History Recap / AmphibiaS2E15SprigGetsSchooled

* CharacterDevelopment: When Sprig is offered a spot at the Newtopian University, Hop Pop is slightly reluctant, clearly having learned his lesson about pressuring his grandkids from "Fiddle me This".

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sprig comes up with a desperate plan to escape college upon realizing how much he hates it. After picking the lock to his door and evading spotlights, guard weevils and security forces he finally escapes by...quitting. After all, they can't ''make'' him stay.

Sprig is offered a spot at Newtopia University.

* CallBack: The same portrait of Mycroft Newtback from "Trip to the Archives" is shown in the Newtopia University library where Sprig is stacking books.

* AbsenteeActor: This is the first episode in the Newtopia arc where Marcy doesn't appear.

** Though all things considered, [[FridgeHorror he could have had an accident as a tadpole where it was forcibly severed from him, even if Hop Pop said it "fell off"]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The female professor teaching Sprig's first class is named "Professor Scalini" in the credits, never introducing herself in the episode properly.

* {{Lockdown}}: Newtopia Prep goes into full lockdown at night, complete with metal barricades, guard towers, and guard dogs. Sprig thinks he's being held hostage, but it turns out that they're just really diligent about keeping their students safe at night.

* SpoofAesop: The episode ends with Sprig deciding Newtopia University isn't for him, and a mock-inspirational jingle singing "College isn't for everyone!"

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prof. Herringbone is impressed by Sprig's knowledge and skills, letting him try being at Newtopia University for a day, and even says he's going to let Sprig attend full-time despite how much trouble he caused on the first day. When Sprig admits that he doesn't care much for Newtopia University (but that he might be open to trying again in a few years), Herringbone lets him go without a fight.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: This episode reveals that in Amphibia, tadpole tails drop off as they mature into frogs, whereas the tails are resorbed into the body in real life.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Everything Anne knows about college she learned from WackyFratBoyHijinx movies, which are ''nothing'' like the stodgy confines of Newtopia University. Subverted in that Prof. Herringbone claims to be heading back to a crazy party.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Sprig impresses the school so much, they moved his acceptance from next semester to the next day.

* HelpImStuck: Hop Pop freaks out when he sees the school go into lockdown, and tries to rush to Sprig's rescue... only to get stuck between the bars of the gate.

* InelegantBlubbering: Hop Pop bursts into big, wet tears when he's reminiscing on Sprig growing up and is overcome by nostalgia.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: Zigzagged. The gates to Newtopia University are indeed wide enough for Hop Pop to jump through, except that he gets stuck halfway through. He does get unstuck, but by squeezing through the bars to the other side.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Everything Anne knows about college she learned from WackyFratBoyHijinx movies, which are ''nothing'' like the stodgy confines of Newtopia University. Subverted in that Herringbone is heading back to a crazy party.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Everything Anne knows about college she learned from WackyFratBoyHijinx movies, which are ''nothing'' like the stogy confines of Newtopia University.

* AngryGuardDog: Giant weevils are used as security animals at Newtopia University.

* FishOutOfWater: The montage of Sprig's first day at Newtopia Prep shows him getting everything at school hilariously wrong.
* InelegantBlubbering: Hop Pop bursts into big, wet tears when he's reminiscing on Sprig growing up.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: When Polly says Sprig doesn't have the attention span for Newtopia University, Sprig insists he does. He's immediately distracted by Anne offering to throw her fris-beetle.

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