History WesternAnimation / Amphibia

* ForTemperamentEnsemble: The Plantar Family.

** The adjacent personalities within the family tend to get along, while the opposites often come into conflict. Anne and Hop Pop's conflict is the focus of "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AmphibiaS1E06Stakeout Stakeout]]", while [[SiblingRivalry Sprig and Polly]]'s is the focus of "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AmphibiaS1E23CivilWart Civil Wart]]".

* SmallTaxonomyPools: Probably the first time you'll see olms in a work of fiction.

** Frobo can turn his eyes into wingdings to express emotion -- mostly question marks, but also other things, like the copper coin symbol.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Amphibia is inhabited by anthropomorphic frogs and other amphibians. The other animals of the world, ranging from reptiles to mollusks and [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant arthropods]], are non-anthropomorphic.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Wartwood culture is modeled mostly after rural America from the 1800's. There are also more than a few Medieval European elements scattered about. Newtopia notably has some Southeast Asian-like elements in its market places, which Anne finds familiar.

** Many of lessons Sprig learns in various episodes tend to have trouble sticking. In "Cracking Mrs Croaker" a "A Caravan Named Desire" and "Thai Feud" teaches Sprig that you shouldn't force people to like or accept you, and that his obsessive need for attention can be detrimental. The lesson is usually downplayed because Sprig ends up getting what he wants by the end. "Spider-Sprig" ultimately subverted this, after Sprig (as Frog Man) and Robert Otto ended up causing massive property damage and Molly Jo almost ends up getting hurt because of their desire for fame and adoration. Sprig finally seems to realize how selfish he was and how his need for affection does more harm than good, but time will tell if the lesson will stick this time.

** Throughout the entire Earth arc, The Plantars have to learn time and time again to be more careful when going out in public, and Anne has to learn to be cautious when taking them out of the house to avoid to avoid getting caught by the government. Which ends up happening in "Escape to Amphibia" because of their carelessness.

** Many of lessons Sprig learns in various episodes tend to have trouble sticking. In "Cracking Mrs Croaker" a "A Caravan Named Desire" and "Thai Feud" teaches Sprig that you shouldn't force people to like or accept you, and that his obsessive need for attention can be detrimental. The lesson is usually downplayed because Sprig ends up getting what he wants by the end. "Spider-Sprig" ultimately subverted this, after Sprig (as Frog Man) and Robert Otto ended up causing massive property damage and Molly Jo almost ends up getting hurt because of their desire for fame and adoration. Sprig finally seems to realize how selfish he was and how his does more harm than good, but time will tell if the lesson will stick this time.

** Whenever Anne is speaking [[spoiler:when in her Calamity Power state]], her voice is somehow accompanied by a deep reverb.

* YourMom: The [[spoiler:toilet stall Anne and the Plantars hide in from Mr. X's pursuit has graffiti reading "[[https://imgur.com/a/U44mtZ2 Your mom is nice]]" written on one of its walls (possibly a child cartoon-friendly euphemism for [[IBangedYourMom a very physical reason to call someone's mom "nice"]])]].

* TheIrredeemableException: ''Amphibia'' has most of its villains see redemption in the end. [[spoiler:[[DiskOneFinalBoss Sasha and Grime]] both end up seeing the errors of their ways and become genuinely admirable leaders to Amphibia, Marcy ends up realizing her mistake of trying to cling to the past and move on, and most of the humans that antagonized Anne and the Plantars while on Earth end up helping them when the planet is invaded. Even [[TheDragon Andrias]] learns to step out of his father's shadow, and that he does not need to be evil like him. The Core, meanwhile, never learns. It completely refuses to acknowledge change, and still believes that world must always be the same, no matter how much everyone argues against it.]]

* VillainousMedicalCare: [[spoiler: Right after he stabbed Marcy, Andrias had Yunaan and Olivia put her in a [[PeopleJar healing tank]] to save her life... because the Core wanted her as its newest host.]]

** In the first season episode "Hallucinations", when Anne is tripping on Hop-Pop's energy drink, she hallucinates that she has glowing blue hair and shoots laser beams. [[spoiler: Anne gains those powers for real by the end of the second season.]]

** Anne has promised the Plantars that [[spoiler:she's going to get them home, rescue Sasha and Marcy, and stop Andrias from taking over the planet]]. She has to put that scheme on hold, however, for a few reasons: [[spoiler: 1) Her parents still have to take her to doctor and dental appointments owing to her being in the wilderness for five months, and that's not even going into the amount of school that she missed. 2) Earth may have the Internet, but it doesn't have actual online resources on how to deal with a newt tyrant or to recreate interdimensional travel, meaning it's a few weeks before she gets a lead from the local museum thanks to Dr. Jan. 3) She has to still do daily chores and weekly ones while keeping the Plantars incognito. and 4) A lot of people, including her classmates, are trying to dig for answers on what happened to Anne, and where the heck Sasha and Marc are]].

* ManipulativeBastard: It had been implied that Sasha is a manipulative friend before, but in "Prison Break" she takes it to the next level. After successfully manipulating several of her prison guards into quitting their job, she teaches Grime how to use flattery to make his troops love and fight hard for him. In a single day, she is able to talk and fight her way from prisoner all the way to second-in-command. Through it all she is suave, devious, and clever. Not bad for a 13-year-old. In "Reunion", it's shown that on Anne's 13th birthday, Sasha convinced Anne to skip school and go play instead, and when Anne tried to go home to the party her family had set up for her, Sasha effectively bullied Anne into ditching it and keeping hanging out with Marcy and her.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLineIt's time to hop to it.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:It's time to hop to it.]]

The series premiered on June 17, 2019, with the first episode pairing being made available on various online services on the 14th, including Website/YouTube. The second season premiered on July 11, 2020, whilst the third premiered on October 2, 2021, with Braly confirming in interviews that it would be the show's final season. The half-hour series finale, entitled "The Hardest Thing", aired on May 14, 2022. A [[{{SpinOff}} spin-off]] companion book, ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuidetoAmphibia'' was released on December 6, 2022.

''Amphibia'' is a Creator/DisneyChannel animated [[{{Adventure}} adventure]]/[[KidCom comedy]] series created by Creator/MattBraly, who previously served as a director on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.

* FantasticCasteSystem: It gradually becomes clear that Amphibia is structured into a strict system of class based on species. [[spoiler: In “The Core And The King” episode, it’s revealed to be actually invoked by King Andrias himself, after Lief stole the Calamity Box under his watch, to stop a vague prophecy that foreshadowed Amphibia’s doom from happening. Her betrayal hurt him so much, that he decided to “keep those frogs in line” as revenge. Regarding the toads, he viewed them as disposable but respected warriors, as he banished his friend toad Barrel for not stopping Lief in a crucial moment]].

** The toads act as a warrior caste, whose main priority is to keep the frogs in line and collect various rewards. [[MasterRace They remain convinced that toads should control ever part of the valley.]] However, they ultimately serve the whims of the newts, a role they clearly chafe at, and their leadership is selected by the newt army.

* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: The two overarching main antagonists that are working together to conquer and destroy Earth and other planets in order to get their resources have such a dynamic. [[spoiler:[[Characters/AmphibiaKingAndrias King Andrias]] (Sympathetic) has done many inexcusably vile things by the series' end to further this evil cause, but he carries a lot more guilt and regret over his actions including his betrayal of Marcy than he initially lets on, and he has the FreudianExcuse of having been gaslit and browbeat by his AbusiveDad and other undead ancestors that exist in the Core's MindHive into closing his own heart off (a feat which Andrias can't ''completely'' pull off) and becoming solely dependent on them, for a millennium. [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]] (Despicable) is the true master of the crusade to conquer and strip-mine the multiverse: it's a completely selfish and malicious entity which has none of Andrias' redeeming qualities, and it ultimately rejects any opportunity to pull a HeelFaceTurn in favor of attempting a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum against all of Amphibia when it's lost to the heroes]].

The show chronicles the adventures of Anne Boonchuy (Creator/BrendaSong), a Thai-American teenager who, after stealing a [[InterdimensionalTravelDevice mysterious music box]] at the behest of her ChildhoodFriends, [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]] (Creator/AnnaAkana) and [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu]] (Creator/HaleyTju), is [[TrappedInAnotherWorld magically transported]] to the eponymous world of Amphibia, a mystical and hazardous marshland populated by FrogMen, giant insects, and much more.