New Wartwood

"New Wartwood" is the first segment of the fifteenth episode of the second season of Amphibia, and the sixty-fifth episode overall.^[4]

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 angered, but Marcy uses her 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Anne shows Marcy all the problems with the town such as potholes, out-of-date street lamps, and broken fences.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 from experience 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 proposal to expand the town's appearance. The town looks brighter and cleaner, though a lot of it is just marble coatings over the preexisting buildings as the Wartwoodians enjoy 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 everyone saying 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
• James Patrick Stuart as Wally Ribbiton
• Laila Berzins as Sadie Croaker
• Stephen Root as Mayor Toadstool
• Jack McBrayer as Toadie
• Kevin McDonald as Albus Duckweed
• John DiMaggio as Stumpy Stumpson

Additional voices

• Dee Bradley Baker as Joe Sparrow, Angry Mob Leader, Mustache Frog, Burned Frog, & Pig-Grub
• Troy Baker as Brown Overalls Frog & Blue Frog Farmer
• Mia Allan as Lavender Flour
• Ella Allan as Ginger Flour
• Kaitlyn Robrock as Female Purple Frog
• Laila Berzins as Spitting Frog
• Fred Tatasciore as Mr. Flour & Green Frog

Non-speaking cameo

• Sprig Plantar
• Felicia Sundew
• Chuck Gardner
• Sheriff Buck Leatherleaf
• Rosemary Flour
• Tuti

Title in other languages

Language	Title	Translation	Notes
Bulgarian	Ню Уортууд	New Wartwood
German	Gut gemeint, schelecht gemacht	Well meant, badly done
European Spanish	Nueva Bosque de las Verrugas	New Wartwood
Italian	Nuova Wartwood	New Wartwood
Japanese	ニューワートウッド	New Wartwood
Korean	새로워진 워트우드	Wartwood Becomes New
Dutch	Het Nieuwe Dorp	The New Village
European Portuguese	Nova Wartwood	New Wartwood
Polish	Nowe Kurzajkowo	New Wartwood
Thai	วอร์ทวู้ดโฉมใหม่
Vietnamese	Wartwood Mới	New Wartwood

Transcript

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Trivia

• Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.34 million viewers on its premiere.^[3]
• This is the only episode where Sprig has no dialogue in the present time. He also doesn't speak in the "True Colors" flashback at the beginning of "Turning Point".
• This most likely takes place directly after "The First Temple", as evident by Marcy repeatedly chanting "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 none of them being named until "Maddie & Marcy".
• This episode and "Friend or Frobo?" premiered on Brenda Song's 33rd birthday.
• This is the first time Marcy enters the Plantar Farm.
• The "New Wartwood" Marcy builds is somewhat reminicent of Main Street USA in Walt Disney World Resort.

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. Part of this skill came from her taking sculpting classes in Newtopia.
• Mayor Toadstool actually takes partial accountability for his action for the first time.

Continuity

• The events of "Anne of the Year" are mentioned.
• Anne says "5 more minutes" in a sleepy tone upon being woken up like she did in "Breakout Star".
• The train in New Wartwood is the same train from "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, referencing "Grubhog Day".
• The audio of Anne saying "five more minutes" is reused from "A Night at the Inn", coincidentally also the first half of its season's fifteenth episode.

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 "Maddie & Marcy".
• This is the first episode (along with "Friend or Frobo?") to be produced in 2021, according to the credits.

Errors

• When Anne is shown sleeping, her foot is drawn with four toes instead of five.
• 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 around.
• 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 caught on fire, both of his eyes open.

Memorable Quotes

Allusions

• Disney Parks - 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.
• Big City Greens - 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.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas - 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.
• Monopoly - Anne compared Mayor Toadstool to Mr. Monopoly from the popular boardgame.
• Kit-Cat Klock - The Toadstool clock is similar to the Earl Arnault's invention.
• Pippi Longstocking - The little frog girl resembles a daughter of a buccaneer pirate.
• Wreck-It Ralph - Marcy fixes everything with a few hammer strokes and video game sound effects like Fix-It-Felix.
• Babe - After saving the town, Marcy says to Joe Sparrow, "That'll do, Joe Sparrow. That'll do." A reference to James Cromwell's line in the film, "That'll do, pig. That'll do."

References