#Amphibia Best Fronds

[amphibia-a-day]

Day 1121 of Amphibia Screenshots

Episode: Best Fronds

[alexisr294]

Amphibia Pilot (Full)

[melliferian]

Amphibia has been dead for 20 years and he’s still here

[mysteriesofmarcy]

Honorable Mention: Best Fronds

The first episode that wasn't the series premiere.

The core of the show is Anne and Sprig's friendship. This episode focuses on how it differs from her friendship with Sasha and Marcy. And it exposes just how toxic that friendship with Sasha was when Anne describes how she viewed it.

And while it's not really what the episode is about, I do like water / beach / lake episodes. The water snake fight was pretty cool too, because it told us a lot about our two protagonists and the misadventures they would get into this season.

[writesailingdreams]

I think one minor way they could have connected 3B and 3A was have Hop Pop mention the resistance’s hydroponics was based on stuff he learned on Earth. I also think Anne talking to Tritonio in Newts in Tights was an interesting contrast to Best Fronds.

That's a neat suggestion.

Don't remember what Anne said to Tritonio in the same detail as Best Fronds, but that's cool.

[calechipconecrimes]

oh my god in "Best Fronds" he's reading a book titled So You're a Failed Actor

i think i'm going to make just one post for every episode, or maybe one per every few if they don't have a whole lot to notice

i'll figure out a tag for these later and also I'll put the faces at the end in a separate reblog

holy shit, anne's eyes flash blue when she saves sprig's life in "Anne or Beast?" fhaefavfbhiuo

i love this show such a normal amount

[flowerynameslover]

Amphibia - “Best Fronds”

[eleviathan]

I just had an idea for an amphibia au

Sasha and Anne swap starting locations (sasha in wartwood/anne in toad tower)

Sasha ends up waiting to go to the lake like in best fronds, and does her whole manipulation thing, but seeing Sprig almost get killed makes her question her actions. Over the course of her stay (Season 1) she learns from her froggy family and neighbors how to be a better person, closer to how she was in Season 3b.

Anne, on the other hand, is stuck in the dingy, decrepit toad tower with Grime. The toads take the box from anne, but have no idea how to use it, and neither does Anne. The longer she stays, the more she starts to resent Sasha for "making her" steal the box and her getting her trapped. Eventually, the herons attack, and Anne actually helps fend them off after they attack her cell. This impresses grime and says that he might let her go and give the box back if she works for him, Anne agrees and is recruited into the army. This is no partnership however, and the harsh military environment only makes Anne more vindictive and cruel.

The toads find out about Sasha after toad tax and thing lead up to reunion. Sasha is thrilled to see her friend again, and Anne appears to be too, though it feels a bit disingenuous. Same old party trap to execute Hop Pop, and we end up at the top of the tower. Anne is surprised that Sasha would do so much for these frogs but tells her to drop the act and join her and the toads. Sasha looks back at the frogs and refuses to give them up.

Anne is exasperated, "You don't actually 'care' for these things, do you? Listen here Sash your going to come over here and leave those country bumkins, END OF DISCUSSION."

Sasha is taken aback, "Anne, what happened to you?"

"What do you mean?" Anne says." I'm only doing what you would do.

"I would never do something like that."

"THEN WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU FORCED ME TO STEAL THE FROGGING BOX!"

Silence...

"I just wanted to go home to my parents, but no, YOU made me skip class, YOU made me graffiti the wall and steal a shopping cart, and it was YOU who made me take the box that got us stuck here!"

"I'm sorry, Anne, I really am. But I'm not going to let my friends down, not again."

Fight ensues, Sasha has the upper hand, but Anne lands a clean cut on her face, and she falters. Then the Boomshrooms go off, Sasha catches Anne, Anne trys to take her down with her, Planters catch Sasha, Grime catches Anne, Toads leave, cue depression.

That's all I got for now, make make more, probably not.

[happi-tree]

Do you have a favorite episode or episodes of amphibia?? Asking for a friend 👀

Oh, jeez. Ori, I have. SO MANY. Uhhhhh, buckle up??? 👀 I limited myself to 3 episodes per season but honestly this show has so many fun episodes!!!

Season One

s1ep1: Anne or Beast?/Best Fronds - Episode 1 does SUCH a great job at setting up the story and tone for the show imo! It leaves a lot of things purposefully vague (how did our protag end up in this wacky alternate world? who the hell is in that photograph? etc etc) to reveal as the seasons progress, which I really enjoy! AND you get introduced to the found siblings ever with Anne and Sprig 🐸 I love them so much! While I'm mostly referring to the first part here, Best Fronds does an excellent job at establishing their relationship and their perspective on what friendship means.

s1ep9: Lily Pad Thai/Plantar's Last Stand - Even though it's more of a filler episode, I really love how Lily Pad Thai explores Anne's Thai heritage! Very near and dear to my heart 🥺 Plantar's Last Stand is alright, too, but I much prefer the first half of this episode <3

s1ep20: Reunion - Emotional Damage The Episode. Things get! Dark! Would have reduced me to tears had I not had previous associations with the background music 🥲 Also. Sasha Waybright beloved there are so many things wrong with her <333

Season Two

s2ep6: Marcy at the Gates - Introduction to the third member of my favorite trio! Marcy is very, very adorable and endearing and seeing a reunion that goes more smoothly than. Reunion. Is very sweet 🥰

s2ep10: The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers/Day at the Aquarium - BOTH parts of this episode are so very good and I cannot possibly choose a favorite between them. The girlies getting up to hijinks in a castle late at night and bawling your eyes out when it's your last day in a place you've grown fond of <333

s2ep19: The Dinner/Battle of the Bands - Once again, I literally could not choose even if you held me at gunpoint. The Dinner is very fun and very awkward and it is SO fun to see all these characters finally interact in a (sort of) low-stakes situation. And Battle of the Bands is just plain, cheesy, Disney fun! Heartstomper and No Big Deal my beloveds 💗💙💚

Season Three

s3ep7: Spider Sprig/Oliva & Yunan - OAY. Hoooooo boy. I can not even BEGIN to imagine what it must've been like to watch this live but I hadn't gotten caught up to the release dates until the Christmas special lmao. Emotional Damage The Episode Part Three 👁 (part two was s2's finale, naturally). Everyone in this episode is having a Bad Time. Spider Sprig is. Not a favorite. Sorry.

s3ep11: Commander Anne/Sprivy - Commander Anne is a really neat exploration of Anne and Sasha's relationship as they navigate how to repair some things and also like. Lead the rest of their group without falling apart at the seams. Also the source of a certain meme, thanks to Sasha's gayass blushing 💗 Sprivy is,,, okay? I MUCH prefer the first half of this episode, though.

s3ep17: All In - This episode has everything. Heartwrenching quotes from the protagonists. Mass destruction of property. Kpop. Rupaul (unfortunately). The Photograph. The girls fighting ⚔️ (part ???). Very very fun. I'd also put The Hardest Thing in here but that would be breaking my little self-imposed rules so

[amphibia-a-day]

Day 1026 of Amphibia Screenshots

Episode: Best Fronds

[narfoonthenet]

An (Amphibia) opinion I feel like repeating

So, this a a more fleshed out version of an older post on the same subject. I'm just sharing this 'cause, like the title says, I feel like throwing it out into the void again.

Anyway…

I don't actually like the "don't be afraid of change" moral.

I don't think it's bad - that's a good lesson for people to learn no matter their age.

I just don't think there's enough in the show to really support it being the core message.

I mean, think about the lessons Anne (along with the Plantars) learned in each episode throughout the series. Almost all of them have to do with how to treat others: trusting others, respecting other's boundaries, not forcing them into things they don't want to do, not making assumptions and jumping to conclusions about others, recognizing behavior that hurts others, not being a selfish prick, trusting others and their abilities, giving others a chance at forgiveness and letting others build up to that forgiveness…

The only episode I can think of that supports "don't be afraid of change," other than The Hardest Thing, is Little Frog Town - but only 'cause it's the literal message of the episode.

Honestly, I think a better, more strongly supported moral for the show should have been the importance of having and maintaining healthy relationships, and recognizing toxic behavior in yourself and others.

Focusing on Anne for a bit, a lot of her arc in season one had to with what an actual friendship looks like - starting with Best Fronds - and becoming more attentive to others' needs and boundaries and be less self-centered while also learning that she deserved the same treatment, that last one culminating with her standing up to Sasha in Reunion; and a big part of her arc in season 2, as already mentioned, was learning forgiveness and giving others a second chance - a lesson she explicitly shared with Sasha in season 3.

We can throw in Sasha and Marcy, too, since Anne's relationship with them is so central to her and the overall story. A big part of Sasha's arc was realizing her controlling behavior and disregard for others' boundaries was pushing them away from her rather than keeping them close (the episode with barrel's Warhammer is a rather straightforward example - heck, we see Grime had learned this before her; respecting Braddock and Percy's decision to bail and showing no ill will towards them). While Marcy's (season two) arc had her learning to be less oblivious and more aware of the impact her actions had on those around her - the First Temple, again, being a straightforward example of this (though it focused more on Anne and Hop Pop's conflict).

Heck, I'd even argue that the biggest conflicts stem from some form of toxicity in a relationship: Sasha and Marcy bullying/pressuring Anne into things she clearly doesn't want to do; Anne and Sasha being neglectful of Marcy's emotional needs (hell, it's suggested in season 3 that this is a factor in why Marcy did something so extreme and drastic); Marcy and Anne enabling Sasha's controlling habits - yes, that is toxic behavior; Andrias' manipulative treatment of Marcy; Aldrich's manipulative and abusive treatment of Andrias; all the times Anne and the Plantars butted heads against each other (like Stakeout and Sprig vs Hop Pop)…

I think y'all get what I mean at this point.

So, there you go. I think "have healthy relationships" is a better-fitting message for the show than "don't be afraid of change."

P.S. a few things I want to admit real quick: I haven't re-watched the show beyond some S1 episodes, and I neglected watching S3-A, so there's probably some stuff I'm missing. I just had this on my mind and just needed to get it out. Again.

Real late addition: So, a while ago I got a response for this on Reddit that's kinda stayed with me, so I feel I should make a clarification.

Yes, change is a constant, major theme in the series. That's something I don't deny.

But, the "change" the moral and Anne's ending speech refers to is focused on inevitable change; that change is something that happens and it's better to adapt to it, rather than resist it.

The change we see throughout the series, however, has always been about personal improvement. Changing yourself to be a better person; something that, in the show, leads to Anne and her friends and family treating each other much better than at the start, improving and strengthening their relationships. Which lends itself to the whole "importance of healthy relationship" moral I think the show should've gone with.

I feel the examples I gave in my main argument provide enough evidence to support my point.

[ilikekidsshows]

Amphibia: Best Fronds

That's a Sega Dreamcast. Also a Sonic game

That's unrealistic! Those should be in an online shop worth thousands!

"Oh, don't take it personally"

I dunno, based on that flashback, they seem kinda like a bad crowd. After shoplifting, they might have taken you smoking, underage drinking or worse, loitering

[purpleplaid17]

Jess Watches // Sat 9 Mar // Day 166 & Sun 10 Mar // Day 167 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll

Six Nations 2024 Round 4

England (3) vs Ireland (1) (with L)

My dad couldn't believe that I was actually very vocally supportng England lol. It was a thrilling match. And after Ben Earl scored a try he looked like he wanted to kiss one of his teammates on the mouth. He should have imho. Also, my friend's surname is Smith so she was highly delighted with that last-second drop goal. "Never underestimate a Smithy."

Wales (5) vs France (2)

I only watched the second half and thought Wales might have been able to keep up with France's power and pace a bit longer but it must be knackering trying to keep up with all those fast passes and bullet train surges. And I missed Le Garrec's 40m reverse pass but caught it on highlights. How did he do that??

Severance (rw with mum) 1x08 What's for Dinner?

The team prepares a plan. Mark attends Devon and Ricken's party.

What do we think the numbers they're refining mean? Management were suspiciously relieved they'd made their quarterly quota.

Ms. Casey breaking protocol to answer Mark honestly 💔. It seemed Cobel put them together one last time because she wanted them to remember. Does she have a severed loved-one she needs to remember her?

Shout out to Natalie's actor, Sydney Cole Alexander, for playing the role in such an unnerving way. She expresses so much with few words.

Still mesmerized and disturbed in equal measure by the waffle party. Those masks will haunt me but the violin was fire 🔥.

Trivia: Ben Stiller provides the voice for animated Kier Eagan.

Amphibia 1x01 Anne or Beast?/ Best Fronds

Sprig tries to capture a mysterious beast to prove that he's responsible. / Sprig takes Anne swimming in a nearby lake to help her feel less homesick.

A cute introduction to a new fun froggy world. The episode did start with Japanese audio which threw me for a minute lmao. (The last thing I watched on Disney was Japanese so I guess it just keeps whatever language you last watched as the default??)

[dorothydalmati1]

Amphibia Season 1 Episode 1: Anne or Beast?/Best Fronds

Written by Matt Braly & Jack Ferraiolo

Animated by Rough Draft Korea

Anne or Beast?:

Storyboard by Kyler Spears, Yonatan Tal & Bert Youn

Directed by Bert Youn

Best Fronds:

Storyboard by Aaron Austin & Hannah Ayoubi

Directed by Derek Kirk Kim

[cartoonspeedruns]

Amphibia Speedrun

Welcome to Cartoon Speedruns™ , for those who only care about the main plot!! or are simply tired of friends nagging you to watch it!! Amphibia (2019) Edition 

Option A: Pure Speedrun

Gets straight to the point, only covers episodes that directly correlate with the plot, you’ll definitely be confused if you don’t watch. You might miss out on bits of lore and introductions to new characters, but you’ll still know what’s going on. (Estimated watch time: 8 hrs)

Option B: Speedrun + Recommended Episodes

Includes episodes with heavy character development and lore without necessarily progressing the main plot, plus episodes that are just fun, based on my personal bias (Estimated watch time: 11 hrs.)

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Pure Speedrun Watchlist

Season 1

Ep. 1a: Anne or Beast

Ep. 10b: Prison Break

Ep. 13b: Trip to the Archives

Ep. 20: Reunion

Season 2

Ep. 6: Marcy at the Gates

Ep. 10b: Day at the Aquarium

Ep. 13b: After the rain

Ep. 14: The First Temple

Ep. 17a: The Second Temple

Ep. 18b: The Third Temple

Ep. 20: True Colors

Season 3

Ep. 1: The New Normal

Ep. 2b: Turning Point

Ep. 4a: Fight at the Museum

Ep. 6a: Mr. X

Ep. 7b: Olivia and Yunan

Ep. 8b: If You Give a Frog a Cookie

Ep. 10: Escape to Amphibia

Ep. 11a: Commander Anne

Ep 14b: The Core and the King

Ep. 16b: The Beginning of the End

Ep. 17: All In

Ep. 18: The Hardest Thing

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Speedrun + Recommended 

Season 1

Ep. 1: Anne or beast/best fronds

Ep. 7a: Dating season

Ep. 8a:  Family Shrub

Ep. 10: Toad Tax/Prison Break

Ep. 13b: Trip to the archives

Ep. 16b:  Bizzare Bazaar

Ep. 19b:  Anne of the year

20. Reunion

Season 2

Ep. 4: Quareler’s Pass/Toadcatcher

Ep. 5: Swamp and Sensibility/Wax Museum

Ep. 6a.  Marcy at the gates

Ep. 7: Scavenger hunt/the planters check in

Ep. 10:  The sleepover to end all sleepovers/day at the aquarium

Ep. 13b:  After the rain

Ep. 14: The First Temple

Ep. 15. New Wartwood/Friend or Frobo

Ep. 17. The Second Temple/Barrel’s Warhammer

Ep. 18b. The Third Temple

Ep. 19. The dinner/Battle of the Bands

Ep. 20. True colors

Season 3

Ep. 1: The new normal

Ep. 2b: Turning point

Ep. 4: Fight at the museum/temple frogs

Ep. 5:  Fixing Frobo/Anne-sterminator

Ep 6:  Mr. X/Sprig’s birthday

Ep. 7b: Spider sprig/Olivia and Yunan

Ep. 8b. Hollywood Hop Pop/ If You Give a Frog a Cookie

Ep. 9. Froggy little Christmas

Ep. 10. Escape to Amphibia

Ep. 11a. Commander Anne/Sprivy

Ep. 12. Sasha’s Angels/Olm Town Road

Ep. 13. Mother of Olms/Grime’s pupil

Ep. 14b: The root of all evil / the core and the king

Ep. 15:  Newts in Tights/Flight or Fight

Ep. 16: The three armies / the beginning of the end

Ep. 17:  All in

Ep. 18: The Hardest Thing

*Disclaimer: this is targeted towards those who struggle to get into new shows or catch up on major events but don’t really care about getting emotionally invested, if you are upset that certain episodes aren’t listed then this watchlist isn’t for you 

[julissart]

Amphibia’s Gravity Falls’ little reference?