History Recap / AmphibiaS1E07TheDominoEffect

* AnAesop: Wild animals belong in the wild for a reason. As the old saying goes, "You can take an animal out of the wild, but you can't take the wild out of the animal."

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Domino II, before she metamorphoses...

* OcularGushers: Hop Pop lets out a really good one at the end of the episode. Throughout, he was bemoaning about a pet spider they used to have but then starts bawling at the fact he missed said spider.
--> '''Hop Pop:''' I missed Charlie Bigbottom with all my heart and soul! WAAAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA....!!!!

* ShownTheirWork: Wasps, which were attacking Domino 2 in episode, do attack caterpillars in real life to lay their eggs in them.

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* AdultFear: Your kids taking in a dangerous wild animal without your knowledge, putting you and the whole family in danger.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Anne lampshades that you can't take a wild animal home and expect it to adjust to its new surroundings. Though Sprig points out [[Heartwarming/AmphibiaSeason1 it worked out pretty well with Anne, herself]].

* AnAesop: Wild animals belong in the wild for a reason.

* TheDreaded: Coastal killerpillars are feared by frogs due to their carnivorous habits.

* OcularGushers: Hop Pop lets out a really good one at the end of the episode. Throughout, he was bemoaning about a pet spider they used to have but then starts bawling at the fact he missed her.

* PoorCommunicationKills: If Anne had bothered to come clean to Hop Pop about Domino II from the get-go, he would've sooner identified that Domino II was a coastal killerpillar, a predator of frogs. Not only would it have saved the Plantars the near-death experience, but it would've spared Anne the pain of letting Domino II go.
* PupatingPeril: It is later revealed that the creature is a "coastal killerpillar" which soon after pupates into a monstrous moth-like creature, and tries to eat the Plantars.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Anne lampshades that you can't take a wild animal home and expect it to adjust to its new surroundings. Though Sprig points out [[Heartwarming/AmphibiaSeason1 It worked out pretty well with Anne, herself.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Anne lampshades that you can't take a wild animal home and expect it to adjust to its new surroundings. Though Sprig points out [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Heartwarming/AmphibiaSeason1It worked out pretty well with Anne, herself.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Anne lampshades that you can't take a wild animal home and expect it to adjust to its new surroundings.Thouh Sprig Points out [[Heartwarming It worked out pretty well with Anne, herself.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Anne lampshades that you can't take a wild animal home and expect it to adjust to its new surroundings.

* RealityEnsues: Anne lampshades that you can't take a wild animal home and expect it to adjust to its new surroundings.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Domino II acts largely like a cat, including purring and meowing. Subverted, however, after Domino II achieves its imago stage - although it still behaves like a cat, it treats the frogs like ''prey'', playing with them like a cat plays with a mouse.

* BaitAndSwitch: Sprig offers Anne an ugly replica doll of Domino II, a doll so ugly that Sprig admits it's too unsightly and offers to get rid of it. ...Only for Anne to embrace it and tearfully say she loves it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Domino II bites Sprig's leg, Anne passes it off as "playful biting". Sprig thinks that it's tasting him, which is probably more accurate as it later turns into a frog predator.

* NoSympathy: Subverted. While Hop Pop was firm about "no pets", he understands Anne's pain in letting Domino II go. When she apologizes for putting everyone in danger and explains she was missing her cat, he confesses that he misses Charlie Bigglebottom, the family spider.

* PetBabyWildAnimal: Anne adopts a caterpillar that looks like her cat Domino and names it Domino II. Unfortunately, it transforms into a frog-eating monstrosity that almost devours the Plantars.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Domino II, before it metamorphoses...

* StatusQuoIsGod: Instead of becoming a new member of the family, Domino II has to go back into the wild so it doesn't harm the Plantar family, much to Anne's regret.

Anne wants to keep a caterpillar as a pet, but she'll have to keep it a secret from Hop Pop.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The '''cat'''erpillar acts largely like a cat, including purring and meowing. Subverted, however, after the caterpillar turns into a moth - although it still behaves like a cat, it treats the frogs like ''prey'', playing with them like a cat plays with a mouse.

* PetBabyWildAnimal: Anne adopts a caterpillar that looks like her cat Domino and names it Domino 2. Unfortunately, it transforms into a frog-eating moth that almost devours the Plantars.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If Anne had bothered to come clean to Hop Pop about Domino II from the get-go, he would've sooner identified that Domino II was a frog-eating monster. Not only would it have saved the Plantars the near-death experience, but it would've spared Anne the pain of letting Domino II go.