On the day of the carnival, Aunt Tilly comes to visit, and Amber and James are less than happy because they find her boring and embarrassing. While her older siblings fly the coop, Sofia offers to help her aunt bake an apple pie, and she learns that Aunt Tilly isn't as boring as Amber and James think.
Tropes
- Alliterative Name: Aunt Tilly and Sofia have to go through Melodious Meadow and then Gargantuan Gorge before finding the Orchard of the Arabella Apple, but they have to avoid Horrid Hills on the way there.
- Cool Aunt: While Amber and James don't think so, Aunt Tilly sure proves to be this.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Amber and James find Aunt Tilly boring and embarrassing in this episode. Later episodes show them thinking she's cool.
- Pep-Talk Song: When Wilbur the Wombeast steals Aunt Tilly and Sofia's apples, Tilly sings "A Recipe for Adventure" for Sofia to encourage her not to give up and continue using her smarts to get their apples back.
- Tempting Fate: Aunt Tilly says that they won't be going to the Horrid Hills and she'd rather not find out what's up there. Only after Wilbur the Wombest steals the apples does it turn out that they have to go up there to find the wombeast.
