Terri is a supporting character of Amphibia. Terri[note 1] is a scientist who helped Anne and the Plantar family build an interdimensional portal to return to Amphibia.
Appearance
Body
Terri is a medium-sized petite human, just a little taller than Anne, with short blue hair and freckles.
Clothing
Terri wears a lab coat, light brown skirt, and blue and gray sweater vest with a name tag pin on the right side and a pi/pie pin on the left with brown boots and white socks.
Personality
Terri is described by Anne as a "lovely person",[2] and unlike Dr. Frakes, Terri is down to earth and respectful. Terri helps Anne rescue the Plantars from Dr. Frakes at the cost of the job. Even after getting fired, Terri promised Anne and the Plantars that there would be new resources to build a new portal for the Plantars to help get them back to Amphibia.
Background
Early life
Terri worked for Dr. Frakes for many years, however, the relationship between them was too tense.[3][2]
Skip Man incident
Terri grabbing Dr. Frakes to keep her from being dragged through the mini portal.
In 2019, when Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, and Marcy Wu open the Calamity Box and are teleported to Amphibia, the box causes a strange energy that hits Los Angeles, including Dr. Frakes' lab; there the energy creates a portal which almost sucks up Dr. Frakes with it, but she is restrained and saved by Terri, however, the portal sucks up Frakes' Skip Man to Amphibia.[3][4]
Since then, Frakes becomes obsessed with replicating the anomaly, and with Terri's help, she succeeds in replicating it a few times, creating a portal machine for it, although somewhat unstable. Frakes has also been able to create a machine that shows blurry photos of other dimensions.[3]
Meeting Anne and the Plantars
Terri meets Anne and the Plantars for the first time.
Sometime later, Anne and the Plantars, in their attempt to return to Amphibia and with the help of Dr. Jan, discover that Dr. Frakes can help them get back to Amphibia. Anne and the Plantars head to Dr. Frakes' Brainasium, her children's educational center, and when they knock on Frakes' office door, Terri greets them and tells them that they need an appointment to see Dr. Frakes; however, they manage to go to Frakes by posing as reporters. Frakes reveals to them that she has found a way to open portals to other dimensions, and tells them what happened months ago with the strange energy. The Plantars ask that she open a window, but it can only stay open for five seconds and even then does not show Amphibia.[3]
Terri promising to help Anne and the Plantars.
Another energy surge causes the Plantars' identities to be revealed, and Frakes immediately kidnaps them in the hopes of dissecting them. Anne and Terri team up to rescue them, during which Terri gives up her job with Frakes, and Anne uses the cookies she made to get the rowdy children in the Brainasium to attack Frakes. Terri drives Anne and the Plantars home, with Anne finally coming down on the Plantars for constantly guilting her. They apologize and promise to be more patient. Terri admits that quitting Frakes was for the best, as they can now openly pursue the opening of another portal, thus salvaging Terri's scientific career.[3]
Building the portal
Terri later became Dr. Jan's apprentice and started building their own portal to help get Anne and the Plantars back to Amphibia.[5]
Terri working on the portal alongside Dr. Jan.
Terri and Dr. Jan have completely finished building the portal where she reveals to Anne and the Plantars that the Calamity Box works by music and that the ancient newts must have thought the only way to travel to other worlds is by music. Anne hums the tune that opens the Calamity Box and Terri plays the tune and activates the portal, opening a small window to Amphibia. However, a giant praying mantis appears and attempts to attack Sprig, but Terri unplugs the portal, which cuts off the mantis' claw. Terri then tells them the portal needs work and they need to get more generators to power it up, as well as yogurt-covered pretzels.[5]
Fighting the FBI
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Terri witnessing Anne with her powers.
When Mr. X captures the Plantars and takes them to their base, Anne and her parents rally their friends to rescue them. Terri and Dr. Jan stand outside and spot a generator while Anne, her parents, Molly Jo, Ally, Jess, Humphrey Westwood, and two women from the Thai Community head inside the base to rescue them. Terri and Dr. Jan later took the FBI's generator to help power up the portal while Anne, her parents, and their friends were inside searching for the Plantars and cut the power out. They escape with the Plantars, return to the warehouse, and use the generator to help power up the portal, but it's still not enough to make the portal big. Mr. X and the FBI arrive to capture them, but Anne taps into her Calamity Box powers to power up the portal and makes it bigger. The same praying mantis from before emerges from the portal to hold off Mr. X and the FBI, which allows Anne and the Plantars to escape through it. However, Jenny and the FBI manage to subdue the mantis and end up destroying the portal.[5]
The invasion
Terri cheering for Anne's victory.
During King Andrias and the Core's invasion of Earth, Terri and Dr. Jan were rescuing civilians from attacking Frobots. Terri later witnesses Anne's battle against King Andrias along with Dr. Jan, Ally, Jesse, Molly Jo, and Humphrey, then later cheer after Anne defeats Andrias.[6]
Working on another portal
After the invasion ends and the permanent return of Anne, Sasha, and Marcy to Earth, Terri begins working with Mr. X to build a fully functional interdimensional portal for scientific purposes, however, hiding it from the government, since Mr. X did not want any nation to have such power because of the possible greed for resources or that they could do the same as the ancient newts. Terri, however, is unable to get the smallest portal to open no matter how much power is fed into it. Terri also meets Marcy and starts chatting with her so that she can pass to Terri her knowledge of the Calamity Box technology. Mr. X and Terri vow to the girls to continue working on the portal and to inform them if they succeed in opening a path between worlds.[2]
Reunion with the girls
In 2029,[7] Terri calls Anne during her birthday meeting with Marcy and Sasha and notifies them about having "exciting news". The four reunite at the lab the next day.[2]
Relationships
Dr. Frakes
Terri always had an overly tense and uncomfortable relationship with Dr. Frakes, given her ideas and actions, especially when it came to science. During Anne and the Plantars' visit to Frakes' office, Terri is reluctant to have Frakes show them the portal given how "unstable and dangerous" the process was, which causes Frakes to reluctantly allow Anne and the Plantars to decide. When Frakes discovers the Plantars' frog identities and kidnaps them, Terri helps Anne rescue them from Frakes, tired of Frakes' actions, and finally cut ties with her.
Anne Boonchuy
During their first meeting, Anne poses as a reporter with Terri to allow her and the Plantars into Frakes' office. When Frakes kidnaps the Plantars, Terri helps Anne rescue them, and after doing so, tells them she would help them build a portal to Amphibia.
In "Escape to Amphibia", Terri and Dr. Jan are able to build a portal to transport Anne and the Plantars to Amphibia. When Mr. X and the FBI take away the Plantars, Terri is part of the group that helps Anne rescue the Plantars from them.
In "All In", during the Frog-vasion, Terri celebrates Anne's defeat of Andrias.
As seen in Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia, ten years later, Terri and Anne are still in contact. Terri writes to her during her birthday to tell them about "exciting news" for her, Marcy, and Sasha.
Dr. Jan
Terri and Dr. Jan met while building the portal to help Anne and the Plantars return to Amphibia, and thanks to their love of science, they get along very well. Both work actively to bring the portal to fruition.
In "All In", Terri and Jan rescue civilians from the streets during the Frog-vasion.
Sightings
| Season 3 | ||||||||||||
| Amphibia Main Theme: | Appears | |||||||||||
| Amphibia Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "The New Normal": | Absent | 16. "Froggy Little Christmas": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Hop 'Til You Drop": | Absent | 17. "Escape to Amphibia": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "Turning Point": | Absent | 18. "Commander Anne": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Thai Feud": | Absent | 19. "Sprivy": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Adventures in Catsitting": | Absent | 20. "Sasha's Angels": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Fight at the Museum": | Absent | 21. "Olm Town Road": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Temple Frogs": | Absent | 22. "Mother of Olms": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8. "Fixing Frobo": | Absent | 23. "Grime's Pupil": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Anne-sterminator": | Absent | 24. "The Root of Evil": | Absent | |||||||||
| 10. "Mr. X": | Absent | 25. "The Core & The King": | Absent | |||||||||
| 11. "Sprig's Birthday": | Absent | 26. "Newts in Tights": | Absent | |||||||||
| 12. "Spider-Sprig": | Absent | 27. "Fight or Flight": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Olivia & Yunan": | Absent | 28. "The Three Armies": | Absent | |||||||||
| 14. "Hollywood Hop Pop": | Absent | 29. "The Beginning of the End": | Absent | |||||||||
| 15. "If You Give a Frog a Cookie": | Debut | 30. "All In": | Appears | |||||||||
| 31. "The Hardest Thing": | Absent | |||||||||||
Behind the scenes
Voice
Terri is voiced by Kate Micucci. Micucci was announced as a guest star in the third season on July 24, 2021,[8] with her role as Terri being announced on October 22, 2021.[1] Micucci also voiced Webby Vanderquack from the 2017 DuckTales reboot, another Disney Television Animation produced series.
Debut
Terri debuted in "If You Give a Frog a Cookie". Prior to it, Terri appeared in the third season opening sequence.
Foreign voice actors
| Language version | Actors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Julia Bilous | |
 Spanish (Castilian)
|
Beatriz Bravo | |
 Italian
|
Serena Ventrella | |
 Japanese
|
Fairouz Ai | |
 Polish
|
Marta Dobecka | She is also the voice actress for Bella and Fern in Poland. |
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Trivia
- Although Anne refers to Terri with she/her pronouns in "If You Give a Frog a Cookie",[9] in Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia, Terri is referred to completely with they/them pronouns.[10] Whether this is a retcon or if Terri goes by both sets of pronouns is unknown.
Notes
- ↑ Terri is referred to with she/her pronouns in "If You Give a Frog a Cookie" and singular they pronouns in Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia. Due to this inconsistency, this article does not use any pronouns to refer to Terri.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "November 2021 Programming Highlights". Disney General Entertainment Content (October 22, 2021).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia by Matt Braly and Adam Colás. December 6, 2022. Published by Disney Press. Entry(s) 145, 169, and 174. ISBN: 978-1484711392.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Todd McClintock (writer) and Joe Johnston (director) (November 20, 2021). "If You Give a Frog a Cookie". Amphibia. Season 3. Episode 8B. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Jenava Mie (writer) and Jenn Strickland (director) (August 8, 2020). "Wax Museum". Amphibia. Season 2. Episode 5B. Disney Channel.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gloria Shen, Michele Cavin (writers) and Joe Johnston, Jenn Strickland (directors) (March 19, 2022). "Escape to Amphibia". Amphibia. Season 3. Episode 10. 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, Todd McClintock (writers) and Roxann Cole, Joe Johnston (directors) (May 14, 2022). "The Hardest Thing". Amphibia. Season 3. Episode 18. Disney Channel.
- ↑ "Disney's Amphibia Season 3 Sets October Premiere Date". Screen Rant (July 24, 2021).
- ↑ Todd McClintock (writer) and Joe Johnston (director) (November 20, 2021). "If You Give a Frog a Cookie". Amphibia. Season 3. Episode 8B. Disney Channel. - Anne: "Yeah, but you cost this poor lady [Terri] her job and nearly got dissected."
- ↑ Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia by Matt Braly and Adam Colás. December 6, 2022. Published by Disney Press. Entry(s) 105. ISBN: 978-1484711392.