Amphibia's moon is the lunar body that orbits the world of Amphibia. It stayed in the background for most of the series, but at the end of the episode "All In", it began to plummet towards the planet after being taken control of by the Core as its final gambit. It was destroyed by Anne during "The Hardest Thing", saving Amphibia.
Appearance[]
Unlike Earth's moon, Amphibia's moon is red as if it were going through a lunar eclipse. It also possesses craters on its surface like our moon.
While under the Core's control, it gained countless orange eyes with yellow pupils with a bigger eye at its center, while also gaining thrusters behind it.
Background[]
The Moon was once a normal quality of Amphibia like any other moon. Somewhere around 1,000 years ago, when Newtopia was at its peak, the Core was able to achieve access to the Moon, where it inserted cybernetic structures and stored various "pet projects" inside the moon, converting it into a massive superweapon, to be a final resort in case its plans to take over other worlds failed.[1]
Centuries later, when Sasha frees Marcy from the control of the Core, the helmet escapes from the Newtopia Castle and blasts off onto the Moon, since it failed to take over Earth and Amphibia. On landing, the helmet inserts itself into a port and activate the moon's machinery. Now in control of the moon, the Core descends to Amphibia as its final gambit.[2][1]
Anne, with the help of Valeriana, grants her friends and herself their full calamity powers, so they could help push the moon back, but it ultimately fails as neither Sasha and Marcy are used to their calamity powers. The situation looking bleak, Anne uses her second plan that Mother Olm had previously informed her about and unleashes all the calamity gems' power on the moon, which would come at the cost of Anne's life, but she would later be revived by the creator of the calamity gems, the Guardian. After this, the moon explodes into nothing but fragments.[1]
Sightings[]
| Season 1 | ||||||||||||
| Amphibia Main Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| Amphibia Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "Anne or Beast?": | Background | 20. "Prison Break": | Background | |||||||||
| 2. "Best Fronds": | Absent | 21. "Grubhog Day": | Background | |||||||||
| 3. "Cane Crazy": | Background | 22. "Hop Pop and Lock": | Background | |||||||||
| 4. "Flood, Sweat & Tears": | Background | 23. "Civil Wart": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Hop Luck": | Absent | 24. "Hop-Popular": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Stakeout": | Background | 25. "Croak & Punishment": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "The Domino Effect": | Background | 26. "Trip to the Archives": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8. "Taking Charge": | Background | 27. "Snow Day": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Anne Theft Auto": | Background | 28. "Cracking Mrs. Croaker": | Absent | |||||||||
| 10. "Breakout Star": | Absent | 29. "A Night at the Inn": | Background | |||||||||
| 11. "Sprig Vs Hop Pop": | Background | 30. "Wally and Anne": | Background | |||||||||
| 12. "Girl Time": | Absent | 31. "Family Fishing Trip": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Dating Season": | Background | 32. "Bizarre Bazaar": | Background | |||||||||
| 14. "Anne Vs. Wild": | Background | 33. "Cursed!": | Background | |||||||||
| 15. "Contagi-Anne": | Absent | 34. "Fiddle Me This": | Absent | |||||||||
| 16. "Family Shrub": | Absent | 35. "The Big Bugball Game": | Background | |||||||||
| 17. "Lily Pad Thai": | Background | 36. "Combat Camp": | Background | |||||||||
| 18. "Plantar's Last Stand": | Background | 37. "Children of the Spore": | Background | |||||||||
| 19. "Toad Tax": | Absent | 38. "Anne of the Year": | Background | |||||||||
| 39. "Reunion": | Background | |||||||||||
| Shorts | ||||||||||||
| Teen Girl in a Frog World | ||||||||||||
| 1. "No Signal": | Absent | 2. "Whack-A-Mole": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Scenic Route": | Absent | 4. "Hop Popcorn": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Cattail Catastrophe": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Chibi Tiny Tales | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Mantis Bowling": | Absent | 2. "Quit Bugging Me": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "Bird Attack": | Absent | 4. "Bucket Blues": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Family Photo": | Absent | 6. "Quicksand": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Selfie Safari": | Absent | 8. "Frogs in Space": | Absent | |||||||||
| Vlogs from the Bog | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Amphibia Food!": | Absent | 2. "Hop Like a Frog!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Driving the Amphibian Way!": | Absent | 4. "Learning About Each Other!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Glamour!": | Absent | 6. "My Dope Life As A Battle Queen! By: Sasha": | Absent | |||||||||
Trivia[]
- The moon is the first object that is visible at the beginning of "Anne or Beast?" and also appears in several posters of the series.
- This could imply the moon being an important plot point of the series finale was planned from the start.
- The moon is usually in a crescent phase throughout the series, however it is occasionally shown in other phases, such as a full moon, waning gibbous and last quarter. Given statements made in the series, the Amphibian continent is likely in the southern hemisphere of the planet,[3][4][5][6] meaning that the crescent is waxing when it is facing right (🌘︎) and waning when facing left (🌒︎).
- Strangely, the moon often changes phases within a single night or in consecutive nights. This usually occurs between the waxing and waning crescents, but also occurs with the waxing crescent and full moon in "Anne of the Year" and "Turning Point".
- During some nights, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon orbits Amphibia. The moon's shadow creates the blood moon effect, which would make the area in Amphibia like Frog Valley have a bright red surrounding. Moreover, the lunar eclipse is seen in the show posters and the Season 2 credits sequence.
- In some episodes, the moon is shown in a different color than its usual red. It is possible that these are different moons or maybe the same moon that simply changes color:
- In "Wally and Anne" and "Fiddle Me This", a white moon appears.
- In "The Big Bugball Game", the moon is yellow.
- In "Children of the Spore", the moon is green while the Wartwood citizens are possessed, then reverts to red upon Apothecary Gary's defeat.
- In "Little Frogtown", the moon is shown in grayscale along with the rest of the scene.
- In "The Shut-In!", the moon is blue to match the corresponding event.
- Even though it is destroyed during "The Hardest Thing", the moon is seen during the episode's epilogue credits.
- An explanation to this is that Amphibia may have more than one moon, as this could be a different moon, maybe even the white one seen in some episodes.
- Another explanation could be that it is from a flashback, as the shot is identical to the second exterior shot of the Plantar Farm from the series premiere. This is further backed up by the fact that the Plantar Farm in the shot doesn't include Hop Pop's avocados.
- The moon was already shown falling into Amphibia in "The Core & The King" through Leif's vision as a warning of the 3 gems.
- The moon was foreshadowed to fall into Amphibia in the Chibi Tiny Tales short "Quit Bugging Me", in which Sprig accidentally latches his tongue to the moon and pulls it towards the ground.
- In reality, the moon would not have been able to collide with Amphibia, as upon crossing the planet's "Roche limit", it would've been torn apart by gravitational tidal forces to form a ring system. Although, the moon is set in another universe than Earth's universe, and the Core, using whatever technology developed on the moon from the gems, might've changed the results.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adam Colás, Todd McClintock (writers) and Roxann Cole, Joe Johnston (directors) (May 14, 2022). "The Hardest Thing". Amphibia. Season 3. Episode 18. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Gloria Shen, Jenava Mie, Michele Cavin (writers) and Roxann Cole, Joe Johnston, Jenn Strickland (directors) (May 7, 2022). "All In". Amphibia. Season 3. Episode 17. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Adam Colás (writer) and Kyler Spears (director) (July 11, 2020). "Handy Anne". Amphibia. Season 2. Episode 1A. Disney Channel. - Sprig: "Spring is finally here."
- ↑ Adam Colás (writer) and Kyler Spears (director) (July 11, 2020). "Handy Anne". Amphibia. Season 2. Episode 1A. Disney Channel. - Frog: "Yep, it's been three months."
- ↑ Matt Braly, Jack Ferraiolo (writers) and Derek Kirk Kim (director) (June 17, 2019). "Best Fronds". Amphibia. Season 1. Episode 1B. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia by Matt Braly and Adam Colás. December 6, 2022. Published by Disney Press. Entry(s) 29. ISBN: 978-1484711392.