Fiddle Me This

"Fiddle Me This" is the second segment of the seventeenth episode of the first season of Amphibia, and the thirty fourth episode overall.

It premiered on July 15, 2019 alongside "Cursed!".

Synopsis
When a popular talent competition comes to Wartwood, Hop Pop goes overboard in training Sprig to win.

Plot
The gang is out shopping while Hop Pop steps into Ascots Unlimited to buy some Ascots. He speaks with the clerk Wartilda about their respective lives. Wartilda reveals that her daughter got into a prestigious college in Newtopia as she was worried that she would not be able to live successfully due to their ascots not selling enough as they used to. Hop Pop sympathizes saying vegetables are not selling well either and decides to buy less ascots to save money. As he leaves, he sees the kids reading a flyer for Amphibia's Got Talent, a show where people show off their skills. When Sprig expresses interest in wanting to show off his fiddling skills, Hop Pop has an epiphany. If Sprig wins the contest, they can earn the prize money and be set for life. Hop Pop supports Sprig's decision and immediately gets to work on training him.

Anne is put in charge of designing a costume for Sprig while Polly is put on support. She is upset by this as she wants to sing, but her singing is a high frequency wail that destroys things. Sprig starts his training which aside from fiddling, also consists of strict regiments. Hop Pop continues to push Sprig to the limit with various exercises. While Anne and Polly think Sprig is improving, Hop Pop continues to chide Sprig as he wants him to be perfect for the show. Sprig is upset as he just wants to have fun, but goes along with Hop Pop's strict training.

The day of the show arrives and Sprig goes out to perform in dazzling fashion to everyone's delight. However, a bat appears and swoops Sprig away. Hop Pop and Polly, using the show judges' spring lever, launch themselves onto the bat where Polly discombobulates it with her singing. The Plantars fall and Anne catches them on stage to the delight of the audience and judges who though it was part of the act. Hop Pop apologizes for pushing Sprig hard and he forgives him. The judges award the winning trophy to Anne and the Plantars who excitedly return home while Mayor Toadstool, who was launched off by the spring earlier for having a terrible act, launches the judges away as revenge.

Cast

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
 * Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar, Stuntman (credited as additional voices)
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
 * Stephen Root as Mayor Toadstool
 * Tara Lipinski as Female Newt Judge
 * Johnny Weir as Male Newt Judge

Additional voices

 * Eden Riegel as Wartilda

Other characters

 * Bessie

Trivia

 * Newtopia makes a cameo in a photo, but does not physically appear until the Season 2 episode, "Marcy at the Gates".
 * Moral: life can have ups and downs but life is perfect the way it is.

Continuity

 * Hop Pop is worried about losing the stand again after first losing it in the events of "Plantar's Last Stand".

Allusions

 *  - Amphibia's Got Talent is a parody of America's Got Talent (and other talent shows). The abbreviation "AGT" is common for America, Arabs, Asia, Australia and Amphibia.
 * "Riddle Me This" - The title "Fiddle Me This" is a reference to the phrase "Riddle Me This" as the common catchphrase of The Riddler from the Batman franchise.