Best Fronds

Amphibia"Best Fronds"
Season 1
Number 1B
Episode information
Production code	103B
Written by	Matt Braly Jack Ferraiolo
Storyboards by	Aaron Austin Hannah Ayoubi
Directed by	Derek Kirk Kim
Original airdate	June 14, 2019 (preview) June 17, 2019 (official)
Amphibia Episodes
Previous	"Anne or Beast?"
Next	"Cane Crazy"

"Best Fronds" is the second segment of the first episode of Amphibia. It premiered on June 17, 2019.

Synopsis

Sprig takes Anne swimming in a nearby lake to help her feel less homesick.

Plot

In a flashback, Anne is revealed to have stolen a music box from a thrift store for her two friends Sasha and Marcy. Upon opening the box, a bright light envelopes them. Anne awakens back in Amphibia to the Plantars. While Hop Pop and Polly still distrust her, Sprig is optimistic about his new friend. Wanting to get out, Anne convinces Sprig that they head to the lake to swim, but Hop Pop stops them by explaining that the townspeople would not appreciate seeing her out and about and locks the front door. Sprig tries to cheer Anne up with some Pain Peppers (incredibly hot peppers grown by Hop Pop), but Anne once again convinces him to steal the key for the front lock. They manage to snag it when they see that Hop Pop is asleep and escape the house.

Anne and Sprig make it to the lake, only to find a sign that reads "DON'T SWIM" with the "M" noticeably dragged out. While Sprig is cautious and wants to go back, Anne believes that someone is trying to hog the lake to themselves. Sprig is reluctant but, Anne retaliates believing this wasn't what friends do, and explains to Sprig that no matter how much you don't want to do something your friends ask you to do, you do it anyway, otherwise they may not want you to stay as their friend. Sprig gives in to Anne's demands, and they swim together in the lake.

After a while, a giant water snake (the reason for the sign) appears and chases the two. Realizing that it is her fault, Anne apologizes to Sprig. Sprig in turn allows the snake to eat him, only to reveal that he had Hop Pop's Pain Peppers and is spat back out. The snake leaves as Anne and Sprig return home. Hop Pop awakens and finds the two playing board games in the basement. Anne returns the key claiming that he dropped them and Hop Pop leaves with no trouble. Sprig falls asleep due to the excitement and Anne wishes that her friends are okay. Meanwhile, in a dark tower, Grime, an evil toad, reveals that he has Anne's other shoe and presents it to an imprisoned Sasha.

Cast

• Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
• Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
• Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
• Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
• Troy Baker as Captain Grime

Additional Voices

• Dee Bradley Baker as Water Snake
• Liam O'Brien as Old Man
• Amir Talai as Brown Overalls Frog

Trivia

• Hop Pop sleeping with his eyes open is a reference to an ability actual tree frogs have. Frogs have three eyelids, one is stationary, one blinks to keep the eyes moisturized and the third is a strangely patterned film that comes down when the frog sleeps. Even though you can still see the pupils, this third eyelid is a sure sign of rest. Despite this, Hop Pop never displays this ability again until the episode "Wax Museum".
• Glowing blue mushrooms are present in the basement where Anne sleeps. They do not show up again anywhere in the series.
• The episode's opening was ambiguous whether Anne was remembering the event of the previous episode or if she was hallucinating as the Box looked at her.

Goofs

• At the start of the episode, Sasha is not wearing her jacket before Anne opens the Calamity Box, but it appears in the next scene.
• Sprig claims that Anne is his first real friend. However in "Dating Season", it is revealed that he has been friends with Ivy Sundew much longer than her.

International Premieres

• June 22, 2019 (Canada)
• August 2, 2019 (Japan)
• August 3, 2019 (Latin America)
• September 2, 2019 (Netherlands)
• September 9, 2019 (Southeast Asia)
• September 14, 2020 (Portugal)

International Edits

• In the Southeast Asian boardcast, the words "jerk" and "dang" were edited out.

Gallery

Anne, Sasha and Marcy about to be teleported to Amphibia by the Calamity Box.

Grime presents Anne's other shoe.

External links

• Best Fronds at the Amphibia Wiki

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Media Amphibia • Chibi Tiny Tales • Disney All-Star Racers • Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia Characters Anne Boonchuy • Sprig Plantar • Polly Plantar • Hop Pop Plantar • Bessie • One-Eyed Wally • Leopold Loggle • Ivy Sundew • Felicia Sundew • Sylvia Sundew • Maddie Flour • Rosemary, Lavender, and Ginger • Mr. Flour • Sadie Croaker • Stumpy • Albus Duckweed • Tritonio Espada • Apothecary Gary • Mayor Toadstool • Toadie • Sasha Waybright • Marcy Wu • Zappapede • Barry • Captain Grime • Percy • Braddock • Giant Herons • Frobo • Lysil and Angwin • General Yunan • Bog, Fens, and Mire • Lady Olivia • King Andrias • Jacinda • Wigbert Ribbiton • Priscilla Paddock • Pearl Paddock • Captain Beatrix • Mr. Boonchuy • Mrs. Boonchuy • The Core • Domino • Domino II • Cloak-Bot • Terri • Dr. Jan • Ally and Jess • Molly Jo • Humphrey Westwood • Mr. X • Dr. Frakes • Leif • Barrel • King Aldrich • Mother Olm Episodes Season One: "Anne or Beast?/Best Fronds" • "Cane Crazy/Flood, Sweat & Tears" • "Hop Luck/Stakeout" • "The Domino Effect/Taking Charge" • "Anne Theft Auto/Breakout Star" • "Sprig Vs. Hop Pop/Girl Time" • "Dating Season/Anne Vs. Wild" • "Contagi-Anne/Family Shrub" • "Lily Pad Thai/Plantar's Last Stand" • "Toad Tax/Prison Break" • "Grubhog Day/Hop Pop and Lock" • "Civil Wart/Hop-Popular" • "Croak & Punishment/Trip to the Archives" • "Snow Day/Cracking Mrs. Croaker" • "A Night at the Inn/Wally and Anne" • "Family Fishing Trip/Bizarre Bazaar" • "Cursed!/Fiddle Me This" • "The Big Bugball Game/Combat Camp" • "Children of the Spore/Anne of the Year" • "Reunion" Season Two: "Handy Anne/Fort in the Road" • "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar/Anne Hunter" • "Truck Stop Polly/A Caravan Named Desire" • "Quarreler's Pass/Toadcatcher" • "Swamp and Sensibility/Wax Museum" • "Marcy at the Gates" • "Scavenger Hunt/The Plantars Check In" • "Lost in Newtopia/Sprig Gets Schooled" • "Little Frogtown/Hopping Mall" • "The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers/A Day at the Aquarium" • "The Shut-In!" • "Night Drivers/Return to Wartwood" • "Ivy on the Run/After the Rain" • "The First Temple" • "New Wartwood/Friend or Frobo?" • "Toad to Redemption/Maddie & Marcy" • "The Second Temple/Barrel's Warhammer" • "Bessie & MicroAngelo/The Third Temple" • "The Dinner/Battle of the Bands" • "True Colors" Season Three: "The New Normal" • "Hop 'Til You Drop/Turning Point" • "Thai Feud/Adventures in Catsitting" • "Fight at the Museum/Temple Frogs" • "Fixing Frobo/Anne-sterminator" • "Mr. X/Sprig's Birthday" • "Spider-Sprig/Olivia & Yunan" • "Hollywood Hop Pop/If You Give a Frog a Cookie" • "Froggy Little Christmas" • "Escape to Amphibia" • "Commander Anne/Sprivy" • "Sasha's Angels/Olm Town Road" • "Mother of Olms/Grime's Pupil" • "The Root of Evil/The Core & The King" • "Newts in Tights/Fight or Flight" • "The Three Armies/The Beginning of the End" • "All In" • "The Hardest Thing" Locations Amphibia • Wartwood Swamp • Toad Tower • Newtopia (Newtopia Castle) • Los Angeles See also Welcome to Amphibia • No Big Deal • Calamity Box • Suspicious Island • Fwagon