History Awesome / AmphibiaSeason3

---> '''Darcy''': (''the cord is cut'') '''AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!! MY CONNECTION! YOU FOOL! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?!''' '''''NOOOOOO!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!'''''

* The Core, specifically Aldrich, pleads to Andrias through his crown to save them, and in return he’ll be assimilated into the Core. That’s when he orders his robots fly towards the Core... not to attack the girls, but ''assist'' them, much to Grime’s (and the Core’s) shock. Seeing the girls try to defy the Core’s will finally gives him the courage to do the same, cementing his HeelFaceTurn.
-->'''Grime:''' I don’t believe this. You’re…?\\

'''Aldrich:''' YouFool You could’ve been immortal! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!\\
'''Andras:''' (''gripping the crown in his hand'') [[IShouldHaveDoneThisYearsAgo Something I should have done a long time ago…]] ''[[MeaningfulEcho standing up to YOU!]]'' (''destroys the crown'')

** On a meta level, the fact that Sasha was not properly introduced to the story until the end of season 1, and Marcy not until halfway through season 2. By all rights, the audience should feel less for them than for Anne just because Anne has been around for longer. Despite this, the duel between Marcy's possessed body and Sasha is the emotional highlight of the episode, and arguably the most emotionally significant fight of the entire series.

** Another thing worth noting is that the Core mocks Anne for using 'Amphibia's Greatest Treasure' against them to which she replies,
--->'''Anne''' These stones are NOT Amphibia's greatest treasure.

[[AC: Sprig's Birthday]]

* A meta one, but this may be the ''first'' time a feathered dinosaur is referenced in an original cartoon by Disney Channel, aside from the feathered ''T. rex'' portrait seen in the season 3 intro.

* On a meta level, Ally and Jess are explicitly girlfriends, and have a pride flag emoji in one of their videos.

* Meta: The underground armory beneath the Plantar house that appeared once in season 1 is brought back, expanded as a bunker for Wartwood. Additionally, the writers utilize the mind controlling mushrooms as Andrias's way of controlling wildlife for his armies. Two episodes that seemed like fillers suddenly come back as main plot points of the wider narrative. The writers pull it off brilliantly.

* On a meta level, the city of Proteus is wonderful to look at. It has some of the best background art of the series so far.

* All the time that Marcy has been trapped within the Core's hivemind up to now, she's spent it solving 300 puzzles, one of which is the [[Franchise/YuGiOh Millennium Puzzle]]. In a meta sense, that means Marcy's the third person to ever do so.

* All the time that Marcy has been trapped within the Core's hivemind up to no, she's spent it solving 300 puzzles, one of which is the [[Franchise/YuGiOh Millennium Puzzle]]. In a meta sense, that means Marcy's the third person to ever do so.

** Not to mention the flashback shown of Hop Pop arriving at the scene of the traumatic event. He didn't hesitate to take arms and fight the herons, even giving one a distinct scar, just to protect his grandkids, and by all accounts, he managed to drive them off.

** In a reference to Anne's Thai heritage, several of her attacks against Andrias are illustrated with lotus blossoms.

** After Sprig reads Leif's note to Andrias, he loses the will to fight, causing the Core to try and force him to kill Anne, clearly relishing in the idea of Sasha seeing her friend die. Unfortunately for it, the distraction lets Sasha cut the cord on Darcy's helmet.

** Also worth mentioning is that Sasha [[CurbStompBattle has the upper hand]] the entirety of the fight [[AngerBornOfWorry after Grime gets hurt]], and the only reason the Core manages to land a crippling hit on her is because it distracts her with projections of her friends (trying to exploit her fear of hurting them) and attacks her from behind.

* A meta one, but this may be the ''first'' time a feathered dinosaur is referenced in an original cartoon by Disney Channel.

* Although it failed, Polly is able to uppercut and then kick down a ''giant'' mind-controlled centipede! Keep in mind, she's a baby!

* Meta: The underground armory beneath the Plantar house that appeared once in Season 1 is brought back, expanded as a bunker for Wartwood. Additionally, the writers utilize the mind controlling Mushrooms as Andrias's way of controlling wildlife for his armies. Two episodes that seemed like fillers suddenly come back as main plot points of the wider narrative. The writers pulled it off brilliantly.

* ''Toadie'' of all amphibians gets to show off his stuff here, including ripping off the beard of a Marauder to reclaim his bow tie.

* When Lysil and Angwin threaten to eat everyone Sasha easily gets her sword pointed at one of their throats and threatens that even if the two manage to eat them they'll just cut their way out of the duo's stomach. They wisely decide to help after that.
* Despite their weakness to sunlight, Lysil and Angwin jump out and manage to stop the drill Andrias is using to try and mine iron ore, saving the Olm city of Proteus in the process.
* Sasha calling the Olm leader out for not being appreciative of Lysil and Angwin even after the above act.
* On a meta level, the city of Proteus is wonderful to look at. Some of the best background art of the series so far.

* The Plantars and company rescuing Gary and the villagers from Andrias's forces.

* Anne fully demonstrates how much her swordfighting has improved in this episode, first taking down a mind controlled worm with a single slice through its collar, then later throwing her sword with pinpoint precision and (calamity power enhanced) force to sever Tritonio's feather and embed it in a tree behind him. Those sparring sessions with Sasha has been treating her well.

* Before leaving, Anne says she only has to break into a mountaintop fortress, so she shouldn't be gone long. She has come a long way from the insecure girl in season 1. And the best part? She's not kidding, she really does get in and out within a single night.

* Andrias enters the battlefield by pulling a ThreePointLanding from the top of his OminousFloatingCastle, pulling out his collapsible LaserBlade's handle, rolling it across his shoulders and into his hands to activate with a flourish, giving off a BadassBoast when the rebels freeze and stare at him. Evil or not, the king has ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvNVa_VS5pU style]]''.

* All the time Marcy's been trapped within the Core's hive mind up to now has been spent solving 300 puzzles, one of which being the [[Franchise/YuGiOh Millennium Puzzle]]. In a meta sense, that means Marcy's the third person to ever do so.

** Not to mention the flashback shown that Hop Pop arriving at the scene of the traumatic event. He didn't hesitate to take arms and fight the herons, even giving one a distinct scar, just to protect his grandkids, and by all accounts, he managed to drive them off.
* Anne vs. Andrias

-->'''Anne:''' Well, hello there [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64q9zY13PVc sweet life-giving K-pop!]]
** After Sprig reads Leif's note to Andrias, he loses the will to fight, forcing the Core to try and force him to kill Anne, clearly relishing in the idea of Sasha seeing her friend die. Unfortunately for it, the distraction lets Sasha cut the cord on Darcy's helmet.
* Sasha vs. Darcy
** The animation is ''fluid'', with Darcy's use of a scythe standing out as particularily gorgeous, spinning it so fast it turns into a circle and effortlessly blocking every single one of Sasha and Grime's attacks.
** Also worth mentioning that Sasha [[CurbStompBattle had the upper hand]] the entire time during the fight [[AngerBornOfWorry after Grime got hurt]], and the only reason the Core managed to land a crippling hit on her is because it distracted her with projections of her friends (aka tried to exploit her fear of hurting them) and attacked her from behind.

** Throughout the fight, Darcy is taunting Sasha, calling her a ControlFreak and pointing out all the ways in which she has been a horrible friend, and dismissing her as a brute. And Sasha brushes her off every time, because she is aware of her failings, she has worked to atone for them, and she is not here for a debate. She is here to kill the Core and rescue Marcy, and Darcy can't distract her from that goal. The jabs still get to her, but she doesn't let it affect her fighting, and her PreMortemOneLiner shows exactly why.

* The storyboard artists and director deserve all the credits for the entire final fight. Anne activating her powers is ''perfectly'' synced to the beat of the song. Later, it does a perfect MatchCut from Anne, with her blue color scheme against the blue sky and white sun, to Sasha, with her dark armor and orange-and-black background of the Core's chamber, providing not only a perfect cut but an amazing use of color to clearly distinguish different enviroments and preventing confusion.

* The reveal of the girls' [[SuperMode full superhero forms]] with the wardrobe upgrade it includes does ''not'' disappoint.
* And the final confrontation has come. Anne, Sasha and Marcy assault the moon where the Core is housed, with their calamity powers making them virtually {{juggernaut}}s. After a full two and a half seasons worth of feeling dread at nigh-unstoppable foes, it's now the bad guys' turn to run for their lives as they're hardly given a chance to land a hit on them while the girls rain a hail of death upon them with near impunity.
* The Core, specifically Aldrich, pleads to Andrias through his crown to save them, and in return he’ll be assimilated into the Core. That’s when he orders his robots fly towards the Core... not to attack the girls, but ''assist'' them, much to Grime’s (and the Core’s) shock. Seeing the girls try to defy the Core’s will finally gave him the courage to do the same, cementing his HeelFaceTurn.

* Seeing that they still can't keep the Core from crashing into Amphibia and with Sasha and Marcy's powers dwindling due to not being as used to it, Anne decides to use all three gems’ power, even knowing that it could kill her. The end result is a ''gigantic'' WaveMotionGun that completely obliterates the Core once and for all. Also mixed with TearJerker, because it does, [[DisneyDeath even if it is temporary.]]

** Marcy making a webcomic. May not seem awesome, but FridgeBrilliance comes in when you remember she seen studying for the PSAT as a 13yo and had a principal say she would solve world hunger, meaning that she chose to do what made her happy rather than forcing herself into a high-profile career that would likely make her miserable.
** Finally, Anne has become a herpetologist who works at the local aquarium and has made an entire interactive exhibit based on Amphibia. As the series showed, Anne was always a smart kid but [[BrilliantButLazy took the easy path]], but thanks to CharacterDevelopment, she has become a respected scientist while still maintaining a connection to the world she loves. Also Heartwarming when you remember that the aquarium was always where she cheered herself up.

** Firstly, after two entire seasons of seeing Anne bond with the Plantars as a surrogate FoundFamily, it's awesome getting to see them interacting with her original family-- and even better, the Boonchuys seem to have accepted their daughter's strange new friends as living in their house, in gratitude for everything [[KarmicJackpot the Plantars did to help Anne when she needed shelter and protection in a strange and hostile world]].
** Anne is shown picking up the Plantars and running away from what seems to be an upgraded robot assassin sent by Andrias in the human world, showing that the madman may have been taken off guard by her unexpectedly still having her Calamity Box powers in the season 2 finale, but he is ''not'' going to underestimate the threat Anne brings to his plans and will be working to preemptively eliminate her even as he preps for the main invasion.
** Anne and the Plantars are seen to be running away from/evading some [[TheMenInBlack government agents]] on a scooter, with police cars and helicopters in pursuit, showing it's not just the threats from Amphibia Anne's got to protect them from.
** Sasha is shown alongside Grime and the Wartwood citizens, showing that they both somehow managed to escape from Andrias and are now leading a resistance movement against him with all the various friendly allies they can-- in Sasha's case, this also allows her to finally use her various skills that she's been building up throughout the series thus far in a heroic capacity and also possibly trying to make amends for her villainous actions towards Anne and the Plantars.
** Andrias' invasion is partially showcased, showing a variety of MechaMooks ranging from robotic dragonflies to a HumongousMecha that deploys smaller ground force troops for an assault. After Anne and her allies were able to carve through the robots Andrias summoned in "True Colors" like a hot knife through butter, this implies that the only reason the robots were so easily beaten then is that they were [[SoLastSeason outdated models]], and Andrias is going to keep improving their performance until each one is a legitimate threat to Anne and everybody on Earth.

* And how does she finally activate her powers? When she sees the frozen Plantars in fatal danger. She represents the stone of Heart, [[ThePowerOfLove and her powers are activated by the love]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship and friendship of others.]]

* Hop Pop, investigating the produce in the food market, finds some durians and, intrigued by this new and impressive looking produce, splits it open on his knee to get a look at it's insides. As anybody who's actually handled the fruit irl will tell you, the durian's skin is quite tough and solid, so this is an impressive feat of strength for what is supposed to be an old geriatric, and serves as an important reminder that for all his advanced age, Hop Pop is still the physically strongest member of the Plantar family[[note]] Aside from Anne, ''especially'' whenever she's using her powers[[/note]]. Too bad he was unprepared for what the inside of the Durian smelt like.

* Anne's BatmanGambit of leaving the security (who was after Hop Pop) with the three moms (who were complaining about Polly hurting their babies) just to get them to leave the Plantars alone.

* Sasha's HeelFaceTurn gets fully realized in this episode, as she vows to become a better person that Anne deserves. To that point, she confesses to the citizens of Wartwood the truth about Anne and the Plantar's whereabouts, and then declares that she'll defend the town against the coming robot army on her own if need be. Remember that this is the same person who incredulously asked Anne how could she defend a bunch of "talking frogs", and now she's ready to lay down her life for those same frogs, even if it's suicide.

* Polly using her body to lure Domino out of the Shwarma shop.

* A meta one. This may be the ''first'' time a feathered dinosaur is referenced in an original cartoon by Disney Channel.

* The Cloak-bot simply spares Anne of her life when Dr. Jan, of all people, bursts right into the museum and sees her coming within two seconds of being KilledOffForReal. Had she not enter the museum when she did, Anne would've been vanquished for good.

* On a meta-level, Ally and Jess are explicitly girlfriends, and have a pride flag emoji in one of their videos.

* Mrs. Boonchuy using her skills making dummies of Anne to distract the Cloak-Bot at the junkyard, and then when it gets the upper hand on the others she grabs a sledgehammer and takes turns beating the crap out of it with Anne until it can't move.
--> '''Mrs. Boonchuy''': ''(wielding a sledgehammer)'' Hey robot! ''Leave my daughter'' '''''ALONE!''''' ''(smashes Cloakbot with the hammer)''

* Sprig stops a ''runaway bus'' basically singlehandedly, by creating a safety net ''[[OverlyLongTongue with his tongue]]''.

* Even in her tired and confused state, Marcy’s intelligence is still a force to be reckoned with, as she immediately realizes that she, Olivia and Yunan are trapped in a LotusEaterMachine that forces them to face their worst fears with illusions.
* Marcy, Olivia and Yunan working together to destroy the eyes creating the illusions.
--> '''Olivia:''' You'll pay for using my mother's likeliness! [Karate kicks a projector eye and disrupts a monstrous projection of her mother]

* Hop Pop strikes it ''big'' in Hollywood, getting a role in a commercial that becomes an overnight success and getting his face plastered all over town. While it's pretty inconvenient for the Plantars trying to be undercover, it is nonetheless very impressive. Especially when Anne gets a call from the director of a huge ShowWithinAShow who wants to hire Hop Pop.

* Egocentric and mad as she is, Dr. Frakes managed to build a working dimensional portal after studying the energy of the Calamity Box for five months. She even managed to get a few images of four dimensions she discovered, one of which being the [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Boiling Isles]].

* How did the Plantars and Boonchuys finally took out the giant robot santa Andrias took control to kill them when he has them cornered? Why, they took the Christmas tree from their float, mounted it in an oversized firework can, lit said can and launch it like a javalin ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice straight through]]'' the robo-santa's chest! And right into the drone! Especially karmic given how Andrias stabbed Marcy.

'''Andrias:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, thanks!]] [[FauxAffablyEvil You too]]-- [[OhCrap Wait, NO!!!]]

* Terri managing to crack the secret to making portals, realizing that the reason the Calamity Box was a music box was because the ancient Newts found a way to use music as a sort of multiversal GPS, and successfully opening a portal to Amphibia, if a small one.
* Frobo is fixed! Well, sort of; Polly bought an RC car model and attached his head to one. She also programmed him to play her favorite movies.
* In a homage/parody of a certain ''Star Wars'' [[{{Film/RogueOne}} film]], Anne confronted a whole squad of FBI agents armed with shock batons in a red-lit hallway with a toy lightsaber... and proceeded to beat the absolute daylights out of every one of them with sword skills she learnt during her time in Amphibia! It has to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPrCv_AzZzQ seen]] to be believed.

* Doubling as a heartwarming moment, Mr. and Mrs. Boonchuy reveal they packed Anne's backpack with all the supplies they think she will need in Amphibia. Knowing how CrazyPrepared the Boonchuys are, that will come in handy.
* When Mr. X tracks the group down to the warehouse, he starts belittling Anne again. She then unleashes her blue powers again, using a ShockwaveStomp to throw the FBI agents off their game, charges the portal fully open herself, and uses Hop Pop's avocado to lure the praying mantis through the portal so it can attack the agents while she and the Plantars escape to Amphibia. This same scene also happens to be some sort of development for Anne's powers, given that she only faints after passing through the portal and has enough fine control to split an avocado down the middle.
* The FBI agents see a giant monster mantis, and their response was to zerg-rush it before finally taking it down with advanced weaponry.

* The Core, specifically Aldrich, pleads to Andrias through his crown to save them, and in return he’ll be assimilated into the Core. That’s when he orders his robots fly towards the Core...but not to attack the girls, but ''assist'' them, much to Grime’s (and the Core’s) shock. Seeing the girls try to defy the Core’s will finally gave him the courage to do the same, cementing his HeelFaceTurn.

** Throughout the fight, Darcy is taunting Sasha, calling her a ControlFreak and pointing out all the ways in which she has been a horrible friend, and dismissing her as a brute. And Sasha brushes her off every time, because she is aware of her failings, she has worked to atone for them, and she is not here for a debate. She is here to kill the Core and rescue Marcy, and Darcy can't distract her from that goal. The jabs still get to here, but she doesn't let it affect her fighting, and her PreMortemOneLiner shows exactly why.

** Marcy making a webcomic. May not seem awesome, but FridgeBrilliance comes in when you remember she seen studying the PSAT as a 13yo and had a principal say she would solve world hunger, meaning that she chose to do what made her happy rather than forcing herself into a high-profile career that would likely make her miserable.

** Marcy making a webcomic. May not seem awesome, but FridgeBrilliance comes in when you remember she was told to study the PSATs as a 13yo and had a principal say she would solve world hunger, meaning that she chose to do what made her happy rather than forcing herself into a high-profile career that would likely make her miserable.

* Seeing that they still can't keep the Core from crashing into Amphibia and with Sasha and Marcy's powers dwindling due to not being as used to it, Anne decides to use all three gems’ power, even knowing that it could kill her. Also mixed with TearJerker, because it does, [[DisneyDeath even if it is temporary.]]

* Seeing that they still can't keep the Core from crashing into Amphibia and with Sasha and Marcy's powers dwindling due to not being as used to it, Anne decides to use all three gems’ power, even knowing that it could kill her. Also mixed with TearJerker.

* The reveal of the girls [[SuperMode full superhero form]] with the wardrobe upgrade it includes does not disappoint.
* The Core, specifically Aldrich, pleads to Andrias through his crown to save them, and in return he’ll be assimilated into the Core. That’s when he orders his robots fly towards the Core… but not to attack the girls, but ''assist'' them, much to Grime’s (and the Core’s) shock. Seeing the girls try to defy the Core’s will finally gave him the courage to do the same, cementing his HeelFaceTurn.

* Credit has to be give to the Core; it just refuses to give up and it takes on all of the girls at once. It takes the Calamity Box's last resort for it to be destroyed for good.
* Seeing that they still can't keep the core from crashing into Amphibia and with Sasha and Marcy's powers dwindling due to not being as used to it, Anne decides to use all three gems’ power, even knowing that it could kill her. Also mixed with TearJerker.
* Anne gets the chance to be a cosmic being of incredible power... and turns it down, knowing that, even with her CharacterDevelopment, she'd screw it up. The entity behind the stones that wants her to replace it, touched by her words, decides to return her to life so she can continue to grow and change, and maybe one day find herself worthy of the position after her natural death.

-->'''Sasha:''' I am ''not'' that person anymore!

--> '''Aldrich:''' We gave you your silly games and your idiotic little friends. It's time for you to be assimilated into the Core. Now.
--> '''Marcy:''' ''No''. Only a coward would hide away in this place. Well, I reject this sick fantasy and I reject you! [...] I started this whole mess because I wanted to escape that reality, but I won't run away from it anymore.

* Seeing that they still can't keep the core from crashing into Amphibia and with Sasha and Marcy's powers dwindling due to not being as used to it, Anne decides to use all three gems power, even knowing that it could kill her. Also mixed with TearJerker.

--> '''Aldrich''': We gave you your silly games and your idiotic little friends. It's time for you to be assimilated into the Core. Now.
--> '''Marcy''': ''No''. Only a coward would hide away in this place. Well, I reject this sick fantasy and I reject you! [...] I started this whole mess because I wanted to escape that reality, but I won't run away from it anymore.

* Seeing that they still can't keep the core from crashing into Amphibia and with Sasha and Marcy's powers dwindling due to not being as used to it, Anne decides to use all three gems power, even knowing that it could kill her. Also mixed with TearJerker

* The reveal of the girls [[SuperMode full superhero form]] with the WardrobeUpgrade it includes does not disappoint.