Disney Channel Drops New Promos for AMPHIBIA Season 2 and Details About the GRAVITY FALLS Homage
This Saturday, the second season of Amphibia premieres. Well, Disney Channel has released a new promo and clip from the season premiere and I’m so excited! The first season has been so incredible to watch and I cannot wait to see the second season as Anne and the Planters try to find her a way home. Plus, there’s going to be an homage to Gravity Falls (a show that creator Matt Braly worked on), and I cannot wait for that either!
I recently got to interview Braly and while he was tight lipped about what to expect as an homage, Variety has gotten and spilled the details. On August 8, the episode “Wax Museum” will air, which features the group of heroes traveling to a roadside attraction oddly similar to the Mystery Shack called the Curiosity Hut. This hut is owned by The Curator who bears a striking resemblance to Grunkle Stan and Frog Soos who looks like a frog version of Soos. Both of these characters will be voiced by Gravity Falls creator and voice actor Alex Hirsch. SQUEE! Braly explained that he asked Hirsch about adding the homage and if he’d be open to voicing the characters.
I have always wanted to create a ‘Gravity Falls’ tribute in ‘Amphibia.' I just didn’t know when or how. The two shows share so much DNA that it seemed like a missed opportunity not to have the worlds interact in some fashion. So when ‘Amphibia’ writer Jenava Hudek pitched an episode where the Plantars would stop at a creepy wax museum during their roadtrip, I knew this was our golden opportunity. Jenava herself was a huge ‘Gravity Falls’ fan and leapt at the chance to work with its iconic characters. The decision was made early to feature alternative universe versions of Grunkle Stan and Soos as frogs. This would be the easiest way to pay homage without stepping on anyone’s toes continuity wise.
Not only did he end up voicing the characters but he even improvised a number of his lines in the booth, giving the characters that classic ‘Gravity Falls’ off the cuff flair. It’s no surprise that the ‘Amphibia’ episode ‘Wax Museum’ is one of my favorite episodes of the season and that the Curator and Frog Soos are stand out characters. Working on this episode felt like coming home in a lot of ways.
I cannot wait for the episode to air!