Amphibia (TV series) facts for kids

"Anne or Beast?": In the town of Wartwood, located in the land of Amphibia which is populated by anthropomorphic amphibians and various other creatures, young Sprig Plantar takes the chance to prove he's responsible when One-Eyed Wally comes running into town warning everyone about a horrifying beast. Said "beast" is revealed to be a human girl named Anne Boonchuy, who has been magically transported into their world. After Anne saves him from a giant mantis, Sprig sees her as a hero. Anne later gets captured by an angry mob of frogs led by Mayor Toadstool, but when two new giant mantises attack she and Sprig work together to defeat them. After beating the bigger of the two mantises, Toadstool suggests running Anne out of town. Sprig stands up to the mob, taking responsibility for her well-being. The Plantars take Anne as their own to everyone's chagrin. Anne now lives with the Plantars until the valley clears up in a couple of months. In the last scene, Anne pulls out a box that got her there in the first place and tries to get it to work. However this time, it doesn't work making the box look like a normal one. This troubles Anne, causing her to resign to her current fate.

"Cane Crazy": Anne accidentally breaks his favorite cane. She, along with Sprig and Polly, first visit town wood-smith Leopold Loggle (Brian Maillard) so he can fix it. After telling them he can't, Loggle tells them that the cane comes from the Doom Tree and shows them a map to it. Anne, Sprig and Polly find the tree and break a branch from it but then find that it is a giant stick insect. They beat the walking stick with termites but have to give the new cane to Loggle to pay for his shop's damages. Thinking that she can no longer stay, Anne packs up to leave. But Hop Pop tells her that she can stay and is on dish duty for breaking his cane. Hop Pop then tries to get his revenge on Anne by adding his own funny insults but to no avail.

"Hop Luck": To win the town's annual potluck and avoid the "Shame Cage" again, Anne leads the family on a quest to make pizza. After gathering most of the ingredients, they go to get tomatoes, which can only be obtained from a giant carnivorous tomato plant. They get swallowed by the plant and lose the ingredients in its stomach. Through Hop Pop's old cookbook, they find that they can eat their way out of the plant. Though the family loses again, their dish still turns out better than before. Anne failed to realize that while in the Shame Cage, they are pelted with "Shame nuggets" by the townspeople as punishment for making a terrible dish.

"The Domino Effect": After saving it from giant hornets and seeing similarities to her old cat, Anne wants to keep a caterpillar as a pet and names it Domino 2 the sequel to her pet cat Domino. However, Hop Pop won't allow pets in the house, so Anne and Sprig hide Domino 2. Domino 2 later turns into a giant feline lepidopteran and attacks the Plantars. Seeing that Domino 2 is too dangerous, Anne distracts it with a mouse toy to drive it away. Sprig later makes a doll that looks like Domino 2 for Anne.

"Anne Theft Auto": Hop Pop allows Anne to ride Bessie, the family snail, but needs her to read Bessie's history before doing so. Anne thinks it is better to ride by experience, so she and Sprig take Bessie for a joy ride. They then drive off road and decide to get back on road, but Bessie hides in her shell. So while Sprig rides with Mrs. Croaker (Laila Berzins) to get Hop Pop, Anne reads Bessie's history to pass the time. She then reads the part why Bessie hides to avoid an array of giant hedgehogs. Anne and Bessie manage to outrun the array, pick up Sprig, and head for home so Anne can finish the book. After finishing the book, Hop Pop decides to let her take Bessie for a ride causing Anne to walk off while laughing hysterically.

"Sprig Vs. Hop Pop": Seeing that Hop Pop doesn't take any suggestions from anyone, Sprig challenges Hop Pop for the control of the farm. Sprig surprisingly defeats Hop Pop and starts to take all suggestions. Seeing that the farm is falling apart and that Sprig is mad with power, the girls get Hop Pop, who was among beetles in the cemetery. Hop Pop challenges Sprig to a rematch, during which he promises Sprig that he'll consider some of the suggestions. Sprig forfeits the match, and everything goes back to normal. Hop Pop is later delivered some suggestions, but he rejects some of them.

"Dating Season": While walking in the woods, Anne and Sprig run into Ivy Sundew (Katie Crown), Sprig's childhood friend. Seeing that Sprig likes her, Anne, Hop Pop, and Ivy's mother Felicia (Kaitlyn Robrock) attempt to set them up at the Firefly Formal forcing them to perform a special dance. Seeing that they don't actually want to date each other, they leave the dance together and watch the fireflies. Not wanting to let the courtship be ruined, Anne and the others follow the two kids only to get captured by a couple of giant love doves. Sprig and Ivy then head off to rescue them. After the rescue, Sprig comes to realize that he is in love with Ivy.

"Contagi-Anne": On a rainy day, Anne is planning to sleep in until Hop Pop ropes her into doing some outdoor work to prepare for the rainstorm by covering the crops. To get out of working in the rain, Anne fakes getting sick, but when the rest of the family comes back from working, they get sick. Feeling guilty, Anne decides to take care of them while pretending to be sick. The Plantars then start to develop an ailment called Red Leg, which is deadly. Finding that there is a pond that can heal them, Anne takes the Plantars there. After climbing a steep trail, jumping over geysers and riding a giant fly, they make it to the pond, but the redness doesn't heal. Sad that she will lose her adoptive family, Anne tells them the truth and promises to never fake sickness again. They realize that they're not dying, but are just red because of a mushroom Anne put in the soup she made for them. Anne then hugs the Plantars and cries tears of joy knowing they're going to live which makes them uncomfortable.

"Lily Pad Thai": The Plantars go to Stumpy's to eat. Seeing how the food critic Albus Duckweed (Kevin McDonald) is treating the diner's cook, Stumpy (John DiMaggio), Anne makes a bet that she and Stumpy can turn the diner around, which Duckweed accepts. Since Stumpy doesn't care, Anne, using her skills she learned from her parents' restaurant, takes it upon herself to fix the diner. Stumpy later helps out, and together they turn the diner into a Frog-Thai fusion restaurant. It becomes successful, but Duckweed is still unimpressed and plans to release his terrible review. So Anne and Stumpy bring in a Kraken for a special dish. The Kraken turns out to still be alive and attacks. Anne and Stumpy beat it, and Duckweed gives the restaurant a great review. Stumpy later thanks Anne for her help and says that her parents would be proud. The episode concludes with Anne shaking Stumpy's fake hand which was actually made out of bones from his missing hand to her discomfort.

"Toad Tax": Anne feels that the town doesn't respect her after 1 month of being stranded. She thinks she can get it if she hangs out with the toad soldiers, led by Bog (Darin De Paul), as they go around collecting taxes. However, the toads prove to be a bunch of bullies, and Anne returns at least one item to the townspeople. When the toads attempt to raid the Plantars, Anne stands in the way and fights them to protect her family. The townspeople then stand up to protect Anne. Sprig then tells everyone that Toadstool's been hoarding the taxes, who's saving it for his re-election campaign. The toads leave with the taxes, Anne is now known as the town protector, and the townspeople, as well as the Plantars, happily agree to sign her cast that she got when she was injured. The episode ends with Toadstool being pelted with fruits and vegetables by the townspeople for stealing the money thus being hated even more than ever.

"Grubhog Day": It is Grubhog Day, the holiday where everyone takes a day-off and celebrates the grubhog for predicting the weather. To restore the family name, Hop Pop has Sprig to watch the grubhog until the ceremony. Sprig wants to make Hop Pop proud but also wants to have fun at the carnival. Anne convinces him that he can do both, and they enjoy the carnival. At the last ride, Anne and Sprig lose the grubhog, and it gets taken away by a giant vulture. To save the ceremony, Anne creates a grub hog sock puppet, and the frogs enjoy its shenanigans. The time comes to cut open the grubhog, and Sprig tells the truth. Seeing that he placed a lot of pressure of Sprig, Hop Pop apologizes. Seeing that the frogs like the puppet, the town decides to make that the grubhog tradition.

"Civil Wart": It is theater night, and the town is excited until Mayor Toadstool announces that the acting troupe got eaten before they could reach Wartwood. Using her phone and a glass screen created by the glass artisan Tad, Anne shows the town a futuristic teen romance movie called "Love Choice" that details Constance's dual romance with a cyborg named Hunter and a humanoid deer named Alistair. After the movie is done, Anne reveals that "Love Choice II" is in production. The movie's cliffhanger causes the town to split on its love triangle with Sprig and Polly as leaders. Anne and Hop Pop try to get the town back together by stealing the flags. The two sides commence to fight. During the fight, Sprig protects Polly from an array of vegetables and tells her that he'll always look out for her. After the town makes peace and Sprig's and Polly's relationship is back on track, Anne shows another movie which apparently has no conflict at all called "My Dinner with Anders."

"Croak and Punishment": Sprig finds a rare and precious Blue Moon Shell and wants to give it to Ivy for her birthday the following day. However, after cleaning Bessie's stable, he finds it stolen. He and Anne then investigate to find the thief. Their first clue, a red string, leads them to Grub & Go, where the cashier, Quentin (Scott Menville), tells them that it came from the baker, Mr. Flour (Kevin Michael Richardson). After forcefully getting his customer list, Anne and Sprig go around to confront the suspects, with Sprig being the bad cop with rage. They head over to their last suspect, Gunther (Chris Sullivan), a gentle tusked frog from the south who had to move because of a misunderstanding. Sprig starts breaking his things, which causes him to turn into a hulking tusked-frog. After the civilians refuse to help due to how Sprig treated them, Sprig apologizes and gives Gunther some donuts which causes Gunther to calm down. They return home and discover that it was Ivy who stole it to clean it for Sprig. Sprig gives it to her, but she leaves it with him so she knows how to get to his place.

"Snow Day": Hiber Day is coming to freeze all the frogs, and when that happens someone goes missing never to be seen again. That causes everyone to say their goodbyes, but Anne, being warm-blooded, promises to protect them until they thaw out. The cold comes early and freezes everyone, and Anne brings everyone to the town square. She gets bored and thaws Sprig out early to have fun. They do a head count and discover that Polly has been taken. They track her down to a cave where they face off against a giant weasel. Seeing that the weasel is a mother trying to feed her children, Anne gives the weasel her omelet in exchange for Polly. The town thaws out and thanks Anne for protecting them. Anne admits that she wasn't the best protector because she goofed off. The town still accepts her protecting them and being honest. However, upon noticing her phone's photo shown by Sprig who was still exhausted, she is asked if she used them as bowling pins to her embarrassment.

"A Night at The Inn": The family finds the mountain pass still frozen over and head back to town. Then Bessie breaks down, and a storm comes. They decide to stay at the Dandy Lion Inn, a bed and breakfast owned by Teddy and Martha (Sullivan & Kari Wahlgren), a couple of friendly horned bullfrogs. While Anne and Sprig have their own rooms, Polly has to share a room with Hop Pop which bothers her. She then gets the room next to Hop Pop's. At first, she is happy about her independence, but then she gets scared. She visits Anne, Sprig and Hop Pop but finds them missing. She then gets attacked by Martha and escapes through the laundry chute. Polly finds that Martha, Teddy, and a couple of other bullfrogs are cannibals ready to eat her family. She rescues them and defeats the bullfrogs. The family escapes with Bessie and the snails of past guests, and Anne destroys the inn with giant barrels of baking powder and vinegar. They all then sleep in Hop Pop's bed for the night.

"Family Fishing Trip": Sprig looks forward to the family fishing trip and spending time with Hop Pop. However, Hop Pop's girlfriend Sylvia comes along, and Sprig gets jealous of her. He tries a lot of tactics to get rid of her, but each one just makes Sylvia look better to Hop Pop. Seeing that Sprig is upset, Sylvia tries to talk to him about it. Sprig sees an island with blue flowers and lies to her about them being Hop Pop's favorite so she can swim to it. Hop Pop then comes out ready to fish after Sylvia told him he should spend time with Sprig, which causes Sprig to feel guilty. They hear Sylvia scream, and using Anne's hang glider, Sprig sees her attacked by a giant crab disguised as the flower island. After beating the crab, Sprig apologizes to Sylvia, and she forgives him, thus resuming the fishing trip.

"Cursed!": Sprig hides from Maddie (Jill Bartlett), his spooky fiancée. Seeing that he's too scared to break up with her, Anne does it for him through a note. The next morning, they find themselves cursed with Sprig turned into be a fur-ball and Anne turned into a bird. They think it was Maddie who cursed them, and Sprig tries to lift it himself so he doesn't have an awkward conversation with her. But his attempts don't work and he and Anne remain cursed. Maddie arrives with their bread delivery and they ask her to lift it. She tells them that only the caster can lift it, which wasn't her. She helps them find the caster and find that it is Barry (Keith Silverstein), the candy man wanting revenge for the ruined Blue Moon Berries. Maddie fights Barry and turns him into a fuzzy bird, and lifting Anne and Sprig's curses. Maddie states that she'll lift the curse on Barry in exchange for some candy. Sprig apologizes to Maddie and they remain friends.

"The Big Bugball Game": The town is celebrating Harvest Day, and part of the celebration is that Anne must learn the Big Bugball Game. Every year, it is the farmers versus townies, and the farmers always lose. However this year, Anne joins the farmers' team, with Sprig, Hop Pop, Croaker, and a tulip farmer named Chuck (Matt Braly). The townies consist of Toadstool, Toadie, pro-Bugball player Frog Jordan (Diedrich Bader), Lydia (Eden Riegel), and a transfer from out of state named Olaf. While going against the townie team in a practice round, Anne refuses to let her team help. After losing the practice round, Anne's team helps her be more of a team player. At the game, the teams are evenly matched, and the townies resort to cheating by blinding Anne. Using the trust expertise from practice, Anne reaches the goal but doesn't make the shot. Sprig then catches the ball and wins for the farmers. Anne now sees the importance of teamwork and later gets victory dunked with bug juice much to her discomfort. Her teammates then eat all of the bugs off of her making her more uncomfortable.

"Children of the Spore": Hop Pop tries to build and preserve a battleship replica called The Green Lady, but the kids' rough housing breaks it, and he takes it to Loggle's to fix it. While there he meets Apothecary Gary (Tony Hale), a salesman who sells him a potion who will make the kids behave. He doesn't think it'll work, but after the kids break the ship again, he decides to put it on them. In the morning, the kids behave 'til the evening. Hop Pop puts another dose on them, and they turn into mind-controlled zombies. He runs into Gary, who turns out to be a rare sentient mind-controlling mushroom who plans to takeover all of Amphibia. Hop Pop leads the citizens and Gary to the stable and uses Bessie to eat all the mushrooms, including Gary. The citizens and Gary's host, Lloyd, are free and return home even though they are all confused and lost about where they were this whole time and Lloyd doesn't remember where he lives. Hop Pop apologizes to the kids for giving them the potion, and the kids apologize for not listening to him, promising to listen to him more often. Hop Pop's beetle Jeremy later eats some of the potion and becomes infected.

"Handy Anne": Spring is upon Wartwood, and Anne, Sprig, Hop Pop, and Polly decide to travel to Newtopia, a sprawling metropolis located at the heart of Amphibia, to find answers on how to get Anne home. Because they will be gone for a long time, Hop Pop hires Chuck to protect the house in their absence. After seeing how incapable Chuck is at defending the house, Anne decides to fortify the house herself. She uses a special potion from Loggle to strengthen the plants, but does not heed the warning on using too much, resulting in the plants mutating into a giant monster and destroying the house. Anne and the Plantars are able to defeat it, while Chuck quickly fixes the house (which is why Hop Pop hired him). With this, the Plantars set out for Newtopia, but not before forgetting to give the key to Chuck causing them to turn back home.

"The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar": The family arrives at Bittyburg, a literal small town where its tiny citizens are being forced to pay the ruthless outlaw Judro Hasselback (Keith Ferguson). Wanting to have a heroic song about him, Hop Pop stands up to Judro and drives him out of town. The townspeople thank him as a hero until Judro comes back with the rest of the Hasselback Gang and their leader, Mama Hasselback (Jenifer Lewis). After Hop Pop loses to Mama, the Plantars leave the town. Hop Pop later realizes that being a hero isn't about songs and praises; it is about doing the right thing and turns back around to face the gang. While it appeared that Hop Pop was winning, Mama figures out that his family is helping him. She beats Hop Pop again, and the sick kid, Bailey (Julian Edwards), goes berserk along with the other townspeople and defeats the Hasselback Gang. As the Plantars leave, the robot from the factory continues to follow them.

"Truck Stop Polly": Feeling a little small, Polly tries to spend some time with the family but keeps messing things up. They make a stop at a truck stop where Anne, Sprig and Hop Pop vent out their frustrations about Polly. Polly, feeling unwanted, trades places with a purple stone and expects the family to apologize. However, thinking that she's asleep in her bucket, the family leaves Polly behind. It is then revealed that the stone is a roc egg. When it hatches, it will eat everything it sees. With the help of Soggy Joe, Polly gets to the family just as the roc hatches and zaps it, saving her family. The family apologizes for what she overheard, and they hug it out. As Soggy Joe takes them to the next stop, Hop Pop reads a story to the kids.

"Quarreler's Pass": Halfway to Newtopia, Hop Pop annoyed at Sprig and Polly's bickering, drops them off at Quarreler's Pass, a split road to let travelers vent their frustrations. Sprig and Polly continue to annoy one another, but they eventually realize that they need to work together if they are to reunite with Anne and Hop Pop. They end up in a cave where their bickering alerts a two-headed blind olm (Berzins & Chris Wylde) that can hear them and intends to devour them. Realizing that their arguing is what got them in their situation in the first place, Sprig and Polly use their vocal mimicry to have the olm fight itself, and the two escape the cave. They make it back to the fwagon where Anne has been listening to Hop Pop's non-stop advice on how to get a boyfriend. Unfortunately, Anne kicks Hop Pop off the fwagon for listening too much.

"Swamp and Sensibility": When Bessie's reins break, the family makes a stop in Ribbitvale, a highly affluent, upper-class town. There, they find Wally who is revealed to be the heir to the one of the richest families in Amphibia: the Ribbitons. Wally's father, Wigbert (Hugh Bonneville), takes the family to their mansion where Wally tells Anne that Wigbert is unaware of how he lives in Wartwood and cannot tell him for fear that he will disapprove. Wanting Wally to just be himself, Anne shows his family his life in Wartwood at dinner. When Wigbert forbids him from returning to Wartwood, Wally is forced to win his freedom in a game of beast polo that is commentated by Crumpet (Kermit the Frog). Trying to make up for what she did, Anne volunteers to be Wally's beast, and they end up defeating Wigbert. Wally is allowed to return to Wartwood, but he tells his father that he still wants to be a Ribbiton, as long as he is accepted for who he is. Wigbert agrees and expresses his pride for his son.

"Wax Museum": The family stops at a town where its citizens marvel at Anne's appearance. This leads them to an oddities wax museum, where they meet the Curator (Alex Hirsch) who shows off the various wax statues he has on display. When Anne comes across a portable CD player that came from her world, she allows herself to be put on display for a day so she can obtain it. She goes back later that night to prepare, but the Curator traps her and attempts to permanently encase her in wax. When the Plantars discover Anne missing, they go back to the oddities museum and try to free her. They find out that the wax "statues" are actually live creatures. The Plantars free the statues and save Anne. The creatures drag the Curator into a room as red wax spills under the door. Sprig is able to get the CD player, and the family makes their final push to Newtopia.

"Scavenger Hunt": The King sends Marcy a puzzle message, and she, along with Anne and Sprig, searches for the clues. During the search, Anne tries to prove that she's just as smart as Marcy while also helping a young axolotl named Efty (Brielle Milla) get her caterpillar down, talking to an elderly newt named Doris (Tress MacNeille), and encouraging the gnatcho vender Gertie (Nicole Byer). Acting on the advice that Gertie gave her, Anne tries to act smart to find the last clue. This leads them to the sewers where they run into a giant alligator. Just as the alligator is getting closer, Gertie, Doris and Efty open the manhole, and Anne, Sprig, and Marcy make it out of the sewer. Hop Pop and Polly later meet up with them, and Sprig blurts out that Anne feels dumb around Marcy. Marcy later tells Anne that she's been jealous of her because of her social skills. After coming to a better understanding, Anne finds the last clue in a gnatcho tray, bringing the clues together to say "Bring me the Plantars", meaning the family's being summoned by the King.

"Lost in Newtopia": Wanting to get the authentic Newtopian experience, Anne and Polly fake stomach problems to get off the tour bus. Once they do, they first go to a food stand run by Jerry (Jack Ferraiolo) who sells spicy wraps. The wraps turns out to be too spicy as Anne and Polly breathe fire and accidentally burn the stand's roof. They get away from Jerry and then decide to buy artificial tails. Anne's tail proves to be too big and just keeps crashing into people, including the guards. The duo get away from the guards, and Anne participates in a parade, being the head puppeteer of a float. Anne plays with the float, thus offending the locals because the float and parade are to honor a fallen Newtopian hero. Anne and Polly then get chased again by the locals, guards, and Jerry back to the bus. Anne gives Polly a spicy wrap and Polly breathes fire to drive the angry mob away. They then join back with the tour group to continue the tour. Meanwhile at the Newtopian Library, Marcy and Andrias find a secret entrance that might lead them to more information about the Calamity Box.

"Little Frogtown": While the kids wait in line for Newtopia's arcade, Hop Pop takes it upon himself to figure out what happened to his friend Sal (Maurice LaMarche), a sandwich maker from Wartwood who came to Newtopia to start a deli. Self-monologuing in the style of a noir film that he saw on Anne's phone, Hop Pop's investigation then leads him to a sauce factory. After knocking one of the security personnel into a vat of sauce, Hop Pop is apprehended and taken to their boss who turns out to be Sal. It turns out that Sal left his deli so he can sell his sauce. Sal tells Hop Pop that sometimes change can be a good thing and that if he embraces it, you can make the future yourself and bring along the past. However, Hop Pop has to quickly leave when Sal is informed that one of his workers was found in one of the vats. Hop Pop later meets up with the kids, who are banned for life from the arcade because of Anne scaring a kid that was cutting in line. Hop Pop finds himself still self-monologuing.

"The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers": Marcy is having a sleepover at the castle, and the kids are invited. After a montage of shenanigans, Anne and Marcy decide to do a scare dare challenge and dare Sprig and Polly to come with them to the basement. Anyone who chickens out gets their names in the Book of Losers. They enter the basement and find themselves in a crypt where they are chased by ghosts. They make it to Marcy's room, but the ghosts catch up to them. The kids find out that the ghosts get physical forms when facing a mirror, so they grab a few, make the ghosts physical and beat them. Even though they have to write their names in the Book of Losers, they consider the sleepover awesome.

The Plantars stay inside during a blue moon, so they won't turn into beasts. To pass the time, they tell spooky stories.

• "Phone-Mo": Anne, renamed Anna, is told about a cute animal video by Twig, Molly, Haddie and Brody (human versions of Sprig, Polly, Maddie, and Toady), but causes them to mysteriously disappear into the video. At first, she resists the video, but then watches it and likes it. She then finds that her friends are trapped in the video and the cute animal comes out of the video as a monster to take her. Finding that it is weak against harsh criticism, Anna dislikes the video, defeats the monster, and saves her friends, but the monster eggs hatch into tiny versions of itself.

• "Dead End": A young Hop Pop works as a wagon driver picking up his next customer Mr. Littlepot (George Takei). After a few stops, Hop Pop realizes that Littlepot is death personified and the next stop is at his farm. However, instead of Hop Pop, Littlepot takes his hair to cover his baldness and leaves while Hop Pop cries over the loss of his long and luxurious hair.

• "Skin Deep": Sprig and Ivy are playing bugball until they lose the ball and go looking for it. They find the ball in an old house that belongs to a skin-wearing monster called the Seamstress. Sprig rips her mask off, revealing her to be a glass frog who uses her skin cloth to cover herself. Sprig and Ivy beat the monster and escape.

"Night Drivers": Wanting to be home quicker, Sprig and Polly decided to drive the fwagon in the night while Anne and Hop Pop sleep. At first the drive is smooth sailing until they come across a terrifying hitchhiker. They try to avoid him but he manages to get on the fwagon and the frog siblings try to fight him off. The morning comes and Sprig and Polly discover a statue of the hitchhiker, who turned out to be the ghost of a helpful guide named Zachariah Nettles. Anne and Hop Pop wake up and find the two frog kids in a tired daze, and decided that they learned their lesson and drive the rest of the way home. The robot continues to follow them.

Anne and Sprig play a new video game on her phone resembling their adventures. Hop Pop later tells them to clean the spiders out of the bathroom to lure them away so he can play the game.