History Recap / AmphibiaS3E12SpiderSprig

*** Robert fights using one of Cloak-Bot's severed arms as a clawed tentacle, a nod to [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]]. His last name is even Otto, which is Doc Ock's first name. Likewise, One of Otto's tactics towards the end of the fight is to [[Film/SpiderMan2 chuck a car at Sprig]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie ♫ Spider-Sprig! Spider-Sprig! Does whatever a Spider-Sprig does!♫]]'' [[labelnote: Or...]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by Sprig: If I could sum it up in one glorious, hyphenated word...]][[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie ♫ Spider-Sprig! Spider-Sprig! Does whatever a Spider-Sprig does!♫]]'' [[labelnote: Or...]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by Sprig: If I could sum it up in one glorious, hyphenated word...]]]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie ♫ Spider-Sprig! Spider-Sprig! Does whatever a Spider-Sprig does!♫]]'']]

* BrokenAesop: A variation - near the end of the episode Molly Jo [[WhatTheHellHero calls both Sprig and Otto out]] for [[HeroInsurance trashing the city with their superhero/supervillain battle]], as well as the fact that both of them are just doing it for the attention, and that makes Sprig just as bad as Otto. While she's not ''wrong'' regarding the attention part, the battle she was critisizing mainly involved Sprig running away from Otto, Sprig himself causing little to no property damage in the process, making her NotSoDifferentRemark come off [[MisplacedRetribution rather unfair]]. On the otherhand, as a superhero, it was Sprig's responsibility to keep the public safe from ongoing danger. Rather then dragging out the fight for the sake of fun and publicity, Sprig should have prioritized stopping Robert Otto as soon as possible in order to keep property damages to a minimum.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of superhero battles in public. While media won't shy away from showing destruction of public property in superhero battles, more often than not they'll happen in the ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding district, or {{hand wave}} it away as the civilians being completely unharmed and out of danger. Sprig's battle with Otto however sees tons of civilians running in terror of ''both'' of them and the destruction their causing, and Molly Jo nearly gets hit by a car thrown aside, and then nearly crushed by the lamp post it hit after she dodged, not to mention the crashed cars caused by drivers swerving to avoid the two of them, with ''people still in the cars'' when they start cleaning up.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of superhero battles in public.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sprig says this when he realizes how his carelessness led to the city's destruction.

* AbsenteeActor: Mrs. Boonchuy is not present for this episode.

*** Robert fights using one of Cloak-Bot's severed arms as a clawed tentacle, a nod to [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]]. His last name is even Otto, which is Doc Ock's first name.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Robert believes that he is a hero because he is the neighborhood safety watch and everyone respects him for his "hard work". Thing is he's not a cop, just an elderly white man imposing his will on POC neighbors. Since he spends most of his time harassing the local kids for arbitrary rules, including the eight-year olds where they're sure he made them up because they're running a lemonade stand outside their own house, they view him as a nosy Karen without any authority. Molly Jo has to call out her grandfather for this, pointing out that he's being a giant jerk whereas at least Sprig has been apologetic.
** Sprig believed that a battle with an arch-nemesis would make people love him even more like Tarantu-Lad. But instead his battle with Robert-Otto ended up causing collateral damage to the city and nearly got Molly Jo and other people hurt. When he and Robert realize the damage they have caused, he and Robert work together to fix the damages and though they succeed, Robert is arrested for the damages soon afterwards, which he says is fair enough.

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Determined to make his mark on Earth, Sprig becomes a superhero.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Robert Otto, the safety officer whom Sprig got in conflict with, is jealous of all the attention he’s getting saving the city, and becomes a supervillain bent on killing him.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sprig believed that a battle with an arch-nemesis would make people love him even more like Tarantu-Lad. But instead his battle with Robert-Otto ended up causing collateral damage to the city and nearly got Molly Jo and other people hurt. When he and Robert realize the damage they have caused, he and Robert work together to fix the damages and though they succeed, Robert is arrested for the damages soon afterwards.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sprig believed that a battle with an arch-nemisis would make people love him even more like tarantulac. But instead his battle with Robert-Otto ended up causing coladeral damage to the city and nearly got Molly Jo and other people hurt. When he and Robert realize the damage they have caused, he and Robert work together to fix the damages and though they succeed, Robert is arrested for the damages soon afterwards.

* CaptainErsatz: The pizzeria owner who admires Sprig is essentially a [[PaletteSwap palette-swapped]] version of Fracnhise/SuperMarioBros, right down to the mustache, overalls, and trademark cap (with a T instead of an M).

* BrokenAesop: A variation - near the end of the episode Molly Jo [[WhatTheHellHero calls both Sprig and Otto out]] for [[HeroInsurance trashing the city with their superhero/supervillain battle]], as well as the fact that both of them are just doing it for the attention, and that makes Sprig just as bad as Otto. While she's not ''wrong'' regarding the attention part, the battle she was critisizing mainly involved Sprig running away from Otto, Sprig himself causing little to no property damage in the process, making her NotSoDifferentRemark come off [[MisplacedRetribution rather unfair]].

* BrokenAesop: A variation - near the end of the episode Molly Jo [[WhatTheHellHero calls both Sprig and Otto out]] for [[HeroInsurance trashing the city with their superhero/supervillain battle]], as well as the fact that both of them are just doing it for the attention. While she's not ''wrong'' regarding the latter, the battle she was critisizing mainly involved Sprig running away from Otto, Sprig himself causing little to no property damage in the process, making her NotSoDifferentRemark come off rather unfair.

*** Sprig having to stop a speeding, out-of-control, school bus before it crashes is very similar to the iconic scene from ''Film/SpiderMan2'' where Spider-Man has to stop a speeding, out-of-control, train before it crashes.

** A Frog-Man memes parodies the "Distracted Boyfriend" meme.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Superhero battles in real life cause collateral damage that can result in people getting hurt or even killed.
** Robert is naturally arrested for causing so much of the aforementioned property damage, regardless of his efforts to fix it. He concedes that it's fair.

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* AlliterativeTitle: '''Sp'''ider-'''Sp'''rig

* SuperheroEpisode: The episode's theme involves Sprig deciding to become a hero who helps others. He even gets to fight his own supervillain.