Frobo is a mysterious robot from the 2019 Disney Channel animated series, Amphibia.
Background[]
Physical Appearance[]
Frobo is a large robotic frog with long arms and glowing yellow eyes; His eyes look similar to those of Kermit the Frog. Frodo's first body consists of overlapping metal sheets with a shiny frog foot sign along the middle. Placed upon his shoulders are brown, darkly shaded metal pauldrons with three metal studs. His head was mounted atop his body via bar extensions, featuring two brightly glowing optics representing its eyes with darker yellow pupils capable of turning red based on his emotions. His mouth consisted of a crescent speaker incapable of moving but allowed him to speak.
Role in series[]
Season 2[]
The robot first appeared after Sprig accidentally created him in an abandoned factory. He followed Anne and her surrogate frog family on their road trip to Newtopia. He eventually reached them in Wartwood where he was befriended by Polly who gave the robot the name "Frobo". As of "True Colors", he was smashed by King Andrias when he tried to prevent him from stepping on Polly, but she took his head and arm with her through the portal to earth.
Season 3[]
In "The New Normal", his Head is still in Anne's Backpack, but promises to bring him back online by using Earth's technology.
In "Fixing Frobo", Polly worked to bring Frobo back online only for him randomly start shooting lasers, damaging the Boonchuys' garage before Anne powered him down. Ignoring Hop Pop's order to cease and desist any further attempts to fix Frobo, Polly started researching on the Internet, eventually consulting the I.T. Gals. Disregarding their advice to power up Frobo in a big space, Polly successfully reactivated Frobo, albeit with his personality reset to factory settings. Failing to recognize Polly, Frobo declared he would attempt to make contact with headquarters and flew into the sky, taking Polly with him. However, his boosters malfunctions mid-flight, causing them both to fall. As Polly tearfully apologized to Frobo, one of her tears fell into his hard drive, causing him to regain his memories. To protect Polly before they hit the ground, Frobo placed her inside the laundry machine she used for his new torso. Only Frobo's head survived the fall intact and Polly and the I.T. Gals discussed on how to fix him.
In "Anne-sterminator", Polly was seen sitting on Frobo's head while watching a movie with Hop Pop, Sprig, Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy, however his reactivation cause Cloak-Bot to locate Anne, he was left behind as Cloak-Bot chased after Anne, her Parents, and the Plantars.
In "Froggy Little Christmas", Frobo only had two appearances, he was in the basement while Anne started working on the Float for the Christmas Parade. In the Credits, he lets Domino sleep on his Head.
In "Escape to Amphibia", Polly brings Frobo to the mega store and while searching for supplies for the Portal device, Polly puts remote control wheels attract to his head and even play DVDs inside him. When Mr. X captured him and the Plantrs, he asked Polly if Frobo was a bomb, only to split oil in his face. After Anne, her parents, and their friends save him and the Plantars, the IT Gals were impressed that Polly got Frobo fix sort of. Frobo later joined the Plantars as they made it through the portal. However, when Anne, the Plantars, and Frobo return, they discovered that King Andrias and his robotic forces have turn most of Amphibia into a barren wasteland.
In "Commander Anne" after seeing Amphibia become a barren wasteland, Frobo, Anne, and the Plantars head to Wartwood Swamp only to find it in ruins. They were then attack by a giant snake that was wearing a mind-controlled collar but were later rescue by Sasha, Loggle, Wally, and Mrs. Croaker. Frobo followed them to the Plantar Basement which was the Resistance underground headquarters, he stay behind while Anne, the Plantars, Sasha, Loggle, Mrs. Croaker, and Wally went to go destroy the base that was mind-controlling the animals of Amphibia.
In "Olm Town Road", Anne put her phone in Frobo to project the message that she and the Planters found on the Vase back while they were on Earth and show it to the resistance.
In "Grime's Pupil", Polly uses him as a ringing bell during Sprig's battle against Grime's sister: Captain Beatrix.
In "The Beginning of the End", he is captured along with Lady Olivia, General Yunan, Anne, Hop Pop, Grime, Sasha, Polly and Sprig after the Resistance's failed attempt to stop King Andrias.
In "The Hardest Thing", he can be seen carrying Andrias. Later, after Anne absorbs the three stones on Calamity Box Sprig asks Frobot to take him to Anne in order to prevent Anne's sacrifice. After the Core is destroyed, Frobo mourns Anne's death. After Anne is he joins in the group hug alongside Sasha, Marcy, the Plantars, and Grime. Sometime later he is seen hugging Bessie and the Plantars. Nine months after Anne, Sasha, and Marcy left for Earth he is seen watering some plants.
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Trivia[]
- Frobo's name was revealed on the official Instagram for Disney Television Animation.[1]
- Frobo's is voiced by Matt Braly, the creator of Amphibia and voice of Chuck.
- Like the other Frobots, Frobo is inspired by a Laputian Robot from Castle in the Sky.
- His name is a portmanteau of "frog" and "robo".
- In Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia, it is revealed Frobo's original programming was overridden by Hop Pop's Road Rules book when Sprig jammed it into the factory's disk slot. This explains why Frobo was loyal to Anne and the Plantars, instead of to King Andrias and the Core.
References[]
External links[]
- Frobo at the Amphibia Wiki
