Anne Hunter

**"Anne Hunter"** is the second segment of the second episode of the second season of *Amphibia*, and the forty-third episode overall.

It premiered on July 18, 2020, alongside "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar."

## Synopsis

*Anne must put her self-consciousness aside in order to learn the true way of the hunter.*

## Plot

Anne, Bessie and the Plantars are resting in the woods as they prepare to eat. However, Hop Pop only has a stick to offer them for food. Anne feels down, until the Plantars point out that they can just hunt for food. Anne is excited, as she believes that she will learn to tame the wild. She and Sprig head off to forage, but Anne quickly becomes bored. Sprig tries to show her his methods, which include eating dirt to pick up trails, building a simple trap for insects called Grubbles, and dancing to attract them out. Anne finds his methods stupid, despite them working well, and she heads off to hunt on her own.

After realizing that she is incapable of hunting, Anne discovers that the Plantars have been kidnapped by a Scorpileo and gives chase. She is visited by a mental projection of Sprig's floating head, which is the result of her having "snapped," and decides to finally take his advice. She proceeds to eat the dirt, and tastes biscuit crumbs that Polly (who had food and was keeping it for herself) dropped. Anne follows the trail all the way to the Scorpileo's lair.

Anne proceeds to build a trap, and then dances to attract the Scorpileo's attention, but struggles. Finally giving into the dance by listening to the sounds of the forest, Anne tricks the creature into falling into the trap, thus saving the Plantars. They all flee back to the camp. Sprig congratulates Anne on using his methods to save them from the creature. Anne thanks him, as well as his hallucinogenic floating head, confusing the Plantars.

Deep in the woods, the robot following them bumps into a tree and proceeds to walk around, only to walk into another one.

## Cast

* Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
* Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
* Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
* Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
* Dee Bradley Baker as Bessie

### Other characters

* Scorpileo
* Frobo

## Trivia

* **Viewership:** This episode was watched by 0.22 million viewers on its premiere.
	+ This along with "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar" are the lowest viewed episodes of the series.
		- The previous lowest viewed episodes were "A Night at the Inn"/"Wally and Anne" and "Reunion," all which got 0.34 million viewers in their first airings respectively.
* This episode (along with "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar") premiered exactly one year after "Reunion."
	+ These, along with "Handy Anne"/"Fort in the Road," are the only episodes to premiere on the anniversary of a previous episode.
* "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar"/"Anne Hunter" is the only pairing in Season 2's "Journey to Newtopia" arc in which Newtopia is not mentioned in either segment.
* This (along with "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar") is the eighth episode following "Froggy Little Christmas," "All In," "The Hardest Thing," "The Three Armies"/"The Beginning of the End", "Newts in Tights"/"Fight or Flight", "Handy Anne"/"Fort in the Road" and "The New Normal" to have its score released.

### Revelations and significant events

* The Plantar family has a hunting dance ritual.
* The robot created in the abandoned factories is not very intelligent.

### Continuity

* The robot from "Fort in the Road" continues following Anne and the Plantars.

### Errors

* When Anne smacks her head against the tree, the woodpecker insect pecking doesn't sync up with the noise it's making.
* When Anne's reflection is seen in the Scorpileo's eyes, her shoe is on the wrong foot.

## Quotes

“
Soul Sprig: I'm more likely just a stressed induced hallucination.
Anne: So what you're saying is, I finally snapped.

Soul Sprig: 😃👍
”

## Allusions

* ***Predator***: The episode is a parody of the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The scene of the Scorpileo stalking Sprig in infrared references scenes from the film where the titular Predator hunts the soldiers with thermal vision. Additionally, the Scorpileo shares a similar role and appearance as the Predator.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.wdtvpress.com/disneychannel/shows/amphibia/episodes/the-ballad-of-hopediah-plantar-anne-hunter/
2. ↑ Sparrow, Joe [@torpordust] (July 19, 2020). "Episode sheet" (Tweet). *Twitter*.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Metcalf, Mitch (July 21, 2020). Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.18.2020. *Showbuzz Daily*. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22.
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyTVA/status/1275473688796844032/photo/1
5. ↑ "July 2020 Programming Highlights". *Walt Disney Television Press* (June 25, 2020).
6. ↑ Hill, TJ [@tjhill] (Jul 4, 2022). "Score snippets from #Amphibia Season 2, episode 2a: The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar!

https://youtu.be/pqXzhjzDBwQ

I got to utilize my whistling skills quite a bit for this one. I also learned how to play the spoons for the Bittyburg Tavern bit. One of my favorite eps from S2! #ost" (Tweet). *Twitter*. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved on 2022-07-08.