History Recap / AmphibiaS3E31TheHardestThing

** Joe Sparrow and Bessie finally got together after it was hinted they were attracted to each other in [[Recap/AmphibiaS2E25TheFirstTemple The First Temple]]".

** Joe Sparrow and Bessie finally got together after it was hinted they were attracted to each other in [[Recap/AmphibiaS2E14TheFirstTemple The First Temple]]".

** Joe Sparrow and Bessie finally got together after it was hinted they were attracted to each other in [[Recap/AmphibiS2E14TheFirstTemple The First Temple]]".

** As was the concern, Anne, Sasha and Marcy did end up drifting apart as time went on. First due to Marcy moving, then Anne and Sasha fell into different friend groups in high school. Sometimes life just happens and people move on. That said, the series does end on the hopeful note that the three will rekindle their friendship. Similarly, travel to Amphibia via inter dimensional portal was shown to be a difficult endeavour made possible mainly through the use of the energy of the calamity gems. Whilst Terri did manage to build a working portal setup, without the stones it's left uncertain if there can ''be'' any other power source that could enable travel between both sides, thus they are reluctantly separated for several years, though there is again a hopeful possibly that such an outcome might one day be achievable.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Implied with Anne and the other's fight in Los Angeles, with a news broadcast in the DistantFinale speculating that it was a hoax given how quickly the whole thing passed.

** The "Frog-Vasion" as they called it only happened within a span of a day and was quelled on the same day. After 10 years, such an event probably faded from memory despite substantial evidence of the invasion happening. Thus why it was reported as a possible hoax.

* AmbiguouslyGay:
** It is ''very'' heavily implied, though not stated, that Yunan and Olivia have become a couple and are married.
** Similarly, Toadie and Toadstool are implied to be together.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The first few seconds of the episode take place during the last couple minutes of the last episode, revealing how the moon started coming down: while Olivia was declaring the Resistance was victorious, [[DontCelebrateJustYet the Core (inside Darcy's helmet) came out of hiding and launched itself up to moon, activating the moon's planetary thrusters]].

*** Apothecary Gary found the other mushroom that was the source of the spore collars and seems to be living peacefully with them in Wartwood.

** The Core calls themself [[AGodAmI a god]] and is a means for a dynasty of old salamanders terrified of death to live forever while using the Calamity Gems for subjugation and extermination. As Anne finds out, that is literally the exact opposite way a mortal is promoted to godhood.

** The Core calls themself [[AGodAmI a god]] and is a means for a dynasty of old newts terrified of death to live forever while using the Calamity Gems for subjugation and extermination. As Anne finds out, that is literally the exact opposite way a mortal is promoted to godhood.

*** Anne has become a herpetologist and works at [[RealPlaceBackground the real life Aquarium of the Pacific]], where she is in charge of a frog exhibit named after Amphibia. She has also named one of the frogs after Sprig.

* RuleOfFunny: Loggle lost all his newfound muscle mass because he took ''one'' cheat day.

After returning to Amphibia, Marcy and Sasha deliver the news about Anne making a sacrifice, leaving everyone in shock and denial, especially Sprig, who demands Frobo take him to Anne. Anne unlocks the spell within the three stones by asking for the power needed to save Amphibia. Hearing her wish, the stones shatter and transfer all their power into Anne. Before she can make a move, Sprig flies up to her, begging her not to go through with it, saying that she changed his life, as Anne responds with the same. Anne holds his hand as he tearfully lets go and leaves. Wishing Sprig farewell, Anne fires a massive beam at the moon, reducing it and the Core to rubble. Upon seeing this, everyone celebrates the Core's defeat for good this time. With Anne's body now turned white from the power burning through her, Sprig and Frobo take what's left of her back to Amphibia. With everyone looking at her in tears, not being able to comprehend what's happening, Anne, who can still manage to speak, tells Sprig not to cry, and that saving the world was worth the sacrifice, and her only regret was that she'd never get to see ''Love Choice 2'''. As the Plantars chuckle at this, Anne's body begins to dissipate into leaves, marking her death.\\

* BigDamnReunion: {{Downplayed}}. After [[nine months TimeSkip]] in Amphibia, Grime, Olivia and Yunan arrive in Wartwood to witness the unveiling of Anne's statue commemorating her deeds, along with several other characters from the town including Sprig and Polly. On Earth, [[ten years after Andrias's invasion TimeSkip]], Sasha and Marcy meet up again after the latter moved away to catch up with each other and meet Anne at her new job as a herpetologist. However, both worlds do not reunite by the end, although the possibility is not explicitly discounted, and both sides are shown to be fondly remembering their time together.

* BigDamnReunion: {{Downplayed}}. After an (unspecified) TimeSkip in Amphibia, Grime, Olivia and Yunan arrive in Wartwood to witness the unveiling of Anne's statue commemorating her deeds, along with several other characters from the town including Sprig and Polly. On Earth, ten years after Andrias's invasion, Sasha and Marcy meet up again after the latter moved away to catch up with each other and meet Anne at her new job as a herpetologist. However, both worlds do not reunite by the end, although the possibility is not explicitly discounted, and both sides are shown to be fondly remembering their time together.

-->'''Mother Olm:''' Summoning such power...''comes at a price''.

** In a deliberate case, it's left unknown if there are any attempts being made to re-establish dimensional contact with Amphibia without the Calamity Gems. Terri had the coordinates for their world and was able to open a fist-sized portal using makeshift engineering and a cutting-edge government generator, but in the meantime, everyone on both sides of the portal have moved on with their lives, not dwelling on the past for the sake of their future.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: Mother Olm's voice become excessively deep when she says using the Secret Spell comes with a price.

** In a deliberate case, it's left unknown if there are any attempts being made to re-establish dimensional contact with Amphibia without the Calamity Gems. Terri had the coordinates for their world and was able to open a fist-sized portal using makeshift engineering and a cutting-edge government generator, but in the meantime, all the girls have moved on with their lives, not dwelling on the past for the sake of their future.

* BittersweetEnding: Anne manages to destroy the Core and save Amphibia by calling on the power of all three stones, but it destroys them and kills her in the process, though luckily the entity behind the stones revives her from a copy of her mind it made because it wants her to replace it in its role as a multiversal guardian. When she says no because she'd probably screw it up, it decides from her words to wait until she dies naturally and returns her to life. The entity then gives the trio one-time use versions of the Calamity Stones so that they can return home after a tearful goodbye. After a ten-year TimeSkip, Amphibia has rebuilt, and discovered a new continent, and while Anne, Sasha, and Marcy moved on with their lives after the latter moved, they reunite for Anne's birthday, who is now working as a herpetologist. Though neither world fully reunites by the end, both are shown to have fond memories of the time they spent together, and the possibility is left open that one day they might meet again, though both sides have moved on with their lives in the meantime.

10 Years Later on Earth, Sasha picks up a still-clumsy Marcy up at the Los Angeles International Airport. Marcy has become a promising web comic author, while Sasha has become a child psychologist, using her own experience to help children work through their issues. Sasha reveals that she and Anne stopped spending as much time together as they used to once they entered high school, but are still very close friends. Anne is revealed to have become a herpetologist and now works at the Aquarium of the Pacific. She is seen teaching a young class of children about the Pink South American Tree Frog, whom she has named Sprig after her best friend. After putting the frog back, Anne is greeted by Marcy and Sasha, and the three young ladies leave to hang out and celebrate Anne's birthday as they did 10 years ago.\\

** Andrias has abdicated his throne and is seen helping to replant the flora he devastated, albeit under guard and while wearing chains, though he's okay with it. It also appears that he might be going blind due to his hazy looking eyes. He's joined by the Triple B's, also in chains.

*** Maddie and her sisters have shown to have started a pharmaceutical business using Maddie's potions.

* OnlyEvilCanDie: Ultimately, the only deaths to occur were of those that were on the villain side—the Core and all the minds in it courtesy of Anne. Nearly all the other major villains (Sasha, Grime, and even Andrias) by this point have redeemed themselves one way or another and are allowed to live.

Roughly 9 months later, Amphibia has been rebuilt with the environment healed from Andrias's industrialization. Andrias has abdicated his throne and is seen helping to replant the flora he devastated, albeit under guard and while wearing chains, though he's fine with it. Polly has grown into a frog, with Wally still unable to get used to it. Maddie is shown to have started a pharmaceutical business with her sisters, using her potions. Loggle has returned to his scrawny shape, which he blames on taking a cheat day. Grime, Olivia, and Yunan have become dignitaries for toads and newts respectively. Joe Sparrow and Bessie have fallen in love and had a trio of adorable sparrow-snail baby hybrids. Toadie has become the new mayor of Wartwood, with Toadstool as his aide. Hop Pop has started a business selling California avocados that he got from Los Angeles, with Frobo helping garden them at the Plantar Farm. Sprig is shown keeping a journal of all the creatures he's encountered, with the aid of Anne's phone. Everyone meets in the center of Wartwood to unveil a new statue of Anne in honor of her saving Amphibia. After being told by Ivy about a new continent untouched by any amphibians, Sprig, looking at the Anne statue and thinking of her encouragement, jumps onboard to check it out.\\

*** Andrias has abdicated his throne and is seen helping to replant the flora he devastated, albeit under guard and while wearing chains, though he's okay with it. It also appears that he might be going blind due to his hazy looking eyes. He's joined by the Triple B's, also in chains.
*** Polly has grown into a frog, with Wally still unable to get used to it.

*** Maddie is shown to have started a pharmaceutical business using her potions.