History Heartwarming / AmphibiaSeason2

-->'''Sprig''': Y'know, I've always wondered...can you miss someone you never actually knew? Heh, that's silly. I mean, of course you can't-- ''(Sprig gets pulled into a hug by Anne. He glances at her before tearing up as he hugs her back by gripping her arm.)''

* Anne, after finally hearing out Hop Pop, forgives him.

* Marcy's overjoyed reaction to seeing Sasha again after more than three months.

** They also provide Polly with some genuinely good advice, explaining that when you spend all your life on the road, it's not much else to do but reflect on your failings and try to improve yourself. One of them apparently just got her PhD.

* Anne is worried about the Plantars risking everything for her in making sure she gets home safe and sound. In the end, she admits how she felt. Hop Pop says they're not traveling ''for'' her; they're traveling ''with'' her. They're all in this together.

* Hop Pop, Sprig, and Anne are all very freaked out when they find out they accidentally left Polly behind. Even after everything with the Roc, Hop Pop is still most angry that Polly's trick could have resulted in her being hurt and lost (Showing they're more concerned with her safety than any giant carnivore bird).
** And once given the reason as to why she ran away (She overheard them talking and heard sleep-deprived!Hop Pop comment about leaving her behind) all three apologize that they haven't been spending time with her and help her cope with home-sickness.

** They also provide Polly with some genuinely good advice, explaining that when you spend all your life on the road, it's not much else to do but reflect on your failings and try to improve yourself. One of them apprently just got her PHD.

** Sasha protecting Grime from General Yunan instead, declaring Grime as her friend.
** What makes this especially heartwarming is Past Sasha would probably have just left Grime there, and Past Grime would not care to lecture Sasha about addressing her feelings. Now, they know how it feels to be alone, without something they were working for, and it says a lot about the characterization they received.

* Anne’s utter joy from being reunited with Marcy, a feeling Marcy more than reciprocates, especially considering that Anne was still clearly devastated over how her encounter with Sasha went.
* Marcy meeting the Planters is adorable. Specially Marcy validating farm culture for Hop Pop and telling Polly she'll get her legs in two months.

* Marcy assures Anne that she doesn't have to envy her smarts, because Anne has her own special talent for [[ThePowerOfFriendship making friends with people]], and points out how all the friends Anne made just today ended up helping solve the King's clues and saving them from a SewerGator.

* The relationship between Polly and Anne has come a long way from Season 1, with the girls coming up with (admittedly terrible) team names like P-Anne and Annolly, and generally having the time of their lives together.

* Despite all his struggles and all the mayhem he causes during the episode, Headmaster Herringbone refuses to give up on Sprig, first by telling him he will start this semester and then when Sprig turns down the offer, rather than be offended, Herringbone states that the offer still stands and he can come whenever he feels ready.

* It's crossed with funny, but Hop Pop trying out the chair with Rumble Bugs in it causes almost the exact same reaction in him that Anne had during a flashback of her trying out a massage chair back on Earth, bordering on SharedFamilyQuirks
* The relationship that Priscilla and her daughter Pearl have is actually very sweet. They clearly care for each other and do anything to look out for each other. Most notably, Priscilla's tail is injured, and Pearl keeps telling her to be careful.

* The entire final scene, where Sprig asks Anne about her mom (see the first moment above), then admits that his own mother passed away when he and Polly were very young, and he doesn't really remember anything about her. Anne interrupts his musings by wordlessly pulling him into a hug - and Sprig finally starts tearing up as he grips her arm in a return hug, no more words needing to be said as the two friends comfort each other.
** This scene in general really shows how far Anne and Sprig's friendship evolved since the first season.
-->'''Sprig''': Y'know, I've always wondered...can you miss someone you never actually knew? Heh, that's silly. I mean, of course you can't-- ''(Sprig gets pulled into a hug by Anne. He glances at her before tearing up as he hugs her back by gripping her arm)''

[[AC: The Sleepover to End All Sleepover]]
* Throughout the episode Anne and Marcy bond together like actual friends, even coming close to a sisterly bond.

* Anne is ''[[TearsOfJoy overjoyed]]'' to be able to come back to Wartwood with the Plantars - and in return, so are they. It's made absolutely clear ''they are family''.

* In Anne's story, virtually every one of the characters is a representation of someone she met in Amphibia. While that showcases how much she cares for all these people, there's some overlap with TearJerker in that she doesn't reference any friends from Earth. Even Marcy appears only briefly.
* The fact that Anne has a calendar alert reminding her that it's Wally's birthday.
* Sprig's story has Ivy being very insecure about her wild mass of hair, but Sprig thinks it's perfectly fine, and still doesn't press the issue when she says she still prefers to cover it. It's easy to imagine him putting this detail from his real life into the story.

* The townspeople are delighted that the Plantars returned even without giving them the gifts they promised. While it was largely due to them making their mundane lives exciting due to their misadventures, they nevertheless welcome them back with open arms.
* Anne, showing her CharacterDevelopment, objects to the plan to lie to the townsfolk since she knows lying always makes things worse. She relents at the Plantars' insistence though, showing that she's willing to put aside her principles to help her family.
* It also shows how much Anne became an integral part to the town that at one time feared her. They even include her with one of their formation offensives.

* Despite her absent-minded behavior of being in the zone, Marcy shows how much she truly cares about the Plantars and her own best friend's well-being even noticing how Anne and Hop Pop still have issues regarding the former being too overprotective to the latter and hiding the calamity box. This alone pushes Marcy to realize how much pain she inflicted on them that she willingly throws the game just to rescue them.
** On the other hand, this episode slightly shows how caring Marcy is to Anne compared to Sasha since, even though she is a bit neglectful to the things around her, Marcy won't allow anything bad to happen to her best friend.

* After Marcy nearly destroys the town, then saves it, the citizens admit that Anne used to do the same when she first arrived, and they have all grown to love her, so the same will probably hold true with Marcy. Marcy asks Anne if it's true, clearly not expecting her friend to have screwed up that much. Anne for her part laughs it off with a story about that time she burned the town.

* Mrs. Croaker, without hesitation, saves the Plantar stand from what she thought was a robbery (It was Sprig and Anne staging it).

* Anne interrupts the charging of the blue gem because she believes Marcy and the Plantars are in danger, showing that she places their safety above her desire to return home.
* Marcy holding Polly several times throughout the episode, indicating they genuinely do consider each other good friends.

* Everybody else is shocked at Sasha's weighted gear, but Grime is smiling despite being squashed flat by the gravity.

* Anne, Sasha, and Marcy team up to sing a song. Seeing them just jamming out like the teens they are.
* "No Big Deal" as a whole counts, but this line finishes the song off beautifully...

* Anne expresses her gratefulness to the town for letting her in just going to show how much the town grew on her, when all the frogs are sad that she's leaving.

* '''[[CompetitionFreak Sasha]]''' saying that, even if they lost, it was worth it to have so much fun with Anne and Marcy. She may suck at being a friend, but one thing's for sure. She adores her girls.

* After he and Sasha take over the castle, Grime gives her a second sword that he had made specifically for this day and Sasha is absolutely ''ecstatic'', claiming she's always wanted to dual-wield.

* While they are understandably less than happy, Anne and Sasha don't yell at, insult or hit Marcy when she reveals that she deliberately stranded them in Amphibia. Anne doesn't even seem to be that angry, just hurt that her best friend had betrayed her trust.

* Sasha and Grime distract Andrias while Marcy turns on the Calamity Box, with Sasha yelling at them both to get to Earth. What is Anne's reaction when she makes it to the portal? Order Marcy to come with them and warning her that Andrias is right behind her. She and the Plantars go MassOhCrap when Andrias impales Marcy and ends up getting the box, with Anne begging Marcy to not die.
* Despite being the reason why the three girls are on Amphibia in the first place, due to her own desperation at the thought of getting separated from her friends, Marcy wastes no time at setting things right, as she helps the group during the fight against Andrias' robot army, saving Sprig from falling to his death, and sending Anne and the Plantars on Earth through a portal, the latter which (seemingly) costs her life.

* Anne’s utter joy from being reunited with Marcy, especially considering that she was still clearly devastated over how her encounter with Sasha went.

* A minor moment, but Polly is shown hiding in Anne's (floofed up due to humidity) hair, which Anne has no objection to.

* Frobo speaking his first full sentence ("Polly, I'll save you").

* Anne takes one last photo with everyone else before heading off to Newtopia, pictured on the right.

* Anne and Sprig's emotional reunion after being saved by Marcy as pictured on the main page.

** They also provide Polly with some genuinly good advice, explaining that when you spend all your life on the road, it's not much else to do but reflect on your failings and try to improve yourself. One of them apprently just got her PHD.

* Grime trying to send Sasha away so that he would be General Yunnan's only victim.
** Sasha protecting Grime from General Yunnan instead, declaring Grime as her friend.

* '''[[CompetitionFreak Sasha]]''' saying that, even if they lost, it was worth it to have so much fun with Anne and Marcy.

* Throughout the episode Anne and Marcy bond together like actual friends even coming close to a sisterly bond.

* Hop Pop getting angry when it becomes clear that Anne believes he doesn't consider her family, at least not to the same extent of Sprig and Polly.
* Despite her absent-minded behavior of being in the zone, Marcy shows how much she truly cares about the Plantars and her own best friend's well-being even noticing how Anne and Hop Pop still has issues regarding to the former being too overprotective to the latter and hiding the calamity box. This alone pushes Marcy to realize how much pain she inflicted to them that she willingly throws the game just to rescue them.
** On the other hand, this episode slightly shows how caring Marcy is to Anne compared to Sasha since, even though she is a bit neglectful to the things around her, Marcy won't allow anything bad happen to her best friend.

* Sasha and Grime distract Andrias while Marcy turns on the Calamity Box, with Sasha yelling at them both to get to Earth. What is Anne's reaction when she makes it to the portal? Order Marcy to come with them and warning her that Andrias is right behind her. She and the Plantars go MassOhCrap when Andras impales Marcy and ends up getting the box, with Anne begging Marcy to not die.
* Despite being the reason why the three girls are on Amphibia in the first place, due to her own desperation at the thought of getting separated from her friends, Marcy wastes no time at setting things right, as she helps the group during the fight against Andrias’s robot army, saving Sprig from falling to his death, and sending Anne and the Plantars on Earth through a portal, the latter which (seemingly) costs her life.

* Despite being the reason why the three girls are on Amphibia in the first place, due to her own desperation at the thought of getting separated from her friends, Marcy wastes no time at setting things right, as she helps the group during the fight against Andrias’s robot army, saving Sprig from falling to his death, and sending Anne and the Plantars on Earth through a portal, the latter which (seemingly) costs her life.

* Even after Valeriana spends the entire trip talking down to Anne and bringing up her past selfish actions, Anne doesn't hesitate to save her when she falls. This act proves to Valeriana that Anne is truly worry.

* Frobo speaking his first full sentence ("Polly, I'll save you").

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