- This article is about the film. For other uses, see Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (disambiguation).
| "Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess" | |
Season 0, episode 0 | |
| Airdate: | November 18, 2012 |
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| Credits | |
| Writer: | Craig Gerber |
| Director: | Jamie Mitchell |
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Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess is the pilot movie of the TV series, Sofia the First.
Summary
Sofia's mother marries the king of Enchancia. Now she must learn to be a princess, while she deals with the scheming royal sorcerer, who wants to usurp the power of her newly received amulet, and a jealous step-sister.
Story
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Characters
Main characters:
- Princess Sofia (first appearance; main story and flashback)
Supporting characters:
- Flora (first appearance)
- Fauna (first appearance)
- Merryweather (first appearance)
- Queen Miranda (first appearance; main story and flashback)
- King Roland II (first appearance; main story and flashback)
- Ruby Hanshaw (first appearance)
- Jade (first appearance)
- Clover (first appearance)
- Robin (first appearance)
- Mia (first appearance)
- Whatnaught (first appearance, no lines)
- Amber (first appearance)
- James (first appearance)
- Baileywick (first appearance)
- Prince Zandar (first appearance)
- Professor Popov (first appearance)
- Princess Cinderella (only appearance; cameo)
Villains:
Other characters:
- Max's owner (first appearance; no lines)
- Goodwyn (first appearance; portrait; cameo)
- Winnifred (first appearance; portrait; cameo)
- Suzette (first appearance)
- Marcie (first appearance)
- Princess Clio (first appearance; no lines; cameo)
- Princess Lakshmi (first appearance)
- Prince Chad (first appearance)
- Princess Mae (first appearance)
- Princess Penelope (first appearance)
- Princess Jun (first appearance; cameo)
- Prince Khalid (first appearance; cameo)
- Prince Derek (first appearance)
Locations
- Enchancia (first appearance)
- Dunwiddie (first appearance; main story and flashback)
- Sofia's home/shoe workshop (only appearance; main story and flashback)
- Enchancia Castle (first appearance; main story and flashback)
- Sofia's bedroom (first appearance)
- Cedric's workshop (first appearance)
- Dunwiddie (first appearance; main story and flashback)
- Royal Preparatory Academy (first appearance)
- Library (first appearance)
- Ballet room (first appearance)
Objects
- Amulet of Avalor (first appearance)
- Trick shoes (only appearance)
Vehicles
- Flying stage coaches (first appearance)
Cast
Songs
- "Not Ready To Be a Princess"
- "Royal Prep"
- "A Little Bit of Food"
- "True Sisters"
- "Rise and Shine"
Full credits
The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).
- Executive Producer: Jamie Mitchell
- Co-Executive Producer: Craig Gerber
- Directed by: Jaime Mitchell
- Written by: Craig Gerber
- Line Producer: Clay Renfroe
- With the Voice Talents of: Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda, Ariel Winter as Sofia, Darcy Rose Byrnes as Amber, Zach Callison as James, Travis Willingham as King Roland II, Jess Harnell as Cedric, Tim Gunn as Baileywick, Wayne Brady as Clover, Tress MacNeille as Merryweather, Barbara Dirickson as Flora, Russi Taylor as Fauna, Jim Cummings as Wormwood, Jennifer Hale as Cinderella, Meghan Strange as Robin, Fiona Bishop as Ruby, Ashley Eckstein as Mia the Bluebird, Isabella Acres as Jade, Maxim Knight as Prince Zandar, Michaela Zee as Princess Jun
- Additional Voices: Zach Callison, Jim Cummings, Ashley Eckstein, Jennifer Hale, Jess Harnell, Maxim Knight, Michaela Zee
- Casting By: Brian Mathias
- Dialogue Director: Kelly Ward
- Storyboard by: Eugene Salandra, Bob Kline, Stark Howell, Lonnie Lloyd, Viki Anderson, Larry Leker, Holly Forsyth
- Location Design: Ed Ghertner, J. Michael Spooner
- Lead Character Design: Linda Miller
- Character Design: Marianne Tucker, Connor Flynn
- Prop Design: Crazybird Studio
- Background Paint: Brooks Campbell, Dee Farnsworth
- Color Stylist: Carol S. Berke
- Storyboard Revisions: Lonnie Lloyd
- Timing Directors: Mircea Kyle Mantta, Connor Flynn, Woody Yocum
- Continuity Coordinator: Denise A. Link
- Original Underscore by: Kevin Kliesch
- "Not Ready To Be a Princess"
- Written by: David Lawrence and Faye Greenberg
- "A Little Bit of Food"
- Written by: John Kavanaugh and Craig Gerber
- "Royal Prep"
- Written by: John Kavanaugh and Craig Gerber
- "True Sisters"
- Written by: John Kavanaugh and Craig Gerber
- "Rise and Shine"
- Written by: John Kavanaugh and Craig Gerber
- Produced by: Danny Jacob
- Song Vocals Produced by: John Kavanaugh
- Vocal Recording Engineer: Gabe Moffat
- Song Arrangements by: Kevin Kliesch and Danny Jacob
- Animation Production by: Toiion Animation Studios
- Educational Consultants: Innovative Education Research and Consulting, Vicki Ariyasu, Becky Herr-Stephenson, May Chao
- Film Editor: Pieter Kaufman
- Assistant Film Editors: Carmen Woods, Jenny Jordan
- Animatic Editor: Pieter Kaufman
- Supervising Sound Editors: Timothy J. Borquez, MPSE, Tom Syslo
- Sound Editors: Eric Freeman, Matt Brown
- Re-Recording Mixers: Timothy Borquez, CAS, Eric Freeman, CAS
- Foley Artists: Diane Greco, Tony Marguiles
- Post Studio Coordination: Melissa Waters
- Foley Mixer: Bobby Crew
- Post Production Supervisor: Veronique Piercy
- Technical Directors: Jessie Slipchinsky, Adam Garza
- Dialogue Recording Engineer: Mark Kondracki
- Post Production Coordinator: Treasure Rawson
- Track Reading: James N. Harrison
- Assistant Audio Engineer: Simon Kumar
- Production Coordinator: Willie Sims
- Production Supervisor: William C. Turner
- Production Associate: Amy Lou I. Ferrer
- Production Secretary: Mallory Hara
- Digital Coordinator: Ryan Burkhard
- Talent Coordinator: Abbie D'Andrea
- Script Coordinator: Leona Beckert
- Production Control: Michael Giammarese
- Produced by: Disney Television Animation
Notes/trivia
- This movie has been adapted into several different books:
- Random House published Sofia the First on October 30, 2012.
- Disney Press published Once Upon a Princess on July 23, 2013.
- Reader's Digest Children's Books published Becoming a Princess on July 30, 2013.
- Clover reveals that the only reason why animals have helped princesses in the past is for food, which they haven't received, which is why they stopped helping Princess Amber.
- Sofia is completely ignorant to the evil intentions of Cedric, which continues throughout the series proper (until "Day of the Sorcerers"); even the ill intent of Wormwood is ignored (until "Day of the Sorcerers" and more exclusively in "In Cedric We Trust"). Sofia mispronouncing Cedric's name as Ceed-ric is also a recurring gag throughout the first season.
- Cinderella is the titular character of the 1950 film of the same name. Jennifer Hale reprises her role from the sequels.
- This is the only time the songs are credited.
- Kelly Ward is the voice director of this movie, and Sam Riegel takes over for the series proper.
- This is available on a DVD of the same name.
Errors
- It's unclear when exactly Miranda married Roland. She has to go back to the village to pick Sofia up, who apparently hasn't formally met her stepfather or stepsiblings yet.
- From the village to the castle, Sofia is wearing her village clothing, then suddenly once she gets to the castle, she's wearing her princess dress.