"Temple Frogs" is the second segment of the fourth episode of the third season of Amphibia, and the eighty-second episode overall.
It premiered on October 23, 2021, alongside "Fight at the Museum".[1]
Synopsis[]
Everyone is having fun at the Thai Temple, unlike Anne.[1]
Plot[]
Polly points at an old picture of Anne.
The episode begins in the morning with Anne telling the Plantars that she got a message from Dr. Jan, but as they leave the house to go to the museum, she is told by her parents that they're going to the Thai Temple, much to Anne's disappointment. So Mrs. Boonchuy makes a deal with her; if Anne stays for at least an hour, she could go to see Dr. Jan. Anne reluctantly agrees, then chases away SJMS vloggers Desi and Rico who are curious about where she was for the past 5 months. Mr. Boonchuy explains to Hop Pop about Market Day and at the Thai Temple and what they do there.
When they arrive, everyone greets Anne warmly and are overjoyed to see her again. She then tells the Plantars that can go explore the Temple and they take an interest in Thai Culture; Polly impresses everyone with how fluently she can speak Thai, Hop Pop falls in love with traditional Khon Dancing and Sprig turns out to be a natural at the Sepak Takraw.
Having grown impatient, Anne uses her phone to call Dr. Jan to tell her she is on the way as she decided to sneak away and offers a lady that looks like her 5 bucks to be her, not knowing that Andrias' Cloak-Bot intercepted her call and sends a bunch of dragonfly-like UAV drones to her location. Anne sees how much the frogs are enjoying themselves and decides to leave them be. She gets caught trying to leave by her mother who then reveals that she was returning dishes to the neighbors who were comforting her during her disappearance which fills Anne with guilt.
Just then, the UAVs attack; Anne lies and says they were sent by Vloggers to spy on her as she and the Plantars engage in battle. To their surprise, everyone helps them fight the mechanical dragonfly swarm and even after seeing the frogs without their disguises, they still accepted them and promise to keep their secret. After cleaning up, Anne sees Dr. Jan who just arrived by her truck at the Thai Temple to give the hidden message that was on the vase. Anne, using Marcy's journal, translates the message from Amphibian alphabet to English "Seek the Mother of Olms she will guide you to your destiny", but nobody knows what that means as the episode ends.
Cast[]
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
- Brian Sounalath as Mr. Boonchuy
- Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Jan
- Troy Baker as Cloak-Bot
Additional voices[]
- Eden Riegel as Thai Kid Student, Orange Shirt Female Customer, Anne Impersonator
- Sumalee Montano as Nee
- Quincy Surasmith as Red Team Sepak Takraw Male Player, Glasses Male Customer, Impressed Thai
- Matt Braly as Thai Dancer Leader, White Team Sepak Takraw Player
- Alisa Allapach as Red Team Sepak Takraw Female Player
- Lakkhana Narksiri as Thai Teacher, Papu, Purple Dress Old Lady
Mentioned[]
Other characters[]
- Dragonfly Drones (debut)
- Thai Teacher
- Papu
- Ba-Med
- Ba-Train
- Thai Woman in Shirt With Orange Stripes
- Thai woman in orange shirt
- Unnamed Thai Woman with Bag Cat
- Thai Woman in Pink Shirt And Purple Skirt
- Thai Woman in green Shirt And skirt Flowers
- Thai Players Sepak takraw
Title in other languages[]
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgarian
|
Жабите от храма | Temple frogs | |
 German
|
Thai-Kultur | Thai Culture | |
 Japanese
|
お寺での1日 | A Day at the Temple | |
 Polish
|
Świątynne żaby | Temple frogs | |
 Thai
|
กบเที่ยววัด |
Transcript[]
| For a full transcript of "Temple Frogs", click here. |
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Trivia[]
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.39 viewers on its premiere.[2]
- Lakkhana Narksiri (ลักขณา นาคศิริ), who voices Polly in the Thai dub of Amphibia, guided Amanda Leighton how to pronounce words in Thai. She is also the person who wrote up the Thai lines appearing in the episode.[3]
- The series is available in Thailand in Thai.
- This episode marks the last animated appearance of Marcy's journal and its only appearance in Season 3.
Revelations and significant events[]
- Polly has learned the Thai language (she speaks it with surprising fluency) by watching Mrs. Boonchuy's Thai romantic soap operas.
- Anne can understand Thai fluently, but has trouble speaking it aloud. This is called Receptive Bilingualism.
- The people of the Thai Temple were cooking for Mrs. Boonchuy and Mr. Boonchuy as a consolation after Anne's disappearance during those five months.
- Everyone at the Thai Temple learns that the Plantars are actually sentient, anthropomorphic frogs.
- Anne has Marcy's journal (however, it's not revealed when or how Marcy gave it to her) and has memorized the amphibian letters within.
- The message on the museum jar translates as: "Seek the Mother of Olms she will guide you to your destiny".
- The Cloak-Bot can deploy small robots for scouting and attack, just like the Giant Frobot from "Turning Point."
Continuity[]
- This episode takes place immediately the day after the previous episode.
- Anne having Marcy's journal would be explained in Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia.
Allusions[]
- Avengers - In the beginning of the episode Anne says "Plantars Assemble" a parody of the famous quote "Avengers Assemble".
- Mickey Mouse - One of the children in the Thai class wears a T-shirt with the icon of the famous character.
- Khan Kluay - In the Thai classroom, there is a poster of the Thai animated film in the background.
Errors[]
- Mr. Boonchuy was using his left hand to carry some food, however, he was swiping the phone with his left hand, but carries the food again when Anne was chasing him.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "October 2021 Programming Highlights". Disney General Entertainment Content (September 21, 2021).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metcalf, Mitch (October 26, 2021). "Saturday 10.23.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily.
- ↑ Narksiri, Lakhana (October 23, 2021). "Translation dubbing" (Thai). Facebook.