New Wartwood

"New Wartwood" is the first segment of the fifteenth episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the sixty-fifth episode overall.

It premiered on March 27, 2021, alongside "Friend or Frobo?".

Synopsis
Intent on winning over Wartwood, Marcy makes a plan to improve the town.

Plot
Marcy is excited to be living among the people of Wartwood and get firsthand experience being among farming natives. However the townsfolk, in their usual manner, do not take kindly to Marcy's appearance, leaving her feeling dejected. Anne comes to comfort her and tries to explain that it takes time for people to accept outsiders in Wartwood. Marcy believes that she needs "strategy" to get the people to accept her, but in her epiphany ends up knocking over the statue of the town's founder. The townsfolk are angry, but Marcy uses her science skills to fix and clean the statue, much to everyone's astonishment. After getting a "spit of approval", Marcy decides to use her ways to improve the town, having done so with Newtopia.

Anne shows Marcy all the problems with the town such as potholes, out of date street lamps and broken fences. Despite all of this, the townsfolk still do not like Marcy all that much. When she wishes to do something bigger, Mayor Toadstool approaches her with numerous plans that he has to make the town look better. Anne prevents Marcy from taking any of them as she knows that Toadstool's plans tend to go awry. However in the middle of the night, Marcy, too excited to sleep, decides to take up Toadstool's plans to expand the town's appearance. The town looks brighter and cleaner, though a lot of it is just coatings over the preexisting buildings as the Wartwoodians enjoys its appearance.

Suddenly, the ground begins to give way as Wartwood was built over a swamp and the weight of the additions is causing it to sink. Anne once again tells Marcy that she should have been patient with the people and she calls upon Joe Sparrow to take all the unnecessary buildings and toss them away. The town rises and the citizens criticize Marcy for her careless actions. However, they add that she acted impulsively just like Anne did when she first arrived and tell her that one day they will approve of her, much to her delight. Marcy then proceeds to rapidly rebuild all the buildings with Anne claiming she is indeed on a level of her own.

Cast

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
 * Haley Tju as Marcy Wu
 * Stephen Root as Mayor Toadstool
 * James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton
 * Laila Berzins as Sadie Croaker & Spitting Frog (credited as additional voices)
 * Jack McBrayer as Toadie
 * John DiMaggio as Stumpy
 * Kevin McDonald as Albus Duckweed
 * Mia Allan as Lavender Flour (credited as additional voices)
 * Ella Allan as Ginger Flour (credited as additional voices)
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Joe Sparrow, Angry Mob Leader, Mustache Frog, Burned Frog, & Pig-Grub (credited as additional voices for all)
 * Fred Tatasciore as Mr. Flour & Green Frog (credited as additional voices for both)

Additional voices

 * Troy Baker as Brown Overalls Frog & Blue Frog Farmer
 * Kaitlyn Robrock as Female Purple Frog

Non-speaking cameo

 * Sprig Plantar
 * Felicia Sundew
 * Chuck
 * Sheriff Buck Leatherleaf
 * Rosemary & Ginger Flour
 * Tuti

Trivia

 * This is the first episode where Sprig has no dialogue.
 * This most likely takes place directly after "The First Temple", as evidenced by Marcy, who repeatedly chants "First day in Wartwood!"
 * Marcy now resides in the Fwagon just outside of the Plantars' home.
 * Two of Maddie's sisters speak for the first time, despite them not being named until "Maddie & Marcy".
 * This episode and "Friend or Frobo?" premiered on Brenda Song's 33rd birthday.

Revelations and significant events

 * Marcy reveals that all of Wartwood is built upon a swamp and that if too much weight is put on top, it'll collapse and sink into the swamp.
 * Marcy is revealed to be a fast builder, similar to Chuck.

Continuity

 * The events of the episode "Anne of the Year" are mentioned.
 * The train in New Wartwood is the same train from the episode "Combat Camp".
 * The frog who got picked up by a dragonfly in "Anne or Beast?" and was seen again in "Hop Luck" and "Handy Anne" can be seen in this episode as well.
 * A stand with 'Grub Dog' on it can be seen, which is a reference to the episode "Grubhog Day".
 * This is the second time Anne said “five more minutes” while she was sleeping, the first being in "A Night at the Inn." Coincidentally both episodes were the 15th episode of a season.

Production notes

 * Mr. Flour's voice is noticeably different in this episode, because Kevin Michael Richardson could not return to voice Mr. Flour in this episode, being replaced by Fred Tatasciore.
 * Richardson would return to voice Mr. Flour in the episode "Maddie & Marcy".

Errors

 * Numerous times throughout the episode, the last S on Anne's school shirt is a Z.
 * When Marcy says "Thanks to myself and Mayor Toadstool" she gestures to Toadstool then herself, instead of the other way round.
 * When Marcy is talking to Anne from the stage, her tongue appears white for a frame.
 * When Marcy is apologizing to the citizens of Wartwood, her closed mouth appears under her open mouth for a few frames.
 * Continuity error: When Wally tells Marcy his pants were caught on fire, both of his eyes open. It is unknown if this was intentional or not.

Allusions

 *  - Marcy's redesign of Wartwood is modeled after "Main Street U.S.A.", an area present in all Disney Parks (except for the Tokyo and Shanghai Disneylands) inspired by Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, Missouri.
 *  - The pig-grub that Marcy uses to rebuild an statue, and later accidentally saves from a giant mantis by throwing the head of the new town clock at the mantis, resembles Herbert the pig from the series.
 *  - Near the end of the episode, it is revealed that Mayor Toadstool's costume was actually bugs, possibly referencing The Nightmare Before Christmas villain, Oogie Boogie.
 * Kit-Cat Klock - The Toadstool clock is similar to the Earl Arnault's invention.
 *  - The little frog girl resembles a daughter of a buccaneer pirate.
 *  - Marcy fixes everything with a few hammer strokes and video game sound effects like Fix-It-Felix.