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Amphibia - If You Give a Frog a Cookie (S3E15)
Anne trusts a questionable scientist who may have found a way to get them to Amphibia.
| Runtime (min) | 11 |
|---|---|
| TMDB Rating | 8.0 (4 votes) |
| Air Date | 2021-11-20 |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Kids, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family |
| TV Rating | TV-Y7 |
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Storyline
Storyline
In this episode of Amphibia, Anne encounters a dubious scientist who claims to have discovered a method to transport her and her friends back to Amphibia. Despite her initial skepticism, Anne is drawn in by the scientist's persuasive demeanor and the hope of reuniting with her beloved frog friends. As they delve deeper into the scientist's plans, Anne begins to question the legitimacy of his intentions.
As the story unfolds, Anne's trust is tested when strange occurrences start to unfold around them. The scientist's experiments lead to chaotic and unexpected results, prompting Anne to reconsider whether this is the right path to take. Ultimately, she must navigate her loyalty to her friends and her desire to return to a world that feels like home.
What Parents Say
This episode cleverly combines adventure with a lesson about trust and caution. Anne's encounter with the questionable scientist serves as a pivotal moment that encourages children to think critically about whom they trust and the motivations behind people's actions. It's an engaging way to introduce discussions about making wise choices and recognizing red flags in situations that seem too good to be true.
The mix of humor and suspense keeps the episode lively, ensuring that kids remain engaged while also absorbing important life lessons. Parents can appreciate the thoughtful exploration of these themes, as they reflect real-world situations where children must learn to discern trustworthiness and make decisions based on their instincts.
What Children Can Learn
In this episode, kids learn the importance of questioning authority and being cautious about who to trust. Anne's journey with the scientist illustrates that not everyone has good intentions, even if they seem convincing. This teaches children to be critical thinkers and to evaluate situations before jumping in blindly.
Additionally, the episode emphasizes the significance of friendship and loyalty. As Anne grapples with her desire to return home versus her concerns about the scientist, children can reflect on how friends can support each other in making tough decisions. The blend of adventure and moral lessons makes it relatable and educational for young viewers.
Five Most Asked Questions
| Question | Answer |
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| What lesson does Anne learn about trust in this episode? | Anne learns a valuable lesson about trust when she encounters a dubious scientist. Initially, she is drawn in by his promises of helping her return to Amphibia, but as the episode progresses, she realizes that not everyone has her best interests at heart. This experience teaches her the importance of being cautious and discerning when placing trust in others. |
| How does the episode address the theme of critical thinking? | The episode encourages critical thinking as Anne faces a situation that seems ideal but is fraught with potential danger. Her initial acceptance of the scientist’s claims highlights the importance of analyzing information and asking questions. This theme empowers children to think critically about who they trust and the decisions they make based on that trust. |
| What role does friendship play in this episode? | Friendship plays a crucial role as Anne navigates her dilemma. Her loyalty to her friends motivates her choices, and their concerns about the scientist reflect the importance of having supportive friends who look out for one another. The episode illustrates how friends can help each other make better decisions, reinforcing the value of companionship in challenging situations. |
| Are there any humorous moments in the episode? | Yes, the episode is sprinkled with humor, particularly in the interactions between Anne and the quirky scientist. His exaggerated claims and the chaotic consequences of his experiments provide comedic relief amidst the tension. These moments make the episode enjoyable for kids while also highlighting the absurdity of blindly trusting someone without questioning their motives. |
| How can parents discuss the episode's themes with their children? | Parents can facilitate a discussion by asking their children about moments in the episode that made them think about trust and decision-making. Encouraging kids to share their thoughts on how Anne handled her situation can lead to deeper conversations about recognizing trustworthy individuals in real life, making informed choices, and the importance of friendship in navigating challenges. |
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Writing
- Todd Michael McClintock — Writer
Directing
- Joe Johnston — Director
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sprig tries to capture a mysterious beast to prove that he’s responsible. |
| 1 | 2 | Sprig takes Anne swimming in a nearby lake to help her feel less homesick. |
| 1 | 3 | When Anne breaks Hop Pop's favorite cane, she and her friends set out to replace it. |
| 1 | 4 | When Anne's bedroom floods, she and Sprig must bunk together. |
| 1 | 5 | To win a village cooking contest, Anne leads the family on a quest to make pizza. |
| 1 | 6 | Sprig wants Anne and Hop Pop to get along, so he tricks them into going on a stakeout. |
| 1 | 7 | Anne wants to keep a caterpillar as a pet, but she'll have to keep it a secret from Hop Pop. |
| 1 | 8 | After one of the Plantars mysteriously runs out the charge on Anne's phone, the family embarks on a mission to try and recharge it. |
| 1 | 9 | In an attempt to learn to drive the family snail wagon, Anne and Sprig take it for a joy ride. |
| 1 | 10 | Anne's pimple breakout makes her a celebrity in Wartwood. |
| 1 | 11 | Angry with how the Plantar farm is being run, Sprig decides to overthrow Hop Pop. |
| 1 | 12 | Anne plans to give Polly some long-overdue girl time, whether Polly wants it or not. |
| 1 | 13 | Anne and Hop Pop learn Sprig may like Ivy Sundew, so they attempt to set them up. |
| 1 | 14 | Anne pretends to like camping, which is fine until she goes dangerously overboard. |
| 1 | 15 | Anne fakes getting sick to get off work, but the rest of the family gets sick. |
| 1 | 16 | Sprig and Polly think their family history is boring until they uncover family secrets. |
| 1 | 17 | Anne gets a job at Stumpy’s diner and transforms the humble frog eatery into a flashy Thai fusion restaurant. |
| 1 | 18 | When rent on the Plantar’s food stand skyrockets, Anne has to show Hop Pop the key to being a great salesman. |
| 1 | 19 | Anne befriends toad soldiers to gain respect in Wartwood. |
| 1 | 20 | Toad Tower finds itself under attack by a pair of horrifying herons. |
| 1 | 21 | During Grubhog Day, Sprig has to decide whether to uphold his responsibilities or have fun at the carnival. |
| 1 | 22 | To impress Sylvia Sundew, Hop Pop asks Anne to teach him to dance. |
| 1 | 23 | When Anne exposes Wartwood to a teen romance film, the town splits on the movie's love triangle. |
| 1 | 24 | After losing his stand, Hop Pop decides to run for mayor of Wartwood. |
| 1 | 25 | When Sprig’s rare and precious Blue Moon Shell is stolen, he and Anne investigate to find the thief. |
| 1 | 26 | To prepare for Anne’s quest, the Plantars visit the town archives and accidentally get trapped. |
| 1 | 27 | When a winter cold snap freezes all the frogs in Wartwood, Anne must protect the townspeople. |
| 1 | 28 | In an effort to make Mrs. Croaker like him, Sprig digs up a secret from her past. |
| 1 | 29 | The Plantars stay at a bed and breakfast for the night, but Polly discovers the caretakers aren’t what they seem. |
| 1 | 30 | Everyone calls Anne crazy when she claims to have seen the mythical Moss Man. |
| 1 | 31 | Sprig wants to spend time with Hop Pop on their family fishing trip, but Hop Pop’s friend Sylvia gets in the way. |
| 1 | 32 | Anne’s music box goes missing at the mysterious and exclusive Bizarre Bazaar. |
| 1 | 33 | After Anne helps Sprig break up with Maddie, strange things start happening to them. |
| 1 | 34 | When a popular talent competition comes to Wartwood, Hop Pop goes overboard in training Sprig to win. |
| 1 | 35 | Anne must learn the value of teamwork to win the town's annual Bugball game. |
| 1 | 36 | Anne, Sprig and Polly are forced to stay at a daycare center that turns out to be more than it seems. |
| 1 | 37 | A scary mushroom adventure! |
| 1 | 38 | Anne wins the prestigious "Frog of the Year" award and gets to plan her own party, but the frogs of Wartwood may not be ready for a human-style bash. |
| 1 | 39 | During a banquet hosted by the toads, Anne is reunited with a friend from home. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Worried that something bad could happen while they are in Newtopia, Anne decides to disaster-proof the farm. |
| 2 | 2 | Sprig longs for exotic road trip adventures, but Hop Pop’s strict road rules threaten to spoil all of his fun plans. |
| 2 | 3 | Hop Pop stands up to the wrong family. |
| 2 | 4 | Anne must put her self-consciousness aside in order to learn the true way of the hunter. |
| 2 | 5 | Feeling unappreciated by her family, Polly hatches a plan to make them pay attention to her. |
| 2 | 6 | Hop Pop signs the family up to join a traveling theater troupe, hoping to realize his dream of being an actor. |
| 2 | 7 | Hop Pop drops Sprig and Polly off at a trail designed to help them get along. |
| 2 | 8 | Sasha and Grime must reconcile their differences to escape Newtopia’s most skilled warrior, General Yunnan. |
| 2 | 9 | When Anne discovers an old friend who has been living a double life, she becomes fixated on helping him be his true self. |
| 2 | 10 | The family visits a mysterious roadside oddities museum where every treasure comes with a price. |
| 2 | 11 | The family must defeat an entire ant army before they enter Newtopia. |
| 2 | 12 | Anne, Sprig and Marcy receive a mysterious message from the king of Newtopia that sends them on a puzzle-solving mission. |
| 2 | 13 | Anne finally meets with King Andrias and tries to enlist his help in getting back home. |
| 2 | 14 | Anne and Polly vow to experience the city like locals but end up on a wild ride through the streets of Newtopia. |
| 2 | 15 | Sprig is offered a spot at Newtopia University. |
| 2 | 16 | Hop Pop investigates the disappearance of an old friend and the shadowy crime syndicate he suspects are behind it. |
| 2 | 17 | Hop Pop takes the kids to a Newtopian shopping mall to buy souvenirs, and Anne will do anything to get the perfect gift for her mom back home. |
| 2 | 18 | Anne and Marcy issue a Scare Dare Challenge that brings Sprig and Polly into forbidden areas of the castle. |
| 2 | 19 | Anne and the Plantars look to spend what could be their last day together at the Newtopia Aquarium. |
| 2 | 20 | Anne and the Plantars protect themselves from the dangers of the annual Blue Moon by locking themselves in the house and entertaining each other with the scariest stories they can think of. |
| 2 | 21 | Sprig and Polly stay up all night to drive the family home. |
| 2 | 22 | The Plantars make it to Wartwood, and realize they forgot something important. |
| 2 | 23 | Fed up with her mother's strict rules, Ivy concocts a plan to run away. |
| 2 | 24 | Anne asks Hop Pop to retrieve the music box, bringing some long-buried secrets to light. |
| 2 | 25 | Marcy, Anne, and the Plantars travel to an ancient temple that could hold the key to getting Anne and Marcy home, but only if they can survive the temple's deadly challenges! |
| 2 | 26 | Intent on winning over Wartwood, Marcy makes a plan to improve the town. |
| 2 | 27 | Desperate for fun, Polly breaks out on her own and finds an unlikely new friend in the process. |
| 2 | 28 | Mayor Toadstool is offered his dream job but realizes he doesn't want to leave Wartwood. |
| 2 | 29 | Maddie is working on an important spell but her three baby sisters keep getting in the way. |
| 2 | 30 | Anne and Marcy's quest to get home takes them to an icy mountain temple, but they'll need help to find it. |
| 2 | 31 | Sasha and Grime go on a quest to retrieve a legendary Warhammer. |
| 2 | 32 | Bessie has her work cut out for her when she's tasked with showing MicroAngelo the ropes. |
| 2 | 33 | Anne and Marcy need the help of an old friend to survive a volcanic temple that holds the final key to returning home. |
| 2 | 34 | Anne and the Plantars invite some old adversaries over for dinner to try to bury the hatchet. |
| 2 | 35 | Anne and her friends team up to enter the Wartwood Battle of the Bands contest. |
| 2 | 36 | The gang travels to Newtopia to say their goodbyes and finally send all three girls home. However, someone has other plans. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Anne and the Plantars get transported to Earth, and try to adjust to a wild new environment. |
| 3 | 2 | Anne brings the Plantars to the mall for a crash course in Earth survival. |
| 3 | 3 | Sasha and Grime escape from Andrias and hide out in Wartwood. |
| 3 | 4 | Sprig tries to get rid of a food truck that's threatening the family business. |
| 3 | 5 | The Plantars volunteer to take Domino to the vet. |
| 3 | 6 | Anne and the Plantars try to rob a museum. |
| 3 | 7 | The Boonchuys take the Plantars to the Thai Temple. |
| 3 | 8 | Polly tries to bring Frobo back to life. |
| 3 | 9 | A dangerous enemy finally locates Anne and the Plantars. |
| 3 | 10 | Anne takes the Plantars to the movies, while the Boonchuys try to stop a government agent from finding them. |
| 3 | 11 | Anne tries to give Sprig a great Earth birthday. |
| 3 | 12 | Determined to make his mark on Earth, Sprig becomes a superhero. |
| 3 | 13 | Back in Amphibia, Olivia and Yunan try to rescue Marcy. |
| 3 | 14 | Hop Pop tries to make it as an actor in Hollywood. |
| 3 | 15 | Anne trusts a questionable scientist who may have found a way to get them to Amphibia. |
| 3 | 16 | Anne attempts to surprise her mom with a Thai Go float for the city Christmas parade while the Plantars struggle to understand the holiday. Meanwhile, King Andrias prepares a deadly surprise. |
| 3 | 17 | Anne and the gang have finally found a way home. Unfortunately X has finally located them as well and is moving in. |
| 3 | 18 | Is Anne really commander material? She seems to be kinda of bad at it. |
| 3 | 19 | Sprig and Ivy are inseparable, much to the annoyance of everyone. |
| 3 | 20 | Sasha sends a team of her "elite" troops to take down some marauders. |
| 3 | 21 | The gang look for the city of the Olms. |
| 3 | 22 | Mother Olm's memory isn't what it used to be |
| 3 | 23 | Grime has to take on an apprentice, even if he is a boneless frog. |
| 3 | 24 | A plant based hippie commune really puts the C in Cult. |
| 3 | 25 | Introducing Darcy the latest sensation sweeping Amphibia. Also King Andrias revisits some old memories. |
| 3 | 26 | Ann finds a merry band of tight wearing newts. |
| 3 | 27 | Domino II is a mommy, and she's been captured!? |
| 3 | 28 | Time for some team building exercises. |
| 3 | 29 | The Battle for Amphibia begins. |
| 3 | 30 | Hello people of Earth. Congratulations on being conquered. |
| 3 | 31 | Is saying goodbye. |
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