The Semestress turning out to be a glass frog (which I did not know was a thing) was an interesting twist that had me momentarily conflicted because, poor glass frog and her insecurities but also, that doesn’t excuses killing people and taking their skins.
Just because this was the creepiest semgnet doesn’t mean that it wasn’t humourous. There’s just something about a swamp hermit stealing skins to wear as her own that unsettles me - couldn’t possibly imagine why that could be. I don’t know if it was real or just a fake story used in his and Ivy’s prank but it was definitely the most disturbing. Okay, Sprig’s story is the best and scariest one told. Yes, he does do a fantastic job as usual. It felt like something out of a Courage the Cowardly Dog episode with how both creepy and weird the random guy on the side of the road is.Īlso, yes, that is George Takei as Mr. Littlepot is secretly a grim reaper - or frog reaper in this world - and he turns out to be a creepy bald guy going around chopping off people’s luxurious hair to wear himself. The entire time you’re thinking that the dapper gentleman by the name of Mr. Hop Pop’s segment caught me completely off-guard, which I think was the intent. I’d much rather watch “Phone-Mo.”Īside from that self-inflicted moment of dread, the only other scary thing about this segment was the design of the cuddly viral Internet demon. It’s like a Western Junji Ito’s Uzumaki, so it’s terribly dark and graphic. Memetic deals with a meme that slowly drives everyone who looks at it to insanity. Although, that might have just been me conflating it with a comic called Memetic by James Tynion IV. Admittedly, it did start off kinda spooky with the universally liked viral Internet video. It’s a perfectly entertaining segment but that’s where most of my enjoyment for it came from. Phone MoĪnne’s story is more interesting as a glimpse of what the amphibious citizens of Wartwood would look like as humans.
To keep from getting bored and to remind everyone why outside is bad right now, the Plantars all take turns telling scary stories that make up the individual segments of this episode, except for Polly, who makes her own scary story in real time. Oddly enough, though perhaps intentionally, Shut-In is very much like what Halloween actually was - a time of year where you try to ward off spirits with jack-o-lanterns, costumes, and appeasement through dances and songs. They’re a cause for great concern and the driving force behind the not-holiday that is Shut-In, that time of year where everyone holes themselves up in their homes for the night for their own safety (see the horribly sweet, sweet irony?) lest they look up at the blue moon and turn into terrifying monsters. In Amphibia, blue moons aren’t a neat rare astrological event. Either way, this was a great Halloween episode. I can’t tell if this episode was written recently or if it’s just one big hilarious coincidence considering the current circumstances regarding a certain plague.
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