"Fight at the Museum" is the first segment of the forty-fourth episode of Amphibia.
Synopsis[]
Anne and the Plantars try to rob a museum to obtain an artifact that may have information for them how to get back to Amphibia. Meanwhile, a dangerous enemy relocates Anne.
Plot[]
Anne has been staying up all night trying to research the concept of alternate universes. This obviously results in her becoming increasingly tired and red eyed. The Plantars do not seem to care about wanting to go back to their world as they simply want to relax and tell Anne that she needs a break from her work. Mrs. Boonchuy offers that seeing as how Anne wants to do research, something she never wanted to do prior, they should all go to the museum and get educated; adding that Anne has been gone for five months and needs to catch up on her school work. Furthermore, she wants them out of the house because somehow they have left slime all over the place and she wants to clean it.
Anne and the Plantars are dropped off at the Natural History Museum and are taken in by all the sights. As Hop Pop begins to notice that Anne is becoming paranoid, they come across an ancient jar that looks like it came from Amphibia. As they inspect it, they are suddenly greeted by Dr. Jan, an extraterrestrial and cryptid obsessed curator who notices their keen interest in the jar. She believes that the jar depicts people worshipping a frog like deity whom she believes is extraterrestrial in origin. As she offers to go over it more, Anne turns her away, upsetting the Plantars. Anne instead convinces them that they should sneak into the museum at night and steal the artifact.
Anne and the Plantars manage to sneak into the museum by tricking the gullible guards and Sprig takes out the cameras. However, the Cloak-Bot picks up on their location and bursts into the museum where a fight breaks out. During the commotion, Dr. Jan and the security guards break in and witness the entire scene. Needing to stay discreet, the Cloak-Bot flees. Dr. Jan turns the security team away and immediately accepts the Plantars' presence with Anne finally learning to trust her. Dr. Jan offers to look at the jar and in return Anne get some shut eye as she was drowsy the majority of their adventure. The next day, Dr. Jan shines a black light over the jar, based on Anne's suggestion, and discovers a hidden message.
Cast[]
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
- Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Jan
- Troy Baker as Cloak-Bot
- Kari Wahlgren as Lady Franklin
- Kimberly Brooks as Mitchell
Additional Voices[]
Gallery[]
International Premieres[]
- October 24, 2021 (Canada)
- December 22, 2021 (Singapore)
- January 5, 2022 (Australia & New Zealand)
- January 7, 2022 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)
- January 26, 2022 (Latin America)
- February 6, 2022 (Spain)
- February 10, 2022 (Portugal)
- February 23, 2022 (United Kingdom & Ireland)
- March 23, 2022 (France)
Trivia[]
General[]
- Moral: Don't run yourself ragged trying to finish a task. It may be important, but what's more important is seeing it get done properly. Also, take a break every once in a while, especially if it's for sleep.
- The Frog-Bot's name is finally given as Cloak-Bot.
- Hop Pop is revealed to not know that the Earth is round.
- The skeleton that was hanging on the roof of the museum turned out to be a Kronosaurus.
- Anne is seen waving the Sword in the exact same position just like the figure resembling her in the Stone shown at the end of the opening.
- Dr. Jan learns the Plantar’s secret and covers for them, she becomes the first ally to the Plantars other than Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy.
- "Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia" fully explains why Anne has been up the whole-time doing research. Anne has been having trouble sleeping because she felt the weight of saving Amphibia and Earth on her shoulders.
Continuity[]
- Anne uses the same signal that she was going to use in "The New Normal".
Allusions[]
- The title is a play on the film series Night at the Museum (which coincidentally was acquired by Disney in 2019 through its acquisition of 20th Century Fox).
- The anime characters from one of Amy - Chan's videos is a reference to Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi.
- At the entrance of the museum, a wanted poster of Feathers McGraw, the penguin from the Wallace and Gromit short "The Wrong Trousers", can be seen.
- Hop Pop is disguised as a cat from the Broadway musical Cats, and its infamous subsequent film adaptation.
- Right when the Cloak-bot got it’s left hand chopped off, there was a picture portrait of both Bambi and his father seen hanging on the wall.
- Big Ol' Wiki references Wikipedia, Doogle references Google, Woo Hoo! Queries references Ask Yahoo! and Toob references YouTube.
- The Big Ol' Wiki's description of Multiverse is almost taken verbatim from the actual Wikipedia.
- The depiction of the portal in the vase resembles the Atlentean symbol in the Shepherd's Journal from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
External links[]
- Fight at the Museum at the Amphibia Wiki
