Swamp and Sensibility

"Swamp and Sensibility" is the first segment of the fifth episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the forty-eighth episode overall.

It premiered on August 8, 2020, alongside "Wax Museum".

Synopsis
When Anne discovers an old friend who has been living a double life, she becomes fixated on helping him be his true self.

Plot
On the road, Anne and Sprig are watching Anne's favorite movie, From Point to Poppin', when the fwagon goes over a steep hill and causes the reigns on Bessie to snap; she proceeds to chase after a flock of sheep-flies. To buy new reigns for Bessie, the group stops by at the nearest town, Ribbitvale, the most luxurious, high-class town in Amphibia. As the group looks around, Sprig spots what appears to be One-Eyed Wally. Wally acts strangely around the Plantars when they greet him, presenting himself as "Walliam Ribbiton", and claims the group is "servants from Wartwood". His father, Wigbert Ribbiton, invites the Plantars to the Ribbitson mansion to have his staff tend to their belongings.

At his family's mansion, Wally reveals to the Plantars he has been living a double-life as Wartwood's vagrant because it makes him feel comfortable. He has hidden this from his family fearing they would estrange him and separate him from his beloved ladybug, Fiddleleaf. Anne promises to help Wally get his family to understand. During dinner, Anne shows everyone videos of Wally's antics as the town vagrant in Wartwood, but instead of an accepting reaction, Wigbert is appalled. Wigbert forbids Wally from returning to Wartwood and orders him to stay in Ribbitvale forever, however, Wally challenges his father to Beast Polo.

At the start of the game, Anne offers to be Wally's mount after Fiddleleaf is denied use to make up for her past mistake. The game begins its course, and though Wigbert puts up a challenge, Anne and Wally make the score and ultimately win. Though Wigbert concedes defeat, Wally tells his father that he does not want to leave it behind, he only desires more freedom. Wigbert accepts his son's wishes and reveals he too hides a secret: he loves to play music with the jug. Pulling out his accordion, Wally and Wigbert perform in celebration as the Plantars join in, until a giant peacock appears and roars at them.

Cast

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
 * Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
 * James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton
 * Hugh Bonneville as Wigbert Ribbiton
 * Kermit the Frog (Matt Vogel) as Crumpet

Additional voices

 * Jim Cummings as Stuffy Rich Frog
 * Eden Riegel as Ballerina & Ballerina's Mother
 * Troy Baker as Cops

Trivia

 * Wally is revealed to come from a rich family and he's a bum in Wartwood because it makes him happy.
 * Wally's full name is Walliam Ribbiton.
 * This is the second time a Muppet character guest stars in a Disney Channel cartoon, the first being Fozzie Bear in Big City Greens.
 * At the end of the episode, there is a message that says, "Many thanks to the world's most beloved frog, Kermit, who voiced this cartoon character".

Allusions

 * : The title is a play on the first novel written by Jane Austen.
 * : The style of the credits from the movie that Anne and Sprig are watching is a reference to the logo from the 1990 sitcom.
 * : In Anne's video of Wally showering at Wartwood's fountain, a rubber duckie wearing Donald Duck's signature hat from the TV series can be seen.
 * : Befitting his inspiration, Crumpet makes a few references to the franchise.
 * Right before the game, Crumpet introduces himself by saying, "Hi-ho, Crumpet the Frog here." This is a variation of his actor Kermit the Frog's catchphrase, "Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here."
 * Crumpet asks for the game to be "cool and friendly-like," which is a lyric from one of Kermit's songs, "Bein' Green".
 * : The sheepflies that Bessie follows and in the location look like the sheep Pokémon, Wooloo, from Pokémon Sword and Shield.