"The Plantars Check In" is the second segment of the seventh episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the fifty-second episode overall.[4]
It premiered on August 22, 2020, alongside "Scavenger Hunt".
Synopsis
Anne finally meets with King Andrias and tries to enlist his help in getting back home.
Plot
Marcy brings Anne and the Plantars to the castle to meet with King Andrias. To their surprise, Andrias, a giant newt king, is very jovial and friendly, and intrigued by human customs such as a fist bump. He asks to see the music box, which the Plantars do not have, but Anne has a photo of it. Andrias notices that the gems are gray rather than colored, but nevertheless wants to help Anne and Marcy get back home. In order to do so, Marcy must do some research in the archives. In the meantime, Andrias gives the Plantars a gold credit card that will get them whatever they want in Newtopia and puts them all up at a lavish hotel during their stay. While Anne, Polly, and Hop Pop want to rest, Sprig wants to venture around the hotel. Hop Pop prevents Sprig from using the card, but falls asleep, allowing Sprig to steal it.
Sprig meets a downtrodden bellhop named Bella who when asked for a tip, Sprig assumes word of advice and leaves. He proceeds to run about the hotel using the card on everything he can afford such as ice cream, hairstyles, and coffee that's so strong, it causes him to see time slowed down. While high up in the hotel, Sprig accidentally drops the card where it lands on a chandelier. Sprig attempts to use the elevator, but it is taken over by elderly newts and he jumps out the window. The card falls and lands in the hand of Bella who promptly takes it and flees with it after Sprig foolishly reveals the unlimited funds. Sprig gives chase and they go up the indoor Ferris wheel, which Bella had previously suggested. They rise up until they reach the top where they see the sight of Newtopia which Bella also stated was beautiful.
Bella apologizes for stealing the card, stating that she really needed the money. Sprig accepts Bella's apology, but the Ferris wheel suddenly moves, and she slips off. Sprig drinks the last cup of coffee he got earlier and rescues her and the card at the same time. Bella's boss, seeing that she was on the Ferris wheel proceeds to fire her (he spares Sprig due to the card). However, Sprig comes to her defense claiming that not only was she the one to suggest getting on the Ferris wheel, but that she took him to ride it personally and demand that she keep her job and get a raise. The manager apologizes and Bella thanks Sprig. Tired from his adventure, Sprig returns to his room to sleep, only for Hop Pop, Polly, and Anne to wake up and demand that Sprig join them on another wacky adventure, much to his annoyance.
Cast
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- 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
- Kristen Schaal as Bella
- Michelle Dockery as Lady Olivia
Additional voices
- Troy Baker as Hotel Manager, Rich Customer & Elderly Man
- Eden Riegel as Salamander Coffee Worker & Elderly Woman
- Sam Riegel as Ant Cream Worker & Gift Shop Worker
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgarian
|
Плантар в хотела | Plantars in the hotel | |
 German
|
Ohne Limit | No Limit | |
 French
|
L'arrivée des Plantars | The Plantars arrival | |
 Italian
|
Il Check In dei Plantar | The Plantars Check In | |
 Japanese
|
悩めるホテルマン | Hotel Man' Trouble | |
 Korean
|
스프리그의 어떤 하루 | Just a Day for Sprig | |
 Dutch
|
De Plantars melden zich | The Plantars sign up | |
 European Portuguese
|
Os Plantars Hospedam-se | The Plantars Check In | |
 Polish
|
Przybycie | The arrival | |
 Thai
|
ครอบครัวแพลนเทอร์สมาแล้ว | ||
 Vietnamese
|
Nhà Plantar Có Mặt | The Plantars Check In |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "The Plantars Check In", click here. |
Gallery
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.44 million viewers on its premiere.[2]
- This episode marks the first full appearance of King Andrias, after being largely obscured in "Marcy at the Gates".
- This is the second time Anne is shown wearing a bathrobe and slippers after "Reunion", although in this episode the bathrobe is white and the slippers are purple, while in "Reunion", the robe was magenta and the slippers were orange.
Revelations and significant events
- This episode reveals that the gems on the Calamity Box have been rendered colorless. Anne didn't realize that the gems on the Box's lid lost their colors until now.
- It is revealed that Sprig's eye color is gray.
- The royal credit card that King Andrias gives to Anne and the Plantar family is gold in color, has Andrias' face and has the number 8462 2170.
Continuity
- Andrias says that after he and Marcy research more information on the Calamity Box, they, Anne and the Plantar family would "reconvene and set a glorious plan in motion." They would later reconvene in "A Day at the Aquarium", though the scale of the king's plan would not be revealed until the end of the season.
- A bottle resembling one containing Eda's elixir from the Owl House episode "The Intruder" appears in Andrias' gift basket. This would be the first of many references between Amphibia and The Owl House, culminating with the respective series finales of both shows, "The Hardest Thing" and "Watching and Dreaming", giving special thanks to each other's creator.
Allusions
- The Owl House - A bottle containing Eda's elixir from the episode "The Intruder" appears in Andrias's gift basket.
- The Legend of Zelda - One of the store owners resembles the Happy Mask Salesman from the game Majora's Mask.
- Dragon Ball - One of the hairstyles Sprig tries at the barbershop strongly resembles the hairstyle of the "Super Saiyan Blue" form, first introduced in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'.
- Final Fantasy X - Another hairstyle Sprig tries also resembles Tidus, the main character of this video game.
- Doctor Who - Under the intense effects of the caffeine from the Bug-achinos, Sprig refers to himself as a Time Lord.
- When Harry Met Sally - The customer's quote "I'll have what he's having." after seeing Sprig hyper-caffeinated is a reference to the line made in the 1989 comedy film.
- The woman who said the line in the film was director Rob Reiner's mother.
- Kamen Rider Kabuto - Sprig moving super fast while everything around him moves super slow after drinking a Bug-accino is similar to how the titular character and the ZECT Riders and their adversaries, the Worms, use an ability called Clock Up, which grants them super speed.
- Starbucks - The barista tells Sprig the Bug-accino is said to be very strong if he drinks five of them, which Starbucks coffee is said to be strong. The sign and layout of the store itself is the color of the logo and the style of a mall-sized Starbucks.
Errors
- When Sprig gets his final haircut, some outlines of the hair are misplaced.
Memorable quotes
References
- ↑ Sparrow, Joe [@torpordust] (August 30, 2020). "Episode sheet" (Tweet). Twitter.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metcalf, Mitch (August 25, 2020). Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.22.2020. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 2020-08-25.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyGrillasLA/status/1425272002370224130?s=20
- ↑ https://cabletvt.powerrangermail.net/index.php/topic,6662.0.html?PHPSESSID=3a2fbefc2e0cf95b9df4cf2bcb4a6bb0