Anne Savisa Boonchuy

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Anne Savisa Boonchuy
Amphibia character
First appearance	Anne or Beast? (2019)
Created by	Matt Braly
Voiced by	Brenda Song Kai Zen (child)
Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Family	Mr. Boonchuy (father) Mrs. Boonchuy (mother) Hop Pop Planter (adoptive grandfather) Sprig Planter (adoptive bother) Polly Planter (adoptive sister) Sasha Waybright (best friend) Macry Wu (best friend)
Home	Los Angeles, California
Nationality	Thai-American

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Anne Boonchuy (Thai: แอนน์ สาวิสา บุญช่วย) is a fictional character who serves as the main protagonist of the Disney Channel animated series Amphibia. She is voice by Brenda Song.

Creation

According to Amphibia creator Matt Braly, he wanted Anne to have a similar arc to Gravity Falls character Pacifica Northwest, as he felt that "to have this character change so drastically was so rewarding, and that's why [he] knew [he] wanted [his] own show to have some of that element as well". Anne, around with her best friends, Sasha and Marcy, were originally fifteen-years-old because they wanted the series to have a high school-like feel, but were aged down to thirteen in order to appeal to the series' target demographic; due to this, the tiro often realizes actions more akin to high school students, such as driving and having part-time jobs.

Anne marks the first Thai-American lead in a animated show. Braly, who is also Thai-American, chose to make her Thai-American because he wanted more Thai characters in television series. According to Braly, Anne was loosely inspired by his grandmother when she was young. He described Anne being Thai-American as "a number one priority", as he wanted Thai-American kids to see themselves reflected on television. Season 3, which is set on Earth, further delves into Anne's Thai heritage, including an episode set at a Wat Thai temple in Los Angeles. Braly described the temple's representation in the episode as "pretty accurate", as it is important for him to represent Thai culture accurately.

On March 27, 2019, it was revealed that Brenda Song would star in the series as the voice of Anne. According to Braly, Song add-libbed several jokes during recording.

Character

Anne Boonchuy is a 13-year-old Thai-American human girl from from Los Angeles, California. She has short messy brown hair, and usually wears her school uniform consisting of a mauve skirt and undershirt and a light blue-gray shirt with her school's coat of arms on it. She wears white socks, but only one yellow-and-white sneaker.

Anne is described as fearless and self-centered. She also has a rebellious side, as shown in the second segment of the first episode, where she and Sprig defy Hop Pop's orders to stay put and instead go to the lake to swim. Anne is shown to have a zany side; a good example are her interactions with Sprig and anyone else she is really close to. She is also very energetic, which has got her both in and out of trouble. Anne started off as a slightly conceited girl who nevertheless embraced her ethnic roots. Anne is a pop-culture enthusiast with a love for young-adult movies and TV shows. Like most teenagers, Anne is obsessed with her phone, often watching shows and playing games on it. In spite of her recklessness, Anne can often deliver good advice, This is seen in both "Grubhog Day", where she advises Sprig to tell Hop Pop that he doesn't want to take care of the grubhog, and "Cursed!", where she tells Sprig to just break his engagement with Maddie due to his fear of her.

Fictional character biography

Season 1

After being transported to Amphibia alongside her friends Sasha and Marcy by a magical chest known as the Calamity Box, losesing her right shoen and living in the jungle for two weeks, Anne is found by Sprig Plantar and quickly befriends him. She is discovered by the rest of the Plantars and the town of Wartwood who reluctantly let her stay with them. While slightly angsty around the Plantars at first, she realizes that they want to care for her and does her best to please them, especially Sprig who she has a lot in common with. She lives in their basement which is prone to flooding. Over the course of the first season, Anne displays bouts of homesickness and imprints her hobbies on the Plantars, such as her love of pizza, her pet cat Domino, her TV habits, her obsession with couples, her restaurateur abilities and her dancing prowess. Over time, Anne has grown to love the family as her own and does not wish any harm come to them, though she can sometimes be purposefully manipulative to them to get what she wants. While the Wartwood citizens openly mock her at first, they slowly warm up to her and accept her as one of them after she protects them from debt collector Toads that the Mayor had cheated. After the Wartwood citizens threw a celebration for her, Anne is reunited with Sasha who she learns is in league with the Toad Warriors. Anne eventually comes to the realization that Sasha had been manipulative of her throughout their friendship and is forced to fight her. They become separated afterward, with Anne becoming distraught over losing her but promising to make things right with her in the future.

Season 2

Anne and the Plantars leave Wartwood to find answers to how Anne came to Amphibia and how she can get back. They arrive in Newtopia where Anne is happily reunited with Marcy. She was initially protective of her due to her clumsiness but has now accepted that she can take care of herself. Anne was also shown to be slightly jealous of Marcy's intelligence but realized that she was better at being social than her, thus evening them out. While in Newtopia, Anne comes to grips with the fact that she misses her mother most of all and that she would want to be with her more than anything in the world. Together with Marcy, they come to accept that despite her genuinely caring about them Sasha had always looked down on them to a degree. However, they will get her back regardless. Upon discovering that the Calamity Box has lost its power and needs to be recharged (it was left back in Wartwood), Anne becomes solemn over leaving the Plantars, and upon seeing this Marcy lets her to go back with them so they can retrieve the box together and meet up at the first temple. Upon returning to Wartwood, Anne reveals that she is a practitioner of Muay Thai, due to her mother's insistence. She finds out about Hop Pop lying to her about the Calamity Box and becomes angered. When she learns that Hop Pop's fears are related to the death of Sprig and Polly's parents, she forgives him, but admits that she needs time to herself. She later successfully completes the second temple by not only admitting to being dishonest, such as lying about stealing the Calamity Box, but also proving her courageousness in the face of danger. However, she only partially charges her gem as the blue hue in her eyes had not fully been filtered out and her gem begins to flicker. Afterwards, she reunites with Sasha, though she reluctantly accepts her help with the third temple. When Anne discovers Andrias' true intentions with the Calamity Box, she becomes determined to stop him and unleashes her inert blue energy that allows her to fight back. She returns home to Los Angeles, along with the Plantars and the head of Frobo.

Season 3

Anne is happily reunited with her parents and introduces them to the Plantars. Her parents note that she has matured significantly and shows a better appreciation for the things they do for her. She even changes her attire upon returning to Earth. While trying to fend off a Cloak-Bot that was sent after her by Andrias, Anne realizes that she still has the blue gem energy within her, though she has decided to deter from using it, as it tires her out. She eventually comes clean to her parents about why and how she returned and while they are upset with her for keeping information from them, but they realize that she was trying to protect them and the Plantars. In "Froggy Little Christmas", Anne anonymously writes a letter to Marcy and Sasha's parents promising to get them home safely. After donning a similar outfit to what she wore when she first arrived in Amphibia, Anne eventually makes peace with the fact that she will be leaving her parents again to get back to Amphibia. Upon returning, she and the Plantars find Amphibia in ruins. She happily reunites with Sasha. Despite her insistence on taking over the resistance against Andrias, Anne reveals that she now has faith in her to do the right thing. She helps to take down one of the factories. Afterwards, it was noticed that one of her shoes was lost in an earlier incident with a quicksand pit. Anne later comes to terms with the fact that she and Sasha may have directly influenced Marcy's actions that sent them to Amphibia, but learns to forgive her as she had done for Sasha and Hop Pop. Finally knowing who she is and want she wants to do, Anne battles Andrias and defeats him while also freeing Marcy. Only to return to Amphibia and witnessing the moon falling towards them.

Realizing that the moon is falling because of the Core, Anne, Sasha and Marcy are imbued with the gem powers to push it back. Unable to do so, Anne absorbs all the gem powers and destroys the moon and the Core, but loses her life in the process. She encounters the Gem Guardian who offers that she replace her as the new guardian, but she turns it down as she is still a teenager and does not have the wisdom to watch over the universe. The entity agrees and returns Anne to life where she happily reunites with her friends. She has one final goodbye with the Plantars before returning home with Sasha and Marcy. 10 years later, Anne has become a herpetologist and works at an aquarium where she cares for a frog named Sprig.

References

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