"The Magic Wand" is the first segment of the twenty-ninth episode of Ariel. It premiered on August 21, 2025 alongside "Racin' Remy".
Plot[]
Ariel and her friends are eating treats when Ursula shows up with a trick, which is where she keeps her special things when she was young. Ursula shows an old family picture of her family, which Ariel likes. Lucia, Fernie, and Flounder go through more stuff, including Jessa, Ursula's toy turtle. Lucia finds a case which she opens to reveal a magic wand, which was gifted to Ursula from her mother for her eighth birthday. According to Ariel, the wand is made of glow crystal as it looks like the crystal Nana Xola gave to her in the past. The wand would make magic even more magical. Lucia wants a turn with the wand, as she wants to be a great mergician when she grows up, which Ursula accepts on the condition that Lucia will take good care of it and bring it back to her at the end of the day.
Lucia then catches the wand as it rolls of and is told by Ursula to put it back in the box and close the lid when she is not using it. Lucia tries the bubble spell, which makes ten bubbles instead of one. As for the magic hat trick, Lucia brings out a sea bunny from the hat. Ariel and her friends chase it, and the wand summons Ariel's glow crystal. Ariel and Lucia follow Fernie and Flounder, and later, they rest.
They then go to Ravi's to grab some juice. Lucia puts the wand in the box but forgets to close the lid. Ravi offers under-watermelon mango, which Ariel and her friends like. Lucia claims she's doing her best to take good care of it when she realizes she didn't close the lid. As a result, the wand is causing many toys to float all over the crystal cavern. Ariel and her friends go after the wand and chase it to the crow's nest and into a trench.
The wand escapes, and Lucia apologizes before leaving. Ariel, Fernie, and Flounder look for Lucia and eventually find her. To find the wand, Ariel brings a glow crystal and recaps that when Lucia swam by it with the wand, they started to glow bright and stopped glowing when they swam away. Lucia decides to use Ariel's glow crystal to find the wand and promises to take good care of it.
Following the glow crystal's shimmers, Ariel and her friends follow the wand, which Ursula notices and decides to let Lucia solve the problem on her own. Lucia brings the glow crystal to Ariel and retrieves the wand with Ariel, Fernie, and Flounder holding on to her. Lucia puts the wand back in the box and closes the lid. Flounder reveals himself to be gla-azmmed. Lucia tells Ursula what happened, and Ursula saw what happened. Lucia decides to clean everything up and realizes that it's important to take care of things that aren't hers. Ursula then gives the wand to Lucia, who promises to take great care of it. Lucia then turns Flounder back to normal, with his "Super Flounder" persona.
Cast[]
- Mykal-Michelle Harris as Ariel
- Elizabeth Phoenix Caro as Lucia
- Cruz Flateau as Fernie
- Gracen Newton as Flounder
- Amber Riley as Ursula
- Parvesh Cheena as Ravi
- Steve Moore as Sea Bunny
