| Wishing Well | |
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| Name | Wishing Well |
| Race | Well |
| Voice | Keith Ferguson |
The Wishing Well is a magical well that appears in the Sofia the First episode "When You Wish Upon a Well", voiced by Keith Ferguson. It is capable of granting people three wishes by tossing "their riches" into the well. However, the well can easily misunderstand what the wisher wishes for. The well only grants three wishes per person.
Roland made a poor first wish in it once, which he prefers to tell Amber and Sofia about at another time after he uses his second wish to turn Sofia from a cat back into a human. Amber wasted her three wishes by first asking for a new tiara, making Roland allergic to Sofia, which turned Sofia into a cat, and wishing Sofia wasn't a purple cat in an attempt to break the spell, which only turned Sofia pink. The spell was broken when Roland wished for Sofia to be her human self again. After the well is locked up, Clover finds it and wishes for a lifetime supply of radishes, which causes him to be buried in an avalanche of vegetables.
The well also has a face that looks like a sun with a creepy, ventriloquist's dummy-like smile and speaks in a soft, robotic voice. It appears that the well's concept of "riches" depends on the potential recipient's idea of value, as it accepted Clover's offer of a carrot in return for his wish.
In the series finale, the narration of The Tale of Princess Sofia in the Secret Library revealed that Roland's first wish in the wishing well was for a family since his first wife, Queen Lorelei, was unable to bear children. The wish was granted when Amber and James were born. But sadly, Lorelei fell gravely sick and passed away, implying that her death was the price Roland had to pay for his wish.
Known wishes
- To have a new tiara
- For Roland to be allergic to Sofia (she turned into a cat, because Roland is allergic to cats)
- That Sofia wasn't a purple cat anymore (Sofia became a pink cat instead)
- For his wife to have children
- For Sofia to be her normal, beautiful, human self again (turned Cat Sofia back to her human form)
- A lifetime supply of radishes