"Lost in Newtopia" is the first segment of the eighth episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the fifty-third episode overall.[4]
It premiered on August 29, 2020, alongside "Sprig Gets Schooled".
Synopsis
Anne and Polly vow to experience the city like locals but end up on a wild ride through the streets of Newtopia.
Plot
The robot on the cliffs outside Newtopia.
As the robot sits on a cliff from afar, Anne and the Plantars are on a bus tour through the inner streets of Newtopia since Hop Pop got to choose the day's activity: visiting a cheese museum. The tour guide insists that they stay on the bus, lest they accidentally disturb the locals. Anne, growing increasingly bored with the mundane tour, decides she wants to get off so that she can enjoy the sights, having had a history of being refused by her mother to enjoy local food. She convinces Polly to join her and she agrees. They tell Hop Pop that they are not feeling well and need to head back to the hotel. Sprig plans to go, but Hop Pop has handcuffed them together as he does not want a repeat of the Ruins of Disaster. He tells Anne and Polly that they must go straight to the hotel. As Anne and Polly get off the bus, they head straight into the streets and declare that they are "Puh-Anne" and will take in the sites as if they were locals instead of tourists.
Anne then locates a food vendor selling spicy burritos. She purchases two, but the spiciness is enough for Anne to rush to the biggest bowl of water and cause Polly to blast fire out of her mouth. The vendor gets annoyed that they destroyed his stand and can only take cash, forcing the two to flee. Next, they head to a tail store to get tails. Anne buys an obnoxiously large tail while Polly gets a spiky hard tail. As they leave, they accidentally knock people down with their ligaments, which gets the attention of a couple of guards who chase them, but then get lazy and stop. Anne and Polly end up at a parade, but Anne accidentally insults the focus of the festivities and destroys a paper dragon, causing everyone to chase her and Polly away.
Anne and Polly eventually catch up with the bus with everyone in town in pursuit of them. Before Anne gets dragged away by the crowd, she force-feeds Polly another spicy burrito so she blasts fire at them to drive them away. After getting back on the bus, Anne and the Plantars continue with the tour to the cheese museum. Meanwhile, back at the castle, Marcy and King Andrias do not appear to be anywhere closer to discovering the secrets of the music box. Marcy accidentally spills coffee on a tapestry, but discovers a button that opens a secret passage, which Andrias himself appears to have also been unaware of. The two of them cautiously go down as it leads to another library.
Cast
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Kai Zen as Young Anne
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- Haley Tju as Marcy Wu
- Keith David as King Andrias
- On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
- Jack Ferraiolo as Jerry
Additional voices
- Max Mittelman as Bus tour guide, Purple newt tourist, Fake tail worker, Jess, & Parade dragon holder
- Eden Riegel as Elderly woman
- Jack Ferraiolo as Lazy Guard
- Roger Craig Smith as Orange newt guard
- Bill Farmer as Lame Tourist
- Romi Dames as Newt Mom
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgarian
|
Изгубени в Нютопия | Lost in Newtopia | |
 German
|
Anne und Polly auf Tour | Anne and Polly on tour | |
 European Spanish
|
Perdidas en Newtopia | Lost in Newtopia | |
 French
|
Perdus dans Newtopia | Lost in Newtopia | |
 Italian
|
Perdersi a Newtopia | Get lost in Newtopia | |
 Japanese
|
ニュートピア観光 | Newtopia tourism | |
 Korean
|
뉴토피아에서 길을 잃다 | Lost in Newtopia | |
 Dutch
|
Verdwaald in Nieuwtopia | Lost in Newtopia | |
 European Portuguese
|
Perdidas em Newtopia | Lost in Newtopia | |
 Polish
|
Zagubione w Błotopii | Lost in Newtopia | |
 Thai
|
วายป่วงในนิวท์โทเปีย | ||
 Vietnamese
|
Lac Ở Newtopia | Lost in Newtopia |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "Lost in Newtopia", click here. |
Gallery
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.29 million viewers on its premiere.[2]
- This episode (along with "Sprig Gets Schooled") premiered on Disney Channel the same day as the Season 1 finale of The Owl House, "Young Blood, Old Souls".
- Mrs. Boonchuy makes her physical debut in this episode during a flashback.
- This episode is the sequel to "Girl Time", as it focuses on Anne and Polly again.
- A closer look at the menu briefly shown has made possible an almost complete translation of the Amphibian alphabet, which includes the map stand that has the MAPS in English and Amphibian alphabet. The symbols would remain consistent even in later episodes such as "The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers"/"A Day at the Aquarium".
- The paper dragon that Anne accidentally ripped off represents an axolotl named Igor the Brave.
- This episode and "Sprig Gets Schooled" premiered on Nicole Byer's 34th birthday.
- Hop Pop refers to Anne as his adopted granddaughter.
- This is one of only two instances in which Andrias appears in the first segment of an episode, followed only by "Fixing Frobo".
Revelations and significant events
- In the flashbacks, Mrs. Boonchuy says that Anne's "California stomach" can't handle some types of food. This means that Anne, Sasha, and Marcy live in California back on Earth.
- It also means that Anne grew up in the United States.
Continuity
- The robot returns since "Anne Hunter", and has arrived at Newtopia and is stuck in a hole outside the city.
- This is the sixth time Anne has a flashback to a moment on Earth.
- Polly says it's been a long time since she and Anne had a solo adventure, referring to the episode "Girl Time" and the angry citizens of Newtopia trying to attack them just like the citizens of Wartwood did in said episode.
- This is the last episode to focus on Anne and Polly's relationship.
- Marcy and King Andrias discover a secret passageway in the castle.
- Hop Pop mentions the abandoned factories and the events surrounding them from the episode "Fort in the Road".
Errors
- Multiple shots depict Sprig and Hop Pop unhandcuffed before it is established that they are.
- When Anne falls down, she rips the paper dragon. When the frogs catch up to Anne and Polly after Hop Pop and Sprig try to help them get on the bus, the paper dragon is fixed.
- When reading in the library, Andrias' whole face has the same color instead of the bottom part being a lighter shade of blue.
Allusions
- Toys R Us: Tails "R" Us is a parody of the popular toy store.
References
- ↑ Garner-Flexner, Andy. "Color design's file names". Andy Garner-Flexner's website.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metcalf, Mitch (September 1, 2020). Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.29.2020. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyGrillasLA/status/1425272002370224130?s=20
- ↑ https://cabletvt.powerrangermail.net/index.php/topic,6662.0.html?PHPSESSID=3a2fbefc2e0cf95b9df4cf2bcb4a6bb0