"All In" is the fifty-seventh episode of the Disney Channel animated series, Amphibia. It serves as the penultimate episode of the series.
Synopsis
Anne and her friends fight for their lives as the fate of both worlds hang in the balance.
Plot
On the day before her birthday, Anne and her friends, Sasha and Marcy, pull a K-Pop dance party prank on their school by messing with the lights and unleashing puppies on the student body. The three are immediately caught by Principal Murphy who compliments Sasha for her leadership skills and Marcy for her intellect, but is concerned for Anne. She tells her that she has numerous unfinished papers and low grades at the school and is concerned for her well being. She decides to give her a personal project: write a paper titled "Who Am I?". Anne leaves feeling hopeless.
In the present, Anne, the Plantars, Sasha, Grime, Olivia, Yunan, and Frobo have all been captured by Andrias' army. Andrias starts his invasion by sending drones and two mind controlled herons on the populace. The army, powerless against them, summons Mr. X who has prepared for the occasion. Sprig tells Anne not to use her blue gem powers as it will tire her out and she should wait to use them until they fight the Frobot army. Polly uses the upgrades she added to Frobo who lasers a hole beneath their prison and they fall towards Los Angeles. Luckily, they land in a high rise swimming pool. As they look out on the city, Hop Pop recognizes the two herons as the same ones that killed Sprig and Polly's parents; traumatizing him.
The heroes head into the city, only to be outnumbered by the drones. They are suddenly rescued by Anne's parents who are now highly trained agents and have teamed up with an enlightened Mr. X. They escape to Anne and Sasha's school where Polly uses the opportunity to make numerous upgrades to Frobo, turning him into a battle robot. Anne goes looking through her locker where she sees her old "Who Am I?" paper that she never finished. She reminds Sasha that Darcy only knows the old them and that they will free Marcy.
Within the recesses of Darcy's mind, an amnesiac Marcy finds herself surrounded by her interests including puzzles, books, and a whole fantasy world. Aldrich arrives and tells her that she can have whatever she wants and she excitedly embraces her world. Back at the school, Sprig tells Hop Pop that he will be glad once they defeat Andrias as things will go back to "normal", but he reminds him that Anne's idea of normal is different from his. The heroes formulate a plan and head out to fight, as Andrias begins to have doubts about the invasion, especially when he recalls his first meeting with Marcy. The Core told him to kill her, but he convinces it to let him keep her alive for future plans.
Marcy tries to remember what it is she has forgotten, but Aldrich continues to feed into her wants by turning her into a fantasy character and providing her with a more compliant Anne and Sasha. In the real world, Sasha, Grime, Yunan, and Olivia break into the flying castle, while Anne and the rest battle the drones on the ground; getting some help from their L.A. friends. The arrival of the two herons causes the Plantars to freeze in fear. With supportive words from Anne, and after seeing the Boonchuys in danger, the Plantars overcome their fear to break the herons mind control necklaces while using their wild dance to tame them, turning them against Andrias' forces.
Sasha's group navigate the castle, only to run into more Cloak Bots. Yunan and Olivia hold them off, while Sasha and Grime confront Darcy who pulls out a large scythe to fight them. Andrias dons the Dyplasaurus, his robot armor, and calls out Anne with the intent to face her one on one for the fate of Earth. Anne, now knowing who she wants to be, unleashes her blue energy to face off against Andrias, whose armor nearly seems impenetrable. Back in the castle, Darcy slices Grime's arm off as he protects Sasha, sending Sasha into a rage. When Andrias delivers a powerful punch to Anne in a fit of rage, Mr. X begins using hidden sound speakers to blast K-Pop while everyone in L.A. cheers her on; empowering her. Marcy soon realizes that the Anne and Sasha in her fantasy would never be so willing and overcomes it, with Aldrich trapping her in a black void.
As Anne's blue energy begins to fade, Mr. X spots the letter Sprig was holding on to and uses his glasses to find the hidden message in it. Sprig takes his glasses and learns that it is from Leif. He takes it to Andrias and reads to him; revealing that despite running away and starting a new life in Wartwood, she never stopped loving him and hoped that he would let go of all that anger. Andrias, moved that Leif never forgot him, breaks into tears and he is unable to fight anymore and forgives his friend. Darcy tries to use their power to control Andrias, but an newly empowered Sasha slices the neural link on their helmet; freeing Marcy from the Core's control. Anne powers up one more time and blasts through Andrias' armor as he repentantly allows the blow to hit; revealing that he had turned parts of himself into a cyborg to prolong his life. As the castle shield turns off and everyone cheers for Anne's victory, Andrias begs Anne to save Marcy
Anne, Frobo and the Plantars get up to the castle to a revived Marcy. She apologizes for her actions and getting them sent to Amphibia to begin with as she did not want to lose her friends. Anne tells her that no matter what happens, nothing will ever erase the good times they had together; words that hit Sprig. As everyone gets together for a big group hug, Darcy's helmet sprouts legs and crawls away. Anne makes one final phone call to her parents to tell them that they need to go back to Amphibia one last time to drop everything off before coming home, with the Boonchuys adding that they will tell Marcy and Sasha's parents what happened.
Everyone returns to Amphibia, where Polly apparently "drove" the castle into the lake surrounding Newtopia, and comes out to announce that Andrias and Darcy have been defeated. When Sasha mentions the "prophecy", Marcy becomes alerted. Anne tells Sprig that she is unsure if things will change between them like with Sasha and Marcy, but that he can be sure that they will face it together. Sprig suddenly notices that the moon looks bigger and it is revealed to be red and headed closer towards Amphibia; leaving everyone in shock.
Cast
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- RuPaul as Mr. X
- Troy Baker as Captain Grime
- Zehra Fazal as General Yunan
- William Houston as King Aldrich/The Core
- Keith David as King Andrias
- Haley Tju as Marcy Wu/Darcy
- Anna Akana as Sasha Waybright
- Brian Sounalath as Mr. Boonchuy
- On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
- Michelle Dockery as Lady Olivia
- Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Jan
- Kate Micucci as Terri
- Cassandra Lee Morris as Leif
- Matt Braly as Frobo
- Kimberly Brooks as Principal Murphy
- Corey Burton as US Military General, News Anchor
- Troy Baker as Frobots, Bystander
- Eden Riegel as Maggie
Additional Voices
Song
- "As If It's Your Last" by Blackpink
Gallery
Trivia
- When the final episode titles were announced on Twitter, this, along with "The Beginning of the End" and "The Hardest Thing", were noticeably kept hidden.
- This episode begins right where "The Beginning of the End" left off.
- Along with "The Hardest Thing" this episode premiered in prime time on May 7 while the next episode aired May 14.
- This episode is 48 minutes long, making the longest episode in the whole series.
- This episode aired in the evening instead of the morning block.
- Instead of the usual intro and title card, both are superimposed within the episode as scenes play out.
- Pepper Ann Pearson makes a cameo appearance walking her dog. Matt Braly had previously stated that the character served as inspiration for Anne.
- This is her first appearance in any media in 21 years, her last being in the pilot episode of House of Mouse, "The Stolen Cartoons".
- The simulated Anne's fantasy attire is based on Link's outfit from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Furthermore, the falling moon heading to Amphibia is a reference from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
- The simulated Sasha's fantasy attire is based on Post-Timeskip Edelgard's outfit from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
- The 2 herons under the mind control were the ones that attacked Toad Tower in "Prison Break" , and are also revealed to be the ones that killed Sprig & Polly's parents that Hop Pop mentioned in "After the Rain".
- The mother and daughter that were surrounded by a few Frobos and cornered at the “Britz Coffee” building are the same characters that were seen in "Temple Frogs" and at the end of the last episode "The Beginning of The End".
- This episode revealed the situation the personality of the true Marcy Wu was in since Darcy "The Core" explained in "The Core & The King". The true Marcy was kept trapped in some kind of Mindscape room with 300 puzzles until she was finished before the door appeared.
- The Mindscape with the real Marcy Wu’s true personality trapped within is similar to the Gargoyles episode "Legion" when Goliath entered the mind of his rookery brother Coldstone & faced both the evil personality Gargoyle & the virtual computer program design version of David Xanatos.
- The scene where the two herons were attacking Anne’s parents inside the bus is very similar to “The Main Road” scene sequence in the movie Jurassic Park where the T. rex is attacking one of the Jurassic Park tour vehicles while the two kids Lex & Tim are inside.
- Both scenes are set in California, although the heron attack takes place in Los Angeles rather than San Diego from The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
- The scene where Polly shoots a cable cord around the legs of one of the herons is similar to the snow battle sequence from The Empire Strikes Back.
- Andrias' armored robotic suit, the Dyoplosaurus, is like a Diplocaulus version of Zurg’s appearance from the Disney/Pixar film, Lightyear.
- Marcy was seen in the mindscape as her inner self like Willow Park from The Owl House episode "Understanding Willow". After the events in "The Core & The King", Marcy’s memories were thought to have been erased. But when she heard what the fake Anne & Sasha said, she started to remember the last thing that happened in "True Colors" & realized that everything was an illusion. She was able to fight & reject the Core, but Marcy couldn't do anything about her position until she was freed from the mind control connection.
- The way Marcy confronted both Aldrich and the Core is similar to the event between Luke Skywalker and Palpatine at the end of Return of the Jedi. Marcy never gets assimilated into the Core just as Luke would never turn to the dark side.
- Instead of the usual season three credits music, it is a close up shot of the red moon headed towards Amphibia while a quiet music box rendition of the credits theme plays.
- This is the fourth episode of Amphibia after "Olivia & Yunan", "The Core & The King" and "The Beginning of the End" and the seventh Disney Television Animated series overall to do this:
- Gravity Falls: "Dreamscaperers/Gideon Rises", "Not What He Seems", "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future", and "Weirdmageddon"
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: "Starcrushed", "Cleaved"
- Tangled: The Series: "Queen for a Day", "Destinies Collide", "Cassandra's Revenge", "Once a Handmaiden...", and "Plus Est En Vous"
- DuckTales (2017): "Last Christmas!", "The Last Adventure!"
- Big City Greens: "Chipwrecked"
- The Owl House: "Agony of a Witch", "Clouds on the Horizon"
- This is the fourth episode of Amphibia after "Olivia & Yunan", "The Core & The King" and "The Beginning of the End" and the seventh Disney Television Animated series overall to do this:
- Two of the cars on the parking lot where the Boonchuys hide are Lightning McQueen and Sally Carrera.
- A number of characters return and only have cameos:
- Priscilla the Killa and her daughter Pearl from "Hopping Mall".
- Gertie from "Scavenger Hunt"
- Gabbi from "Hop 'Til You Drop"
- Maggie from "Reunion" returns and appears outside of flashbacks for the first time.
- Right before Marcy regains consciousness & regains position of both her mind & body, a tear from both Anne and Sasha fall on her cheeks, similar to Flynn Rider's resurrection at the end of Tangled.
- The music that plays after the Plantars, Anne's parents, and the entire L.A. populace encourage Anne to continue fighting is "As If It's Your Last" by BLACKPINK.
- Andrias is mistaken for a lizard by the newsman.
- In real life, reptiles evolved from some amphibians 350 million years ago when leaving the water & laying their eggs on land. But they do have some features that set them apart from each other: newts & salamanders are amphibians with smooth moist skin; lizards are reptiles with thick water tight scaly skin.
- The Millennium Puzzle from Yu-Gi-Oh! and a G1 Megatron toy from Transformers can be seen on the pile of puzzles that Marcy solved and finished.
- Marcy is finally freed from the Core's control and reunited with Anne and Sasha.
- For the first time in a long time, Sasha and Marcy speak to human adults since those flashback scenes.
- This is the final episode to open on a flashback.
- This is the final appearance of Mr. X, Jenny, Molly Jo, Mr. Boonchuy, Mrs. Boonchuy, Maggie, Ally and Jess, Dr. Jan, Terri, and Humphrey Westwood.
International premieres
- May 8, 2022 (Canada)
- June 22, 2022 (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore; Disney+)
- July 5, 2022 (Poland)
- November 21, 2022 (Portugal, Spain)
- March 1, 2023 (Italy; Disney+)
External Links
- All In at the Amphibia Wiki
