Barrel's Warhammer

"Barrel's Warhammer" is the second segment of the seventeenth episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the seventy episode overall.

It premiered on April 10, 2021, alongside "The Second Temple".

Synopsis
Sasha and Grime go on a quest to retrieve a legendary Warhammer.

Plot
Grime, Sasha, Percy and Braddock arrived at the north tower to get support for their rebellion. While the toad lords loved the idea, Captain Bufo told them that that were not on board with following a fugitive and a human. When Sasha learns from Grime’s sister Captain Beatrix that Anne and Marcy were working together with King Andrias, she flew in a rage and defeated all the toads that tried to arrest her group and demanded to know what would it take for the toads to follow them. It was then Captain Aldo gave the group the proposal of retrieving the legendary warhammer of Barrel the Brave.

Sasha accepted the challenge and her group set off. Percy and Braddock were scared because of the beast that guarded the weapon, so Sasha told them to give a signal if the things got too intense for them.

They find the weapon and that it is stuck on the creatures's head. Percy and Braddock strike a kawaii pose immediately, but Sasha declines, admitting they've come too far to turn around, much to their dismay.

Despite their best efforts, the warhammer isn’t budging, and Sasha tries to wrangle the beast and steer him toward the tower, that way the warhammer returns. Grime loves the idea, and goes along with the plan. Percy and Braddock are holding on for dear life begging Sasha to stop this, to which she ignores them saying “We’re almost there.”

Trying to avoid a disastrous impact with the tower, Sasha realizes she can’t control the beast anymore, and they must use the warhammer. She goes back to the weapon, and uses all her rage thinking that Anne and Marcy can get by without her and retrieves the warhammer.

The weapon is too heavy, and Grime helps Sasha lift it into the sky when it becomes charged and they slam it down into the beast.

The narwhal worm shatters some glass, and Sasha is standing in the window saying “One warhammer. As promised.”

The toad council grants the support of all three towers for their rebellion.

Percy and Braddock, clearly hurt by the whole thing, say they can’t be with Sasha anymore and that they trusted her but clearly didn’t care one bit about them. Despite her pleas, Percy and Braddock leave. Grime explains that everyone has limits, and they hit theirs. Even though she was victorious that day, she was saddened by the fact she lost her two toad friends.

Cast

 * Anna Akana as Sasha Waybright
 * Troy Baker as Captain Grime, Toad Scientist (credited as additional voices), & Greg (credited as additional voices)
 * Matt Jones as Percy
 * April Winchell as Braddock & Female Toad (uncredited)
 * Ron Cephas Jones as Captain Aldo
 * Aisling Bea as Captain Beatrix
 * Daisuke Tsuji as Captain Bufo

Mentioned

 * Anne Boonchuy
 * Marcy Wu
 * King Andrias

Trivia

 * This is the third episode in the whole series where the main characters don't appear, the first was "Prison Break", and second was "Toadcatcher".
 * This is also the first (and so far only) full episode where Anne doesn't appear or isn't pictured at all. Although, she is mentioned.
 * As of this episode, every single character in the show has been absent for at least one episode.
 * This is the first appearance of the Toad Lords.

Revelations and significant events

 * Sasha learns that Anne and Marcy are working for King Andrias.
 * This episode reveals a few things about Grime:
 * He has a sister, who is Captain Beatrix.
 * His real name is Grimothy.
 * When Sasha tries to lift the hammer her eyes glowed pink, just like how Anne and Marcy's eyes glowed blue and green in "Anne or Beast?," "Handy Anne," and "Marcy at the Gates."
 * Percy and Braddock abandon Sasha and Grime, becoming the last two soldiers of the original Tower garrison of the Toad Army to leave them.
 * The whole Toad Army (except Percy and Braddock) joins Grime and Sasha's rebellion to overthrow King Andrias.
 * It's revealed that the Toads are split into 4 different Towers ( of North, East, South and West), with Toad Tower being the South Tower.

Allusions

 *  - Sasha using the rope to control and drive the narwhal worm references the Fremen of Arrakis who similarly capture and drive the Shai-Hulud as their means of transport about the planet.
 *  - Barrel's Warhammer, like King Arthur's legendary blade, confers the right of rulership on whoever wields it. Also like Excalibur it had to be freed by whoever claimed the right to wield it.