Toad to Redemption

"Toad to Redemption" is the first segment of the sixteenth episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the sixty-seventh episode overall.

It premiered on April 3, 2021, alongside "Maddie & Marcy".

Synopsis
Mayor Toadstool is offered his dream job but realizes he doesn't want to leave Wartwood.

Plot
Mayor Toadstool is enjoying his town, and suggests using money to fill potholes instead of embezzling it. Toadie fears that something is wrong, but Toadstool reminds him that ever since the incident at Toad Tower, most of the townspeople are seeing him differently, and it's rubbing off on him.

An Emissary from Newtopia has arrived in Wartwood and is offering Toadstool the job of his dreams, Head Toad of Toad Tower. With the job comes a giant chest of treasure (that can also be used for…personal reasons.) Upon learning that Toad Tower will be rebuilt outside Wartwood, he begins to question whether or not he wants it.

Anne shows up to the Mayor's office looking to take care of Hop Pop's unpaid parking tickets, and Mayor Toadstool asks some advice about his current situation. Knowing he can't turn down the job or be sent to the deepest, darkest, dungeon in all of Amphibia, Anne suggests that he does what she would do whenever her mom asked her to do chores, and just do a really bad job.

A series of schemes involving fake robberies and mole herding all backfire and make him look better than he intended to, securing him as the right choice for the job he was offered. As they are ready to head out to Newtopia, Bog and his cronies show up to take everything valuable they have, threatening to burn the town to the ground.

Toadstool approaches Bog and offers him to be his second in command at the new Toad Tower, winning him over with the treasure chest before smashing his head in the lead, kicking off a battle between Bog, his cronies, and the village. The emissary from Newtopia comes out and says that Toadstool is too soft for the job, he loves the town too much. She walks over to Bog and says that he has the cutthroat attitude the head of Toad Tower needs to have, and he takes the job.

Cast

 * Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy
 * Justin Felbinger as Sprig Plantar
 * Bill Farmer as Hop Pop Plantar
 * Amanda Leighton as Polly Plantar
 * Haley Tju as Marcy Wu (voice only)
 * Stephen Root as Mayor Toadstool
 * Jack McBrayer as Toadie
 * Darin De Paul as Bog & Veggie Vendor (credited as additional voices)
 * April Winchell as Fens
 * Salli Saffioti as Jacinda
 * James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton & Cop (credited as additional voices)
 * Laila Berzins as Sadie Croaker
 * Brian Maillard as Leopold Loggle

Additional voices

 * Sam Riegel as Red Eyed Frog, Blue Toad Soldier, & Green Frog with Hat

Non-speaking cameo

 * Felicia Sundew
 * Ivy Sundew
 * Mr. Flour
 * Maddie Flour
 * Mire
 * Tuti
 * Stumpy
 * Albus Duckweed

Trivia

 * Bog, Fens, Mire, and the entire Toad Army (except Grime, Sasha, Percy and Braddock) make their first appearances since the first season finale.
 * Instead of a third option to make the mayor look bad, Anne draws a dragon character that has a striking resemblance to Trogdor, a popular early internet character originating from a 2003 episode of Strong Bad Emails.
 * This episode took 4-5 minutes for the main characters to appear in this episode making it the longest time for them to appear in.

Revelations and significant events

 * Mayor Toadstool's first name is Frodrick.
 * It's revealed that the whole Toad Army became bandits for months after the destruction of Toad Tower in "Reunion."
 * Bog becomes the new leader of both the reorganized Toad Army and Toad Tower after being appointed by Jacinda. They then leave Wartwood and head back to the tower.

Continuity

 * The events of the episode "Reunion" are mentioned.
 * Mrs. Croaker mentions she did not vote for Mayor Toadstool in "Hop-Popular".
 * Mrs. Croaker appears to have an exact copy of the Plantar cane. However, it is unknown whether or not it is made of the same wood.

Allusions

 * Road to Redemption - The title is a pun of the statement referring to the path an individual takes to redeem themselves from their previous actions.

Errors

 * In one shot, Mayor Toadstool puts the cobweb, created by Archie, on the ground in front of him. However, in the next scene, the cobweb's part on the ground is missing.
 * When Sprig is taken down by Sadie Croaker, he can be seen without his hat. However, when he gets taken away by the police officer, he is wearing his hat.
 * Although Anne and Sprig got arrested for robbing the Plantar Stand, they weren't in jail after a short period of time.