Contagi-Anne

"Contagi-Anne" is the first segment of the eighth episode of the first season of Amphibia, and the fifteenth episode overall.

It premiered on June 27, 2019 alongside "Family Shrub".

Synopsis
Anne fakes being sick to get out of work during a severe storm, but when the rest of the family actually gets sick, it's up to Anne to take care of them and get them to the healing-pond before it's too late.

Plot
To get out of working outside during a severe thunderstorm, Anne fakes getting sick by making up an illness called “Mocha-Lattes”. The Plantars, not knowing about human sicknesses, fall for it and leave her inside, where she takes a hot bath, paints her nails, and eats ice cream. But when Hop Pop, Sprig, and Polly come back from working on the farm, they really do become sick and face various symptoms such as puffy eyes and elongated tongues. Feeling guilty, Anne decides to take care of them while pretending to be sick as well. The Plantar's then start to develop a disease called Red Leg, which is known to be extremely deadly and causes the infected to slowly turn red. Finding that there is a pond called "The Peak of Health" that can heal them, Anne decides to takes the Plantar's there on Bessie, their snail.

Shortly after reaching the entrance of the Peak of Health, Bessie decides to stop moving, forcing Anne to carry the Plantars the rest of the way on the cart. After climbing a steep trail and jumping over hot geysers, they reach the final pathway to the peak only to find out that they were jumping steps, separated quite far and meant for frogs. Anne, still determined to get the Plantars to the pond, jumps onto a giant fly and they ride it, making it to the pond. However, the redness doesn't die off. Sad that she will lose her adoptive family, Anne tells them the truth and promises to never fake sickness again. Fortunately, they realize that they are not dying, but are just red because of a mushroom Anne put in the soup she made for them when they had initially gotten sick, which produced symptoms similar to "Red Leg". Anne then hugs the Plantars and cries tears of joy knowing they are going to live.

Cast

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
 * Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
 * James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton (scream)

Additional voices

 * Sam Riegel as Ab-Snatchers Actor, Movie Announcer

Other characters

 * Bessie

Trivia

 * This is the fourth episode with Anne's name in the title, the previous ones being "Anne or Beast?", "Anne Theft Auto", and "Anne Vs. Wild" which would be followed by the five upcoming episodes "Wally and Anne", "Anne of the Year", "Handy Anne", "Anne Hunter" and "Anne-sterminator".
 * This is the only episode of season 1 where the main cast of characters are sick.
 * This episode has been pulled from airing schedules on Disney Channel back in March due to the . However, this episode is still available to watch on the Disney+ streaming service. It started airing again on Disney XD on October 5, 2020.
 * Despite being listed in the credits, Wally has no lines in the episode, but can be heard screaming in the background.

Character revelations

 * Hop-Pop hasn't realized that human tongues are smaller than those of frogs.
 * Anne has experience in faking being sick.
 * Sprig's favorite food is mushrooms.
 * Hop-Pop uses the same mushroom for cleaning Bessie's stable, the bathroom floor and to scrub the pots.

Series continuity

 * Anne's temporary bed that she used while sharing a room with Sprig in "Flood, Sweat & Tears" still lies on the floor in Sprig's bedroom.
 * The Plantar family isn't scared, impressed or even fear the thought of dying.
 * Hop-Pop mentions that Anne is being very friendly and helpful to him and that he finds that very uncharacteristically of her. This is indeed not what Anne has been showing towards him in previous episodes and what they have argued about, most visual in the episode "Stakeout".

Errors

 * While at the Peak of Health, Hop Pop's tongue appears yellow for a brief moment.

Allusions

 * The Blue Bird Resembles Sergio.jpeg - The bird that pecks Anne’s hair is a reference to Sergio from The Loud House 's sister show .

Edits

 * The words "dang it", and "I swear" was cut during Southeast Asia broadcast. The line "Just pick a corner for me to pass away in." was shortened to "Just pick a corner for me." Also, the word "live" was cut from the line "Sorry, Hop Pop. But you're going to live to see another day." was shortened to "Sorry, Hop Pop. But you're going to see another day."