History WesternAnimation / ElenaOfAvalor

* AnAesop: You can [[AmbitionIsEvil indulge in power]] or you can [[ThickerThanWater have the love of your family (and friends)]]. You can't have both. Esteban learns this [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the hard way]], [[spoiler:Cristobal]] does it gleefully without remorse, and Victor (regarding what happened to him and his father -- he otherwise has a MoralityPet in Carla) and Ash (regarding Victor and Carla) [[NeverMyFault refuses to believe that they were ever at fault]], Ash [[ItsAllAboutMe even moreso]].

** [[spoiler: Her dress turns [[PowerUpFullColorChange entirely white]] when feeling forgiveness and unleashes a WorldHealingWave that undoes all malicious magic in the kingdom]].

** The Scepter of Night is the mirror opposite to Elena's own Scepter of Light and channels dark magic, but Mateo notes that it's not evil, merely powerful and dangerous in the wrong hands, and that the same could be said for the Scepter of Light. [[spoiler:It becomes a straight example when Shuriki gets her hands on it, but that's due to who's wielding it, not an innate property of the Scepter itself.]]

* DeviousDolphins: The Malandros, which are for all intents and porpoises accurate depictions of the Amazonian boto myth.

* DismantledMacGuffin: Part of Season 2 involves the Scepter of Night, which Alacazar split into three components realizing it was too dangerous if found. [[spoiler:Realizing her wand was no match for the Scepter of Light, Shuriki seeks the Scepter of Night so that she can finally destroy Elena and rule Avalor again]].

** If you assume ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' starts in 2012 (since that was its release year), then 41 years before ''WesternAnimation/ElenaAndTheSecretOfAvalor'' (the present day taking place two years after the show's beginning) would make Shuriki's invasion happen in the year 1973 -- the same year UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}'s government was overthrown by a coup d'etat and turned into a dictatorship by Creator/AugustoPinochet.

The show was renewed for a second season a few weeks after its premiere in 2017, and was renewed for a third season, which premiered in 2019. It was confirmed Season 3 will be the show's last, with the final episode featuring Elena's coronation premiering August 23, 2020.

** [[Spoiler:Her dress turns [[PowerUpFullColorChange entirely white]] when feeling forgiveness and unleashes a WorldHealingWave that undoes all malicious magic in the kingdom]].

* FlyAtTheCameraEnding: The first episode ends with one of the Jaquins flying at the camera after a final shot of Elena and her [[spoiler:newly founded royal council.]]

* Fly-at-the-CameraEnding: The first episode ends with one of the Jaquins flying at the camera after a final shot of Elena and her [[spoiler:newly founded royal council.]]

The show was renewed for a second season a few weeks after its premiere, which premiered in 2017, and was renewed for a third season, which premiered in 2019. It was confirmed Season 3 will be the show's last, with the final episode featuring Elena's coronation premiering August 23, 2020.

* TitlePlease: Since Season 3, the title cards are gone, but they are still read aloud. These have become common for the majority of Disney Junior shows since mid-2018.

The show was renewed for a second season a few weeks after its premiere, which premiered in 2017, and was renewed for a third season, which premiered in 2019. There has not been a season four confirmed by Disney, but the creators do have plans if it gets greenlit.

* JesusTaboo: The show generally avoids explicit religious references, though there are a few things that hint at religion:
** Christmas/Navidad is celebrated in the Ever Realm, and their names inherently refer to events in Christianity (Mass of Christ and Nativity).
** In "Navidad", Marlena sings "Hacia Bélen Va Una Burra, Rin Rin", which is about a donkey going to Bethlehem and refers to a character named Maria.
** A river in Cordoba is called the San Prado River, "san" being the Spanish masculine word for "saint".
** The Galonians are Jewish and observe Hanukkah. Rebeca's family describes Hanukkah as the observation of the historic struggles of "[their] people" and that the origin story of it is the miracle of the one-night supply of oil that ended up lasting eight nights.

--> '''Mateo''': I'm Elena's best friend!
--> '''Gabe''': I'm Elena's best friend!
--> '''Naomi''': There's a new royal sailboat!

* OlderThanTheyLook[=/=]Really700YearsOld: Elena, Isabel, and her grandparents were all ageless for 41 years. Although physically 16, Elena is technically 57. Chancellor Estaban was not given the same luxury, sadly.

** [[spoiler:Your loved one doing something horrible like murder because they thought you didn't love them enough.]]

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: By Earth time, ''Elena of Avalor'' takes place at least after the 1920's, as WordOfGod regarding ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' is that ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' already happened and "Hava Nagila" became more known in the 1920's (having been composed in 1918).

** In "Two Left Fins", when Marzel describes wanting to fit in with the land kingdoms, he's described as being [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid part of their world]].

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* PanickyExpectantFather: Migs, usually the level-headed voice of reason, falls victim to this when his mate Dolci announces she's about to lay their eggs. Dolci manages to calm him down by reminding him that they're going to do this together, immediately before announcing that she's leaving to find food for the babies, setting him off again. Once she leaves, Elena calms him down again, pointing out that there's plenty of time before the eggs hatch... [[RuleOfThree and then the eggs start cracking.]]

** Arguably the entire point of the series, showcasing how the msin character, a princess, who works very hard; making difficult leadership decisions, and administrating, and training in magic, and fencing, and personally defending her people whenever her guards can't handle the current villain. Most of the other examples of royalty in he series are just as diligent in their duties.

* YouMeanXmas: Subverted; Christmas is celebrated in Avalor, but is referred to as "Navidad" (Spanish for Christmas). During the first song in the eponymous episode, Naomi even says the word "Christmas" in how she celebrates the holiday. Naomi isn't from Avalor, so it makes sense that she'd refer to the holiday as "Christmas".