had succeeded, Elena would've been killed, and Avalor would never have been freed from Shuriki.
About Rapunzel's hair... We see the drop of sun leaves her body in a tear and enters Eugene's through his wound which it heals. And Eugene and Rapunzel are married now and since the wedding night involves an exchange of fluids.... Maybe we should stop thinking about this right now.
It's not really that hard to think about if you consider the fact that the amulet is magic, so it can be handwaved either way by explaining that the amulet summons the princesses in their prime moments or in spirit or something.
"Winter's Gift": Winter the faun freezes anything she touches even if she doesn't want to and had this power for at least one year. That means she couldn't help but freeze anything she ever tried to eat during that time. It's a wonder she didn't starve to death.
The spell only seems to affect things she touches with her hands and fingers (she is wearing normal clothing after all). Perhaps she used artificial extensions to actually hold the food, like pliers or salad tongs, which would still be frozen sure, but the freeze wouldn't go any farther than that and thus wouldn't ice the food. That may also be how she gets dressed.
The three pranksters from Hexley Hall in "Substitute Cedric" plan to fill the entire Royal Prep school building with magical bubbles to the extent that they'll float into the air. As bad as that is on its own, they do it whilst there are still kids inside it. Had the bubbles popped suddenly or been unable to hold up the school, the entire building crashing to the ground would have caused serious injuries or possibly even killed them. And they show no concern for this, merely laughing that they'll be remembered as the greatest pranksters in Hexley Hall history.
There's a couple of episodes involving gargoyles. At first glance, you may dismiss them as your usual creepy-looking ornaments, but, in one episode, a gargoyle is accidentally revived by a misfired spell. Upon coming to life, it happily exclaims "I'm free!" and flies away. It doesn't stop there. In "Minding the Manor", the episode where Sofia must take care of Aunt Tilly's house while she's out, the three gargoyles she owns come to life because of a magic music scroll and clearly express joy at being able to move again. Sure, those three gargoyles may have been very unpleasant, but the point is, that gargoyles in this world are apparently living, breathing creatures until someone captures them and turns them into lifeless stone statues to remain as rooftop decorations for all eternity. Slavery, much?
Cedric might have turned good and saved Enchancia from Grimtrix but, as far as we know, the other Order of the Wand members are still ruling whatever Kingdoms they set to conquer.
Doubtful. Merlin and the other remaining Good Sorcerers had headed out with the stated goal of stopping the takeovers, and it was Merlin himself who told Sofia how to undo the Medusa Stones' spell. Forewarned about the threat, and having the element of surprise, it's unlikely that the Evil Sorcerers triumphed for very long.
We also see in later episodes that Vivian is fine, and we know Von Rocha took over her kingdom and froze her, so, at the very least, he was stopped, and the other evil sorcerers most likely were as well.
In "A Royal Wedding", Sofia is experiencing her own nightmare fuel as she watches her brother spiral into the same path that both Ivy and Prisma did. What James was doing may have seemed minor, but who's to say that doing minor things to sabotage a sibling isn't how Ivy and Prisma started out either? And there's no way to know if James would have continued escalating circumstances. Sofia was experiencing the very beginning of what could have been another disastrousSibling Rivalry.
Vor mentions wanting to conquer a new world that's toward the "second star on the right". While this first at seems to be referencing Neverland, remember that she mentions it's above the "island of faeries and pirates." This means that Neverland is actually part of Sofia's world, while the second world is actually our world.
