Elena of Avalor Was a MESS

[@NegativeLegend]

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[@eddog6666]

There was an entire 4th season planned but of course stupid Disney canceled the show just like Sofia the first. However I’m glad that they are bringing back Sofia the first with a new show. It is unfair that good shows end too fast just for lame shows like Doc McStuffin who got pass the season 4 rule just by adding Toy Hospital to the stinking title!

[@AkiliClaireAmethyst]

I still think my favorite trope gag was when her three friends all got a letter inviting Elena's "best friend" to tour her new ship, and the first boy was all "I'M Elena's BFF?? 🤩" and the second boy was all "I'M Elena's BFF?? 🤩" and Naomi was all "There's a NEW SHIP?? 🤩"

[@SoulSlugArts]

Naomi got her priorities

[@Bxnny2000]

I feel like she knows she’s elenas favourite friend

[@Sing_A_Rebel_Song]

Naomi already knows she’s Elena’s bff so she’s got other priorities

[@sapphic_sapphire_]

I chuckle every time I think abt it like girl knows her worth and priorities

[@SoulSlugArts]

​@Sing_A_Rebel_Song she has the crown boat cool

[@thefreshkingofbel1179]

Idk, personally on my experience as a latin american person, my family does tend to use like "The importance of family" as a way of getting out of issues like "Oh this person was awful to me!" "you need to forgive them because they are F A M I L Y", if anything it just seems like a cultural excuse here to get away with backstabbing other family members but hey it might just be that my family sucks. Regardless seeing such focus on family by american media trying to represent us, just feels off and really forced, like at most we sometimes have a bigger connection with extended family but besides that, i guess we are not that far off from americans, maybe at one point this was way more important culturally but growing up, not really...

[@isaacwall4951]

Well, Esteban was guilty for it. The song Something I would never do did talk about it. Never too late, he was regretting everything. And Elena, she took it all in emotions and revenge.

[@JustAnotherPerson4U]

I'm half-spanish and this is absolutely what I was taught from my spanish side. Definitely a strong emphasis on family in hispanic cultures.

[@laurenrodriguez4786]

Hola! I'm Puerto rican and I relate to Elena emmensely. Growing up in a broken home back when I was a kid in the ninety's due to divorce and childhood trauma, I loved the close familia Elena had and showed. It gave me hope that I could have that one day. It wasn't forced at all! Elena is the older sister I needed growing up. I love her bond with Isa and later Marisa and Marzel.

[@jenmiranda13]

I grew up with some emphasis on family but it was laced with cynicism. My mom is Mexican and my dad is Guatemalan, both emphasize that family IS important but mostly immediate family. And by that I mean that they want me and my siblings to rely on each other more than extended family since my aunts & uncles from my dad's side are willing to do crazy things for inheritance 😅 Edit: I forgot to mention, my parents don't let bad behavior slide. And my parents are the type that no matter how much they love you, if you do something heinous they'll cut you out of their lives (which brings back the emphasis on family take)

[@MxVerdaArt]

Saaaaaaaaame

[@Loveless1128]

Isabelle is voiced by Jenna Ortega. This wasn't mentioned everywhere, so I'll mention it here.

[@_stargirlastra]

Nice😊

[@-Desire]

That was one of the reasons I watched EoA back then!

[@gtd5626]

It's a homage to her role in "Stuck in the Middle" because she also played an inventor there.

[@TomTheCat29]

wow i didnt know that! cool

[@negressprincess]

Amber’s hair looked so terrible in the finale. James, Sofia , and Amber look like they were stung by bees💀

[@Qiqi-jg1br]

lol

[@biblesforbreakfast]

The version of them aged up in the series looks so broken.

[@Erwin-08Morgan]

They fr looked like nightmare fuel.

[@ashterrifictales7317]

Tbf, Amber having her hair so big makes sense for her. “Bigger is better”, right? 😂

[@kendraroth1276]

Also their outfits are based on their original dresses instead of their newer ones.

[@SpiritKitten]

To be fair, Asha wasn't Latina or a princess...though i think she should have been but that's another rant...

[@yl861]

She wasn't latina? Never saw the movie but I read those claims everywhere

[@MaizeSnallygaster]

I didn’t see the movie either but she’s from Rosas and that doesn’t look very Latin American to me and I don’t remember her parents ever immigrating from anywhere so I guess she’s just Creole and not Latina. I don’t know, human races are pretty arbitrary.

[@luciaguillot4139]

Theorically she should be spanish, as rosas is based on spain. Or at least morroco because it was based on the period of time where morrocos invaded spain and the culture was mixed (sorry, english is not my first language i dont know if i write it well) but for somw reason they decided to go with some afro Latina based?? Even though the culture they wanted to representate wasnt similar at all, like bro

[@yl861]

@@luciaguillot4139 It'd be lovely if the movie was located in the Caribbean

[@danielmalinen6337]

​@@yl861Asha is a Mediterranean princess if we are geographically and chronologically accurate. However, the location of Rosas in the Mediterranean was never revealed in order to maintain the image that the city seemed like a fusion of all the medieval cultures of the Mediterranean.

[@sarayvalenzuela8716]

Speaking as a Mexican and someone who grew up in a abusive household. I personally don't think the message that "family is everything" should be thrown in every latin media we consume. But I will say that I can understand why it's always there. Most of our traditions are heavily based on that message/idea . 🤷🏻‍♀️ which can bring a mixed bag of results depending on which family you get in the lottery that is called life.

[@GoldenAfternoonsInHell]

never noticed how CLEARLY in love Elana and Naomi are when I was 10 but now. Oh my goodness. Someone was kicking their feet and twirling their hair when the "Will you be my Chancellor?" line made it through *with* the double hand hold and the facial expressions in full swing. I do remember a LOT of the first season, and very fondly at that, but it fell off so hard, I'm glad we stopped getting cable and I never finished the series.

[@jemandd1123]

I remember hearing about it on media when the finale premiered but i completly forgot

[@snapdragonslair]

Yeah, I think there were hints for Mateo, Gabe, and Naiomi all at the same time, maybe the writers weren't sure either.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

I still remember being so proud of myself for connecting Elena of Avalor to the amulet of Avalor before watching the show. This is a very fun world with fun characters and definitely fun songs

[@mayzera]

I think you were disappointed because Elena of Avalor is classic latino drama all over the place. And that's why I love it so much lol, as a latam person, I personally consider it a masterpiece. Also yes, I LOVE Elenaomi, glad to see I was not crazy about them. There is something clearly going on 🧐

[@shohinighosh3102]

Nerdy um actually here: animals in the normal world of ATLA were a mix of two or more animals while the spirit realm animals were just one full animal. Only exception was Bosco which surprised our main characters when they were invited to his birthday party. I never saw TLOK so I don't know the rules for that iteration of the spirit realm. Edit: I've never had chef boyardee or spaghettios

[@per-c8229]

I think the animals in the spirit realm were suppose to based on Alebrijes and that's why their color pallets are the way they are. tho tbf Alebrijes are mire akin to the chimeras from FMA in the sense that they have multiple animals on them that they not always look symmetrical.

[@ride-playerbb2818]

Bisons, penguins, and lemurs are also just one animal, albeit they look different from their regular counterparts

[@rx500android]

⁠@@ride-playerbb2818I’m pretty sure the penguins were mixed too in the pilot episode? I might be wrong. And it’s a “flying bison” with six legs so one can argue they are kinda mixed. Only Bosco was a regular old bear

[@snapdragonslair]

Don't you dare insult my childhood memory! I'll have you know I dressed up as Elena for Halloween several years in a row! With a talking, light up staff to boot! (Batteries required) I also think lesson/moral wise, Elena worked better than Sofia, just overall Elena and crew were much more effective as rulers than Sofia's family, Sofia basically just abandoned her poor friends. Elena taught real world lessons while also protecting her kingdom. Also, the sponsorship was great 💀 I've never vaped in my life but now I want fume

[@Harry-gk1pd]

I got a sceptre of light toy from Disney awhile ago

[@marymoocow7220]

Me too, I actually still have it and I haven't changed the batteries in years

[@snapdragonslair]

@@marymoocow7220 probably corroded by now

[@Natalielovescats]

@@snapdragonslairI have had multiple things that I stop playing with and years later I come back and they somehow still work without changing the batteries it’s strange

[@WitchKat]

Actually Sofia was supposed to be the first Latina Princess, she just doesn't have the coloring of her mother. It was in some of the online promotional stuff before the series Edit: HISPANIC princess, excuse me. Her mother was supposed to be from a country based on Spain. Apparently the confusion came from one of the producers mistakenly referring to her as Latina

[@IcecteamOni-x4v]

Ironic how someone makes a point about gaslighting, and essentially did the same or just did poor research.

[@WitchKat]

@IcecteamOni-x4v me or him? 😅 to be fair Disney does the 'this is the first ___ character' thing at least five different times before they drop it, so it's a really easy mistake

[@Gin_isnotmyname]

omg if she was actually the first Latina princess she would be for the gueritas aka the more paler looking Latinos.

[@faith4657]

I didnt know this

[@WitchKat]

@Gin_isnotmyname yes, Sofia and Honey Lemon from Big Hero 6 were both examples of Disney basically measuring viewer response to Hispanic representation. They started adding more obvious Hispanic characters to their shows afterwards

[@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisFan]

I love how Max Mittleman uses his Plagg voice for the monkey spirit Bobo. And can also sing in his Plagg voice. It’s awesome!

[@cockerspanielfan56]

Wait, he was the same guy who played as bobo? I never noticed that before, I mean it has been a while since I seen Elena of Avalor. And I know Plagg from the show miraculous, kwami of the holders of the black cat with the power of destruction.

[@sparklexnia]

me because he fixed the pronunciation 💃💃💃💃

[@liz9642]

no cause frlll

[@Ami-x1y]

You and Athena P desperately need to do a collaboration

[@melodramaticdragon5826]

Lmfao, I was just thinking this!

[@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisFan]

@@Ami-x1y Yes! I agree!

[@gtd5626]

I love her "Elena of AvaLore" video.

[@ajg0075]

When are you going to talk about Miraculous World Paris: Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir?

[@pinkprincess6136]

I wondering that it's a special and they should talk it.

[@sapphic_sapphire_]

The reason they cut out Sofia in the recap in the first episode of Season 1 is because Secret of Avalor actually aired AFTER season 1 began. They didn’t want to spoil Secret of Avalor for the viewer. They did the same with Sofia the first, “Once Upon a Princess” aired after half of season 1 had come out.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

32:45 I think Elena is starting have a lack of direction with story. Hate it when that happens. Edit: well unfortunately that assumption was right Elena can join the ranks of Slugterra and Max Steel for losing focus in its story.

[@gota7738]

38:02 The audience knew it but we saw Elena accept Esteban's lie and him dodging the consequences. I actually really like that they slow burned that internal reveal, it's not often you see kids shows go for dramatic suspense over mystery and a shock reveal. While there's issues with the arc, especially since they had a limit to how many plot relevant episodes they could do, the message around Esteban repeating his mistakes is one about needing to address your issues before moving on. 42:45 They actually did update the main characters models to reflect their aging.

[@KatarinaGonzalez-g4w]

Btw the like mixed animals are based off of Alebrija (aley-brdi-heh) a Dia De Los spirits that help the dead.

[@sparxstreak02]

0:07 Actually in Spanish it’s pronounced e-LEH-na with emphasis on the second syllable rather than the first, so both prior ways people pronounced it were wrong lol

[@SarcasticLynx]

oooo you NEED to watch maya and the three! Its a wonderful show that definitely IS a telanovela. Also as a hispanic person, for me family was and IS a big thing. Its the people you lean on most ....but that also means you dont cut off those that are toxic. Certainly you try to teach them to be better but you also need to excuse them or else THE HOUSE BREAKS APART AND EXPLODES.

[@sparxstreak02]

33:00 This truly IS stupid 😒 Ash CHOSE to leave & become a Malvago & not come back for years when she promised she would only be gone a single year - that is on HER. As Victor said, she could’ve come back at ANY time to tell them her training was going to take a lot longer. There was nothing else for Victor to do but pick up the slack & raise Carla alone.

[@DropsOfIndigo]

We stan single dad Victor in this house.

[@gota7738]

Yeah I don't think it's fair to call it forced, Ash is just intended to be an abusive asshole.

[@Dinopop]

Elena as you pronounce it it's how it's said in latam No sé, cuando era chiquita lo veia y no sabia que era un spin off, cuando apareció Sofia yo me emocione un montón

[@per-c8229]

I was about to said the same thing! that how it's pronounce. Also nunca vi ni Sofia ni Elena, me temo que no son de mi generación pero me agrada ver estos "deep dives" y reseñas. =)

[@laurenrodriguez4786]

Hola. Firstly, I love Elena of Avalor. The series is heartfelt, complex and emotionally authentic. Elena herself is compassionate, determined and relatable. She's touched my life and has helped me heal from trauma through her own healing journey. While Esteban is NOT a favorite character of mine, he did contribute to Elena’s growth and story overall. The only nitpicks I have is with the airing schedule and the fact that Disney didn’t leave Elena on Disney Channel where she belonged. She was for older kids and teens. And her narrative reflects that. She’s sixteen when the show starts and 20 when it ends. Her bond with Isabel is one of the many things I love about the series!

[@sapphic_sapphire_]

I agree!! I especially love Dreamcatcher when she says to Esteban “what you did to our familia, to our kingdom, it makes me feel furious, and hurt, and disappointed. And I miss you and I’m ANGRY at myself for missing you, but more than anything I’m just so sad.” I really felt that when I first watched it with what I was going through at the time. Elena is one of my fav shows ever, and I agree, it absolutely should’ve stayed on Disney Channel.

[@DropsOfIndigo]

Go away, please. The 2016-2020 fandom had more than enough of you.

[@laurenrodriguez4786]

@@sapphic_sapphire_ hi! I hope you are doing well! Gracias for helping me feel seen and not so alone when it comes to sharing my story on a users channel that doesn’t agree or want it. I really appreciate it! The part you’re talking about in Dreamcatcher had me sobbing because I can empathize and relate to Elena so much! That’s how I feel about my own trauma due to how my family invalidates my pain and wants me to let it go. I hope you have an awesome week and weekend! My best friend and I’ve run and it’s called spirit of Avalor. It’s an Elena of Avalor podcast.

[@gtd5626]

I wished it stayed on Disney as well, but it got moved to Disney Junior because it had more views there compared to Disney.

[@laurenrodriguez4786]

​@@gtd5626 Hola! I hope you're doing well! I never understood that viewership thing. Elena should have stayed on Disney Channel. She is NOT for little kids! Her story is complex and emotionally authentic. She dealt with PTSD and survivor's guilt due to watching her parents being murdered. THey portrayed her PTSD with respect and realistically. Elena helped me on my own trauma healing journey. I've always been frustrated at Disney for how they treated Elena. She was the older sister I needed growing up in a broken home as a pre-teen and teenager during the ninety's. If you like podcasts, my best friend and I host one where we review episodes of Elena and the show in general. She means a lot to us, so you won't run into any bashing. We critic the show fairly, but it's nothing like what this guy did in his video. The only character we come close to bashing is Esteben and Prince Alonzo. Other than that, we're loving and fair. Our podcast is called Spirit of Avalor.

[@Dinopop]

I just finished the video WHAT WAS THAT!? My Elena de Avalor nostalgia ruined in such a ruthless way I definitely not expected to see Sofia playmovil version today

[@gisela_oliveira]

the Sofia caneo was... like... the king and queen still look the same... why are they so... wrong?

[@touhoutrash2436]

Hey I’ve watched this before as a child during the 2010s!

[@ThroughTheThornvine]

Same~

[@ErinPowell-pq4cp]

Same lolzzz

[@MelissaNicholson-x5i]

Same

[@That_randomSwiftie]

I have a vague memory of watching it when I was like five, and re-watching it when I was like eleven or twelve lol

[@bluebblurry]

Sofia, amber, and james at the end were legitimately a jumpscare 😭

[@pina_nina_fresa]

bro....I don't think she put Shuriki in the orb of night...pretty sure she actually killed her. I can't see why her "blaze" spell would suddenly work differently and trap her instead of burning her. Cruz just took the orb because its a powerful object not because Shuriki is inside it

[@gisela_oliveira]

I had such a crush in half the characters in this show.

[@SoulSlugArts]

Which characters

[@maplesyrup6052]

@@SoulSlugArtsI had a HUGE crush on Elena she was so fine (still is ngl)

[@bootlegshakira]

me with gabe

[@SoulSlugArts]

@@maplesyrup6052 very based she is very pretty

[@anastasijahabarova1533]

I don’t trust canned pasta, so neither 😐 I feel like Central and South Americas have been having a lot of representation in animation lately, which makes me wonder when we’re gonna get a movie about a far North American native character. I want a native Canadian Disney princess and I want her to have face tattoos!

[@Alexa.M-bxz]

DO THE OWL HOUSE NEXT!

[@Uli-o7x]

Hope the new Sophia series uses the worldbuilding from Elena a bit or do it simular to introduce new magic things

[@LaGiniComenta]

As a multishipper, I was thrilled with this series, because they show a possible romantic path with every main character xD As for the story and develop... yeah, it could be better, but I still enjoyed it!

[@cateatinglasagna3069]

As a Hispanic myself, I absolutely loved Elena as a kid and had all the main characters dolls. And to answer the family question, yeahhh no. Personally, my family has issues with each other and most of my Hispanic friend’s family’s as well 😭

[@laurenrodriguez4786]

My family had problems too, but it was my mother side, who was not Latina. I love Elena and the way they portrayed family. I loved how different it was and how close they were! My father side was a lot like this give or take obviously. So they did a really awesome job! I still watch the series and write fan for it till this day. Elena touched my life in a very special way, and helped me heal from trauma.

[@teribite]

Am I the only one super excited about the new Sophia the first series that's coming in 2026?

[@Anais-p7c]

Same

[@AveryRoss-e4n]

Who finally told him 0:20

[@daanwilmer]

The intro? About 8 times in one minute?

[@AveryRoss-e4n]

@ know what I meant is that he finally realized he said the word wrong

[@Miss_ruby_]

I’m pretty sure she’s trans and if I’m wrong burn me at the stake

[@krisg9798]

And now it's time to make a Trollhunters universe review and be even more disappointed than now))))

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

That trilogy had so much potential, then all of it was ruined by one stupid movie.

[@krisg9798]

@bearerofbadnews1375 I can't agree more! Me and my friends was so angry when we watched it! It's really fascinating how you can ruin all these seasons with just one film. And I really don't understand why they didn't want to end this story normally. I heard some rumors about continuation but I don't think it will happen and maybe we should be glad because of that lol. I don't think the ending of the last film could be fixed.

[@ravenpotter3]

@@bearerofbadnews1375wasn’t there alien human MPREG in it and said human was a high schooler??? Wtf

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

@@ravenpotter3 Why did you have to remind me of that sub plot. I hated that sub plot with Steve and Aja more than the “”ending.””

[@fruity4820]

Ahh I loved the first 2 season ish, the later seasons had a bunch of timeline plotholes and it kinda took out some of my investment in it, but it's nothing compared to the movie. The nature spirits were really pretty and cute, and that's basically the only thing I liked about it

[@alexanderjuarbe7205]

Elana of Avalor was a chaotic masterpiece, to me, that expanded the world of Sofia the First, my childhood fave.

[@Shamazya]

I definitely agree there's some stumbling towards the end. I love the show, I think it's good over all but the handling of Esteban especially needed some work. I also love the episode where we find out definitively that Esteban WAS treated like family and that the problems were all within himself. The reasoning they give towards the end to try and make him sympathetic just do not work. If you wanted this issue of not being listened to ring true you needed to plant it waaaayyyy earlier, like Season One early.

[@LoganBennett-fl5bg]

THIS BROUGHT BACK SO MUCH NOSTALGIA😭 OMGS😭😭😭

[@tatsumitwi348]

"We should ask CHILDREN if we should invest in school cuz their actually experiencing it" Like the last 20 years worth of kids: Bro stop funding this shit they do not know how to run a school

[@Red-1926]

Shuriki had the potential to be a great villain. Having gone back through the show recently I looked at every power she used. Shuriki has many magical powers including: Killing curse Smoke manipulation Flight Summoning thunder and storm clouds Creating cages made of magical energy (which she used to imprison Noblins) Could grant magic powers (implied as she promised Victor and Clara to make them dark wizards) Age spells (which she used to keep herself young) Spell casting (which she used to drain a magical jewel to restore her youth and forge a new wand) Potioncraft I wish she didn't lose her new wand so soon and got to use it along with the sceptre of night so we could really see how powerful her sorcery was. I also really wish we got a full wizard duel between Shuriki and Alacazar. He came back for barely an episode and all he did was blast Zopilote before dying.

[@oddgirl2813]

1:15 she’s a princess to me, and my heart

[@ozvuchkibilla]

0:45 Mirabel is latina, Asha is a mix of hispanic and black

[@Gina-gi3ip]

Shariki looks like a younger version of Barbie Repunzel's Gothel

[@easiersaidwithmeg]

Your Sofia video was one of the first videos I ever saw of yours, so I’m super excited for this. Thank you.❤ 🎉

[@greenstarlover1]

45:14 - fun fact: Asha is part Jewish (she calls her grandfather "Sabba", Hebrew for grandpa). Now, if that movie was any _good_ .....

[@shibumi8]

Chef Boyardi I guess I dodged a bullet, I never finished season two. Though I thought it was season three due to how they scheduled it at the time.

[@kelseyw260]

Okay, love ya, I've been subbed for such a long time, but I just think that sponsoring a vape in a review in a kids show is not the best thing for kids potentially watching. I know it's not 'on the kids app' but a lot of kids and preteens easily get around that. I'm a parent watching this before my kid to make sure it's safe for context. It's just not something to even potentially promote to someone before they can really think for themselves on things and whats normal and expected, ya know? I just think it's hypocritical to have most of your points on the show be about what's good lessons for kids, and then potentially promote a vape for a 'better habit'.

[@CalmClamFam]

I mean can’t you just watch it with your kid and skip that part for them? Like it’s good that you are watching it before you show them, but you should still be supervising them regardless.

[@kelseyw260]

@CalmClamFam like obviously but that is so not the point, and my kid is only one, not a bunch of other children or preteens that could be watching this video. It's totally different when someone is in a video saying directly to any kid, preteen ir teenager watching, "you should try Fume". Its not responsible or appropriate and should be treated as such. I mean, couldn't NL choose another sponsorship for this vid that would be more appropriate for the subject matter? Do you not think that Yotubers should act responsibly with their platforms? I know that I could just skip it but I shouldn't have to, this guy just probably shouldn't be promoting Vapes while talking about Disney Junior that's gross to me

[@mikakestudios5891]

16:45 lets be clear: Media Literacy is *Not* innate so I'm fine with hearing it laid out once in awhile.

[@aurorasilverthorne]

Esteban didn't need hookers and blow because he had the GILF! 🤣 Shuriki was also present at the Elena Vs. Ash olaball game in the finale of the show. I liked Elena of Avalor. It was enjoyable. Some plots could've been executed better, but overall, it was a good series, better than anything Disney's doing these days. Nice video.

[@pina_nina_fresa]

Chef Boyardee I bought Spaghetti-o's for the first time since I was a kid and I was super excited but it was terrible. Like Chef Boyardee has sugar added but it never registers as sweet, Spaghetti-o's was literally so sickly sweet I physically couldn't eat more than 5 bites.

[@happeningss4058]

The biggest plot twist of the show was how they aged up Sophia and her siblings.😂

[@Gin_isnotmyname]

As a Mexican, yes the thing we care most about is familia but many of the familia members suck. edit: its also used as a way to excuse all of the bad things a family member has done and from experience it is also an excuse for sending money to your family members because the USA is seen as the land of opportunity and that means that you must be rich and if you don't send money you are being selfish and using that money for you so you can buy Gucci and lululemon. They are so wrong. This doesn't happen to everyone but it does happen.

[@BlackReshiram]

and when the world needed them most, they returned

[@adaamanze]

I was so struck by this title that I failed to realize that I never watched EOA past season 1, which is why it's still so good in my mind. I now see its downfall. Also, what was that animation for the Sofia the First characters????

[@Houtblokje]

They had to create new models for them because elena of avalor apparently runs on a different engine, and clearly they did not spend a lot of time on them.

[@that_one_raccoon]

It was a mess, but a beloved one ❤❤

[@ForestshadeCassidy]

Yippee! Was waiting for this one!

[@ch40sart26]

Yo, I knew Esteban sounded familiar, his voice actor plays Fishface in tmnt 2012

[@exolentexo-l]

someone tell me how i never rly connected elena to sofia the first😭 both shows were my childhood too😔

[@SoulSlugArts]

Small child disease unfortunately common among most

[@gtd5626]

​@SoulSlugArts How did you miss it? There was even a crossover introducing Elena's show.

[@SoulSlugArts]

I didn't grow up with it lol I watched the pilot years ago, and then that's it

[@gtd5626]

@@SoulSlugArts Oh, okay.

[@IcedLegend]

A mess, yes, lovable indeed, a lovable mess absolutely 💯

[@PickledRamona]

I LOVE ELENA OF AVALOR! I’m sorry to Sofia fans but I love her show so much more than Sofia the first 😅. it could because I have a crush on Elena-

[@Red-1926]

This show needed a fourth season to make more room for the villains. Chatana sounded like a much bigger threat but she was defeated so easily. Ash had a good start but she slowly decayed as a villain quickly into season 3. I understand this is a children's show but come on there was so much potential wasted and season 3 felt like a rush job.

[@hamdepaf6686]

The whole thing about "needing a white person as a lead cause mainly white people watch" or "needing a male/female protagonist for a male/female audience" is kinda bull crap to begin with. I have never watched a film cause of the gender or skin color of the protagonist... and like I am a run of the mill straight white guy.

[@Zamin_da_furr]

When i was younger i had a HUGE crush on matteo

[@batterbee]

8 year old me was DOWN BAD for matteo

[@shaniazuanich3464]

I was a kid watching Sophia the First when this show came out. There where a bunch of commercials hyping this show up and I had seen the connection between the Amulet of Avalor and Elena of Avalor so I checked it out. Around this time Sophia's Amulet turns pink in Sophia the First, (Put a pin in that it will matter later) So the first episode airs and it's "First Day of Rule" but what's interesting is that it begin with a prologue explaining how Elena had been trapped inside an amulet and defeated an evil witch, freeing her kingdom. I remember feeling rather confused as to why this show teased at an amazing story in the prologue only for it not the come up in the show that much. I felt the show should have just started with that story. But here's the reason why I was confused, because they aired the first episode BEFORE the movie. I checked and the first episode aired on July 22, 2016, and the Movie, Elena and the Secret of Avalor, aired on November 20, 2016. The show actually managed to air TEN episode before the movie came out. And remember around the time the first episode came out Sophia's Amulet turned pink? And remember It turned pink because Elena was free. Well I checked what episode it turned pink in, it was S3E21 Tale of the Noble Night, which aired on July 1, 2016. But here's the kicker, the episode STARTS with her amulet being pink, but it still purple for the entirety of the previous episode, Dad's and Daughters day. That means for five months both shows maintained continuity for a movie that hadn't even aired yet.

[@PWNDON]

29:17 normal flavor spaghettios make my tummy hurt but i havent had chef boy rd in years so i cant remember its taste chicken meatball spaghettios, on the other hand, do not make my tummy hurt. so spaghettios.

[@Plexxis_SugarPom]

7:32 and again, I SUGGEST LEGO MONKIE KID

[@azurerandomness]

That show got sinophobic after a while

[@Plexxis_SugarPom]

@azurerandomness ...Monkie kid got hated by China? Or People don't like China cause of Monkie Kid? I'm not sure either happened man.

[@shanon4768]

@@Plexxis_SugarPom Idk all I can find people talking about is fans being racist/ignorant, I'm not seeing any thing about the show itself having any issues like that, just western fans. Also the show was designed for a Chinese audience to boost lego sales in china so the show being anti Chinese sounds like a terrible business strategy

[@Plexxis_SugarPom]

@@shanon4768 that's true, it'd be bad for business to make the Chinese market hate the thing for the Chinese market. And racist fans come everywhere sadly, even in a show that takes place in China and has Chinese characters. Maybe the immediate response from fans when the animation for season 5 trailer? I know a whole lot of the fandom got so mad and upset (me too but in my defence, there was no warning at all so emotional whiplash was gonna happen)

[@wootmasterzorsx]

There’s something funny that I watched the Sofia video earlier and after it was uploaded, this video came out. That’s some timing.

[@luckyowl6432]

FUM stole my child. Give it back.

[@owenjolley351]

19:25 *”Tulio! The hip, the hip”.*

[@sparxstreak02]

55:45 Sofia’s blended family came from widowers, not divorcee parents.

[@eddie-roo]

Fun fact: Asha is not Latina, she is Hispanic-Amazigh, as in from fantasy Spain and fantasy North Africa.

[@MeyssaIMK]

Hell yeah I'm so happy 😊(Also i think you should do LION GUARD) i watched it as a kid and applied for all ages and genders

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

I do love this series finale of Elena of Avalar, it's a shame that Elena and Gabe didn't get together at the end of the series because they would be a perfect couples👑💖💍 together in the future as King and Queen of Avalar. Beside Elena did so much in the entire series but she deserved to find love 💖and happiness with someone like Gabe.

[@BecauseICantEdit]

I liked the first few season of this series but I found that it gradually devolved and I also felt really annoyed by the emotion powers becuase I felt the way they worked was kind of babyingthe audience by telling and not showign the audience Elena's emotions.

[@hayleyhellbound9513]

If you wanna get really technical, Sofia is also supposed to be Hispanic (according to early promo and articles about the show when it was first greenlit) and was marketed as the “first”. They got a lot of backlash because she didn’t have the darker skin tone or eyes her mother does (mom clearly has a type) and dropped it pretty quickly, then started alluding to Elena.

[@Batsie31]

Thanks for covering Elena of Avalor! I started watching it and yea it started REALLY strong but i got busy with life and was wondering how it turned out... which not so great lol Still cool concept but yea what was that second season lol

[@mrkay745]

The reason Sofia was edited out of the recap is because Disney aired the pilot episode out of order. The show aired 6 months prior, so they had to edit out any mention of Sofia to avoid spoilers. So elena and the secret of avalor wasn't actually a pilot in the end, it was a prequel/crossover.

[@eerieeric834]

Great spinoff

[@kassanovabloodgood9122]

I had been so hyped for Elena of Avalor when it first came out, and it disappointed and upset me so freaking bad.

[@lunadepti]

omg you should do a video on carmen sandiago!!!

[@myrtheengeman4787]

Great video on Sophia and Elena! Elena has the same magic for me a winx (s1-3) the storytelling is unique and there is enough happening to watch everything. There is also developing in the characters (similar to the american dragon). A lot of shows now days have to much repetition (like mia and me (the belgian version ruiend me) or stand alone episodes (like totally spies or fairly odd parents, (don't know why its in german called 'cosmo & wanda')) Maybe... can you do an episode on W.I.T.C.H? Love to see your perspective and watch your video's.

[@UmbraHollow]

30:40 I’m pretty sure she’s not sealed in the orb, I’m pretty sure she just got vaporised

[@lady_magnoliauwu1169]

10:27 latina here! not much really . It would be the equivalent of how France especially paris is always the city of romance in movies ( and i can Bet your ass that every single french person wants that stereotype to DIE) 23:21 also fun fact those are alebrijes , a traditional mexican sculpture that is created by combinating different animals together

[@laracamps8515]

it took me too long the hear Elena's voice actor is Adora's voice actor from She-ra

[@isabella_sears]

9:35 yall did see cinderella in the back while the coronation was starting right? 18:05 welp guess a sofia the first character did appear after all

[@merle_9953]

I would watch any ad if you were the one narrating it. You got me to watch it completely and I couldn't stop laughing.

[@KeroKaminaX]

45:53 & 52:57 roommate moments

[@Marylulusart]

16:21 this is actually a huge thing in the Latina community with men. That’s why a lot of Latinos voted for trump

[@brettfrost6828]

Isabelle is voiced by Jenna Ortega when she was still a kid

[@LadyL2121]

I loved this show

[@marocat4749]

Have you yet done el tigre, its pretty good, and yes a kids show but a very fun mexican kids show with, villains and heroes are kinda used as killjoy but earnest cop dad and caring but mischiefous, criminal? And really nice lessons. How his grandfather wants to show him the villain , because he is really mischiefous but also at the end about family. And that, they shouldnt fight over him but Also fun mexican aestetics. Plus fun superhero.

[@gota7738]

Thanks for checking out EoA. I adore it but I do think a lot of your criticisms are fair (they did age up the models though). It would have been a more consistent show if it stayed within it's lane as a Disney Junior show, where doing murder and ongoing subplots and tensions are not really supposed to happen according to the networks (STF and Lion Guard are kind of wild for that), but I honestly admire that they did. There's something joyful about a show that just goes all in on every cool idea that they could think of, even if they couldn't quite pull it off. And I'm glad the babies got their first betrayal arc and their first dramatic irony and all that. Like I honestly wish some older aimed shows would commit to that kind of tension.

[@varsity.1]

Remember: Hispanic and Latino are two different things. Asha is defo southern European, presumably Spanish (Hispanic) and North African since the continents share the Mediterranean Sea.

[@samiam2003]

i was like "wait isnt she mixed with black and white?"

[@ivannaherrerabernate2463]

You pretty much summarized my feelings of the show in general although i wi mention that for Latino/Hispanic rep was a mixed bag but a huge step Also, i was not expecting a Shuriki being a GILF, but i can finally say the fandom was biased af to not admit she was hot/j (people have their opinions but oddly enough it was fans like myself who saw it pretty hahaha)

[@Emma-ht2rx]

I always love seeing Chanukah represented in cartoons, but I wish they would show other, more important, holidays too. Also there are jews in central and south america! Some people think all hispanc/latinx jews are sephardic, but there are ashkenazi jews there too!