Amphibia Recap, Episode 12

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Amphibia.

We are about halfway through Amphibia at this point. Anne has stood up to giant snakes, tax enforcers, and restaurant critics. Now she has to face her greatest challenge: a breakdown of civility. While ultimately she doesn’t take a side, the rest of the Plantars do.

“Taking a stand” is the theme of the next two episodes. What’s more, we see polar opposites in each episode. Sometimes, it’s worth standing up to who we perceive as a bully. Other times, we make things worse with our sense of self-righteousness. It all depends on what’s at stake.

Civil Wart

On theater night, the touring troupe gets eaten so there’s danger of cancellation. As Sprig resents how Hop Pop makes him cede everything to Polly, Anne saves the night by showing her favorite movie, a parody of Twilight and The Hunger Games combined that has a female lead and two male love interests. Due to the movie ending on a cliffhanger, however, the Sprig and Polly split the town about which male lead is the idea shipmate. Anne and Hop Pop’s attempts to mediate backfire, which leads to the factions ambushing each other with produce. Sprig realizes he went too far, however, when Polly nearly gets injured and shields her with his body. They agree to bury the hatchet, with Polly being less spoiled or entitled, and…