I vaguely remember when the first episode came out and how much fun it was following the show especially in the later half! My irl bestie and I have so many good memories from it <3
(text taken from Colson Whitehead’s “The Colossus of New York”. excerpt under the cut!)
“There are unheralded tipping points, a certain number of times that we will unlock the front door of an apartment. At some point you were closer to the last time then you were to the first time, and you didn’t even know it. You didn’t know that each time you passed the threshold you were saying good-bye.
I never got a chance to say good-bye to some of my old buildings. Some I lived in, others were part of a skyline I thought would always be there. And they never got a chance to say good-bye to me. I think they would’ve liked to[.]”
just a ton of amphibia headcanons i thought of on the fly
(but its mostly the calamity trio bc im unapologetically biased)
starting off simple: anne she/her trans aspec lesbian
marcy he/they nby demiboy queer demisexual
sasha she/he genderqueer bisexual
age hierarchy: sasha > anne > marcy
marcy’s actually a year younger than anne and sasha. they skipped a grade when they were rly young
anne is the tallest, followed by sasha, and marcys the shortest
growing up anne and sasha would “fight” over who’s taller. it was a pride thing for sasha, and anne kind of just went with it at first but slowly got into it as time went on. when anne finally overtook her for good sasha had a mini crisis
tho i actually rly like the idea of marcy being the tallest. so there was a point in late elementary school where marcy was the tallest. it was a… very interesting period of time
the boonchuy household is their main hangout place. sometimes sasha hosts sleepovers or whatever at his place when his parents are away. they try not to be at marcy’s place
none of their parents are outright abusive, but bad enough to give their kids issues
the boonchuy parents are relatively the best parents. maybe not the best but much better than the others.
the wus have a lot of high expectations for marcy while also acknowledging them as little as possible, and their “love” was very conditional. they support marcys interest, but its less out of genuinely caring abt him and more “ok cool yeah take this and dont bother me anymore”
the boonchuy household is basically a second home for marcy. he keeps a toothbrush and a few sets of clothes over there. they move in with them after amphibia
the waybrights are… complicated. and not in a good way. bottom line is theyre hardly around and when they are its never really good
uhhh anyways marcy’s obviously not neurotypical
one of their many phases was a small rubiks cube phase. hed always have some sort of rubiks cube on him which theyd solve whenever their hands were free. his favorite one was a mini 3x3 rubiks cube on a keychain
the trio has an smp
marcy always tries to get anne and sasha into whatever videogame hes into at the moment. with anne it kind of varies a lot, but sasha genuinely gets into the games marcy introduces to her. they like to talk abt games to each other: lore, plot, theories, ships, discourse, you name it
anne usually likes more peaceful games like minecraft, animal crossing, stardew valley, stuff like that. the only exception is anime fighting games. no i wont elaborate
all of their sleepovers involve a hardcore mario kart battle. the three are always neck to neck and they race fiercely.
none of them really know how to play smash bros
marcy is a chara apologist. sasha kins undyne. anne just wants to hug all the monsters bc they need it.
sasha cut his hair some time after true colors. she’d been reflecting a bunch on everything that happened and just so happened to have a small gender awakening as well. it was rly messy at first but he was able to get it fixed soon after and now has a sick undercut
she keeps it long enough to tie it back tho. anne had quite the surprise when she came back to amphibia
sasha’a hair is dyed blonde !! its naturally brown
marcy’s the one to introduce fanfiction to anne and her eyes have been opened
marcy will watch basically anything but particularly likes documentaries and animated movies/cartoons. anne and sasha both watch anime but are into different kinds (dont ask me tho i dont rly watch anime)
anne was the first to figure out her gender. she knew ever since she was rly young, like shortly after she met marcy. her parents were really accepting (tho it was a little bit of a learning curve). anne kind of just said that she liked more feminine stuff (in kids terms of course) and her parents kind of just went with it. none of them exactly knew what it was called until anne was like 9 or so, and when anne did find out she was like “oh yeah that sounds abt right”
marcy was next on the gender train. he found out abt being nonbinary around mid elementary school (around 7-8 years old) and kind of just went with that. that is until they learned abt pronouns and more gender stuff a little bit before amphibia happened. they had a lot of time to think abt it while in amphibia.
marcy mainly used they/them from mid elementary school to when they got transported to amphibia. he added on he/him some time during s1 when they were on their own
sasha didnt board the gender train until after amphibia. he tried talking with anne and marcy abt their gender experiences tm but it never felt quite right. they helped her with researching and eventually come to terms with being genderqueer
marcy has cried to home by cavetown on multiple occasions. yes anne and sasha have walked in on him listening to it. those were two awkward conversations
sasha ended up crying with marcy
anne didnt rly have to come out as trans to marcy and sasha bc shes kind of always been out. anne was the first person marcy came out to as nonbinary, shortly followed by sasha
marcys parents never realized that anne was trans. one time at dinner they asked marcy “what happened to that young boy you were friends with when you were really young” and anne was sitting right across the table
when marcy got their first binder he had it mailed to the boonchuys’ house. anne was there when he first tried it on. there was a lot of crying that day
the trio have a sort of distress code word that when they send it in their group chat, the others are to try to drop everything and go to the person who send the distress word. they set up a cuddle pile with lots of blankets and put on a comfort movie on netflix
anne tends to be the one to use it the most bc sasha doesnt like being vulnerable and marcy doesnt like asking for help or being a “burden”
anne’s the best cook out of all of them. marcy can make a bunch of simple stuff but things tend to spontaneously catch fire when theyre alone in the kitchen. sasha cant rly cook but she does bake a lot
marcy has them all catch up on all the cool cartoons they missed after they got back from amphibia
marcys favorite superhero is spider-man
sasha once tried to convince his parents to let her play football. when she told anne and marcy abt it they couldnt tell if sasha was joking abt it or not
anne and marcy write fanfiction. they beta read each others works a lot (sasha too sometimes if they can get him to)
when sprig gets to earth, he goes through like seven of the main “young boy” phases at once (fortnite, minecraft, nerf, pokemon, yknow that stuff)
sasha’s that one kid in gym class that takes everything way too seriously
the trio tried to use a ouija board at a sleepover. that was the only time sashas name got put in the book of losers
sasha plays league of legends
marcy and anne traded clothes a lot when they were younger
anne can and will bring home any animal she finds out on the streets. frogs, cats, dogs, birds… one time she tried to wrangle in a raccoon
marcy loves being the little spoon
anne is a karen (canon)
the plantars keep falling for online scams and anne’s almost lost her identity multiple times
anne finds one of marcy’s rubiks cubes and keeps it with her. she sometimes fidgets around with it when she goes back to amphibia
marcy lowkey hoped theyd get a cool scar sometime in amphibia (not like this tho…)
anne tries to avoid cooked meat after true colors…
suddenly sasha, anne, and sprig have a fear of heights :D
one of the many results of true colors is that marcy has chronic pain that varies day to day. on the really bad days they can hardly get himself to get out of bed. theres lots of cuddling on those days
at least half the school thought sasha anne and marcy were dating
the three like to lean on each other a lot. resting their heads on their shoulders, laying across their laps, leaning back to back. they just love being in physical contact, especially after amphibia
it takes a while for anne and sasha to warm up to each other again and to get used to cuddling. its not exactly like before amphibia but its still nice
anne doesnt like looking at sashas scar while march likes to trace over it with his thumb. its oddly calming to sasha
all three go and get therapy after amphibia. the therapist(s) is very concerned
they all have their hair short as adults
marcy tried cutting his hair once. he had to get a rly short undercut to salvage it
marcy has a giant collection of legos. anne and sasha usually helped out when making them. they had to stop sasha from smashing a couple out of frustration
sprig tried to take apart and remake a couple of marcys legos. thankfully marcys fairly organized and it wasnt hard to find the manuals
anne’s 14th birthday is very tense
marcy is part filipino bc i said so
sasha is wasian
all of them have family scattered around the us and a few members around the world
their elementary school did the thing where when they needed to get the kids from one place to another, they had a specific line up order (usually alphabetic) to try to stop kids from fighting for places in the line. bc of this marcy and sasha hung out a lot in the back of the line bc of their last names
anne proudly held one of the first few spots in line
sasha tries to throw one of those huge teen house parties tm one time in high school but anne stops her
Happy 2nd anniversary to the series that CHANGED MY LIFE!!! Thanks to this series, I met many of my current best friends, my outlook on many things has changed, I’ve learned a ton, and I just want to thank this series for all it has done for me. Who knew a series about talking frogs would be this impactful?
I remember when we first took a glance at Anne's relationship with her friends Sasha and Marcy, we assumed that they were just using her to get the things they want and they were just bad friends to Anne.
But upon watching and paying closer attention to the series, most of us realize that all three of them were in some ways toxic to each other and it wasn't just Sasha and Marcy intentionally being toxic people to Anne. Cause in the end all three of these girls clearly care about each other deeply, but they don't always know or do what's best for the other and occasionally themselves.
Thankfully their time in Amphibia eventually allowed all three of them to realize their flaws in their friendship dynamic and they overcame them to strengthen the bond between them and become better friends and people in the process. Which is why Anne, Sasha, and Marcy's development as friends and people could be my favorite part of the whole journey.
