Felicia Sundew is a supporting character in the 2019 series Amphibia.
Background[]
Personality[]
Felicia is a kind and caring individual. She is, in many aspects, a motherly figure, especially since she has a single daughter to look after and adores Sprig, especially when he is with her. While she hardly shows it, she does display some slight superiority over others such as when she would only shake Hop Pop's hand with a handkerchief. She can also be greedy as she pushed for her daughter's marriage to Sprig just so she and Hop Pop can get the benefits of a merger. Nevertheless, she is a generally nice person who loves holding a conversation.
Although she seems like a prissy and proper woman who only cares about tea and perfection, Felicia is shown to be well-versed in a form of martial arts, because of the trips she took to collect tea and the china for her tea shop. She used daily chores as a way to teach her daughter self-defense, hoping to take her on her next adventure.
Physical appearance[]
Felicia is a skinny yellow frog, who, just like the other frogs in Wartwood, has four fingers and two toes on each hand and foot. She has a light green tongue and a small bit of red lipstick on and two giant round white eyes. Her most distinguishing feature is her red hair which is long and tied into a large braid while a crown of green flowers sits on her head. She wears a nice green dress that fits with the semi-medieval theme of Amphibia.
Role in the series[]
In "Anne or Beast?", Felicia strolling through Wartwood Swamp. She was later seen among the townspeople to hunt down Anne Boonchuy until Hop Pop Plantar was allowed by Mayor Toadstool to provide Anne some shelter.
In "Girl Time", Felicia serves Anne and Polly Plantar as they eat at her restaurant. Seeing how Anne and Polly are having some "girl time," Felicia advises the two to go get massages. After they leave, Felicia checks their bill and notices it was paid with an IOU, causing Felicia to realize it is worthless. Felicia searches for Anne and Polly with Sheriff Buck Leatherleaf and the citizens until they are caught. Felicia watches the sheriff force Anne and the Plantars to repay their debt until they managed to successfully do so when Polly breaks Wartwood's spitting record which allows Felicia to get a piece of the record's golden trophy.
In "Dating Season", Felicia makes a deal with Hop Pop to set his grandson, Sprig Plantar with her daughter, Ivy Sundew in exchange for getting Sprig to work at her restaurant while Hop Pop gets some seeds for some special vegetables of hers. At the Firefly Formal dance, Felicia arrives with Ivy who is all dressed up to become Sprig's girlfriend. As Felicia and the Plantars watch Ivy and Sprig dance from afar, they are shocked to see the kids suddenly abandon the mating ritual, leaving Felicia and Hop Pop worried that their merger will not be completed if the kids do not finish the ritual.
As Felicia and the Plantars search for Ivy and Sprig in the woods, they come across a pair of giant love doves who capture and take them to their nest to be marinated before eating them. Felicia then argues with Hop Pop, blaming him for not teaching his grandson to do a proper courtship until Polly interrupts them, saying they are both to blame as they cared more about the wealth they would earn rather than how Ivy and Sprig really felt about each other. Just then, Ivy and Sprig come to their rescue and defeat the love doves, causing them to fly away. Though Felicia already apologizes to Ivy for forcing her to go along with the ritual, she decides to give her daughter a proper apology away from the love doves' nest, prompting them to head back home just as Ivy and Sprig exchange loving glances at each other.
In "Toad Tax", while shopping at Grub & Go, Felicia and everyone in the market laughs at Anne and belittles her when she slips on wet floor. Later, Bog, Fens, and Mire come to her restaurant and rob her, believing she did not pay her taxes to Toad Tower. However, Anne returns a mug to Felicia, leaving her grateful towards the human girl. Later, Felicia and everyone in Wartwood witnesses Anne standing up to the toads, calling them out on their bullying nature towards the frogs. This leaves Felicia and everyone else impressed with Anne's bravery and selflessness where they come to her rescue when the toads injure her, with Felicia proclaiming that Anne is one of them. After discovering Mayor Toadstool to be hoarding the town's taxes and everyone gets their belongings back, Felicia is amongst the crowd, cheering for Anne and officially naming her the protector of Wartwood, while coming to finally respect her.
In "Grubhog Day", she is seen attending the Grubhog Day fair, riding the Spider Spinner with her daughter and Maddie Flour.
In "Civil Wart", Felicia attends a local theater night in Wartwood with her daughter. Felicia becomes disappointed to hear that an acting troupe canceled their performance until she becomes intrigued when Anne suggests to watch a movie instead. After watching the movie Love Choice, Felicia sides with Polly in favoring the character Hunter over another character named Alastair for the film's shipping. The next day, Felicia and the members of her group are alerted of Hop Pop stealing their flag, causing them to follow him to the center of Wartwood where they are confronted by the Alastair team. A battle breaks out between the two groups, but just when Felicia and her team seem to be getting the upper hand, she and her teammates get ambushed by their opponents, leaving Polly as the last member of their group still standing. Eventually, the fight ends after Sprig and Polly make up when Sprig protects his sister from getting hurt by his teammates.
In "Trip to the Archives" while in her home, she heads to bathroom, but Sprig comes out the toilet which cause her to scream despite Sprig telling her sorry multiple times.
In "Children of the Spore", Felicia is one of the very individuals mind-controlled by Apothecary Gary where she is see attacking the Plantar Farm, along with the mind-controlled civilians. However, after Apothecary Gary is eaten by Bessie, Felicia is freed from his control and leaves to go home, having no memory of her mind-controlled state.
In "Anne of the Year", Felicia attends Anne's Frog of the Year party where she admires the party's decorations. After Anne managed to save everyone from a fire, Felicia looks sorry for Anne when the girl miserably asks why she was voted Frog of the Year. When Hop Pop states she was voted Frog of the Year because of her maturity and selflessness, Felicia, along with others, give Anne an encore in order to support Hop Pop's reason. After cheering Anne up, Felicia and everyone else continues attending Anne's party.
Relationships[]
Ivy Sundew[]
Felicia loves her daughter very deeply. However, she can be greedy, as she pushed for her daughter’s marriage just to get the benefits of a merger. Felicia is also shown to be strict towards Ivy, expecting her to do her chores perfectly and attend her tea ceremony classes. It is then revealed that the chores and tea lessons were to teach Ivy to defend herself so that she’ll be prepared for a future tea-gathering adventure, showing that Felicia cares deeply for Ivy’s safety and well-being. Despite their occasional misunderstandings, they love each other dearly.
The Plantars[]
Like the rest of Wartwood, Felicia has something of a love-hate relationship with the Plantars. She appreciates them for what they bring to the community, but she also gets annoyed at their constant disruptions. She shares the same type of high aspirations for her child that Hop Pop expresses towards Sprig and Polly. While she’s generally friendly to them, she might express some slight snobbish attitude towards Hop Pop as she lives within the finer area of Wartwood while the Plantars live on a farm outside of town. Nevertheless, she, along with the rest of the town, came to appreciate them and even their disruptions. After the Plantars and Anne escaped to Earth, Felicia was worried about them as she questioned Sasha and Captain Grime about their whereabouts.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Felicia's name is pronounced as "Fuh-lee-see-uh".
- It seems that Felicia is not married, meaning that she might be a widow or separated from her spouse.
- Like with many other characters on the show, her relationship with the Plantars seem to go back and forth between friendly neighbors ("Cracking Mrs. Croaker") to mild annoyance ("Girl Time").
- Her hair style, dress and the fact that she is barefoot, is oddly similar to that of Rapunzel from Tangled.
- While she displays a slight country accent, her daughter does not share this characteristic.
- Despite seeming prim and proper, Felicia is shown to be physically competent as she had to learn self-defense to survive her past travels.
- When the episode "True Colors" was leaked online, a personal message from Felicia was released asking fans to wait for the official release of the episode while also reminding the viewer to stop by her establishment and to bring money.[1]
References[]
- ↑ "Felicia Leak Post". Twitter (May 8, 2021).
External links[]
- Felicia Sundew at the Amphibia Wiki
