Miss Switch to the Rescue is an animated television special and the sequel to The Trouble with Miss Switch. It is based on the 1981 children's book of the same name written by Barbara Brooks Wallace and aired in two parts on the ABC Weekend Special series on January 16, and January 23, 1982.
Plot[]
Rupert Brown and Amelia Daley receive a mysterious package from a spooky old crone: a ship inside a bottle with a tiny man as its passenger. Rupert opens the bottle, releasing the evil warlock Mordo, who quickly kidnaps Amelia. Rupert calls upon the good witch Miss Switch to use her magic powers to rescue Amelia. Using her witches' encyclopedia, she traces Mordo and Amelia to the year 1640, when Mordo was imprisoned in the flask for developing an evil potion that turns people into trolls. Traveling back in time on her broomstick, Miss Switch and Rupert find Amelia on Mordo's pirate ship, where the warlock is about to administer his potion to the town's mayor. They manage to rescue Amelia, but lose the mayor, who is then transformed into a troll.
Upon their return to the present, Amelia and Rupert learn from Miss Switch's magic talking book that the real power behind this diabolical plot is Saturna, previously banished to the Island of Fire and Ice. As Saturna vows to get her revenge, Amelia begins to fade away and then vanishes – a disappearance Miss Switch knows will be permanent unless Amelia is saved by nightfall. Miss Switch turns back the clock to give them more time, then concocts an antidote potion using ingredients from the school science lab together with unicorn dust. Mordo kidnaps the classroom of children on his flying pirate ship. A rescue mission unfolds, culminating with the troll Thaddeus drinking the antidote, transforming him back into the mayor who is in fact, Amelia's 300-years-great grandfather. Miss Switch safely returns all the children to school, magically ensuring the others forget the whole incident. When Rupert asks Miss Switch if they'll ever see her again, she and Bathsheba fly away on her broomstick, leaving behind the response "Who Knows?" on the chalkboard.
Trivia[]
- The special was rebroadcast on ABC in April/May 1982, as well as June 1983, February 1985, July 1986, April 1987 and February 1989.