WMG / Elena of Avalor

In General

This show will soon become a breakout hit, equal to that of Kim Possible and Phineas and Ferb.

• Well, the show was renewed just a few weeks after its premiere and the premiere itself was reported to be the No. 1 telecast among all kid-targeted TV networks in total viewers (4.5 million), kids 2-11 (2.4 million) and adults 18-49 (1.2 million). In February 2017, it was reported to be the number one show for girls 2-11 in the U.S., as well as in a number of non-U.S. markets, and renewed for a third season before the second season had premiered.
• As of May 2018, while it does seem to have positive reception, it doesn't seem as popular as Kim Possible or Phineas and Ferb.
  • No surprise there since even the most acclaimed Disney Junior shows with dedicated followings are pretty much cult classics at best.

Enchancia's Royal Family will visit Avalor for a Required Spinoff Crossover.

• Jossed, as they visited as part of Elena's origin story.
  • It doesn't rule out the possibility of another visit.
  • It seems to be jossed according to this tweet. Sofia will not be part of Elena and Shuriki's future story.

Elena will be put in the official Disney Princess lineup.

While Elena is only in a TV series, and one of the rules for being a Disney Princess is that they must be the star of a movie, Elena has received a lot of fanfare. The series has already had a lot of merchandise akin to the Disney Princess franchise. She has even gotten a classic doll, which are pretty much exclusive to the Princesses, their princes, the main Frozen characters, and Tinker Bell. Elena got the full park welcome and is part of the Disney Princess Pavilion Meet and Greet. I don't think anyone would care if she was added, especially since it adds some more diversity to the lineup

• Sofia is in roughly in the same situation as Elena, yet she's also not in the lineup. However, in her case, her lack of age is a further complication.
• I think in order to be part of the lineup, one of the requirements is to start with a theatrical movie. Elena and Sofia started with television movies, so they wouldn't be in the lineup despite meeting the other requirements. I bet if the Disney Animated Canon makes a movie about an original Latina princess, they'll put her in the lineup.
• As of November 2019, Elena is still being occasionally shown on official Disney Princess social media platforms, largely the Facebook page, and has her own tailored posts that are similar to a lot of the posts about the other official Disney Princesses. And she is currently the only unofficial Disney Princess with this privilege even after Moana, who debuted after Elena, was officially inducted in the line-up. Anna and Elsa's appearances in Disney Princess social media posts are currently mostly reduced to just Frozen 2 promos. Additionally as of the launch of Disney+, she appears center stage in the Princesses Collection banner and her show is grouped with the other official 12 Disney Princess movies plus Frozen before delving into movies and shows not related to the Disney Princess brand. There is also a Disney Princess category for icons that include all 12 official Disney Princesses... and Elena, but not Anna and Elsa. We still don't know if even after all of this would she actually considered an official Princess since she still comes from a TV show and not a theatrical movie. But if she still continues to have relevance in the present time, then most likely she is here to stay and maybe indicating that official Princesses don't have to come from theatrical movies.
  • This video released on November 18, 2019 ^note  which is both the 7th anniversary of Sofia The First, as well National Princess Day shows the Disney Princesses that Sofia met, which includes Elena.
  • A new parade, The Royal Princess Processional, which debuted at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom when it reopened on July 11, 2020, showcases all of the Disney Princesses who are either born or married into royalty, which includes Elena.^note As such, this parade excludes Pocahontas, Mulan, and Moana, despite Pocahontas and Moana being the daughters of their respective chiefs.
  • On Disneyland's reopening on April 30, 2021, Elena is brought back as a meetable character and is seen alongside the other Princesses plus Anna and Elsa.
  • As of May 3, 2021, while excluded from the Disney Princess lineup from the initial announcement of the Disney Ultimate Princess Celebration which includes Anna and Elsa, Amazon's updated officially sanctioned Disney Princess portal includes Elena and is given a dedicated section like the other Princesses with her own icon on the main page.

Enchancia's Royal Inventor Gwen was one of the entrants at the Inventor's Fair.

• Maybe not there, but she makes a cameo in the college Isabel attends in "Class Act".

Esteban will overcome the Poor Communication Kills aspect of his relationship with Elena and will make peace with her, dropping the evil part of his job.

• Confirmed, his Character Development is accepting Elena as a good ruler, although as of Season 3, he still needs plenty of work with his Poor Communication Kills...

Elena and Sofia come from the same world as Harry Potter

Shuriki's death curses are flashes of green light, wand-flashing wizard duels have happened in both shows, and there are schools of magic.

Alacazar will appear again.

• Confirmed in Season 3's episode "Spirit of a Wizard."

Esteban will lose his place in the Grand Council.

His real role in Shuriki's coup d'etat will be revealed and he'll be at least demoted as punishment. He'll be otherwise forgiven like Cedric in Enchancia.

• Or alternatively, he will just get suspended, which is more realistic considering that he helped Elena in the end.
  • confirmed, though Esteban is currently disowned as well.

Elena will be get into a relationship with Naomi, becoming the first LGBT Disney Princess.

Disney is clearly becoming more and more open in regards to gay characters. We've had LeFou be openly gay in Beauty and the Beast (2017), the married couple next to Judy Hopps in Zootopia , and the hints of Oaken from Frozen (2013) having a husband. It's not really a matter of if they have a full-fledged gay/bisexual character in a leading role, it's when. This show is probably the best chance at testing the waters for a gay character since it's not a movie, nor is it tied to a specific movie, so they have less to lose. In particular, Elena and Naomi have had a lot of ship teasing, like their picnic in Elena and the Secret of Avalor, and the bouquet scene stand out.

• Jossed by Word of God, he has stated that Elena has no love interest.

Coco takes place in the future of Elena of Avalor.

Gabe might be Elena's Love Interest.

While it is clear Elena will not get a love interest of any kind at all in the show, it's kind of implied. He doesn't serve much of a purpose and could easily be replaced in some episodes that don't focus on him. The creator confirmed that he wanted to portray a platonic boy girl friendship and the main guy is clearly Mateo, as he is more useful. Plus the essential guide that he does have a Bodyguard Crush on Elena. This is a Wild Mass Guess though...

• If one is Genre Savvy around Disney Princess stories, Gabe's the safest bet for Elena's love interest. He looks and acts the part the most out of any of Elena's potential suitors.

Elena of Avalor will be in Kingdom Hearts.

...but only in a minor side-story like Kingdom Hearts χ.

• Maybe she's one of the new Princesses of Heart in Kingdom Hearts III or a future game...
  • Has there ever been a character who started in a television show appearing in these games? I don't think so, and I doubt it will happen.
    • While it seems unlikely it will happen to that degree, don't forget that medals of characters from DuckTales (2017) exist in Kingdom Hearts X, so that doesn't mean that shows from Disney TV Animation is impossible to appear in Kingdom Hearts in any form.

Esteban is Avalor's foreign relations representative.

It's already been established that he and Doña Paloma are in charge of Avalor's trading relations, and given that he's almost always present and in charge whenever representatives from other kingdoms visit Avalor, you could assume he's this. Plus, given his position (he's a duke, like the Duke of Weselton and the Duchess of Quintonia; he's also close to the throne but not anywhere close to inheriting it in the near future, like Princess Valentina and Prince Hans), it would make sense. This would also explain why he's absent from some episodes. So now you can imagine that he was at Elsa's coronation and Rapunzel's coronation.

Season 1-2

Elena will use the Scepter of Light to defeat Shuriki.

It is clear Elena will have to face Shuriki again, but this time, she has the Scepter of Light, so she should have a better advantage than she did before.

• Confirmed for now.

Shuriki will use the Scepter of Light to regain power.

Elena has a difficult connection to the Scepter, meaning that she isn't that protective of it. Add on Elena being easily deceived a few times and the Scepter not having strong protection charms, and it's got a risk of falling into the wrong hands.

• It seems to be jossed as of "Rise Of The Sorceress". Elena manages to overpower Shuriki with the scepter, and they eventually find out it has an alternate counterpart called The Scepter Of Night, which they both want to get. . Of course, this could change in the future.

Doña Paloma will challenge Esteban in an intellectual battle.

To date, much of Doña Paloma's and Esteban's rivalry has consisted of them using others as pawns in their game of one-upsmanship rather than challenging each other directly, (notably in "My Fair Naomi" and "Three Jaquins and a Princess"). Doña Paloma will decide to settle this woman-to-man, and offer to challenge Esteban in a game of chess (or some intellectual equivalent).

Victor and Carla will have a Heel–Face Turn.

Victor's motive is that he wants to get back at the world for putting him down as a kid, and Carla is only following him because she doesn't know anything else. Shuriki will probably betray them once they outlive their usefulness, but then they will do an Enemy Mine with Elena and co. to stop her once and for all. During that process, they end up being heroic and earn the respect of the other characters for their heroic act(s). After Shuriki is defeated, they go rogue again, but stop going after the crown and throne, perhaps becoming vigilantes or travelers or instead settle down and seek out a normal life. Kind of like when Dr. Drakken and Shego became good (or stopped being huge villains, at least) at the end of Kim Possible or when Dr. Doofenschmirtz decided to stop being evil and joined OWCA at the end of Phineas and Ferb.

• Word of God did say that Carla is more complex than pure evil, and that, with her stint as a spy, may push her to reform.
• Jossed at least for the way they make a Heel–Face Turn, though it's still possible for them to make one.

Shuriki will confirm to Elena that what Victor said about Esteban is true...

...while Esteban is present in the room, leading to an exchange like this:

Elena: Esteban... is she telling the truth?
Esteban: Yes... this is true.

• Semi jossed. While Elena does find out about what Esteban did, it's in the season 3 special "The Magic Within" , long after Shuriki was killed in the middle of season 2.

There will be a flashback to what exactly happened when Shuriki took over.

Carla isn't Victor's biological daughter.

Victor doesn't seem to be the type to settle down with someone and have kids, especially since he's been on the move ever since he was exiled. Those who have known him since his childhood also act like he hasn't changed at all, which might mean that he never tried matured enough at one point to try settling down. However, Carla must've been from an ally of Victor's (like a fellow thief) who had trusted him enough to leave their baby daughter in his care, considering Victor probably wouldn't bother kidnapping someone's baby either. This would also make her not so different from Elena, Isabel, and Esteban, as her biological parents are gone.

Elena of Avalor will also have its own spinoff series.

• A spinoff of a series that's a spinoff of another series? By Jove, we could have a Disney Junior Princess universe at this rate. Not that I'm complaining.

Shuriki did something... despicable to Esteban during her reign as queen.

There will be a Distant Finale showing Elena's child.

And in Fairly OddParents style, the kid(s) resembles one of their parent's love interests, but we'll never know who.

There will be a point where once again, everyone thinks Shuriki killed Elena.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil style. Elena disappears, Shuriki brags that Elena is gone and starts walking away, everyone is shocked and on the verge of tears, Mateo attempts a magical spell on Shuriki only for it to be a No-Sell, Esteban makes an attempt on Shuriki's life only for it to also be a No-Sell (using one of the scepters?), and it seems like Avalor's Darkest Hour for a few minutes until Elena comes back all magically powered up.

• Half-confirmed? There was a point where Shuriki herself thinks she killed Elena.

Esteban helped Shuriki by giving secret incentives/bribes to prominent families and figures.

That way, they would be loyal and thus would not cause a rebellion. With the "Song of the Sirenas" book adaptation, we know that this happened with Elena's cousin, Duke Cristobal.

• Seems jossed. It seems to be Shuriki's idea and Esteban was Locked Out of the Loop.

The scepters are more complex than they seem.

When Shuriki duels Elena, her scepter briefly overpowers hers, something that good magic often does to evil. Elena is able to trap or destroy Shuriki, either thing generally seen as villainous. As good and evil are rarely completely separate, and go together, it's imaginable that the scepters' magic shifts to adjust for each other. While perfectly understandable, Elena does use her powers wrathfully. The Scepter of Night might react to this by becoming more "good."

• Word of God though has said that the Scepter of Night is evil and evil only, just as the Scepter of Light is good and good only.

Fiero is the long-lost father of Carla's mother.

Which will also make him Victor's father-in-law and Carla's maternal grandfather. Once he is unfrozen (again) and discovers this, he'll be nicer towards Carla, but not Victor.

• This would also make Carla's interactions with Mateo ironic, because their grandparents were rivals.

There will be a Disney Animated Canon movie that adapts the show.

Like with Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, Pokémon: I Choose You!, and the upcoming Miraculous Ladybug animated movie, Elena of Avalor could get an theatrical animated movie that is an alternate and compressed telling of the show.

• Sofia the First and the more slice-of-life aspects would probably be adapted out for storytelling's sakes.
• It would seem kind of depressing if Disney made a new Latina princess for its theatrical movies instead of acknowledging Elena at all.
  • I wouldn't be surprised if this happened. Elena is like Sofia in that they started with television movies, not theatrical movies. The Disney Princesses in the line up had movies that were not only successful critically and financially, but they also started with theatrical movies, unlike Sofia and Elena.

Shuriki or something/someone from the Northern Isles is responsible for the death of Esteban's parents.

In "Snow Place Like Home", Esteban says that his parents died in a storm in the northern seas. We know that Shuriki is from the Northern Isles and we still don't know anything about the Northern Isles.

The show will end with Season 3.

Craig Gerber said that the show is supposed to span five years in-universe, as that will be when Elena becomes the queen. As of December 2018, we're have three Dia de Los Muertos episodes and two of them were in Season 2, and we skipped the second year's Navidad. At this pace, we might get to five years quicker than we thought as opposed to a season for each year.

• Given this tweet he put out in March 2019 about how they haven't gotten a 4th season yet, and how season 3 was announced back in February 2017, over 2 years ago , this seems very likely.
  • Confirmed-ish, the creator would like to go on and has plans. However, Andrea Navedo who plays as Queen Lucia did post the Coronation Day special on her instagram stories. There has been no official word from Disney about a season 4.

Rafa and Marlena are romantically involved.

Marlena seems close to the de Alva family, but Word of God is that she isn’t a relative. Word of God also says that Mateo's Disappeared Dad is irrelevant and will never be addressed in the show. Marlena could just be a good family friend... and/or is perhaps in a romantic relationship with Rafa, making them LGBT+ parent representation on a Disney Junior show.

Elena will die young.

Like with Aang in between Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, who spent 100 years in the Avatar State trapped in ice at the age of 12 and died at the age of 166 (biologically, 66), Elena might pass away in her middle age because of the stress of being trapped in a magical amulet for four decades.

• Alternatively, her being knocked out easily could come from this stress.
• Counterargument: The magic of the Amulet could just let her live a normal lifespan, maybe even extend it past the normal age expectancy.

Chatana was Ash's mentor.

• Jossed. It's Zopilote.

Chatana is the ultimate final villain of the show.

Chatana is the darkness that Elena has to face.

We will get another Dia De Los Muertos episode, but it will be about Esteban's parents this time.

Luna is Skylar's maternal cousin.

She isn't shown to get involved in royal matters.

Season 3 and beyond

Naomi will become Esteban's successor as Chancellor.

Everyone else among the four amigos already has a successful future position in Elena's court (Mateo as Royal Sorcerer, Gabe as Captain of the Royal Guard, and Elena as the future Queen of Avalor), and Elena's council is supposed to dissipate after she ascends to the crown. There also seems to be some emphasis on the older cast's ages (Abuelo having outlived his friends in "The Return of El Capitan", Abuela trying to reopen her parents' chocolate shop in an upcoming Season 3 episode, Esteban lamenting his old age in "Island of Youth"). Given Esteban's growing fondness of Naomi, he may take her under his wing (and we've already seen how surprisingly well they did as a teacher-student duo in "My Fair Naomi"). It'd also be a Book Ends, considering that Esteban spent most of his life as chancellor serving a foreign queen and now a foreign chancellor will be serving the native queen. Plus, considering Esteban's fussiness, he can rest peacefully knowing that Avalor is in good hands. Elena and Captain Turner half-jokingly telling Naomi that her leadership skills could lead to her running Avalor one day in "Finders Leapers" and Elena joking she could be her new chancellor much to Esteban's exasperation in "Naomi Knows Best" could also be foreshadowing.

• Now that Esteban has been exposed and exiled, this has more merit.
  • Given how Naomi goes off to sail the world on her own at the end of "The Last Laugh", it's rather unlikely.
    • She's appointed to become Elena's chancellor in the series finale "Coronation Day", with this happening after Esteban became an ally again.

In Season 3, Esteban will lose his job as Chancellor when his role in Shuriki's invasion is revealed.

Esteban will not be allowed to stay scot-free from his crime of treason and he will be punished with being removed from his position as chancellor. Might be amplified with Esteban getting exiled or something and perhaps the above WMG about Esteban having to teach Naomi how to be chancellor.

• Confirmed. Everyone finds out about Esteban's role in Shuriki's invasion in "The Magic Within", and though sentenced to exile, he runs off with Ash, which essentially destroys his relationships with the family.

Elena's mastery over her emotion magic will result in a rainbow-colored final form.

While fighting whoever the darkness she has to face is, something happens that causes her to activate her ultimate magic form, combining all of her colors and using each of powers whenever she wants. After all, a rainbow is just refracted light...

• Her dress could also turn white, the combined colors of the rainbow.

Something happens to Esteban that separates him from the family in "The Magic Within", which is why he isn't in the Discovering the Magic Within shorts.

It seems very strange that since the shorts feature Elena's friends and family this time (even Armando is there), Esteban is the only one not there, even though he should be. Especially since the shorts focus on Elena's relationships with her friends and family, and it would have been in-character for him to have a lot to say in "Modern Royal Family".

• "The Magic Within" has everyone find out about his involvement with Shuriki, and though sentenced to exile, he runs off with Ash out of fear.

You can be forcibly transformed into a malvago.

Malvagos can become good.

• Confirmed with Victor and Carla's Heel–Face Turn, which they did before losing their status as malvagos.

Esteban will do a Heroic Sacrifice but gets brought back to life by Elena.

In the long vein of Heel Face Turners that prove their loyalty by giving up their lives even seemingly after the others decide they are Beyond Redemption (i.e. Darth Vader), Esteban heroically sacrifices himself to block an attack from Ash/other villain or to stop some evil scheme as a way to grant himself peace of mind since he has nothing to lose and to finally do something brave and selfless in his life. Afterwards, Elena and everyone mourn his death, but Elena's magic brings him back to life.

• Evidence: Elena's powers can cause plants to grow and bring inanimate objects to life, so she does have some power over life...
• Evidence: It'd be a parallel to when he grabbed Shuriki's wand, except he'll be Taking the Bullet as opposed to stopping it from being fired in the first place.
• Evidence: Elena has a Rainbow Motif. Rainbows are associated with heaven and peaceful death, but also rebirth.
• Evidence: Disney has a thing for an Act of True Love that brings people Back from the Dead or from a deep coma (see: Tangled, Frozen (2013), Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, etc.).
• Evidence: He could take a page from Alacazar Taking the Bullet for Mateo.
• An important piece of Evidence: Esteban still cares for Elena enough to not want to hurt her.
• In "Coronation Day", he gets hit by Cahu's magic that turns people to stone so that Elena would be saved. This is the major factor that caused her to forgive him.

Carla will become a good guy.

Learning that her mother and/or Zopilote are the only people who can undo the petrification spell, she'll ask to join Elena and co. in hunting down Ash. Still being burnt by Esteban's betrayal, Elena and co. initially refuse since they don't trust her, but something makes them realize they need Carla, so they let her join the team. This would also serve as a Foil to what happened between Esteban and Ash/Victor when they decided to have their Enemy Mine.

• Somewhat confirmed. She does get a Heel–Face Turn, but in a different way.

Esteban will lose his powers.

Because Zopilote states that he has little raw potential for magic and Esteban isn't that interested in learning magic anyways. Maybe Esteban does end up becoming a decent sorcerer, but ends up losing them because he performs a Heroic Sacrifice that comes at the cost of losing his powers or he pulls a Gohan and stops using magic because he doesn't want to use magic.

"Love Always" will have a Dark Reprise that includes Esteban.

Going with the "Esteban having a Heroic Sacrifice" WMG. It would fit as a Book Ends of sorts since he was left out when the song debuted in the special. Given that the lyrics are about how love is like a dream and that love prevails, it could be used as his Death Song while Elena and the others sing along with him. And it could hurt a lot if his last words are "Love always..." or even just "Love..."

Yesterday, I fell into a slumber
And dreamt the whole night through
Of a land of golden beaches
Beneath a sky of brilliant blue

... And love, like a blanket all around me
A hug from everyone that I adore

Then I woke up to discover
That my dream had all come true
Here I was in a land I loved
With a wish from me to you!

May you always know the love that shines from deep inside
In your darkest hour, it will be your guide
May its golden rays light your nights and days
And fill your heart to overflow with
Love, always

Elena's dress will turn black if she falls hard on a Heroic BSoD, representing despair/depression.

This would also make Esteban's black suit from when he served Shuriki as foreshadowing because he had the same emotions as Elena during this time.

Esteban is a mole.

In "Dreamcatcher", Elena tells Esteban that she still loves him even though he's hurt her and their family so badly. Although the ending can be interpreted as Esteban falling to the dark side, it could actually be him having a Heel Realization — maybe he can't get his family's forgiveness, but he will always have their love, and the best way he can help them defeat Ash and Zopilote is to bide his time by pretending to be on their side while trying to find their weaknesses and learning magic from them so that he can defend himself/help Elena and co. defeat them. It would also serve as a Meaningful Echo back to the pilot, where he did nothing against Shuriki because he thought it would be safer, but it became handy when he finally decided to turn against her because she wasn't expecting him to betray her.

Elena: Thank you, cousin. For a second there, I wasn't sure whose side you were on.
Esteban: I was always on our side.

• Jossed as of "Spirit of a Wizard", unless he's a really good actor. However, this theory could be true later.

In "Coronation Day", Elena will reveal to her parents that Esteban got them killed and will be given advice.

Word of God is that Elena didn't tell them about it in "Flower of Light" because she was confident she had made the right decision to exile him and thought they'd agree with her, but hinted that she may tell them about it in the future. We also know that Lucia's voice actress is returning for "Coronation Day".

• Or...maybe they already know. They're spirits, and they see all. They likely figured out the truth at some point and came to terms with it during the past 4 decades.
  • Was it ever confirmed that they can see all? They can only visit the living world on Dia de Los Muertos and "Flower of Light" shows that they all live in a branch of the Spirit Tree in the meantime, there's no indication that they've become omniscient in death. Unless I'm forgetting something?
  • Andrea Nevado (Queen Lucia's VA) posted the cover of the Coronation Day special on her instagram stories awhile back. So we know at least one of her parents will be back for the finale, so at least she might know if Elena tells her.
  • King Raul confirms this is the case, with how Esteban was wary of Shuriki, but they didn't listen.

Gabe will finally have a new outfit.

Naomi will get a new outfit.

The way Ash will be defeated.

Victor and Carla will perform a Heel–Face Turn and join Elena and her friends after the former is de-petrified. During the final confrontation against Ash, she will overpower everyone, but then Carla will stand up to her. After an argument, the two engage in a Beam-O-War. Though Ash has the upper hand at first, Carla will manage to overpower her mother and defeat her by turning her into literal ash. Elena and Victor will tell Carla they're So Proud of You, though Mateo and Naomi will ponder if Carla killing her own mother was a little excessive.

Ash: Carla! How could you do this to your own MOTHER!?

• Esteban could join Victor and Carla in defeating Ash as well.
• In an interesting take, during the Olaball match in "Coronation Day", she wins it, but because it's from Grand Macaw, her prize is staying in the spirit world forever.

Elena's ultimate test is to conquer her inner darkness, not a villain.

Over Season 3, Elena has been conquering her vices of carelessness, arrogance, and vengefulness. She takes responsibility and becomes more accepting in "The Incredible Shrinking Royals" and "Norberg Peace Prize." In "To Save a Sunbird," she restores Hool's life-force, and in "The Magic Within," she punishes Esteban with exile rather than death. Elena's test being an inward battle could explain why she didn't pass it by killing Shuriki.

• Confirmed.

The finale will be like an epilogue.

In the vein of Steven Universe Future, Season 4 will just be about tying up loose ends before the show ends and there will be no Big Bad to fight.

• Jossed. The show ends at season 3 with a 67 minute finale, "Coronation Day", that mentions dark spirits .

The show will have a Distant Finale.

A teenage Sofia will guest star in the Grand Finale

Elena made her first (chronological) appearance on Sofia's show so it would be fitting if Sofia made her last appearance on Elena's show. Plus if the show ends with Elena getting crowned as Queen there is no reason she wouldn't invite Sofia to attend as a VIP.

• Confirmed. Sofia and her family show up for the coronation at the end.

The Shadows of Night mentioned by Amalay back in Season 2 will become important.

• Confirmed. They're the main villains of the series finale.

Ash will have a Redemption Equals Death moment.

She'll have a Heel Realization regarding the awful things she did to Carla (whom she used to love dearly), which led Carla to pull a Heel–Face Turn and join Elena. She and Esteban will be put in a reverse situation of what happened before; instead of it being Ash who hurts Elena against Esteban's wishes, it will be Esteban who hurts Carla against Ash's wishes. Just as Esteban has Carla cornered and is about to kill her, Ash will sacrifice herself to save Carla from Esteban. As she dies, Ash apologizes to Elena and Team Avalor for everything she's put them through and shares a tearful final moment with Carla before ascending to the Spirit World. This will add a lot of meaning to Pili stating Esteban may be worse than Ash in "The Last Laugh".

• It's jossed. Ash's last interactions with Victor and Carla in "Coronation Day" are with her trying to get rid of them. Her punishment later is staying in the dark side of the spirit world.

Esteban himself will tell Lucia and Raul that he's responsible for their deaths and that he accepts that they won't forgive him.

It would be Character Development from him trying to hide his secret whenever possible and then making excuses to his family when his secret finally got exposed, as well as a bit of a Call-Back to his shock at seeing a revived Elena. How he reacts to coming face to face with his aunt and uncle who are dead because of him could finally determine whether or not he can be redeemed in both how they react to his apology and how he "apologizes". And it will be emotional.

Something will happen to either Mateo and/or Gabe that also takes them out for the count for a while.

• Confirmed.

Post-redemption, Esteban gets another wardrobe change.

If he loses his powers like in an above WMG and/or he can't be chancellor anymore, then reasonably he's probably have to wear different clothes to show he's accepted a humbler lifestyle.

We will get a Girl's Night Out Episode.

Elena has plenty of girlfriends, so it would be a completely missed opportunity if nothing came out of it. There could also be jokes about Ralph Breaks the Internet and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power while they're at it.

• "The Birthday Cruise" fills this role. It's Chloe's birthday, and Elena also invites Rebecca and Valentina to join them on a cruise, though Mateo is there too.
  • "Elena's Day Off" also fills this, with Naomi, Isabel, and Ixlan trying to get her to relax before her coronation.

The situation between Elena and Carla will be resolved in a similar way to what happened with Chloe and Maliga.

The way Chloe realizes that she and Maliga are not so different in "The Birthday Cruise" is similar to the way Elena has the same realization about her and Carla in "The Magic Within". Unlike Chloe and Maliga, Elena and Carla don't make amends beyond the former sympathizing with the latter. In a future episode, Carla will escape the dungeon and threaten Avalor and Elena's family again as Revenge for them not freeing her father. Ultimately, she's defeated, and after Carla breaks down in tears, Elena will not only sympathize with Carla, but go as far as to make a sacrifice for her that will involve her never seeing her family again, and Carla will make a Heel–Face Turn and realizes how loyal Elena was to do this for her family... and her. She'll then tell Elena she doesn't have to do this for her, surrending once more and letting Gabe and Mateo place her back in the dungeon. However, Elena agrees to forgive Carla for her past crimes, allowing her to be free from the dungeon and releasing Victor from his stone imprisonment.

Tito and the Great Bronzino (James M. Inglehart's character) will join Team Ash.

• Jossed. Tito only appears once, while neither of the Great Bronzino's episodes had Ash in them.

Stephanie Beatriz's character is another evil sorceress.

• Jossed. Her character, Ixlan, is an ally to Elena.

Esteban will become the ultimate Big Bad of the series

Even if he does help defeat Ash, and make an honest effort to redeem himself, that doesn't mean Elena is going to forgive him. He'll still be seen as Beyond Redemption, remaining in exile, unable to do anything to make up for his crimes. As alluded to on his character page, it could be enough to push him over the Despair Event Horizon. He'll decide that if he's been branded a villain for life, then that's exactly what he'll be. He'll use what he learned from Ash to get revenge on the princess who exiled him, take everything from her so she can know what it's like. Elena will try to reason with him, she might even realize her part in his fall and offer to make up for it, but it will be too little too late. He'll tell her that no matter how much either of them wish she could undo what she did, she can't and she is dead to him, and cast her out of her own kingdom. Elena and her allies will then have to fight to reclaim Avalor from Esteban, and set everything right.

• Honestly this is mostly wishful thinking, it's unlikely Disney will allow the series to go this route
• It's all jossed. He eventually becomes an ally again and helps Elena save Avalor.

Elena, out of options will have no choice but to free Victor from his stone form and ask for his help, and there will be plenty disagreements along the way

• Either Mateo or Naomi will convince Elena to allow Victor to be free from his stone prison, but Elena refuses on grounds that he was also complicit in her parents' murder. When Mateo does release Victor, he will mock her on how she'd never do this to him unless she was desperate, and attempts to persuade her believing they both hate Esteban, and that's all that matters. However, Elena will not trust Victor because he's the one who hates Esteban; Elena will reiterate that she doesn't hate Esteban, but just doesn't forgive him. Victor will at least ask to see Carla one more time. When the three of them meet in the dungeons, they all come to an official agreement that if Victor and Carla cooperate until the whole thing is over, they can have a dungeon cell together.
• "The Lightning Warrior" confirms most of this. Quita Moz tells Elena how Ixlan, the last Sun Warrior who can help, can only be freed by Malvago magic, which Victor and Carla have. She then lets them help out with the sentence being exile to an island. There are disagreements, but mostly from Elena's end, and they're more willing to do good. By the end of the adventure, they become allies and strip themselves of dark magic in order to learn good magic.

Possible future colors for Elena

• It seems once Elena feels a new emotion, her dress will change into a new color. Possible new emotions and colors she could feel are:
  • Green: Envy
  • Black: Mournfulness
  • Gold: Resolve

Something terrible will happen to Ash before the Grand Finale

Most likely in the penultimate episode, "To Queen or Not to Queen". Whether she'll be an Asshole Victim or have a Redemption Equals Death moment, Grey DeLisle is not part of the "Coronation Day" cast announcement. Even though it's made clear not the entire cast was announced, for her to not be mentioned would surely be eyebrow-raising. Regardless, after she's gone, Esteban will still remain and take over for their group of villains (hence the synopsis of the finale).

• Jossed. Ash doesn't appear in the episode, but King Esteban appears in Elena's dream. She could still have something terrible happen to her in the finale. It's just not here. Plus, she also wasn't listed in the article announcing when season 3 would premiere.

Esteban's parents will appear in "Coronation Day" as spirits

There will be a trip to the Spirit World by Elena, and Esteban himself will unleash spirits from that realm, so...

Whether they'll try to steer Esteban back to the right path (and maybe even interact with Elena), or actually SUPPORT their son being evil and trying to destroy Avalor, Margarita and her husband will appear.

• It's jossed. They don't appear.

Ash will be reunited with Zopilote and her two pet mice in the Spirit World

Her pet mice were likely eaten by Zopilote after he stole them, and Flo speculates that Zopilote himself was eaten by the eagle who chased him following Mateo turning him into a tiny yellow bird.

• Semi-jossed. She meets Zopilote, but not the mice.

Elena and Ash will form an Enemy Mine

Considering the Four Shades of Awesome seem to be pampering Esteban in the promo, and him having a Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, it's possible Esteban will get sick of Ash and/or want to become the greater of two evils in relation to her, and thus he will betray Ash and try to kill her. Not knowing who Ash is, Elena will save her, but when she sees that she just rescued Ash, she'll state she should've left Ash to her fate, only to somewhat regret it. Regardless, the two of them will come up with a reluctant agreement to work together (maybe with Carla) to stop Esteban, hence them falling into the Spirit World. Once everything is said and done, Ash will refuse to fully reform and state she'll rather be exiled to Soledad Island than continue to help Elena, resulting in her being sentenced accordingly.

• It's jossed. Ash is still an enemy, and she and Elena compete against each other in Olaball in the dark side of the spirit world, where one person wins and the other loses. Ash wins the game, but her reward is staying in the spirit world.

Encanto is the future of Avalor or one of its surrounding neighbors

And one of Elena’s future children branches into the Mandrigal family.