Amphibia (TV series)

Amphibia
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Genre	Comedy-adventure Fantasy
Created by	Matt Braly
Directed by	Derek Kirk Kim Bert Youn Kim Roberson (supervising) Ian Worrel (art)
Voices of	Brenda Song Justin Felbinger Bill Farmer Amanda Leighton
Theme music composer	Doug Petty
Opening theme	Amphibia Main Title Theme
Ending theme	Anne’s Theme
Composer	T.J. Hill
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20 (39 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Matt Braly
Producers	Jack Ferraiolo Tara Badawy (line producer)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Disney Television Animation
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17) – present

Amphibia is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney Channel. The series was created by Matt Braly. It premiered on June 17, 2019. The first episode was previewed on DisneyNOW and YouTube on June 14, 2019. The first season concluded on July 18, 2019.

Amphibia has been renewed for a second season.

Plot

The series chronicles the adventures of a self-centered 13-year-old Thai-American girl named Anne Boonchuy. After stealing a mysterious music box on her birthday, she is magically transported to Amphibia, a wild marshland-themed lilypad-shaped island full of talking frog-people and giant versions of smaller animals. She soon meets and befriends an adventurous 10-year-old frog named Sprig Plantar who will guide her to be a true hero while discovering the first true friendship of her life. In addition, she also must help the frog-people of Wartwood deal with the toad-people of Toad Tower led by Captain Grime.

Characters

Main characters

• Anne Boonchuy (voiced by Brenda Song) - A 13-year-old Thai-American girl who finds a mysterious music box that leads her to Amphibia. She must adjust to her new life and face the ups and downs of Amphibia. Upon arrival, she somehow lost her right shoe.
• Sprig Plantar (voiced by Justin Felbinger) - A 10-year-old adventurous and curious pink frog who befriends Anne.
• Hopadiah "Hop Pop" Plantar (voiced by Bill Farmer) - Sprig and Polly's 68-year-old traditional, strict, and overprotective grandfather who runs the family farm.
• Polly Plantar (voiced by Amanda Leighton) - Sprig's polliwog sister who carries herself around inside a bucket. Sometimes, she can be carried around by Anne, Sprig, or Hop Pop if she has to be carried anywhere.
• Bessie (vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker) - Hop Pop's giant snail who serves as the Plantar family's mode of transportation. She also pulls the family's cart.

Recurring

Wartwood inhabitants

• Mayor Toadstool (voiced by Stephen Root) - A toad who is the corrupt mayor of Wartwood Swamp. He has a tendency to raise the taxes on anything.
  • Toadie (voiced by Jack McBrayer) - Mayor Toadstool's loyal assistant.
• One-Eyed Wally (voiced by James Patrick Stuart) - A local town vagrant.
• Sadie Croaker (voiced by Laila Berzins) - An old lady with a cataract in her left eye who runs a dairy.
  • Archie - The pet spider of Sadie Croaker.
• Felicia Sundew (voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock) - The owner of "Felicia's Tea Shop". She is Ivy's mother and Sylvia's daughter.
• Sylvia Sundew (voiced by Mona Marshall) - Felicia's mother, Ivy's grandmother, and Hop Pop's girlfriend.
• Ivy Sundew (voiced by Katie Crown) - Felicia's daughter, Sylvia's granddaughter, and Sprig's love interest.
• Leopold Loggle (voiced by Brian Maillard) - An axolotl who is the town's wood-smith.
• Albus Duckweed (voiced by Kevin McDonald) - A newt who acts as the master of ceremonies and a food critic.
• Stumpy (voiced by John DiMaggio) - The cook and owner of "Stumpy's Diner" with interchangeable hands.
• Mr. Flour (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - The baker and owner of "Flour & Daughter's Bakery" who is Maddie's father.
• Maddie Flour (voiced by Jill Bartlett) - Mr. Flour's daughter and Sprig's ex-fiancee.
• Quentin (voiced by Scott Menville) - The cashier and custodian at "Grub & Go".

Toad Tower inhabitants

• Grime (voiced by Troy Baker) - A villainous one-eyed toad who is the captain of Toad Tower and the primary antagonist of the series.
• Sasha (voiced by Anna Akana) - Anne's former human friend who was captured by Grime and became his new lieutenant. She was the one who made Anne steal the Calamity Box that transported them both to Amphibia.
• Bog (voiced by Darin De Paul) - A ruthless toad soldier and tax collector who wields a giant hammer.
• Fens (voiced by April Winchell) - An aggressive female toad soldier who fights with a kanabō.
• Mire - A toad soldier in a toad-shaped helmet who doesn't speak and mostly growls.
• Percy (voiced by Matt Jones) - A friendly toad soldier who dreams of being a jester.

Production

Amphibia was created by Matt Braly, previously a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls and later a director on both Gravity Falls and Big City Greens. According to his Twitter account, he had been working on the series for almost two years before being greenlit. The show was based on Braly's childhood trips to Bangkok, Thailand.

On February 23, 2018, Amphibia was greenlit by Disney Channel alongside The Owl House.

On March 27, 2019, it was revealed that Brenda Song would return to Disney as the voice of Anne Boonchuy.

On May 15, 2019, Disney Channel renewed Amphibia for a second season ahead of its premiere.

Rough Draft Korea, SMIP, and Saerom each provide animation, and takes about nine months for each episode to be complete.

Marketing

On July 19, 2018, during the Star vs. the Forces of Evil and Big City Greens panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Disney released an early version of the intro for the series.

On April 27, 2019, Disney FanFest released a music video for a vocal version of the opening theme performed by Celica Gray Westbrook and a two-minute clip during a livestream.

On May 14, 2019, Disney Channel released the trailer.

On May 17, 2019, Disney Channel released the final version of the intro.

Amphibia will also be scheduled to include shorts, beginning with Teen Girl in a Frog World.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1a	"Anne or Beast?"	Bert Youn	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Kyler Spears, Yonatan Tal, & Bert Youn	June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)	103a	0.39
In the land of Amphibia, populated by anthropomorphic frogs, young Sprig Plantar takes the chance to prove he's responsible when One-Eyed Wally comes running into town warning everyone about a beast. The 'beast' is revealed to be a human girl named Anne Boonchuy, who has been magically transported into their world. After Anne saves him from a giant mantis, Sprig sees her as a hero. Anne later gets captured by an angry mob led by Mayor Toadstool, but when the mantis comes back she and Sprig work together to defeat it. After beating the mantis, Toadstool suggests running Anne out of town. Sprig stands up to the mob, taking responsibility for her well-being. Anne now lives with the Plantar's, until the valley clears up in a couple of months.
1b	"Best Fronds"	Derek Kirk Kim	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)	103b	0.39
Wanting to help Anne with her homesickness, Sprig takes her swimming at the lake. But Hop Pop locks the door to keep Anne inside. Anne and Sprig would then grab the key and open the door. While swimming at the lake, they face off a giant snake. After fighting the snake, Anne finally sees Sprig as a good friend. Meanwhile, a mysterious toad interrogates Anne's human friend, Sasha, who has also wound up in Amphibia where the toad had found Anne's other shoe in the South Forest.
2a	"Cane Crazy"	Derek Kirk Kim	Adam Colás	Hannah Ayoubi & Derek Kirk Kim	June 18, 2019 (2019-06-18)	101a	0.46
While making fun of Hop Pop, Anne accidentally breaks his favorite cane. She, along with Sprig and Polly, first visit town wood-smith Leopold Loggle so he can fix it. After telling them he can't, Loggle tells them that the cane comes from the Doom Tree and shows them a map to it. Anne, Sprig and Polly find the tree and break a branch from it, but then find that it is a giant stick insect. They beat the walking stick with termites, but have to give the new cane to Loggle to pay for his shop's damages. Thinking that she can no longer stay, Anne packs up to leave. But Hop Pop tells her that she can stay but is on dish duty for breaking his cane.
2b	"Flood, Sweat and Tears"	Derek Kirk Kim	Gloria Shen	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	June 18, 2019 (2019-06-18)	101b	0.46
Anne’s bedroom gets flooded by a leak. So, while Hop Pop tries to fix the leak, Anne bunks with Sprig in his room. They soon discover that they can't stand each other as roommates and try to fix the leak. They soon have to battle a couple of giant lampreys, who escape after being defeated, causing the water to drain. Anne and Sprig later find that being honest with each other has made them even better friends. Anne relocates to the couch until the living room starts to flood upon the leak not getting fixed.
3a	"Hop Luck"	Bert Youn	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19)	102a	0.37
To win the town's annual potluck and avoid the "Shame Cage" again, Anne leads the family on a quest to make pizza. After gathering most of the ingredients, they go to get tomatoes, which can only be obtained from a giant carnivorous tomato plant. They get swallowed by the plant and lose the ingredients in its stomach. But through Hop Pop's old cookbook, they find that they can eat their way out of the plant. Though the family loses again, their dish still turned out better than before.
3b	"Stakeout"	Bert Youn	Michele Cavin	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19)	102b	0.37
Seeing that arguing could lead to a family breakdown, Sprig steals some of the corn to have Anne and Hop Pop go on a stakeout. While they wait, Anne and Hop Pop talk about how they each miss a certain aspect, Anne her home and Hop Pop the old ways. They then try each other's drinks, which gives them strange hallucinations, including Sprig as an evil corn monster. Once the hallucinations stop, Anne and Hop Pop appreciate how they both have each other's back.
4a	"The Domino Effect"	Derek Kirk Kim	Story by : Jeff Trammell Teleplay by : Gloria Shen	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)	107a	0.41
After saving it from giant hornets and seeing similarities to her old cat, Anne wants to keep a caterpillar as a pet and names it Domino 2 after her pet cat Domino. But Hop Pop won't allow pets in the house, so Anne and Sprig hide Domino 2. Domino 2 later turns into a giant cat-like moth and attacks the Plantars. Seeing that Domino 2 is too dangerous, Anne distracts it with a mouse toy to drive it away. Sprig later makes a doll that looks like Domino 2 for Anne.
4b	"Taking Charge"	Bert Youn	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)	107b	0.41
Anne shows the Plantars her favorite show, Sprig and Polly like it but Hop Pop doesn't. Anne later finds that someone used her phone's battery to watch the other episodes. Hop Pop tells them about Zapapedes, centipedes with electricity, and one has enough power to charge Anne's phone. While on the trip, the family gets suspicious of each other. Hop Pop then admits to using the phone, and jumps into a pile of Zapapedes to redeem himself. Anne later forgives Hop Pop as she prevents him from revealing the parts of the episodes that they haven't seen yet.
5a	"Anne Theft Auto"	Derek Kirk Kim	Story by : Justin Charlebois Teleplay by : Jenava Mie	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)	TBA	0.39
Hop Pop allows Anne to ride Bessie, the family snail, but needs her to read Bessie's history before doing so. Anne thinks it is better to ride by experience, so she and Sprig take Bessie for a joy ride. They then drove off road and decided to get back on road, but Bessie hides in her shell. So while Sprig rides with Mrs. Croaker to get Hop Pop, Anne reads Bessie's history to pass the time. She then reads the part why Bessie hides, to avoid an array of giant hedgehogs. Anne and Bessie manage to outrun the array, pick up Sprig, and head for home so Anne can finish the book. After finishing the book, Hop Pop decides to let her take Bessie for a ride causing Anne to walk off while laughing hysterically.
5b	"Breakout Star"	Derek Kirk Kim	Gloria Shen	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)	TBA	0.39
Anne gets a pimple breakout and tries to hide it from the townsfolk, but when they see her pimples, they think they are ruby warts and make her a celebrity. Seeing this as an opportunity to get the town's vote, Toadstool and his assistant Toadie invite her to the town hall and take her to public events. Anne's skin later clears up and asks the Plantars for help. They find red berries that look like pimples and attach them on her face. Seeing that the Plantars like her for what she is, Anne wipes off the berries and gets shunned by the town again. Toadstool angrily asks Anne how he is going to get the town's votes now, while insulting them, which causes them to throw fruit and vegetables at him. Anne then returns to live with the Plantars.
6a	"Sprig Vs. Hop Pop"	Bert Youn	Adam Colás	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	TBA	0.39
Seeing that Hop Pop doesn't take any suggestions from anyone, Sprig challenges Hop Pop for the control of the farm. Sprig surprisingly defeats Hop Pop and starts to take all suggestions. Seeing that the farm is falling apart and that Sprig is mad with power, the girls get Hop Pop, who was among beetles in the cemetery. Hop Pop challenges Sprig to a rematch, during which promises Sprig that he'll consider some of the suggestions. Sprig forfeits the match and everything is back to normal.
6b	"Girl Time"	Bert Youn	Story by : Emily Brundige Teleplay by : Michele Cavin	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	TBA	0.39
Not wanting Polly to end up like the boys, Anne plans to give Polly some long-overdue girl time. While going to different places, Anne enjoys the girl time but Polly doesn't. While Anne gets a painful massage from Tuti (April Winchell), Polly ditches her. Anne later finds her with Wally and chastises her for ditching her. Then after Polly says girl time is boring, Anne insults her, hurting her feelings. Anne, along with the boys, gets arrested by Sheriff Buck Leatherleaf (James Adomian) for the IOU's she used to pay the services. They are to be sent to debtor's prison to gather giant spider eggs to pay their debt. Knowing that Polly is a great spitter, Anne wants her to break the spitting record to get the trophy, so their debt can be paid. However, Polly is not up to it because she feels bad about herself. Anne then apologizes to her and accepts her for who she is, giving Polly the motivation to spit. Using their cut of the trophy, Anne has it made into a statue of Polly, which she appreciates.
7a	"Dating Season"	Bert Youn	Adam Colás	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)	TBA	0.39
While walking in the woods, Anne and Sprig run into Ivy Sundew, Sprig's childhood friend. Seeing that Sprig likes her, Anne, Hop Pop, and Ivy's mother Felicia attempt to set them up at the Firefly Formal. Seeing that they don't actually want to date each other, they leave the dance together and watch the fireflies. Not wanting to let the courtship be ruined, Anne and the others follow the two kids only to get captured by a couple of giant love doves. Sprig and Ivy then head off to rescue them. After the rescue, Sprig comes to realize that he is in love with Ivy.
7b	"Anne Vs. Wild"	Derek Kirk Kim	Jenava Mie	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)	TBA	0.39
Anne, wanting to spend time with the Plantars, decides to go on a camping trip with them. Anne finds out that it is difficult to camp, but not wanting to leave, she lies about camping tough, which then causes Soggy Joe (Fred Tatasciore), a survivalist, to take Anne and the Plantars to the more dangerous area. After telling the family the story of the Mudmen, Joe gets attacked by them. They then turn to the family and start attacking them. Anne remembers that they hate to be clean, so she throws her bath bomb, that she had in her bag, and the Mudmen are revealed to be wimpy cannibal frogs. Anne then tells the Plantars the truth and that she didn't want to be left out, to which the Plantars happily say they will include her to more things. Anne then, at home, shows them the music box, which Hop Pop says he has never seen it before and goes to bed. But in actuality, Hop Pop discovers in one of his books that it is an item called "The Calamity Box."
8a	"Contagi-Anne"	Derek Kirk Kim	Michele Cavin	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)	TBA	0.41
On a rainy day, Anne was planning to sleep in until Hop Pop ropes her into doing some outdoor work to prepare for the rainstorm. To get out of working in the rain, Anne fakes getting sick. But when the rest of the family comes back from working, they get sick. Feeling guilty, Anne decides to take care of them while pretending to be sick. The Plantars then start to develop an aliment called Red Leg, which is deadly. Finding that there is a pond that can heal them, Anne takes the Plantars there. After climbing a steep trail, jumping over geysers and riding a giant fly, they make it to the pond, but the redness doesn't heal. Sad that she will lose her adoptive family, Anne tells them the truth and promises to never fake sickness again. They realize that they're not dying, but are just red because of a mushroom Anne put in the soup she made for them. Anne then hugs the Plantars and cries tears of joy knowing they're going to live.
8b	"Family Shrub"	Bert Youn	Jenava Mie	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)	TBA	0.41
While working on the Plantars family shrub, Sprig and Polly think their ancestors are boring and non-fascinating. As Hop Pop goes out to get more glue, the kids find a secret entrance to three rooms of their ancestors, each with a deadly trap. In the first room, belonging to a scientist ancestor, Sprig pulls a lever that releases a mutated pumpkin creature. Sprig tames it, only to betray it and kick it back in the cage. In the second room, they find out their turnip-farming ancestor was also a great warrior. Sprig pulls another lever, activating a training simulator which Polly smashes her way though. The final room was full of games and puzzles collected by, much to Anne's joyous surprise, a newt who was an honorary Plantar. The ceiling begins to cave and Anne solves the puzzle, opening their escape. After finding the exit, the kids are proud of their ancestors and Anne is proud to be an honorary Plantar. Having just got home and learning about the secret rooms, Hop Pop decides to check them out with Loggle still glued to his back and the kids going after them after hearing their screams.
9a	"Lily Pad Thai"	Derek Kirk Kim	Adam Colás	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	109a	0.39
The Plantars go to Stumpy's to eat. Seeing how Albus Duckweed the food critic is treating Stumpy the cook, Anne makes a bet that she and Stumpy can turn the diner around, which Duckweed accepts. Since Stumpy doesn't care, Anne, using her skills she learned from her parents' restaurant, takes it upon herself to fix the diner. Stumpy later helps out and together they turn the diner into a Frog-Thai fusion restaurant. It becomes successful, but Duckweed is still unimpressed and plans to release his terrible review. So, Anne and Stumpy bring in a Kraken for a special dish. The Kraken turns out to still be alive and attacks. Anne and Stumpy beat it and Duckweed gives the restaurant a great review. Stumpy later thanks Anne for her help and that her parents would be proud.
9b	"Plantar’s Last Stand"	Bert Youn	Gloria Shen	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	109b	0.39
After Toadstool has increased the food stand tax, Anne convinces Hop Pop to sell Plantar's Potions, which is just vegetable juice. Seeing that he needs to embellish the truth to sale the juice, Hop Pop makes up benefits to it. The juice becomes a great success, but it is still not enough to pay the tax. Seeing that they're out of vegetables, Hop Pop decides to gather garbage and make juice. However, Hop Pop tells the truth and apologizes. While he's apologizing, giant flies come and start picking off townsfolk, including the kids. Hop Pop sees that they're attracted to the garbage juice and takes the barrel to push it off a cliff. The flies drop the kids and take the barrel away. Hop Pop then gives the town a refund and loses the stand to Toadie, but he is happy to be honest again.
10a	"Toad Tax"	Derek Kirk Kim	Michele Cavin	Drew Applegate, Cheyenne Curtis, & Kyler Spears	July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	110a	0.50
Anne feels that the town doesn't respect her. She thinks she can get it if she hangs out with the toad soldiers led by Bog as they go around collecting taxes. But the toads proved to be a bunch of bullies and Anne returns at least one item to the towns people. When the toads attempt to raid the Plantars, Anne stands in the way and fights them to protect her family. The towns people then stand up to protect Anne. Sprig then tells everyone that Toadstool's been hoarding the taxes, who's saving it for his re-election campaign. The toads leave with the taxes, and Anne is praised as the town protector and the townspeople happily agree to sign her cast that she got when she was injured.
10b	"Prison Break"	Bert Youn	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	110b	0.50
At Toad Tower, a fortress far from Wartwood, Sasha is held prisoner by Captain Grime and his army of toads, which include prison guards, Percy and Braddock. As Percy leaves to pursue his jester dreams, his instruments attract a couple of giant herons. He runs back to the fortress, unintentionally leading them. While fighting the herons, Grime is impressed by Sasha's fighting skills and releases her. Sasha makes a deal with Grime to help fight the herons for her freedom. At the safe room, she helps Grime manipulate his soldiers to fight. After winning the battle, Grime offers Sasha the position of lieutenant, which she accepts. She promises to find her friends and a way back home, while also planning to have fun as Grime's lieutenant. As Grime is informed that Bog has returned, Sasha still plans to find Anne and Marcy.
11a	"Grubhog Day"	Derek Kirk Kim	Michele Cavin	Matt Braly & Kim Roberson	July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)	TBA	0.44
It is Grubhog Day, the holiday where everyone takes a day-off and celebrates the grubhog for predicting the weather. And to restore the family name, Hop Pop has Sprig to watch the grubhog until the ceremony. Sprig wants to make Hop Pop proud, but also wants to have fun at the carnival. Anne convinces him that he can do both, and they enjoy the carnival. At the last ride, Anne and Sprig lose the grubhog and it gets taken away by a giant vulture. To save the ceremony, Anne creates a grub hog sock puppet and the frogs enjoy its shenanigans. Then it comes time to cut open the grubhog, and Sprig tells the truth. Seeing that he placed a lot of pressure of Sprig, Hop Pop apologizes. And seeing that the frogs like the puppet, the town decides to make that the grubhog tradition.
11b	"Hop Pop and Lock"	Bert Youn	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)	TBA	0.44
While selling produce in an alley ever since they lost their stand, Hop Pop runs into an old crush Sylvia Sundew. As Hop Pop wonders how he can show Sylvia how he feels about her, he sees that a dance is happening tonight. So to win over Sylvia and beat his old rival Monroe (Paul Eiding), Hop Pop asks Anne to teach him to dance. At the dance, Hop Pop and Monroe have a dance battle, which Monroe wins. Hop Pop shows Sylvia his feelings by freestyle dancing, which horrifies the frogs. Sylvia responds with an equally terrible dance and saying she always had a soft spot for the weird ones. They then danced together, with Sprig playing his fiddle.
12a	"Civil Wart"	Derek Kirk Kim	Jenava Mie	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	TBA	0.45
It is theater night and the town is excited, until Toadstool announces that the acting troupe got eaten. Using her phone, Anne shows the town a teen romance movie involving cyborgs and deer people, which causes the town to split on its love triangle with Sprig and Polly as leaders. Anne and Hop Pop try to get the town back together by stealing the flags. The two sides commence to fight, and during the fight Sprig protects Polly from an array of vegetables. After the town makes peace, Anne shows another movie.
12b	"Hop-Popular"	Derek Kirk Kim	Adam Colás	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	TBA	0.45
Hop Pop is depressed about losing his stand and the kids get him a job interview. After the interview, Hop Pop sees that Toadstool nominates himself for mayor, to which he rants on how the town could be better. The town, inspired by his words, nominates Hop Pop as mayor and he accepts. Along with the town's vote, the candidates have to go through trials to prove their worth. Hop Pop excels at the trials, while Toadstool struggles. Toadstool makes a deal with Hop Pop, if he forfeits the last trial he'll give him his stand back tax free. Hop Pop was about to, but seeing that the town believes in him, he gets back up and wins by a knockout. However, due to not extending his campaign across the valley, Hop Pop loses the election. The townsfolk take pity on Hop Pop give him a new stand for giving them hope.
13a	"Croak and Punishment"	Bert Youn	Gloria Shen	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	113a	0.42
Sprig finds a rare and precious Blue Moon Shell and wants to give it to Ivy for her birthday the following day. But after cleaning Bessie's stable, he finds it stolen. He and Anne then investigate to find the thief. Their first clue, a red string, leads them to Grub & Go, where Quentin the cashier tells them that it came from Mr. Flour the baker. After forcefully getting his customer list, Anne and Sprig go around to confront the suspects, with Sprig being the bad cop with rage. They head over to their last suspect, Gunther (Chris Sullivan), a gentle tusked frog from the south who had to move because of a misunderstanding. Sprig starts breaking his things, which causes him to turn into a hulking tusked-frog. After the town refuses to help, Sprig apologizes and gives Gunther some donuts and he calms down. They return home and discover that it was Ivy who stole to clean it for Sprig. Sprig gives it to her, but she leaves it with him, so she knows how to get to his place.
13b	"Trip to the Archives"	Bert Youn	Michele Cavin	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	113b	0.42
The mountain pass will clear up in one week and to prepare for the quest to find Anne's way home, the Plantars visit the town archives for research. While the others are enjoying reading, Sprig wants to have an adventure, so he takes the lens that keeps the door open and traps them inside. After many attempts to escape, Anne thinks they can escape through the skylight, but she ends up getting stuck and surrounded by giant cicadas. Sprig, using the archives blueprints, goes through the bathroom pipes to escape. He rescues Anne and accepts all the ways to help Anne get back home, whether it is boring or not.
14a	"Snow Day"	Derek Kirk Kim	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	TBA	0.44
Hiber Day is coming to freeze all the frogs, and when that happens someone goes missing never to be seen again. That causes everyone to say their goodbyes, but Anne, being warm-blooded, promises to protect them until they thaw out. The cold comes early and freezes everyone, and Anne brings everyone to the town square. She gets bored and thaws Sprig out early to have fun. They do head count and discover that Polly has been taken. They track her down to a cave where they face off a giant weasel. Seeing that the weasel is a mother trying to feed her children, Anne gives the weasel her omelet in exchange for Polly. The town thaws out and praise Anne for protecting them. Anne admits that she wasn't the best protector because she goofed off. The town still praises her protecting them and being honest. However, they see one of her phone's photo as she is asked if she used them as bowling pins.
14b	"Cracking Mrs. Croaker"	Bert Youn	Jenava Mie	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	TBA	0.44
Sprig is very well-liked by everyone, except for Mrs. Croaker. So to make her like him, Sprig goes through her stuff and discovers a frog named Jonah (Jeff Bergman). Thinking he's Mrs. Croaker's long-lost love, Sprig goes out to find and bring him to her. Jonah then turns out to be an assassin, who has been hunting Mrs. Croaker for many years in order to kill her. But she, along with her spider Archie, defeats him. Seeing how much Sprig did to get her to like him, Mrs. Croaker decides to try to do so.
15a	"A Night at The Inn"	Derek Kirk Kim	Gloria Shen	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	115a	0.34
The family finds the mountain pass still frozen over and head back to town. But then Bessie breaks down and a storm comes. They decide to stay at Dandy Lion Inn, a bed and breakfast owned by Teddy and Martha (Chris Sullivan & Kari Wahlgren), a couple of friendly horned bullfrogs. While Anne and Sprig have their own rooms, Polly has to share a room with Hop Pop which bothers her. She then gets the room next to Hop Pop's and is at first happy about her independence, but starts to get scared. She visits Anne and Sprig, and goes back to Hop Pop, but finds that they have disappeared. She then gets attacked by Martha and escapes through the laundry shoot. Polly then finds that Martha, Teddy and a couple of other bullfrogs are cannibals ready to eat her family. She rescues them and defeats the bullfrogs. The family escapes with Bessie and the snails of past guests, and Anne destroys the inn with giant barrels of baking powder and vinegar. They all then sleep in Hop Pop's bed.
15b	"Wally and Anne"	Bert Youn	Adam Colás	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	115b	0.34
While foraging, Anne sees the Moss Man, a mythical green creature with trees for horns. She tells the family about it but they don't believe her. To prove she's not crazy, she goes to One-Eyed Wally, who also saw it, and asks for his help to find the Moss Man. While on the quest, Wally saves Anne's life and she starts to see him as a friend. After finding the Moss Man, Wally admits that he never seen it up until that point, which frustrates Anne because she doesn't want to be like him. Seeing that her remark hurt Wally's feelings, she apologizes. They see the Moss Man on top of a cliff and climb up to get a picture of it. However, Wally falls and Anne saves him, missing her chance to get proof. They tell the town about it, but without proof they don't believe them. Anne's okay with it because she and Wally know what they saw, and that they don't care what others think of them.
16a	"Family Fishing Trip"	Derek Kirk Kim	Michele Cavin	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	116a	0.48
Sprig looks forward to the wants to the family fishing trip and spend time with Hop Pop. But then Hop Pop’s girlfriend Sylvia comes along and Sprig gets jealous of her. He tries a lot of tactics to get rid of her, but each one just makes Sylvia look better to Hop Pop. Seeing that Sprig is upset, Sylvia tries to talk to him about it. Sprig sees an island with blue flowers and lies to her about them being Hop Pop's favorite so she can swim to it. Hop Pop then comes out ready to fish after Sylvia told him he should spend time with Sprig, which cause Sprig to feel guilty. They hear Sylvia scream, and using Anne's hang glider, Sprig sees her attacked by a giant crab, disguised as the flower island. After beating the crab, Sprig apologizes to Sylvia and she forgives him, thus resuming the fishing trip.
16b	"Bizarre Bazaar"	Bert Youn	Gloria Shen	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	116b	0.48
Sprig finds an egg that leads to the Bizarre Bazaar, an exclusive marketplace that appears once a year. Anne, wanting answers to the music box, goes to the traveling festival with Sprig. They find a stand of items that have similar designs like the music box, but the vendor is out to lunch. So as they wait, they decide to look around the bazaar. The vendor, Valentina (Susanne Blakeslee), returns and Anne was about to show her the music box, but her backpack was taken by Marnie (Bill Kopp). As Anne and Sprig go after him, Valentina wonders if Anne's the one she's been looking for. They catch Marnie and demand the backpack back, but he tells them that the only way to get it back is winning the Cockroach Race. They accept but lose to the Wrecker, a champion racer, and the bazaar closes. The Wrecker turns out be Hop Pop and he gives Anne's backpack back to her, Anne apologizes for lying to him and trusts Hop Pop to find answers to the box. Later at night, Hop Pop buries the Calamity Box which he feels is too dangerous for anyone else to discover.
17a	"Cursed!"	Derek Kirk Kim	Jenava Mie	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	117a	0.47
Sprig hides from Maddie, his spooky fiancee. Seeing that he's too scared to break up with her, Anne does it for him through a note. The next morning, they find themselves cursed with Sprig turned into be a fur-ball and Anne turned into a bird. They think it was Maddie who cursed them and try to lift it themselves, so Sprig doesn't have an awkward conversation with her. But their attempts don't work and they remain cursed. Maddie arrives with their bread delivery and they ask her to lift it. She tells them that only the caster can lift it, which wasn't her. She helps them find the caster and find that it is Barry (Keith Silverstein), the candy man wanting revenge for the ruined Blue Moon Berries. Maddie fights Barry and turns him into a fuzzy bird, and lifting Anne and Sprig's curses. Maddie states that she'll lift the curse on Barry in exchange for some candy. Sprig apologizes to Maddie and they remain friends.
17b	"Fiddle Me This"	Bert Youn	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	117b	0.47
"Amphibia's Got Talent" comes to Wartwood, and Hop Pop trains Sprig to win. But he goes overboard on the training. At the show, Sprig impresses everyone, including the judges (Tara Lipinski & Johnny Weir), with his over-the-top, moth-themed fiddle playing. Then a giant bat, thinking Sprig's a moth, comes in and catches him. Using the judges' launching stage, Hop Pop and Polly rescue him. Hop Pop tells Polly to sing, which disorientates the bat and it lets Sprig go. After crashing the stage, Sprig asks Hop Pop why he was pushing him so hard when he wanted to have fun. Hop Pop tells him that he wanted to give him and Polly a better future, but realizes that he was a bit tough on him and apologizes. Sprig accepts the apology and he and his family end up winning. The judges offer to have them go on tour and share their act, but they refuse and take the trophy with them as payment for Anne mortgaging the house earlier.
18a	"The Big Bugball Game"	Bert Youn	Michele Cavin	Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi	July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	TBA	0.37
The town is celebrating Harvest Day, and part of the celebration is that Anne must learn the Big Bugball Game. Every year, it is the farmers versus townies, and the farmers always lose. But this year, Anne joins the farmers team, with Sprig, Hop Pop, Mrs. Croaker, and a tulip farmer named Chuck (Matt Braly). The townies consist of Toadstool, Toadie, pro-Bugball player Frog Jordan (Diedrich Bader), Lydia (Eden Riegel), and a transfer from out of state named Olaf. But while going against the townie team in a practice round, Anne refuses to let her team help. After losing the practice round, Anne's team help her be more of a team player. At the game, the teams are evenly matched and the townies resort to cheating by blinding Anne. Using the trust expertise from practice, Anne reaches to the goal but doesn't make the shot. Sprig then catches the ball and wins for the farmers. Anne now sees the importance of teamwork and later gets victory dunked with bug juice much to her discomfort.
18b	"Combat Camp"	Derek Kirk Kim	Adam Colás	Drew Applegate & Cheyenne Curtis	July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	TBA	0.37
While Hop Pop heads to Crop-Con, Anne, Sprig and Polly are forced to stay at a daycare center with Tritonio Espada (Matt Chapman) who became the new owner ever since the original owners called the Bogwaters retired. But when Hop Pop leaves, Tritonio turns out to be an adventurer-type instructor who has converted the daycare into a combat camp. While Tritonio praises Sprig and Polly, he pushes Anne to train harder. Anne feels that Tritonio is picking on her and asks him why, he tells her that he is tough on her because he believes in her potential. He gives Anne his family sword and trains her to fight. On the last day of their stay, Tritonio has them learn an expertise plan that involves a bug train. Sprig and Polly question it, but Anne trusts Tritonio and says they should do it. At the train, they manage to get pass the train guards associated with Toad Tower and get a priceless ruby called the Tiger-Moth's Eye. Tritonio takes it and is revealed to be a train-robber who only used the kids to get it. They escape and Anne fights Tritonio. She defeats him and the train guards take him away. While Anne feels betrayed by Tritonio, she'll still give teachers a chance the day she gets home.
19a	"Children of the Spore"	Derek Kirk Kim	Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Kathryn Marusik & Kyler Spears	July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	TBA	0.41
Hop Pop tries to build and preserve a battle-ship replica called The Green Lady, but the kids' rough housing breaks it and he takes it to Loggle's to fix it. While there he meets Apothecary Gary (Tony Hale), a salesman who sells him a potion who will make the kids behave. He doesn't think it'll work, but after the kids break the ship again he decides to put it on them. In the morning, the kids behave till the evening. Hop Pop puts another dose on them and they turn into mind-controlled zombies. He runs into Gary, who turns out to be a rare sentient mind-controlling mushroom who plans to takeover all of Amphibia. Hop Pop leads the citizens and Gary to the stable and uses Bessie to eat all the mushrooms, including Gary. The citizens and Gary's host Lloyd are free and return home. Though Lloyd doesn't remember where he lives. Hop Pop apologizes to the kids for giving them the potion and the kids apologize for not listening to him and promising to listen to him more often. In a twist ending, Hop Pop's beetle Jeremy later eats some of the potion and becomes infected as a new mushroom grows on it.
19b	"Anne of The Year"	Bert Youn	Jenava Mie	Drew Applegate, Jenn Strickland, & Silver Paul	July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	TBA	0.41
In Wartwood, Mayor Toadstool awards its most prestigious award called the Frog of the Year to Anne after the citizens of Wartwood votes for her. Toadstool is incensed at this and bets that her celebration party, an annual event the winner puts on for the town, will be a disaster. To prove him wrong, Anne plans the party with Hop Pop being the entertainment, Polly as the bouncer, and Sprig bringing the spectacle by confessing his feelings to Ivy. Anne becomes obsessed with proving Toadstool wrong. The party seems to go off without a hitch until the sashimi, a giant mud-skipper, begins destroying the party, setting fire to the stage. Taming it and gaining the unlikely assistance of Toadstool, Anne puts the fire out with the chocolate fountain. Hop Pop says that they chose Anne because of how much she has grown, not because she was flawless. Toadstool even concedes and tells her she deserves the award. When the party resumes, Ivy asks Sprig if he wants to go out with her and he accepts. Toadie tells Anne that "a friend" is waiting for her on the bridge outside of town. It is revealed to be Sasha, finally reuniting with Anne. However, she arrives with the entire Toad Tower army led by Grime who says that it is nice to finally meet Anne.
20	"Reunion"	Derek Kirk Kim, Bert Youn & Kyler Spears	Adam Colás, Gloria Shen, Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo	Cheyenne Curtis, Nate Maurer, Kyler Spears, Jenn Strickland & Steve Wolfhard	July 18, 2019 (2019-07-18)	120	0.34
Three months ago, Anne and Sasha ditch school for the former's birthday. Just as she is about to head home, Anne is convinced by Sasha to go see Marcy about getting the music box. In the present, Grime and his army enter Wartwood, to invite the frogs to a banquet celebrating Anne and Sasha's reunion. After Anne gives the okay, they head to Toad Tower. While the frogs enjoy the banquet, Anne and Sasha hang out at Sasha's room. After talking to a nervous soldier, Sprig figures out the banquet is a trap and they're prisoners causing the frogs to fight back. Sasha tells Anne that the banquet was to get Hop Pop to the fortress, so he can be fed to a giant venus flytrap for inspiring rebellions in the valley. Anne tries to rescue the frogs, but are all captured. As Hop Pop is taken to be executed, Anne, with the help of Sprig, stands up to Sasha and defends him. Grime proposes a duel between the girls, if Anne wins the frogs can go, but if Sasha wins Hop Pop is to die. Anne beats Sasha, but the fortress starts to explode from Wally's boomshrooms. As everyone escapes the collapsing tower, Anne tries to save Sasha, but she lets herself fall out of guilt on how she treated her. Grime saves her and he and the toads escape with her unconscious body. After getting back to Wartwood, the Plantars apologize that Anne lost Sasha as a friend, but Anne tells them it is okay because she considers them her family and that as long as they stay together, they'll get through anything.

Broadcast

Amphibia made its international debut on Disney Channel's Canadian feed on June 22, 2019. The series premiered in India on August 11, 2019, Australia and New Zealand on August 18, 2019. It will premiere in Southeast Asia on September 9, 2019, and South Korea on September 18, 2019. The series made its debut on the American Disney XD on August 5, 2019.

Reception

Critical reception

Amphibia received a positive reception from critics. Common Sense Media's Emily Ashby praised the series for its characters and themes, writing that "Sprig and Anne's adventures are a joy to behold, mostly thanks to their delightfully compatible personalities and the sweet friendship that develops between them" and that "the story illustrates issues like bullying and emotional manipulation in ways that will resonate with kids and tweens and can prompt discussions about the topics". Bekah Burbank of LaughingPlace.com praised the series' ability to balance its humor and its terror elements, as well as its pacing, characters, and animation, stating that "Amphibia is clever and goofy with plenty of jokes to keep kids laughing and just enough scary content to hold their attention. The show moves quickly and is broken into two 11-minute episodes that, at least for the premiere, form one complete chapter. The animation is bouncy and colorful and the characters are a delight". Collider's Dave Trumbore gave the series' first two episodes a 4 stars rating, feeling that they "[served] as a great introduction to the series".

External links

• Official website
• Amphibia at IMDb