"Olm Town Road" is the second segment of the twelfth episode of the third season of Amphibia, and the ninety-sixth episode overall.
It premiered on April 2, 2022, alongside "Sasha's Angels".[1][2]
Synopsis
Anne and her friends search for the ancient city of Proteus.[2]
Plot
Anne shows everyone the vase's hidden message.
At a briefing, Sasha claims that while the Wartwood Resistance has caused some havoc for King Andrias, it's still not enough to stop his plans for invading Earth. Suddenly, Anne remembers the vase she and the Plantars found at the museum, and then shows everyone the hidden message: "Seek the Mother of Olms, she will guide you to your destiny." While Grime says that nobody has seen an olm for decades, Sprig and Polly prove him wrong by sharing that they encountered a couple at Quarreler's Pass. The team heads out and discovers that a team of Andrias' robots are using a Giant Drill. Soon enough, they reach the entrance to the olms' cave. To attract their attention, Polly pinches Sprig, making him shout in annoyance until the twin olms, Lysil and Angwin, appear.
Parisia explaining to Sasha that Olms have always survived by "keeping our snouts out of other species' business".
Anne asks about the Mother of Olms, who is the oldest and wisest of the olms and keeper of ancient knowledge in the city of Proteus where she lives. Too bad their new friends are banished from the city, so they can't take Anne and the squad with them to meet her. Of course, that doesn't deter them, and they try to convince the olms to take them to Proteus in an attempt to save the world. However, Sasha immediately sympathizes with them since they were banished from the city after one mistake, saying that everyone deserves a second chance.
Parisia presides over Proteus and the group meets her while "mysterious earthquakes" continue and sunlight continues to break through the surface, instantly burning the olms and explaining why they can't surface to investigate what's going on up there. Parisia denies any evidence that they are giant drills and war machines causing the problems, and sends them away once again.
Sasha telling Lysil and Angwin that she also knows what it's like to make mistakes and live with regret.
The group is banished, as are the other olms once again, and the drill begins to break through. The banished olms take everyone to the surface, but the olms want to help too, even though the sunlight is too intense. The group can't get the drill to stop, so the banished olms head into the sunlight and get severely burned to save Proteus and throw themselves into the drill, so their giant worm-like bodies can wrap around the drill and stop it.
The drill about to reach Proteus.
Unfortunately, the dril had weakened the surface, and it ends up crashing through into the city of Proteus, right in front of Parisia. She still denies that this proves anything, and tries to kick them out of the city again, but this time, Sasha doesn't take kindly to this. She stands up for the banished olms and calls Parisia a moronic despot, who then stops them on their way out.
The Group are granted a meeting with Mother Olm.
She is impressed that Sasha stood up to her, saying that took guts that she hadn't seen in centuries and admits by saying while not knowing everything that is really going on the surface it is better to be safe than sorry. Parisia says that she'll take them to Mother Olm, and reluctantly let Lysil and Angwin return to Proteus. As they enter the inner sanctum, Anne and Sasha celebrate with a fist bump before meeting Mother Olm.
Cast
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- Anna Akana as Sasha Waybright
- Jill Bartlett as Maddie Flour
- James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton
- Laila Berzins as Mrs. Croaker & Lysil
- Brian Maillard as Leopold Loggle
- Chris Wylde as Angwin
- Troy Baker as Captain Grime
- Rachel House as Parisia
Additional voices
- James Patrick Stuart as Blue Olm Guard, Purple Olm Guard
- Chris Wylde as Pink Bystander Olm
- Laila Berzins as Computer Voice
Non-speaking cameo
Mentioned
Other characters
Titles in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Latin American Spanish
|
Protea prometida | Promised Proteus | |
 Bulgarian
|
Пътят към Протей | The road to Proteus | |
 German
|
Olm Stadt Straße | Olm Town Street | |
 Japanese
|
地下都市プロテウス | Underground City Proteus | |
 Dutch
|
Met Een Olmweg | With A Detour | The word "Olmweg" is a play on the words "olm" and "omweg", with the latter meaning "detour". |
 Polish
|
Droga do Odmieńcowa | The road to Olmville | |
 Thai
|
เส้นทางเมืองโอล์ม |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "Olm Town Road", click here. |
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.29 viewers on its premiere.[4]
- This was the first episode (along with "Sasha's Angels") to be produced in 2022, according to the credits.
- In the last scene of the episode when the door to Mother Olm's lair closes, a mural can be seen engraved into the stone, featuring fail outlines of what appears to be Anne, Marcy, and Sasha in an angular anime style in their Calamity forms.
Revelations and significant events
- Olms are revealed to be a subterranean Amphibian civilization, and reside in the city of Proteus. They are rare in Amphibia due to their sensitivity to sunlight and distrust of outsiders. They are also revealed to have their own coded language.
- The Mother of Olms is stated to be the oldest, wisest olm in the world and is the keeper of ancient secrets and prophecies, living in Proteus.
- Lysil and Angwin were originally night watchers from Proteus and were exiled because they started arguing, and in their carelessness, a swarm of troglobites sneaked into the city and almost destroyed it.
- At the end of the episode, Anne, Sasha, and the Plantars are allowed to see Mother Olm.
- This episode introduces the Olm Alphabet, which is similar in relation to the Amphibian alphabet, since it consists of various symbols which can be decoded.
- The message written outside the Proteus gate translates to "Steve is a Proteus jerk."
- The message on the entrance tunnel reads "Welcome" while the exit reads "Farewell".
- The message above the tunnel to Mother Olm's lair translates to "Home of our Mother Olm".
Continuity
- Anne shows the resistance the prophecy of the vase in the museum from "Fight at the Museum" and "Temple Frogs".
- The events of that episodes are also referenced.
- The events of "Quarreler's Pass" are mentioned.
- Sasha indirectly mentions the events of "Reunion" and "True Colors".
Memorable quotes
Allusions
- Old Town Road - The title of the episode is a reference to the Lil Nas X song.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Disney Animation Promos on Twitter" (Tweet) (March 10, 2022).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "April 2022 Programming Highlights". Disney General Entertainment Content (March 21, 2022).
- ↑ Disney Schedule Archive [@DisneySchedules] (Jun 4, 2022). "Update: No "new" to Disney XD episodes for #Amphibia on Friday, June 17 because The Ghost and Molly McGee is apparently airing at that time, but everything else is correct." (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved on 2022-06-07.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Metcalf, Mitch (April 5, 2022). "Saturday 4.2.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily.
- ↑ De La Fuente Sibert, Alex. "Amphibia (inspect code elements to find the original file headings)".