#where marcy is the princess of Newtopia

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Amphibia Royalty AU

Let’s fucking go

The girls had all been in Amphibia since they were babies and never knew Earth; they're like 17-18 here

Newts, Toads, and Frogs are all separate kingdoms with Newts and Toads sort of allied with intermingled military

Frogs are pretty separate but want to ally with Newts/Toads to keep everyone free of conflict and make total political peace across the continent

Frogs have little rural villages with an overarching king, said king being Hop Pop (I want Hop Pop royalty, let me have this) who can't make the journey himself, so he sends his oldest grandkid, Princess Anne and her brother and guard Prince Sprig to do the delegating and negotiations

Marcy is chief ranger of Newtopia and is frequently dispatched, has had more dealings with the Frogs than anyone because they're sometimes sent to help Frogs in small trade-off deals

They get brought back to help delegate because of that little connection

Marcy is EXTREMELY badass because let's be real they absolutely showed that in canon and being chief ranger they kind of HAVE to be, has their little arm crossbow plus a normal bow and the potions they make and use

They come off as a brooding serious (but still kind) ranger in public to keep up an image for their position until you’re with them in private and they are their normal clumsy bubbly self

Sasha is captain of the castle guard under Commander Grime, she and Marcy grew up together in the castle and have always been best friends

Sasha has been in love with Marcy for years

Marcy and Anne connect quickly because of Marcy's interactions with the Frogs, and they start to spend a lot of time together while Sasha is left half sulking and half pissed that she already has to deal with Marcy being pulled away on missions, and now all of their attention is on the princess instead

Anne starts to fall for Marcy pretty hard which Sprig sort of warns against because he A) doesn't trust the Newts/Toads just yet, B) thinks it might be dangerous to start mixing feelings into politics, and C) is rightfully wary of Marcy's "best friend who is also the scary guard captain"

Sasha tries to keep from getting overly jealous and hostile because she also knows mixing feelings into this sensitive political situation is an absolute no-go

Marcy and Anne have one of those "tell me what your scars are from" moments and they kiss

Sasha sees this and is crushed and even more resentful of Anne and mad at herself for not confessing sooner

The next day Marcy is called off to an urgent mission in Wartwood because there are rumors of bandits or people pissed about the alliance or something like that, I haven't decided

Leads to a very "I'll do everything I can to protect your kingdom, Princess" moment between Anne and Marcy, Anne being terrified but confident they'll be okay

Sasha is terrified that this might finally be the mission where Marcy gets in over their head and begs to go with them right before they're set to leave

They tell her to stay in Newtopia and protect the castle and "delegates" (aka Anne, RIP Sprig) and they'll be perfectly fine

Sasha reacts with "I don't want to let you go while I stay here and protect your fucking girlfriend!!!"

Immediately kisses Marcy after that and rushes out a pent up confession about how she's been in love with them for years and all that

They just step back having no idea how to deal with that because maybe they feel the same and maybe they don't and maybe they've never even thought about it and what about Anne but now's not really the time

They don't even really say anything, just reply with "protect the castle, I should be back in a few weeks" which makes Sasha feel like she just irrevocably fucked everything up

Marcy goes on mission, leaving Sasha to look after Anne

Anne can tell that Sasha is in love with Marcy and is torn between "who cares, I love them too" and feeling just a little sympathetic because she can see how much Sasha's hurting, tries to talk to her about it which does not go well AT ALL

Sasha argues that Newtopia is Marcy's home, the castle is Marcy's home, she is Marcy's home, and "You're just a whirlwind crush who's going to fade from their mind the moment you're no longer in their face all the time"

Really see Anne slapping Sasha across the face right here but I'm not sure

Either way Anne says or does something that is very much so a "try me, I dare you" kind of clue that ends the fight right there

Sasha just shuts up from there, basically doesn't speak to Anne unless it's "yes ma'am" "no ma'am" or some other extremely short answer when her duty as guard absolutely requires her to

After awhile of this, Anne does start to feel really bad for the fight (even though Sasha started it) and tries to apologize, which actually goes well this time and even gets Sasha to open up about her feelings without monumentally losing her temper

Definitely would be an exchange where Anne says she's sorry if she "stole" Marcy from Sasha, she didn't realize there might have been something going on and Marcy didn’t say anything, to which Sasha replies "you didn't. That's the problem. There wasn't anything until you came along and I was content with that. That’s why it hurts so bad now”

Sasha tells her that she kissed Marcy and they’re both trying to figure stuff out because nothing was ever really confirmed in either situation, one just had a huge past connected to it

They start to open up and become closer, bonding at first over being worried about Marcy and then over other stuff where they start to become something like friends

And then suddenly Marcy comes back nearly dead, their mission completed and Wartwood safe but not without serious injury to them defending the town and their team, ends up in a coma for a decent amount of time which leads to Anne and Sasha completely setting aside their differences

Sasha breaks down crying at one point freaking out because she should have been there with Marcy and Anne comforts her telling her everything’s going to be alright and Marcy will be fine

They end up kissing

It’s partly because of the shared fear and worry, partly because something has grown out of their relationship, and partly Anne just trying to comfort Sasha and not knowing any other way to do it in the situation; overall it just happens and neither realizes what they’re doing until they pull back and have an “oh shit” moment

Marcy wakes up and they’re all overjoyed for a little bit before everything starts to weigh on them and every single dynamic in the triangle gets really awkward with none of them having any idea about what to do

There’s a one-on-one between each of them and then they all sit down and try to figure stuff out

In the end it’s all happy, they’re all in love and together, until the point in time Anne would have to go back to Wartwood and there’s a promise between them all to write and visit whenever they get the chance

Bittersweet ending in that

AAAAAND that’s what I’ve got. I really want to write a fic on this but I have a feeling it would rapidly surpass “War and Peace” in word count if I did so

#amphibia #amphibia au #sasharcy #marcanne #sashanne #sashannarcy #sasha waybright #marcy wu #anne boonchuy #sprig plantar #captain grime #king andrias #hopadiah plantar #royalty au #I have no idea what I'm doing #did not mean for it to be that long #kind of want to write a fic and kinda don't #and yes I would make Hop Pop a king because I can

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hi!! idk if u do AUs or anything of that sort, but if u do could u do a marcy wu x fem!reader where both marcy and reader are princesses (from different kingdoms) but they fall for each other? if u dont do aus just ignore this hsjrvsh

Alright! And I do aus!

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☁️Princess!Marcy x Princess!Reader☁️

Characters:

Marcy Wu: She/Her (we love Marcy- she's a princess of New topia in this au!)

Reader: She/Her (She's the princess of a large section of land that is mostly full of frogs and newts- probably really intimidating)

Anne Boonchuy: She/Her (princess girly pop- love her lol- princess of WartWood)

Sasha Waybright: She/Her (bad ass girl, princess of the Frog army lol-)

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Ah, new day new celebration in Newtopia! Marcy got out of bed, but she's more excited because today she had a meeting with all the neighboring kingdoms! She even heard about a young princess her age! She decided to act and look her best today!

*tiny time skip*

She was was now done with the meeting, very tiring how she put it! there was her friends she knew from other kingdoms! Anne, Sasha and a few others! But their was Y/N!

Y/N was very nice and maybe even pretty but she knew that she had more important things to attend to anyway! But Y/N kept plaguing her mind and even inviting her to her kingdom ever since that meeting!

Marcy didn't expect this at all but she was pleased! Anne and Sasha praise but also teased her about it, having a crush on another princess >:]

But it was true, the more she stuck around with you the more she felt deeper and in love with you! This usually formed 3 weeks into your friendship but unfortunately rumors are getting around that it was true that the princess of Newtopia had a crush on the princess of [INSERT KINGDOM AME HERE]! Some supported, others not, it just put tension onto it-

But she stay strong and still continued to erase the suspicion! She figured it would drive you away from her and maybe even start rivalry between the kingdoms! Anne and Sasha try convincing her that you wouldn't be like that! And besides Y/N wasn't dumb and ask her about her feelings. NUMEROUS TIMES, But Marcy would switch to another topic or just tell her that you're all just 'friends'

You didn't believe it so you basically just force the truth out of her and she ended up confessing it after peer pressure, you thanked her and accepted her feelings, you also liked her when you meet at the Kingdom meeting, you also apologize for peer pressuring her :')

And now, your kingdoms I'm going to be United at last and you all will live "happily ever after"..... Nah jk y'all go kick ass and chew bubble gum and you're all out of gum-

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I DID IT YAAAAAA-

#amphibia x reader #marcy x reader #Marcy x female reader

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Anon Time - 3

Hey been a while since I did one of these. Just gonna knock out a few of these cause Ive gotten a lot of questions the last few days..

Yep! I got kinda lax in how much time was passing in season 1, and now we’re here. The official reason is the late hiber day kept the valley closed off longer and Marcy’s trip to Newtopia was a lot windier than Anne’s. 

Basically! Unlike Anne who had no interest in changing Marcy just didn’t want to burden her financially challenged family back in season 1 and now mostly doesn’t super feel like she deserves a cool adventuring outfit. She’d definitely love one, but currently feels too guilty to ask for it. 

I’m so glad you enjoyed everything! I was really worried about part one being too sparse to really entertain, but it seems like everyone’s been okay with a chiller chapter. Can’t wait to show everyone part 2.It’s gonna be exciting, and then heartwarming, and then oh so bittersweet. 

This sounds really cute! I don’t... really have a story to go along with it though. I’d love to see art of tiny Marcy and the Collector hanging out. Anne and Sasha getting kind of worried as the years go by about Marcy having an imaginary friend. 

The themes work great! It’s pretty much a one to one. Again sounds great for Art. Sasha dressed in badass armor, Anne in her heroic garb, Marcy doing some Sheik level gender fuckery.

Plot wise, you could do a lot or a little. Having the three triforce bearers being childhood friends though seems like the most interesting to me personally. In some post Breath of the Wild version of Hyrule where the kingdom is long forgotten. Ancient bloodlines coming together in humble settings. Not a princess but a tinkerer, not a warlord but a guard, only our triforce of courage holder living a simple life of a ranger. 

I’m not sure how fate would conspire to make them fight against each other, but man it would be tragic. Sasha having to wrestle with Demise’s influence 

#awiw #aaa #question time

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While I am really excited to see the next episode because we finally get to see Marcy in season 3, I'm also assuming there will be angst so in order to distract myself here is an AU where Marcy is alive and well and going to go on a date with Anne.

#marcy amphibia #anne amphibia #annarcy #marcanne #marcy x anne #anne x marcy #au #or i guess it could be a royalty au #where marcy is the princess of Newtopia #and anne is either her knight or a regular townsperson who got a chance to come to the ball #lol #idk what i am doing #amphiba #amphibia au #marcy wu #anne boonchuy #I used a lot of references from the actual show for this #and i used gravity fall's northwest mansion for the background #it took forever #but I'm still not really happy with it #Thanks for reading

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Day 2: Calamity (I think I never wrote down the prompt for the first one whoops)

Ah yes, a lil smthn from one of the many AU ideas I have but never put down, because I’m never happy with the design ideas I make.

This ones a Fairytale AU, where Marcy grew up in Newtopia as the princess, Sasha with the toads which are dragons in this one, so she’s half dragon for reasons and Anne is the knight who gets sent to save the princess from the ‘evil’ dragon who kidnapped her. A cliche fairytale indeed! With lots of miscommunication and plot and story that I might write down one day!

#sasharcyweek #Fairytale AU #amphibia #Marcy wu #sasha waybright #calamity #day 2 lets go gaymers woooo #tfw you kidnap the princess because she wanted to run away anyways but she is full of adventurous energy and brings a whole lotta chaos #this AU is so packed #I was contemplating more than once to start writing #but the curse of bilingual bad at words designs and starting things stopped me #😞 #maybe one day when I have time to sit down properly and try

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The Third Temple!

           SASHA you’re so DUMB, dang it! WHY would you?! WHY?!

           Sasha, you really ARE brute force, in spite of your seemingly more subtle, nuanced, and manipulative strategies on the surface… Superficially you think things through, you have plans and rely on Honey over Vinegar… But fundamentally, I think it’s clear that Sasha is someone who gets by through brute force, in the sense that she blindly throws her power around, instead of genuinely conceding to diplomacy and whatnot. And, this plays into her Persistence, and never giving up, as we see against those two bullies in the flashback…

           Also, lemme just say- The dehydrated bit for the Amphibians was hilarious and also a clever way to isolate the conflict to just the humans, and THEN just Anne and Sasha- Because alas, Marcy’s weak nerd arms…!

           Seriously though, seeing how Grime lowkey lays the pressure, I like how it displays that they’re both… Toxic and enabling to one another, even if supportive, and it’s not like just ONE is in charge or whatever. Sasha having to choose between Anne and Marcy, and Grime, is interesting; To her, Grime is someone who stuck with her through thick and thin, at her lowest point… He’s someone who’s not afraid of her power, but even actively encourages her, supports Sasha’s ruthlessness! In some ways, it seems he’s more supportive and understands Sasha better than her old friends…

           And, I have to think that Sasha wasn’t totally lying back there. That a part of her DID in fact feel remorse, or at least understand that she messed up… But it also means that she’s burnt that bridge permanently on her own end, or she’s trying to- Because she thinks that it’s too late, she’s just going to mess things up AGAIN anyway, because Anne and Marcy can’t handle the kind of person she is. So, Sasha is sticking with Grime… But again, Sasha has to wonder if Anne and Marcy have a point, and that’s something Grime doesn’t realize…. But then again, why WOULD he bring up Sasha’s flaws, in the midst of his own rebellion, which IS important to him!

           I think Sasha and Grime being a lot alike could make her realize what kind of impact she has on others, by realizing how she feels about Grime; And how Grime might realize the same vice-versa. In Grime’s case, he very much NEEDS to be ruthless in order to survive, in order to carry out his Toad Rebellion… And, he’s not completely wrong for it, either!

           For all we know, Sasha apologizing, and manipulating Anne and Marcy, isn’t totally mutually exclusive; Maybe she DID take Percy and Braddock a little bit to heart, in the sense that… She does care, but she also realizes that Andrias is pretty sus, and that they NEED to do something about him. To Sasha, she really is looking out for them by getting rid of Andrias… But how much of her is motivated by genuine suspicion of him, or just her own ulterior motives of getting back power and control?

           This could lead to a confrontation where Sasha NEEDS to be listened and heard out, because a part of her IS right about Andrias… But because of her own lies and treachery, Anne rightfully doesn’t trust her- And it’s complicated because in some ways, Sasha IS operating more from being selfish than doing the right thing, even if it’s ultimately siding with Sasha that is the right choice here. This could spur on Anne to side with Marcy and Andrias, perhaps help the Newt King in whatever he has planned… Or, it could lead to Anne realizing the Newts aren’t trustworthy as well, breaking those bridges!

           With what we see in the intro with Marcy, for all we know we’re being expected to think of Sasha as the betrayal, but it’s MARCY who screws things over! She did mention about how she wanted to bring the Calamity Box to Andrias first, so I imagine this has something to do with her deal… Perhaps Andrias will use the power in the Box, safely contained instead of in the girls, to help bring his master to power? Now I’m imagining a Breath of the Wild scenario, where ‘The Night’ rises to power like Calamity Ganon, engulfing Newtopia- This is of course more tragic because we got to KNOW Newtopia and its people…

           But even worse- Its power spreads out and it uses the Calamity Box power to revive the ancient machines of Amphibia, possibly even corrupting Frobo in particular- Just like Ganon with the Guardians! If Season 3 is Toad-themed, this could lead to Sasha and her rebellion teaming up with Anne and the others to regroup and defeat the Night… And as for Marcy, perhaps she’ll play the role of Princess Zelda; She’ll realize her mistakes, and pull some sort of sacrifice to keep the Night contained temporarily… Or even worse, Andrias will manipulate her into staying with them!

           Perhaps Marcy knows the truth about the gems draining power, that they’re needed to travel home; So Andrias proposed to have the power safely drained by the temples, and handed over to him, so that the girls could stay in Amphibia together, forever, never losing that fantasy of theirs… Who knows?

           I will say that it’s telling that Marcy, of course with the excuse of no Toad Tower incident, is immediately quick to fall into line with Sasha, and how this could play into her character being more generally gullible, possibly willfully so, because her default is to follow whoever’s in charge blindly… Ironic, then; Marcy is smart but not wise, Sasha is powerful but too weak to do the right thing and show vulnerability, and Anne is brave, but often held back by insecurities and doubt! These girls are their own antithesis!

           And Sasha… She needs to have the self-belief in herself, the way Anne and Marcy do- To actually do the right thing, to grow as a person. To not resign herself to who she is now, and even worse, because she believes in her own ability to improve and be better than that… Sasha needs to not let down Anne and Marcy’s trust, to make good on why it was given in the first place! Pay back their good faith in her, be the hero and leader they believe her to be!

           …Anyhow, I like Frobo’s brief involvement here- I’m glad to see he got to do more, and the gags with the dehydration, how I THOUGHT Grime’s arms seemed a bit skinnier than usual, were great! I like to see more of Frobo becoming more integrated into the family and cast, and I’d like to see how he, Sasha, and Grime would interact; Him being a powerful automaton might create some interest, perhaps in weaponizing and reactivating the Ruins of Despair… And of course, it’d complicate things for them to pull a full betrayal, considering Frobo’s power- Perhaps he’ll help against people like Yunnan, maybe even do a heroic sacrifice to help the others escape Newtopia, only to be destroyed or corrupted?

           I love how painfully direct the Third Temple was, how it’s really just about brute, raw strength- But making good on that strength to keep going, too! The gravity bit and Sasha removing her armor was classic anime characters with absurd weights, and I suspect that giant Toad golem is actually none other than the previous Toad we saw with Andrias… And, possibly Barrel himself! The golem conceding defeat with good sportsmanship probably gives us a good idea of what Barrel was like- Probably a much more boisterous, heart-on-your-sleeve individual…. Arguably way less toxic and manipulative than Sasha, perhaps the most traditional hero of the trio!

           Funny, then, that the trio first had the Wit be toxic… And now Strength… AND Wit, perhaps? We’ll see… Either way, I now suspect that Barrel talks the same way as the messages in the Third Temple!

           We’re in the final stretch, you guys… Nothing but pure plot and development, Sasha and Grime and the others, attempted reconciliation. If we saw Anne and the family try to say goodbye at Newtopia, this is going to take on a WHOLE new level, because Anne is going to think she’s really about to leave, for REAL this time; And this means teary farewells with all of Wartwood, and likely a montage and episode even MORE painful than our mid-point for this show! My heart isn’t ready… In addition to probably cute antics among the human girls, underscored by the darkness of what we KNOW is to come, no less!

           Until next time, F-Anne’s… We’re about to enter the calm, BEFORE the Storm!

#amphibia #amphibia sasha #sasha waybright #amphibia grime #captain grime #amphibia anne #anne boonchuy #amphibia marcy #marcy wu #amphibia andrias #king andrias #speculation #analysis #meta

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Alright, here’s my version of this trailer where I was thinking through my head to imagine what it is. I know it’s not that perfect, but here we go.

Took a leap through a box super weird to a swamp where frogs talk.

Now it’s done got no plans just my luck I’ll do the best that I can.

Making friends and enemies, it’s weird but hey it’s grown on me!

“I will rule not only this world, but all worlds!”

“You’ll never get away with this!”

“I give you this! I gave you everything!”

“We’ll right with you Anne, til the end.”

“Me and Grime will hold him! Just go!”

“I just….. didn’t want to be alone.”

“No, it can’t be?!

“Polly, get the box! Get the box!”

“Give him back. Give. Him. BACK!!!

“I’m sorry……for everything.”

“MARCY!!!”

The box fell when it sends Anne and the Plantars back home, but what they didn’t expect to see some cartoon characters standing in front of them and one of them recognize her face.

“Anne?”

“Mickey?”

Then it shows from the partner statue to riverboat and from train station to a castle. Princesses greeting their fans and Pixar Pals waving their arms.

“Oh my frog!”

“What is this place?”

“Welcome to the Happiest Place On Earth!”

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

Later we see Mickey showing Anne and the Plantars to Los Angeles and finally reunite with her parents. Meanwhile in Newtopia castle, robot frogs are guarding and scanning for intruders. King Andrias summoned one frog robot to attack Anne and her family. The next part where we see Sasha tossed out from the window by Grime as they escape from the castle. Then it shows General Yunaan and Lady Olivia are standing in front of the huge door. Next part where it shows group of kids that took a break from filming.

“Who’s that Phineas?”

“Oh, hey there.”

“I know who you guys are.”

“Cool! You must be our fan for the music band.”

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

We see Pluto licking at Anne smiling. Polly is with Huey, Dewey, and Louie made a huge prank on Donald. Timon and Pumbaa are offering some grubs to Sprig that he really likes while Anne was uncomfortable. Stitch landed in front of Anne and Sprig as they startled. Tigger pounced on Sprig and landed on top of him. Anne is playing basketball with her team against the Beagle Boys. Later at night, Anne and her family arrived at the House of Mouse.

“Okay, very funny guys. What’s the big deal?”

“SURPRISE!!!!” shouted all the characters when it reveals that it was her belated birthday party. Anne smiled softly with tears.

“Happy Birthday Anne. Ha ha.” said Mickey

Suddenly, the party was interrupted when an evil fairy, Maleficent appeared on stage shocking everyone. She raised her staff with dark magic revealing their future.

“The time has come. The end is near. An evil threat that will invade our world led by an evil king controlling his entire army! And there is a great discovery that was once stolen that holds the key to unlock its power, the Calamity Box!”

“Oh no, I’m freaking out hard.” commented Eeyore.

Maleficent vanished when she laughed. Then it shows Mickey comforting Anne when she’s sad.

“We’ll get your friends back. I promise.”

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

Find a way to start again, brush off the dirt and make some friends!

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

I feel at home in a place that shouldn’t be real.

Crazy strange but it’s no big deal.

Anne is driving a food truck with Sprig. The front door open when it shows Dipper and Mabel with his new journal. Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy pulled out their tools. Anne was startled by a female paleontologist at the museum. Polly made a video chat with two girls from the workshop. Sasha steps on a journal and looked through it back at Wartwoods. King Andrias had a conversation with Maleficent who stood next to Marcy in a glass tube. Anne unleash her power and made blast when we see the city view. Anne give Sprig, Polly, and Hop Pop a hug. Marcy was having a nightmare when a dragon with yellow eyes rising from the depths behind her.

Killer birds but it’s no big deal.

Riding snails but it’s no big deal.

Eating flies but it’s no big deal.

Finally me and it’s no big deal.

Sprig, Polly, and Hop Pop are exhausted while they were wearing their disguises until they spotted a regular heron. Both Anne and her new friend kick the doors open together and we see government agents and FBI. Hop Pop was driving a golf cart with Perry and Doofenshmirtz when chased by a T. Rex. Sasha raised her sword to defend Wartwoods. Anne was caught by the sea witches tentacles. Sprig set an actual frog down gently. Bessie the snail licked Pumbaa snout while Timon stares at the snail tearfully. Marcy, Olivia, and Yunan are about to be transported. Mickey summons his keyblade for battle. Anne and her family looked at the sky where the frog robot blows up. Anne is sleeping with her mom on their way home.

Disney’s Amphibia: Calamity War

Then it shows a hooded figure with her owl palisman surprising Anne, the Plantars, and her cartoon friends.

“Gwarsh, who are you?”

The hood was removed and it was revealed to be a girl. Anne remembers that she has met the girl from her last encounter.

“My name is Luz Noceda, and I need your help.”

“With whom?”

Then it shows the emperor unlocks the door to another world and put on his golden mask.

“Knock knock, human.”

Coming Soon on October 2nd.

#disneydude94 #disney #disney crossover #amphibia #amphibia au #anne boonchuy #sasha waybright #marcy wu #gravity falls #the owl house #luz noceda #emperor belos #maleficent #mickey mouse #phineas and ferb #mystery twins #sprig plantar #polly plantar #hop pop plantar #mrs. boonchuy #mr. boonchuy #king andrias #lady olivia #general yunan #captain grime #calamity war #amphibia season 3

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AMPHIBIA: Season 2 Descriptors, Part 2

So Disney TVA decides to drop the full episode descriptors for the remaining five episodes of Season 2 of Amphibia dropping in April and the first of May. It’s absolutely wild to have this information before the March drop has reached halfway! More exciting news, and new cryptic messages! But what else would you expect from this frog show? Happiness?? 

Anyways, I’ll be breaking the episodes down by the episode descriptors. I will be referencing the Season 2B trailer, and my previous speculation posts. So if you haven’t checked those out, I’d recommend you do!

SPOILERS FOR AMPHIBIA SEASON 2B

216 - Toad to Redemption/Maddie and Marcy

216A - Toad to Redemption: “Mayor Toadstool is offered his dream job but realises he doesn’t want to leave Wartwood.” Okay, I thought this was gonna be a Sasha/Grimes episode, or Marcy and Anne help a veteran Toad work through some traumatic responses. But who would have guessed Wild Card, Mayor Toadstool! I personally don’t want to empathise with him because, y’know... he’s a crook. But I wonder if Anne, Marcy and the Plantars are going to help him or not, and if he will be redeemed and not embezzle the people of Wartwood anymore.

216B - Maddie and Marcy: “Maddie is working on an important spell but her three baby sisters keep getting in her way.” So the three sisters of Maddie are the ones in the far right side of the intro when we see everyone together at the end. In “Return to Wartwood” we see Maddie’s dad The Baker, holding them in a pouch. Interesting to see how Marcy will interact with babies since we know she’s not great at making connections. I think she will make her own connections with Maddie and the kids after some shenanigans! I also think we’ll see her throw the magic spell as we saw in the trailer, but I’m not sure what the spell could be! 

Something I am slightly worried about by this point is Andrias’ proposition to Marcy in “A Day at the Aquarium”. We see in “The First Temple” that Marcy is typically herself as we saw in the Newtopia arc, so there seems to be no change to anything, and by this I’m saying that Marcy probably agreed to (or at the very least is thinking about) Andrias’ plan, and yet we still don’t know what he was offering her. And it’s frightening that Marcy most likely doesn’t know about Andrias being a servant for the giant Amphibian in the Castle’s basement.

Also, I find “New Wartwood” to set up these segments! Toadstool and Marcy had a partnership and that leads to him relying on Anne and Marcy! What I want from these episodes is to see a bit more of Frobo! He’s one of the best things this season! And I love him.

217 - The Second Temple/Barrel’s Warhammer

217A - The Second Temple: “Anne and Marcy’s quest to get home takes them to an icy mountain temple, but they’ll need help to find it.” With the first gem restored, Anne and Marcy search for the second temple. As Andrias said in “A Day at the Aquarium”, they only know the location of one temple: the first one they already found!

From the trailer, they’re gonna use the first recharged gem to find it, and Anne is going to travel to a land high above the clouds to recharge it with Valariana, the Newt woman who knew secrets about the Box from “Bizarre Bazaar”. Yet, we see Valaria revealing information of the Calamity Box to Anne, Marcy, and the Plantars. But the atmosphere feels very much of my interpretation of 219A - “The Dinner”.

Since the First Temple tested Marcy on her Wit and Humility (referencing to her own Heart) perhaps the Second Temple will test Anne on her Heart and the emotional side of what is blocking her, since that’s the next Temple.

217B - Barrel’s Warhammer: “Sasha and Grimes go on a legendary quest to retrieve a legendary Warhammer.” I had no idea what this could have meant. But now it makes some sense! In “The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers”, we see a painting in the palace’s basement: of young King Andrias, a pink frog on his shoulder theorised to be Sprig and Polly’s mom, and a green toad guy. Barrel might just be the Toad in the painting, and the power that Sasha fills with her pink colour could be what Barrel did with his green power. So I think this is going to push the envelope on the Painting and Barrel’s fate, maybe revealing more on King Andrias, and Sprig and Polly’s mom. Maybe Sasha activates a sort of flashback when she activated her Calamity Powers, and sees through the lens of Barrel as she floods the Warhammer with it.

218 - Bessie and MicroAngelo/The Third Temple

218A - Bessie and MicroAngelo: “Bessie has her work cut out for her when she’s tasked with showing MicroAngelo the ropes.” Okay, this is gonna be the cutest episode ever and no one can tell me otherwise. Bessie is such a hardworking snail and we all stan her, and MicroAngelo development?? Of course it’s gonna be amazing! I’m still not over and will never be over Polly kissing him, and then yeeting him back to Newtopia in “Return to Wartwood.” I’m interested to see if Joe the Sparrow will return and Bessie is all flustered again. I loved that from “The First Temple” and I kinda wanna see more.

I also think this will be the main narrative of the segment, while the B plot is finding Sasha for the Third Temple, since we see her in the previous segment with “Barrel’s Warhammer”. I’m hopeful, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen.

I feel like Polly and Frobo would have to parallel Bessie and MicroAngelo with teaching young’uns how to work and live on the farm. Honestly, Frobo is one of my favourite characters and I love him, so any Frobo action is incredible.

218B - The Third Temple: “Anne and Marcy need help from an old friend to survive a volcanic temple that holds the final key to returning home.” Sasha. There is no question about it. This is Sasha. We see her in the trailer fighting off that giant Golem with Anne. I’m not sure where Marcy and the Plantars are, but drama ensues, and some old friends meet again. I feel like this will be the most painful since we have such a happy segment with Bessie and MicroAngelo, that all angst in put into this one. And I am into it!

Also a bit more on the whole test thing the Temples present: since the First Temple tested wit and humility, and say the Second Temple tests heart and strength... perhaps this Temple will test Sasha in her strength and wit. But I think that the Heart is the “core” of the aspects we see. So perhaps the Third Temple will test Sasha’s strength and heart, since we know empathy is something she seems to struggle with it makes sense for the temple to test her. Similar to how the First Temple challenged Marcy with her Heart.

219 - The Dinner/Battle of the Bands

219A - The Dinner: “Anne and the Plantars invite some old adversaries for dinner to try to bury the hatchet.” By the looks of this episode, I honestly think it might be Sasha and Grimes. I’m hopeful, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Season 3 is still there, and I’m not sure if the drama is gonna continue. I’ve seen She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: sometimes people get “redeemed” in the final season. I’m hoping Sasha and Grimes will bury the hatchet, but I’m not sure. But I have a feeling that this episode, or by this episode Valaria reveals the dangers of the Calamity Box that Hop Pop was warned about. I mention it’s either this or “The Second Temple”.

219B - Battle of the Bands: “Anne and her friends team up to enter the Wartwood Battle of the Bands contest.” Absolutely wild! Just like last season, I think this episode will be more fun shenanigans, but it will wrap up the character arcs presented, probably with Anne, Marcy and the Plantars. I’m hoping for a song Anne or Sprig would sing. Amphibia has done several songs with Sprig, and I’m hoping for so much more! The main character dramas I think this will resolve will be Anne and Hop Pop’s issues with him burying the Music Box, and Marcy and Anne’s relationship will be solidified before ANGST! in the finale.

220 - FINALE: True Colors

220 - True Colors: “??? ???? ??????? ?? ???????? ?? ??? ????? ???????? ??? ??????? ???? ??? ????? ????? ????. ???????, ??????? ??? ????? ?????!”

Okay, so I’m going crazy, but even though this episode descriptor is just question marks, I think the episode descriptor is there! Just each letter replaced with question marks. There’s a full stop (or a period), a comma and an exclamation mark in that order! I don’t have the any idea what the words could mean, but I think the first few words I’m thinking is “The team returned to Newtopia to see toads storming the Kingdom...” with five words remaining that I can’t decode, and the last line (which was confirmed by Matt Braly himself) is “However, someone has other plans!” Or my other sentence was “The King Andrias is delighted to see ...” and that’s it.

So what I have is, “The team returned to Newtopia to see toads storming the Kingdom ???? ??? ????? ????? ????. However, someone has other plans!” And even that might be wrong except for the first line.

We know that the finale takes place in Newtopia. With the Season 2B trailer showing Anne and Sasha facing off at the top of the walls of Newtopia, similar to the ones they fight on in the new intro sequence. I think this is also where General Yunnan fights off those toads in the trailer, and where we see the childhood versions of Anne, Sasha, and Marcy.

Similar to “After the Rain” cryptic descriptor, we have no idea what’s coming, and we don’t have enough information to find out! But they did leave some breadcrumbs with making the sentence there, we just have to find it! 

But these are my thoughts!! Lots of excitement for the next five weeks!! Let me know your thoughts and theories, and also what you think the episode descriptor for “True Colors” is! I’ll make another post for Finale predictions closer to when the episode airs.

#amphibia season 2 spoilers #disney's amphibia #disney amphibia #amphibia #hop pop #annarcy #sprig plantar #marcanne #sasha waybright #anne amphibia #marcy wu #anne boonchuy #sashanne

[ordinaryschmuck]

Why I (Want To) Love Amphibia

Salutations random people on the internet who probably won't read this. I am an Ordinary Schmuck. I write stories and reviews and draw comics and cartoons. If you've been paying attention to my posts, you would have known that I made a top twenty list of the best-animated series of the 2010s. And if you read my Honorable Mentions list, you would have known that I consider Amphibia one of those shows that, while I like it, I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's one of the best. Don't get me wrong. It's good. But there are issues that I have with Amphibia, and I can't recommend it without being hesitant. I still like it fine, but I doubt some people will be as forgiving as me. So I'm going to explain the quality and faults that the show has, while still being considerate to those who do love it. Because unlike some people who would make a two-hour-long video essay about how much they hate something, I can at least acknowledge that while something doesn't entirely work for me, that doesn't mean it won't work for everyone else. Because there is a reason why this show has such a following...I don't think it's earned, but I won't knock people down when they love something I find passable. And I hope that respect goes both ways as I explain why I (want to) love Amphibia.

Also, this review is going to contain spoilers for the entire series. So if you haven't checked it out yet, I recommend you do it to form your own opinion. Season one is on Disney+, and you're on your own for season two. And I suggest you find a legal way to watch it if you can, because I'm not going to leave a link to a pirating website filled with every animated series and movie you can find. And I'm definitely not going to insert that link into a random letter in this review with the thought that if you have to pirate something, then you might as well work for it. Because that would be crazy.

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Stop being crazy.

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Anywho, let's start with:

WHAT I LIKE

The Comedy: Let it be known that this show is funny. Like, really funny. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's funnier than Gravity Falls, which got me chuckling with every episode, but Amphibia definitely hits more than it misses. There are occasions when the jokes aren't really character-oriented and could be said by anybody in the Plantar Family, but if they're still funny, then who am I to complain. Although there is one issue that I have with the comedy. But I'll save that for when I talk about what I don't like. For now, I can assure you that if you're hoping for some laughs, Amphibia has plenty to offer.

Warnings Against Toxic Relationships: But even the best comedies know when to offer some substance. Because I won't lie, when Anne described what is clearly a toxic friendship in the second episode, I was hooked. I love it when kids shows breach topics that can be important for children down the line. And for the most part, I think Amphibia does it well. There are so many instances that the writers' point out the several red flags that a person should avoid when it comes to a friendship and when it's time to either cut that person from your life and stand up for yourself. One of my favorite episodes is "Prison Break," where Sasha explains how she manipulates people and shows zero remorse for it. Then there's the episode "The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers" that shows how a person's influence can affect others and how much it changes perception as Anne and Marcy still believe they need someone like Sasha in their lives...At least I hope that's what the intention is. Because if the writers are trying to say that Anne and Marcy really need someone like Sasha...Well, I'll save that for my dislikes. Because even though it could use a little polishing, warning kids about toxic relationships is what keeps me hooked into seeing what happens next in this series.

It’s Not Afraid to go Dark: On top of breaking borders with morals intended for kids, I just gotta respect a show for playing around with what's considered "too dark." Especially if that show is on the Disney Channel!

The writers are not afraid to imply that death happens in the world of Amphibia, primarily because it is like a swamp ecosystem filled with predators and food chains. And I feel like because the characters are mostly amphibians, the writers can get away with an entire cave filled with the bones of victims as long as they're not humans. But frogs? No one gives a crap about them. There's a reason they're the ones who get dissected in schools.

Plus, a good majority of the monsters that Anne and the Plantars face are pretty horrifying at times. The crew who work on the show do a great job balancing the line of making these creatures look scary, but never go too far that they'll scar kids for life. Except in the Halloween special...How the f**k did they get away with the monsters in the Halloween special? And while they don't ever show what these monsters do, the implications honestly make things much worse, which again, I kind of respect. It's good to have shows like Amphibia that can scare kids a little bit. Getting through something fictitiously dark helps make kids feel braver and prepare them for the real horrors in the world. Especially since most of these creatures are just exaggerated versions of real-life predators...google them.

The Season One Finale: It was "Reunion" that made me realize that Amphibia has the potential to be amazing...it's also the last episode of season one, so let that sink in.

Joking aside, I honestly do love this episode. It's funny, it brings in elements from other episodes, nearly everybody does something useful, and it all ends with a satisfying and equally gut-wrenching climax. A climax, by the way, that is so perfect that I'm going to do a scene breakdown for why it's so good...so, you know, add that to the to-do list (I have so much s**t to make -_-). "Reunion" has so many elements about what makes a season finale so good that I feel like future writers should take notes for their own series that they plan to make. While I wish every episode of Amphibia had this level of quality, the writers know that the last impression is one of the most important. Because I will defend this show if this is the episode people use to trash it.

Marcy: I will also defend this show if someone trashes Marcy. Trust me, the best way to tell that someone is just hating on Amphibia for little to no reason is if they utter the word, "Marcy is a bad character." That is not true. Marcy is a great character, and I'd go so far as to say she's the best character in the series. She's sweet, adorable, and has a story ten times more interesting than Anne's. Anne learns what a sincere relationship is like through the Plantars, where Marcy falls victim to another manipulative relationship through King Andreas. It's her co-dependency that has the chance to get fleshed out more, and I can't wait to see if she has a moment to break out and form her own path.

Also, in the mass expanse of the multiverse, there exists a world where Amphibia is about the adventures that Marcy had in Newtopia as she uses Dungeons and Dragons logic to get by. And I want to see that universe! Because this clumsy nerd is already a blast to watch with the briefest of cameos. Imagine how much fun she would be if she had her own series!

Sprig: I don't know how much love Sprig gets within the fandom, but I got a feeling that it's not enough. He's funny without being annoying (most of the time), there's a whole lot of heart and sincerity to his actions, and above all else, he's the best friend that Anne needed. When Anne explained her very flawed views about friendship in "Best Fronds," it is clear how essential someone like Sprig is as he teaches Anne what friendship really means. It means caring for each other, supporting each other, making equal sacrifices for one another, and just being on the same page as each other. It is genuinely sweet seeing their friendship bloom, and I honestly hope the Amphibia fandom gives Sprig the amount of appreciation he deserves. Sure, he can be annoying sometimes, but for the most part, he's easily up there as one of my favorite characters.

Wally: Same with Wally! Who would have guessed that a character who appears as an dumb source of comic relief has a level of depth and lovability to him? "Wally and Anne" shows that while he is a nonsensical goofball, he doesn't really care what the frogs of Wartwood think of him. What matters is what he thinks of him. And that is just an incredible lesson to teach kids that just makes me love Wally more. 

(It also helps that he's probably the funniest character in the show. I know I said that he's dumb, but when he works, he works.)

Kermit the Frog Cameo: ...It's Kermit the Frog, y'all. I physically can't hate him. Especially since this is the perfect show for him to make a cameo in!

WHAT I DON’T LIKE

Anne’s Character: I don't have a problem with Anne. I think she's a serviceable protagonist, and I love the fact that she's Thai, offering a form of Asian representation other than Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. But here's the problem with Anne: After a season and a half, I still don't know what her character is. If you were to ask me to describe a Disney show protagonist within one sentence, I could do it effortlessly. Watch:

Star Butterfly: An adrenaline junky of a warrior princess who slowly learns to be responsible with each passing season.

Luz Noceda: A generous nerd that obsesses about fantasy and fiction, who still understands when to take a step in reality when the moment calls for it.

Scrooge McDuck: An old Scottish miser who has the heart of adventure and is a duck that almost loves his family as he loves his money.

For Anne, I don't know where to start because her personality is so inconsistent. Sometimes she makes friends with others without even trying, and other times, she gets on others' nerves easily. Sometimes she's a thrillseeker with the heart of adventure, and other times, she's a person who prefers to hang back and avoid doing work. And sometimes she's the only sane character with logical advice, and other times she's the most insane character who needs advice. Now, you could argue that these are all character traits that make Anne multidimensional. But if you ask me, it seems like her personality is dependent on what the writers want her to be for the episode. Someone like Luz going back and forth between two traits only works if there is a dominant personality trait that takes over the other. If Luz spends an entire episode being angry and serious, it proves that there's more to her than just a character that's nerdy and optimistic. But it's clear she is still that lovable nerd by having her say a corny line like, "Talk to the glyphs, Witch!" But because Anne has so many personality traits, it's hard to tell which is the norm and what is out of character. Case in point: Having Anne obsess over hang-gliding in one episode and doing a puzzle in the next is off as neither correlates with each other. Nor do they tell me who Anne is, other than the fact that she's clearly a character lacking a singular identity. And seeing how she's the main character, the one audiences are supposed to root for and identify with, it's probably not a good thing.

The Story: For the record, I have no problems with the story itself...the way it's written, however...

First off, there's too much filler. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as filler episodes have the potential to be fun when written well. The problem is that relying on filler instead of telling your story can leave some people (me) uninterested and angry. And the thing is, there is a perfect way to avoid filler that doesn't involve telling the overarching narrative: Introduce personal plotlines. Look at The Owl House, for example. There are several character-oriented narrative threads that get introduced within the first few episodes. Such as Luz learning magic, Eda's curse, her relationship with Lilith, and Amity's redemption. Therefore, The Owl House avoids any filler episodes just as long as it focuses on any of these plotlines and even introduces new ones. Amphibia has the plotlines, but it rarely focuses on them. Especially since the story takes way too long to develop. 

Every time I think the show is finally going to start moving forward and we can continue the story, there are like ten more filler episodes where everything comes to a screeching halt. Now, to be fair, there is an explanation why we're forced to wait for the story to move forward, and it's because the characters are forced to wait as well. But, even then, there could have been better ways to pad out that waiting than just adding filler. For example, I may not have been forced into an alternate universe where nearly everything wants to kill me, but if I was, I WOULD SPEND EVERY WAKING MINUTE I HAVE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY BACK! In the first season, how many episodes does Anne spend trying to figure out the mystery of how she got there and how to go home? Two. There are two whole episodes, out of thirty-nine, where Anne tries to figure things out...That is insane to me. But to be fair, season two is doing a much better job at moving things along...but it doesn't change the fact that the writers are kind of bad at telling their own story.

There are two episodes, "Anne Vs. Wild" and "Lost in Newtopia," where the story continues, but it's only in the last few minutes. The problem is that if you take those endings out, the episodes themselves do not change a bit. BUT because those are significant and essential moments for the plot, you can't take them out. Resulting in scenes that, while intriguing, come across as awkward in the long run. So now, my question is why. Why is the story handled so poorly? And I have one theory.

It Feels Like the Writers Can’t Decide What they Want the Show to be: Sometimes it seems like Amphibia is written as a pure slice of life series like Big City Greens. However, there are times when the show seems like it's intended to mix slice of life with fantasy like Gravity Falls. Now here's the problem: Big City Greens and Gravity Falls are two very different shows in terms of storytelling, tone, and character work. Big City Greens is an episodic comedy series where character development is unimportant, and the adventures rarely go beyond just being wacky. As for Gravity Falls, it is a show that is semi-serialized where the character development is constant, and the fantasy-adventures are always prevalent in every episode. And there are several episodes of Amphibia that could be a part of either show. Episodes like "Stakeout," "Lily Pad Thai," and "Little Frog Town" have plots that I can see being in Big City Greens. Then there are episodes like "The Domino Effect," "Toad Tax," and "Marcy at the Gates" that I could see being in Gravity Falls. These two groups of episodes are vastly different from one another that it causes Amphibia to feel disjointed in the process. Usually, I'm a fan when a series mixes different genres together, but do you want to know why something like Gravity Falls does such a great job at mixing slice of life with fantasy-adventure? Because, as I said, fantasy-adventures are always present in every episode. "Dipper vs. Manliness," "Boss Mabel," and "Roadside Attraction" each have the most basic slice of life plots of the show, but there is always a fantasy element or a monster to fight. There are entire episodes of Amphibia where there is no monster, and even when there is, it doesn't have the same amount of tension and weight that the creatures in Gravity Falls have weekly. A show like Big City Greens doesn't have to worry about monsters or evil villains every week because it doesn't need to. It's a show about the wacky adventures of a family of farmers adjusting to city life. Why would they have to worry about a monster every week when they just have to worry about each other. If Amphibia was the same way then there would be no issue. But because if it wants to be a mix of slice of life with fantasy, then it does need to worry about a monster every week. I usually try to defend shows that try to play both sides, but this show has to be the one occasion where I have to say pick one or the other. Because the writers tried hard to be both, and personally, I don't think they did a good job.

Characters Don’t. Stop. SCREAMING!: It's here we move on from what's objectively wrong with Amphibia to the things that just bother me personally...and this is one of those things. I get it. An over-the-top reaction to something minimal can be funny on occasion...but it's never "on occasion" with this show. Nearly every episode has characters screaming to get a laugh, and most of the time, it's more annoying than it is funny. It's Hop Pop who does this the most, and I just feel so bad for Bill Farmer. That voice already seems like it's hard to do, so being forced to scream and yell with it for the sake of comedy can't do him any favors. Other shows, especially ones on the Disney Channel, have characters overreact for the sake of humor, but it's Amphibia that I feel like it relies on this the most. I'm sure some people aren't bothered by this, but I am, and this is my review, so I'm mentioning it.

Poly: Speaking of things that probably don't bother other people...I feel like I'm making some enemies with this one. Because, boy, do I not like Polly. Her voice is annoying, she mostly causes problems for the family, and to me, her entire character seems pointless. No, really. Think about it. Anne is the main character, Sprigs acts as her emotional support, and Hop Pop acts as the voice of reason. What's Polly's purpose? Because all she adds are unnecessary jokes, character traits that could have gone to anybody, and acting more as a plot device than an actual character. The only justification for her that I can think of is that she adds gender balance to the main cast. Which would be more than acceptable if there was a point to her existence. But I think it's pretty evident with her exclusion from the original pilot pitch for the program that Polly's personality is practically pointless...that is most likely the only alliteration I'll ever do for a review, so you have better appreciated it.

If you like Polly, then more power to you. For me, I just don't enjoy her.

Sasha: Oh, nelly. I can already see the hateful messages I'm gonna get from this.

Now, as a character, I actually do like Sasha. I think her personality is interesting enough to dissect, and I think she acts as a perfect antagonist to Anne, the Plantars, and even Marcy if you want to get into it. My problem relies on how much the fanbase is already jumping on the "Forgive Sasha" train. Because, "Aw, she's just like Catra and Amity! So sweet, tortured, shippable with the main character, and--" STOP IT! Stop it right now...and think. With Catra and Amity, you see the environment they grew up in, you feel the abuse they deal with, you understand the reasoning of their actions, and you come to forgive them for who they are...At least for Amity, you can. For Catra, it requires more of an argument. But Sasha? Did we see the same cruel mistreatment to her friends? Did we hear the same coldness in her voice as she describes how to manipulate people? Did we witness the same damage she's done to Anne and Marcy in how they perceive healthy relationships? Apparently not! Because while everyone else is already on the same page that Sasha deserves redemption, I'm sitting here thinking that maybe it's for the best to be a little more hesitant. So far, we have yet to see any way to understand her reasoning and have yet to see how she deserves forgiveness. Sure, Sasha was willing to sacrifice herself for Anne, but did Sasha really earn that? It works as a sudden realization that Anne deserves better, but Sasha has yet to do anything that proves she can be better. Especially since the next time we see her, she's trying to help a fascist ruler get back up on his feet...THINK ABOUT THAT!

But, sure, she's meant to be forgiven. That can work. Because while Sasha shows kids the type of people they should avoid, she can also work as a warning for what kids should avoid becoming. That is a great thing to teach...but it can also be potentially dangerous. Because if incorrectly interpreted, Sasha can show kids that every person who seems toxic just needs a chance to change. And that is the last thing you want to teach, given how very few toxic people actually change. You want to know why The Owl House gets away with an equally dangerous lesson about how not every bully is awful? It's because it shows two sides of the spectrum by proving why someone like Amity did the things she's done while also saying that characters like Boscha and Mattholomule are just a-holes for the sake of being a-holes. Sasha has no one to compare to. Sure, there's King Andreas, but he's a government figure. They're built to be manipulative. Sasha needs someone that's on her level of cruelty to prove that while some people can change and have reason to do so, others don't. And seeing how I don't think she deserves to change, at least not yet, that is an issue. It's the biggest issue out of all the issues I have with this show.

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So, yeah, I think it's pretty evident how I feel about Amphibia when I can write paragraphs about the stuff I don't like while barely being able to talk about the things I do like. Because I do enjoy this show. It's funny, most of the characters are enjoyable, and its discussion on toxic relationships still has me hooked to see what happens next. My issue lies with inconsistency. The main protagonist, storytelling, genre, and thematic purposes are all inconsistent. I'm interested enough to watch more, and who knows, maybe I'll make a final verdict review once the series comes to an end. For now, if you had to ask me what I’m excited to make a return, I don't know if I'll be willing to hop to it by saying Amphibia.

(Also, if you're still looking for that link for that pirating website I mentioned, now would probably be a good time to tell you that I really never did put one in. I told you, that would be crazy...That should teach you to try to break the law.)

#amphibia #what i thought about #why i want to love #anne boonchuy #sasha waybright #marcy wu #sprig plantar #polly plantar

[disneytva]

August 2020 Synopsis Highlights

Saturday, Aug. 1

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Big City Greens “Friend Con/Flimflammed”

(8:00-8:22 P.M. EDT)

“Friend Con” – When the Greens attend Farm Con, Bill and Chip Whistler become friends.

*Darin De Paul (“Overwatch”) guest stars as Good Ol’ Joe, and Paul Scheer (“The League”) and Cheri Oteri (“Saturday Night Live”) return as Chip Whistler and Gwendolyn Zapp, respectively.

“Flimflammed” – Cricket stumbles into $100 and is persuaded to invest it.

TV-Y7

Original Series – Season Two Premiere on Disney Channel

Amphibia “Quarreler’s Pass/Toadcatcher”

(8:22-8:44 P.M. EDT)

“Quarreler’s Pass” – Hop Pop drops Sprig and Polly off at an obstacle-filled mountain trail designed to help them get along.

“Toadcatcher” – Sasha and Grime must reconcile their differences to escape Newtopia’s most skilled warrior, General Yunnan.

*Zehra Fazal (“Voltron: Legendary Defender”) guest stars as General Yunnan. Anna Akana (“Youth & Consequences”) returns as Sasha, Matt Jones (“Breaking Bad”) returns as Percy, and Troy Baker (“Young Justice”) returns as Grime.

TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

The Owl House “Really Small Problems”

(8:44-9:06 P.M. EDT)

King confides in a carnival fortuneteller who makes his dream come true, but it comes at a cost.

*Parvesh Cheena (“Outsourced”) returns as Tibbles.

TV-Y7 FV

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Saturday August 8

The Owl House “Understanding Willow”

(9:06-9:28 P.M. EDT)

Luz, Willow and Amity take a trip down memory lane.

*Rachael MacFarlane (“American Dad!”) guest stars as Mrs. Blight, Amity’s mom.

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Big City Greens “Greens’ Acres/Dolled Up”

(8:00-8:22 P.M. EDT)

“Greens’ Acres” – Young Bill will do whatever it takes to keep the family farm in business.

*Andre Robinson (“The Loud House”) guest stars as Young Bill, Candace Kozak (Disney Channel’s “Just Roll with It”) guest stars as Young Nancy, and Jason Maybaum (Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home”) guest stars as Young Keys.

“Dolled Up” – When Tilly and Nancy celebrate Saxon’s birthday at a fancy doll store, they set their sights on a seat next to Cantaloupe Sinclair, the tea party’s posh VIP.

*Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) guest stars as Cantaloupe Sinclair. Wendi McLendon-Covey (“The Goldbergs”) returns as Nancy Green.

TV-Y7

Amphibia “Swamp and Sensibility/Wax Museum”

(8:22-8:44 P.M. EDT)

“Swamp and Sensibility” – When Anne discovers an old friend who has been living a double life, she becomes fixated on helping him be his true self.

*Kermit the Frog guest stars as Crumpet the Frog and Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”) guest stars as Wigbert.

“Wax Museum” – The family visits a mysterious roadside oddities museum where every treasure comes with a price.

*Alex Hirsch (Disney’s “Gravity Falls”) guest stars as The Curator and Frog Soos.

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Friday, Aug. 14

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Puppy Dog Pals “Pups in the Apple/Won’t You Be My Puppy”

(9:30-10:00 A.M. EDT)

“Pups in the Apple” – On the morning of the Playcare bake sale, Bob is devastated when he can’t make his “Big Apple” pie because he’s out of apples.

“Won’t You Be My Puppy” – Bingo and Rolly go on a mission to find their favorite television host’s special sweater in time for his show.

*Malcolm-Jamal Warner (“The Resident”) guest stars as Floyd, a dog, and Chi McBride (“Hawaii Five-0”) returns as Mr. Kimble, a television host.

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Saturday August 15

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

The Owl House “Enchanting Grom Fright”

(8:44-9:06 P.M. EDT)

Luz experiences Grom, Hexside’s version of Prom, and it’s not what she expects.

TV-Y7 FV

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Big City Greens “Gabriella’s Fella/Cheap Show”

(8:00-8:22 P.M. EDT)

“Gabriella’s Fella” – When Cricket’s crush, Gabriella, returns, Remy seizes the opportunity to help push Cricket out of his comfort zone.

*Jenna Ortega (“You”) and Betsy Sodaro (“Duncanville”) return as Gabriella and Community Sue, respectively.

“Cheap Show” – The family wants to visit a street fair, but Bill wants to stay home to save money.

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Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Amphibia “Marcy at the Gates”

(8:22-8:44 P.M. EDT)

The family must defeat an entire ant army before they enter Newtopia.

*Haley Tju (“Bella and the Bulldogs”) guest stars as Marcy, Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”) guest stars as Lady Olivia, and Keith David (“The Princess and the Frog”) guest stars as King Andrias.

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Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Saturday August 22

The Owl House “Wing it Like Witches”

(8:44-9:06 P.M. EDT)

Not your average underdog story.

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Big City Greens “Green Mirror/Cricket’s Tickets”

(8:00-8:22 P.M. EDT)

“Green Mirror” – When the Greens visit BigTech, Tilly jumps at the chance to test Gwendolyn Zapp’s new technology, which promises to make them the “perfect family.”

“Cricket’s Tickets” – Cricket wins tickets to a show and must decide whether to bring Tilly or Remy.

*Lucy Lawless (“Xena: Warrior Princess”) and Tim Robinson (“Saturday Night Live”) guest star as Mimi O’Malley and Gregly, respectively.

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Original Series – Season Two Premiere on Disney Channel

Amphibia “Scavenger Hunt/The Plantars Check In”

(8:22-8:44 P.M. EDT)

“Scavenger Hunt” – Anne, Sprig and Marcy receive a mysterious message from the king of Newtopia that sends them on a puzzle-solving mission.

*Nicole Byer (“Loosely Exactly Nicole”) guest stars as Gertie. Haley Tju (“Bella and the Bulldogs”) returns as Marcy.

“The Plantars Check In” – Anne finally meets with King Andrias and tries to enlist his help in getting back home.

*Kristen Schaal (“Disney’s “Gravity Falls”) guest stars as Bella the Bellhop. Keith David (“The Princess and the Frog”) returns as King Andrias.

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Saturday August 29

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

The Owl House “Agony of a Witch”

(8:44-9:06 P.M. EDT)

On a school field trip to the mysterious Emperor’s Castle, Luz strays from the group and into danger.

Original Series – 

The Owl House “Young Blood, Old Souls”  Season One Finale on Disney Channel

(8:44-9:06 P.M. EDT)

Luz’s skills as a witch are put to the test when she attempts the impossible.

*Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”) guest stars as Emperor Belos alongside series cast members Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me!”), Sarah-Nicole Robles (“Star Darlings”) and Alex Hirsh (“Gravity Falls”) as Eda, Luz and King, respectively.  Season One Finale on Disney Channel

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Big City Greens “Times Circle/Super Gramma”

(8:00-8:22 P.M. EDT)

“Times Circle” – Tilly and Remy put on a sidewalk play while Cricket and Bill meet their favorite costumed superheroes.

“Super Gramma” – Cricket and Tilly try to keep Gramma at home while she recovers from eye surgery.

*Sandy Martin (“Ray Donovan”) guest stars as Gertie.

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Original Series – Season Two Premiere on Disney Channel

Amphibia “Lost in Newtopia/Sprig Gets Schooled”

(8:22-8:44 P.M. EDT)

“Lost in Newtopia” – Anne and Polly vow to experience the city like locals but end up on a wild ride through the streets of Newtopia.

“Sprig Gets Schooled” – Sprig is offered a spot at Newtopia University.

Sunday, Aug. 30

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior

Fancy Nancy “Trois Cheers for Mrs. Devine/Escar-No!”

(12:00–12:30 P.M. EDT)

“Trois Cheers for Mrs. Devine” – When Mrs. Devine gets the blues, Nancy becomes determined to cheer her up.

*Christine Baranski (“The Good Fight”) returns as Ms. Devine.

“Escar-No! ” – Nancy questions her love of all things French when she encounters French food for the first time

Friday, Aug. 28

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel

Mira, Royal Detective “The Mystery of the Secret Room/The Mystery of the Magnificent Musicians”

(8:30-9:00 A.M. EDT)

“The Mystery of the Secret Room” – When Mira and her friends get stuck in a hidden room in the palace, it’s up to her to find a way out.

“The Mystery of the Magnificent Musicians” – When some of the townspeople’s musical instruments go missing before a big music jam, Mira must find out what happened.

*Danny Pudi (“DuckTales”), Parvesh Cheena (“Outsourced”) and Sonal Shah (“Scrubs”) return as Sanjeev, Manish and Poonam, respectively.

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Sunday, Aug. 23

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Junior

Elena of Avalor “Coronation Day”

(7:00-8:30 P.M. EDT)

As plans for Elena’s coronation are underway, Esteban’s team of villains unleash legendary spirit misfits, the Four Shades of Awesome. In order to save her kingdom, her family and her friends, Elena must journey to the Spirit World and back and face the ultimate test of her courage and character before becoming queen.

*Jenny Slate (“Muppet Babies”), Mark Hamill (“Star Wars” franchise), Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live”) and Andy Garcia (“Ocean’s Eleven”) guest star as the Four Shades of Awesome, and Patrick Warburton (“The Tick”) voices Grand Macaw, ruler of the dark side of the Spirit World.

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Jake Reviewcaps Stuff: Amphibia: Truck Stop Polly/A Caravan Named Desire

A day two days late but no dollars short, we reach the middle of the Plantar family vacation. Polly super runs away from home after feeling negelcted and gets a neat trucker hat while Hop Pop is forced to choose between his love of theater and aiding and abetting, Sprig tries to fit in with the cool kids and Anne tries to just finish her damn Koala puzzle already. The show must go on under the cut

Okay first why this was late... I had a LOTTT of cleaning to do for a vistor coming to the house, so while I did get the episode watched I didn’t have time to write about it till today.. ironically hours before my sister from another mister is having her wedding,  a small one in her backyard with all the food pre-packaged, but still it’s obviously a lot .. and yes this has been going through my head. 

Point is life’s been busy, this isn’t the first thing to get delayed, but I do want to try to get these out on saturday at least.  Second.. these eps faced an uphill battle.. see like the Lost Harp of Mirvana during my ducktales coverage earlier this year, this is what seems like an average ep from the summaries given out by disney.. right before a stream of far more important and intresting ones.  For this one it’s two fairly standard eps.. right before another fairly standard one.. that then leads into finding out both what Sasha’s doing and presumibly, why she’s still on the bad guy side like the intro suggests or if the intro is just lying. We won’t know till next week. And to make matters worse after that we have Kermit the frog’s episode.. as in kermit doing voice work not whoever his voice actor is now just doing a diffrent voice. And i’m so glad disney is continuing this beautifully insane idea that started when Fozzy voiced a character on Big City Greens. See this is good quality use of your muppets. Hopefully muppets now will keep this up later this week. Anyways paired with Kermit is the long awaited gravity falls homage “Wax Museum” with Alex Hirsch himself doing both stan stand in, a stan-in if you will, teh curator and frog soos. Which is the greatest name in Disney history since Sharkbomb. Oh and THEN, we finally get to newtopia and finally meet marcie.. and if that weren’t enough, the newt king is voiced by keith motherfucking david, disney royalty as voice of Goliath in Gargoyles (Which I really need to get off my ass and watch already, I have no excuse for taking this long. At least with Darkwing Duck the absolutley baffling airing order that isn’t disney plus’ fault for once but they scould still fix is a mild one.. if not enough of one) and Dr. Facilier in “The Princess and the Frog”, in which he sang one of the best villian songs in the disney canon. Never fails to kill me. He also should’ve been sexist man alive by now but fuck if I know why he hasn’t been.. even at 64 he’s still in the running and I will not back away from that sentence. That man can get it and his wife is a very lucky woman. SO yeah, Sasha, Kermit, Frog Soos, and then a one two punch of Marcy and keith fucking david, followed by i’m assuming a good helping of world building in newtopia and i’m not assuming thanks to the episode summaries including guest voices even MORE Keith David. So yeah like Mervana proceding Fenton and Boyd and then Daisy! an episode i’d been waiting for since last year’s comiccon, and was not disapointed by, this episode is before a giant pile of stuff i’ve been waiting for plus a thing I had no idea was coming with Keith David. And this show isn’t alone: next week’s owl house is another king episode about him making a big style wish that goes wacky.. right before we get Willow and Amity’s backstory, then the episode where hopefully the gays will win. This isn’t a new thing and will doubtfully occur again but like with Mirvana I gave these eps a fair shake. How did they shake out with the added pressure? let’s find out.

Truck Stop Polly

We start in the Wagon, or Fwagon as the family calls it but i’m not because no. Just no. Plus there isn’t a catchy song for caulking your Fwagon sung by the talented, and recently engaged congradulations Joey and Lauren now that was the kind of news I needed this week, Joey Richter. 

But no Bessie isn’t being caulked down for glue, Sprig and Anne are driving the wagon, Hop Pop is asleep, as he probably hasn’t slept and Polly.. isn’t doing so good. She’s clearly missing home seeing Miss Croaker.. onlyt o find a rock.. and then because this is Amphibia some kind of nightmare that reminds me of a baby xenomorph. Anyways the reason Polly ain’t doing so good is well she’s like.. 5, on a scary trail with no one to comfort her, and none of the old comforts of home to help her forget her very likely death before she’s even big enough to rip a man’s heart out with her bear hands. I mean that’s been in her 7th birthday plans for like, forever. She TRIES to replicate old things, first trying for story time.. which fails because while Hop Pop tries, he can’t stay awake because he apparently, as the episode will prove out, hasin’t heard of caffine, while trying to get her older siblings to read to her just gets them and her in trouble when she gets bessie ran into something and Polly’s attempt at bath time afterword just floods everyone out. Thankfully while the episode does go with the “Character tries things multiple times and is destined to fail” thing, something i’ve seen a lottt in animation and as i’ve made clear in my handful of loud hosue reviews i’m not a big fan of it... but it works well here. It takes up only a portion of the episode and is used well. Nuff said. But it’s with the aftermath where things really start to shine and we really get why this episode works: Polly messed up bad yes.. but she’s also , again 5. Her family just sorta forgot that 5 year olds need a lot of attention because this is one who probably has ripped a man’s heart out... the bear hands thing is more just because it’s cooler that way. But Polly isn’t really thinking about anyone else but herself and this episode reveals a problem polly has: She puts up such a tough front she has trouble  opening up.. which makes sense. Polly wants to be taken seriously, as seen with the inn episode last season, and likely feels acting her age will just get them to stop doing that.. but as we saw there while she’s utterly capable in a crisis.. she’s still a small child, it’s still scary and she needs what all little kids need as much as she needs a freshly ripped out heart with breakfast. But what really makes the scene is, as Polly hides, Hop Pop loudly and crushingly for the poor tadpole, outright wonders if they should’ve just left her with Ms. Croaker. And yeah this is a .. hard thing to hear.  That her only parental figure regrets bringing her and feels he woudl’ve been better leaving her away from her family for what’s at the very least a month and will defintely be longer.. and not just because of future episode synopisis. And if they succeed with anne.. one of them wouldn’t be coming back. She’d miss telling her big sister good bye and that’s a LOT to take away from her and probably explains,besides Polly being badass, why they still took her: She may never see Anne again. And if Anne can’t get home, she wouldn’t of b een there for her. Polly tears up and it’s a ROUGH scene. But what really makes this scene already amazing work.. is the immdite followup. Sprig and Anne are both shocked by this and Anne , in typical “the character only heard the bad part” fashion, and as Della has proven even full grown adults aren’t immune to this so don’t feel too bad polly, asks if he really meant that. And he didn’t. It’s what makes the scene work so hopping good: it’s realistic. We’ve all had moments where a parent, a friend,  or even ourselves has just said something, something hurtful, or yelled or screamed or what have you at osmeone without meaning it.. and sometimes you can’t take that back. But we’ve all been pushed to the limit, stressed or tired or upset and just.. snapped and said something terrible. And it’s this realness that really makes it worse. Hop Pop explains he’s just exausted.. which makes sense. He has trouble deligating, being utterly terrified of Anne and Sprig taking up watch duty, and has probably been driving without sleep for a week at the LEAST given the trip’s been said to have gone on longer than planned. So he’s not in any good shape, and Anne and Sprig do consider she had her reasons. Anne does give Hop Pop coffee for the first time, which perks him right up. Polly however is still hurting and decides to use 5 year old logic and leave a fake, a convient purple ball she find sthat she dresses up with a sleep mask and her bow, and figures once they find out she’s not there, they’ll feel bad and come back. it’s a short sighted plan but we’ve all probably thought of something like this at her age. I once ran away from home carrying among things i’ve forgotten by cyclops helpmet from the x-men.. must’ve been from the 80′s as by the 90′s he let his hair out. Wish I still had that thing or at least a cyclops visor. Love that guy. This naturally backfires as while Sprig and Anne try talking to polly, Sprig thinks she’s alseep and warns anne never to wake her.. never... how.. how many stabbings did she give you before that sunk in man? Are you okay sprig? Polly naturally freaks the fuck out upon thinking her family abandoned her, but vows to start a new life.. with flapjacks and more story times. She dosen’t know anybody.. cue swampy joe from last season. A welcome return, horay! Anyways Swampy naturally not leaving a child to die because this is amphibia and not an average night in Monkey D Luffy’s childhood, and also gets her a sweet trucker hat off screen. I assume she put it on exactly like this. Polly gripes about the situation.. but in a refreshing and suprising, to both me and polly, change of pace we don’t get them agreeing or her getting a new life: The Truckers point out the main issue: She’s homesick, and she’s trying desperatley to seek comfort in old rituals without adapting to the fact that some simply don’t work as well in their new situation or taking the fact her family is busy and this is stressful for them too into account. It’s also a nice moral for thes quarantine times; sometimes you can’t get normal back easily, and have to adapt and you have to consider others feelings as hard as it might be. They also peg her being so hardned on the outsdie she dosen’t let things in and again while this is new.. it does track. We’ve rarely seen polly upset, or vunerable or any of that.. so this simply makes it a character trait.. that part of why she rarely acts like the 5 year old she is is she’s scared of letting people in and loosing what ground she’s gained with Hop Pop. As for why their so wise it’s because when your alone driving for miles on the open road you have nothing but self improvment.. and in a great bit the lone female trucker among them got her PhD, and celebrates with her friend with a high tounge. Of course bigger problems arrive. Turns out taking some random object you found without checking for a zany scheme isn’t wise as a man comes in wondering where his roc’s egg went.. roc’s bein ga type of bird.. a giant bird. That kills the first frog it sees upon hatching, like imprinting only more horrifying.. so like the twilight version of imprinting then. And yes i’m aware i’m bashing twilight still, and while I largely don’t care, having an 18 year old man romantically imprint on a baby, rapid aging or no, is fucking creepy and not a good ending for the character. And yes that actually happened. Polly gets Soggy Joe, now speedy joe complete with hat and yes you need to call him that Polly finds out, to give her a lift back home. Meanwhile back home, Anne decides to read to polly anyway. I mean she just watched her sorta girlfriend sacrifice herself and then get carted off by the scary asshole who wanted to presumibly put her grandpa’s head on a spike outside his tower as a warning. Polly stabbing her a few times dosen’t really stack up. But she discovers she’s not there and gives out a code purple.. which ges the rest of the family right on time. Polly and Joe catch up with them and find the roc emerging out of the caravan and everyone fighting. Thankfully polly static clings on Joe’s fringe seats, which Joe grumbles about, and builds up the static before having him fast ball special her into the bird, which beats it. Polly takes credit for about five seconds.. before Hop Pop uses her full name as he’s pissed.. not about the giant death bird, a giant bird trying to murder you seconds after birth is just an average tuesday on this hell planet.. though i’d still trade it for our hell planet if they could get streaming down. No like any good parent he’s upset she ran away.. and devistated when Polly tears up and reveals she heard his whole thing earlier, with Hop Pop gently apologizing and explaning he took just how grown up she is for granted, with the Anne and Sprig naturally agreeing and the four hug. I do wish Polly apologized.. but it still works anyway as she’s still 5, she does feel bad about it, and she did just save their lives. The episode would’ve been slightly better with it but works fine. Soggy Joe offers to tow them, because he’s a class act, and Hop Pop decides to have storytime with everyone.. Anne points out she’s 13 but eh why not. Also I did like getting conformation how old she is as before it was just conjecture by me that she was 13 or 14. For the record as you can tell I peg polly as five, Sprig as 9 or 10, and Hop Pop as me shrugging. Also Polly’s normal story is a gritty noir story about a man trying to murder his wife’s killer.. which is funny enough and explains a lot about polly enough.. until we get a POP UP BOOK POP UP OF A HAND HOLDING A KNIFE. Just.. (Chef’s kiss) my god. Of course Anne loves it. 

Final Thoughts for this Episode:  A really good one, that has  a lot of intresting dynamics and remembered Polly’s age without overwriting her character.. it still felt in character and was a nice reminder she’s still a young child, just one that can Volt Tackle large birds and who likes noir revenge quests as her bed time story. It added some more depth to Polly and it was something she really needed, giving her a vunerable side again and expanding on that. The first third does drag a bit.. but once the episode gets going it gets really fucking excellent.. while “child feels neglected and runs away” isn’t a new story, it works here both due to it’s realism, giant muder bird, or birderer if you will, non-withstanding, and due to being rooted in the Plantar’s characters.  It’s damn good and like Mirvana was a nice suprise of an episode. 

A Caravan Named Desire Suprisie a wedding is exausting and not only did I have to abandon finishing this review to get ready for it, but was too tired to actually finish this when I got home.  Aw well. Let’s keep it going. 

We open as our heroes are about to enter the thirsty swamp, another desert region, but this time more deserty. Anne scoffs at needing hydration.. before a cut to her utterly dehydrated and pouring the canteen on herself.. which she pulled up including sprig who gives out a whee. As adorable as it is chuckle worthy. Hop Pop is worried because as his faviorite plays says the area is full of terrible monsters and bandits.. and the kids groan because he’s clealry talked about this play a lot. As it turned out Hop Pop always wanted to be an actor, but gave it up.. and this is where I feel the episode missed some good character stuff: We never find out a lot about Hop Pop at that age: why he wanted to buck tradiition when why by present day he’s nothing but tradition, or why he gave up after one failed audition.. it’s not a bad episode, but I feel we missed out on an opprutnity to learn more about Hop Pop’s past, an area the show really hasn’t dug into apart from “He and sylvia were into each other once and he has a rvial and now he’s dating Sylvia for real this time so yay”. And speaking of which it is weird he hasn’t brought her up.. I mean he dosen’t have to miss his girlfriend every 5 minutes, that’d get fucking annoying , and the silver age fantastic four comics where Johnny storm would constantly pine for a girl he met for all of 5 minutes, carried over to the 90′s cartoon but toned down, are proof that’d be annoying. But it’s still just.. weird it hasn’t come up once so far.. we have a full season for it too, but it just feels like the show abrubtly left most of it’s supporting cast behind without asking how any of htem felt about Anne and the plantars leaving after spending a full season having them go from mildly tolerated to beloved by the town, especially Anne.  Anyways before Hop Pop can bring up his one time as Tony in the wartwood production of west side story, they have worm sign and soon a sandworm is chasing them because of course Amphibia has sand worms. Their thankfully saved by a mysterious woman and her caravan, Renee Frodgers, the writer of the play Hop Pop won’t shut up about and no one else cares about.. kind of like me with.. everything. Pretty much everything. But with auditions going on Hop Pop gladly follows Renee back into her office, while a nearbye actor kid offers to take the Plantar kids to the kids car. Sprig and Polly are entirely on board, but Anne’s answer?

Turns out when Anne was widdle, somewhere from 4 to 6, she was in a school play about dental hyginee as a tooth tripped.. and everything caught fire. “4 out of 5 detinsts say I was traumatized.”, a great line. So Anne’s noping out of this one and decides to instead work on her Kola’s of Passion jigsaw puzzle.. which if that’s for an animatied ripoff of titanic but with Kolas I will give all my money to see that.. well no I need that but I do have an unopened can of pringles on my desk and a penguins of madagascar dvd I got for free at a garage sale. Will that work? Please? So we have our two main plots and running gag: Sprig trying to fit in with the kids, hop pop living out his dreams and anne trying to finish a puzzle. And since the plots really don’t intersect till the last moment apart from one scene with Anne, i’ll be covering both seperatley.  Sprig’s plot is very simple: He wants the theater kids to like him, the lead actor treats him like crap, Polly gets accepted but is just sorta there htis episode outside of one great gag that we’ll get to in a moment, and eventually sprig just gets fed up and tells the guy off. It’s not all that enjoyable as I relate a bit too much to desperatley wanting to be liked in high school by people who were utter dicks.. and breifly in college online, so it brings back too many bad memories but hte punchline of sprig jumping back into frame in cosutme the minute he gets acceptance for telling the pissant off is priceless.  Now with that out of the way, back a few minutes ago Hop Pop tries auditioning but tries to hard and fails, and dosen’t get the part, in part because he has no experince but later storms back in and tells Renee off.. and that honest passion gets him the lead. And .. turns out Hop Pop is a master actor getting love from the masses and living out his dream. Again it’s where I wish we got more drive, more of his past. I don’t know why other than “I want to act” why Hop Pop wants this so bad or why it means so much. I know what he wants, paul, but not WHY he wants it. I do get time constraints.. but if that was the case.. why keep the sprig subplot? He could just be an extra or stage crew or making a puzzle with anne or some other shenanigan that required less screentime. I do REALLY like spirg, this season if nothing else has made me realize how good the character is, I just feel for this episode the other minutes could’ve gone better to set up Hop Pop’s love of acting and past better and give us more of how Hopidah went from a wannabe actor ready to leave tradition behind to someone who clings to it like something clingy. This episode isn’t bad but there’s more it could’ve done.  Anyways the good times, and the tour and if your curious the wagon is being stored somewhere on the caravan since they can’t safetly travel alone, end when Hop Pop walks in on Renee planning a heist. Now granted instead of the obvious of “oh their just theives’ the troop are legit actors, directors etc... the heists are because, much like on earth, no one supports the arts and they need money to keep going and keep putting on shows, hence Renee and her two goons rob the towns they visit during the more powerful moments of Hop Pop’s performance. And this is something like. While “Character wants to do something and ends up getting recruited by shady people for a scheme to do it” isn’t at all new, here it’s intresting because instead of being bad at it or the scheme being related to the heist or the normal twists.. Hop Pop is legit good, we even see a bit of his performance later and loved, instead of just being so bad it’s useful, and the theives aren’t just after money but keeping their art alive.  So Hop Pop is conflicted and turns to Anne.. and ruins her puzzle because of course he does, but while Anne tells him the obvious: Stealing is bad even to support our badly unfunded arts, otherwise modern artists would be pulling daring heists all the time.. seriously that should be a show, Hop Pop decides he’s such a godo actor he can convince himself nothing’s going on. Sprig comes in for his subplot and annoys anne further and also dosen’t listen to her and Polly.. just tells Anne she loves her with Anne screaming it back. It’s a great punchline to the scene and also really sweet. Aww.  So Hop Pop tries to get used to aiding and abetting but realizes during his big scene he just.. can’t turn his concsen off, outs renee then gets into a chase with her, with renee making hte mistake of detaching the front car to escape.. only to end up Worm food. She’ll make good spice at least.. I guess? I don’t know how Dune works. She’s arrested, and Hop Pop and family book it after the kids accidently spill he knew about the crime ahead of time and did nothing. The end. 

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Amphibia: Calamity War - Fan Trailer

Alright folks, I typed my new version of my fanmade trailer since the last time that I didn't know what's going to happen in the very first episodes of season three premiere. So I decided to update from draft to newer one. Here goes...

Took a leap through a box super weird to a swamp where frogs talk.

Now it’s done got no plans just my luck I’ll do the best that I can.

Making friends and enemies, it’s weird but hey it’s grown on me!

“I will rule not only this world, but all worlds!”

“You’ll never get away with this!”

“I give you this! I gave you everything!”

“We’re right with you Anne, til the end.”

“Me and Grime will hold him! Just go!”

“I just….. didn’t want to be alone.”

“No, it can’t be?!"

“Polly, get the box! Get the box!”

“Give him back. Give. Him. BACK!!!"

“I’m sorry……for everything.”

“MARCY!!!”

Marcy fell unconscious as the box fell when it sends Anne and the Plantars back home, but what they didn’t expect to see some cartoon characters standing in front of them and one of them recognize her face.

“Anne?”

“Mickey?”

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

Anne give Mickey a hug by with tears flowing after the whole event. Then we switched to the part where Mickey and friends brought Anne and the Plantars back home to reunite with her family. Meanwhile in Newtopia castle, robot frogs are guarding and scanning for intruders. King Andrias summoned one frog robot to attack Anne and her family. The next part where we see Sasha tossed out from the window by Grime as they escape from the castle. Then it shows General Yunaan and Lady Olivia are standing in front of the huge door. Anne is driving a food truck with Sprig, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy.

Find a way to start again, brush off the dirt and make some friends!

(Mickey summoned his keyblade to face the killer frog-bot. Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy pulled out their tools to help their daughter. Anne was startled Dr. Jan at the museum. Polly made a video chat with two girls from the workshop about fixing Frobo.)

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

(Sasha steps on a journal and looked through it back at the Plantars Household. Marcy is in a state coma inside the large tube. Anne attack the frog-bot and we see view from Los Angeles where blue light burst into the sky.)

I feel at home in a place that shouldn’t be real.

(Anne kneeled and hugged her frog family. Marcy was having a nightmare when a black dragon with yellow eyes stalking from behind a dead tree.)

Crazy strange but it’s no big deal

(Anne putting on some disguises for the Plantars to cover their identities.)

"We'll get your friends back. I promise" - Mickey

"Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind." - Lilo

"Just let your conscious be your guide" Jiminy Cricket

"When the world turned it's back on you, you turned your back on the world." - Timon

"The only thing that is impossible is impossibility." -Phineas

"Even miracles take a little time." - Fairy Godmother

"Love is worth melting for." - Olaf

"If you do your best each and everyday, good things are sure to come this way." - Princess Tiana

"With great power, comes great responsibility." - Spider-Man

"No one's ever really gone." - Luke Skywalker.

"You poor simple fools. Thinking you could defeat me. Me, the mistress of all evil! - Maleficent.

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

Maleficent unleash her dark magic as Anne, the Plantars, Mickey, and his friends are ready for battle. Spider-Man is fighting against Venom in the abandoned building. Anne and the Plantars went back in time when they're being chased by Carnotaurus. Anne ignites her lightsaber and face against Kylo Ren at Galaxy's Edge. Sasha and Ivy quickly became friends.

Find a way to start again, brush off the dirt and make some friends!

(Anne is playing basketball with her team against the Beagle Boys. Phineas and Ferb are rebuilding Frobo with Polly and Isabella. Anne open the front door revealing Dipper and Mabel.)

It’s no big deal, yeah no big deal!

(Timon and Pumbaa are offering bugs to Sprig with eyes sparkles while Anne felt a little uncomfortable. The Councils of Villains are in the meeting discussing their plan to rule worlds.)

I feel at home in a place that shouldn’t be real.

(Pluto is licking at Anne when pet sitting. The Boonchuys and Plantars are taking selfie in front of "Sleeping Beauty Castle".)

Killer birds but it’s no big deal.

(Sprig, Polly, and Hop Pop are exhausted while they were wearing their disguises until they spotted a regular heron. Anne, Dipper, Mabel, and their new friend kick the doors open together and we see government agents and FBI.)

Riding snails but it’s no big deal.

(Hop Pop was driving a golf cart with Perry and Doofenshmirtz when chased by frog-bots. Sasha raised her sword to defend Wartwoods. Anne was caught by Ursula using her tentacles. Sprig is fighting against a man with rollerblades and robotic arm.)

Eating flies but it’s no big deal.

(Polly, Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella are excited when Frobo comes alive. Sprig set an actual frog down gently. A giant step on its car crushing in front of the capitol with Christmas decorations. Marcy, Olivia, and Yunan are about to be transported.)

Finally me and it’s no big deal.

(Anne, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Goofy, and her parents were looking at the sky where the frog robot blows up. Anne is sleeping with her mom inside their vehicle on their way home. Then we see a view of Los Angeles.)

Disney’s Amphibia: Calamity War

"Don't you think it's time to say goodbye to those childhood friends of yours?"

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