The following is the episode guide to the Disney Channel animated series, Elena of Avalor. The first season has 23 episodes. The series was renewed for a second season on August 11, 2016. The series was renewed for a third season on February 13, 2017.
Guide
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 25 | July 22, 2016 | October 1, 2016 | |
| 2 | 24 | October 14, 2017 | June 1, 2019 | |
| 3 | 28 | October 7, 2019 | August 23, 2020 | |
Episode Guide
Season 1
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "First Day of Rule" | Elliot M. Bour | Craig Gerber | July 22, 2016 | 101 |
| With the defeat of Shuriki and restoration of Avalor, Elena is eager to prove to her grandparents and cousin Esteban that she is capable of ruling as Queen. Her first challenge involves finding stolen ships and rescuing her sister Isabel and Royal Guard lieutenant Gabe from magical shape shifters called Noblins. | |||||
| 2 | "Model Sister" | Elliot M. Bour | Becca Topol | July 22, 2016 | 102 |
| Elena attempts to balance her duties as Crown Princess and devotion to her family when a visiting emperor arrives at the same time her sister Isabel needs her help with a project for the annual Inventor's Fair. | |||||
| 3 | "All Heated Up" | Elliot M. Bour | Tom Rogers | July 29, 2016 | 103 |
| A rock monster named Charoca that appears in a nearby village causes problems with his explosive temper triggering volcanic activity. Elena is put at odds with the Grand Council when they vote to remove him while she desires to hear him out. | |||||
| 4 | "Island of Youth" | Nathan Chew | Becca Topol | August 12, 2016 | 104 |
| While the castle is preparing a surprise party for Esteban, Elena and Mateo take him sailing to an island where the Fountain of Youth is located. Elena and Mateo must save Esteban when he drinks too much water and becomes younger. | |||||
| 5 | "Spellbound" | Robb Pratt | Tom Rogers | August 26, 2016 | 105 |
| On the night Elena decides to appoint Mateo as Royal Wizard of Avalor, an evil wizard turns her family to stone. Mateo must put his skills to the test to stop the wizard and save Elena's family. | |||||
| 6 | "Prince Too Charming" | Nathan Chew | Mercedes Valle | September 16, 2016 | 107 |
| While on an official visit to the Kingdom of Cordoba, Prince Alonso convinces Elena to briefly set aside her royal duties. Meanwhile, the Yacalli, a gigantic wooden totem creature based on a Mayan legend, awakens. | |||||
| 7 | "Finders Leapers" | Nathan Chew | Silvia Olivas | September 23, 2016 | 106 |
| During an archaeological dig, Esteban accidentally releases a mischievous duende, a magical elf-like creature based on Latino folklore, who sets out on a mission to unleash hundreds of other duendes on Avalor. | |||||
| 8 | "Royal Retreat" | Robb Pratt | Becca Topol | September 30, 2016 | 108 |
| Elena attends her first Royal Retreat as Crown Princess and learns that it is more important to do what is right than to fit in after a clashing disagreement with one of her fellow rulers. | |||||
| 9 | "A Day to Remember" | Elliot M. Bour | Silvia Olivas | October 16, 2016 | 109 |
| On Dia de los Muertos, Elena discovers her ability to see ghosts and sets out to help the spirit of a woman mend the rift between her grandchildren and save the family restaurant. | |||||
| 10 | "The Scepter of Light" | Robb Pratt | Tom Rogers Mercedes Valle |
November 4, 2016 | 110 |
| When a moth fairy tries to bring “the gift of eternal darkness” to Avalor during a solar eclipse, Elena must learn how to control the magic in her royal scepter to save the kingdom. | |||||
| 11 | "Navidad" | Nathan Chew | Craig Gerber | December 9, 2016 | 111 |
| Elena brings all the communities of Avalor together to share each other’s holiday traditions. But when a Doña Paloma scheme causes an overly competitive atmosphere, Elena sets off on a traditional “parranda” and carols through the city to remind everyone of the true spirit of Navidad. | |||||
| 12 | "Olaball" | Nathan Chew | Tom Rogers | February 25, 2017 | 114 |
| Elena helps coach Gabe when he joins Avalor’s royal "olaball" team despite being a terrible player. | |||||
| 13 | "Flight of the Jaquins" | Robb Pratt | Becca Topol | March 4, 2017 | 115 |
| Skylar is chosen to help train three young jaquins on defending the kingdom of Avalor. | |||||
| 14 | "Crystal in the Rough" | Nathan Chew | Mercedes Valle | March 11, 2017 | 112 |
| On Isabel’s first day of school, she tries changing herself in order to fit in on a field trip to the Crystal Caverns. | |||||
| 15 | "The Princess Knight" | Nathan Chew | Becca Topol | March 18, 2017 | 113 |
| Elena enters a fencing tournament disguised as “Knight Elezar” to prove that she is a great fencer. | |||||
| 16 | "Captain Turner Returns" | Nathan Chew | Kaita Mpambara | April 8, 2017 | 117 |
| When Naomi’s mom gets a new job in their old kingdom, Naomi and Elena try to convince her not to move the family away from Avalor. | |||||
| 17 | "King of the Carnaval" | Robb Pratt | Tom Rogers | April 22, 2017 | 116 |
| Esteban’s childhood friend, Victor, returns to Avalor during the kingdom’s Carnaval celebration and convinces Esteban to help him rob the royal treasury. | |||||
| 18 | "My Fair Naomi" | Robb Pratt | Maria Escobedo | May 6, 2017 | 119 |
| Upon learning Naomi has never celebrated her birthday, Elena decides to give her a Royal Quinceañera. But a dispute between Esteban and Dona Paloma causes the party to be almost ruined. | |||||
| 19 | "Spirit Monkey Business" | Nathan Chew | Tom Rogers | June 30, 2017 | 118 |
| Curious to meet his spirit guide, Mateo summons a kooky monkey spirit and when he is transported to the Spirit Realm, Elena and Zuzo have to go rescue him and find his true spirit guide to help. Meanwhile the monkey spirit causes all sorts of chaos due to his terrible ideas. | |||||
| 20 | "Wizard-in-Training" | Robb Pratt | Becca Topol | July 21, 2017 | 122 |
| At a Royal Court Audience to solve problems in Avalor City, Mateo meets his biggest fan, a girl who aspires to be a sorcerer herself one day. When he takes her on as his apprentice and she tries to practice magic for herself, she accidentally summons a water spirit who grows bigger and more powerful by absorbing water. | |||||
| 21 | "Realm of the Jaquins" | TBA | TBA | August 12, 2017 | 120/121 |
| Victor and Carla sabotage the Jaquins' training so they can enter Vaestrella and release a powerful forest sprite to destroy Avalor. | |||||
| 22 | "The Gecko's Tale" | TBA | TBA | August 18, 2017 | 123 |
| Elena and Isabel have to learn to work together, despite having very different approaches to problem solving when they encounter a mystery involving a large gecko. | |||||
| 23 | "Party of a Lifetime" | TBA | TBA | August 25, 2017 | 125 |
| Elena has purchased a new royal sailboat and invites her friends to join her on the maiden voyage. While out at sea, they encounter a mysterious storm and a seagoing vessel with a charming, but eccentric Captain. | |||||
| 24 | "Blockheads" | TBA | TBA | September 16, 2017 | 126 |
| 25 | "Masks of Magic" | TBA | TBA | October 1, 2017 | 124 |
Season 2
| No. | Title | Air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Jewel of Maru" | October 14, 2017 | 201 |
| 2 | "Royal Rivalry" | October 28, 2017 | 202 |
| 3 | "The Curse of El Guapo" | November 11, 2017 | 203 |
| When Gabe borrows the sword of a famous General for his Captain's test, he becomes cursed with the spirit of the General who owned the sword in life. | |||
| 4 | "Three Jaquins and a Princess" | November 18, 2017 | 204 |
| In order to prove her maturity, Isabel offers to eggsit three Jaquin eggs, but the task is not as easy as she imagined when the eggs hatch into hungry Jaquin cubs! | |||
| 5 | "A Spy in the Palace" | November 25, 2017 | 205 |
| 6 | "Science Unfair" | February 24, 2018 | 206 |
| 7 | "Rise of the Sorceress" | March 3, 2018 | 207 |
| 8 | "Shapeshifters" | March 10, 2018 | 208 |
| 9 | "The Scepter of Night" | March 17, 2018 | 209 |
| 10 | "The Race for the Realm" | July 14, 2018 | 210 |
| 11 | "A Tale of Two Scepters" | July 21, 2018 | 211 |
| 12 | "Class Act" | July 28, 2018 | 212 |
| 13 | "All Kingdoms Fair" | August 4, 2018 | 213 |
| 14 | "A Lava Story" | August 11, 2018 | 214 |
| 15 | "Song of the Sirenas" | September 21, 2018 | 226 |
| 16 | "The Tides of Change" | October 13, 2018 | 218 |
| 17 | "The Return of El Capitán" | October 27, 2018 | 222 |
| 18 | "Finding Zuzo" | November 3, 2018 | 215 |
| 19 | "Snow Place Like Home" | November 24, 2018 | 221 |
| 20 | "Two Left Fins" | January 19, 2019 | 219 |
| 21 | "Movin' On Up" | February 16, 2019 | 220 |
| When Elena invites Mateo to move into his own Royal Wizard quarters within the palace, his mother assumes she is invited to move in too. | |||
| 22 | "Not Without My Magic" | March 23, 2019 | 223 |
| 23 | "Luna's Big Leap" | April 27, 2019 | 224 |
| 24 | "Naomi Knows Best" | June 1, 2019 | 225 |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sister of Invention" | October 7, 2019 | 301 |
| Princess Isabel wants to prove that she is old enough to help her elder sister and loyal companions in tracking down the incredibly strong dark sorceresses Carla and Ash. | |||
| 2 | "To Save a Sunbird" | October 8, 2019 | 302 |
| Princess Elena is shocked when she discovers that Hool had nearly utilized all of her vital lifeforce energies to help in repairing and strengthening the mystical powers of her Scepter of Light. She is determined to risk everything she can to save her. | |||
| 3 | "Father-in-Chief" | October 9, 2019 | 303 |
| On the day the new Chief of the Jaquins will be chosen, Migs must bring his three cubs to work. | |||
| 4 | "The Incredible Shrinking Royals" | October 10, 2019 | 304 |
| Things go awry when newly-elected Magister of Trade, Julio, decides to host his first Feast of Friendship and ancient magic shrinks all of the royal attendees. | |||
| 5 | "Norberg Peace Prize" | October 11, 2019 | 305 |
| Princess Elena and her good friends, travel to the kingdom of Norberg to aid their queen in besting a rival kingdom. | |||
| 6 | "The Magic Within" | October 13, 2019 | 306- 307 |
| On another Carnaval Day, Princess Elena falls into a mystical well of crystals, which bestow onto her new and much stronger amulet-based abilities. It is because of these new powers, Esteban's dark secret of having a hand in Shuriki's forty-one year rule is revealed! | |||
| 7 | "Flower of Light" | October 16, 2019 | 314 |
| When two mischievous spirits try to ruin Día de los Muertos, Elena teams up with her childhood friend Felicia to travel to the spirit world and save the holiday. | |||
| 8 | "Captain Mateo" | October 17, 2019 | 308 |
| Mateo and Gabe’s friendship is put to the test after Mateo is put in charge of the Royal Guard. | |||
| 9 | "Sugar Rush" | October 18, 2019 | 310 |
| When Elena is having trouble making time for family, Luisa convinces her to reopen the family chocolate shop. | |||
| 10 | "The Family Treasure" | October 21, 2019 | 309 |
| Elena and Isabel help two feuding brothers find a valuable treasure hidden by their mother. | |||
| 11 | "Dreamcatcher" | October 22, 2019 | 311 |
| When Elena’s dreams magically start coming to life, she must confront the underlying feelings causing them. | |||
| 12 | "Changing of the Guard" | October 23, 2019 | 312 |
| Elena helps the Royal Seamstress follow her dream of becoming the first female member of Avalor’s Royal Guard. | |||
| 13 | "King Skylar" | October 24, 2019 | 313 |
| When Skylar’s father falls ill, Skylar becomes king for a day and must learn what it takes to be in charge. | |||
| 14 | "Spirit of a Wizard" | October 25, 2019 | 315 |
| Mateo and Elena try to free Mateo’s grandfather from an enchanted book | |||
| 15 | "Team Isa" | November 15, 2019 | 316 |
| When Elena falls under the spell of a magical bandit named Tito, it’s up to Isabel and her friends to save Elena and the kingdom. | |||
| 16 | "The Last Laugh" | November 22, 2019 | 317 |
| Naomi has second thoughts about her role on the Grand Council after her childhood friend, Veronica, visits. | |||
| 17 | "Festival of Lights" | December 6, 2019 | 319 |
| A royal family from the Latino Jewish kingdom of Galonia is shipwrecked off the coast of Avalor on their way home to celebrate Hanukkah, so Elena invites them to the palace to celebrate their cherished holiday and learn about their traditions. | |||
| 18 | "The Birthday Cruise" | January 10, 2020 | 318 |
| Princess Elena throws a birthday party for Princess Chloe aboard the royal sailboat, but things go awry when they wash ashore a magical isle inhabited by a cursed sea nymph | |||
| 19 | "Giant Steps" | February 7, 2020 | 320 |
| Naomi returns to Avalor to warn Elena about a growing magical threat to the kingdom. | |||
| 20 | "Shooting Stars" | March 6, 2020 | 321 |
| Princess Elena and Princess Isabel must fix a telescope in time for their abuelo to see a rare comet. | |||
| 21 | "Crash Course" | April 3, 2020 | 323 |
| Gabe snubs Mateo and recruits a flashier wizard to teach his guards magic, but learns that there are no shortcuts to success. | |||
| 22 | "Sweethearts Day" | May 8, 2020 | 322 |
| Armando tries to impress Marlena on Sweetheart's Day but accidentally casts a spell that makes everyone sing. | |||
| 23 | "The Lightning Warrior" | July 19, 2020 | 324 |
| Elena gives Victor and Carla a chance to redeem themselves by helping her free Ixlan, an ancient Maruvian princess | |||
| 24 | "Dia de las Madres" | July 26, 2020 | 325 |
| On Mother's Day, Princess Elena tries to help her grandmother after a revelation from the past casues Queen Lusia to doubt her skills as a grandmother. | |||
| 25 | "Heart of the Jaguar" | August 2, 2020 | 326 |
| Quita Moz foresees a prophecy about Princess Isabel, and sends her on a journey to procure a powerful object that will give the bravery to face anything. | |||
| 26 | "Elena's Day Off" | August 9, 2020 | 327 |
| With only a few days until her coronation, Princess Elena is forced to take a much-needed day off. | |||
| 27 | "To Queen or Not to Queen" | August 16, 2020 | 328 |
| When Elena wonders what life would have been like had she not been born a princess, Zuzo casts a spell that shows her in an alterate reality | |||
| 28 | "Coronation Day" | August 23, 2020 | 329 |
| As plans for Princess Elena's coronation are under way, Ash and Esteban release four dark spirits called "the Shades of Awesome" onto Avalor, leading Princess Elena to test her bravery and character if she is ever going to become Queen of Avalor | |||