Hop Pop: "There she is, gang. Newtopia."
Hop Pop: "That's one cool newt."
[Stranger falls.]
Hop Pop: "Oh."
Sprig: "Been there."
Polly: "Didn't really stick the landing."Marcy: "Are they your surrogate frog family? Did they find you and take you in? Ugh! I love the found family trope!"
Marcy: "The greatest JRPG of all time! Have you played it? Do you wanna play it? Do you want to borrow it? Just say the word and I'll lend you my copy. Man, it'll change your LIVES!"
Sprig: "Oh, come on, guys. Surely you don't trust this 'Marcy' person."
Hop Pop: "I do."
Polly: "With my life, actually."Hop Pop: "Marcy, how'd you like to be adopted?"
Anne: "I don't want to lose you again."
8/10
Sasha: "Okay, so first of all, this beard and burping situation? Unacceptable! Secondly..."
[Sasha turns her head.]
Sasha: "Wait. Do you hear that?"
Sasha: "Ha! Some general you are. Where's your army?"
Yunnan: "I had an army once."
[Yunnan slashes. Two dummies and several trees fall.]
Yunnan: "They slowed me down."
[Sasha turns toward Grime, slowly.]
Sasha: "Oookay. We're leaving now."
[She grabs Grime and runs.]
8/10
[Hop Pop bursts open the doors. Anne screams.]
Hop Pop: "Anne! The play's a distraction for a bank robbery! On one hand, that's awful. But on the other hand we need to support the arts, right?"
Anne: "What? No! They're using you to commit crimes. You can't just pretend you don't know that."
Hop Pop: "Hm. I probably could. I'm a very good actor, you know? Thanks for the advice, Anne!"
[Polly opens the window.]
Polly: "Anne! I love you girl!"
Anne: "I love you, too, dude!"Hop Pop: "I got ya! I got ya!"
[Renee faceplants.]
Hop Pop: "Oops. Kind of misjudged that arc."Anne: "Movies are better!"
8/10
Anne: "Hey, Polly, we just wanted to say we understand—"
Sprig: "Shh. She's napping. You never bother Polly while she's napping."
Anne: "Oh... well, we'll just talk to her when she wakes up, then."
Sprig: [Whispers] "Neeeverrr."Polly: "I guess I live here now! Starting over from scratch. I don't know no one, and no one knows me!"
[Soggy Joe walks by.]
Soggy Joe: "How's it hanging, Polly?"
Polly: "Sup, Soggy Joe?"Speedy Joe: "Sorry to interrupt, but do you guys need a tow to the next stop? Betcha they'll have everything you need to fix up your wagon."
Anne, Hop Pop, Polly & Sprig: "Fwagon."
Speedy Joe: "Is that a word?"
8/10
Sprig: "Man, this stinks!"
Sprig: "Seriously?!"
Hop Pop: "Hey, hey, I just enforce the rules. I don't make 'em."
Anne: "You did make them! They're called Hop Pop's Road Rules!"
Hop Pop: "Darn straight. And I stand by them!"
7/10
Sprig: "Hey! I'm here bestie too! I guess that makes me your bestie-in-law!"
[Sprig laughs.]
Sasha: "Does it?"
[Sprig frowns, laughing awkwardly and coughs.]
Sprig: "Did ya'll feel that?"Sprig: "Hey, everyone! This is a sham! We're not guests. We're prisoners!"
Sasha: "Oh, she's totally freaking out."
[Cut to the banquet hall.]
Wally: "I'm totally freaking out!"
Hop Pop: "Well, it's a good-looking poster, though."
Wally: "Just a little gift for our generous hosts."
Toad Guard: "Hey, that's mine!"
Anne: "Thanks for believing in me, Sprig."
Sprig: "Spranne against the world!"
Hop Pop: "Eh, I never liked that guy."
Sasha: "Hey, Anne? Maybe you're better off without me?"
9/10
Hop Pop: "A Plantar, Frog of the Year, I'm so proud."
Anne: "Sprig, you have the most important job of all: the spectacle!"
Sprig: "Oh, my frog, oh, my frog, oh my frog!"
Anne: "At the party..."
[Sprig squeals.]
Anne: "You're gonna tell Ivy how you feel about her."
[Sprig frowns.]
Sprig: "Wha— Huh?"
Polly: "I'm just kidding, Wally. Get in there!"
Wally: "Validation!"
Ivy: "Oh, hey, Sprig."
Loggle: "At least the party's lit now, Anne."
Anne: "You were right about me, Mayor. I am selfish. I got so obsessed with proving I deserve this, I ruined everything. I'm not Frog of the Year. Why did anyone even vote for me?"
Hop Pop: "Anne, we didn't vote for you because you're flawless. Eh, far from it. We voted for you because of how far you've come. You've grown so much in your time here, and this town just wouldn't be the same without you."
Grime: "Nice to finally meet you, Anne Boonchuy."
8/10
Pim: "The enchanted forest? O-oh my, god. I LOVE THE ENCHANTED FOREST!"
Hobbit: "Away with you, you nasty, rotten thing!"
Pim: "What's going on here? Charlie knows how much I love the enchanted forest."
Princess: "Oh, hello there. How can I help?"
7/10
This show is terrifying, man. Wtf.
5/10
Stranger: "Whoa. Is that fucking black face, dude?!"
Monster: "No no no no! This isn't black face I'm an actual demon."
6/10
Notes
Stranger: "No, you're bloody useless unless you're actually doing what you're paid to do, which is to sell these to children."
Steven: "Got it."
Steven: "Sorry."
Steven: "What am I doing? What am I doing? I don't even have my license."
Steven: "Charming."
Voice: "Truck, stupid!"
Steven:"What?!"
Voice: "Truck!"
Steven: "Sorry, what day is it today?"
Waiter: "Sunday, sir."
Steven: "No... Is it...? Really?"
Arthur: "By even her own Avatar."
Steven: "'Avatars.' Blue people. Love that film.
Arthur: "By avatar, I mean..."
Steven: "You mean the anime?"
Marc: "Steven. You gotta give me control."
Review
Somehow watching a guy be confused for forty minutes was very entertaining.
Already the cinematography, colour grading, the acting, the sets; everything looks and feels way more visceral and tangible than the usual MCU fest. No, it didn't blow me away, but it's solid enough to really stand out, in my opinion.
Overall, a good start. Plenty of mystery, tons of conflict, and we get to follow a non-rich character. That's nice.
Also, at the end of the credits, they link the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Just thought that was cool.
7/10
Charlie: "Let's start by getting some sunlight in here."
[Shrimp screams.]
Charlie: "Whoa! Okay, I'm sorry. We'll start small."
Customer: "Number 15. Could I get the number 15?"
Shrimp: "How do I look, yellow man?"
Charlie: "Y-you look like you're about to tell your friend not to come to school tomorrow, man."
Charlie: "Pim, her name was Shrimpena. She'd be a shrimp."
Pim: "I did think that for a moment. I just thought it was like a quirky like you didn't expect she was gonna be a human thing."
7/10
Charlie: "What's up with the gun?"
Desmond: "Oh, nothing. I was probably gonna use it to shoot myself or something."
Charlie: "Look, Pim, I know it's our job to help this guy and everything, but I think this guy's a lost cause."
Desmond: "Okay, but if you can't help me. I'm gonna f*ing shoot myself and make you two watch."
**Pim: "Okay, not sure about that, but yay!"Desmond: "That... felt... good."
7/10
Hooty: "It is so nice to be surrounded by all of Lulu's dearest friends."
Coven Scout: "Yeah! All hail Lulu!"Lilith: "All I ever got to do was desk work while she goofed off riding wild snake horses and..."
[Luz gasps.]
Luz: "'Snorses'!"
"HISTORY'S TOP 10 PLOT HOLES"
Eda: "Back in the day, I was a bit of an urban-legend junkie. Twigfoot, Lender Man, possums."
Luz: "Those are real."
[Eda snorts.]
Eda: "Yeah, sure, kid."
"If encounted in the forest, do NOT approach. Seriously outsized sense of own importance. They'll be super eager to know 'What the kids are saying about the legend of Twigfoot these days.' They'll get all offended if you haven't heard any and act like you're just really out of the loop and uncool. ACCORDING TO LORE, the name 'Twigfoot' comes from their foot, which is made out of twigs."
"As you approach the teller's window, a figure welcomes you with open arms...so long, they're so long. Too long.
But the terms he's offering you are too good to pass up, the pile of snails too tall, the interest rate too tempting! You don't know what's come over you, you accept on the spot.
And that's when you realise the figures you saw were nothing but an introductory rate. You reach for the snails in your own pocket, but they're already gone. Now they belong to...
THE LENDERMAN."
Lilith: "Was it my tools? Are they broken?"
[Lilith takes off her glasses and sniffles.]
Lilith: "Am... I... broken?"
Lilith: "Stupid rock!"
Luz: "This doesn't look dangerous."
Hooty: "Hiya, Eda! Your pops is such a nice guy. Say, how'd he get that scar on his—?"
Lilith: "Eda's gonna kill me! Eda's gonna kill me! Eda's gonna kill me!"
Dell: "And give Owlbert my regards. Carving him with you is one of my dearest memories."
Philip: "It doesn't matter."
8/10
Luz: "This is a world of magic and beauty. Just look!"
Luz: "Aw, Amity. You're the sweet potato."
Luz: "Hmm."
Edric: "I call it the 'Ed Ricochet 11'. That's how many times I was sent to the Healing Coven."
King: "Ooh! Wait, are these legal?"
Edric: "Would that you more or less interested in buying them?"
King: "Hmm."
Amity: "I'm glad we can be like this again."
Raine: "You know I hate these things. Talking to people. Waving to people. People."
Kikimora & Raine: "Eugh!"
Scout: "Kill that monstrosity!"
Hooty: "Haha! Not the first time I've heard that! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoot!"
Scout: "Head witch, are you hurt?"
Raine: "No, not badly."
Luz: "Amity, now!"
Amity: "But I can't help if I don't know what's going on."
Luz: "And I thought if I helped Kikimora maybe there'd be hope for me."
Belos: "I've always hidden my face out of fear, but because of your support, I can finally take off this mask."
7/10
Luz: "You!"
[Other Luz screams.]
Number Five: "I'm a basilisk, and technically, I— I shouldn't exist. My kind went extinct a long time ago. But we were brought back. They wanted to know how we drained magic."
Stranger: "I'll expose your vile plans on Mew-Tube and finally get my account verified."
Jacob Hopkins: "Usually I don't take it out for just anyone, but what the heck!? If I'm gonna be working with the government, I might as well show off a little!"
Luz: "Staying here was the best decision I ever made!"
Camila: "You... chose... to stay there?"
Luz: "Oh— uh..."
8/10
Eda: "Willow, Goops, watch over Luz. She thinks she has snakes for arms."
Willow: "Will you guys please be quiet?!"
[Gus & Hooty stare at Willow, intimidated. Willow puts her hands together.]
Willow: "What if we played them at the same time?"
Gus & Hooty: "Ooooooaaaaaahhh!"King: "...I'm just, like, throwing it out there, but this would be a great time to bring out Harpy Eda."
Eda: "I don't know how!"
Hunter: "Don't worry. I won't pick a fight."
Hunter: "Hey! Go find a better witch to be with."
Amity: "You know, you were right. We do have a lot in common. I grew up thinking that everything was an opportunity to justify... existing, but there are people out there who won't make you feel worthless. You just... have to let yourself meet them."
[Amity offers her hand.]
7/10
A surprisingly well-thought-out episode. Although, I kind of wish this episode was a little more laid back. Going from continually low stakes to continually high stakes is quite the adjustment. I hope the season alternates more between slice-of-life chill and "WAAARRR!!!!!" but we'll see. Maybe I'll be wrong.
7/10
I wanted to see Sasha keep trying to apologise to Anne, but this works too.
7/10
Hooty: [Thinking] "You were right, Lulu. These three needed my help. So I devised the plan of plans."
Eda: "Hooty, don't let me fall asleep!"
[Hooty falls over.]
Hooty: "Yup! One bite will put you to sleep for hours!"
Eda: "It wasn't your fault. It was yours!"
Eda: "Just tell them. Let them help!"
Eda: "Whoa."
Hooty: "I made it worse. I made it worse!"
Eda: "Hooty, wait. It's okay."Luz: "Okay. Everything is so crazy right now, and I have no idea what my future holds, but it would be so cool if you were in it, so, uh..."
[Luz takes a deep breath.]
**Amity: "Do you wanna go out with me?!"
[Luz exhales and facepalms.]
Luz: "No! I was so ready!"Hooty: "Oh, my gosh, a bug!"
[Hooty eats the envelope.]
Hooty: "Ah! Whoopsie! Hope that was junk mail!"
9/10
Luz: "Have you told Eda about your decision to le—?"
King: "Shh!"
[Window closes. Luz & King look up.]
King: "I— I'm not ready yet."Eda: "I just... don't want to hear him say it, you know?"
King: "Stay away from me!"
Hooty: "Let me be your emotional support!"Perry Porter: "Welcome, everyone, to the Gland Prix!"
Eda: "So, that means..."
Raine: "We fell for their trap."
Darius: "All right. NO MORE PLAYING AROUND!"
Raine: "Look. We may not make it out ourselves."
Eda: "But it'll stop the Emperor, right?"
[Raine nods.]
Eda: "Then we play on!"Raine: "They probably need you more than you realise."
King: "But cranky or not, she's the one who raised me. Which is why I am legally changing my name to King Clawthorne!"
[King chuckles.]
King: "Surprise, Eda! Now we're connected for life, and there's nothing you can do about it!"
8/10
Bat Queen: "Palisman adoption day!"
Luz: "I think we're being kidnapped."
Luz: "Hi-yah!"
Golden Guard: "Huh?"
Kikimora: "Excellent work, my pet."
Luz: "Don't worry. I won't leave him."
Luz: "Back up, or— or else!"
Golden Guard: "Or else... what? You gonna blast me to bits?"
[Golden Guard chuckles.]
Golden Guard: "Nah, you're too nice for that. Fly away? Uh-uh. You know you can't do that either. 'Cause then you'll be leaving behind your precious Palisman. You don't tend to think things through, do you, human?"
Hunter: "Huh? A Palisman!"
7/10
Gus Illusion: "Did we do bad?"
[Luz gasps.]
Everyone: "Whoa!"
Luz: [Pants] "Gus, you ran away so fast, but I didn't want to interrupt, so..."
[Luz inhales and puts her hand on Gus' shoulder.]
Luz: "I think you should go."Gus: "All right, I'm in. Where do we find these Galderstones?"
Amity: "If you give me back my hairband, I'll read you whatever book you want tomorrow."
Kid: "I can grow an entire forest and make my own butterfly sanctuary."
Amity: "Huh, the human world sounds... odd."
Luz: "Maybe it would be less odd if I showed you around someday."
[Amity sits up.]
Luz: "But, uh, let's turn back. I don't wanna push you."
[Quickly, Amity grabs Luz's arm and pulls her along.]
Amity: "We're getting that diary."
Bria: "Angmar!"
Angmar: "Hmm?"
Angmar: [Playfully] "I said you're on lookout duty. And if I catch you playing with any more bugs, I'll make you eat them! Okay? I believe in you!"
Gus: "No, this isn't right! I won't let you steal these."
Gus respecting the dead. I approve :)
I like the worldbuilding of past Illusionists and human citizens in Bonesborough. It makes the world feel more lived in
Malphas: [Deep voice] "Amity."
[Cut to daytime outside.]
Malphas: [Normal voice.] "I'm just, like, super disappointed in you. Like, I can't even process these feelings right now."
Stranger: "Oh-ho! I am the keeper of the Looking Glass Graveyard."
Amity: "Everything's changed since you came here. Being around you, it... makes me do stupid things and I wish it didn't."
[Luz & Amity tear up.]
Luz: "It's okay, I, uh—"
[Luz sniffles.]
Luz: "I-I do stupid things around you too, Amity."
Bria: "Why isn't my magic working?"
Amity: "So, how's it look?"
Edric: "It looks like you're about to get in big trouble with Mum."
[Emira slaps Edric.]
Edric: "Ow."
Emira: "I think it looks great. But, yeah, maybe don't tell her I helped."
Edric: "Bold move, sister."
Amity: "Uh, okay. Good to see you. Farewell forever."
8/10
Young Eda: "And then... it appears."
Gwendolyn Clawthorne: "Cut it out if you have to!"
Eda: "Eh, at least I got company now. And you got me if you need anything."
Lilith: "I haven't seen Mother in forever! And she was handing you a cure on a silver platter!"
Luz: "I'd kill to see my mum right now, and you just launch yours into the sky?!"King: "How do you get a parent's attention?"
Lilith: "Heck if I know."
Luz: "Let me see that book..."
Gwendolyn: "Halt! Only people who have scaled Wortlop's 'Pyramid of Study' can touch the tome."
Gwendolyn: "According to Wortlop, poison like this is made by healers and potion makers who simply want money."
Gwendolyn: "I made you think your curse was something to be ashamed of."
[Curse beast screeches.]
Gwendolyn: "Whether we want it or not, it's a part of you. And I love every part of you."
[Eda shrinks the curse beast.]
Luz: "Man, that is good elixir."
King: "She was trying to do her best, huh?"
Hooty: "No, Lulu! You can't!"
Lilith: "Hootsifer, I have to. But don't worry, we can be pen pals."
[Hooty collapses, sobbing.]
Hooty: "But I can't hold a pe-e-e-en!"
Luz(?): "Here, Mama."
Camila: "Thank you, Luz. You always know what to do."
8/10
Lilith: [Giggling] "Watching the ink dry is the best part."
Hooty: "Avenge me!"
[Hooty pretend dies.]
Hooty: "Bleh!"
Hooty: "Porta-Hooty, reporting for Hooty!"
Luz: "Ooh! A door fit for a tyrant!"
King: "Hehe, that's me!"
Eda: "Get out of here. I'll hold it back and meet you outside."
King: "Ah, no! Keep that thing away from me!"
King: "Eda was right, wasn't she? I was never king of anything. I'm nobody."
Luz: "You are somebody, and I love that somebody very much."
Eda: "You sure they'll be all right?"
Luz: "Hooty knows what to do."
[Hooty spitting maniacally.]
Eda: "You sure they'll be all right?"
King: "But I was too small to do anything."
King: "Someone called me their son. Luz, I think it was my dad."
8/10
Luz: "Welcome to day three of Luz's Magic Boot Camp."
Lilith: [Gasps] "Ooh!"
Luz: "Amity?! Amity!"
Luz: "Operation Change Bump's Mind. Let's go!"
Principal Bump: [Crying] "Life is just so dull without them!"
King: "Eda, wha-what the heck is that supposed to be?"
Willow's dad 2: "See you at first light for a test on the, uh, life cycle of a common swamp toad."
Amity: "Hey! Stay away from my Luz!"
Amity: "Luz, are you okay?'
Luz: "...uh-huh."
7/10
The Star Wars reference, though. They had the "Rogue One" music and everything. XD
7/10
Abominable Cutie Pie: "That's rough, buddy."
Hooty: "How's my new bestie doing? A scrying potion?"
[Hooty gasps.]
Hooty: "Lulu, you're trying to spy on your old buddies? I can help! We can find out their crushes."
[Hooty leans closer.]
Hooty: [Playfully.] "We can give them cute couple names."Salty: "Well, ye had me confront my own biases, and I got nothing but respect for ya now, squirt."
Lilith: "You're just some kind of weird... bird-worm!"
[Hooty frowns.]
King: "Weh?"
Golden Guard: [Laughs.] "You're... actually... weirdly endearing."
Golden Guard: "And try to stay out of trouble. The Emperor is not a merciful man. Byeee!"
7/10
Kikimora: "All kneel before Emperor Belos."
King: "We'll have to do something so diabolical, so criminally insane that they'll have to send us to the Conformatorium."
Luz: "Hey!"
[Guard stops and looks.]
Guard: "Hmm?"
[Sign reads, "DO NOT STEP ON GRASS". Luz & King stand on the grass.]
Luz & King: [Sarcastically.] "Wha...?
[Guard gasps.]
Citizen: "You really think Eda deserves a petrification?"
Citizen 2: "I don't know. This is all happening so fast."
Luz: "I love you, Eda."
Eda: "I love you, too, kiddo."
Kid Lilith: "With this spell declared, let the pain be shared."
Lilith: "I thought it would just be for a day."
Willow: "What's happening to Eda isn't right. She might not always follow the rules, but she hasn't done anything worthy of a petrification."
Stranger: "She helped me escape jail!"
Stranger 2: "She helped me stay in business!"
Principal Bump: "She helped me love teaching again!"
[Principal Bump's smile disappears.]
Principal Bump: "After she left."Citizens: "Let Eda go!"
Luz: "Let my friends go, or else!"
[Luz sends ice towards Belos.]
Belos: "Okay."
[Belos teleports behind Luz.]
Belos: "I'll play."
Lilith: "With this spell declared, let the pain be shared."
Luz: "It's okay. I can teach you what I know, and what we don't know, we can learn together."
7/10
Lilith: "Surround the house!"
Hooty: "Sorry. Eda doesn't like trespassers. But I'm always here to make new friends."
Hooty: "I did it! Oh, hey, look, it's a bug!"
Students: "Good luck, Ms Lilith."
[Lilith inhales.]
Lilith: "Thank you, students. Good luck with puberty."
Luz: "It's time for a heist."
Gus: "Finally, I'll know how to become my best self."
Gus clone: [Whispers] "You're always your best self."
[Gus sobs.]
Lilith: "Sister."
Eda: "You've always looked down on me because I'm wild, but, fortunately, that just made me work harder than you."
Eda: "Maybe it is the curse. But then how pathetic are you that you can't best me at my worse!"
Luz: "Eda, stop. You'll run out of magic!"
Eda: "It's my power, kid. And before you showed up, I spent my whole life wasting it."
Eda: "All right, kid. Listen to me. I'm going away, and I don't know... if... I can bounce back this time. Watch over King. Remember to feed Hooty..."
Luz: "Please, no."
Eda: "And, Luz, thank you for being in my life."
8/10
