"Lily Pad Thai" is the first segment of the ninth episode of the first season of Amphibia, and the seventeenth episode overall.
It premiered on July 1, 2019, alongside "Plantar's Last Stand".[2]
Synopsis
Anne gets a job at Stumpy's, then goes overboard by turning the diner into a Thai restaurant.
Plot
Anne's Thai outfit.
Anne and the Plantars are attempting to make a pizza when Anne shows off her dicing skills to Hop Pop. She reveals that she and her family owned a Thai restaurant called Thai Go, hence her cooking abilities. When Sprig blows up the oven and ruins the pizza, the gang decide to go to Stumpy's Diner for lunch. While ordering, they overhear an obnoxious critic named Albus Duckweed complaining to Stumpy about his food. Anne confronts Duckweed about his hurtful and mislead criticisms. When Duckweed taunts her, Anne challenges him; she and Stumpy will turn the diner around in two days so Duckweed will have to give a positive review; if not, he will give a negative one and shut down Stumpy's business. While frightened at what she has done, Anne nevertheless intends to keep her end of the bargain while Stumpy dismissively resigns himself to his fate.
The new Stumpy's.
The next morning, an optimistic Anne shows up at Stumpy's to help fix the restaurant. Despite some hesitation, Stumpy helps Anne in cleaning up everything. Afterwards, Anne suggests that he have a total makeover of the restaurant and they work overnight to get it all finished. Stumpy's Diner opens now with a Thai theme and new dishes. The new set up catches everyone's attention as the restaurant begins booming with business. While trying to get the Plantars a seat, Anne and Stumpy discover that Duckweed came in disguise so they wouldn't give him special treatment. Despite the huge improvements, Duckweed still intends to give the restaurant a negative review, leaving Anne and Stumpy no choice but to make a new dish specifically for him.
Anne and Stumpy bring in a large Kraken and have it prepared for Duckweed, but once they bring it to the table, it comes alive and starts attacking everyone. At the same time, Anne and Stumpy team up by first spraying its eye with lemon juice and then killing it with a meat masher. Duckweed suddenly changes his mind. He found the experience of food trying to eat you as artful and decides to give the restaurant a positive review instead. Stumpy thanks Anne for helping him with his diner, telling her that her parents would be proud.
Cast
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- Laila Berzins as Sadie Croaker
- James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton
- Kevin McDonald as Albus Duckweed (debut)
- John DiMaggio as Stumpy[3] (debut)
Additional voices
- Laila Berzins as Customers
- John DiMaggio as Customers
- Bill Farmer as Customers
- Eden Riegel as Red-Eyed Frog
- Kaitlyn Robrock as Customers
- James Patrick Stuart as Pointed Hat Frog
Mentioned
Other Characters
- Kraken (debut)
- Garbage Lizard (debut)
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Latin American Spanish
|
De-Lirio Tailandés | De-Lily Thai | "De-Lirio" is a pun on "delirio" (delirium) and "lirio" (lily). |
 Bulgarian
|
Ресторантът | The restaurant | |
 Czech
|
Thajská restaurace leknínů | Thai Water Lily Restaurant | |
 German
|
Der Restaurant-Tester | The Restaurant Tester | |
 European Spanish
|
Tailandés Hoja de Nenúfar | Thai Lily Pad | |
 French
|
Le Nénuthaï | The lily thai | "Nénuthaï" is a pun on "nénuphar" (lily pad) and "thaï" (thai). |
 Italian
|
La ninfea tailandese | The Thai Lily Pad | |
 Japanese
|
イカしたレストラン Ikashita Resutoran |
Squid restaurant | |
 Korean
|
요리천재 앤 | Cooking genius Anne | |
 Dutch
|
Van het pad thai | Off The Toad Thai | "Van het pad" (lit. "off the road") is a Dutch wordplay for being a fool, and pad is the Dutch translation for toad. May also be a pun on "pad thai", a Thai dish, like in English.) |
 European Portuguese
|
Pad Thai de Lírio | Lily Pad Thai | |
 Polish
|
"Knajpiane Rewolucje" | Restaurant Revolutions | Polish title of the episode is a pun referencing to the Polish version of Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay (Kuchenne Rewolucje). |
 Thai
|
ใบบัวผัดไทย | ||
 Vietnamese
|
Cứu Tiệm Ăn | Save the restaurant |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "Lily Pad Thai", click here. |
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.39 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
- This episode (along with "Plantar's Last Stand") was later uploaded to YouTube on May 2, 2022,[4] making this the seventh episode (following "Anne or Beast?"/"Best Fronds", "Prison Break", "The Dinner"/"Battle of the Bands", "The Shut-In!", "Snow Day"/"Cracking Mrs. Croaker" and "Escape to Amphibia") to later be uploaded in full to YouTube.
- This is the last episode to be fully-uploaded to YouTube during the show's run.
- However, the video has since been made private.
- Anne says "ผัดซีอิ๊ว you later!" which means "stir-fry you with soy sauce later!", but in the Thai dub, she says "นึ่งมะนาวดาวดิ้นซะ!" which means "Get suffered from being steamed with lemon!"
- The brand of the fish sauce known as Arroy Arroy Fish Sauce shown in the episode is called "Aroy Aroy", which means "delicious" in Thai. It's used by Anne to make her parents' Squid And Basil Special.
- This episode was aired in Southeast Asia along with "Plantar's Last Stand" on October 23, 2019, which is a holiday in Thailand named Chulalongkorn Day.
Revelations and significant events
- Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy own a Thai restaurant on Earth known as Thai Go.
- Mr. Duckweed's first name is revealed to be "Albus".
Continuity
- Anne and the Plantars are seen making pizza like they attempted to do in "Hop Luck".
- Domino makes a brief appearance on Anne's phone when Anne shows the Plantars her parents' Thai restaurant.
Allusions
- The title is a play on words between "Lily Pad", a plant often associated with frogs, and "Pad Thai", a common Thai dish.
Edits
- The words "jerk", "dang", and "one foot in the grave" was cut during the Southeast Asia broadcast.
- The part where the squid grabs Duckweed's throat was cut during the Southeast Asia broadcast.
Memorable quotes
Videos
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Metcalf, Mitch (July 2, 2019). SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.1.2019. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 2019-07-02.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyTVANews/status/1140319918648377344
- ↑ https://www.wdtvpress.com/disneychannel/pressrelease/july-2019-programming-highlights-for-disney-channel-disney-xd-and-disney-junior/
- ↑ Disney Channel (May 2, 2022). Plantar's Last Stand | S1 E9 | Full Episode | Amphibia | Disney Channel Animation (Video) (English). YouTube. Disney Channel YouTube channel. Archived from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved on 2022-05-03.