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Why I Think Amphibia S2 Redeemed The Series
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2022
- Amphibia has earned its way into the hearts of many fans with its mysterious story, its loveable characters, and its heartfelt animation and humor. But, it did seem to have a rough start when it released its troubled first season. However, the show would eventually grow bigger and stronger in its inevitable 2nd season, but what exactly did it do to improve and redeem itself?
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While Season 2 was definitely a noticeable improvement, redeemed feels like the wrong word to me. Elevated maybe?
That is another good way of looking at it. I just personally picked the term "redeemed" since I personally thought that S1 was kinda a rough start. I know people love S1 of the show, and I respect that love that they have for it despite my gripes with it, but I just can't seem to get over the problems I personally have with it, which may be why I personally found S2 such a great step in the right direction to make the show what it is now.
What about "focused", because I feel like the overall weakness of season 1 was how filler heavy it was, but in season 2 the show finally started to bring more and more attention on the overarching plot.
Honestly, every cartoon is kind of like that. Starts off slow and is still finding an identity. When Steven Universe first got his powers threw an ice cream sandwich, would you have believed he'd be going through things like intergenerational trauma and identity crises? Even episodic shows can be thrown into that. SpongeBob season 1 is great, but let's be honest, most remember seasons 2 and 3 a lot more. That's what got us Band Geeks, Chocolate with Nuts, Idiot Box, The Camping Episode, and so many other classics. Season 1 had it's episodes too, like Pizza Delivery but I think it's humor came more from the charm than the characters themselves.
I honestly didn’t like Season 1, seeing it as too much filler and not enough story, especially with cliffhangers that were never brought up in Season 2, that I thought would never be brought up again, but were brought up in Season 3. Still, Season 1 is my least favorite. That’s why I love modern Disney Channel. They’ve proven that it can be something for all ages, not just with Amphibia, but other shows like the Owl House.
i think season 3 was paced perfectly. i think the "filler" was more because they wanted to prepare you for the second half especially the final 3 episodes
Especially Fight at the Museum and Temple Frogs because it lead them to Mother Olm
Ye, i have slight complains abaut sezon 3, but mostly it was good. Stilln sezon 2a is best part of the show in my opinion. But that might be my nostalgia, as that was the moment when i started watching amphibia at the time of episode relese.
The only TRUE filler episode was "Thai Feud / Adventures in Catsitting". That should have been shelved for something more important, like maybe expanding the finale to two episodes instead of one. Other than that, every episode held some manner of importance.
@@GihirahimOfTheShadow I'm sorry but those episodes aren't filler either.
Thai Feud focused on Sprig being part of Anne's family especially with what we learn back in Hopping Mall regarding his parents. It is NOT filler and it never will be.
Adventures in Catsitting foreshadows something that happened in the finale plus we get a great moment with Mr. Boonchuy thanking the Plantars' for taking care of Anne. That is not filler either.
Ok but instead of random bullshit that exists to waste our time. Why not just put all the earth shenanigans in one half of the episode and then go to Sasha in Amphibia for the second half… what’s that? You’re telling me that requires effort from these dogshit writers.
As a fan of the kind of humor the show uses, I honestly had a great time with Season 1 and Season 3's more laidback episodes as much as I had with the more important ones, but I completely agree that Season 2's more plot driven approach did wonders with all the characters, and you explain all the reasons why so well. Great work! ^^
Thank You! It really seems hard to talk about certain stuff like this since my thoughts can be considered hot takes to a lot of people, so I'm glad you found it interesting! Idk if having these sort of thoughts mean that I'm a good or bad film student (probably the latter in all honesty lol), but I just thought it would fun and interesting to talk about.
Season 3a had about the same amount of plot as season 2a thought IMO
I definitely agree that Season 2 was better than Season 1. It kept me enticed and wanting more. Season 3’s first half is definitely similar to season 1, but honestly I would say it was better and sort of fixed the problems. By sort of I mean while there is a lot of filler there is at least one half of each set of episodes that drives the story forward. (Except episode 3 if we don’t count Sprig getting closer to Anne’s mom which I do) It was nice to have that half and half, and then going back to Amphibia shifted the focus onto the story like Season 2. I still think Season 2 is better than Season 3 though (even though All In is DEFINITELY my favorite episode).
Season 1 more feel like a base for the show showing the characters and the world then in season 2 show more lore and development using the world and make something great.
You smell that?
*I smell underrated*
LMAO, you don't know how much I needed that lol, glad you enjoyed
Yeah I agree with you. Sasha got her deserved character development. It was really shocking on the finale for S2. And really nice video! Tuned to watch more amphibia and owl house videos from you! Have a great day!
Thank You! It's honestly kinda scary to make these type of videos since a lot of them are considered hot takes within the fandoms, so it's surprising to actually have people agree with them, so I'm glad you're looking forward to more!
@@MidgardMadness Yeah! I look forward for many more! Have a great day!
@ Midgard Madness I personally see the entirety of season 1 being locked into wartwood as a way of the writers letting the audience know to slow down and get to know the characters before the bigger adventure. The friendship between Sprig and Anne developing, the sisterhood of Polly and Anne, Hop Pop and Anne learning to accept their different personalities, the entire Frog Fam learning how to fight together and develop love towards one another, Anne's slow development from a selfish uncaring teen into a near-selfless caring town protector, Hop Pop showing time and time again how he cares for the little guy and his family, Sprig learning to make choices that benefit others, the dynamic of Anne and Sasha in the finale, there is so much great foundation laid in season 1 that I agree with most of the comments in here saying that I disagree with the words that season 2 just enhanced the series, it did not redeem the series because it was already pretty good in season 1.
I'm sorry but the filler complaint is BS.
I don't see "filler" episodes in Amphibia. I feel that Season 1 and especially Season 3 feel more important to the point that they are necessary.
It's hard to take a critique of Amphibia seriously when they call certain episodes "filler" when they are obviously.
That being said I do agree with you about Season 2 and why it's a great season.
One of the things I praised about Amphibia is that it easily subverted the idea of filler entirely, and I can expland on my idea
When Season 1 was airing (in the bomb format), I was on vacation with my family, and watched the episodes from my laptop. One of the episodes I skipped because I thought it was filler was "Hop Popular," because I had thought that it wouldn't lead to anything. However, imagine my surprise hearing the line about HP running for mayor and that's why Grime wanted to kill him.
At the time, I thought to myself "Wait... That episode that I missed actually has some plot significance?" Now, mind you, there are a lot of episodes like that, but the callbacks are all really well-done and wholesome. For example; "Fight or Flight," I had read the description of the episode and thought "Oh, Anne's going to save Marcy, only to learn that she's under the Core's control." NOPE! Domino II is who arrives, and the use of Domino II in the plot makes perfect sense.
@@TheAssholeAspie the back half of season 3 really did help make some of those season 1 episodes there were seen as filler become more important
the filler argument for these kinds of shows is so dumb to me because they're mostly episodic. That's just the kind of show it is. It's like complaining that The Suite Life of Zack and Cody has filler
The same thing is happening for me and the owl house with season one being ok but season 2 being amazing especially the all the last episodes
I don’t know redeemed is probably too strong of a word. I love the first season of the show but I completely understand why other people might think it’s mediocre compared to the second but the first season was never bad
TOADie is actually frog, weird I know!
Another great retrospective - glad you were able to get your thoughts out 👏👏👏
Keep Up The Good Work~!
Thank You! Planning on doing one of these for when S3 comes to a close discussing my thoughts, or I'm just going to do a whole retrospective of the entire show to see how far it's come + I have a whole lot of other script ideas, so I'm definitely gonna try to do more
You definitely gained a new subscriber from here. You articulate your view points really well, (even if I have some disagreements on season 1) and have helped me view the series from a new angle. Keep up the great work!💙
Yeah, I try to do it in the most respectful way I can, since a lot of things I think are considered hot takes to a lot of people. Idk if that tells me I'm a good or bad film student for thinking this (probably the latter if I'm being honest lol) but I just thought it would fun to over, so I'm glad you enjoyed!
Season 3b. That was worth every episode towards it. The three finale episodes. I was gushing tears for almost an hour after that. Season 3a was not the best, but it wasn’t bad, there just wasn’t much plot important stuff. Season 3b. That was probably one of my favorite chunks of amphibia. And the hardest thing. That knocked my socks off with the whole Anne dying thing. And once I put them back on when she came back to life, they got knocked off again with the trio leaving forever. They will never come back on. I am still sad, and I still have a lot of questions, THERE WAS AN ENTIRE NEW CONTINENT TO EXPLORE! and now it’s gone forever. Also can I just say that in one scene in the aquarium where Anne works now there was a sign that said *get lost in Amphibia* and not only did that hit hard as it was, but, also the in in get lost in amphibia was super small, so at first glance it said *get lost amphibia*. I personally analyzed this as, welp, this shows over so scram everybody. I don’t know, I might just be over analyzing.
Nobody can hate the season that brought us the legend of *GENERAL YUNAN, SCOURGE OF THE SAND WAR, DEFEATER OF RAGNAR THE WRETCHED AND THE YOUNGEST NEWT TO EVER ACHIEVE THE RANK OF GENERAL IN THE GREAT NEWTOPIAN ARMY!*
people thought Amphibia was bad? at ANY POINT IN TIME?!
Good god, someone else who has problems with season 3!!! Feels like rare stuff
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I didn’t like a lot of the filler in season 1, but I actually really liked all the filler in Newtopia in Season 2 that you implied was padding out the runtime near the end. The show had just introduced Marcy and Andrias at the end of a long journey there, so it had already earned one or two episodes of filler, but the fact that they were in an entirely new setting too meant that Newtopia would probably feel underexplored if the characters didn’t get some downtime to spend exploring this exciting new place.
That's honestly something that I wish I brought up in this video looking back on it, cause like how I mentioned that in the first few episodes, despite the characters not doing too much for the actual plot, it still felt a bit relative since it's been established that we're slowly getting to where we need to go, the same sort of thing can be said for the episodes you're talking about. Indeed, we spend a few episodes of doing nothing but exploring Newtopia, but 1. (like you said) it gives us a chance to see what this new location has to offer, and 2. it's been established that Marcy and Andrias are doing research in the background on how they can advance the story, so we'll just take some time with the characters as we wait. All this ultimately falls back to what I said in the video, "It feels like there's a sense of direction now," like no matter we do, whether that be exploring a city or a road trip, it still felt relative to the story somehow
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and now we need the video: Why I think Amphibia S3 redeemed S1
You know it's a sad moment when you get the big non-shiny pupils
Season 2 really was an improvement I would say however i did not really enjoy the first half of the season but the second half except for a few filler episodes really is one of the high points of the show and true colors of course was by far one of the episodes of the show.
if anything season 1 is *under-UNDERrated*
and you can take that in whatever way you'd like! :D
Yeah, I know people have different takes on media (especially around this show as I learned from making these videos lol) and I can understand why they feel the way they do, so I respect how people feel towards certain stuff, even if I disagree, I'm not gonna make a big fuss about it, so I respect your viewpoint nonetheless
Like others here, I disagree with the word "redeemed" because there was no part of Amphibia that I personally disliked. However, I do absolutely agree with the substance of your analysis - S2 is definitely the most focused of the series, and True Colors is the single most impactful episode of a cartoon series (or possibly *any* series) that I've ever seen. Though The Hardest Thing made me cry lile a little baby in ways I haven't since the ending of Coco.
Yeah Season 3 I’m personally conflicted about cause while still enjoyable, it’s felt like the consequences of True Colors weren’t taken as seriously as it should have. I mean I’m probably just expecting emotional after seeing Marcy getting stabbed I suppose I have my expectations high and by the end I feel…conflicted.
But the finale “All in” was definitely my favorite finale.
I went into this series, completely unaware of anything except the fact that a black haired character dies. My friend just decided to post a video of the Marcy getting stabbed scene, and I was interested. I felt curious. I didn’t think I would fall in love with it, I just thought it would be a past-time. BOI WAS I WRONG AND I GOT MAJORLY SPOILED
It always sucks for that to happen, to go into a show because of a spoiler peaking your interest, only to eventually find out that it WAS a spoiler the whole time
@@MidgardMadness yeah something similar happen when I found out about Henry stickmin.I saw a clip of a animal(I think it was a lisard) and it showed a major spoiler.That something I regreted.
Well being perfectly honest, it’s fine that you got spoiled over this mediocre moment because after it happens, the show does everything in its power to ignore the fact that Marcy got stabbed and instead just got KOed. Like seriously did everybody get amnesia or some shit like that. Btw where are her parents? Where are Sasha’s parents? The kids at school were constantly talking about Anne’s return, you’re gonna tell me that neither of their families were concerned for their daughters to the point of asking “where’s my daughter” to Anne; the one lead they have.
"am a grown man I can do this"
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*Cries*
I think that season 3 could be defined as if they wanted to give us the combination of what characterized seasons 1 and 2 in one, one is characterized by offering us the best content of the Amphibia series and the other episodes that are entertaining the first time but feel like you wasted your time and don't feel like revisiting them again in a future.
I love ❤️ this video lol 😂!
Marcy is my favorite femalecharacter
s1 antis after season three: 😨
So I just saw the breakdown of Andrias villanous scene and I say to myself? "Dude's good, wonder if there's more of him to see about Amphib--" and get here... and I honestly sad.
Don't get me wrong. I'm pretty sure your thoughts are well explained and hell, they're probably pretty accurate because season 2 kicks season 1's ass by a mile... but the problem to me is the following: just because something is better it doesnt mean you gotta be dismissive of the "worse" part. Maybe I am exaggerating too and you just dislike season 1 a decent amount but describing episodes like "filler" (according to many comments) or saying season 2 "redeemed" (a term that mades my blood boil thanks to fandoms at large this past decade) season 1? Yeaaaaah... lost interest quickly in watching this.
Sorry for the rant, hopefully next Amphibia video grabs my interest better... it most likely will
Redeemed? I thought season 1 was overall great especiall if you compared ToH season 1 which was qite muddy at best in terms of plot and pacing (Luz was going to Hexside at first until a few episodes later she did)!
Are you gonna do a Season 3 video?
Recently finished rewatching it so I could cement my thoughts about it. Script for it is being written, but another essay is in the works atm, so I want to try and get that done first. Just finding it hard to get it finished since 1. I have ADHD, focusing on 1 thing is hard for me, 2. currently going through college, so that balance is really difficult, and 3. Mental stability is really on the frits rn
I wouldn't say redeemed is the right word but S2 is definitely a huge improvement
How about season 3
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"Earth filler episodes" - More misuse of that word. People be stupid.
yeah i definitely agree season 2 was way more plot heavy compared to season 1 as it was mostly filler.
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I did think a lot of the episodes in S1 were fun and enjoyable, but they just didn't seem to serve a purpose to the overarching story that's been established WAAAY early on.
in defense no shows first season is fantastic here still trying to figure things out if someone told me that the first season of a show was the best and it had a lot of seasons I would consider it an insult
I do agree, some of the best shows have had a slow first season, the first one that comes to my head other than Amphibia is Star Wars: The Clone Wars. But, the problem that I had with Amphibia's first season was that it set up the premise of the overarching story WAAAY early on, and I guess I was just expecting them to do more with it from that point as the season went on, but just didn't feel like it was doing much towards it, if that makes sense lol
@@MidgardMadness Also I have another question is sasha like azula from avatar the last airbender if you have seen that and also do you think cartoons have an easier time telling an overarching story than live action shows because their are less complications like cast members leaving and such and how long should the average cartoon go for I think less is more personally
1.There are a lot of similarities Sasha can have with other characters since there's a lot of redemption arc type characters in media, and some of them can be different in their own way for the context of the story they're a part of. So I'm not surprised people find her similar to characters like Azula despite the differences they have.
2. Live actions shows can still have the opportunity to tell over arcing stories, the first one that came to MY mind are shows like "Agents Of Shield." Despite the MANY problems that the show has, it still had the sense that there is an overarching story to be told, so it is possible, just not easy. But, cartoons do seem to have a bigger reputation telling overarching stories since they don't have to deal with the problems like you mentioned that live action has to face (Cast members leaving, different advancements in the field, etc.) The only limitation that cartoons really have is to keep it all consistent, such as the voices of all the characters, the artstyle that they choose to use, and despite the creative freedom they have with animation, making sure that everything they do still remains grounded to the story. All in all, I think both live action and cartoons can indeed tell an overarching story, it's just that both come with their challenges.
and 3. I'm kinda in the "in-between" category for when it comes to a shows length. Of course, I don't want shows to be TOO short so that the creators behind them can get the chance to tell the stories they want if it is necessary for it to have more than one season in order to completely express their vision. But, I also don't think that a show should go on for TOO long for the chance of them losing interest or ideas for it, I mean, look a show like Family Guy or The Simpsons, or even SpongeBob. The publishers and people behind these projects have to make money off of them, that's just how life is, I just don't want that to be the ONLY reason for a show to keep going.
@@MidgardMadness I have to say with live actions shows i don't like casting changes but its stupid to think everyone will stick around