"Trip to the Archives" is the second segment of the thirteenth episode of the first season of Amphibia, and the twenty-sixth episode overall.
It premiered on July 8, 2019 alongside "Croak & Punishment".[2]
Synopsis
To prepare for Anne’s quest, the Plantars visit the town archives and accidentally get trapped.[2]
Plot
Anne, Sprig, Polly, and Hop Pop find themselves headed towards the Historic Wartwood Town Archives. Hop Pop explains that the ice caps surrounding the valley will soon melt, allowing them to pass through and look for a way to get Anne home. The kids are all annoyed that they have to go to the library to read but Anne is eventually won over upon realizing that jumping into adventure has done nothing for her while Sprig thinks that reading is dumb and that they need true experience. They get to the archives and learn that it was once the home of Mycroft Newtback, a newt who died trying to travel beyond the Valley, and it was converted into an archive after his death. The entrance is powered by a glass piece that keeps the door open while the sun is out. Once the sun sets, the door is locked until the next morning. Anne, Hop Pop, and Polly all go to read the books that interest them while Sprig gets an idea.
As everyone gets up to take a lunch break, Anne, Hop Pop, and Polly discover that the door is closed and the glass is missing. Sprig reveals he took out the piece and once again attempts to get them to jump into adventure, but they angrily demand he put it back. However, Sprig had dropped the glass and accidentally steps on and breaks it. When Anne and Polly get upset, Hop Pop tells them they just need to wait for someone to visit the archives and open the door for them. However, the log reveals the last person to visit the archives before them was there three years ago. After trying numerous things to get the door open, Anne realizes that the light used to open it is coming from a skylight, and they could use it to escape. They create a tower of books and Anne pokes her head through the top where she spots Bessie and the road. Bessie ends up chasing a butterfly and Anne gets stuck in the small hole. Giant cicadas arrive to graze, putting Anne in danger as they start eating her hair, mistaking it for a bush.
Sprig suddenly remembers that the archives used to be a home and the Plantars locate where the bathrooms used to be. Sprig swims in through the pipes and comes out of Felicia's Tea Shoppe where he rushes back and rescues Anne in time. The rest of the family follows and Anne explains to Sprig that she was not looking for adventure and needs to find a way home, even if it means doing something they don't like. Sprig apologizes, but upon hugging her, they both break the skylight and fall through the ground; landing on the books that they piled up to begin with.
Cast
- Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
- Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
- Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
- Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
- Kaithlyn Robrock as Felicia Sundew (uncredited)
Other characters
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Latin American Spanish
|
Viaje a los Archivos | Trip to the Archives | |
 Bulgarian
|
Поглед в архивите | A look in the archives | |
 German
|
Abenteuer wider Willen | Adventure against will | |
 European Spanish
|
Viaje a los Archivos | Trip to the Archives | |
 French
|
Virée aux archives | Trip to the archives | |
 Italian
|
In visita all'archivio | Visiting the archive | |
 Japanese
|
ちかからのだっしゅつ | It’s from the archive | |
 Korean
|
뜻밖의 여행 | Unexpected Trip | |
 Dutch
|
Het dorpsarchief | The Village Archive | |
 European Portuguese
|
Viagem aos Arquivos | Trip to the Archives | |
 Polish
|
Wypad do Archiwum | Trip to the Archives | |
 Thai
|
สู่หอจดหมายเหตุ | ||
 Vietnamese
|
Hành Trình Tới Kho Văn Thư | Trip to the Archives |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "Trip to the Archives", click here. |
Gallery
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.42 million viewers on its premiere.[1]
Revelations and significant events
- The frozen mountain passes first established in the series premiere would melt away a week after the events of this episode.
- Wartwood has different records of its entire history, which were written down and kept by Mycroft Newtback.
- Sprig is revealed to be stubborn and has a tendency to intentionally cause trouble just to have an adventure or excitement.
Allusions
- Gravity Falls - One of the three journals can be found at the town archives when the Plantars stack up random objects to help Anne get unstuck in the skylight.
Errors
- On Disney+, when Anne sees a huge cicada, she says "Oh, my gosh! That's huge!" but the captions read "Oh, my God! That's huge!"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Metcalf, Mitch (July 10, 2019). SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.8.2019. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.wdtvpress.com/disneychannel/shows/amphibia/episodes/croak-and-punishment-trip-to-the-archives/