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"Newts in Tights" is the first segment of the fifteenth episode of the third season of Amphibia, and the one hundred and first episode overall.

It premiered on April 23, 2022, alongside "Fight or Flight".[1][2]

Synopsis

While on a recon mission, Anne and Sprig confront an old mentor.[2]

Plot

Newts in Tights Hulu-YouTube TV still

Anne and Sprig cornered by Andrias’ soldiers.

During a recon mission, Anne and Sprig witness a young newt pretending to be injured in order to distract some of Andrias' soldiers so a band of newts can attack their caravan and free its prisoners. As Anne considers recruiting them to the resistance, they're cornered by said newts and their leader, who turns out to be Tritonio Espada. Although Anne doesn't trust Tritonio because of his backstabbing ways, she still pitches her offer to him.

Judge Frobot ready to fight

The Judge Frobot is ready to fight.

At the newts' camp, Tritonio explains that as a kid with no parents, he thought he could trust a group of kid thieves, only for them to backstab him once he outlived his usefulness. For this reason, he promised himself to never get attached to anyone.

Tritonio Espada agrees to join

Tritonio agrees to join the resistance.

During another caravan raid, Andrias' forces have robots disguise themselves as regular newts as to capture Tritonio's forces by surprise. Tritonia tries to live by No Honor Among Thieves. He utterly fails and saves his band, Anne and Sprig in the end. Tritonio clearly cares for his people, and comes back to rescue them in the end. That night, Anne, using Tritonio's skills, convinces him to join the resistance to take down Andrias. Tritonio then admits that Anne wasn’t the same girl he met all those months ago and adds of how much she’s changed and announces that he and his merry band agrees to join the Resistance to help take down Andrias.

When Anne and Sprig return to the base to inform Sasha of their success, and she leads them to a room Hop Pop found after getting lost looking for the bathroom. Seeing no doorknob and a book-shaped slot, Sprig deduces the book with the info on the Calamity Box is the key and sure enough, it is. Once the door opens, the group find a small room with familiar cloak and a letter with no writing on it. As they leave, Sprig takes the letter, with the implications that Leif wrote it and the book and that she was indeed a Plantar rising higher.

Cast

Additional voices

Other characters

Title in other languages

Language Title Translation Notes
Argentina Latin American Spanish Tritones con mallas Newts with tights
Bulgaria Bulgarian Тритони в Чорапогащи Newts in Tights
Germany German Molche in Strumpfhosen Newts in Tights
Japan Japanese ストリートの鉄則 Street Rules
Netherlands Dutch Legging Bende Legging Gang
Portugal European Portuguese Tritões em Collants Newts in Tights
Poland Polish Traszki w rajtuzach Newts in Tights
Thailand Thai นิวท์ในกางเกงรัดรูป

Transcript

For a full transcript of "Newts in Tights", click here.


Gallery

Gallery promo
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Trivia

Revelations and significant events

  • Some local Amphibia soldiers who are toads and newts have chosen to join King Andrias' faction.
  • Anne has reclaimed and taken to using Tritonio's ancestral sword in combat.
  • Tritonio has formed and led a group of thieves who call themselves the "Merry Band", who raid Andrias' forces caravans on the tracks.
  • Tritonio reveals that as a child he was a homeless child with no family, in the streets of Newtopia, who ended up joining a street gang that abandoned him in a robbery, thus learning the "law of the streets": no loyalties, no attachments.
  • Tritonio and the Merry Band join the Resistance near the end of the episode.
  • At the end of the episode, Anne, Sprig, Hop Pop, and Sasha discover a secret room in the Plantar Farm basement, which belonged to a family member.
    • Subsequently, it is revealed in "All In" that this room belonged to Leif, hence the "P" resembling an upside-down "L" in script.

Continuity

  • The events of "Combat Camp" are mentioned.
  • Jerry, the street vendor Anne and Polly met in "Lost in Newtopia", is seen in Tritonio's flashback as the newt his gang attempted to rob.

Allusions

  • Robin Hood - The episode contains many references to the folk hero: the episode title is a reference to the Mel Brooks film Robin Hood: Men in Tights. At one point, Tritonio fires three arrows from his bow, parodying the poster for Men in Tights, which, in turn, was a parody of the poster for the Kevin Costner-fronted Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Tritonio's new look and outlaw status are an homage to the character, and the Merry Band are a parody of the Merry Men.
  • Jojo Rabbit - Jojo Potato's name is based on the titular character. Archie Yates, who plays Jojo Potato, also appeared in the film.

Errors

  • Continuity errors:
    • In "Combat Camp", Tritonio states that the sword he gave to Anne has been in his family for years. However, in this episode, he stated he had no family when he was young. This adds to the idea that he lied.
    • The sky appears to be blue as it was the previous 2 seasons and in "Turning Point", not the polluted sky seen since "Commander Anne". It's possibly the sky is not as polluted every single day during the war.

Videos

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Disney Animation Promos on Twitter" (Tweet) (March 10, 2022).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "April 2022 Programming Highlights". Disney General Entertainment Content (March 21, 2022).
  3. Disney Schedule Archive [@DisneySchedules] (Jun 16, 2022). "Here are the rest of the episode titles for "new" #Amphbia in June on Disney XD. The Series Finale airs Monday, June 27 at 11 am ET/PT.

    The final four episodes will stream on June 22 on Disney+."
    (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved on 2022-06-17.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Boyle, Caitlin Rose. "AMPHIBIA REVISIONS". Boyle's website. “3E29, Newts in Tights - C/U by me, boards by Silver Paul, Alex Swanson, & Hannah Ayoubi. Directed by Jenn Strickland”
  5. 5.0 5.1 Mitch Salem (April 26, 2022). "Saturday 4.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily.
  6. Braly, Matt [@Radrappy] (Apr 22, 2022). "This weekend's #amphibia segments are the last "fun" pairing of the entire show. They are also two of my favorites...full stop. Please savor them for all they're worth!" (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved on 2022-05-25.
  7. Hill, TJ [@tjhill] (Jun 24, 2022). "Happy Bagel Friday! Here are score excerpts from #Amphibia S3 E15 Newts in Tights

    https://youtu.be/9dxVXwz64jU

    So fun to revisit Tritonio's themes. I used a nylon string tenor guitar I inherited from my grandma when she passed. It's a pre 1930's Martin"
    (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-06-24. Retrieved on 2022-06-24.
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