The series centers on Anne Boonchuy, who, along with her friends Sasha and Marcy, is transported to the world of Amphibia after opening a mysterious music box.
Anne Savisa Boonchuy (Thai: แอนน์ สาวิสา บุญช่วย; voiced by Brenda Song[1]) is a self-assured, adventurous, and fearless Thai-American human girl originally from Los Angeles, California,[2] who, on her 13th birthday, gets magically transported to Amphibia alongside Sasha and Marcy after opening a mysterious chest known as the Calamity Box.
[38] Hop Pop is prone to be stuck in his old ways, but eventually bonds with Anne after realizing that they share a lot in common in terms of personality.
[42] Throughout the first season, Hop Pop struggles to keep his fruit stand up and running and ends up losing it when he cannot pay his debt; effectively putting him out of a job.
[17] In season two, Hop Pop leads Anne and the Plantars to Newtopia in a "fwagon" (short for family wagon) and leaves their house under Chuck's care.
[18] While on the road, Hop Pop displays a heroic attitude[45] and further revels on his failed background as an actor, getting the chance to fulfill this dream, albeit with criminals.
[46] While in Newtopia, he briefly has a crisis after realizing that he is not ready for Sprig to leave him[22] and learns from his friend Sal that he must embrace change and the future.
He soon reveals to her that he had feared losing Sprig and Polly, as years ago, while he was away herons killed their parents, and he has blamed himself for being unable to protect them.
[34] Following Anne saving Amphibia and her returning home alongside Sasha and Marcy, Hop Pop continues to garden, now including California Avocados.
[61] In "True Colors", Polly finally grows legs, though they are minuscule, and accompanies Anne back to her home in Los Angeles.
[35] Sasha Elizabeth Waybright[67] is a 13-year old human girl who is Anne and Marcy's childhood friend, whom Grime captured; she eventually became his new lieutenant after proving her prowess in battle.
[16] While Sasha is happy to be with Anne again, she reveals the motivation behind inviting Wartwood to the tower, which is to sacrifice Hop Pop due to his status as an unintentional revolutionary symbol.
After One-Eyed Wally's exploding boom-shrooms destroy the tower, Sasha begins to fall off some crumbling masonry, but Anne and the Plantars rescue her.
Ten years later, Sasha has earned a psychology degree and become a peer counselor for children, though still maintains her tough and determined spirit.
When two giant herons attack Toad Tower, he finds an unlikely ally in Sasha, who convinces him to be more accepting to his lackeys and be more positive and uplifting.
[68] Some time later, Grime leads his army to capture the frogs in Wartwood following Hop Pop's failed effort to replace Mayor Toadstool and plans to have him killed.
[69] He makes a plea to the other Toad captains, including his younger sister Beatrix, to lead an army uprising against King Andrias and proves his worth after he and Sasha successfully retrieve Barrel's Warhammer.
[70] They join Anne, Marcy and the Plantars in completing the third temple; while Sasha appears to finally feel accepted by her friends, Grime insists they continue with their plan.
He plans to continue running and meet up with the rest of the toads that evaded capture, but Sasha convinces him to stay and defend Wartwood, ultimately taking her lead instead.
After she, Anne, and Sasha were transported to Amphibia, she found herself in Newtopia, where she was accepted by the inhabitants and became King Andrias' chief advisor and ranger.
[85] Afterwards, she begins to live in the fwagon outside of the Plantars' house and experiences the same outcast treatment that Anne did when she first came to Wartwood, becoming more disappointed when Polly treats her poorly because she follows others.
After learning that her parents were planning to move, she feared being alone and manipulated Sasha and Anne to steal the box from the thrift store in hopes that being transported to another world would keep them together.
[25] Marcy's body is placed in a suspended animation tank and put a special outfit by the Frog-Bots to help her recuperate so King Andrias can make further use of her.
He takes to many human customs and culture, such as a fist bump, and was glad to see Anne for the first time after Marcy told him about her, proceeding to give the Plantars his royal credit card.
[84] It is later revealed that Anne, Marcy and the Plantars' mission involves undoing a prophecy so that Andrias and his mysterious master, a giant multi-eyed monster, can enact revenge.
He briefs his master of their progress after cutting off Yunan informing him about the civil unrests, the meeting of the toad lords, and Grime still being at large.
He had used the DNA of the Moss Men due to their healing properties and the studies on the Shadowfish enabled the ancients to cheat death and be preserved in the Core.
The truth of her feelings for him weakens his resolve to fight and convinces him to allow Anne to defeat him by destroying the suit, revealing that he had partially turned himself into a cyborg to prolong his life.
[34] Andrias ultimately overcomes his father's influence by crushing his crown in front of Captain Grime and helps Anne, Sasha and Marcy defeat the Core by sending his Frogbots to aid them.
[90] It is later revealed that, despite its extensive knowledge, such as anticipating the strategy from the film "War of the Warlocks", Darcy still does not know much about the Calamity Box; a fact that Anne uses to spare her life.