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* AnAesop:
** BeYourself.
** It doesn't matter how good you are at something - if you enjoy doing it, do it. Not everything will like it, but some might.
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TBA...Having lost his stand back in "[[Recap/AmphibiaS1E18PlantarsLastStand Plantar's Last Stand]]", Hop Pop has resorted to illegally selling his vegetables out of a wheelbarrow in a back alley. He goes out to drum up business only to run into Sylvia Sundew, an OldFlame of his who has returned to town after a long absence. She openly flirts with Hop Pop throughout their meeting, and Hop Pop admits to Anne afterwards that he feels the same way, but CannotSpitItOut. If only there were another way to convey his feelings...

At that moment, Toadie arrives in the town square to announce a dance event taking place that night. As Hop Pop considers attending, he is teased about his dancing skills (or lack thereof) by Monroe, another elderly frog who has been Hop Pop's rival for years, beating him at almost everything they do. Hop Pop resolves to attend the dance in order to spite Monroe and win Sylvia's heart, but as he tries to practice in private, he's forced to admit that he really can't dance.

Loud noises coming from the basement prompt Hop Pop to investigate, and he finds Anne dancing to music from her homeworld. Realising that she ''can'' dance, he asks her to teach him so he can win over Sylvia. Anne agrees, and one TrainingMontage later, Hop Pop has actually become a pretty good dancer - though his freestyle dancing is ''horrifying'', and Anne tells him never to do it again.

At the dance, Hop Pop again finds himself tongue-tied and unable to ask Sylvia to dance, but he finally spits it out after Monroe asks to dance with her first. This initiates a DanceOff between the two, and while Hop Pop's opening routine is good, Monroe turns out to be even better than Anne. Realising he has no chance of winning, Hop Pop decides instead to show Sylvia how he feels the only way he knows how -- through freestyle.

Everyone present is appropriately horrified by Hop Pop's bizarre routine... except Sylvia, who turns down Monroe's advances and chooses to join in with Hop Pop's terrible dancing. Mayor Toadstool cancels the dance in disgust, and everyone leaves save Sylvia and the Plantars. When Hop Pop wishes they could continue their dance, Sprig produces a violin and begins to play a romantic solo, to which the pair dance the night away.



* AnAesop:
** BeYourself.
** It doesn't matter how good you are at something - if you enjoy doing it, do it. Not everything will like it, but some might.



* BeYourself: The episode's Aesop. It's signalled early on when Hop Pop remarks that Anne's lesson on freestyling - encouraging him to express himself in his own unique way - is the first of her lessons he's actually enjoyed. That freestyling is ultimately what wins over Sylvia.



* ChekhovsGun: At the start of his training with Anne, Hop Pop trips and stumbles into a fire ant hill. During his freestyle at the end, it turns out he kept some of the ants in a jar, and uses them to spice up his routine.
* ChekhovsSkill: Hop Pop's utterly bizarre freestyling, which Anne tells him never to do again. Guess how he wins the DanceOff.



* DrunkenGlow: An implied example. As Anne is encouraging Hop Pop to dance with Sylvia, she starts blushing rather inexplicably, considering she doesn't seem to be embarrassed or anything like that. Considering she's holding a glass of punch at the time that she then proceeds to take a sip of, it's possible that she may have been indulging in some (potentially unintentional) underage drinking.

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* DanceOff: Monroe challenges Hop Pop to one, for the right to dance with Sylvia. Monroe is deemed the winner... by everyone except Sylvia, who is charmed by Hop Pop's bizarre dancing and chooses him instead.
* DrunkenGlow: An implied example. As Anne is encouraging Hop Pop to dance with Sylvia, she starts blushing rather inexplicably, considering she doesn't seem to be embarrassed or anything like that. Considering she's holding a glass of punch at the time that she then proceeds to take a sip of, it's possible that she may have been indulging in some (potentially unintentional) underage drinking.



* NoodleIncident: Monroe alludes to "last year's barn dance fiasco" while teasing Hop Pop about his lack of dancing skills. What that fiasco entailed is never elaborated upon.



* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: After Hop Pop gets better at dancing, Anne calls him Hip Pop. Hop Pop flat out admits the reference she's going with that means nothing to him.

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* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: After Hop Pop gets better at dancing, Anne calls him Hip Pop. "Hip Pop". Hop Pop flat out admits the flat-out admits, "That reference she's going with that means nothing to him.me".



* TrainingMontage: When Anne is teaching Hop Pop how to dance.

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* TrainingMontage: When Anne is teaching Hop Pop how to dance. Lampshaded by her playing a song on her phone named "Training Montage Song".
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* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: After Hop Pop gets better at dancing, Anne calls him Hip Pop. Hop Pop flat out admits the reference she's going with that means nothing to him.
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'''Anne''' ''[gasps in horror]'' Oh, ''no''! ''Hop Pop! HOP POP!''

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'''Anne''' '''Anne''': ''[gasps in horror]'' Oh, ''no''! ''Hop Pop! HOP POP!''

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