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* Andrias, once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends, best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a young child frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.

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* Andrias, once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath monster who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends, best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a young child frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.
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*** Very special mention definitely has to go to the absolutely ''[[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct jarring]]'' [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct way]] Creator/HaleyTju [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct delivers this]] ''[[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct chilling]]'' [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct bombshell of a line]]:
--->'''Marcy:''' But, look at how much fun we’ve had! Look at how much you’ve both grown! Look at Sprig! (Sprig backs away) I gave you this! ''I gave you EVERYTHING!!''
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* With Andrias' backstory from Season 3 taken into account here, Andrias becomes more horrifying, once you realize he's taking after Aldrich, who was shown to be a ruthless tyrant, who would gladly keep invading other worlds, not caring how this would affect all of Amphibia, even when being warned of a vision of the future. [[UsedToBeASweetKid Compare Andrias to how he was years ago, to the monster he turned into now.]] Is is terrifying how his desperation to please his father and his ancestors has consumed him so much, there's almost nothing left of the kind teenage Newt, who loved and cared for his friends.

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* With Andrias' backstory from Season 3 taken into account here, Andrias becomes more horrifying, once you realize he's taking after Aldrich, who was shown to be a ruthless tyrant, who would gladly keep invading other worlds, not caring how this would affect all of Amphibia, even when being warned of a vision of the future. [[UsedToBeASweetKid Compare Andrias to how he was years ago, to the monster he turned into now.]] Is It is terrifying how his desperation to please his father and his ancestors has consumed him so much, there's almost nothing left of the kind teenage Newt, who loved and cared for his friends.
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* Lysil and Angwin are a pair of monstrous [[SeldomSeenSpecies olms]] who try to eat Sprig and Polly. What makes them creepier than the usual giant predators in the show is that, being amphibians, they are fully sapient, and yet they have no qualms eating other sapient beings, sadistically talking to their prey before going for the kill.

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* Lysil and Angwin are a pair of monstrous [[SeldomSeenSpecies olms]] olms who try to eat Sprig and Polly. What makes them creepier than the usual giant predators in the show is that, being amphibians, they are fully sapient, and yet they have no qualms eating other sapient beings, sadistically talking to their prey before going for the kill.
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** Andrias' SlasherSmile as he awaits Anne handing over the Calamity Box. The fact that he's so big he takes up the entire background doesn't help.

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** Andrias' SlasherSmile as he awaits Anne handing over the Calamity Box. The fact that he's so big he takes up the entire background doesn't help.help.
*With Andrias' backstory from Season 3 taken into account here, Andrias becomes more horrifying, once you realize he's taking after Aldrich, who was shown to be a ruthless tyrant, who would gladly keep invading other worlds, not caring how this would affect all of Amphibia, even when being warned of a vision of the future. [[UsedToBeASweetKid Compare Andrias to how he was years ago, to the monster he turned into now.]] Is is terrifying how his desperation to please his father and his ancestors has consumed him so much, there's almost nothing left of the kind teenage Newt, who loved and cared for his friends.
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* There's something darkly chilling about the fact ancient civilization had modern technology but were abandoned even being labeled 'Ruins of Despair'....
** Hop Pop about to suffer UnwillingRoboticisation. Good thing Sprig and Anne stop it but the fact such a method existed... no wonder the current inhabitants label the abandoned factories as such.

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* There's something darkly chilling about the fact that the ancient Amphibian civilization had modern technology technology, but were abandoned it was all abandoned, even being labeled 'Ruins of Despair'....
** Hop Pop being about to suffer UnwillingRoboticisation. Good It's a good thing Sprig and Anne stop it it, but the fact that such a method thing existed... no wonder the current inhabitants label the abandoned factories as such.the way they do.



* Imagine your adopted family being taken by a scorpoleo, as the name suggest, half lion, half scorpion which has heat vision and is going to kill and eat them. No wonder Anne suffered a 'Stress Induced Hallucination'.

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* Imagine your adopted family being taken by a scorpoleo, scorpoleo -- as the name suggest, half lion, half scorpion suggests, a half-lion, half-scorpion beast which has heat vision and is going to kill and eat them. your loved ones. No wonder Anne suffered suffers a 'Stress Induced Hallucination'.
stress-induced hallucination from it.



* The Curator. At first it seems like he's just an Amphibia-themed pastiche of LovableRogue Grunkle Stan Pines of WesternAnimation/GravityFalls fame, but then it turns out he's a CorruptedCharacterCopy who encased a number of odd creatures in wax for his tourist trap, and was planning to do the same to Anne. Said creatures are still alive and can only move their eyes, [[AndIMustScream stuck in their wax prison]].

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* The Curator. At first it seems like he's just an Amphibia-themed pastiche of LovableRogue Grunkle Stan Pines of WesternAnimation/GravityFalls fame, but then it turns out he's a CorruptedCharacterCopy who encased a number of odd creatures in wax for his tourist trap, trap and was planning to do the same to Anne. Said creatures are still alive and alive, but can only move their eyes, [[AndIMustScream stuck in their wax prison]].



--->'''Curator''': Just a couple of common frogs. Ooh, I can stick 'em in the same mold! Call 'em the Two-headed Frog of Froglantis! HA HA, It's genius! ''(Begins swinging a spiked-cane at Sprig and Hop Pop)''
* It's honestly kind of horrifying seeing the Curator get dragged off into the darkness of one of the Curiosity Huts rooms, presumably to his death. Granted, he deserved it but you gotta remember this is the frog version of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Grunkle Stan]], who is a beloved character in Gravity Falls so it's kind of like seeing Stan die.

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--->'''Curator''': Just a couple of common frogs. Ooh, I can stick 'em in the same mold! Call 'em the Two-headed Two-Headed Frog of Froglantis! HA HA, It's it's genius! ''(Begins ''(begins swinging a spiked-cane at Sprig and Hop Pop)''
* It's honestly kind of horrifying seeing the Curator get dragged off into the darkness of one of the Curiosity Huts rooms, presumably to his death. Granted, he deserved it deserves it, but you gotta remember this is the frog version of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Grunkle Stan]], who is a beloved character in Gravity Falls so it's kind of like seeing Stan the beloved character from Gravity Falls die.



* The Barbari-Ants are a giant race of ants that look like they have glowing horns. They're so bad a threat that Newtopia had to close themselves off. Marcy states that if they're not stopped, they will turn Newtopia into a giant ant nest.

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* The Barbari-Ants are a giant race of ants that look like they have glowing horns. They're so bad nasty a threat that Newtopia had to close themselves off.off from them. Marcy states that if they're not stopped, they will turn Newtopia into a giant ant nest.



* Anne, Sprig, Polly and Marcy discover an AncientTomb in the basement of King Andrias's castle. The coffins therein are chained shut as if to keep the contents trapped inside. The reason for this becomes evident very quickly because they contain alien-like [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that are [[EnergyBeing made of energy]], intangible and entirely capable of dissolving bones in their bodies.

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* Anne, Sprig, Polly Polly, and Marcy discover an AncientTomb in the basement of King Andrias's castle. The coffins therein are chained shut as if to keep the contents trapped inside. The reason for this becomes evident very quickly quickly, because they contain alien-like [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that are [[EnergyBeing made of energy]], intangible and entirely capable of dissolving bones in their bodies.



* Most of the episode is a tragic and heartwarming ContinuityCavalcade but it ends on an ominous note. Marcy watches Anne leave and King Andrias approaches her from behind; only, his [[TheGoodKing jovial]], [[WhatsUpKingDude welcoming]] and [[BigGood kind]] disposition is noticeably absent. He then says:
-->'''King Andrias:''' Always sad to see someone go, isn't it? I have a proposition for you Marcy, and I think you'll find it very interesting.

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* Most of the episode is a tragic and heartwarming ContinuityCavalcade ContinuityCavalcade, but it ends on an ominous note. Marcy watches Anne leave and King Andrias approaches her from behind; only, his [[TheGoodKing jovial]], [[WhatsUpKingDude welcoming]] and [[BigGood kind]] disposition is noticeably absent. He then says:
-->'''King Andrias:''' Always sad to see someone go, isn't it? I have a proposition for you you, Marcy, and I think you'll find it very interesting.



* According to creator Matt Braly, the episode being non-canon allows the crew to do some pretty messed up stuff to the cast, much like The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror specials, and it shows.
** Anne's story centers on a cute cat video that imprisons all who watch it (including human versions of Polly, Maddie & Toadie and one unlucky soul who was trapped in the video thirty-five years ago) and when Anna (based on Anne) learns the truth, the creatures ''HOP OUT OF THE VIDEO AND TURNS INTO A MONSTER!''
** Hop Pop's story centers on his days as a wagon driver where he accidentally delivers a mysterious fellow named Mr. Littlepot, who is basically the amphibian Grim Reaper in reality, to many other people that Littlepot kills. Eventually, Mr. Littlepot goes after Hop Pop and when it seems like he's gonna kill him..... [[BaitAndSwitch Hop Pop's luxurious hair is sliced off instead and stolen by Littlepot.]]

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* According to creator Matt Braly, the episode being non-canon allows allowed the crew to do some pretty messed up stuff to the cast, much like The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror specials, and it shows.
** Anne's story centers on a cute cat video that imprisons all who watch it (including human versions of Polly, Maddie & Toadie Maddie, and Toadie, and one unlucky soul who was trapped in the video thirty-five years ago) and when Anna (based on Anne) learns the truth, the creatures ''HOP creature ''HOPS OUT OF THE VIDEO AND TURNS INTO A MONSTER!''
** Hop Pop's story centers on his days as a wagon driver driver, where he accidentally delivers a mysterious fellow named Mr. Littlepot, who is basically the amphibian Grim Reaper in reality, to many other people the addresses of each person that Littlepot kills. Eventually, Mr. Littlepot goes after Hop Pop Pop, and when it seems like he's gonna kill him..... [[BaitAndSwitch Hop Pop's luxurious hair is sliced off instead and stolen by Littlepot.]]



** When Polly gets sick of not having a story that isn't based on a previous episode, she goes out to look at the Blue Moon in the hopes that it'll inspire her. The Blue Moon is stated to turn whoever gazes at it into a monster, but apparently nothing happens. At least until Polly is transformed into a werebeast.

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** When Polly gets sick of not having a story that isn't based on a previous episode, she goes out to look at the Blue Moon in the hopes that it'll inspire her. The Blue Moon is stated to turn whoever gazes at it into a monster, but apparently nothing happens. At least least... until Polly is transformed into a werebeast.werebeast herself!



* The thirteen-eyed EldritchAbomination creature residing underneath the castle that King Andrias refers to as "My Lord". Andrias being the villain came to no surprise to most, but the sudden reveal of an even greater evil is the last thing you would've expected. The ending also reveals that Andrias is working on a revenge scheme though to what end it entails is unknown.
* According to General Yunan, the status quo is getting out of control; the frog uprising appears to be spreading beyond the valley, and the Toad Lords (whoever they are), are planning a meeting, probably a strategic one in response of the issue. Add Grime and Sasha's plan of a direct assault on Newtopia and whatever Andrias is up to and we might be looking at a three-way Amphibian civil war.

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* The thirteen-eyed EldritchAbomination creature residing underneath the castle that King Andrias refers to as "My Lord". Andrias being the villain came to no surprise to most, but the sudden reveal of an even greater evil is the last thing you would've expected. The ending also reveals that Andrias is working on a revenge scheme scheme, though to what end it entails is unknown.
* According to General Yunan, the status quo is getting out of control; the frog uprising appears to be spreading beyond the valley, and the Toad Lords (whoever they are), are planning a meeting, probably a strategic one in response of to the issue. Add Grime and Sasha's plan of a direct assault on Newtopia and whatever Andrias is up to to, and we might be looking at a three-way Amphibian civil war.



* ''Toad Tower is being rebuilt.'' It appears that Newtopia is the one who funds it and in charge of selecting its leaders. And the ambassador deemed Mayor Toadstool unsuitable for the job, she gives it to the toad bandits. And how does their leader say to this? That with him in charge, it will make Grime look like a softie compared to him.

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* ''Toad Tower is being rebuilt.'' It appears that Newtopia is the one who funds funding it and in charge of selecting its leaders. And the ambassador deemed Mayor Toadstool unsuitable for the job, she gives giving it to the toad bandits. And how What does their leader say to this? That with him in charge, it will he'll make Grime look like a softie compared to him.
softie.



* The growth potion Maddie's sisters take turns out to be unstable as it makes them keep growing. Maddie says that if she and Marcy don't stop it, they'll explode.

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* The growth potion Maddie's sisters take turns out to be unstable unstable, as it makes them keep growing.growing well beyond normal limits. Maddie says that if she and Marcy don't stop it, they'll explode.



* TheReveal that Marcy planned to trap Anne, Sasha and herself in Amphibia so that they could have adventures together forever. All the time Anne and Sasha spent away from their parents, all the horrible violent deaths that could have befallen them, were all thanks to their {{Adorkable}} loving friend.
** Giving her MotiveRant, Marcy creepily describes the "fun" they had and how she gave them everything as her eyes fill with tears and she forces a fake smile. After all this time, she was just as manipulative and possessive as Sasha. Turns into a TearJerker as she drops to her knees and sobs when Anne turns away.
* Launching a coup against Andrias, Sasha threatens to drop the music box from a balcony, stranding her, Anne and Marcy in Amphibia forever, so she could "rule a kingdom" instead of just "a school". Even if she was bluffing, she betrayed her friends as they are seemingly seconds away from leaving and risked destroying one chance to find home.
* Sprig gets grabbed by Andrias and used as a hostage to force Polly to put back the Calamity Box once she successfully grabs it, Andrias making it clear he could either crush him to paste with ease or drop him out the window of the OminousFloatingCastle if they don't immediately comply. Despite surrendering, when Anne mentions that Sprig is her 'best friend' this [[BerserkButton triggers Andrias]] who decides to drop him anyway [[EvilIsPetty just to make Anne feel what it's like to lose a good friend]]. This is ''right in front of Hop Pop and Polly'', who can only futilely reach for Sprig when he vanishes from sight, whilst Anne is so overcome with grief and despair that she [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], tears leaking from her eyes whilst she's unable to even make a sound to vocalise her sorrow. And this was all done on Andrias' whim, a spur of the moment decision that he carelessly made just for the sake of [[{{Sadist}} hurting others like he was hurt before]].

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* TheReveal that Marcy planned to trap Anne, Sasha Sasha, and herself in Amphibia so that they could have adventures together forever. All the time Anne and Sasha spent away from their parents, all the horrible violent deaths that could have befallen them, were all thanks to their {{Adorkable}} loving friend.
** Giving her MotiveRant, Marcy creepily describes the "fun" they had and how she gave them everything as her eyes fill with tears and she forces a fake smile. After all this time, she was just as manipulative and possessive as Sasha. Turns It turns into a TearJerker as she drops to her knees and sobs when Anne turns away.
* Launching a coup against Andrias, Sasha threatens to drop the music box from a balcony, stranding her, Anne Anne, and Marcy in Amphibia forever, so she could can "rule a kingdom" instead of just "a school". Even if she was bluffing, she betrayed her friends friends, as they are were seemingly seconds away from leaving leaving, and she risked destroying their one chance to find home.
* Sprig gets grabbed by Andrias and used as a hostage to force Polly to put back the Calamity Box once she successfully grabs it, Andrias making it clear he could either crush him to paste with ease or drop him out the window of the OminousFloatingCastle if they don't immediately comply. Despite surrendering, when Anne mentions that Sprig is her 'best friend' friend', this [[BerserkButton triggers Andrias]] who Andrias' rage]], and he decides to drop him anyway [[EvilIsPetty just to make Anne feel what it's like to lose a good friend]]. This is all goes down ''right in front of Hop Pop and Polly'', who can only futilely reach for Sprig when he vanishes from sight, whilst Anne is so overcome with grief and despair that she [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], tears leaking from her eyes whilst she's unable to even make without a single sound to vocalise her sorrow. And this was all done on Andrias' whim, a spur of the moment decision that he carelessly made just for the sake of [[{{Sadist}} hurting others like he was hurt before]].



* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, and she may have reconnected herself and Sasha to their gemstones, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, and the implication that losing his friends was Andrias' StartOfDarkness, this could so easily have turned into Anne's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.

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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - -- and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast backblast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably just the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, and she may have reconnected herself and Sasha to their gemstones, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias Andrias, but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, and the implication that losing his friends was Andrias' StartOfDarkness, this could so easily have turned into Anne's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.



* Marcy is '''''run through''''' with King Andrias' fire sword (bloodlessly, but still on-screen) and apparently dies. It's only mitigated a little by how we see her being kept on life-support by Andrias in the theme song for Season 3 that follows. No wonder Disney put a content warning on this episode.

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* Marcy is '''''run through''''' with King Andrias' fire sword (bloodlessly, but still on-screen) and apparently dies. It's only mitigated a little by how we see her being kept on life-support by Andrias in the theme song for Season season 3 that follows. No wonder Disney put a content warning on this episode.



* Andrias once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a young child frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.

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* Andrias Andrias, once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends friends, best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a young child frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.



** Andrias' SlasherSmile as he awaits Anne handing over the Calamity Box. The fact that he's so big, he takes up the entire background doesn't help.

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** Andrias' SlasherSmile as he awaits Anne handing over the Calamity Box. The fact that he's so big, big he takes up the entire background doesn't help.
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* Sprig gets grabbed by Andrias and used as a hostage to force Polly to put back the Calamity Box once she successfully grabs it, Andrias making it clear he could either [[AdultFear crush him to paste with ease or drop him out the window]] of the OminousFloatingCastle if they don't immediately comply. Despite surrendering, when Anne mentions that Sprig is her 'best friend' this [[BerserkButton triggers Andrias]] who decides to drop him anyway [[EvilIsPetty just to make Anne feel what it's like to lose a good friend]]. This is ''right in front of Hop Pop and Polly'', who can only futilely reach for Sprig when he vanishes from sight, whilst Anne is so overcome with grief and despair that she [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], tears leaking from her eyes whilst she's unable to even make a sound to vocalise her sorrow. And this was all done on Andrias' whim, a spur of the moment decision that he carelessly made just for the sake of [[{{Sadist}} hurting others like he was hurt before]].

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* Sprig gets grabbed by Andrias and used as a hostage to force Polly to put back the Calamity Box once she successfully grabs it, Andrias making it clear he could either [[AdultFear crush him to paste with ease or drop him out the window]] window of the OminousFloatingCastle if they don't immediately comply. Despite surrendering, when Anne mentions that Sprig is her 'best friend' this [[BerserkButton triggers Andrias]] who decides to drop him anyway [[EvilIsPetty just to make Anne feel what it's like to lose a good friend]]. This is ''right in front of Hop Pop and Polly'', who can only futilely reach for Sprig when he vanishes from sight, whilst Anne is so overcome with grief and despair that she [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], tears leaking from her eyes whilst she's unable to even make a sound to vocalise her sorrow. And this was all done on Andrias' whim, a spur of the moment decision that he carelessly made just for the sake of [[{{Sadist}} hurting others like he was hurt before]].
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** Hop Pop's story centers on his days as a wagon driver where he accidentally delivers a mysterious fellow named Mr. Littlepot, who is basically the amphibian Grim Reaper in reality, to many other people that Littlepot kills. Eventually Mr. Littlepot goes after Hop Pop and when it seems like he's gonna kill him..... [[BaitAndSwitch Hop Pop's luxurious hair is sliced off instead and stolen by Littlepot.]]

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** Hop Pop's story centers on his days as a wagon driver where he accidentally delivers a mysterious fellow named Mr. Littlepot, who is basically the amphibian Grim Reaper in reality, to many other people that Littlepot kills. Eventually Eventually, Mr. Littlepot goes after Hop Pop and when it seems like he's gonna kill him..... [[BaitAndSwitch Hop Pop's luxurious hair is sliced off instead and stolen by Littlepot.]]




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* Anne dreams of being in a land of bug-free yogurt (complete with a cheerful talking yogurt container). However, it turns out all the yogurt tastes like licorice. While it seems funny in concept, the execution is actually pretty horrific, as it shows the yogurt container's eyes [[EyeScream falling out]] and black goop coming out from their mouth.
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-->'''King Andrias:''' Now look what you made me do...

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-->'''King Andrias:''' Now look what you you've made me do...
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* The frog with the slasher smile and a hook hand that continuously stalks Sprig and Anne. Later, it turns out to be a case of DarkIsNotEvil when it's revealed to be the ghost of a hiker who helps lost travelers.

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* The frog with the slasher smile and a hook hand that continuously stalks Sprig and Anne.Polly. Later, it turns out to be a case of DarkIsNotEvil when it's revealed to be the ghost of a hiker who helps lost travelers.
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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, and the implication that losing his friends was Andrias' StartOfDarkness, this could so easily have turned into Anne's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.

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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, and she may have reconnected herself and Sasha to their gemstones, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, and the implication that losing his friends was Andrias' StartOfDarkness, this could so easily have turned into Anne's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, this could so easily have turned into Anne's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.

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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, and the implication that losing his friends was Andrias' StartOfDarkness, this could so easily have turned into Anne's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, this could so easily have been Anne's StartOfDarkness.

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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, this could so easily have been turned into Anne's StartOfDarkness.ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''.

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* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''. And what if Anne had managed to kill Andrias but Marcy wasn't able to save Sprig? Given all the poor girl just went through, this could so easily have been Anne's StartOfDarkness.
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* Andrias once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a baby frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.

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* Andrias once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a baby young child frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.
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* Upon seeing Anne still has her Calamity Powers and is the only one left to defeat him, Andrias delivers quite the threat:
-->'''King Andrias:''' I have to admit, even I'm surprised. Somehow you still got the gift, kid. Which means... '''''[[NeverSayDie I can't let you live.]]'''''
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With the season exploring more of Amphibia, there's more dark and disturbing scenes to be found outside the safety of the valley...

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[[AC: Fort in the Road]]
* There's something darkly chilling about the fact ancient civilization had modern technology but were abandoned even being labeled 'Ruins of Despair'....
** Hop Pop about to suffer UnwillingRoboticisation. Good thing Sprig and Anne stop it but the fact such a method existed... no wonder the current inhabitants label the abandoned factories as such.

[[AC: The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar]]
* The little Bittys rise up against the Hasselbacks and save Hop Pop... by going feral and growing teeth and ''eating their tormenters alive.'' There's a brief, non-gory shot of Ma Hasselback suffering the ChestBurster effect before the villains are [[KillItWithFire set on fire]] off-screen.

[[AC: Anne Hunter]]
* Imagine your adopted family being taken by a scorpoleo, as the name suggest, half lion, half scorpion which has heat vision and is going to kill and eat them. No wonder Anne suffered a 'Stress Induced Hallucination'.

[[AC: Quarreler's Pass]]
* Lysil and Angwin are a pair of monstrous [[SeldomSeenSpecies olms]] who try to eat Sprig and Polly. What makes them creepier than the usual giant predators in the show is that, being amphibians, they are fully sapient, and yet they have no qualms eating other sapient beings, sadistically talking to their prey before going for the kill.

[[AC: Wax Museum]]
* The Curator. At first it seems like he's just an Amphibia-themed pastiche of LovableRogue Grunkle Stan Pines of WesternAnimation/GravityFalls fame, but then it turns out he's a CorruptedCharacterCopy who encased a number of odd creatures in wax for his tourist trap, and was planning to do the same to Anne. Said creatures are still alive and can only move their eyes, [[AndIMustScream stuck in their wax prison]].
** Plus, when the Curator finds Sprig and Hop Pop trying to rescue Anne, he cheerfully states he can add the two Plantars to his collection of his wax-encased oddities.
--->'''Curator''': Just a couple of common frogs. Ooh, I can stick 'em in the same mold! Call 'em the Two-headed Frog of Froglantis! HA HA, It's genius! ''(Begins swinging a spiked-cane at Sprig and Hop Pop)''
* It's honestly kind of horrifying seeing the Curator get dragged off into the darkness of one of the Curiosity Huts rooms, presumably to his death. Granted, he deserved it but you gotta remember this is the frog version of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Grunkle Stan]], who is a beloved character in Gravity Falls so it's kind of like seeing Stan die.
-->'''Curator''': ''(from inside the room after a red liquid is seen oozing out under the door)'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Calm down, everyone, it's just wax!]]

[[AC: Marcy at the Gates]]
* The Barbari-Ants are a giant race of ants that look like they have glowing horns. They're so bad a threat that Newtopia had to close themselves off. Marcy states that if they're not stopped, they will turn Newtopia into a giant ant nest.

[[AC: The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers]]
* Anne, Sprig, Polly and Marcy discover an AncientTomb in the basement of King Andrias's castle. The coffins therein are chained shut as if to keep the contents trapped inside. The reason for this becomes evident very quickly because they contain alien-like [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that are [[EnergyBeing made of energy]], intangible and entirely capable of dissolving bones in their bodies.
* When Marcy [[TheKlutz unsurprisingly]] falls down the stairs and in front of the mirror, the pattern on the moth's wings briefly makes it look as if she has sharp fangs. It leads one to wonder if there's a bit of {{Foreshadowing}} going on.

[[AC: A Day at the Aquarium]]
* Most of the episode is a tragic and heartwarming ContinuityCavalcade but it ends on an ominous note. Marcy watches Anne leave and King Andrias approaches her from behind; only, his [[TheGoodKing jovial]], [[WhatsUpKingDude welcoming]] and [[BigGood kind]] disposition is noticeably absent. He then says:
-->'''King Andrias:''' Always sad to see someone go, isn't it? I have a proposition for you Marcy, and I think you'll find it very interesting.

[[AC: The Shut-In!]]
* According to creator Matt Braly, the episode being non-canon allows the crew to do some pretty messed up stuff to the cast, much like The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror specials, and it shows.
** Anne's story centers on a cute cat video that imprisons all who watch it (including human versions of Polly, Maddie & Toadie and one unlucky soul who was trapped in the video thirty-five years ago) and when Anna (based on Anne) learns the truth, the creatures ''HOP OUT OF THE VIDEO AND TURNS INTO A MONSTER!''
** Hop Pop's story centers on his days as a wagon driver where he accidentally delivers a mysterious fellow named Mr. Littlepot, who is basically the amphibian Grim Reaper in reality, to many other people that Littlepot kills. Eventually Mr. Littlepot goes after Hop Pop and when it seems like he's gonna kill him..... [[BaitAndSwitch Hop Pop's luxurious hair is sliced off instead and stolen by Littlepot.]]
** Sprig tells the story of how he and Ivy discovered the Seamstress, a mysterious SerialKiller who skins frogs alive and uses their skin to make one of themselves. [[WouldHurtAChild It gets dangerously close to doing the same to Ivy too]], until she and Sprig basically [[KillItWithFire burn it alive.]]
** When Polly gets sick of not having a story that isn't based on a previous episode, she goes out to look at the Blue Moon in the hopes that it'll inspire her. The Blue Moon is stated to turn whoever gazes at it into a monster, but apparently nothing happens. At least until Polly is transformed into a werebeast.
** The end credits are mostly the same as season 1, but with Anne and Sprig as [[StrippedToTheBone derelict skeletons]].

[[AC: Night Drivers]]
* The frog with the slasher smile and a hook hand that continuously stalks Sprig and Anne. Later, it turns out to be a case of DarkIsNotEvil when it's revealed to be the ghost of a hiker who helps lost travelers.

[[AC: After the Rain]]
* Hop Pop reveals that Sprig and Polly's parents were eaten by giant herons that attacked Wartwood. The event itself is only implied by the silhouette of a heron whose beak appears to be caked in blood.

[[AC: The First Temple]]
* The thirteen-eyed EldritchAbomination creature residing underneath the castle that King Andrias refers to as "My Lord". Andrias being the villain came to no surprise to most, but the sudden reveal of an even greater evil is the last thing you would've expected. The ending also reveals that Andrias is working on a revenge scheme though to what end it entails is unknown.
* According to General Yunan, the status quo is getting out of control; the frog uprising appears to be spreading beyond the valley, and the Toad Lords (whoever they are), are planning a meeting, probably a strategic one in response of the issue. Add Grime and Sasha's plan of a direct assault on Newtopia and whatever Andrias is up to and we might be looking at a three-way Amphibian civil war.

[[AC: Toad to Redemption]]
* ''Toad Tower is being rebuilt.'' It appears that Newtopia is the one who funds it and in charge of selecting its leaders. And the ambassador deemed Mayor Toadstool unsuitable for the job, she gives it to the toad bandits. And how does their leader say to this? That with him in charge, it will make Grime look like a softie compared to him.

[[AC: Maddie and Marcy]]
* The growth potion Maddie's sisters take turns out to be unstable as it makes them keep growing. Maddie says that if she and Marcy don't stop it, they'll explode.

[[AC: Barrel's Warhammer]]
* Captain Aldo, leader of the North Tower, is... disturbing. He appears to be a rotting corpse that seems to have no eyes, or, rather, just black voids where his eyes should be. When he first appears, Bufo and Beatrix, the other tower captains besides him and Grime (or possibly Bog at this point, though he is absent), aren't sure if he's asleep or actually dead. This is understandable, since there are vines growing over his limbs and moss on his clothes. Later, he suddenly moves and slowly rips the vines that were entangling his arms off of him. When he does speak, it is in a deep, demonic-sounding voice. A small insect appears next to his head, giving the appearance that he might be being mind-controlled and kept alive by some kind of parasite.

[[AC:True Colors]]
* TheReveal that Marcy planned to trap Anne, Sasha and herself in Amphibia so that they could have adventures together forever. All the time Anne and Sasha spent away from their parents, all the horrible violent deaths that could have befallen them, were all thanks to their {{Adorkable}} loving friend.
** Giving her MotiveRant, Marcy creepily describes the "fun" they had and how she gave them everything as her eyes fill with tears and she forces a fake smile. After all this time, she was just as manipulative and possessive as Sasha. Turns into a TearJerker as she drops to her knees and sobs when Anne turns away.
* Launching a coup against Andrias, Sasha threatens to drop the music box from a balcony, stranding her, Anne and Marcy in Amphibia forever, so she could "rule a kingdom" instead of just "a school". Even if she was bluffing, she betrayed her friends as they are seemingly seconds away from leaving and risked destroying one chance to find home.
* Sprig gets grabbed by Andrias and used as a hostage to force Polly to put back the Calamity Box once she successfully grabs it, Andrias making it clear he could either [[AdultFear crush him to paste with ease or drop him out the window]] of the OminousFloatingCastle if they don't immediately comply. Despite surrendering, when Anne mentions that Sprig is her 'best friend' this [[BerserkButton triggers Andrias]] who decides to drop him anyway [[EvilIsPetty just to make Anne feel what it's like to lose a good friend]]. This is ''right in front of Hop Pop and Polly'', who can only futilely reach for Sprig when he vanishes from sight, whilst Anne is so overcome with grief and despair that she [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], tears leaking from her eyes whilst she's unable to even make a sound to vocalise her sorrow. And this was all done on Andrias' whim, a spur of the moment decision that he carelessly made just for the sake of [[{{Sadist}} hurting others like he was hurt before]].
** Sprig has visible ''tears'' in his eyes as he's falling to his doom. It's a stark reminder that he's still just a young kid, not even a teenager by frog standards, and Andrias just dropped him to his death without blinking, simply to spite his friends and family with his loss, and Sprig is utterly helpless to do anything about it as he plummets towards the ground.
* Anne's SuperMode qualifies as awesome - and also ''terrifying'', given that with only a portion of the blue gemstone's power and running on pure instinctual fumes, she decimates Andrias' forces with collateral back blast from her attacks and sends the giant of a salamander flying with each individual attack. The Calamity Box's power can already cross between dimensions; turning individuals into a PhysicalGod is presumably the tip of the iceberg, and what's more, Andrias gets to keep Marcy in his grubby mitts, meaning he might be able to ''[[ChildSoldiers weaponize this extreme power]]''.
* Andrias' castle is powerful enough to blow up Toad Tower with ''[[FantasticNuke one shot]]''!
* Marcy is '''''run through''''' with King Andrias' fire sword (bloodlessly, but still on-screen) and apparently dies. It's only mitigated a little by how we see her being kept on life-support by Andrias in the theme song for Season 3 that follows. No wonder Disney put a content warning on this episode.
-->'''King Andrias:''' Now look what you made me do...
* Andrias once his true colors are revealed: rather than being the jovial, if childish, [[TheGoodKing good king]], Andrias is instead an embittered, power-hungry sociopath who wants to use his robot army to conquer ''all'' worlds. Worse, Andrias expresses nothing but a cold callousness when attempting to kill Anne and her friends best exemplified by smashing Frobo and then nearly crushing Polly, a baby frog, underneath his fist. The mural depicting him standing over the bones of his enemies with his master in the background shows the plans he has for other worlds, and it isn't pretty.
** The fact that Grime and Sasha, even being at what is arguably their lowest moral point, are horrified by what he does and plans to do is pretty telling.
** The MightyRoar Andrias makes when he fights Anne truly makes him look and sound less like an anthropomorphic character and more like a primal animal.
** Andrias' SlasherSmile as he awaits Anne handing over the Calamity Box. The fact that he's so big, he takes up the entire background doesn't help.

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