Production Code: 223
Spud gets his chance to be a magical superhero when a magical frog bites him and gives him powers. Unfortunately for Spud, Huntsboys #88 and #89, desperate to show the Magical World that they mean business, start hunting him down.
Tropes
- 10-Minute Retirement: Despite quitting the Huntsclan so as to not die in "Homecoming", Huntsboys #88 and #89 are back to hunting in this episode.
- Air Quotes: Spud does this so much when telling Jake that he doesn't want "medicine" for his "little problem" that by the end of it his fingers are sore.
- Borrowed Catchphrase/Catchphrase Interruptus: Spud twists Jake's "Dragon Up!" into "Frog-It Up!", and attempts to borrow his "Aw, man!" but is cut off by his throat expanding.
- Call-Back: Stacey's growing attraction to Spud from "The Rotwood Files" continues to get developed, as she is not only impressed by his chivalry but also his "strength" at refusing the medicine that will cure him of his frog powers.
- Chekhov's Gun: The precariously stacked equipment locker.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Stacey continues to develop a romantic interest in Spud, remembering his name when speaking, suggesting they kiss, and running to inform Jake and Trixie when #88 and #89 attack him.
- Frog Men: Spud becomes a downplayed version.
- Genre Savvy: Spud has become so used to being the screw-up who draws the ire of monsters that he immediately calls his triggering a swamp monster to attack him as soon as he sits down on it.
- Guile Hero: Upon losing his frog powers, Spud decides to rely on his underutilized intelligence in order to be a hero, starting with tricking Brad into opening the same equipment locker Spud previously dealt with, dropping a large assortment of heavy sports balls on him.
- Hurricane of Euphemisms: Huntsboy #89 tries to do this in regards to the destruction of the Huntsclan. He doesn't make it very far.Huntsboy #89: What's shakin', magical chumps? As you might have heard, your fiercest enemy—the Huntsclan—has been wiped out, obliterated, finito-ed...
- I Just Want to Be Special: Spud spends a majority of the first part of the episode envious of the benefits Jake's magical powers bring him, such as increased strength, respect, and gifts from the magical creatures he protects.
- Meaningful Name: Spud describes the antidote as tasting like "wintergreen," similar to the last name of his crush, Stacey Wintergrin.
- Picked Last: Spud is so unpopular during baseball that Brad picks a kid with narcolepsy over him, and Stacey forces him to play right-field so far out that he's in the parking lot. And he still winds up losing them the game.
- Red Sock Ruins the Laundry: Spud accidentally stained his boxers pink after he left pink gelatin powder in the pockets when he washed them.
- Sequel Episode: Could be considered one to "Homecoming", as it deals with the aftermath of #88 and #89 escaping the fate the rest of the Huntsclan met, showing them becoming actual threats.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Spud lets his genius intellect slip some when he's telling a joke to the other students.Spud: And so the snail says, "No! That's just my mucopolysaccharide slime trail!"
- The Stinger: Spud sings the "Spudical Dragon" theme song.
- Superpowers For A Day: For Spud, who becomes a frog-like superhero.
- The Virus: Getting bitten by a magical frog results in Spud gaining the abilities and partial appearance of one.
