Leif "Lily" Plantar was a character of the 2019 animated series Amphibia. She was one of the former friends of King Andrias along with Barrel the Brave, the true founder of Wartwood, and the ancestor of Sprig, Polly, and Hop Pop Plantar.
Background[]
Personality[]
Leif is a sweet, caring frog with a deep love for nature, her world, and especially her friends. Because she lived in a society ruled by conquerers, Leif initially supported the idea of invading other worlds until she received a terrifying vision upon touching the stones of the Calamity Box. As a result, Leif's views changed where she came to believe that using the box to invade other worlds was upsetting the ecosystem of the multiverse.
However, when King Aldrich and Andrias refused to take her warnings seriously, this ultimately led her to "betraying" her friend Andrias by stealing the Calamity Box to save Amphibia. Yet, Leif ultimately regretted her action to take matters into her own hands as she knew Andrias was trying to live up to his ancestors' legacy while being under pressure of it.
Though Leif was guilty over breaking off and sacrificing her friendship with Andrias and Barrel, Leif did not let her sadness consume her and instead looked for new outcomes in life where she eventually got married and started a family. Leif even kept her positive memories of her friends as she lived her new life happily and by the time she was of old age, she wrote Andrias a letter to let him know she still loved him despite everything that happened between them. Unfortunately, her actions led to a self-fulfilling prophecy that nearly caused Amphibia's destruction, but they also led to the prophecy's chosen heroes coming to Amphibia, ending the Leviathan family's tyranny for good, and one of the trio's members, Anne Boonchuy destroying The Core for good, thus saving Amphibia.
Physical appearance[]
Leif is a pink female frog with blonde hair wearing a hood. She also resembles her descendant Sprig Plantar in terms of skin tone and hair color. Her blue tongue resembles that of her other descendant Polly Plantar.
Role in the Series[]
Before[]
Over 1,000 years before the events of the show, King Andrias was friends with a frog and a toad.
However, it is implied that Andrias' friends stole the Calamity Box from under his watch, hid it on Earth and stopped Newtopia's years of development. As more time went by, Amphibia forgot about Newtopia's old legacy.
Years later, she returned to Amphibia under the name Lily and established Wartwood, got married, and raised a family of her own. Before she died of old age, she wrote one final letter to Andrias explaining everything to him and telling him that she never forgot him or Barrel.
Season 2[]
She only appears in a torn portrait that was hidden away deep within Andrias' castle and in a flashback when Andrias revealed his true dark agenda.
Season 3[]
In "Fight at the Museum", Leif appeared with the music box out of a portal before a Viking longship on an ancient jar displayed at the Natural History Museum. It served as a clue to the connection to Amphibia and Earth. Dr. Jan interpreted Leif's depiction as some sort of deity.
She appears in "The Core & The King" where it is revealed how she betrayed Andrias. After playing around with the music box, she unintentionally touches all three gemstones and has a horrible vision of what would become of Amphibia should King Aldrich invade Earth. She sees Amphibia in ruins, the Olm's prophecy, and a mysterious planet in a direct collision course with Amphibia. She tries to warn King Aldrich of this and how the constant use of the music box is upsetting the balance of the multiverse, but is dismissed. At the cost of betraying Andrias and Barrel, she steals the music box and uses one of the Moss Men to escape Newtopia. Knowing that they'll be after her and the music box now that she's a full blown traitor to Newtopia, Leif heads to the Olms and with their help, she escapes from Amphibia to Earth.
As revealed in her letter to Andrias in "All In," she returned to Amphibia upon hiding the music box on Earth. She founded Wartwood and built the Plantar Family Farm. She soon found a nice frog who later became her husband and they raised a family together. As she grew old, she never forgot Andrias and the time they spent together. Before her death, she wrote one final letter to Andrias telling him to never forget those he loves and to not harden himself because of her actions. Her letter is discovered and pocketed by Sprig, which he would later read to Andrias, causing him to break down in tears, having long believed she forgotten him yet he could never forget about her. Her words inspired Andrias to let down his defenses and allow Anne Boonchuy to cripple his cyborg body.
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Trivia[]
- Leif is implied to be a Plantar due to her dance being the same that Sprig showed Anne in "Anne Hunter". This is later confirmed in "All In", when it is shown that she is the Planter family's founding member.
- In Andrias's flashback, in "True Colors", Leif was wearing a jeweled pendant but it later changed to green leaf pin.
- Despite the fact that Leif was trying to save Amphibia and keep the Calamity Box from being used to invade other worlds, her actions ended up doing more harm than good as by the present, Frogs, Toads, and Newts became segregated and King Andrias became who he was.
External Links[]
- Leif at the Amphibia Wiki
