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Recap / Elena Of Avalor S 3 E 15 Team Isa

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When Elena falls under the spell of the magical bandit Tito, it’s up to Isabel and her friends to save Avalor.


  • Badass in Distress: Elena and her friends are put under a spell that makes them unable to stop Tito, leaving it up to Isabel and her friends to stop him instead.
  • Bald of Evil: Tito is a bald bandit.
  • Baldness Angst: Tito doesn't take it well when Quique steals his sombrero, revealing that he's bald.
  • Berserk Button: Tito responds poorly to being mistaken for a child because of his shortness.
  • Big "NO!": By Elena and Isa in unison at the end when Francesco decides to fix Tito's guitar.
  • Brainwashed: Tito's guitar Salma puts its listeners into a trance where they do whatever he wants, handing over their gold and valuables, and in the case of Elena, Mateo, Gabe and Naomi, helping him rob other places.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: Under Tito's command, Elena, Mateo, Gabe and Naomi subdue Isa and her friends.
  • Breather Episode: Another fairly low-stakes episode that has nothing to do with the plot surrounding Ash and Esteban.
  • Chekhov's Gun:
    • Isabel understanding that strings become brittle when exposed to the cold in order to make her emergency alert bell system in the palace becomes important when she realizes she can have Olivia cast a freezing spell on Tito's guitar to break the strings.
    • The spring chair function on Cristina's new SuperChair becomes useful when she and Amara need to quickly get away from the mind controlled Elena and co. before they can be captured.
  • The Ditz: Quique throughout the episode. For instance, when the team realizes Tito and his victims have stopped at the bank, Quique is initially confused as to why they're doing that.
    Quique: Why would they stop at the bank?
    Isabel: To rob it!
  • Here We Go Again!: Once everything is taken care of and Tito is arrested, Francesco discovers the guitar and decides to give it new strings, and Elena and Isa are not happy about it.
  • I Call Her "Vera": Tito has named his magical guitar "Salma".
  • I Can't Hear You: While confronting Tito for the first time, Olivia casts a spell that gives them temporary noise-cancelling earmuffs so that they can't be affected by his musical spells, but this also means they can't hear each other. Somehow, they manage to get Tito to turn on his tail.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: Invoked. When Isa tries to think of what Elena would do when faced with a problem, she thinks that it would be optimal to think of plans on the way instead of coming up with them beforehand.
  • "Metaphor" Is My Middle Name: Olivia is so good at freezing spells she claims the word she uses to cast them is her middle name. She then tells what her real middle name is.
  • Mind-Control Eyes: Whoever is under the spell of Tito's guitar will have a pale blue glow in their eyes.
  • Mind-Control Music: Tito's guitar produces music so hypnotic and enthralling that it makes even the Sirenas' singing power tame by comparison.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Quique mentioning Elena's status as the Crown Princess prompts Tito to use her to steal the crown jewels.
  • Older Than They Look: Due to Tito's height, he looks like a little boy from behind. He doesn't take being called "little" well.
  • Sixth Ranger: Olivia joins Isa and her friends.
  • Villain Song: "More", sung by Tito and the heroes under his thrall.
  • What Would X Do?: Isa's problem in the episode is trying to have herself and her team act like Elena and her friends, when they're nothing like them at all, especially since they don't have any combat experience. Instead, they have to learn to find their own way of solving the problem.

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