Marcy's Journal - a Guide to Amphibia

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TG: When it comes to the third season, from both a narrative and character perspective, do you feel like you achieved everything you wanted when it comes to wrapping things up for Amphibia? TheGamer: Before we delve into Amphibia, I’d love to ask what you thought about Sonic Frontiers, and what sort of other things you’ve been working on/enjoying lately? MB: In terms of pacing, I think the reason it works well is that we wrote it with a 90-minute movie format in mind. The human brain is very fond of the 90-minute runtime, it feels like a full meal without overstaying its welcome. The answer is simple… Anne wanted the last thing she saw to be her friends smiling and laughing. Hence, she goes for the joke. Classic Anne!

TG: There are also so many references in that final episode from Zelda to Gunbuster. It is so damn excessive and so brilliant, even if they’d go over the heads of some viewers. What are some of your favourites? Also, is Captain Grime losing his arm a reference to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare? Plus, from my point of view, the ending is very sweet! Seeing Anne, Sasha, and Marcy reunite after all those years never fails to melt my heart. TG: It’s also surprisingly dark when you take away the fact Marcy is a zoomer weeaboo and Anne is a lovable dork, with a deeper glimpse into mental health and personal introspection than I could have expected. Was there fun material here you could delve into that the show couldn’t offer? MB: Pretty much! The journal does not commit to the girls returning to Amphibia but allows for the possibility of a reunion…or at least for the idea that the girls would get to finally pass messages to their friends on the other side. It’s whatever you want it to be.

MB: Oh wow…I feel like the Genie when Aladdin asks him what he’d wish for. Uhhhh let me think…free space question….free space question… Matt Braly: I really enjoyed Sonic Frontiers. I’m not a fan of the screamo music during bosses, but nearly every other aspect was a gas to me. And as someone who also tried to drop a moon on our heroes in the third act, I especially liked the secret final boss. MB: I think we were all really comfortable with this! I remember one of our creative executives, who is a good friend of mine, was briefly cautious - “are you sure about this? Because it’s going to mean we can’t make any more.” Amphibia was so delicious to write because even though there are incredibly high stakes and world threatening villains, it’s ultimately about strong personal relationships between the characters. The fate of the universe feels equally important to the fate of this friendship. We seeded that question very early in the audience as well so for three seasons viewers have been wondering just what is going to happen with these friends???

MB: I think a lot of artists struggle with self-worth, so it’s an easy thing to project on our characters. I also think the idea of empathy as an important and valuable quality is something that is (thankfully) becoming more popular in fiction. TG: Is there any question or thing about Amphibia you haven’t been asked before but would like to bless me with? If not, is there anything in the finale you would want to expand upon or change if given an opportunity?TG: I also have to ask about the ending, which seems to take place after the time skip while hinting that a new portal or similar device has been cooked up at the lab. Is this a ‘never say never’ situation when it comes to returning to Amphibia? TG: Time skips are often controversial, but I also love them and was so happy to see The Owl House follow in similar footsteps to Amphibia. When it came to depicting Anne, Sasha, and Marcy as older women after such a long passage of time did that come with any particular pressure?