Escape to Amphibia

"Escape to Amphibia" is the fiftieth episode of the Disney Channel animated series, Amphibia.
==Synopsis==
With one shot at getting the Plantars back to Amphibia, Anne and her parents must go up against Mr. X and the FBI.
==Plot==
With the Plantars antics finally having reached the government, Mr. X is finally given full control over various resources in capturing them. Terri and Dr. Jan have worked together to build a machine that will create a portal that will send Anne and the Plantars back to Amphibia. There are two problems however. The battery being used is not strong enough to make the portal big and Anne is unsure if she can come to grips with telling her parents goodbye when she heads back. Despite this, the Boonchuys seem very supportive of Anne's insistence on returning and opt to go to SpendCo to get the supplies necessary. Mr. X manages to locate them at the store.
With everyone gathering supplies, Anne has a playful battle with her parents and is emotionally moved to tears when with them. She opens up to Sprig and admits that she is unsure if she can leave them again. After getting the items needed (with Hop Pop buying various avocado based products) the group is suddenly attacked by Mr. X and the FBI who capture the Plantars, but leave Anne as he sees her as just an ordinary girl. The Boonchuys give chase before finding the base, but Anne is convinced that they are in way over their heads. She recruits Dr. Jan, Terri, Ally, Jess, Molly Jo, Humphrey Westwood and a couple of her Thai neighbors to help with the rescue mission.
The group manage to sneak into the base, with Dr. Jan and Terri getting distracted by a giant power battery that they could use to generate the portal, but the rest of the group fall into a trap. Mr. X explains his plan to perform experiments on the Plantars before telling Anne that she is just a child and therefore incapable of helping herself. Anne sulks, before her parents inform her that she has grown a lot since her trip to Amphibia, which allows her to finally accept leaving again. Terri and Dr. Jan's actions cause a power outage and Anne uses the opportunity to beat the guards and rescue the Plantars; allowing everyone else to steal an FBI truck and escape. The heroes manage to outrun the FBI, but Mr. X places a tracker on them.
The group uses their extended power batteries to open the portal, but it is still too small. Mr. X and the FBI arrive where the former once again belittles Anne for being a child. However, Anne instead unleashes her blue gem energy and intimidates the FBI. Her energy also allows the portal to get bigger and, using the last of Hop Pop's avocados, alerts a giant praying mantis to come and distract the FBI while Anne and the Plantars finally leave. Anne gives one final look to her supportive parents before leaving. After calming the mantis, disabling the portal machine in the process, the Boonchuys confront Mr. X to explain what is happening. Anne and the Plantars are shocked to see that Amphibia is in shambles as King Andrias' castle floats in the distance.
==Cast==
*Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
*Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
*Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
*Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
*Dana Davis as Jess
*Melissa Villaseñor as Ally
*Cassie Glow as Molly Jo
*Kate Micucci as Terri
*Brian Sounalath as Mr. Boonchuy
*On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
*Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Jan
*Wallace Shawn as Humphrey Westwood
*RuPaul as Mr. X
*Cassie Glow as Spendco Customer
*Brian Sounalath as Spendco Manager
*Lakkhana Narksiri as Pu, Purple Dress Old Lady
*Bill Farmer as Security Guard, FBI agents
*Troy Baker as A strong FBI Agent, FBI agents
*Chris Wylde as FBI director
*Keith Silverstein as FBI agents
*Brian Maillard as FBI agents
*Joe Orrantia as FBI scientist
===Additional Voices===
* Eva Bella
* Lex Lang
* Jennifer Hale
* Carlos Alazraqui
* Clancy Brown
* Todd Haberkorn
* Ogie Banks
* Jason Marsden
* J. Michael Tatum
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
===General===
*The episode's title is possible a reference to Escape to Witch Mountain.
*This is the sixth episode to not use the theme song after "Toad Tax/Prison Break", "Reunion", "The First Temple", "True Colors", and "The New Normal".
*This is the twenty-first episode to end in a cliffhanger after "Anne or Beast?", "Best Fronds", "Anne Vs. Wild", "Prison Break", "Bizarre Bazaar", "Anne of the Year", "Reunion", "Fort in the Road", "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar", "Anne Hunter", "Toadcatcher", "Marcy at the Gates", "Lost in Newtopia", "A Day at the Aquarium", "The First, Second, and Third Temple", "Barrel's Warhammer", "True Colors", "The New Normal", "Turning Point", "Fight at the Museum", "Anne-sterminator", and "Olivia & Yunan".
*This is the tenth multi-length episode after "Anne or Beast?/Best Fronds", "Toad Tax/Prison Break", "Trip to the Archives/Bizarre Bazaar", "Anne of the Year/Reunion", "Marcy at the Gates/Scavenger Hunt/The Plantars Check In" "The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers/A Day at the Aquarium", "After the Rain/The First Temple/New Wartwood", "True Colors/The New Normal/Turning Point", "Fight at the Museum/Temple Frogs", and "Anne-sterminator/Mr. X".
*The light swords and the "StarBlade" display at Spendco parody the Star Wars franchise.
*This is the first episode to have the series' name in the title.
*An off brand version of Woody can be seen under a car as the Boonchuys and the Plantars try to escape the FBI. The doll is notably under a wheel, similar to a scene from the original Toy Story.
**Coincidentally, Wallace Shawn, who appears as Humphrey Westwood in this episode, voices Rex in the Toy Story franchise.
*The scene where Anne fights with a lightsaber toy in a hallway against FBI agents is a reference to Darth Vader's hallway scene in Rogue One.
*The scene where the red Mantis' arm is cut off due to the portal closing could be a reference to Wong doing the same to Cull Obsidian in Avengers: Infinity War.
*SpendCo is a parody of the real store Costco.
*“Dragon Liver” is a parody of the 1996 Universal Pictures film, Dragonheart.
*Mrs. Boonchuy's sneak attack on Anne at SpendCo somewhat indirectly parallels King Andrias stabbing Marcy Wu through the chest in "True Colors".
*The giant red praying mantis from "Anne or Beast?" (or possibly another of the same species) appears around the beginning and end of this episode.
**The scene where the giant red praying mantis comes through the portal and attacks may be a reference to the monster movie The Deadly Mantis or the Godzilla franchise.
*A copy of Cynthia Coven and the Sorcerer's Step Ladder can be seen in the FBI van that X and Jenny were driving.
*Near the end of the episode Anne is once again wearing her school uniform with armor and now has two new sneakers.
*Hop Pop's human disguise is destroyed in this episode.
*Molly Jo, Humphrey Westwood, and the IT Gals learn that the Plantars are frogs from another world.
*Frobo now has remote control Wheels.
*X and Jenny are showing their superior images from "Fight at the Museum", "Anne-sterminator", "Hollywood Hop Pop", and "Froggy Little Christmas".
*It is revealed the Calamity Box's music acts as coordinates to different worlds and songs can be played within the box's portals.
*At the end of the episode, Anne says, "What happened here?". In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, one of the rangers says this line when the rangers return to their command center that was destroyed by Ivan Ooze and are shocked to see their leader Zordon fallen from the encounter.
===Production Notes===
*This episode was initially planned to be the mid-season finale, but it ended up being "Froggy Little Christmas" due to convenience.
==International Premieres==
*March 20, 2022 (Canada)
*April 8, 2022 (Poland)
*April 13, 2022 (Spain, France)
*May 27, 2022 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)
*June 22, 2022 (Portugal)
==References==
==External Links==
*Escape to Amphibia at the Amphibia Wiki
Category:Amphibia episodes