Renee Frodgers is a minor antagonistic character of Amphibia. She is a theater director who set up her own acting caravan, but secretly used it as a distraction to rob banks in the towns they passed through. However, she was subsequently exposed by Hop Pop and was arrested.[3]
Appearance[]
Body[]
Renee is a short acid green newt, with a paler yellowish underside, and has black chin-length hair.
Clothing[]
She wears a black beret, a pair of red-tinted glasses, and a red scarf, as well as a gray button-up shirt, with darker gray pants and gloves, as well as black leather-like boots.
Personality[]
Renee at first glance appears to be a kind director who is very passionate about her work and who encourages newcomers to act, but is still very strict about acting form at auditions. However, she is secretly frustrated by how little is actually earned in the theater, leading her to the point of using her theatrical caravan as a distraction to rob the banks of the towns they go to, misleading both the audience and her own acting group about her true intentions.
Background[]
Early life[]
Renee Frodgers is a theater director, best known for directing the play "Fear the Dry Swamp", as well as setting up her own theater caravan, which toured different towns in Amphibia to show her plays. However, the plays offered by her caravan were only a distraction so that she and her two assistants could rob the banks of the towns as she considers that at present there is very little to be gained from theater. All this she did without her own acting group knowing about it.[3]
Meeting Hop Pop and arrest[]
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Renee welcomes Anne and the Plantars to her caravan.
One day, Renee helped Hop Pop Plantar and his family escape from a giant sandworm in the Dry Swamp, and seeing Hop Pop's love for theater, she invited them to join her caravan. She offered Hop Pop the lead role in one of the upcoming plays, but when he auditioned, she decided he wasn't right for the part, causing Hop Pop to spend a long time in her office disappointed that he wasn't cast. When Renee asked him to leave as she felt the situation was becoming sad, Hop Pop told her in a dramatic way that it was sadder that his dreams couldn't come true, but Renee, seeing the way he said that and considering that Hop Pop takes the theater as "real", changed her mind and gave him the part. Hop Pop then began performing in the different towns as the lead actor, while Renee and her assistants secretly robbed the banks.
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Renee is arrested.
One day Hop Pop goes to find Renee to make a script suggestion for a play, but he sees that she is meeting strangely with her assistants, which makes Renee decide to tell him the truth and convinces him not to tell anyone about it. However, Hop Pop in the middle of a performance in one of the towns decides to tell the truth and expose Renee. She then tries to escape but Hop Pop tries to go after her to prevent her from stealing the money, and when it looks like Renee was going to manage to escape, she is ambushed by a sandworm and subsequently arrested. It is unknown what became of her acting troop following Renee's defeat.[3]
Sightings[]
Behind the scenes[]
Name and basis[]
Renee is named after Adam Colás' grandmother's stage name, Renee Rogers.[2] Her surname, Frodgers, is a portmanteau of the word "Frog" and the surname "Rogers".
Voice[]
Renee is voiced by Susan Egan. Egan was announced as a guest star in the second season on June 23, 2020.[4]
Egan is no stranger to the stage, as she originated the role of Belle in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast among other stage credits.
Debut[]
Renee made her debut and only appearance in "A Caravan Named Desire".
Foreign voice actors[]
| Language version | Actors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Tatul Bernodat | |
 Spanish (Castilian)
|
María José Barjas | |
 Italian
|
Federica De Bortoli | |
 Thai
|
Noppawan Haemabutra (นพวรรณ เหมะบุตร) | |
 Turkish
|
Seval Tufan |
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References[]
- ↑ Truck Stop Polly and A Caravan Named Desire press release. Disney General Entertainment Content. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colás, Adam (May 17, 2022). "Did you know . . . I shamelessly pay tribute to the people in my life when naming characters? These are the most meaningful two I got to put in Amphibia: Renee Frodgers = Renee Rogers, my grandma’s stage name... Tritonio Espada = Antonio Espada Colás, my Yayo" (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-05-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Adam Colás (writer) and Jenn Strickland (director) (July 25, 2020). "A Caravan Named Desire". Amphibia. Season 2. Episode 3B. Disney Channel.
- ↑ "Disney Channel Renews ‘Amphibia’ For Season 3; Kermit The Frog, Jenifer Lewis, George Takei And More To Guest Star On Season 2". Deadline (June 23, 2020).