Thai Feud

"Thai Feud" is the first segment of the third episode of the third season of Amphibia, and the seventy-ninth episode overall.

It premiered on October 16, 2021, alongside "Adventures in Catsitting".

Synopsis
Sprig tries to get rid of a food truck that's threatening the family business.

Plot
The episode begins with Sprig walking around the Boonchuys' house, treating it like he owns the place while Hop Pop and Polly still recognize that they are guests in their new home. Hop Pop and Polly remind Sprig that they aren't part of Anne's family, and that's where this episode takes flight. Now, Sprig wants to help out around the house with chores and sees the opportunity to pitch in when the family heads to work at the restaurant, where he is sent to a corner to sip Thai tea.

While there, Anne introduces Sprig to Ned, the family's most loyal customer of their restaurant, Thai Go. As it turns out, Ned has started a new food truck and wants to partner with Mrs. Boonchuy and bring her great recipes to all of Los Angeles with his new truck that he keeps parked outside, "Thai on the Go".

However, Mrs. Boonchuy tells him no, and that the recipes are part of the family and he isn't part of it. She then points out to Anne that the title and placement of his truck right outside actually hurts the business since people and potential customers are confused.

Sprig sees this is an opportunity to help business, and tries to concoct a scheme to get Ned to move his truck, starting by ordering food and ripping his disguise off and saying that Ned's food turned him pink. Of course, LA residents and acting-wannabes think this is a good thing, and rush the truck to order what Sprig ate. But then, Sprig calls them fools and then he starts calling them morons, making them mad. Anne and her mom hear the commotion and they end up dragging Sprig back to the restaurant.

Mrs. Boonchuy then starts telling her daughter off about Sprig’s behavior, making him puzzled, with Anne reminding him that her mom wasn’t about to yell at a guest. Anne then tells Sprig to stay out of it, but Sprig still wants to be family, and later, he writes a fake note to Ned saying Mrs. Boonchuy wants to talk business and gets him to leave the truck where Sprig attempts to sabotage the vehicle. Anne catches him as she takes out the trash mid-act and the two begin fighting in the middle of the truck, accidentally knocking it into gear and taking off through the streets of Los Angeles.

Ned goes to talk to Mrs. Boonchuy per the note when she realizes that the tiny frog wrote it. By the time Anne and Sprig get the truck to stop via a conveniently placed skate park, Ned and Mrs. Boonchuy arrive on scene, where Sprig takes full responsibility because he wanted to help and be part of the family. Mrs. Boonchuy apologizes and says that she shouldn't have made him feel like an outsider.

Then Ned starts crying saying the same thing and echoing the sentiment that he too feels like an outsider and Mrs. Boonchuy offers him a job running deliveries in lieu of getting the family recipes.

Sprig thinks that the situation has been solved. Unfortunately Mrs. Boonchuy starts yelling at him for putting himself and Anne in danger (among other things) and it's official, Sprig is now part of the family, and he begins to burst into tears and hugs Mrs. Boonchuy (to her confusion) as the episode ends.

Cast

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
 * Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
 * Wayne Knight as Ned
 * On Braly as Mrs. Boonchuy
 * Brian Sounalath as Mr. Boonchuy

Additional voices

 * Sam Riegel as Hat Customer, Tyler, Tyler's Boyfriend
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Confused Customer
 * Brian Sounalath as Pink Loving Customer

Songs

 * "Welcome to Amphibia"

Trivia

 * The song Ned listens to while cleaning his truck is "Welcome to Amphibia".
 * In the episode, Anne is wearing a hairclip and ponytail, two key features of Marcy and Sasha respectively. There has been no confirmation whether this is intended by the crew or purely coincidental.
 * Sprig is the only Plantar that appears throughout the entire episode while Polly and Hop Pop only appear at the beginning of the same episode.

Revelation and significant events

 * Anne's parents' restaurant, Thai Go, appears physically for the first time.
 * This is the second time someone assumed Anne was dead for the time she was gone from Earth.

Continuity

 * Anne and the Plantars continue to search for a way to return to Amphibia.
 * This is the second time someone thought Anne was dead as Ned said, which Gabby was the first mentioning this in "Hop 'Til You Drop".
 * The male customer that is shown admiring a disguised Sprig's pink chest from Ned's food is the same person as the art observer from "Hop 'Til You Drop".
 * The 99 ranchers store from The New Normal makes an appearance as a package box in the kitchen scene.

Allusions

 *  - The shirt that Sprig is wearing at the beginning of the episode has an image of a cat-like creature resembling Pikachu.
 *  - Anne states that she has played 900 hours (which is 37.5 days) of Super Wario Kart, a reference to the famous video game.
 * Wario - The name "Wario" also references Mario's rival, who wasn't playable until Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64.
 *  - Ned is wearing a Romance Academy 7 shirt, the game from the episode "Soos and the Real Girl".
 *  - One of the DVDs Polly suggests is "Starzgate", a parody of the 1994 film in the media franchise.
 *  - One of the DVDs Polly suggests is "Quantum Hop", a parody of this television series.
 *  - A bobble head inside the food truck resembles the real-life food celebrity.
 *  - While Anne's mom talks to Ned as he tries to get the family recipes, there's a red bottle labeled with a rooster in the background which resembles this popular product.
 *  - The cans of coconut milk that Sprig attached to the bottom of his feet have a picture of two coconuts.

Error

 * When the close up of Mrs. Boonuchy appears after Sprig starts to lick the frying pan, she is shown wearing her red head band, but in the next scene, she's not.