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** Marcy's new outfit uses the same shorts and shoes Anne wore in the epilogue of "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E18TheHardestThing The Hardest Thing]]".

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** Marcy's new outfit uses the same shorts and shoes Anne wore in the epilogue of "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E18TheHardestThing "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E31TheHardestThing The Hardest Thing]]".
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* ButNowIMustGo: Averted. In Chapter 3, Marcy decides to leave the Plantar home out of belief that Polly hates her. After returning home to drop Polly off (the pollywog having stowed away in her bag) and attempting to leave again, Polly admits she acts this way with everybody and tells Marcy to stay.

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* ButNowIMustGo: Averted. In Chapter 3, Marcy decides to leave the Plantar home out off of the belief that Polly hates her. After returning home to drop Polly off (the pollywog having stowed away in her bag) and attempting to leave again, Polly admits she acts this way with everybody and tells Marcy to stay.



** [[spoiler:Sadha reunites with her friend in Wartwood early after traveling there, makes a better first impression on the Plantars, and decides to teach Bog a lesson for not telling her said friend was there.]]

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** [[spoiler:Sadha [[spoiler:Sasha reunites with her friend in Wartwood early after traveling there, makes a better first impression on the Plantars, and decides to teach Bog a lesson for not telling her said friend was there.]]



** Marcy refers to her journal as "Jo", just as she does in ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuideToAmphibia''.
** Marcy's new outfit uses the same shorts and shoes Anne wore in the epilogue of "The Hardest Thing".

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** Marcy refers to her journal as "Jo", just as she does in ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuideToAmphibia''.
''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuidetoAmphibia''.
** Marcy's new outfit uses the same shorts and shoes Anne wore in the epilogue of "The "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E18TheHardestThing The Hardest Thing".Thing]]".



* SignificantWardrobeShift: The journal entry for Chapter 8 reveals that Marcy's taken to a new outfit over her St. James uniform: it's comprised of a green tunic, beige shorts, black fingerless gloves, homemade ankle-length boots, and a satchel for her supplies. She mentions that she also wears a sunhat and overalls whenever she helps with farm work.

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* SignificantWardrobeShift: The journal entry for Chapter 8 reveals that Marcy's taken to wearing a new outfit over her St. James uniform: it's comprised of a green tunic, beige shorts, black fingerless gloves, homemade ankle-length boots, and a satchel for her supplies. She mentions that she also wears a sunhat and overalls whenever she helps with farm work.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Once Grime has heard from Sasha what Marcy's ex-parents did to her, he's furious as not even toads would stoop as low as to harming their children.]]


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* PersonAsVerb: Hop Pop uses the term "Pulling a Marcy" for whenever someone gets as deep in thought about something and tune out everything else like how she gets "in the zone".

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* AdaptationalKarma: Hinted at the end of Chapter 13, in which [[spoiler:Sasha]] decides to confront and punish [[spoiler:Bog for finding one of her friends, not telling her they were in Wartwood, and allowing Fens to break her arm.]]



* AllForNothing: Marcy spends a few chapters hoping to get Mayor Toadstool to contact the Toad Lords and put out a search for Sasha. After Marcy and Sprig exposes his tax fraud to Bog, [[EvilIsPetty Grime refuses to help out of spite.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't clear where Sasha ended up and is currently imprisoned.

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* AllForNothing: Marcy spends a few chapters hoping to get Mayor Toadstool to contact the Toad Lords and put out a search for Sasha. After Marcy and Sprig exposes his tax fraud to Bog, [[EvilIsPetty Grime refuses to help out of spite.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't clear where Sasha ended up and is currently imprisoned. [[spoiler:Chapter 13 shows [[InSpiteOfANail she was at Toad Tower the whole time]].]]



* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:Marcy has hers with Sasha in Chapter 13 when Grime sends her to Wartwood to talk with her.]]



* DudeNotFunny: [[spoiler:When Sasha finds Anne in her comatose state, she first assumes Anne's faking it and pranking her. It doesn't take her long to see it's not a joke, though she does deny Anne's really unable to wake up.]]



** [[spoiler:Sasha still ended up at Toad Tower and becoming Grime's lieutenant.]]



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In order to cheer Marcy up [[spoiler:after Hop Pop tells her to stop her work service which leads to the Plantars losing their stand, Sprig hums the song he learned from Anne while in her dreams that always helps her relax. Marcy is left wondering how he knows it as Sprig promises to explain it later.]]
* SpottingTheThread: Over the course of the second story arc, the Plantars, Maddie, and Ivy pick up the hints about Marcy's past due to how she avoids talking about her birth family and seeing thr scar on her head.

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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In order to cheer Marcy up [[spoiler:after Hop Pop tells her to stop her work service which leads to the Plantars losing their stand, Sprig hums the song he learned from Anne while in her dreams that always helps her relax. Marcy is left wondering how he knows it as Sprig promises to explain it later.later, doing so after Sasha hums the tune to Marcy.]]
* SpottingTheThread: Over the course of the second story arc, the Plantars, Maddie, and Ivy pick up the hints about Marcy's past due to how she avoids talking about her birth family and seeing thr the scar on her head.


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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Bog has these kinds of thoughts when [[spoiler:Sasha decides they need to talk about his letting Fens harm one of her friends.]]
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** [[spoiler:Sadha reunites with her friend in Wartwood early after traveling there, makes a better first impression on the Plantars, and decides to teach Bog a lesson for not telling her said friend was there.]]


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* InternalReveal:
** After going through the Plantar family tunnels in Chapter 7, Marcy tells the Plantars what happened with her former parents before coming to Amphibia.
** In Chapter 11, she [[spoiler:comes out to them and admits that she's dating Anne.]]
** In Chapter 13, Sprig tells his family [[spoiler:as well as Sasha that he made contact with Anne in her dreams.]]
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** Hop Pop isn't the Plantar that runs against Toadstool in the mayoral elections.


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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Toadstool is all set to gloat over his victory against Marcy in the elections but when he sees her crying, he actually feels bad for her and decides to contact the Toad Lords in order to find Sasha.]]
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* AllForNothing: Marcy spemds a few chapters hoping to get Mayor Toadstool to contact the Toad Lords and put out a search for Sasha. After Marcy and Sprig exposes his tax fraud to Bog, [[EvilIsPetty Grime refuses to help out of spite.]]

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* AllForNothing: Marcy spemds spends a few chapters hoping to get Mayor Toadstool to contact the Toad Lords and put out a search for Sasha. After Marcy and Sprig exposes his tax fraud to Bog, [[EvilIsPetty Grime refuses to help out of spite.]]

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* AllForNothing: Marcy spemds a few chapters hoping to get Mayor Toadstool to contact the Toad Lords and put out a search for Sasha. After Marcy and Sprig exposes his tax fraud to Bog, [[EvilIsPetty Grime refuses to help out of spite.]]



* FailedASpotCheck: When Marcy uses "The Face" in order to get Felicia and the customers in her tea shop to not fear her, nobody catches that her eyes are glowing green.

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* FailedASpotCheck: When Marcy uses "The Face" in order to get Felicia and the customers in her tea shop to not fear her, nobody catches that her [[spoiler:her eyes are glowing green.]]
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Between Chapters 10 & 11, Marcy [[spoiler:creates two new glyph combos, one for bubbles and one for a safety net.]]
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* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Chapter 11 has Marcy finally come out to the Plantars about her bisexuality and her relationship with Anne upon learning that Amphibia is a NonHeteronormativeSociety.]]


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* NonHeteronormativeSociety: As Chapter 11 reveals, same-sex couples aren't an issue in Amphibia [[spoiler:after a shipping war regarding three guys from an anime Marcy shows all of Wartwood. Upon learning this, Marcy confesses to the Plantars that she and Anne are dating.]]

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* AdaptationalBadass: Marcy becomes a stronger magic user thanks to [[spoiler:Luz giving her her glyphs and Marcy's Calamity powers allowing her to activate them without needing Titan's Blood]].



* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: [[spoiler:According to Eda, draining spells are taboo since they kill a witch by draining thwir magic, so using one to suck the Calamity energy out of Anne is not a good idea.]]

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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: [[spoiler:According to Eda, draining spells are taboo since they kill a witch by draining thwir their magic, so using one to suck the Calamity energy out of Anne is not a good idea.]]

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* MythologyGag: Marcy refers to her journal as "Jo", just as she does in ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuideToAmphibia''.

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Marcy refers to her journal as "Jo", just as she does in ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuideToAmphibia''.''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuideToAmphibia''.
** Marcy's new outfit uses the same shorts and shoes Anne wore in the epilogue of "The Hardest Thing".


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* ShoutOut: The tunic Marcy starts wearing with her new attire in Chapter 8 is based off of Link's in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''.

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** [[spoiler:Due the crossover panel with ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' being canon just like in the main storyline, the human protagonist meets Luz & Eda when they open a portalto Amphibia.]]
* LampshadeHanging: Marcy is
puzzled as to how the magic energy within Anne is keeping her alive (preventing her from starving to death), but leaves it be.

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** [[spoiler:Due the crossover panel with ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' being canon just like in the main storyline, the human protagonist meets Luz & Eda when they open a portalto portal to Amphibia.]]
* LampshadeHanging: Marcy is
is puzzled as to how the magic energy within Anne is keeping her alive (preventing her from starving to death), but leaves it be.



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%% * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSaySomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In order to cheer Marcy up [[spoiler:after Hop Pop tells her to stop her work service which leads to the Plantars losing their stand, Sprig hums the song he learned from Anne while in her dreams that always helps her relax. Marcy is left wondering how he knows it as Sprig promises to explain it later.]]

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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: [[spoiler:According to Eda, draining spells are taboo since they kill a witch by draining thwir magic, so using one to suck the Calamity energy out of Anne is not a good idea.]]



* LampshadeHanging: Marcy is puzzled as to how the magic energy within Anne is keeping her alive (preventing her from starving to death), but leaves it be.

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** The Plantars [[spoiler:still end up losing their vegetable stand since they're unable to pay the rent]].
** [[spoiler:Due the crossover panel with ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' being canon just like in the main storyline, the human protagonist meets Luz & Eda when they open a portalto Amphibia.]]
* LampshadeHanging: Marcy is is
puzzled as to how the magic energy within Anne is keeping her alive (preventing her from starving to death), but leaves it be.

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* DreamWalker: Implied in Chapter 8, when Sprig [[spoiler:somehow makes contact with Anne while he's asleep.]]



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Anne thinks she's been having a string of random dreams for an entire night, completely unaware that she's actually been catatonic in the real world for the last month.]]



* TheReveal: In Chapter 8, [[spoiler:Anne, while shown to be conscious within her mind, believes she's having a very long and weird dream.]]



* SignificantWardrobeShift: The journal entry for Chapter 8 reveals that Marcy's taken to a new outfit over her St. James uniform: it's comprised of a green tunic, beige shorts, homemade ankle-length boots, and a satchel for her supplies. She mentions that she also wears a sunhat and overalls whenever she helps with farm work.

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* SignificantWardrobeShift: The journal entry for Chapter 8 reveals that Marcy's taken to a new outfit over her St. James uniform: it's comprised of a green tunic, beige shorts, black fingerless gloves, homemade ankle-length boots, and a satchel for her supplies. She mentions that she also wears a sunhat and overalls whenever she helps with farm work.work.
%% * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay

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